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Marc Ryan fills in for Doug Karsch alongside Scott Anderson and producer Khang to tackle this week's edition of "NFL Questions" on 97.1 The Ticket. First, the crew roasts the Cincinnati Bengals' front office as the most inept in football after GM Duke Tobin backed out of an Arnold Ebiketie trade because he didn't know it would cost them a compensatory pick—and then forced head coach Zac Taylor to fall on the sword at the podium.
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00:09all right mark you went first yesterday we did the college questions this week it's the nfl
00:13questions and i will choose to receive kang fire away if you will all right question number one
00:21on tuesday the bangles agreed to trade a sixth round pick to the eagles for backup edge rusher
00:26arnold abeka t but after social media posts after a social media post pointed out that
00:32the bangles would actually lose their third round compensatory pick which they received from losing
00:36trey hendrickson they backed out of the deal then the bangles gm duke tobin sent the head coach out
00:42there zach taylor to explain what happened yesterday your thoughts this is the most inept organization
00:49in football we can talk about how the lions haven't won since 57 how the cleveland browns haven't sniffed
00:55the super bowl either and you know they just keep you know hiring and signing quarterbacks and all
01:01that there are a lot of bad decisions made by various teams what the cincinnati bangles have
01:06been doing for a long time here shows how absolutely positively abjectly inept the organization is they
01:14can't get out of their own way they should have traded trey hendrickson a couple of years ago
01:19and gotten the massive amount of draft capital they would have had in return instead they let
01:23them go into free agency and then they almost screw up the comp pick joe burrow is not the
01:27biggest impediment their defense is not the biggest impediment their front office is clearly the
01:33biggest impediment for the cincinnati bangles duke tobin has done a worse job protecting joe burrow than
01:39a broken prophylactic oh wow quite honestly wow i mean it's it's it's absolutely pathetic wait till you
01:47hear the announcement of joe burrow no longer wanting to be there anymore that's the end of times in
01:52cincinnati and i think you're going to hear that sometime in the next year sending out your coach
01:57to answer this question was cowardly and embarrassing zach zach taylor started off the press conference by
02:03saying he wasn't even comfortable going out there and doing this but he's going to try to portray what
02:08tobin told him to portray the trade itself is borderline fireball because they didn't even know
02:13the rules how it's beyond me that tobin didn't know this that you could lose a comp pick by making
02:19this trade that's literally his job to do all this stuff how could you not know this totally
02:23embarrassing by by everyone on the bengal side unfortunately zach taylor had to go out there
02:27and fall on the sword and you're 100 that's a part of the even address of the question is that
02:31the
02:31fact that they've sent the coach out there well yeah to speak on behalf of the gm was the one
02:35that
02:35screwed it up is that that just adds another layer of of stupidity with that organization
02:43all right who was the biggest winner and who was the biggest loser at this year's nfl trade deadline
02:49chicago jeffrey simmons they addressed the only weakness they had interior defensive line pressure
02:55minnesota they needed one player in the entirety of the nfl they got that one player for a single
03:03third round pick mind you the lions gave up three third round picks to get isaac tesla biggest loser
03:09the detroit lions the only team that had a chance to win a super bowl that did really essentially
03:15nothing whatsoever yeah i'm gonna go with uh the winner is jacksonville the jaguars went out and
03:22they added jordan davis and uh devon godshaw to the defensive line they had jesse pates the safety
03:27who's awfully good they had all three of those players to the defense now they can truly play
03:34complimentary football the biggest losers it's a detroit lions they added a depth piece in cisco to
03:40help out the safety group i guess and special teams but they didn't address the serious issues
03:45with their linebackers and cornerbacks it's another year that passes without any real resources being
03:50put into adding to the mix at the trade deadline to improve the starting roster of this team as they
03:57go into the back stretch of the nfl season so for the actual trade line trade deadline day i would
04:03say
04:03the vikings the vikings it would have been unforgivable malpractice to move forward this season
04:08without upgrading at quarterback with that defense they have it's probably the best defense in the
04:12entire league and they just need some average quarterback play and they're right in the super
04:16bowl hunt with that being said i also think the raiders are a big winner to get a third round
04:20pick
04:20for a 30 year old quarterback that you were just using as a mentor basically for your number one
04:25overall pick great return for the for the raiders loser i do agree with you guys the detroit lions because
04:30they are you would think they are in the super bowl hunt and they needed to get better at an
04:35area of
04:35weakness and they didn't address that so to give you a different name a different team second place
04:40for me would be the cardinals they should have traded buddha baker he only has one year left they
04:44aren't even close the bills called they would have given up a haul for buddha baker but since the
04:49cardinals shut him down they moved on and got hooker
04:53all right forget what the odds makers say who do you think should be the super bowl favorite right now
04:59so i don't know what the odds say i didn't look at it i may actually have this by chalk
05:03and
05:03it is what it is but i really think the 49ers and bills are destined to meet up in the
05:08super bowl
05:08i think that each team is is the best team in in their conference uh and in the end i
05:14see buffalo
05:16falling on the losing side yet again and then san francisco will get another ring uh under the belt
05:21look san francisco is is really set up for success their quarterback is
05:27he's been so good for the last few years it's it's incredible uh they've got mccaffrey going at
05:32full speed here they're adding some more pieces to this team a little bit on offense they're getting
05:37big pieces back on defense i just like how san francisco is set up i'm going left of center here
05:45i'm going chicago chicago is your super bowl favorite listen i have nightmare it is a nightmare
05:51because i feel the exact same way you do about ben johnson i i i can't believe what he did
05:55at the
05:56same time they have no identifiable weakness caleb despite the bad game last week overall continues
06:03to ascend this season um i think they enter the the postseason as the most dangerous team i think
06:09they're most likely to win the nfc north and get the second overall seed to san francisco
06:14and i would favor them in san francisco mark i gotta agree with you i think my my favorite is
06:21the chicago bears i just think they're the most well-rounded team in the nfl right now you can say
06:24what you want about caleb williams but other than that really poor game his decision making has been
06:29very good this year and when he gets in trouble he can lean on that hero ball and you know
06:33possibly
06:34make something out of nothing uh getting simmons was a huge huge upgrade for them he's just an absolute
06:40stud in the middle of that defense they he's already an obvious different obvious difference
06:45maker and offense you have ben johnson the weapons i mentioned caleb i just think the bears are the
06:49most well-rounded uh by the way the bills are the odds-on favorite according to las vegas good to
06:55know
06:56all right former steeler head coach mike tomlin was recently asked on a conference call
07:01how would he handle nfl interests to return to coaching he said he hasn't given it one thought
07:06he'll cross that bridge when he gets there will mike tomlin coach in the nfl ever again
07:11anytime somebody says they haven't given it a thought that means they're coming back he's coming
07:16back he's too young not to come back here's what he needs he's dan campbell he's a culture guy
07:22dan campbell's a culture guy the culture guy needs a mad scientist dan campbell needed ben johnson
07:28early returns drew petzing very positive so long as he gets that young innovative offensive mind
07:34he can be great but if he's stuck in his 1980s offense it's not going to work wherever he goes
07:40i do expect him back yeah i i think he's 54 years old so he's he's too young to call
07:46it quits on his
07:47coaching career even though he's accomplished anything you need to accomplish he's won a super
07:50bowl uh he's a a proven coach that gets his team to the playoffs every single year it's just what
07:57he
07:57did um any fault that they had of advancing further in the playoffs i'm not sure if it falls on
08:03his
08:03shoulders or on their gm shoulders uh but i think he's a hell of a coach and whether it's college
08:08or pros i think he's going to field a bunch of phone calls i don't know what he feels about
08:13his
08:14broadcasting career this first season you know sitting out there and and doing his thing as a
08:19you know kind of a studio kind of guy even was more on the field but pregame kind of stuff
08:24and
08:24halftime analysis and postgame um but i imagine as any coach does they get the juices to want to
08:31coach again and he's only 54 i expect him back and taking over a team like the chargers all right
08:36normally i think most coaches can't stay away like you guys are staying but i think tomlin's a little
08:40different something in my gut says he stays retired just like the steeler coach before him cower i think
08:45he actually enjoyed not having to deal with all the crap that comes with coaching all the
08:48personalities especially nowadays plus i think he's pretty good at the tv thing i like watching him
08:52every night plus he's pretty good at uh building minecraft cities yeah every sunday yeah he
08:56gets to focus more on minecraft yeah all right the chargers are 0-8 well they go winless and if
09:04not when do they get their first victory they will not go winless i suspect when all is said and
09:10done
09:10they're gonna have a couple three wins under their belt and it starts this weekend at baltimore i think
09:18they're going to take advantage of the mess that the ravens are right now the ravens are going with their
09:21fourth quarterback in the season and jacoby brissette uh the charges just have too much talent
09:26to go winless i know that herbert looks completely lost and out of his mind right now with what's
09:32happened there they have you know basically a college offensive line playing in the professional
09:36leagues and it's it's just not good enough for them right now but it's really hard to go winless in
09:43the nfl injuries play a huge role and i think they take advantage of what's going on with baltimore's
09:48quarterback situation this weekend yeah way too much talent to go winless but jim harbaugh is rocking
09:53the same uh shocked face right as kyle whittingham is on the sidelines at michigan doesn't understand
10:01what's going on i think they get their first win next week against the jets at home that seems like
10:08uh where the jets wet the bed uh but boy what an abomination of a season and the verdict seems
10:14to be
10:14out now on justin herbert if they don't beat the dolphins and mike mcdaniel's return to miami
10:20they're going to be the first team in nfl history to go oh and 17 i know it is really
10:24hard to go
10:24winless but this team is horrific i expect justin herbert to back run out of the back of the end
10:28zone at some point not know where the back of the end zone is oh man i think um going
10:32fuller lavsky
10:33yeah nobody goes fuller lavsky well this is going to be worse it's gonna be oh and 17
10:38malik willis has been put on ir i eventually think they are going to put him out for the season
10:42i
10:42right now it's minimum four weeks but i don't think malik willis will be playing that game
10:46against the charges so i think the charges win that game but if they don't uh-oh no faith in
10:51kyle mccord all right last one boys give me an upset pick for week 10 there i do an upset
11:01challenge
11:02gang every single week with our with our listeners and i gotta tell you i went back and forth on
11:07this
11:07most weeks there are not good options this week there were too many good options but here's the
11:13one i centered on give me cleveland at home getting four and a half points against the houston texans
11:19why the season hangs in the balance these two teams trending in opposite directions just when you
11:25start to believe in houston again after their oh and four start what do they do they lose it home
11:30to the giants this seems to be a spot where a team with an identity crisis the houston texans
11:37falls flat i think cj stroud is due for a three interception game i think this defense is due for
11:45getting throttled yet again give me cleveland to show that there still is some fight left in their
11:50season and moving to six and four the charges are four and a half point dog going into this week
11:55at uh
11:56at baltimore but cleveland is also four and a half point dog uh when they host houston i i agree
12:02with
12:02you mark i think it's cleveland they've got everything to play for deshaun watson is is going
12:06to be back and starting this week facing his former team and i still think deshaun watson is a talent
12:13and
12:13let's say he falters i really like what shador sanders has done i i don't fully buy into houston as
12:20being
12:20this team has figured things out i don't know why they haven't figured things out i think they've got all
12:24the talent in the world on both sides of the football and yet here they are struggling again
12:28with another season so yeah i'm going to go with uh cleveland being the underdog that wins this week
12:33so i'm going to get a little bold here the number's not high but i think the call is bold
12:37anyways
12:38i'm going to take the cowboys at home getting a three and a half points they're playing the niners and
12:42everyone knows the niners are really good they should be there you know near the end they're
12:46definitely going to make the playoffs if not at least make it to the super bowl or nfc title game
12:49i see a
12:51lot of points being scored at jerry world and i think there's a reason why it's only three and a
12:54half
12:54points i'll take the cowboys to beat the niners niners over cowboys would be my survivor league
12:59pick you can show the throw the sharp pointy objects at me right now oh okay well there's a
13:04big piece of glass in between you're safe now but in the commercial break you never know probably not
13:08there you have it nfl questions for the week we'll continue next year 97 one
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