I'm James Rupin and this is the Locked-on Bengals podcast on a Tuesday back in studio, back in the Natty.

And I'm feeling good.

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Locked-on Bengals.com is where it's at.

And we are getting closer and closer to the regular season.

I came back from the Bengals Lockroom.

Today you'll hear a brief conversation I had with Ryan Hewitt.

I think he is on the roster.

Bubble, you hear that conversation on today's show.

Also get to some of your voicemails as well.

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you get your podcast. Let's start with this. I'm concerned about the running game, period.

That is it, period. Sign me up for that. And I was actually reading this on ESPN.com. They interviewed Mike Sando

interviewed executives from across the league. And the big concern off the record from executives

was that the Bengals are going to rely too much on Andy Dalton. Is that or is it not realistic?

I think that's very realistic. Look, I'm excited about what happened Sunday.

I'm excited about Bill Laser's offense, and it appears like the Bengals are going to be in a position to succeed to win with their offense at times this year.

I'm excited about the defensive line.

I went through all that stuff yesterday on the podcast.

The reality is

if you don't have a running game, then you're relying on Andy Dalton to carry this offense.

You're relying on Andy Dalton to carry it through with his arm. And while you could argue that

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