Latest NFL Trade Just Made Things More Interesting for the Bengals Ahead of Deadline | Enter the Jungle LIVE

James Rapien (0:00)

It is Tuesday, which means it is time for a live edition of End of the Jungle. He's Andrew Fox Miller. I'm James Rapien, welcome in. We have plenty to get to Cincinnati Bengals-wise, including, well, the trade that honestly, it's really interesting. The Bengals obviously weren't in the market for a guard. Dylan Fairchild, Dalton Reisner, they believe in both of those guys. But Quenton Nelson is just one of the best offensive linemen of this generation. One of the best guards we've seen, that I've seen, in one of the highest offensive linemen the Bengals have had on their draft board period. He was so good coming out that I think the Bengals would have tried him at left tackle because they thought he was just that good as a football player. Obviously, he's been an insane guard for the Colts. So we'll dive into that. We'll dive into the Erick All injury, and well, we're going to get to your questions as well right here on End of the Jungle. He's Andrew Fox Miller. I'm James Rapien. Let's start with the Colts trade. We were together when the Colts traded.

Quenton Nelson of the Seattle Seahawks.

To me, it's just a reminder. It's just a reminder. Defending Super Bowl champs. They kicked the Chiefs ass 20 to 3

And what do they do? They go make a move to make their team better. It's just a reminder that you can't be good enough. Always try to add talent. That aggressive mindset that people make fun of me for, Andrew Fox Miller, well, it's what contenders have. They're always thinking about how they can get better, how they're willing to get better and making those calls. They don't all work out, obviously, most of them don't. But this one did. The Colts fire sale is officially on.

Andrew Fox Miller (1:34)

You use the word contender, which is actually correct, but I'm going to use a different term for comparing to you, James, predator.

There's blood in the water, and you're going to conjure up all sorts of scenarios. I can feel it. As soon as I saw that happen, and I thought, oh, my goodness, James is going to start putting together his wish list. He's going to update it. He's going to change it. Here's what offer I would do. Fantasy football mode, James. Here we go. Here we go.

James Rapien (2:01)

See, and now you're turning it into a negative.

Andrew Fox Miller (2:04)

Is it? I think everything I said, you could read it on paper, and you would read it as a positive.

James Rapien (2:08)

I get it. It depends on.

If you said animal and not predator, then yes, that's fine. Right. Like, I think predator almost has a negative connotation, and you didn't necessarily mean it that way. But yes, I get what you're saying. And yes, you're right. Absolutely right.

And that's it. The Colts are dumb. They traded two ones for Sauce Gardner because they thought they were in it with Daniel Jones. Dumb. They fired their GM that they should have fired four years ago because you can't get the quarterback position right. Because no matter what you can do, if you can't get the quarterback position right, guess what? You're nowhere in the NFL. Dumb. And that's it. Like the Minnesota Vikings are kind of the outlier there, but not really because if Kyler Murray doesn't get his head out of his rear end, guess what? They have no shot at winning a Super Bowl either. Like there's really no outlier. Like you have to get solid quarterback play, even if you have literally the best roster in the NFL. And so yeah, am I looking at this and saying, hey, if I'm the Bengals, we need to really look at this Colts roster top to bottom. Is there anything we want? Is there anything that aligns? Do I call the Colts? Absolutely, I call the Colts. But I would have called the Colts before today. I don't need this affirmation of Quenton Nelson traded being on Quenton Nelson. I would have been having these talks long before today.

People take shots, like it's a negative thing to view it that way. And it shouldn't be. The negative should be the Bengals think that they're okay. The Bengals shouldn't have the... Like, if you tell me the Bengals aren't interested in Jonathan Taylor at all, well, then I think they're idiots. Would help their roster, would make their team better. Whether or not they should get into a bidding war, whether or not they should go all in on him, it's a whole other discussion. But this idea that, oh, James is an idiot because he's open to Jonathan Taylor, which, come on, let's be real here, that that narrative would certainly and probably is already out there, I don't know.