Thomas on the Cincinnati Bengals: “We are going to be good for a while.”

Topics: Purple tie right now | Taste of the playoffs for the first time | 2nd youngest team in the league | We are going to be good for a while | Super Bowl XLVI is going to be a good game | The Patriots covering the Giants wideouts | Tom Brady and Eli Manning | I just want to see a good Super Bowl | Rob Gronkowski | Marvin Lewis | The Bengals defensive coaches | Playing for a coach you don’t completely buy into | Our defensive line | Being in a better place | Kirk Morrison |

Topics: Guys are very focused | 12 days of training camp and 2 exhibition games | It’s enough time | Kevin Durant’s flag football | Great story | Not being able to contact players during the lockout | Shape the players were in upon returning | Kendrick Perkins weight loss | Whose idea the weight loss was | Still intimidating and menacing | Team needs his edge | He loves competing against other teams | Talk about the ring he won with the Houston Rockets | Concern is on team goals | Making sure the intensity level is very high | Team loves games every other night | Kind of guy Hakeem Olajuwon was as a player | Control effort every night | “The wins will take care of themselves” | What Kevin Durant needed to focus on going into the offseason | Thoughts on the attempted Chris Paul trade by the Lakers | What he did during the lockout