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QB Confidential: Alex Smith on Joe Burrow’s Unique Football Mind

ESPN Daily

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Sports

4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Bengals QB Joe Burrow is one of the most exciting young players in the NFL: from his talent on the field to his gameday outfits to how he talks about football, Burrow’s development is considered to be ahead of schedule. In just his second season, Burrow led Cincinnati to the Super Bowl, and the Bengals have high hopes for this year and beyond. Alex Smith sat down with Burrow ahead of Monday Night Football and tells us what makes his football mind so incisive, and reflects on what they have in common. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Alex, man, we're going to do something different on today's show.

0:05.2

It's not something we ever really do on a Monday.

0:07.7

We're not going to be reviewing everything that happened on Sunday because you were on

0:12.5

assignment.

0:13.9

So what was the assignment?

0:15.8

Who was your assignment?

0:17.2

Part of my duties as now as a media member with ESPN, besides, you know, this and Monday

0:22.8

and I countdown is I occasionally get to do these QB to QB interviews.

0:26.7

And it's obviously really weird for me to sit on that side of the chair and have to

0:30.3

think about these interview questions.

0:32.1

Pablo, I have a lot of empathy for what it's like to be you.

0:35.9

Finally, thank you.

0:36.9

And the art, the art of a good interview.

0:42.4

I am an artist.

0:43.4

Thank you for recognizing this.

0:45.2

And this week was awesome.

0:46.3

Obviously leading up to the Monday night game, bangles, browns.

0:49.4

I got to head out to Cincinnati and sit down with Joe Burrell.

0:52.5

All right, Joe, thanks, man, for sitting down with us.

0:57.0

Well, I'm obviously a huge fan of you.

1:00.5

In a lot of different ways, not just as a player, but I just think he's incredibly unique

1:05.0

this day and age.

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