{"podcast":{"title":"The Growler","slug":"the-growler-6812840","podcast_index_feed_id":6812840,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/the-growler","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/the-growler","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/a0/ad/51/c6/a0ad51c6-7300-478b-83ba-96f12c561f88/0c14d3e6c70862cf370cc7fb79bd9c64c39440a45184a6a9f22ffe541dd6642e7e8c60d7dc5e9f5e43c150bc99ada073549c0bdd34d41f0b11e6041edc9a5afb.jpeg","author":"Paul Dehner Jr.","episode_count":406,"summary":"Paul Dehner Jr., senior Bengals writer for The Athletic, takes you inside Paycor Stadium to keep you informed and entertained on all things Bengals. He's joined by Mo Egger of ESPN1530, Charlie Goldsmith of Fox19 & Charlie's Chalkboard, Jay Morrison, of Sports Illustrated and comedian Mark Chalifoux across four shows a week to elevate the conversation about the team from gritty details to philosophical debates to comical storylines and postgame analysis.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T04:18:21.716113+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-growler-6812840"},"episode":{"title":"Sam Francis, Bengals director of football research","slug":"sam-francis-bengals-director-of-football-research","published_at":"2026-05-11T20:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-growler-6812840/sam-francis-bengals-director-of-football-research","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-growler-6812840","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/38f42d55-5b9c-487b-b93c-d90620079a6a.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/38f42d55-5b9c-487b-b93c-d90620079a6a.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Paul is joined by Bengals director of football research Sam Francis. They discuss the team's analytics department, it's growth, impact on the draft, free agency and evolution of the data side of the game. Watch and subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGrowlerPodcast The Growler on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-growler/id1733476604 The Growler on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70iJjqgPQrVzQ2pdOwVvDY Links to all socials, podcast platforms, merchandise from Cincy Shirts and more: thegrowlerpodcast.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"Paul is joined by Bengals director of football research Sam Francis. They discuss the team's analytics department, it's growth, impact on the draft, free…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1951,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-growler-6812840/episodes/sam-francis-bengals-director-of-football-research/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-growler-6812840/sam-francis-bengals-director-of-football-research.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}