00:00moving on from gino stone that was already before we even knew it was going to be brian cook
00:04it was immediately a non-failing grade whoever they were going to get immediately guaranteed
00:08i i give it an a yna it's simple huge weakness for this defense cook addresses that weakness
00:16almost perfectly you got a player that's versatile that's better than solid against the run this is
00:24this to me this is a no-brainer a for me because not only is cook the player someone that
00:30is going
00:30to instantly contribute raise the floor raise the ceiling for this defense but the fact that
00:36the bangles opened up i'm not not considering dalton reisner re-signing of course opened up
00:43the free agency period with a statement that followed basically what this this mantra they've
00:48been trying to push on us this offseason which is you know we're going to go all in it felt
00:54like well doors are swung open brian cook come on down this is an a no doubt i agree i
01:00think it's an
01:01a plus like like i think i think it is and here's why you identified the need you found the
01:08best
01:09person for that need and you signed them a free agency is a very simple thing all right what's your
01:16need let's make that need less of a need let's make that weakness strong brian cook does that doesn't
01:22mean you can't take safety in the draft he can play with anybody but you know what it does mean
01:26it means that we don't need to think about geno stone whiffing on tackles down the sideline
01:30riffing on tackles with the game on the line it also i think is going to rub off on jordan
01:35battle because
01:36jordan battle was extremely inconsistent last year and he produced some big plays but he was not
01:42disciplined and a guy like brian cook that has been there done that that's got two super bowl rings on
01:47his
01:48finger that led the university of cincinnati to the college football playoff and had to deal with
01:53battle in the alabama crimson tide by the way and by the way if desmond ritter knew how to throw
01:58the
01:58ball and they actually ran it with them the way they needed to then maybe that game is a bit
02:02different
02:02because that you look at that bearcats team they were stars man i mean so many and in one of
02:07them
02:07is brian cook it makes so much sense and so throw out the idea oh he's a cincinnati native
02:14winthrop mountain health university of cincinnati throw all that out he fits perfectly this is what
02:19i want in free agency oh we have this giant need that's been a need since jesse bates left many
02:24many
02:24moons ago let's fix it with the top option made too much sense i love it
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