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Speaker 1: Oh Baby Humpil. Here's Craig Griolou, Mike Jarecki and three

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Speaker 1: time pro bowler Kyle Vandenbosch. Six months, it's actually just

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Speaker 1: less than six months. But six months, gentlemen, is when

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Speaker 1: the season begins. In other words, cut sometime. And I

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Speaker 1: say this because the fan base and not everyone, but

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Speaker 1: let's say the fans who like to be vocal, especially

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Speaker 1: on social media, are not happy. Not enough has been

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Speaker 1: done to upgrade the roster. I get it. It has

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Speaker 1: been quiet, more quiet than we're used to under general

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Speaker 1: manager Steve Kim, who appears Kyle to be taking amy

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Speaker 1: more patients approach, focusing on his own free agents. And

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Speaker 1: this is the first time we've had a chance to

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Speaker 1: speak with you since the starts of free agency as

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Speaker 1: it begins week two. But nine players returning, only two

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Speaker 1: outside additions to the roster. That's far and again it

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Speaker 1: is March twenty seconds. Yeah, I mean it. I actually

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Speaker 1: appreciate this plan, assuming that moves are still going to

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Speaker 1: be made. You know, there's an inherent risk of being aggressive,

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Speaker 1: especially with some of these Tier one players. It's it

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Speaker 1: seems like a lot of people are following the blueprint

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Speaker 1: of the RAM, like we're all in this year. You know,

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Speaker 1: we'll worry about salary cap down the road when when

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Speaker 1: we're up against it. But we're just gonna do everything

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Speaker 1: we can. And to me, the signal scent about this

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Speaker 1: team in the offseason was we want stability. By saying

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Speaker 1: we're bringing back Steve Kime and Cliff Kingsbury, we're giving

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Speaker 1: them an extension through twenty twenty seven. We want to

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Speaker 1: be good and we want to be competitive for years,

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Speaker 1: and I think that's the way to go. You know,

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Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of teams that will get

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Speaker 1: to the middle of the season, all these teams that

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Speaker 1: have been aggressive that are gonna have regret. And there's

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Speaker 1: only if every you know, there's you know, half a

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Speaker 1: dozen teams that seem to be taking this mentality this

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Speaker 1: is our year. We're all in. Well, at least five

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Speaker 1: of those six are going to be disappointed. And a

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Speaker 1: lot of it comes down to how fortunate are you

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Speaker 1: with health and keeping guys on the field. With the

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Speaker 1: seventeen game season, you know, you need depth. You need

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Speaker 1: quality players, not just at the starting position, not just

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Speaker 1: playmakers in that starting lineup, but those guys are gonna

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Speaker 1: go down. Those guys are gonna need rest. You need

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Speaker 1: um good football players from the top of the lineup

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Speaker 1: to the bottom. And I appreciate that. And there is

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Speaker 1: still a lot of talent, and there's you know, I

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Speaker 1: never get more effort. You'll never get guys more dialed

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Speaker 1: that opportunity is there and there is still guys out there,

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Speaker 1: and I think that's exactly what Steve wanted to do.

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Speaker 1: I mean, people forget this team was ten and two

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Speaker 1: and obviously, you know, depth was questioned down the stretch.

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Speaker 1: know agents are saying, well, you know, I promised my

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Speaker 1: the market is going to dry up. I mean, now,

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Speaker 1: what was it like for you when you were a

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Speaker 1: and was given an opportunity. And it was because of

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Speaker 1: need to try to find those guys at this point

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Speaker 1: in free agency. You don't like I said, some of

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Speaker 1: it's the going rate. It's why a player will turn

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Speaker 1: because all you need is one team that loves you,

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Speaker 1: this league is built around superstars. You have a difficult

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Speaker 1: But at the same time, football is still the ultimate

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Speaker 1: team sport. You need quality depth, you need quality players

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Speaker 1: honestly what I love. You know, the Cardinals have identified

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Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. But more than just the production, the mentality.

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Speaker 1: You brought it up earlier, MJ. That bully ball. Here's

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Speaker 1: So it's just this bullyball. Connor set the tone for

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Speaker 1: You always want to be tough. You want to be physical,

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Speaker 1: but guys seem to feed off of that energy that

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Speaker 1: He's he's smart, he's savvy, he runs good routes, and

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Speaker 1: he really developed a chemistry with Kyler and bringing these

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Speaker 1: in spite of what happened late in the season, you

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Speaker 1: never questioned the leadership. You never questioned is there me

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Speaker 1: guys in the locker room doing their own thing and

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Speaker 1: putting this team in a bad spot. They brought back

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Speaker 1: locker room. I mean they're both fantastic and when you

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Speaker 1: hear them talk, they are great team players. They will

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Speaker 1: do whatever it takes, whatever is asked of them to

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Speaker 1: help this team win games. I brought up the fact

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Speaker 1: that Max Williams, you know, did not play a full season.

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Speaker 1: He got hurts in October, a season ending knee injury.

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Speaker 1: Now we know, MG he's rehabbing. We haven't heard from

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Speaker 1: him as far as how that is going. But October injury,

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Speaker 1: you'd expect that he would be available week one. I

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Speaker 1: say expect because everyone heals differently. That does give you

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Speaker 1: eleven months of recovery, and we've seen guys return much

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Speaker 1: sooner than that. But if I'm the Cardinals, I'm certainly

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Speaker 1: playing it safe. And yeah, maybe you want to see

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Speaker 1: him on the field a little bit in training camp,

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Speaker 1: just maybe not at full speed. He's Max Williams. To me,

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Speaker 1: has almost become like DeAndre Hopkins, just just get me

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Speaker 1: to Sunday, because we've seen how important those two particular

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Speaker 1: but just the presence of those two certainly impacts the

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Speaker 1: rest of the offense. Yeah, I mean, the last thing

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Speaker 1: you want to do is have a setback. And he's

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Speaker 1: obviously a guy that's spent a lot of time here

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Speaker 1: him in the preseason. But the whole idea is that

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Speaker 1: no setbacks and getting runny for the regular season. It's

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Speaker 1: But for Max Williams, you would think for him this

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Speaker 1: because you know, closing in on his thirties, you know,

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Speaker 1: one last big paycheck hopefully for a Max Williams, and

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Speaker 1: maybe it is what the Arizona Cardinals. Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: zach Ertz, I think he made it clear and it

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Speaker 1: wasn't a lip service what he said. He really wanted

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Speaker 1: to be here. But there were reports that Doug Peterson

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Speaker 1: you know, zach ERTs obviously want to Super Bowl with

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Speaker 1: Doug Peter and so I think he wanted to be here.

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Speaker 1: His family loves it out here, and again that was

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Speaker 1: one of the huge priorities him and James Conner and

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Speaker 1: some other guys too. Maybe they're not starters, but you

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Speaker 1: talk about depth and That's that's what the question. Late

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Speaker 1: in the year, they didn't have the depth so they

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Speaker 1: and Rams. Now we know Cliff Kingsbury wants to spread

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Speaker 1: the ball out, throw the ball to wide receivers and

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Speaker 1: we might see an adjustment from him as far as

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Speaker 1: when you have the talent of his zach Ertz and

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Speaker 1: Max Williams, what do you do you can't have him

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Speaker 1: on the sidelines. Well, you can also run the ball

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Speaker 1: out of that formation you talk about lining up and

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Speaker 1: you know, let's just let's get physical here. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: run the ball down your throat and then if you

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Speaker 1: want to put another guy in the box, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: start throwing it. Then. So to me it Creeds Mismassage

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Speaker 1: talk about depth, well, depth at the quarterback position. Hopefully

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Speaker 1: we don't see Colt McCoy in twenty twenty two, but

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Speaker 1: if needed, and that's why his return was so big.

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Speaker 1: We'll touch on Colt McCoy's return to the Cardinals when

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Speaker 1: we go back, as we've hit halftime here on the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Red Seat Report presented by Zikik Get your seats

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Speaker 1: We do it every Tuesday, year round eleven am right

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Speaker 1: straight dropback, looking left all the way and that dumps

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Speaker 1: it off across the middle of the Connor brought in

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Speaker 1: the fifteen ranks at tackle twenty twenty five, gets the

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Speaker 1: first down. Boy, Cool McCoy looked left the entire time

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Speaker 1: and at the last second shifted his eyes to the right.

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Speaker 1: Connor to the ten, to the five and end of

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Speaker 1: the end up of the touchdown. Colt McCoy, the cool veteran,

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Speaker 1: went ahead, bought himself a little bit of time that

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Speaker 1: split seconds. M poy takes the snap, uff fake to

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Speaker 1: the right, throws over the middle. It's caught inside the

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Speaker 1: ten yard line by ERNs. Down of the five. Perfect

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Speaker 1: We executed, green read by cold McCoy. Gorgeous tossed by

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Speaker 1: Colt McCoy. Oh, that is a greasy role by Colt McCoy.

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Speaker 1: Right there, spin that pig. Colt shotguns snapped to McCoy,

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Speaker 1: balls loose on the ground, He picks it up, throws

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Speaker 1: over the middle. Hey, it's caught for a touchdown by arts.

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Speaker 1: I'm by Colt McCoy picking up a loose ball on

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Speaker 1: the turf and throwing a pass over the middle for

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Speaker 1: a big touchdown. Here three total touchdown throws by Colton

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Speaker 1: McCoy in twenty twenty one as he went two and

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Speaker 1: one as a starter, including two huge division wins on

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Speaker 1: the road San Francisco and Seattles. We continue here, welcome

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Speaker 1: me back to the Cardinals Red Seat Report presented by

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Speaker 1: a seat geek, Get your seats in a seat. Colt

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Speaker 1: McCoy coming back on a two year contract to be

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Speaker 1: the backup. But as I mentioned going in to the break,

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Speaker 1: if you have to have a quarterback come in off

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Speaker 1: the bench, you want someone that is not afraid, someone

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Speaker 1: who's experience, and someone who can handle the job. Two three,

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Speaker 1: four games, no more than that, because if you lose

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Speaker 1: your starter for any more than that, then your season

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Speaker 1: is probably done. But to have someone come in Kyle

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Speaker 1: like a Cult McCoy. Last year, Kyler Murray misses three

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Speaker 1: games and they went two and one. I'll say it again,

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Speaker 1: two and one as a starter. To keep that early

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Speaker 1: season stretch, going that ten and two mark with Cult

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Speaker 1: McCoy as your starter. That offense did not skip a beat. No,

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Speaker 1: that's absolutely right. He is everything you look for in

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Speaker 1: a backup quarterback. He checks all the boxes. He has

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Speaker 1: the ability, like you said, in a pinch, to help

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Speaker 1: this team succeed, to keep the offense rolling. He has

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Speaker 1: not only knowledge of this offense, he's been on several

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Speaker 1: teams and it can provide insight to Okay, you know,

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Speaker 1: here's what plays are gonna work, here's you know what

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Speaker 1: they're trying to do to us. And you know, having

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Speaker 1: heard some of his interviews, he's got he's got knowledge

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Speaker 1: of defensive coordinators. I mean, he's essentially Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: when he's not on the field, he's another coach. He's

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Speaker 1: he's another set of eyes for both Cliff and Kyler Um.

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Speaker 1: And then he has, you know, as a backup. He

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Speaker 1: has the trust of the head coach, has a great

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Speaker 1: relationship with coach Kingsbury UM and probably most important, he

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Speaker 1: has the respect of Kyler Murray. UM to have a

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Speaker 1: backup quarterback that can talk to Kyler, can sit with

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Speaker 1: him on the bench, look at the tablet U discuss

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Speaker 1: how things are going, what things are going to work,

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Speaker 1: what plays you want to run? The next series. UM,

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Speaker 1: he checks all of those boxes and it's it's it's

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Speaker 1: something that you know he's He's an insurance policy for

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Speaker 1: this team. In the event that Kyler is unavailable for

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Speaker 1: a number of reasons, in any games, you feel confident

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Speaker 1: UM having him under center that your team, UM will

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Speaker 1: still have an opportunity to win. And it's not like that, UM,

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Speaker 1: everywhere in the league there is a lot of backup

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks that really don't give you much of an opportunity

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Speaker 1: to win a game in the event that the starter

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Speaker 1: is out. That you made about having the respects of

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, to me, MJ, that might be the most

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Speaker 1: important aspect that Colt McCoy brings to the Arizona Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: A Texas quarterback, a legend in Texas. Kyler Murray, Texas quarterback,

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Speaker 1: a legend in Texas. Grew up watching Coulte McCoy and

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Speaker 1: sometimes you know, you hear things from an adults, your teacher,

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Speaker 1: you're a head coach, but it's your peer, your guy

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Speaker 1: sitting next to you on that sideline, like Coulte McCoy

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Speaker 1: and Kyla Murray photographed several times going over what went right,

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Speaker 1: what went wrong? Being that second set of eyes if

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Speaker 1: you will. Yeah, and you know Kyler's now looking over

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Speaker 1: his shoulder, you know, you know, I think Brent Huntley

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Speaker 1: wanted to be Kyler's friend and that's the reason why

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Speaker 1: they brought him in. And obviously it didn't work out

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Speaker 1: with Chris Traveler, so he knows his role and I

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Speaker 1: can't say enough to bring him back on a two

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Speaker 1: year deal. Good for him because he signed a one

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Speaker 1: that can get Kyler to watch some film. He's one

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Speaker 1: guy that can get Kyler to focus on other things

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Speaker 1: besides his physical attributes. So to me, this has been

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Speaker 1: a great sponge for Kyler and it's only going to

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Speaker 1: get better. Had a chance to hear from Cope McCoy

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Speaker 1: earlier this week looking back at the twenty twenty one season,

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Speaker 1: how the year ended. Being ten and two in Decembers

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Speaker 1: is something that you know doesn't happen very often, so

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Speaker 1: we obviously know what it takes to win games. You know,

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Speaker 1: if there was one thing we could have fixed late

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Speaker 1: in the year, we would have fixed it. I think

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Speaker 1: it was a bunch of different things that you know,

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Speaker 1: talented group of guys, guys who care. I'm so thankful

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Speaker 1: to have signed up for a couple more years to

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Speaker 1: work with Kyler. We are really excited about next year

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Speaker 1: and not happy how it ended, but we've kind of

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Speaker 1: to work with Kyler Murray. The franchise quarterback, has been

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Speaker 1: in the news a lot for what he's done, what

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Speaker 1: he hasn't done, what his agent has done, what has

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Speaker 1: been said, what has been written, a lot of speculation

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Speaker 1: on the quarterback in his future. But it does speak

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Speaker 1: that quote McCoy wanted to come back not just for

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Speaker 1: one season, but for two seasons. But the question of

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Speaker 1: Kyler's obviously extremely talented, just finished his third year in

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Speaker 1: the NFL, I would say that his arrow is pointing up.

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Speaker 1: I know how hard it was for me my first

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Speaker 1: the NFL, and I think Kyler's handled it tremendously. You know,

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Speaker 1: he's a super competitor, he wants to win, he works hard,

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Speaker 1: and I think it's kind of sets the tone for

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Speaker 1: that quarterback room, MJ. You've got Kyler, Murray, Coulte, McCoy,

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Speaker 1: Cam Turner, who McCoy brought up as well. Don't forget

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Speaker 1: Trace McSorley is in there as well as as a

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Speaker 1: young signal caller. But that is a room that seems

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Speaker 1: to be very close knit, very tights, and the one

646
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Speaker 1: goal is to win on Sunday. Yeah, and I can

647
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Speaker 1: tell you I was in the cafeteria when they signed

648
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Speaker 1: Colt McCoy and I can cam Turner was very happy,

649
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Speaker 1: just because you never know. I mean, you know, obviously

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Speaker 1: he's got a relationship with the new head coach and

651
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Speaker 1: in Minnesota, he was actually in Washington with Scott O'Connell

652
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Speaker 1: with Kirk Cousins, so you never know they were going

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Speaker 1: to try to bring him in. So obviously you know

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Speaker 1: he likes being out here. But I just feel like,

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Speaker 1: you know, last year he won two games on the

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Speaker 1: road Division games, um. You know, I know that Kyler's

657
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Speaker 1: skill set is different, but there was times in that

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Speaker 1: game where I'm like, this is the way the offense

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Speaker 1: could run. You know, when when Colt was smart enough

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Speaker 1: to know those guys were bringing pressure, he was baiting

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Speaker 1: him and then he would throw that screen pass a

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Speaker 1: James Connor little things, and again Kyler looked like he

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Speaker 1: didn't want to run towards the end of the season.

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Speaker 1: So um, but I just think it's he's a really

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Speaker 1: good um um, I guess sounding board. But also you know,

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Speaker 1: if he has to play, he can come in and play,

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Speaker 1: and that's one of the things I think they figured

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Speaker 1: out last year. It's not an easy role, but you

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Speaker 1: look at it. Colt McCoy, this will be his thirteenth

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Speaker 1: NFL season, Kyle, you've played twelve years in the National

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Speaker 1: Football League. Certainly different positions. Cult McCoy is not getting

672
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: as beat up as you did. But to last in

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00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,759
Speaker 1: the league, what better than five years? I guess, I

674
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 1: mean better than four years for many guys. Now you're

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00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 1: talking about thirteen seasons in the National Football League and

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00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 1: still being able to do it, maybe not for an

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Speaker 1: entire season, but for a stretch if needed. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: I think a lot of it. You know, when I

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Speaker 1: think of Colt McCoy, I think of respect in the

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Speaker 1: respect he commands in that locker room. You know, I

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00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:47,160
Speaker 1: think one of the things that, again aside from what

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Speaker 1: happens game day, aside from XS and o's, you know,

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Speaker 1: Kyler can learn a lot from Colt and his experiences

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Speaker 1: while their NFL careers have a completely different path. You know,

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Speaker 1: Colt is again a consummate teammate. He is willing to

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Speaker 1: stay after practice and throw balls to whether it be

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins if he wants it, or a guy they

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Speaker 1: just signed off the street that might not even be

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Speaker 1: around next week. He's that type of guy that really cares.

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Speaker 1: When you are the franchise quarterback, you care about the

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Speaker 1: health of your franchise and your team, and you will

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Speaker 1: do whatever it takes. And you don't see a lot

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Speaker 1: of that. You don't see hardly any of it. It

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Speaker 1: happens on the practice field, it happens in the meeting rooms.

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Speaker 1: It happens with a commitment not just to your progress

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00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,600
Speaker 1: and your numbers and your performance, but your commitment to

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Speaker 1: making your teammates better and being selfless and giving your

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Speaker 1: time and trying to help out, whether it be again

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00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:48,960
Speaker 1: trying to help out your stars, and or whether you

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00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,239
Speaker 1: are willing to step aside and help out a young

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00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:53,759
Speaker 1: player that's struggling or trying to get better. And I

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Speaker 1: think that's, you know, the next step. And I think

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Speaker 1: that's exactly what Colt McCoy brings to this team. Is

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Speaker 1: that type of leadership. Not the guy out there on

705
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,799
Speaker 1: Sunday's pounding his chest throwing touchdowns, but the guy who

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00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,680
Speaker 1: selflessly gives of his time and of himself to help

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Speaker 1: this team get better. There's a genuine excitement in his

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Speaker 1: voice about being back. He benched and being fired up

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Speaker 1: a couple of different times in his press conference with

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Speaker 1: the media on Monday, MJ and it's again, I'm sure

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Speaker 1: he had other interests, other teams knocking on the door.

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Speaker 1: And when you go two and one as a starter

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Speaker 1: for three games, I mean teams are looking for that

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Speaker 1: security blanket. And then based off the number of quarterback movements,

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Speaker 1: you know, was there an opportunity at some point maybe

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Speaker 1: a team thought Colt McCoy could be their starter for

717
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Speaker 1: one year. Well, look at miss Trubisky, look at Marcus Mariota,

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Speaker 1: I mean, these guys were top picks. Now, Colt McCoy

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Speaker 1: obviously was want to say, a fourth round pick when

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Speaker 1: I think they drafted him the same year. Maybe there's

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Speaker 1: a draft at RG three. I could be wrong though,

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Speaker 1: but yeah, I mean, but the grass isn't always greener

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Speaker 1: and quality of life when you get older and raising

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Speaker 1: a family in Arizona, that makes total sense. And he

725
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 1: brought that up. He his wife, his four kids, loved

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Speaker 1: their time in Arizona. And now two years here and

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Speaker 1: the state of Arizona, Seco McCoy is back on a

728
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Speaker 1: two year contract. Check out season one of Cardinals Folk

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Speaker 1: Tales on our official YouTube channel. Go to YouTube dot

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Speaker 1: com slash a Z Cardinals. This is the Arizona Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Radio Network corner number twenty and Jeff Cladney like a

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Speaker 1: shot chump, see him down getting murder. Jeff Gladney miked

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Speaker 1: up Vikings Broadcast Network. There one of the one of

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Speaker 1: the two new faces to the Arizona Cardinals thus far,

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00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 1: Jeff Gladney twenty five years old, five ten, one hundred

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Speaker 1: ninety one pound cornerback, adding depth to that cornerback room.

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Speaker 1: Perhaps maybe remember he did not play last season, but

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Speaker 1: potentially Cardinals would like to see him maybe become one

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Speaker 1: of those three starters. Cornerbacks are in need, a lot

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Speaker 1: of need, and the National Football Leagues and the Cardinals

741
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 1: dipping into that free agent market. Also earlier on Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: in case you might have missed it, the Cardinals added

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Speaker 1: depth at inside linebacker Nick Vigil, agreeing to terms on

744
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:34,920
Speaker 1: a one year contract, six year NFL veteran last season

745
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,920
Speaker 1: with the Vikings sixteen games, twelve starts, and yes, he

746
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Speaker 1: did pick off Kyler Murray in Week two. Cardinals though,

747
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Speaker 1: one that contest free agency in Week two? Kyle, what

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Speaker 1: do you make of what has happened not so much

749
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Speaker 1: with the Arizona Cardinals, but around the league. The amount

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Speaker 1: of quarterback movement, the amount of trades that have happened

751
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 1: so far, not just minor trades, but big names Russell Wilson,

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00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 1: Devantae Adams, Guys that you would spect to be at

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00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,800
Speaker 1: their respective teams their entire career, and then all of

754
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:06,840
Speaker 1: a sudden this offseason that we wear in another uniform

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00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,759
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two. Yeah, we talked about it off

756
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,520
Speaker 1: the air, but I think you know, in a copycat league,

757
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 1: everybody's trying to copy the Rams blueprint of you know,

758
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,799
Speaker 1: we need to bring in a good quarterback and make

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00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,040
Speaker 1: a couple of trades and really be all in for

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00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:24,759
Speaker 1: this season. And it has been it has just been

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00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:26,920
Speaker 1: nuts the start of free agency, in the in the

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00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:30,600
Speaker 1: trades and the movement. UM. You know, it appears that um,

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00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:33,360
Speaker 1: you know, the NFC has become a farm team for

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00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,640
Speaker 1: the AFC. You start your career in the NFCUM, you

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00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,759
Speaker 1: build up your value and then somebody in the a

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00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:40,960
Speaker 1: FC is going to pay you. And that's the way

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00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:42,239
Speaker 1: it's going to be from here on out. As the

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00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 1: NFC UM has to develop talent and then the FC

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00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:47,040
Speaker 1: is just going to steal it when free agency starts.

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Speaker 1: It's good analogy. I like that because the Cardinals, you know,

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Speaker 1: get rid of Russell Wilson, though they will play him

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Speaker 1: on the road and Denver, but Matt Ryan was on

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Speaker 1: the schedule this upcoming season. He's now in Indianapolis Cars

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Speaker 1: and Wentz gets moved this, John Watson gets moved. Clil

775
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:06,799
Speaker 1: mac is on the move and it's it's it's fascinating, MG,

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Speaker 1: because we don't usually see this type of movement in

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Speaker 1: the National Football League. But everyone is looking at that

778
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:15,839
Speaker 1: the patient's approach that the Cardinals are using right now

779
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 1: and free to see that most of the league right

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Speaker 1: now it's it's what can you do for me yesterday?

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00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,440
Speaker 1: Because they want to win now. Yeah, but you know,

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Speaker 1: we've talked about how you know, you look at the

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the AFC that are under twenty six or

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Speaker 1: twenty seven years old, and I mean, you're talking about

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Speaker 1: franchise quarterbacks, and I don't know how many are gonna

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Speaker 1: win you a Super Bowl because the collably beat each

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Speaker 1: other up, just like Brady and Manning and Roethlisberger won

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Speaker 1: all those Super Bowls. But you know, in the NFC,

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Speaker 1: I mean to me, it's the Cardinals have one of

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00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 1: the top five quarterbacks in the league. It's just a

791
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:49,839
Speaker 1: matter of obviously you can coming together and being able

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00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:52,680
Speaker 1: to stay healthy. But the way I look at it

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00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,480
Speaker 1: is if you can just continue to add to this

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00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,759
Speaker 1: this team and then all of a sudden, we're going

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00:40:57,800 --> 00:40:59,479
Speaker 1: to see this team makes some strides in the second

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Speaker 1: half of the sea. All right, let's touch on that though, Kyle,

797
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:05,399
Speaker 1: as we sit here a week two adds, what does

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00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:09,359
Speaker 1: this team need to add to be better than they

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00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,279
Speaker 1: were a year ago. When I say better, not so

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Speaker 1: much than the win loss record, but a playoff run,

801
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:18,400
Speaker 1: not just a playoff appearance. Yeah. I think a lot

802
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:20,719
Speaker 1: of the conversation has revolved around the production that has

803
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:25,080
Speaker 1: walked out the door, and obviously that's a concern. But again,

804
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,480
Speaker 1: through when this team looked like it had very few weaknesses,

805
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,279
Speaker 1: the repeated weakness that came up weekend and week out

806
00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:36,840
Speaker 1: was the run defense. And we still need to add

807
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Speaker 1: some players we you know, in my opinion, particularly on

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Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball. I think at this point,

809
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,480
Speaker 1: obviously we're gonna add more. This team has enough talent

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00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,799
Speaker 1: on offense to still be a dynamic offense. You know,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna need to replace Chandler Jones. We're gonna need

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Speaker 1: an edge rusher, We're gonna need, you know, a quality

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Speaker 1: veteran defensive tackle to come in to shore up the

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Speaker 1: middle of the defense. And I think you continue to

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Speaker 1: look at cornerback depth, you know, I think that there

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00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 1: is still some concerns on the defensive side of the ball. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I would think, you know, still at a number two receiver,

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Speaker 1: whether it's in free agency in the draft, and then

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Speaker 1: really focus on a pass rusher, cornerbacks, possibly some more

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Speaker 1: depth on the on the d line, you know, but

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson is no longer on the conference. Unfortunately, Tom

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00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,440
Speaker 1: Birnie did come back. But the Cardinals have a really

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Speaker 1: I mean the schedule. I think they've got the second

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Speaker 1: toughest schedule in the league. Now it's all based on

825
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:32,759
Speaker 1: last year and playing the AFC West this year. And

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Speaker 1: that's the problem. They're playing the AFC West this season.

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Speaker 1: I mean the quarterbacks, the wide receivers, the pass rushers,

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Speaker 1: I mean from AFAR It's going to be a lot

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Speaker 1: of fun to watch, but I'm not interested in playing

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Speaker 1: the AFC West this season, right, And I mean, ultimately,

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Speaker 1: when you're building your team, you build it to win

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Speaker 1: your division. Right. I realized we play these explosive offenses

833
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Speaker 1: in the AFC, But what do we have to do

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Speaker 1: to beat the Niners, the Hawks and the Rams And

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Speaker 1: traditionally these are all good running teams, good to great

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Speaker 1: running teams. And you can easily see Seattle with their

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Speaker 1: quarterback situation going back to a run heavy offense. The

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Speaker 1: Niners are always gonna be a run heavy offense, and

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Speaker 1: that's who the Rams want to be. They want to

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Speaker 1: run the ball and have play action pass. So again,

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Speaker 1: I think just in order to give yourself success and

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Speaker 1: have the potential to win this division, I think you

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Speaker 1: need to shore up the run defense because if you don't,

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Speaker 1: it's going to be difficult to come out on top

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Speaker 1: of winning your division games. Forty nine ers are curious

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Speaker 1: just because you don't quite know what Trey Lance is

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Speaker 1: capable of doing. The Seahawks did resign Rashad Penny, and

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Speaker 1: there's a guy that can run the ball. As the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals are very aware of last season in the Rams.

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Speaker 1: They well they're the Rams. They're the defending Super Bowl

851
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:50,160
Speaker 1: champs that just sling it and run the ball. Yeah,

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00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:52,680
Speaker 1: and you're gonna give Matthew Staff for a lot of credit.

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Speaker 1: It sounds like they want to bring Odell Beckham back.

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Speaker 1: I don't know when he's going to be available. He

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Speaker 1: chair him the Tennessee for a sixth round pick, but

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Speaker 1: you know, Cooper Cup they're going to try to run

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Speaker 1: rounded team, the Rams, and they're going to be the

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Speaker 1: team to beat in this division. Matthew Stafford getting a

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Speaker 1: contract extension. They're working on an extension for Aaron Donald.

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Speaker 1: They added Alan Robinson to go along with Cooper Cup

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Speaker 1: the NFC West, but the Cardinals right there, I think

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Speaker 1: they're the second best team at least as we speak.

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Speaker 1: And we know that this Cardinals team still has areas

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