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And a lot on today's show, including I think I know who the Bengals are going to draft in round one.

And I'm going to tell you on today's podcast, plus Vantes Burfect and more.

We've talked a lot about Eric Reed, but I do want to promo tomorrow's show.

We're going to have a special Saturday podcast with Joe Goodberry.

He's going to join me.

We're going to discuss

all things Bengals. We'll discuss Eric Reed. We'll discuss the draft. And a lot, a lot more.

But I have to start naturally with Vontes Burfect. Heck, we're going to mention Des Bryant in

the show, too. Von Tess Burfeck, his suspension upheld. It sucks it sucks it was expected he's out for the first four

games he hasn't come played in 16 games in a season since 2013 and that was i'm going to use

that as argument one number one number two number three on why tyler eifford it was the right

move to keep him around

sometimes your value outweighs the negative I think Vontes perfect as crappy as it is for him to be

out for four games when he's on the field his value he's so important to defense. He's so important to this team and this

team's success. And yeah, you hate it. I hate it. I hate when he's injured. I hate when he's

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