Locked On Bengals - Daily Podcast On The Cincinnati Bengals - Andrei Iosivas is being OVERLOOKED | Tee Higgins says Yoshi is primed for a big year 3
Episode Date: June 3, 2025While Bengals fans are waiting to see what will happen with Jermaine Burton's second year in the NFL, Tee Higgins was effusive with his praise for Andrei Iosivas on Tuesday after an OTA practice. Jake... Liscow and James Rapien break down why Yoshi should still be seen as a clear WR3 for the Bengals' prolific passing offense. Plus, we dive into the big takeaways from practice including the CB rotation featuring Cam Taylor-Britt in the slot, Marco Wilson with the starters, and Joe Burrow's highlight bomb to Ja'Marr Chase.Join the Locked On Bengals Insider Community! https://joinsubtext.com/lockedonbengalsFind and follow Locked On Bengals on your favorite podcast platforms:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/locked-on-bengals-daily-podcast-on-the-cincinnati-bengals/id1159723162Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7AObc0lh0WmQl5fJVgtajsGoogle Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vbG9ja2Vkb25iZW5nYWxz?sa=X&ved=0CAYQrrcFahcKEwio_sXtj8nuAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAgStitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/locked-on-bengalsSupport Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!LinkedInPost your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONNFL. Terms and conditions apply.FanDuelRight now, new customers can get TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS in BONUS BETS when your first FIVE DOLLAR BET WINS! Download the app or head to FANDUEL.COM to get started. Bet with FanDuel—Official Partner of the NBA.Monarch MoneyTake control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONNFL at monarchmoney.com for 50% off your first year.FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Andre Yosevosh is the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver ready to break out in 2025.
At least that's what T. Higgins says.
Let's get into it.
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Today we dive into T. Higgins' comments,
hyping up Andre Yosevash.
We just spent a lot of time talking about Jermaine Burton.
There's a lot of focus there, but maybe we should be thinking more about a third-year leap for Andre Yosevash.
Plus, we've got an OTA practice to talk about the Bengals going with seven-on-seven a little bit more on Tuesday this week, a week before mandatory mini-camp.
And there seems to be a little bit of a focus on efficiency for the Bengals so far in the off-season program.
And we'll talk about that topic as well on today's show.
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James, let's start with the topic of Andre Yoseva.
Like I said, we just spent a lot of time talking about Jermaine Burton,
a lot of Bengals fans thinking a lot about Jermaine Burton.
Andre Yosevash as a day three pick.
He's been making progress for two years with the Cincinnati Bengals and T. Higgins is excited
about his potential in year three.
Yeah, T. Higgins really excited about it.
And look, Adre Yosevash has been productive.
And so you look at it and you see the 10 touchdowns in two years.
You see what he's done going from what a lot of people viewed as a project pick in the sixth round to a guy that is their wide receiver three is third on their wide receiver depth chart.
And then when Dan Hort asked T. Higgins about Andre, you get this kind of answer.
Yeah, it's, you feel pretty good about it.
about where Andre's going. Oh man, hell yeah. You know, Yoshi, he teaching me things, and it's,
it's night and day from last year to this year. And y'all going to see, y'all going to see this year.
Yoshi's going really going to come on this year. So if he's taking those kinds of strides,
knowing that the Bengals have the best one-two punch in the league with you and Jamar, I mean,
is this a three-headed monster? Definitely could be. You know, that's what we're looking forward to doing.
I got high expectations for Yoshi this year.
What's different?
What have you noticed improvement-wise specifically?
Obviously, y'all see him.
He's bigger, he got stronger.
He didn't got faster.
He's twitchier, and he's just, he know everything right now.
And, man, it's just, it's been great to see.
It's an exciting perspective from the Bengals wide receiver
that himself expressed his Hall of Fame aspirations
and another quote when he was asked about what the next step was for him,
saying that he always has the next step until he's in the Hall of Fame.
But that kind of enthusiasm for his teammate and talking about Yosevaash
as part of a three-headed monster that also features a weapon that will be used in the
receiving game in Chase Brown, who adds his own dynamism to the offense,
not to mention Higgins and Chase, Mike Keseki, another piece.
That's already five guys that can contribute in different ways,
each of them bringing different aspects to the passing game.
in one case in the running game.
I mentioned run blocking for Jermaine Burton yesterday.
That's something the Bengals already trust Andre Yosevaas to do.
If that takes a step in his game, the only other thing for Yoshi, really, you know, bigger,
stronger, faster, that's all great, is really cleaning up some of the drops, cleaning up some of the timing.
And there are a couple of plays from 20, 24 that come to mind where the ball's on him and he's not quite expecting it yet.
That leads to some drops where he's just a little bit late to get his eyes on the ball with a ball in the air.
This is happening on glance routes.
Those are those deeper slants in breakers quite often.
And those are balls you don't want tipped, obviously.
Those are some things that you would like to see him clean up.
But then there are plenty of highlight real plays for Yoshi and the clutch over his two years in the NFL.
And so obviously the potential is there.
So looking for the consistency, looking for, you know, T saying he knows everything,
looking for him to see the game slow down yet another step and emerge is that veteran reliable presence is a wide receiver three.
offense. Those are the things that can take Yoshi's game to the next level, especially with
T-inj marketing all the attention to open things up for him. Yeah, I think they're a safe bet too.
He's a safe bet too when you look at his traits and his characteristics and how he's progressed
since coming into the league. Like I said, sixth round pick and he got to the Bengals and they were like,
oh, he's going to be ready sooner than we thought. And then he caught four touchdowns as a rookie
on 15 catches.
And last year, what we saw early on, same thing.
It's a lot of red zone stuff.
And then you look up and he's beating Denzel Ward in one-on-one coverage late in the season.
And so, yeah, can he be the guy that can go into the slot when you need him to or play outside when you need him to and be the ideal third, the third guy in this wide receiver room?
I think so.
I think it's a safe bet.
Now, he might not have the deep ball.
I don't even want to say speed, but talent that Jermaine Burton has.
Or he might not be as savvy as Prime Tither Boyd was.
But can he, with Jermar Chase and T. Higgins in his prime, be the third banana?
And I say that in quotes, on a pass-first offense and catch 50 passes?
Like, absolutely.
I think he's capable of doing that.
And I really like that this was brought up because if we're talking about breakout candidates and most likely, and let's say something happens and Jamar misses a few games or team misses a few games, which is obviously he's missed five games in each of the past two seasons.
The safest bet, the guy that the Bengals are going to trust, let's say on a short week, they have the Steelers are coming to town and they're nicked up at wide receiver.
Well, of course they're going to trust Andre Yosevash.
He's earned that.
in a few months of of germane or a few months of insert whatever rookie,
maybe one of these undrafted rookies or Charlie Jones or something.
I don't think that's going to supplant Andre Yosevash.
And so that is worth keeping in mind when the Burton hype train goes off
or when preseason rolls on and there's going to be Isaiah Williams or someone like that
has a big game or two.
I think Andre Yosevash is going to be wide receiver three.
And it's really the battle for wide receiver four and beyond.
And that doesn't include, obviously, Mike Gisicki in what he means to this offense.
Yeah, it doesn't include Gaseki because if one of those two guys has to miss a game here or there,
then Gasekis, we've seen in 2024 Gasekis' role expands when that happens in the receiving game.
And he becomes more of a primary weapon, more of a primary game planning piece.
Andreosovov, throughout the season, peaked at seven targets in a game.
Most games, he's between three and five targets, pretty consistently between three and five targets last season.
there's a couple games where he's lower.
There's one game where he's higher.
From week eight to week 18, he had three or four targets in all but one game.
He had five targets against the Dallas Cowboys in week 14.
Besides that, three or four targets every single week.
Playing a lot in the slot last year.
He was 50-50 slotting outside last year.
So he's a chess piece for them that they feel can play inside.
And when he's on the field, he's not giving away alignment.
Jamar Chase can move inside when Andrei Osabash is on the field as well.
So just understanding that the different jobs of receivers in the Bengals offense is something that they trust Andre Yosevaos to do.
He also played a fair amount on rundowns as the only wide receiver on the field or one of two wide receivers on the field.
And they trust him in that role as well.
And it's something where he can be better.
Don't can be wrong.
But one of the more encouraging things, like I said, that T said about him is that he knows everything going on right now.
So you call that the reliability you expect Andre Yosovac to take a bit.
of a step. He's probably pretty close to a finished product in a lot of ways. He's going to be
26 years old in October this year. He was a little bit older coming into the league, but like
he said, he was coming from Princeton, right? So a big step up in competition. This is around
where you would probably expect to see the player Andre Yosevach is going to be. And if that can be
another step forward, 50 catches instead of 36 catches, a little bit more consistent. And you're
also talking about Mike Keseki being in his second year in the office.
being a little bit more comfortable in the offense, potentially,
maybe accounting for a little bit of an uptick for Mike Gaseki,
maybe the same level of production there.
And maybe you're counting on Jermaine Burton being a real player for a handful of snaps a game.
I think we need to get there.
But if those things all come together,
then you really have this melting pot of weapons that all bring something different
to the Bengals in the past again.
For sure.
It's what a place it is to start with Joe Jemar and T.
And I think that's the reminders,
because then it's like, okay, well, yeah, if it's Andre this week or maybe it's Gisickey one week,
or yeah, maybe it is a game-changing player too by Jermaine Burton if he can get there.
And he talked on Tuesday as well, but still a lot more to prove.
And I think that that's why I like what T said.
He said some nice things about Jermaine as well, but said about Andre, because it's just a reminder.
Like he's been the reliable guy that's come in and worked his butt off.
And that continues.
and maybe he does take a big step forward this year.
He does look the part.
It's hard, though, on air in the offseason program or even in seven-on-seven for me to say,
oh, well, this guy looks much, much different.
We'll see, but we'll certainly take T. Higgins' word for it.
We've hinted a few times at Tuesday's practice.
We will dive into Tuesday's practice as the Bengals off-season program rolls on.
We'll do that coming up next.
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We had some highlights, go viral a little bit on social media.
We had an interception.
We had a deep ball for Jemar Chase.
Those are the things that people following on social media, people following at Bengals on social media probably noticed James.
But you're there in person.
We can obviously talk about those plays.
But what else stood out to you?
What were the big takeaways for you as you watch practice?
And things ramped up a little bit.
It's still pads off.
Like you said, it's still the offseason program.
But we had some seven on seven at least to watch on Tuesday.
Yeah, some seven on seven and some big plays by some players, the Bengals are banking.
on. And I think that's what you want to see. And the Camd Taylor Britt interception, I think there's a lot
there. And if you haven't seen it, he was guarding Mike Gisicki. Joe Burrow throws a ball late and
certainly behind. And the moment he released the ball was not happy with himself. And Cam makes a heck
of a play gets his elbow down. And I think that would have been a clean interception, heck of a
play by Cam Taylor Britt. And a pretty wild celebration, I think, that might have gotten to Joe,
because on the very next play,
Joe goes deep to Jamar Chase for a 70-yard tutty,
and they would have been grittying like crazy.
So it was a nice back and forth,
but what I think is interesting is that Cam was on Gaseki to begin with,
and Gaseki was in the slot on that play,
and we saw that a little bit last week as well.
And so now that it kind of opens the door,
like, well, you see Cam Taylor-Brit play in the nickel a little bit
and guarding slot receivers or guarding,
tight ends and being able to use that physicality and strength.
Is this one of the wrinkles that Al Golden brings?
I don't know, but I do think it's something worth paying attention to.
And next week during mandatory mini camp, I'm going to be eyeing.
Where's 29?
Is he lining up in the nickel?
Is that part of it?
Because he's certainly physical enough to do that.
And will it translate?
I wonder.
So that's something I'll have an eye on.
And it could just be that he's locked in
on a man. And they're just playing straight up, man. They're showing man. They're playing man. And
Cam Taylor Britt follows on that play. Micahecki across the formation and motion. Micahecki ends up
in the slot. Maybe he's, I didn't see the beginning of the play. I don't know if he was wide on
the other side or what Cam's initial alignment was, but ending up in the slot certainly.
And Marco Wilson outside on that play, Josh Newton also getting some time in the slot
on Tuesday as the Bengals were without Dax Hill, obviously still recovering from last year's ACL. But
if the Bengals are going to be a little bit more versatile with where these guys line up
and they're just going to say, we're going to lock on and, man, you're going to follow the guy across
and you're going to stay on them.
Maybe they do this in a matchup dependent fashion.
Like Mike Keseki, Kamp-Taylor-Brit, that's a matchup that you like as far as a corner
tight-end match-up goes.
Like Cam-Taylor-Brit has the size physicality to play with a big vertical tight end like
Mike Kiske.
And it wasn't a great throw, you're right.
It was inside of the very least, if not late.
Cam Taylor Britt still has to lay out for it as Gaseki had that little veteran push off at the top of the route on a little outbreaker and managed to create a little bit of space there.
But Cam closed that gap and manages to break on the ball.
And like you said, make a diving interception getting the elbow down.
So really impressive play from Cam Taylor Britt, regardless of where the ball was and very interesting for schematic reasons.
Not only where is Cam lining up, but are they schematically saying we don't really care where you're going to go?
you're just going to stay with a guy.
And maybe they're doing that, like I said,
on a matchup dependent basis.
And they're not going to do that
if, say, Camp Taylor Brits
following Zay Flowers into the slot,
maybe speculating, right?
But maybe if it's a guy like Micahecki
or even like a Mark Andrews,
they're more comfortable with that matchup.
And also really interesting to me
that Marco Wilson is out there with the ones.
I guess I'm not sure who else would be.
I mean, it would be Josh Newton in the slot
and DJ Turner.
outside with Cam Taylor Britt, but Marco Wilson, at least on that play, getting some run out there
with the first team, I think, in seven-on-sevents. Yeah, I think, one, I do think they're a believer,
they're believers of Marco Wilson. He has believers in the building, and they were excited when
they brought him back. I think they added him mid-year, we'll see. But yeah, he had to guard
Jamar Chase and sweats. It didn't really work out too well on the one play on that. It was the out-rout
route, I think it was.
A comeback, one of them.
A little comeback, little comeback, something, something sitting down.
Yeah, I think it was a comeback.
I think it was a comeback.
Now, all the plays played together.
But I, uh, I think that that's interesting.
It's, honestly, with, with the cam part of it, I, I love that it, even if it's matchup
based, great.
Because then that could mean daxail is outside.
By the way, it looks really good shape.
He said he's been running for months.
I talked to him today.
I like what I'm seeing.
back so obviously he's not clear for camp we'll see when he gets cleared but um that's big and then
the marco wilson thing it's interesting because one of my notes here since we're we'll stay with the
cornerback topic josh newton pass breakup had a pass breakup on the very first play of seven on
sevens and i i forget who it was on but i i have the clip i'm going to pull it up here as we're
talking but it's like oh josh newton 28 making an impact and so we'll see but uh i certainly
noticed him on Tuesday on a few different plays.
Yeah, and they're working a number of cornerback groups in.
DJ Turner was the victim to J.
Mar Chase on the go-ball on the very next play that you mentioned,
that could have very well been to touchdown, like he said.
So they're definitely working guys in.
And we're seeing, I think, a bit of a theme, and it's early.
And it's important not to take too much away, especially in seven-on-sevons,
especially this part of the off-season.
But just like we're seeing Joe Burrow going under center,
little bit in this part of the off season. We're probably going to see that a bunch of training
camp again. We're seeing this trend on defense now where we're getting a feel for what Al
Golden wants to do with guys following receivers in motion across the formation and regardless of
where they end up, you're seeing maybe a little bit more man. And maybe it's just a clips that are
making it on to social. But that'll be something to watch as we're expecting to see a more man-heavy
approach. And maybe that's a path for Marco Wilson. Maybe they think he is a better man corner.
PFF thinks he's a much better zone corner than man corner at least in
2024 so there's that but maybe they like Marco Wilson's
athletic skill set and the way that it would play in more man opportunities
maybe and in in that's
hey find the guys that can cover and if that's what out gold needs and that's what
he wants fine as long as it works out right I think we're all of that belief
by the way Josh Newton that that past breakup was against Mike Gisicki
and so Mike Gisicki and so Mike Gisickey and
involved in two of the bigger plays in the slot. It was a really nice breakup. I mean, it got to Mike's
hands and Newton made a play on the ball to prevent him from catching it. And it was just a quick,
would have been like a three-yard gain on the sideline. So he broke on it and was able to make a
play. But as you mentioned, it wasn't all great. You get tested. T. Higgins had a really nice
catching in seven on seven as well.
The play after.
So it's kind of interesting.
I'm just putting these together as we talk.
The play after the Josh Newton pass breakup,
Joe Burrow goes to T. Higgins and it would have been a first down.
Then the play after the Camp Taylor Britt interception,
he goes to Jamar Chase for a 70 plus yard touchdown.
So just something to consider.
Joe Burrow bounces back.
Who would have thought?
But you know what?
Camp Taylor Britt in the locker room after it was talking about,
you know, he'd like to the big celebration.
like yeah let's get shy ste out of joe let's get joe fired up a little bit here in the all season
program here in early june right before they're about to take a month off why not yeah by the way
i don't mind it i don't mind it's just about that that consistency right and we we saw the up and down
cam taylor britt roller coaster i mean my man was was at king's island at times last year and i like cam a lot
but you you got to be you got to be more steady and more consistent he knows that no one knows that more
than him and uh hopefully he can deliver hopefully that's a sign hopefully in in october november
like hey remember when he picked off joe and it just had that really awesome catch on the side i doubt
we will i think our mind will be scrambled by then but you never know yeah well yeah we'll see
if these things come back up it's always fun when you see the the plays in practice emerging games
let's finish up with a potentially bit of a different focus from the head coach on down to the rest of
the team and some other tidbits, notes, and absences, of course, from the Bengals OTA session
on Tuesday to finish up the show next.
Speed.
Speed is something that I noticed from Tuesday's session.
And it is worth noting I wasn't at last Tuesday session.
And they're open weekly to the media.
And so I missed last week, come back this week.
And I was watching practice.
And I'm like, man, they're moving pretty darn.
fast. It just felt like they were getting more out of the time, more reps. And maybe it's not.
Maybe it's the same amount. But it definitely felt like there was a, I don't want to say,
a heightened sense of urgency. I don't think urgency is the right word. But I do think that they were,
they were maximizing the time allotted. And you were seeing them get back on the ball faster.
And whether it was drills where Joe Burroughs handing it off to Taj Brooks. And then,
and flipping it and then getting a ball flip to him, excuse me, and rolling out and making a throw,
whether it was the speed of drills like that or actual seven-on-seven, I thought they were pretty
darn efficient and certainly something that I'll be monitoring next week during minicamp.
Yeah, that's one of the changes that Zach Taylor has looked to implement as they evaluated their
off-season program, evaluated their approach to training camp. If this is a message, a focus,
that is resonating with the team that is leading to some sort of somewhat different approach in training camp in the offseason program and that yields results, then no one's complaining, right?
Fast start is what everyone is going to be talking about between now and September that covers this team.
And if this is a way to try to instill some sort of approach or, or, you know,
thought process that can lead to a fast start for the Cincinnati Bengals, then.
Great.
We'll all be happy to see that, right?
And so no complaints about that approach.
What else stood out to you, James, when you thought about that?
Is that kind of, are you expecting anything to be different, you know, for training camp based on what you've seen so far in the offseason program?
Is it too early to say there?
Let's take your mic off mute as well.
Yeah, I think it's, uh, it isn't just lip service that Zach is, is saying,
well, we need to start faster and we know that.
And like obviously wins and loss as it's judged by that, but I do think that there
being some, there have been some changes now.
I always go back to it.
Like is that, do they truly need to make changes or is it as simple as having healthy
Joe Burrow week one?
which I haven't really had.
Like,
whatever, fine.
He clearly, I think, is operating with a sense of urgency there.
And that's not necessarily taking a quote of his or anything like that,
but just kind of talking to players,
talking to people in the locker room and what they say.
And kind of not that Zach is going to change and be this yell, yell,
ra, ra guy.
But I do think that maybe he's like, all right, well,
we need to start doing things this way.
And it might be little things, but a lot of little things
could equal more than that.
And I do think it's left an impression.
So I am curious to see how training camp is, how it feels.
But I also think that already there's been some noticeable things for players
and for people in the building.
And we'll see if it translates to wins, because that's all that matters.
It doesn't matter if they play 50 snaps in the preseason or four.
do you do you beat the browns in cleveland do you come home and do you shut down
Travis hunter Trevor Lawrence and the Jags are you two and no and then you go from there
and so that's that's what I think is interesting is this new approach how it works out but
I do think that there's he would probably stop short of saying new approach but I do think
it's a tweaked approach for sure I think changes are welcome trying something different
if that's what's happening I don't think anyone is arguing with that after the last
couple of years in particular.
Let's finish up with a couple of absences.
Nothing surprising here.
The players that haven't been practicing continue to not practice.
Amagee P. Ryan, in addition to that list, who was present but did not go through drills,
did not practice with the team on Tuesday.
Dax Hill, Zach Moss, also not present.
Eric All, B.J. Hill, all injury reasons there.
Jermaine Pratt continues to be on the team but not be present.
That will get interesting and mandatory minicap next week.
maybe that is a bit of a deadline for them to figure out what's going on with Jermaine Pratt
because like Zach mentioned with Trey Hendrickson,
if Jermaine is still under contract and doesn't show up,
they're potentially fines that can come up there.
Does he show up and make it awkward?
I mean, maybe the Bengals have told him that he doesn't have to.
Maybe they've excused him from it already.
I don't know what the situation is there,
but that did come to mind for me because mandatory minicamp is next week, right?
And so all the stuff they've done so far, optional offseason program, phase one, phase two, phase three, whatever it is, you get that one little bit of mandatory work before they're off until training camp.
And, you know, is Trey Hendrickson going to be away and taking those fines that he was unhappy to hear about a couple of weeks ago?
And that's the only reason I mentioned the Jermann Pratt thing, because the fine element for Trey is in the awareness a little bit of.
bit more than it otherwise would be and that made me think well maybe that is a bit of a
deadline for them to figure out germane pratt or maybe they've just worked something out with
them but still on the team interestingly still waiting for the second round picks to work out who
knows but uh with mandatory minicamp next week it's at least a little bit interesting to me
yeah it is it is for sure uh who participates first trey hendricksson shamar stewart or jermaine
pratt i'm going to say um shamar shamar shamar shimar shimar
Stuart.
Who's second, Trey?
Yeah, I think.
I think.
Dermaine could be out there next week.
If Dremaine's out there next week, then he's first.
Yeah.
Imagine.
That would be quite a spectacle.
Spectacle.
Yeah, that's the right word.
Right? Spectacle?
Yes.
Well, Miss tackles.
What mistackles?
We've got one more show this week.
That's going to burn me.
That's going to burn me, Jake.
if he's back.
What miss tackles?
I mean, not just you.
I think everyone has brought that out sometime in the last six months.
Tackles.
Miss practice.
What mispractice?
The Bengals have their mandatory minicamp next week, which we'll have covered here,
of course.
We have one more show this week.
So for anyone who's missed the last couple of days,
we're on a three show a week schedule right now.
We're publishing episodes on Sunday, on Tuesday, on Thursday.
This is a show that's going up on Tuesday.
Tuesday evening, look for another show from us on Thursday evening.
We'll cover some topics that are out there that are off-season topics, let's say.
For example, PFF just put out to roster ranking.
The Bengals were in the bottom half of the NFL in overall roster strength.
Maybe we'll have some thoughts about that at some point in the off-season.
It's possible.
That's something that might come up here on Lach-Rap.
Maybe you should be more active in free agency.
Yeah, I mean, it's possible that we have said that once or twice as well.
But that's going to do it for this episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast.
Some exciting things happening in OTAs this week.
Until next time, thanks for listening.
Hoodey and have a good one.
What Miss Tackles?
