00:00Madonna said here, Joe Neary, get into the groove.
00:03Why are we going to do that in the preseason?
00:04Most starters sit out.
00:05There's no need to get into a groove.
00:07Get into the groove week number one.
00:09You know what hasn't worked for the past couple years getting into a groove in week number one?
00:13The Cincinnati Bengals.
00:14They're terrible out of the gate.
00:15So Zach Taylor, their head coach, says yesterday, and pretty much we've been hearing this for this week,
00:20an Ian Rappaport tweet confirms this.
00:21Bengals coach Zach Taylor tells reporters that Joe Burrow and other big-name players
00:25will play several series on Thursday night and more in game two against the Commanders.
00:31New way of doing it with eyes on starting fast.
00:34This makes sense.
00:35Understand this, Joe.
00:36We know that you don't want to get stars injured in the preseason.
00:40You can get hurt at any time.
00:41You say, man, I sent Joe Burrow out there in week two of the preseason, snap number three,
00:46he went down with an ACL.
00:47That's terrible news.
00:48You never want that to happen.
00:49But there also is something to this.
00:51Preparing for a season and getting ready.
00:54Anybody who's ever played any sports,
00:55you can have all the scrimmages you want.
00:57You can have all the intricacies in the all-season.
01:00But once you get to game number one, if you're not used to game tempo,
01:04you're going to be winded.
01:05You're not going to be ready.
01:07And hey, I got to, wait a second.
01:08I took five snaps in the preseason.
01:10Game number one, Joe, I'm playing 80 snaps in the 85-degree temperatures in September.
01:15It doesn't work out.
01:16I like this approach from the Bengals.
01:18What do you think about it?
01:20Well, I mean, I like it too.
01:22But from a betting perspective, it means absolutely nothing.
01:25Zach Taylor is 3-12 straight up and 0-5 straight up over the last two years in the preseason here.
01:33It's great that you're going to give the starters, you know, some reps early on.
01:38But the reality is, from a betting perspective, Donnie,
01:41those guys aren't going to have any impact on who wins or covers the game when it's all said and done.
01:48It's who comes in after that, especially in the second half, where games are going to be decided
01:54and bet and tickets are going to be cashed.
01:56So I think it's good, but you're still just 3-12 straight up and 0-5 over the last two years, Zach Taylor.
02:03Ultimately, the second halves mean absolutely nothing to the Cincinnati Bengals.
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