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Speaker 1: Welcome Third Gang, and welcome to a week ten football Friday.

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Speaker 1: On today's show, in search of win number nine with

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Speaker 1: perhaps Colt McCoy at quarterback, that certainly is a possibility.

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Speaker 1: Again this week, we've got the latest on Kyler Murray,

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Speaker 1: plus Mike Jarecki has his three keys to victory. But first,

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Speaker 1: it's not just Murray who is questionable. For Sunday, it's

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two, Episode four ninety five, and it starts now.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two with Craig Grigolu and Mike Jarecki.

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Speaker 1: and catch in a touchdown DeAndre Hopkins. Here's Craig Griolu

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Speaker 1: and Mike Jarecki. As Kingsbury likes to say, MJ, We've

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Speaker 1: made good progress this week. For those that have been

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Speaker 1: following us since Wednesday, you'll know that I kind of,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, I've flipped out, but made a big

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Speaker 1: deal that there were twelve players that did not practice

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Speaker 1: on Wednesday. That number went down to ten on Thursday.

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Speaker 1: How about this, though, six players not seen during the

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Speaker 1: open portion of practice on Friday, so we have cut

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Speaker 1: that number in half. And that's how it normally happens.

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Speaker 1: You know, I've covered up for a long time, just

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Speaker 1: like you, and you know there's certain positions where you

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Speaker 1: want to make sure guys are out there. But I've

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Speaker 1: never yelled fire in the theater when it comes to

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Speaker 1: a Wednesday, even Thursday, and certain guys could miss practice.

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Speaker 1: But you know, I think Kyler Murray is trending in

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Speaker 1: the right direction and feel I feel much more comfortable

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Speaker 1: where he's at today than maybe it was last Friday. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: everything's a game day decision and clearly a cult Koy

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Speaker 1: and the boys got it done. But I feel like

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Speaker 1: he's closer than he was a week ago. That's the

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Speaker 1: good news, because Murray was one of those players who

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Speaker 1: hadn't practiced Wednesday and Thursday, but did practice some on Friday.

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Speaker 1: Now during the open portion of practice. Look, it's one

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Speaker 1: thing to hear what a player has to say, and

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Speaker 1: Wednesday we were very optimistic, at least I was MJ

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Speaker 1: because of the tone of voice and just how happy

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Speaker 1: Murray looked on Wednesday joking around, So that led me

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Speaker 1: to believe that, hey, you know what, we could see

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Speaker 1: him this week now with my own eyes. During the

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Speaker 1: open portion of practice, Yes, Murray had his helmet on. No,

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Speaker 1: he did not participate in team stretch. Yes he did

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Speaker 1: throw the ball around, but it was at half speed

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Speaker 1: and it was very limited. He was not throwing the

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Speaker 1: ball as much as Colt McCoy or Chris Travelers. So yes,

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Speaker 1: he was on the practice field. He didn't do a

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Speaker 1: whole lot though, during the open portion. So I don't

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Speaker 1: know if I am as optimistic as you are, And

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Speaker 1: that's just kind of where I am. And I've gone

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Speaker 1: back and forth since Wednesday, But at this way, I'm

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Speaker 1: leaning towards Murray not playing on Sunday. Again. It's a

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Speaker 1: long season. Colt McCoy can run this offense, and you

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Speaker 1: get an aj greenback. We know the defense is obviously,

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Speaker 1: you know, going against an unfamiliar quarterback, you got to

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Speaker 1: think they're gonna obviously get some turnovers, so they have

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Speaker 1: more information than we do. You got to Seattle the

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Speaker 1: following week, which is a division game on the road.

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson's back. So, but something that stood out to

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Speaker 1: me on Friday, when Kingsbury was asked a question to

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Speaker 1: a certain extent of you look at this game, but

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Speaker 1: then you guys are trying to get the dubie. He said,

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Speaker 1: every week is important. We've discussed all possibilities, but you've

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Speaker 1: discussion you would think, you know, front office, and to

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Speaker 1: him back. Yet at the same time, it's about stacking

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Speaker 1: as many wins as possible. Yes, you've got eight, but

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Speaker 1: nine is very winnable and very doable even without a

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Speaker 1: The Cardinals have moved their schedule to a little bit

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Speaker 1: later in the morning, still getting out there at a

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Speaker 1: So to me, he knows his team better than anybody else.

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Speaker 1: They wear GPS, so you can tell who's getting more

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Speaker 1: I trust the medical staff and he doesn't have to play.

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Speaker 1: But at the same time, though, I'm sure he wants

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Speaker 1: bye week, I understand the thinking, Well, just don't play Carolina,

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Speaker 1: But I think Murray made progress to where he feels

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Speaker 1: he could be comfortable pushing off that foot to make

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Speaker 1: second straight week, we are waiting for the inactives to

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Speaker 1: According to Kingsbury quote not sure end quote about Hopkins's

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Speaker 1: me thinking out loud here on Cardinals Cover two presented

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Speaker 1: by Hunday Proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals, Rondell Moore.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully was the word Kingsbury used. More was on the

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Speaker 1: a pocket passer. I went back and looked at week seven.

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Speaker 1: He was three or fourteen thirty three yards quarterback rating

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Speaker 1: of thirty nine six and he was sacked three times.

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Speaker 1: Small sample, so and I'm sure every young quarterback's going

431
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Speaker 1: to be told you gotta get rid of the ball.

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Speaker 1: Get rid of the ball. Well, you go through your

433
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Speaker 1: one check or you go through your first bread and improvise.

434
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Speaker 1: He also has a little bit of wind up, so

435
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Speaker 1: we'll see if he's if he holds onto the ball,

436
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Speaker 1: he's toast. I mean they'll they'll get to him then

437
00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,720
Speaker 1: and again they don't have their starting center. So I'm

438
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Speaker 1: always I'm always interested, and sometimes I could be surprised,

439
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Speaker 1: but Advance comes up with his fascinating They put a

440
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Speaker 1: lot of work in during the week and just listen

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Speaker 1: to players today. I thought was interested about Peters in

442
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,040
Speaker 1: previous years. You know, they would put the game plan in.

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Speaker 1: Some guys will kind of roll their eyeses it's going

444
00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,120
Speaker 1: to work and then maybe they're not committed on game day.

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00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,879
Speaker 1: He said that it's quite the opposite here. What they

446
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Speaker 1: put the work and they like the game plan, and

447
00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:15,040
Speaker 1: when they go out there you could see how they

448
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Speaker 1: execute and if the players have suggestions or think that

449
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Speaker 1: you know, this is not quite working, we didn't rep

450
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Speaker 1: it correctly, or watching film, I see something else this

451
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Speaker 1: coaching staff from Kingsbury on down who has set the tone,

452
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Speaker 1: the open door policy to be able to have that

453
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Speaker 1: two way street communication, because that's what you want, especially

454
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Speaker 1: on game Dave, something's called from the sidelines and you

455
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Speaker 1: come back off the field as a player and say,

456
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Speaker 1: you know what, I think if we do this, we'll

457
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Speaker 1: have more success. And you got to be able to

458
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Speaker 1: listen to your players. But you also have to have

459
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Speaker 1: earned that trust to be able to listen to the player.

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Speaker 1: And I think that happens a lot with Rodney Hudson.

461
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Speaker 1: Now you do have you know, obviously you know Sean

462
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Speaker 1: Coogler from the sidelines, but he has you know, the

463
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Speaker 1: bird's eye view. He's sitting in the middle of the field,

464
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Speaker 1: and again he won't do during the series. Those conversations

465
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Speaker 1: have to take place on the sidelines, and then they

466
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Speaker 1: can go to the tablet and see where the pressure

467
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Speaker 1: is coming in. How do they make adjustments And they

468
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Speaker 1: can do that right on the side that they don't

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Speaker 1: need to wait two or three possessions. All right, So

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Speaker 1: key number one, make the Panthers one dimensional. We want

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Speaker 1: to see PJ. Walker have to throw the football like

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo Oh class week forty passing attempts. That's when

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Speaker 1: we talk about one dimensional. That's what we want to

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Speaker 1: be able to see on Sunday. All right, easier said,

475
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Speaker 1: then done. As we talked about, contain Christian McCaffrey, avoid

476
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Speaker 1: the chunk plays and the yards after catch, and you

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Speaker 1: got to gang tackle him so he can line up

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Speaker 1: in the backfield. I don't know if they're going to

479
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Speaker 1: run a pistol or an RPO. He's really good in

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Speaker 1: pass protection. They'll line them up in the slot. Sometimes

481
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Speaker 1: he'll line up on the outside where he's hoping to

482
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Speaker 1: draw that inside linebacker and we'll see who that is.

483
00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,720
Speaker 1: I mean, if Hicks is out there, they're gonna go

484
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Speaker 1: with the wheelhouse route and that's really throw it to

485
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Speaker 1: the sidelines. Only one guy can catch it to his

486
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Speaker 1: right shoulders, so they move him around to me, you know,

487
00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:09,440
Speaker 1: because of the injuries. I listen to Joe person who

488
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Speaker 1: covers the Panthers for a long time. You know, he

489
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Speaker 1: thinks they're gonna up the any a little bit more.

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Speaker 1: You know, earlier when he was healthy, they over use him.

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Speaker 1: The next thing, you know, he hurt his hammy again.

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Speaker 1: So he thinks they're gonna up the Annie. But it's

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Speaker 1: just the open field to get into the second layer

494
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Speaker 1: because he has the ability. I mean, he's very athletic.

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Speaker 1: M he'll make guys miss tackles and that's why you

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Speaker 1: got to swarm him in game tackles. So again, if

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Speaker 1: he gets one hundred and twenty yards rushing and receiving,

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Speaker 1: I can live with that. Just don't give up the

499
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Speaker 1: big plays where all of a sudden they get confidence

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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, you know, they may go

501
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Speaker 1: up Temple just to get the Cardinals down their heels

502
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:52,320
Speaker 1: versus their toes. McCaffrey last week fifty two rushing yards,

503
00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,760
Speaker 1: fifty four receiving yards. And he might be that safety

504
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:59,119
Speaker 1: blanket like we see for the tight end position, but

505
00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:01,960
Speaker 1: for walk or it could be McCaffrey because how well

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00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,239
Speaker 1: he knows the offensive system and sits there and then

507
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,919
Speaker 1: all of a sudden it becomes a short dump off

508
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,040
Speaker 1: to McCaffrey and let him make the place well, and

509
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Speaker 1: we probably should mention it. He went against the Patriots defense,

510
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Speaker 1: and I think we all know that Belichick had a

511
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Speaker 1: lot of out players last year. So he was fourteen

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Speaker 1: for fifty three average three point seven yards to carry.

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Speaker 1: Last week, he passing was targeted five times, four catches

514
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Speaker 1: for fifty four yards. So again he went against a

515
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Speaker 1: very good Patriots team and he was delibered to get

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Speaker 1: over a hundred yards. And this will be McCaffrey's second

517
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Speaker 1: career start against the Cardinals. Flashback Week three, twenty nineteen

518
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Speaker 1: at State Farm Stadium, the Kyle Allen Game. McCaffrey had

519
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Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty three yards rushing and one touchdown. Now,

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Speaker 1: let's bring up the Cardinals rush defense. Though given up

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Speaker 1: four point eight yards per carry, tied for thirtieth in

522
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Speaker 1: foot ball, they're giving up one hundred and eleven yards

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Speaker 1: point one, which is eighteenth overall. So again that's got

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Speaker 1: a change. Again, they can go on a nice long drive,

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00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:15,520
Speaker 1: but it's what you do after that. What would adjustments

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Speaker 1: have you made and again get that quarterback off or spot. Now.

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Speaker 1: The Cardinals defense last week five sacks, eight quarterback hits,

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Speaker 1: so again they have the ability to get to the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Vans Joseph asked about the run defense on Thursday, said

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Speaker 1: it's fine, and I understand what he was referring to,

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Speaker 1: because to your point, there have been times where the

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Speaker 1: rush defense hasn't been great, but then it's been fixed

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Speaker 1: within that game, whether it's the first half or second half.

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Speaker 1: And what immediately comes to mind is what the Jacksonville

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Speaker 1: Jaguars did on that one drive and then all of

536
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Speaker 1: a sudden was shut down. So it hasn't been something

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Speaker 1: that's consistent as far as shutting down the run defense

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Speaker 1: for an entire game. Last week they did, but we

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Speaker 1: haven't seen that on an just in weekend and week

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Speaker 1: out bases. They've had to make adjustments and then all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden, you've been able to see that correction,

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00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,600
Speaker 1: and the run game hasn't been as the only guy

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Speaker 1: that I thought ran all over him was Delvin Cook.

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00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,359
Speaker 1: And then you throw in Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon.

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Speaker 1: Those are the two games to stick out. Jones is

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Speaker 1: also kind of like McCaffrey a dual threat. He can

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Speaker 1: catch the ball. I think caught six passes against the Cardinals.

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00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,440
Speaker 1: So but you know in the in the Jags Wires game,

549
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,560
Speaker 1: he had the Robinson you know, extended drive where and

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Speaker 1: then in a Rams game was garbage time when they

551
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Speaker 1: when they eventually started running. So yeah, I mean it's

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00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: again you look at those numbers, tied for thirty yards

553
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Speaker 1: per carry. I want to see that improve because when

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Speaker 1: you get to the playoffs and you've got to go

555
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,280
Speaker 1: outside and play, and hopefully they don't. Initially the game

556
00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,040
Speaker 1: gets a little bit tighter, and I think the coaching

557
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 1: staff get a little more conservative. So again, but at

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Speaker 1: the same time, this team has made so many stops

559
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:02,320
Speaker 1: on third and fourth down, like they're a terrible field position.

560
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:05,479
Speaker 1: They made these stops, So I guess you gotta take

561
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Speaker 1: the good with the bad. But the good news is

562
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Speaker 1: they're not it's not costing them games. And that's an

563
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 1: excellent point because as bad as the numbers look, as

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Speaker 1: far as rush defense, the Cardinals overall have the fourth

565
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:23,160
Speaker 1: best defense, number two on third down, number three on

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Speaker 1: fourth down, their number three scoring defense, and in the

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00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 1: red zone they rank fifteenth. So those other categories that

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00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,880
Speaker 1: coach Joseph pays attention to, specifically scoring defense, where they're

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Speaker 1: only allowing just over seventeen points of contest. That means

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Speaker 1: more than hey, you know we're averaging almost or we're

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Speaker 1: giving up almost five yards to carry. Well, you're only

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Speaker 1: scoring seventeen points, So which number do you want? And

573
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Speaker 1: obviously it's the scoring defense. Yeah, I mean points allowed

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Speaker 1: third down in red zone. You know, obviously you want

575
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Speaker 1: to force them to kick field goals and those are

576
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Speaker 1: the most important thing. You know, teams can go from

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Speaker 1: the twenty to tw What do you do when you

578
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 1: get in the red zone? Are you kicking field goal?

579
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:09,080
Speaker 1: As you turn the ball over? And so I'm nitpicking,

580
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,480
Speaker 1: but I'm just saying over the course of the year, now,

581
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 1: you know, losing jj Watt obviously has a downward spiral effect.

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Speaker 1: I do like the rotation they have, and I like

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Speaker 1: bringing in Zach Kerr and Josh Morrow, But it's more

584
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,360
Speaker 1: than ben don't break defense. They're not again, they're not

585
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Speaker 1: shooting themselves in the foot where it's costing them games.

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Speaker 1: Mike Drecki's three Keys to Victory Number one, make the

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00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:33,240
Speaker 1: Panthers one dimensional, get PJ. Walker to throw that football.

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00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:37,640
Speaker 1: Number two contain Christian McCaffrey. Limit those big plays. So

589
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 1: we want three. MJ gave you one and two. What's

590
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Speaker 1: number three? Feed James Connor, Okay, time need it sounds

591
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 1: like he's up for the task. Doesn't mean we won't

592
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Speaker 1: see a guy like you know, Benjamin. We'll see about

593
00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 1: the available or Jonathan Ward. But last week twenty seven touches.

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Speaker 1: You know, he had eighteen thinking then seven receiving or

595
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:06,760
Speaker 1: six or seven receptions. But in the screen game worked

596
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 1: really well last week, and maybe you know, the Panthers

597
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,840
Speaker 1: are going to look at what the forty nine ers

598
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 1: did and then they may not rush as fast. So

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Speaker 1: but I just think, you know, he's up for the task,

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Speaker 1: he's got the body to do it, and we know

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Speaker 1: when he gets to the goal line, it's it's almost

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00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:27,320
Speaker 1: an instant touchdown. So I'm feeding James Connor. And at

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Speaker 1: the same time, I also think, depending on if he's

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Speaker 1: you know, close to one hundred percent, maybe we'll see

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Speaker 1: Rondel Moore get some more options in the backfield besides

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Speaker 1: Eno Benjamin. Now you go back to Connor's twenty eighteen

607
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: season in which he was named the Pro Bowl because

608
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 1: Levan Bell sat out that year. But that season as

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Speaker 1: far as being the number one guy, nine hundred and

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Speaker 1: seventy three rushing yards twelve touchdowns, caught fifty five passes

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Speaker 1: for four hundred and ninety seven yards and one touchdown

612
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,600
Speaker 1: in thirteen games. So yes, he can do it. He

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Speaker 1: didn't need to do it when you had Chase Edmonds available,

614
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Speaker 1: and maybe to a certain extent, And I know, you know,

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00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:07,640
Speaker 1: Benjamin's hoping that this is the case that maybe you

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Speaker 1: don't need Connor to do it on Sunday with you know,

617
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 1: Benjamin showing what he's capable of doing when he played

618
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 1: very well at San Francisco. Yet at the same time,

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Speaker 1: it might be more James Connor than a complete balanced

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Speaker 1: one A, one B like you had with Edmonds and

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Speaker 1: Connor when they were both on the field. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: I've made this reference in the past. I think Eno

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Speaker 1: is much closer to Chase, and then I think Jonathan

624
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Speaker 1: Warre has got a little bit of both. He's got

625
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,360
Speaker 1: a little bit more size and he can hit the

626
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,400
Speaker 1: whole So we could see both in the backfield together.

627
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: They trust you, you know, Benjamin, and he can run

628
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Speaker 1: between the tackles. We know that, you know, he's got

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Speaker 1: a little burst to him. So but I just think

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Speaker 1: when it's all said and done, he's going to get

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Speaker 1: the majority of the touches. So feed James Connor, rounds

632
00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:56,920
Speaker 1: out Mike direc He's three keys to victory. James Connor

633
00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,120
Speaker 1: one of those players that has received a lot of

634
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 1: attention and for good reason. Here this week and asked

635
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:04,960
Speaker 1: about this kind of a matchup coming up on Sunday

636
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 1: about the Panthers defense. Quote, it'll be a physical game,

637
00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 1: but that's the game we like, and that's a different

638
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 1: mentality here. He brings that Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania mentality. We was

639
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,640
Speaker 1: asking about November and December football, the weather gets colder,

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00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:24,200
Speaker 1: it becomes harder to move the football. Now, different case

641
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 1: on the West Coast where you don't have that, But

642
00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 1: it is a mindset that we're seeing a little bit

643
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 1: more of, not just on the offensive side, but defensively

644
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 1: as well. It's like bullyball football. I mean that's I mean,

645
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 1: he's a bully out there, ain't afraid. So yeah, let

646
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,480
Speaker 1: him meet, give him a nice, nice little meal. Afterwards,

647
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 1: he was talking about Thanksgiving already Yeah, these players, they

648
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,400
Speaker 1: are very well aware when that bye week is two

649
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 1: more games to go before they get some much deserved

650
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 1: time away from the game of football. So those are

651
00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:00,280
Speaker 1: your three keys to victory. What is the X fact

652
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 1: Cardinal's offensive line against the Panthers front seven. We know

653
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 1: Hassan Roddick is playing up to standards. Um, you know

654
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,239
Speaker 1: he's It's not only the sacks, it's the quarterback hits,

655
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 1: tackle for losses. He's ranked in the top five and

656
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:14,000
Speaker 1: a little a lot of different carry categories, kind of

657
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,960
Speaker 1: like Marcus Golden. You know, having Rodney Hudson back goes

658
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:21,040
Speaker 1: a long way. But you know, Derek Brown, we talked

659
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,640
Speaker 1: about him going in the draft. He's a beast. You know.

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00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:27,040
Speaker 1: They Phil Snow's done a good job with his personnel

661
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 1: and there's a reason why they're ranked pretty high in

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00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,440
Speaker 1: a lot of different categories. You know, Gilmour had a

663
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:35,759
Speaker 1: pick last week. Jeremy Chen's either one of those old

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00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:39,880
Speaker 1: school football players. So again, hopefully they could you know,

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00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,040
Speaker 1: hold up on You know, I'm not saying they're not

666
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,080
Speaker 1: going to give up any sacks. Cardinals as a team

667
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:47,080
Speaker 1: have given up twenty sacks. Assure shouldn't basically almost to

668
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 1: a game which is not. It's much better than it was.

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Speaker 1: So I just think keep Kyler Murray upright or Colt

670
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,160
Speaker 1: McCoy try to get that run game going. Um, but

671
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 1: I do think the Panthers have some ability to possibly

672
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 1: slow to Cardinals offense down. Initially, Reddick eight and a

673
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,840
Speaker 1: half sacks, second most in the NFC, tied for sixth

674
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 1: overall in the NFL twelve tackles for loss that leads

675
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 1: the league. Funny to hear Vance Joseph discuss Reddick and

676
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:18,720
Speaker 1: how excited coaches to see from Afar what Hassan Reddick

677
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:22,880
Speaker 1: is doing. Quote, It's fun to watch, but not this week. Yeah,

678
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:24,840
Speaker 1: that's the sentiment from a lot of those players in

679
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,640
Speaker 1: the locker room because when Hassan Reddick was here, he

680
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 1: did everything that he was asked to do. It just

681
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 1: took the team a little bit longer than we would

682
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:37,919
Speaker 1: have liked, a lot longer really to find the right

683
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:41,800
Speaker 1: spot for him. He excelled second half of last season

684
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:45,320
Speaker 1: and he's excelling this season as a true outside linebacker.

685
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 1: Never complain. That's the beauty of that. And you know

686
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 1: a lot of people, including my says, go do it.

687
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:54,400
Speaker 1: Again and he's doing it again. So good for him.

688
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,240
Speaker 1: You know, I think it's he had to fill snow

689
00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:00,359
Speaker 1: at Temple and he had met rule a Temple, so

690
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:02,279
Speaker 1: he knew what he was getting into and they knew

691
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 1: his strength, and between him and Brian Burns, they got

692
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:07,520
Speaker 1: a nice little combo. They're getting to the quarterback, including

693
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:11,400
Speaker 1: their interior defensive linemen, so the offensive line against that

694
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 1: Panthers front seven and paying attention to Hassan Reddick the

695
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:19,280
Speaker 1: X factor here in week ten, you're intangible for this contest.

696
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:21,839
Speaker 1: MJ get off to a good start started last week.

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00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 1: We know they didn't get off to a good start,

698
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,440
Speaker 1: and the Packers game. I give both defenses a lot

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00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 1: of credit. Last week. They're up fourteen nothing, were up

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Speaker 1: seventeen nothing against so good front seven and the San

701
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,920
Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine ers. You know, I'm not saying this

702
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:36,880
Speaker 1: is going to be a walk in the park, but

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00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 1: I just think this team, when they play with the lead,

704
00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 1: they can go up Temple and that allows vance Showseph

705
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:44,440
Speaker 1: to do some things in a secondary where all of

706
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: a sudden, you know, you get him out three and out,

707
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:48,759
Speaker 1: punching a ball up for us and a turnover, and

708
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:52,319
Speaker 1: that's complimentary football. Always playing with the lead is a

709
00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 1: benefit because then as an offense, you can do whatever

710
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 1: as far as your playbook is concerned. Cardinals have only

711
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:00,920
Speaker 1: had one game this season in which they did not

712
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,799
Speaker 1: score a single point in the first quarter, and that

713
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 1: was against the Houston Texans. They trailed in that one

714
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:10,279
Speaker 1: until the second quarter. But you look at what this

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00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:15,640
Speaker 1: team has done, and there have been nine first possessions

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Speaker 1: for the Arizona Cardinals. They've only scored two touchdowns on

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00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:23,600
Speaker 1: those nine first possessions yet, first quarter scoring their second

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00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,920
Speaker 1: in the league, second quarter scoring their third in the league,

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00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:30,240
Speaker 1: first half scoring their second in the league, averaging seventeen

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00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 1: points of contests. So they are slow out of the

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00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:36,600
Speaker 1: gate to an extent. That opening possession, you'd like to

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00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,560
Speaker 1: see them put points on the board. They've only done

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00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,520
Speaker 1: it two touchdowns one field goal. Yet when you look

724
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:43,920
Speaker 1: at the first quarter overall, in the first half, overall,

725
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,759
Speaker 1: they're putting up enough points for that defense to be

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00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 1: able to do the rest of its job. And that's

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00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 1: why they're so ranked high when it comes to points differential.

728
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 1: I mean, teams are not able to match touchdowns with them.

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00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:58,719
Speaker 1: I mean, we talked about it. The Panthers obviously when

730
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:01,440
Speaker 1: Alton got Darnold, they went, you know, added some free agents.

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00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,440
Speaker 1: They were three and oh, but they only have seventeen

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00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,840
Speaker 1: touchdowns on the year. Cardinals have thirty four. That's a

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00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: big difference. Cardinals second in the league in scoring almost

734
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:16,840
Speaker 1: thirty one points. A contest Cardinals Cover two presented by Honday,

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00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 1: proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals, or reminder, Cardinals are

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Speaker 1: hosting a holiday food drive to benefit United Food Bank

737
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 1: before Sunday's game. There will be fourteen collection points outside

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00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:31,000
Speaker 1: the stadium. Fans are encouraged to bring nonperishable food items

739
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,839
Speaker 1: or you can donate using a QR code which will

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00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 1: be posted throughout the stadium. Visit United Foodbank dot org

741
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 1: for more information. All right, before we head on out

742
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Speaker 1: of here, m J, let's take a look at what

743
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 1: else is going on within the NFC West and maybe

744
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 1: more importantly in the NFC when you talk about the standings,

745
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,879
Speaker 1: but with the Cardinals hosting the Panthers, you look at

746
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 1: the Seahawks coming off there by there at the Packers.

747
00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:58,080
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson cleared to play after finger surgery. He missed

748
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:01,280
Speaker 1: three games. The Seahawks went one two under Geno Smith,

749
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:05,719
Speaker 1: likely to see Russell Wilson against Aaron Rodgers perhaps, and

750
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:08,440
Speaker 1: then on Monday Night football, the week finishes with the

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00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 1: Rams and forty nine Ers that will be in San

752
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:16,240
Speaker 1: Francisco at Santa Clair Levi Stadium. But obviously the Rams

753
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:20,440
Speaker 1: making big news with the signing of Odell Beckham Junior

754
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:23,480
Speaker 1: and then the debut of Von Miller, who missed his

755
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:26,319
Speaker 1: first game last week because of an ankle injury. But

756
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 1: you could see two new faces on that Rams offense

757
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 1: and defense respectively. I can't believe I'm rooting for the Packers,

758
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:40,720
Speaker 1: rooting for the Packers and rooting for the forty nine Ers. Okay,

759
00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:44,360
Speaker 1: this is my thoughts. You look at the Rams, we

760
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:47,600
Speaker 1: know they're going all in. It's pretty obvious. They forfeited

761
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:50,480
Speaker 1: all their draft picks and they're already made teams. They

762
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,680
Speaker 1: made an investment, they forfeit. I get what you're saying,

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00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:55,279
Speaker 1: and I kind of agree with you, but you know

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00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:58,640
Speaker 1: that's a that's an exaggeration a little bit. They invested

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00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:02,839
Speaker 1: those picks into no quantity, into known commodities. Okay, they're

766
00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,120
Speaker 1: one of the teams that plays the most eleven personnel.

767
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 1: So you look at Cooper Cup and obviously the relationship

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00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 1: with him and Stafford has been off the charts. It's

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00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 1: really impressive considers their first year. I assume they spent

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00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:16,239
Speaker 1: a lot of time in the offseason working out. And

771
00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:18,160
Speaker 1: then you got Barbara Woods, who can do a little

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00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 1: bit of everything. He'd take top off the defense, you

773
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,960
Speaker 1: can him a slant pass, you can run the reverse.

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00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:27,800
Speaker 1: And then Van Jefferson. I mean he's their third receiver.

775
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:32,280
Speaker 1: And so Beckham hasn't made the Pro Bowl in five years.

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00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:34,960
Speaker 1: You know, he had a choice to either go to

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00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 1: Green Bay and he chose LA. I get it. I'm

778
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:41,200
Speaker 1: sitting here today and saying I prefer that Cardinal has

779
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:43,960
Speaker 1: made the trade for zach Ertz. I didn't want Odell

780
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 1: Beckham here aj Greeny in a common a couple of

781
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:48,160
Speaker 1: weeks ago. Not a lot of guys in the league

782
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 1: would fit into their room. I think he's all about

783
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:54,719
Speaker 1: a showmanship. He's got a great opportunity. But the guy

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00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:58,359
Speaker 1: that I'm more concerned with when they had the Monday

785
00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:01,160
Speaker 1: Night football is Von Miller. I'm not worried about Odell

786
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:05,239
Speaker 1: Beckham Jr. In Advance Jefferson. His father's a head coach

787
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 1: of the Cardinals wide receiver. They don't run a lot

788
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:09,759
Speaker 1: of ten personal not saying they couldn't do it. They

789
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,759
Speaker 1: had to Sean Jackson there, he wasn't happy. I don't

790
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:15,879
Speaker 1: think he's going to be disruptive because he knows that

791
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:18,920
Speaker 1: this team is ready to compete. But it's just like

792
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 1: they're trying to compete with the Dodgers and the Lakers

793
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:25,479
Speaker 1: and you know, all this other stuff. So I'll take

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00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:30,120
Speaker 1: Zach Ertz over Odell Beckham seven days a week. Deshaun

795
00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:34,279
Speaker 1: Jackson didn't work out for whatever reason, and now ob

796
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 1: J who was unhappy in Cleveland. Are there enough footballs

797
00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:41,520
Speaker 1: to go around When you're winning, some of that doesn't matter.

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00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,440
Speaker 1: And you also have to have guys in that locker room.

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00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:47,399
Speaker 1: To your point about AJ Green's comments, yes, de Hop

800
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:50,799
Speaker 1: wants his targets. Yet at the same time, he's got

801
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,919
Speaker 1: a lot of numbers, he has a lot of statistics,

802
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:57,040
Speaker 1: he doesn't have a lot of playoff experience. Wants to

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00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,520
Speaker 1: get to the super Bowl. And I think you kind

804
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:01,560
Speaker 1: of learn as you get older, and I don't know

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00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 1: if OBJ is quite at that point to where, hey,

806
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:07,399
Speaker 1: I want to win. I've accomplished everything that I can

807
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 1: as an individual. Now it's about the team and making

808
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 1: a deep playoff run. Yeah, I think he s he

809
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:16,160
Speaker 1: sees where he can quote repair his image. I mean,

810
00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:18,359
Speaker 1: he could be a Reynold just like Von Miller. I'm

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00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:20,399
Speaker 1: sure if Miller plays well, they would like to retain him.

812
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:23,760
Speaker 1: But you know, you just can't step on the field

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00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:26,799
Speaker 1: and the way he runs his routes. And I know

814
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 1: that his father put out, you know, eleven minute video

815
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:32,160
Speaker 1: where he was open a lot of It's going to

816
00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:36,480
Speaker 1: take some time for Stafford and OBJ to get, you know,

817
00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:38,800
Speaker 1: on the same page. He may think he's got to

818
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:40,279
Speaker 1: go in and they want him to go out. I mean,

819
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:43,520
Speaker 1: that's just little things that comes with reps. That's why

820
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:45,720
Speaker 1: I think him and Cooper Cupper on the same page.

821
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,400
Speaker 1: Robert Woods just plug and play. Vance Jefferson. He's a

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00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:54,719
Speaker 1: tall receiver. So again, that's fine that they went out

823
00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:56,560
Speaker 1: and got him. I don't I don't think he would

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00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:58,960
Speaker 1: have fit here in his Cardinals locker room. So that's

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00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:02,279
Speaker 1: what's ahead here in the NFC West in Week ten.

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Speaker 1: In Week ten, as far as the NFC is concerned,

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Speaker 1: the playoff seedings looked like this, Cardinals, Packers, Buccaneers, Cowboys, Rams,

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00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:14,440
Speaker 1: Saints and Falcons at number seven. And there's gonna be

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00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:17,240
Speaker 1: a lot of movement with that number seven, that third

830
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:20,799
Speaker 1: wild card spot. But Packers, we talked to you about that.

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00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:25,080
Speaker 1: They will be in Seattle, go Seahawks. The Buccaneers are

832
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:29,360
Speaker 1: on the road at Washington, Cowboys host the Falcons, Rams

833
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:31,920
Speaker 1: at the forty nine Ers on Monday Night Football, the

834
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:35,959
Speaker 1: Saints at the Titans, and then the Falcons and Cowboys. Again.

835
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Speaker 1: When you look at that number seven seeds, we're gonna

836
00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 1: have some familiar faces. Besides Hassan Reddick, Zaane Gunzalis is

837
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 1: found a home. He's actually I think kick twelve in

838
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:47,319
Speaker 1: a row. We'll see what happens on Sunday. And then

839
00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:50,920
Speaker 1: former defensive coordinate l Holcom is part of that staff.

840
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 1: He's a defensive run coordinator. So and then Don Johnson

841
00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:56,880
Speaker 1: here was with the Wilkes staff and so and then

842
00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,880
Speaker 1: Andy Lee played for the Panthers. Jeff Rogers coach with

843
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 1: the Panthers. Bridson Buckner played for the Panthers. Billy Davis

844
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:05,400
Speaker 1: and Cam Turner spent some time in their career with

845
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:08,759
Speaker 1: the Panthers organization, so we got some notable faces. Quick

846
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:13,000
Speaker 1: note on Gonzalez fifteen of seventeen on his field goal attempts,

847
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:16,279
Speaker 1: including six of six from forty to forty nine, and

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00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:18,759
Speaker 1: that was that range that we always talked about when

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00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:22,640
Speaker 1: he was here. So his misses are from beyond fifty yards.

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Speaker 1: So let's hope that it does not come down to

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Speaker 1: with Prater exactly. Could not have said it any better

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Speaker 1: than that. Two oh five is the kickoff on Sunday

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Speaker 1: Week ten the Cardinals and Panthers, as the Cardinals look

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Speaker 1: to go nine and one this season. I can't believe

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Speaker 1: I just said that, but it is true. They have

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Speaker 1: been playing very, very well all season long. And on

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Speaker 1: that note, we will put a lid on this edition

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Speaker 1: of Cardinals Covered two, presented by Hunday, proud partner of

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Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. As always, special thanks to our executive

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Speaker 1: producer Jim Almahndro for Mike Jarecki, I prag Raal Loup.

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