Cincinnati Enquirer Bengals Beat Podcast (#BBP)

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Bengals Beat Podcast: A busy first week Jul 31, 2018

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Enquirer Bengals beat writers Paul Dehner Jr. and Jim Owczarski offer up observations from a bustling first five days of training camp next to Paul Brown Stadium.

They run through their three ups and three downs of the first week, allow #HotTakeJames to pop in on a pitch limit, hear from Tyler Eifert, answer your three questions and get mad about jogging etiquette.

Bengals Beat Podcast: Training camp preview Jul 25, 2018

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Enquirer Bengals beat writers Jim Owczarski and Paul Dehner Jr. react to an interesting day at the team's media luncheon and take a deeper look at five key storylines from training camp, which begins Thursday.

Hear from club president Mike Brown.

Also, the debut of three questions, more Vegas suggestions and kicking it on the back deck for the first episode of the new season.

Bengals Beat Podcast: Stories from No. 1 Jul 18, 2018

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On the path to writing about the No. 1 overall play in the last 30 years of Bengals history, stories were told. Some not so relevant to Stanford Jennings' 93-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in Super Bowl XXIII, but fun nonetheless.

They surface here as you hear from coach Sam Wyche, receiver Mike Martin and Jennings while we wrap up this offseason series.

Bengals Beat Podcast: Behind the scenes of the Top 5 plays series Jul 10, 2018

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Enquirer Bengals beat writers Paul Dehner Jr. and Jim Owczarski discuss the behind-the-scenes stories and process of the series ranking the top five plays of the last 30 years in Bengals football.

We talk about the interesting things said and not said at all in discussing these moments as well as how some of them relate to the current club.

Plus, hear from Jerome Simpson about his famous flip.

Bengals Beat Podcast: Requesting your BBP thoughts Jul 03, 2018

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Enquirer Bengals beat writers Paul Dehner Jr. and Jim Owczarski use the dead period in the NFL schedule to reach out to you, the fans of the BBP.

We want to know what you want more or less of in the podcast as we plot the podcast format for the 2018 season. Our Bengals opinions, interviews, power rankings, guests, live shows, you name it we want to know if you want more or less of it.

Shoot your opinions to us on Twitter @pauldehnerjr and @jimowczarski or send an email to us pdehnerjr@enquirer.com or jowczarski@enquirer.com.

Thank you all for listening to the podcast during the year and we look forward to hearing how we can make the show even better for you this year.

Bengals Beat Podcast: Minicamp wrap, strengths and weaknesses Jun 15, 2018

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Enquirer and Cincinnati.com Bengals beat writers Paul Dehner Jr. and Jim Owczarski wrap up what happened during the team's three-day mandatory minicamp at Paul Brown Stadium.

They discuss the interesting injury development for Tyler Eifert, return of Carlos Dunlap and John Ross' offseason of the most interesting man in the building.

Hear from Marvin Lewis, Carlos Dunlap and tight end C.J. Uzomah.

Then we rank the team's position groups from strongest to weakest to unveil a potentially concerning fall off point.

Finally, in honor of summer's arrival we power rank bodies of water and bid adieu for break.

Bengals Beat Podcast: Answering your questions Jun 06, 2018

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Enquirer Bengals beat writers Jim Owczarski and Paul Dehner Jr. turn to listeners to find out what you want to know. We run through answers to your questions as the season of OTAs comes to an end this week with mandatory minicamp on the horizon.

We talk about the stadium lease, Ryan Hewitt, Joe Mixon, defensive expectations, Bill Lazor's offense and making wide receiver predictions.

Plus, we power rank the biggest mental blunders in recent Bengals and sports history in honor of JR Smith.

Bengals Beat Podcast: OTA opportunities May 30, 2018

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Enquirer Bengals beat writers Paul Dehner Jr. and Jim Owczarski take a look at the ongoings from the second week of the OTA program including what veteran absences have opened up for a crop of young players.

Also, we talk anthem policy fallout in Cincinnati, Dre Kirkpatrick's connection to a drug raid and the Bengals' long Vegas odds in Degenerate Corner.

Hear interviews with A.J. Green and Jordan Willis.

Finally, we power rank movie theater seat positions and anticipate the competitive event of the summer coming up this weekend.

Bengals Beat Podcast: First OTA observations May 23, 2018

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Enquirer Bengals beat writers Jim Owczarski and Paul Dehner Jr. take a look at the developments that surfaced on the first day of on-field practice for the 2018 Cincinnati Bengals this week.

With the opening of OTAs they discuss Carlos Dunlap's noticeable absence, John Ross' noticeable presence, a rookie opening eyes and dive into what the restructured offensive line looked like.

Plus, hear from offensive line coach Frank Pollack on what he's looking for, individual player expectations and a few tricks he has up his sleeve.

Finally, we power ranking players over 35 with a hat tip to Andrew Whitworth for the suggestion and can't decide if the NBA makes us mad or happy.

Bengals Beat Podcast: Rookie first impressions May 15, 2018

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Cincinnati Enquirer Bengals beat writers Jim Owczarski and Paul Dehner Jr. sit down after rookie minicamp to discuss the crop of new players at Paul Brown Stadium and which are most likely to latch on the with the club in the long run.

Plus, we talk about Paul Daugherty's column regarding millenials, Reds, Bengals and the city's sports culture. We also drop thoughts on the new world of gambling.

The podcast wraps with us power ranking the way things are ranked.