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Speaker 1: our first Morning Scramble of the twenty twenty two season.

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Speaker 1: We've got Jody Jackson, reporter Extorrenaire from Valley Sports, Arizona,

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Speaker 1: super excited to welcome his first time on camera, Quentin Q. McCorvey,

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Speaker 1: social media specialist with the Cardinals, and I'm team reporter

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Speaker 1: your host Danny Sarak. We've got a lot to talk

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Speaker 1: about following that home opener, Cardinals fall forty four twenty

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Speaker 1: one to the Kansas City Chiefs. Rough start for the Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: It's the first week one loss in the Cliff Kingsbury era.

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Speaker 1: We'll start with the offense, not a lot of rhythm.

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Speaker 1: I know we're gonna find things to talk about because

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Speaker 1: there was plenty talk about with that offense. Still, their

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Speaker 1: opening drive, first two plays, quarterback Kyler Murray Scramble's third

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Speaker 1: play he sacked. They start the game three and out.

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Speaker 1: Overall impressions of how the offense looked Jodie because they

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Speaker 1: were already a little banged up. Yeah, I mean, the

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Speaker 1: whole team was really kind of banged up. You had

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Speaker 1: that were out there playing like zach Ertz who were

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Speaker 1: not full speed, you know, and we know on offense,

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Speaker 1: no Rondel Moore, which was you know, obviously he was

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Speaker 1: then the old line did not look in sync and

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Speaker 1: there was some flux going on there. No Justin Pugh,

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Speaker 1: shift things around game week, and so unfortunately, Yeah, you're right,

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Speaker 1: it wasn't a good starting. When you're going up against

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Speaker 1: I don't know about you, guys, but a lot of

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Speaker 1: the feedback I was getting all week was gosh, they're

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Speaker 1: so banged up. I don't know, you know, I'm not

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Speaker 1: really expecting a lot Week one. I was hearing that

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Speaker 1: then when it happened, you know, I think it was

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Speaker 1: just the shock of seeing that score and seeing Mahomes

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Speaker 1: what I'm more optimistic about. I think the defense is

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Speaker 1: what I am more concerned about. Danny, So we'll see, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: offensive line strategy up. I mean, we have to bring

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Speaker 1: in mass Garcia back from last year, who one guy

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Speaker 1: who at least knew our scheme and everything, and kind

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Speaker 1: Chiefs and what the Chiefs bring on offense, and Kyler

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Speaker 1: was scrambling, had pressure all day, and that loses Hollywood

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Speaker 1: Brown's potential in the deep ball. So if Kyler can't

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Speaker 1: seems like there needs to be a lot more cohesive

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Speaker 1: Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes. He led the Chiefs to

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Speaker 1: a scoring drive on their opening drive, Mahomes went thirty

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Speaker 1: But he's done that to other teams. The problem is,

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Speaker 1: I think next week, where Derek Carr is a very

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Speaker 1: the rise and shine topics. So we're gonna look at

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Speaker 1: a player who maybe surprised us, who played really well.

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Speaker 1: You know, all things considered, It doesn't mean that this

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Speaker 1: I'm my Rosinshine player. Nine targets for sixty three yards,

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Speaker 1: We'll see how the Cardinals fare up against the Raiders

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Speaker 1: asy Cardinals dot Com, we'll have your coverage all week

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Speaker 1: long leading up to that game, so be sure to

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Speaker 1: stay locked in there for Jody Jackson, K McCorvey, I,

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Speaker 1: m P and S rec. We'll catch y'all right here

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Speaker 1: next Monday on Morning Scramble.