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Speaker 1: Welcome bird Gang on today's show, get another disappointing loss.

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Speaker 1: It's actually more frustrating, really, and there have been a

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Speaker 1: couple of those this season. The good news, and yes,

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Speaker 1: there is good news. The Cardinals are headed the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: They have clinched a playoff spot, but they're not playing

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Speaker 1: like a playoff team, at least not right now. It's

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

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

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Speaker 1: Cardinals dot com, Slash podcasts Going for Hopkins one hand

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Speaker 1: to catch in a touchdown DeAndre Hopkins. Here's Craig Griolou

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Speaker 1: and Mike Jarecki. So I don't know about you, MJ,

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Speaker 1: but I am in no mood to sell breaks. Clinching

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Speaker 1: a playoff spot. For me, it's a hollow feeling. You

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Speaker 1: make the playoffs on your couch and at the same

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Speaker 1: time lose your grip on first place in the division.

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Speaker 1: So the positive, yeah, but the negative you're looking up

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Speaker 1: now at the Los Angeles Rams. Yeah, and you know,

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Speaker 1: we always talk about the goal going into the season

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Speaker 1: for any team is to win the division and you're

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Speaker 1: guaranteed a playoff home game, and the Cardinals put themselves

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Speaker 1: in position to make a run. Unfortunately, though, the way

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Speaker 1: at the Rams and you know, they're four and one

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Speaker 1: obviously conference wins and you know, division wins. But it's

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Speaker 1: disappointing because they had a grip on the division for

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Speaker 1: a while there September, October and November. But we say,

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Speaker 1: when you get to December December, football is different, and

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Speaker 1: you know, the whole idea is to get into playoffs

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Speaker 1: and try to make a run. But it's almost like

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Speaker 1: a consolation prize. But the fact is they put themselves

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Speaker 1: in position, they've earned the right, but they're not playing

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Speaker 1: playing in the month of December. You talk about December

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Speaker 1: does matter when you when you lose, how you're playing

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to win the NFC West. The Rams at

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Speaker 1: Baltimore host the forty nine Ers. Those are their last

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Speaker 1: you have to hope that the Rams stumble, perhaps against

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Speaker 1: you bring up that division record. If the Cardinals take

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Speaker 1: means they finished five and one in the division. That's incredible,

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Speaker 1: and that would be a game better than the Rams,

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Speaker 1: bad football, those three words. Talking about this three game

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Speaker 1: Hunday proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. You brought up

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Speaker 1: to go mass protection sometimes. Zach Ertz high every guy,

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Speaker 1: but he's not a blocker. He's not Max Williams and

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Speaker 1: looks like zach Ertz has become the go to guy

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Speaker 1: when it comes to targets, him and Christian Kirk and

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Speaker 1: AJ Green because there's no DeAndre Hopkins out there. We

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Speaker 1: did see Harris play twenty one snabs Daniels six, so

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Speaker 1: there are a lot more twelve personnel and sometimes even

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Speaker 1: thirteen personnel out there on the football and Demetrius Harris

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Speaker 1: is that combo guy. He's a decent blocker, but he

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Speaker 1: also can catch the ball. I think Durrell Daniel is

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Speaker 1: strictly more of a blocker. We don't see them utilize

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Speaker 1: him in the passing game, and if he's wide open,

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Speaker 1: you throw it to him. Saw Harris in the backfield

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Speaker 1: a lot of the times, at least start there initially,

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Speaker 1: and that's like an h back. So you see him

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Speaker 1: in there, and now he can either chip if somebody's

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Speaker 1: getting close to Colin Murray, or he can go out

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Speaker 1: for a pass. I like that because if if the

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Speaker 1: line can't hold up, you need at last line of defense,

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Speaker 1: and hopefully he could be that guy before your quarterback

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Speaker 1: gets hurt. I made a comments on Twitter during the

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Speaker 1: game going back to the center quarterback exchange and the

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Speaker 1: number of low snaps that Kyler Murray needs to start

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Speaker 1: thinking about going under center a lot more. He was

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Speaker 1: under center on Christmas Night. He started the game under center.

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Speaker 1: The response was there was a lot of response, but

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Speaker 1: there was some pushback as well. And I understand Kyler

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Speaker 1: Murray is not as comfortable under center. That's well and good,

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Speaker 1: but guess what he does an offense no good if

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Speaker 1: he doesn't get the football in his hands, and that's

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Speaker 1: first and foremost. So he's dealt with low snaps all

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Speaker 1: season long. Either he needs to figure out to be

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Speaker 1: better keep his eyes focused more on catching the football

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Speaker 1: as opposed to what you were saying looking down field,

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Speaker 1: which it's more of a field. He should see that

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Speaker 1: ball like he's done a million times. So, but I

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Speaker 1: also think if the balls to the left or right,

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Speaker 1: you have to look down and get it. I'm not

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Speaker 1: saying he was. I don't know what he was looking at,

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Speaker 1: but a lot of times it's a feel. You know,

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Speaker 1: the balls come in your field and he does a

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Speaker 1: really good job of grab it and all of a

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Speaker 1: sudden ready to get his shoulder going when he needs

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Speaker 1: to throw it. Now are we talking? I know it's

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Speaker 1: happened more than it should. But are we talking three

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Speaker 1: or four times the game it's happening or is it

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Speaker 1: one or two? I think he's bending down, he's having

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Speaker 1: to crouch, yes, lower his body, his and his eye

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Speaker 1: level with the scrimmage, and it's to get the football.

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Speaker 1: And it's a good point you said, because you know

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Speaker 1: being under center. To me, I don't mind it, especially

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Speaker 1: if you've got a James Connor and you're in a

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Speaker 1: short yardage instead of you know, being in the gun.

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Speaker 1: But we know the RPO and zone read are part

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Speaker 1: of this offense. But when you take under center, when

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Speaker 1: you go back to pass, you you turn your you're

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Speaker 1: you're only looking at fifty percent of the field. When

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Speaker 1: you're in the shotgun RPEL, you see the entire field.

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Speaker 1: So there are pluses and minuses to both. I just

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Speaker 1: think at this moment, until you get that center exchange

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Speaker 1: figured out to where you can be and Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 1: and Tom Brady and you're in the shotgun where you

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Speaker 1: know that football is going to be at your chest

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Speaker 1: one hundred percent of the time, to where you don't

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Speaker 1: have to look the football into your hands and you

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Speaker 1: can survey the defense. Until we get to that point,

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Speaker 1: maybe Kyler Murray does need to go under center because

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Speaker 1: he does, you know, good without the football in his hands.

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Speaker 1: Now that's where it all begins. Now when it comes

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Speaker 1: to Max Garcia and Sean Harlowe definitely more than Rodney Hudson.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Hudson's had more snaps, so there's more opportunities

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Speaker 1: for that to happen. But I don't see this prevalent

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Speaker 1: when Hudson said it does happen. I'm not gonna say

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Speaker 1: it's not, but I think it's when more when Garcia

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Speaker 1: at Harlowe been there, And I think it's because they

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Speaker 1: know that playing in that position, those d tackles are

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Speaker 1: coming after him and now you've got to snap it

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Speaker 1: and then you got a block, and they just don't

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Speaker 1: have the experience that Rodney Hudson has. Cardinals Covered two

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Speaker 1: presented by Hunday Proud Partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As

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Speaker 1: we look back at Christmas Nights, a twenty two sixty

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Speaker 1: being lost to the Colts and now a three game

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Speaker 1: losing streak four straights at State Farm Stadium, let's look

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Speaker 1: and discuss what happened against the defense, because I do

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Speaker 1: think and we've got to call on Cardinal talk about

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Speaker 1: Vance Joseph and him and his units on how not

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Speaker 1: well how they performed at least recently. But I'll go

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Speaker 1: back to what has been talked about either in training camp.

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Speaker 1: This defense does not need to be top five, top ten.

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Speaker 1: Not when you have an offense that can score thirty

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Speaker 1: points a game. You held the Colts to twenty two,

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Speaker 1: that's good enough in the National Football League in this

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Speaker 1: day and age, even in the month of December. The

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Speaker 1: defense did its job. Now there are some pluses and minuses.

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Speaker 1: You want to go. Which way do you want to

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Speaker 1: go first? You want to go run defense or pass defense?

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Speaker 1: Let's go run defense? All right? To me? A major

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Speaker 1: step forward with the run defense. Jonathan Taylor was all

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Speaker 1: we talked about last week. It's all anyone talked about.

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Speaker 1: And I think the Cardinals after that first offensive play

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Speaker 1: forty three yards and you're like, oh my goodness, and

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Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons either wasn't in the right spots or didn't

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Speaker 1: do what he was supposed to, because all of a

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Speaker 1: sudden we saw less of Isaiah Simmons and rundown situations

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Speaker 1: and more Joe Walker. It was asked the Kingsbury post game,

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Speaker 1: he mentioned Simmons was quote banged up, and he was

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Speaker 1: listed on the injury report with a shoulder issue. But

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Speaker 1: in obvious passing situations second and long, third and long,

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Speaker 1: more third and long, we saw Isaiah Simmons because then

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Speaker 1: straight line for the quarterback, you don't have to worry

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Speaker 1: about someone coming at you. As far as run blocking,

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Speaker 1: and Joe Walker, I thought did a yeoman's job, especially

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Speaker 1: considering he's a backup like Max Garcia. You're not a starter,

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Speaker 1: you're in there as a backup. But I like what

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Speaker 1: the defense did against Jonathan Taylor one hundred and eight

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Speaker 1: yards rushing, but on twenty of his twenty seven carries

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Speaker 1: three yards or less and nearly half of those areas

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Speaker 1: he was tackled for a loss. Eight times he was

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Speaker 1: brought down behind the line of scrimmage. That's tremendous defense

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Speaker 1: in my eyes. Yeah, I mean after that forty three

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Speaker 1: yard run, all of a sudden, there he's the MVP

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Speaker 1: of the league and I'm sure more fantasy people and

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Speaker 1: that hold him to one hundred and eight yards again,

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Speaker 1: if you want to go through it, Okay, the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: had two sacks, ten tackle for losses. That means they're

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Speaker 1: winning at the line of scrimmage. Now people are gonna say,

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Speaker 1: what they were missing three starters. Okay, so that means

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Speaker 1: that Jonathan Taylor's not an MVP unless he has that.

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Speaker 1: His offensive line is the chicken before the egg thing.

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Speaker 1: I mean, when you look at it, obviously you needed

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Speaker 1: a good offensive line, and Quentin Nelson's one of the best. There.

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Speaker 1: So ten tackle for losses, seven quarterback hits, and I

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Speaker 1: would say for the first three quarters they put pressure

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Speaker 1: on Carson Wentz and seeing him in person, arm strength

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Speaker 1: a little bit better than I thought, and he stood

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Speaker 1: in the pocket and made some throws. Where he excelled

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Speaker 1: was in the fourth quarter, especially when they got that

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Speaker 1: he threw that nice touchdown. The guy only caught one

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Speaker 1: pass the entire game. And I thought the way vance

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Speaker 1: was bringing Buddha Baker and they were using that run blitz,

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Speaker 1: I thought he would throw an interception or two, but

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Speaker 1: I give him credit, he didn't. They had seven quarterback hits,

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Speaker 1: three passes defense. So those numbers where they controlled the

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Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. Now the secondary, and this goes back

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Speaker 1: to that string analogy. Get pressure on the quarterback helps

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Speaker 1: the secondary at the secondary's doing it's job that helps

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Speaker 1: the pass rush, and what we're seeing now is that

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Speaker 1: secondary get lit up. Four pass plays of twenty or

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Speaker 1: more yards, two of thirty or more yards, and now

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Speaker 1: twice during this three game losing streak MGA, the defense

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Speaker 1: has allowed four passing plays of twenty or more yards.

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Speaker 1: That happened only once in the season's first twelve games,

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Speaker 1: and that was a game at Cleveland. Twice now we're

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Speaker 1: seeing it. Is it the secondary getting tired, getting recognized

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Speaker 1: and exposed, or is that the inability of Chandler Jones,

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Speaker 1: Marcus Golden, Devon Kinnard, the interior of the defensive line

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Speaker 1: to get pressure on quarterbacks, whether that's Jared Goff, Matthew Stafford,

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Speaker 1: or Carson Wentz. You just brought up how much Wentz

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Speaker 1: was pressured, So credit to him. We talked about, hey,

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Speaker 1: make the Colts one dimensional, make Carson Wentz beat you.

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Speaker 1: He did on Christmas Night. The thing is, I think

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Speaker 1: when you look at Marco Wilson, and obviously the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: were excited when they drafted him, and I think he's

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Speaker 1: gonna have a bright future. But over the last three games,

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Speaker 1: teams are targeting Marco Wilson and Byram Murphrey's kind of

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00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 1: tailed off a little bit too, Buddha Baker and Jalen Thompson.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think, you know, Buddha played a really

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Speaker 1: good game. He had twelve tackles, he had two tackle

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Speaker 1: for losses, two quarterback hits, one pass defense. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he really played well. But there were a couple of

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Speaker 1: games when these guys were missing tackles, and that was unusual.

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Speaker 1: No Robert, Robert Alfer brings some physicality to that position,

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Speaker 1: and so you know you're relying on a third year

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Speaker 1: player who's main major strides. But also, you know, Marco Wilson,

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Speaker 1: I think he's got to be more focused. I think

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Speaker 1: he loves the lifestyle being in the NFL. He's got

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Speaker 1: all the attributes, but at some point, you know, you

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Speaker 1: gotta stick your nose in a fan. You've got to

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Speaker 1: be a little more physical, and but teams are targeting.

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Speaker 1: I had my binoclers on, as you do. I watched

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Speaker 1: Carson wentz Go Toliner scrimmage at least two or three

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Speaker 1: times because the Cardinals, we talked, they were loading up

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Speaker 1: the box in their hoping between Pittman and t Y Hilton,

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Speaker 1: and I wasn't concerned with t Y Hilton, even though

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Speaker 1: he did to get to the touchdown. I was concerned

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Speaker 1: with Michael Pittman because I know he was like one

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Speaker 1: hundred yards away from a thousand. I watched them last year,

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Speaker 1: how successful that he was. But I watched Carson Wentz

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Speaker 1: every time the Cardinals went to the line of scrimmage,

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Speaker 1: and if they were loading the box up, they were

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Speaker 1: getting man and man press coverage on the outside. Now

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Speaker 1: he wasn't lined up at the line. He was waiting

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Speaker 1: for him, and he targeted Marco Wilson back to back,

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Speaker 1: and the one play that Walker missed, I think it

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Speaker 1: was a doyle before he got hurt. Around you would

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Speaker 1: like to see more of an athletic player in there,

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Speaker 1: but again, Joe Walker's a smart player special teams. But

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Speaker 1: it's kind of an indictment they can't use Zavian Collins

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Speaker 1: in those situations, which is another conversation we'll have to

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Speaker 1: later in a week. Yeah, there's a lot you touched

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Speaker 1: right there, and all valid points because the plan going

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Speaker 1: in do your best to limit Jonathan Taylor. Cardinals checked

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Speaker 1: that box put pressure on Carson Wentz. Check that for

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Speaker 1: three quarters. They were in his face. He took some shots.

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Speaker 1: That fourth quarter was a difference in the game because

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Speaker 1: now it's one thirteen. It's again, it's you gotta get

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Speaker 1: nine points. Now that touchdown drive you're talking about in

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Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, Cardinals trail fifteen thirteen. But then the

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Speaker 1: Colts go on a seven play sixty nine yard drive

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Speaker 1: in which they converted on second and seventeen. Pittman at

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Speaker 1: a twenty yard catch and run, second and eight, Hilton

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Speaker 1: a thirty nine yard catch and run, which set up

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Speaker 1: the Colts first and ten at the Cardinals fifteen yard line.

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00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 1: Those two big pass plays allowed the Colts to extend

641
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:34,399
Speaker 1: their lead with the touchdown twenty two thirteen, with six

642
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,040
Speaker 1: and a half minutes left to go. Now, all of

643
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:39,040
Speaker 1: a sudden, it's a two score game and the Cardinals

644
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:43,000
Speaker 1: weren't able to overcome that deficit. And once was pressure

645
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 1: on that play, he scrambles and he's we are enough

646
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,319
Speaker 1: to know he's not going to go across the line,

647
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:49,879
Speaker 1: and he threw a dart that was a perfect pass.

648
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,399
Speaker 1: Only one guy could have caught that. So for you,

649
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:55,800
Speaker 1: it's the secondary, it's the corners to a certain extent,

650
00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:59,200
Speaker 1: Buddha Baker, Jalen Thompson. But we talked about you load

651
00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:01,280
Speaker 1: the box, you take away the run. You're putting those

652
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,439
Speaker 1: corners on an island. A lot of pressure on them,

653
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:06,960
Speaker 1: and I don't know if they met the challenge that

654
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,400
Speaker 1: put before them by the coaching staff. I agree, but

655
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 1: it's not like they got beat for a sixty yard bomb.

656
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,080
Speaker 1: Everything was in front of him. But it was that

657
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,799
Speaker 1: when all of a sudden, it's second and twenty and

658
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,680
Speaker 1: you know, you can't give up that, you can't give

659
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 1: up that first down. You gotta keep everything. And they

660
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 1: did that, but it was like, we're going to continue

661
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,719
Speaker 1: to go at him because and if he if he's

662
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:31,640
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage, I would think Pittman would

663
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,719
Speaker 1: be a get around him. And then all of a sudden,

664
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Speaker 1: you're talking about a fifty yard touchdown pass. So tackling.

665
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 1: But Marco Wilson, he's got to get more physical. And

666
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,240
Speaker 1: I know he's he's got all the attributes, the size,

667
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,240
Speaker 1: but I want to see him get more physical, and

668
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 1: you know, and that's something that will come. Maybe he's

669
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 1: got to get stronger in the weight room, and we

670
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,360
Speaker 1: know Murphy plays physical, but they do miss Robert Alford

671
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:59,240
Speaker 1: just from a physicality standpoint, fifteen games of film Buyer Murphy,

672
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:04,319
Speaker 1: Marco Wilson, and perhaps now teams are figuring out those

673
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 1: two young corners. I'd include Bayern Murphy as a young corner.

674
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:10,000
Speaker 1: Yes he was a veteran. He's getting better, but still

675
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,160
Speaker 1: there's a lot that he can work on, right, and

676
00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 1: we're trying to figure out to see more of an

677
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,040
Speaker 1: inside guy or outside guy. Usually your number one corner

678
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 1: plays the outside, but in this teen age and it's

679
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 1: not the first game that teams have gone after Marco

680
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:26,759
Speaker 1: wils It really started the Rams game, and then in

681
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 1: the Lions game, and then and trust me, he should

682
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:33,920
Speaker 1: have never been called for a defensive pass interference, should

683
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:35,440
Speaker 1: have never been called for. And then he gets hurt

684
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:37,840
Speaker 1: on the play. He made a great play, He really

685
00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,680
Speaker 1: had an interception, and you're right now, all of a sudden,

686
00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:44,840
Speaker 1: he's dealing with a shoulder injury that pressed Antonio Hamilton

687
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,520
Speaker 1: into more snaps or the second most snaps he's played

688
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 1: all season long. So you're going into this week against

689
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott and that Cowboys wide receiver corps with a

690
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:58,760
Speaker 1: question mark with Marco Wilson and Robert Offord's on ir

691
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:00,759
Speaker 1: he hasked to miss at least one more game, So

692
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:04,759
Speaker 1: that's this week, he's missed the past two. And you're

693
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:08,840
Speaker 1: looking at what quarterbacks are doing to the Cardinals, whether

694
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:11,799
Speaker 1: that is Jared Goff, whether that's Matthew Stafford or now

695
00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:15,440
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. Eight passing touchdowns in the last three games.

696
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:19,880
Speaker 1: That defense had allowed seven in the six games prior

697
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:22,839
Speaker 1: to this three game losing streak. Yeah, and I know

698
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray hasn't played against the opposing quarterbacks, but all

699
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,880
Speaker 1: three of those games, Kyler Murray has been outplayed by

700
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:33,279
Speaker 1: those quarterbacks all three and Stafford, Goff and Wentz. And

701
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:35,799
Speaker 1: the only quarterback that you can make an argument that

702
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: has had a better season than Kyle the Murray is

703
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:43,279
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford. Yesterday's performance against the Vikings and his three

704
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:47,400
Speaker 1: interceptions not part of the conversation because Stafford has played

705
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:49,239
Speaker 1: well and there are a lot of people believe that

706
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:52,919
Speaker 1: he deserved a Pro Bowl nod over Kyler Murray. But yeah,

707
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:56,280
Speaker 1: you should not be outplayed by Jared Goff, you should

708
00:37:56,320 --> 00:38:00,719
Speaker 1: not be outplayed by Carson Wentz. But Wentz the Cardinals

709
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:05,920
Speaker 1: defense Carson Wentz one upped bench, Joseph took away Jonathan Taylor.

710
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:07,840
Speaker 1: All right, so what do we have to do Because

711
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:10,840
Speaker 1: I was not expecting Wentz to have twenty eight pass attempts.

712
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:15,160
Speaker 1: Oh no, what was he five for twelve a week before? Yeah,

713
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:17,400
Speaker 1: he had as Now they ran for two hundred yards

714
00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:20,920
Speaker 1: on the Patriots. He had as many completions against the

715
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,720
Speaker 1: Patriots as he did. And I think on that first

716
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:27,400
Speaker 1: drive or the first quarter against the Cardinals, Craig, if

717
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:33,320
Speaker 1: you go back and look at Stafford, Okay, Goff and Wentz,

718
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 1: they're completing like seventy percent of their passes. I mean,

719
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:39,600
Speaker 1: their efficiency is off the chart. You would think it'd

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00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:42,440
Speaker 1: be like sixty three percent. And they're not throwing the

721
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:46,239
Speaker 1: ball forty times a game. Now, getting back, I'd rather

722
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Speaker 1: have Antonio Hamilton out there than Marco Wilson just from

723
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:53,240
Speaker 1: a standpoint experience and physicality. Now you need more corners

724
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:56,799
Speaker 1: than just a couple of guys. Hopefully Wilson's available, But

725
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:59,319
Speaker 1: I got no issue putting Antonio Hamilton. I thought he

726
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,760
Speaker 1: played well. He's had one of those seasons in which,

727
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,040
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you didn't expect you'd need him.

728
00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 1: Now all of a sudden, he becomes needed. Now you

729
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 1: do have Brion Borders on the active roster. You've got

730
00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 1: Kevin Peterson, who was elevated for the practice squad of

731
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:18,280
Speaker 1: the active roster as another option, especially with Wilson being questionable.

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Speaker 1: Now this when Peterson was out there when Wilson went down.

733
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Speaker 1: Normally you don't see Kevin Peterson number twenty seven. You

734
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:25,800
Speaker 1: see him on special teams and he's more of a safety,

735
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:30,799
Speaker 1: but he can play both. That's how you clear, you know, good,

736
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 1: a roster spot. But he was out there on defense,

737
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:36,080
Speaker 1: which is I haven't seen it in a long time.

738
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:41,360
Speaker 1: Murphy played all seventy defensive snaps, Antonio Hamilton's fifty seven,

739
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:46,759
Speaker 1: Marco Wilson twenty seven, Peterson twenty four. So there's now,

740
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:49,480
Speaker 1: all of a sudden a question mark in the Cardinals

741
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 1: secondary might be this recent stretch. And I think we

742
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 1: talked about the passing defense a couple of times over

743
00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 1: the past couple of weeks. But now all of a

744
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 1: sudden here in December, is it more film, more attention

745
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 1: or does it go back to that pass rush needing

746
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:13,839
Speaker 1: to get home a lot sooner to help out the secondary? Well,

747
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:18,160
Speaker 1: when when you do that, you're putting your corners on islands,

748
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,480
Speaker 1: so that I mean it's really a catch twenty two.

749
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 1: If they're maybe sometimes advance, they're gonna have to back off.

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00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:27,960
Speaker 1: Easier said than done. I mean, because he's you know,

751
00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:32,480
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott, I mean, Zeka Elliott looks like he's back. Um,

752
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:34,880
Speaker 1: we know that. I think their defense is better than

753
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,399
Speaker 1: our offense. But based on last night, I mean, they're

754
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:42,040
Speaker 1: throwing touchdown passes alignment and defense alignment are getting touchdowns.

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00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:47,279
Speaker 1: So yeah, we'll talk about that. But um, I just

756
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:51,360
Speaker 1: the problem is they're not forcing turnovers. They did not

757
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:54,359
Speaker 1: have a takeaway, didn't turn the ball over at all.

758
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 1: And that's well to be applauded as well because that

759
00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 1: Colts defense. And yeah, they didn't have Darius Leonard. That's

760
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,319
Speaker 1: I'm by the way, MJ here on Cardinals Cover two

761
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:05,880
Speaker 1: presented by Hunday, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals for

762
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:08,279
Speaker 1: the rest of this regular season and postseason, for how

763
00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:10,920
Speaker 1: long it lasts. I don't care about the other team,

764
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,360
Speaker 1: how many players they are without, because it doesn't matter.

765
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,880
Speaker 1: Packers rams Colts three primetime games. Three times the Cardinals

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00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:22,560
Speaker 1: faced a depleted roster, and all three times the Cardinals lost.

767
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:24,440
Speaker 1: And I got a good credit to you because you know,

768
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:26,319
Speaker 1: we kind of scares the heck out of me. Now,

769
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Speaker 1: I know, because we Friday, you get the injury report

770
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:33,919
Speaker 1: and then you know usually and you know, teams will

771
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 1: make roster moves. And this was Leonard news came out

772
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:40,839
Speaker 1: on game day a couple hours. So I always look

773
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:42,719
Speaker 1: at you and you know, I don't want to go

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00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:44,920
Speaker 1: back to the Packers game, and you're one hundred percent right,

775
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:46,680
Speaker 1: and then you go back to the Rams game when

776
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:48,880
Speaker 1: they didn't have Jalen Ramsey and a couple of the

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00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 1: other Tower players. Yeah, I'm with And that's why I

778
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 1: said earlier, I really don't. It's not I don't want

779
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:56,040
Speaker 1: to see anybody get hurt, but I'm not focusing. I'm

780
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:59,759
Speaker 1: focusing on how the Cardinals need to get some guys back. Um, yeah,

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00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: I'm with you on that. Now. It's funny because it's

782
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:08,320
Speaker 1: it's not about just you know, who's healthy. We also

783
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:11,240
Speaker 1: the teams are dealing with COVID. Now, I mean COVID.

784
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:14,160
Speaker 1: It's like it's it's the it's the opponent in COVID,

785
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 1: and you got to hope that you don't have guys

786
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 1: on COVID, especially when you get to the postseason. So

787
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:21,000
Speaker 1: not only you have to you not only have to

788
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 1: you know, game plan, but all of a sudden something

789
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,200
Speaker 1: pops up in the week. You gotta deal with COVID now.

790
00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:29,160
Speaker 1: I mean every team's dealing with it, and hopefully the

791
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:30,800
Speaker 1: Cardinals and are in you know where you get a

792
00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:33,400
Speaker 1: spike or anything. But to me, that's a big factor

793
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:35,279
Speaker 1: on some of these games that we're seeing how many

794
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,120
Speaker 1: I mean, luckily we haven't had a spread knock on wood,

795
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:41,200
Speaker 1: but you're watching these games and twelve guys are out,

796
00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:43,560
Speaker 1: So now you're gonna deal with COVID moving forward, Well,

797
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:46,520
Speaker 1: the Cardinals did play without their head coach Chandler Jones,

798
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:49,880
Speaker 1: Zach Allen, Corey Peters against the Cleveland Brown So teams

799
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:53,240
Speaker 1: have shown and the Cardinals have seen it, Packers Rams

800
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:56,680
Speaker 1: Colts have seen it without certain players because of COVID.

801
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:59,000
Speaker 1: Now all of a sudden, guys step up. How do

802
00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 1: you handle it? So Cardinals know they've been it, they've

803
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 1: been through it. Hopefully they don't have to go through

804
00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 1: it ever again. But I'm getting a little tired of

805
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:11,920
Speaker 1: teams being without four offensive linemen, losing a fifth and

806
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden to tie it in and

807
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:17,160
Speaker 1: you're still losing these games. Well, I mean, and I

808
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:19,799
Speaker 1: think the sixteen man practice squad has gone along. Wait,

809
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:21,759
Speaker 1: look at Craig Reynolds, right, I mean, he doesn't got

810
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 1: an opportunity unless something happens. And then we talked about

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00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 1: the secondary for the Colts, they had almost two or

812
00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:31,840
Speaker 1: three starters out. Those guys are practice squad players, but

813
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,680
Speaker 1: they've been in the system and they'll always look for

814
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:37,600
Speaker 1: an opportunity. So I when I look at the practice

815
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:39,719
Speaker 1: squad guys, these guys are getting reps in practice. But

816
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:43,239
Speaker 1: you got to give these guys credit that have an opportunity.

817
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 1: They held up well against the Cardinals wide receivers and

818
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:49,160
Speaker 1: tight ends, and you know, you don't like to hear

819
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:51,440
Speaker 1: the head coach post game. You know, give credit to

820
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:54,279
Speaker 1: the other team. But at the same time, when you're

821
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Speaker 1: missing your two starting safeties and a corner for the

822
00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:03,680
Speaker 1: cold and Kyler Murray is not as accurate. Yeah, receivers

823
00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:06,040
Speaker 1: are dropping the football. Okay, well what's going on? Well,

824
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 1: you should be able to have more success. And then

825
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:11,080
Speaker 1: on the flip side as well, as the Cardinals defense

826
00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:13,719
Speaker 1: did against Carson Wentz as far as getting pressure. He

827
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:17,879
Speaker 1: was without three starting offensive lineman, lost to fourth Eric

828
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Speaker 1: Fisher during the game, lost to tie it end in

829
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Speaker 1: the first half. Yet we did see Carson Wentz play

830
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:26,359
Speaker 1: very very well. Now, maybe that was more awareness on

831
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:28,839
Speaker 1: his part, realizing that, hey, you know what, they've taken

832
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:32,560
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor away. My offensive line is not as greats.

833
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,240
Speaker 1: I've lost my all pro left guard, my best center.

834
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Speaker 1: Now all of a sudden, maybe need to roll out

835
00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:39,479
Speaker 1: a little bit more by myself some extra time. So

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Speaker 1: I don't like doing it, but yeah, you do have

837
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:44,600
Speaker 1: to give credit for the Indianapolis Colts. I would just

838
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,759
Speaker 1: like to think at this point in the season, the

839
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Speaker 1: more talented team win, and the Cardinals are the more

840
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 1: talented team on paper, game's not played on paper and

841
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:57,520
Speaker 1: too many times the less talented team. Twice now during

842
00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:01,400
Speaker 1: this three game losing streak, Lions include but less talented

843
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:05,480
Speaker 1: team but has played better has beaten the Cardinals. Well,

844
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:07,839
Speaker 1: the Colts came in here with a momentum, though the

845
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:09,840
Speaker 1: Cardinals are trying to find that momentum. They're trying to

846
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:13,960
Speaker 1: find their mojo back. Now. I think you know, we

847
00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:16,359
Speaker 1: talked about it all week. Frank Wright has been in

848
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:18,920
Speaker 1: that system for a long time. He's got a really

849
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,560
Speaker 1: good staff that they're well coached, they don't beat themselves,

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Speaker 1: and they actually gave the GM a game ball because

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Speaker 1: of the depth he created, so they can win this

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00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:29,719
Speaker 1: game on the road and be in contention to possibly,

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Speaker 1: you know, compete with the Titans. I listened to Bill

854
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:36,080
Speaker 1: Belichick come to the podium like yesterday, he said, we

855
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:38,759
Speaker 1: got out coached, we got out played, we didn't bring

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00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:41,799
Speaker 1: our a game. Give Buffalo credit. I don't like hearing

857
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Speaker 1: that bello. When I hear Belichick tell and Kingsbury has

858
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:47,000
Speaker 1: been doing that for the first couple of years. And

859
00:45:47,719 --> 00:45:49,759
Speaker 1: during the week when we ask about an opponent, I

860
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:52,279
Speaker 1: get the sense that it's about us, not about them.

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00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:54,759
Speaker 1: Kylin Murley, really we never asked Kyler Murray what do

862
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:57,160
Speaker 1: you think about their defense? I'm sure he watched he's

863
00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:00,319
Speaker 1: watching film. But Cardinals, Phil like, it's about us. But

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Speaker 1: Belichick did the same thing when he got to the podium.

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Speaker 1: It was almost like two weeks ago where he didn't

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Speaker 1: want to talk. He said, we didn't play, I got

867
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Speaker 1: out coach, we got out played. We didn't show up

868
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:11,920
Speaker 1: today and they were at home. And then you look

869
00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:15,279
Speaker 1: what happens with the Texans and the Chargers. Yeah, all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden, the Chargers, which were the darlings of

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Speaker 1: the AFC for a period of time, now all of

872
00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:22,120
Speaker 1: a sudden they're struggling. They might not even make the postseason.

873
00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:25,280
Speaker 1: So any given Sunday in December, cract throughout the records.

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00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:30,120
Speaker 1: You just want to be playing better than the Cardinals are.

875
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:32,319
Speaker 1: And we know that they can play better, we just

876
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 1: haven't seen it. Now the question is there enough time

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00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:37,439
Speaker 1: for them to get things righted before they go into

878
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:39,839
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Well, the good news and maybe it's bad news,

879
00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:42,120
Speaker 1: but you got two games to figure it out. But

880
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:44,480
Speaker 1: I just wonder at the end of the day now

881
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:47,520
Speaker 1: that they don't have the pressure three consecutive games too

882
00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:50,920
Speaker 1: last year. Let's just focus on getting back to the basics.

883
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:53,759
Speaker 1: Let's focus on you know what we do best, and

884
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:56,440
Speaker 1: try to utilize that the next two games and then

885
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Speaker 1: try to make a run in the playoffs. By the way,

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Speaker 1: outside of your Christmas night, I was Christmas Day in

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Speaker 1: the Director Household. It was awesome. Actually, I went to

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Speaker 1: Mass on Christmas morning and then my mom came over

889
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:09,600
Speaker 1: when we had kind of a brunch and then I

890
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:12,719
Speaker 1: got to the stadium about one o'clock. But we celebrated

891
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:18,280
Speaker 1: Christmas yesterday on Sunday. On Sunday, oh delicious Prime rib

892
00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:22,000
Speaker 1: and I got leftovers now and I was able to

893
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:24,320
Speaker 1: hang out with Riley all day because usually on Sundays,

894
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:27,960
Speaker 1: I'm at the stadium. So no, I I watched football,

895
00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:30,319
Speaker 1: but I wasn't really paying attention to everything I was

896
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:32,719
Speaker 1: looking at more you know, how does this affect the

897
00:47:32,760 --> 00:47:35,279
Speaker 1: Cardinals and seatings and stuff like that. But I did

898
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:40,000
Speaker 1: watch the late game last night and man, yeah, look

899
00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:43,400
Speaker 1: like a track show. Not quite ready to discuss the

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00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:48,120
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys yet, but that is ahead as we continue here.

901
00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:51,400
Speaker 1: Well this week, just think about the quarterbacks in the postseason.

902
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:56,840
Speaker 1: Murderers roll in the NFC. But as we're told, and

903
00:47:56,880 --> 00:48:00,640
Speaker 1: you mentioned it as well, any given Sunday each week

904
00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:03,560
Speaker 1: is its own week. Yeah, so that's how you have

905
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:06,799
Speaker 1: to kind of look at it. Absolutely, And again, I

906
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:10,359
Speaker 1: just I hope that that cloud's not hanging over them.

907
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:12,279
Speaker 1: Let's go out there and play football. Do what you

908
00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:15,760
Speaker 1: guys do best. Get the mojo back, get back to basics.

909
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Speaker 1: And at the end of the day the works in.

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Speaker 1: One thing is disappointing is we hear how well they practice,

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00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:24,319
Speaker 1: but it's not carrying over to the game. How does

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Speaker 1: that happen? You practice like you should play on game day?

913
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Speaker 1: Kingsbury used the word a couple of different times postgame.

914
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Speaker 1: There's a disconnect and that's not encouraging. Although Jase Edmonds quote,

915
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:40,200
Speaker 1: we have more than enough playmakers on offense to get

916
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Speaker 1: the job done. They do and the onus I believe

917
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Speaker 1: is on the offense to turn this team around. And

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Speaker 1: I love one of the captains said after the game,

919
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Speaker 1: Buddha Baker was talking about the penalties, and he wasn't

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Speaker 1: just talking about defensive penalties. He was talking about false starts.

921
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Speaker 1: So the loving penalties, and I like the fact that

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Speaker 1: he wasn't just saying that. He we can't have personal

923
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Speaker 1: foul pols on our side of ball. We can't have

924
00:49:03,239 --> 00:49:06,480
Speaker 1: false star penalties. And that's a leader right there, knowing, Hey,

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Speaker 1: I don't want to upset the apple cart, but we

926
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Speaker 1: can't have eleven pennalis if we're gonna win a playoff game.

927
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Speaker 1: And Buddhist, I thought Buddha hitter right on the head.

928
00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:16,560
Speaker 1: Usually you focus on your side of the ball. We

929
00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:19,319
Speaker 1: got to do better. But he talked about the entire

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00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:22,400
Speaker 1: team where the penalties came back to haunt them. A

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Speaker 1: lot to be corrected in every phase, plenty of blame

932
00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:29,439
Speaker 1: to go around. Now we just wonder is there enough

933
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:32,720
Speaker 1: time to get things fixed? Because right now this Arizona

934
00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:36,200
Speaker 1: Cardinals team is broken? But can it be fixed? And

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Speaker 1: we'll continue to discuss that right here on Cardinals Covered two.

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

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

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Speaker 1: partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As always, special thanks to

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Speaker 1: our executive producer Joe Mama hundred for Mike Drecky. I'm

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Speaker 1: Craig Rao Loup. We'll talk to you next time here

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Speaker 1: on Cardinals Cover two.