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🗓️ 7 February 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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When you think of the Cincinnati Bengals and clutch playoff performances, the first name that probably comes to mind is Joe Burrow. But they’ve also gotten a huge lift from a player who’s quickly becoming a household name: their extremely confident rookie kicker, Evan McPherson. Today, at the start of Super Bowl week, The Athletic’s Jay Morrison takes us back to McPherson’s earliest days as a (98-pound!) kicker, to explain how he developed the swagger that has made him one of the breakout stars of the playoffs. Plus, the story of the pee-wee football coach who convinced Joe Burrow he should be a quarterback.
Read Jay Morrison’s full story about Evan McPherson: https://theathletic.com/3097718/2022/01/28/its-money-evan-mcphersons-been-calling-his-shots-long-before-joining-the-bengals/?source=theleadpodcast
And his story about Joe Burrow: https://theathletic.com/3111076/2022/02/03/yep-thats-him-joe-cool-why-joe-burrows-pee-wee-coach-forced-him-to-play-qb/?source=theleadpodcast
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0:46.0 | When you think of the Cincinnati Bengals and clutch playoff moments, the first guy you think of is probably Joe Burrow. |
0:59.0 | But they've also got a huge lift from a player who's quickly becoming a household name. |
1:04.0 | They're extremely confident, rookie kicker, Evan McPherson. |
1:09.0 | 31 yards, McPherson and Cincinnati is heading to the Superbow. |
1:19.0 | He called it again, I'm sure. |
1:22.0 | Today at the start of Superbowl Week, the athletics J Morrison tells us where McPherson found the swagger |
1:27.0 | that has made him one of the breakout stars of the playoffs. |
1:31.0 | We've kind of pushed that underdog narrative to the side and you know, showing everybody that you know, |
1:36.0 | kind of the Bengals are here to stay. |
1:38.0 | The story of the Pee Wee coach who made a reluctant Joe Burrow first believe he should be a quarterback from Wondering in the Athletic. |
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1:47.0 | It's Monday, February 7th and this is the lead. |
1:54.0 | So Jay, you've covered the Bengals for quite a while now and in recent years, you've seen a lot of losing. |
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