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Speaker 3: Swam to the ground by Buddha Baker like a torpedo.

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Speaker 2: Here we go one hand and catching a touchdown. Oh baby,

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Speaker 2: how's that fail?

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Speaker 1: Here's Craig Griolou, Paul Calvic and nine year NFL veteran

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Speaker 1: Rob Frederickson.

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Speaker 4: And then there were four Eagles commanders in the NFC,

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Speaker 4: chiefs bills in the AFC. And we'll touch on the

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Speaker 4: playoffs here in a little bit. As we say, Welcome

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Speaker 4: to the Cardinals Red Seas Report. We do it every Tuesday,

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Speaker 4: year round here on the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network. Things

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Speaker 4: a bit quiet within the Arizona Cardinals, at least for

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Speaker 4: right now, so it does allow for some reflection on

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Speaker 4: the season that just passed and where this team is headed. Cardinals,

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Speaker 4: we know eight and nine just not good enough to

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Speaker 4: be a part of the postseason picture. But when you

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Speaker 4: talk about certain position groups rob that you think can

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Speaker 4: be on the upswing, maybe some improvements, wide receiver certainly

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Speaker 4: comes to mind. It was a talking point a year

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Speaker 4: ago at this time. Hey, this team needs a number

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Speaker 4: one wide receiver. There are many that still believe that

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Speaker 4: wide receiver is a talking point, but I wouldn't put

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Speaker 4: position that perhaps needs to be better as far as

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that position group, the wide receiver is

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Speaker 5: one that the Arizona Cardinals offensively. You know, obviously they

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Speaker 5: took Marvin Harrison Junior in the first round last year,

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Speaker 5: and that was a point of emphasis, and and he

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Speaker 5: guys like Marvin Harrison Junior to really navigate in the

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Speaker 5: look for the Arizona Cardinals in free agency in the

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Speaker 5: we can get into that in terms of just position

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Speaker 6: You're always looking to upgrade every single position, right receiver included.

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Speaker 6: I mean, every single position group is going to be

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Speaker 6: But at the same time, you can't assess twenty twenty

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Speaker 6: get them the ball in space, good things tend to happen.

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Speaker 6: He tends to make defenders look stupid. Didn't get a

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Speaker 6: ton of opportunities, ton of targets during the year. Jay

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Speaker 6: how much of it was personnel? How much of it

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Speaker 6: the other aspects of the passing game? When Kyler says, look,

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Speaker 5: And I think a fair amount of it too has

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Speaker 5: So that limits the opportunities to even get on the

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Speaker 4: And I think that's a great point because if you're

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Speaker 6: And in many cases you are a run first offense.

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Speaker 4: You look at the downfield passing game and the numbers

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Speaker 4: pointing to one player in particular, and that would be

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Speaker 4: Marvin Harrison Junior. By all accounts, statistically a pretty solid season,

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Speaker 4: sixty two catches, eight hundred and eighty five yards eight

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Speaker 4: Larry Fitzgerald and Kwan Bolden also had eight receiving touchdowns

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Speaker 4: in year one. Another player who wore that Cardinals uniform

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Speaker 4: who played wide receiver, second round pick nineteen ninety five,

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Speaker 4: Frank Sanders guests recently on the Big Red Rage what

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Speaker 7: He will not be the same guy next year playing

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Speaker 7: I like his ability to be shifty once he catches

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Speaker 7: So he has all the things that we need.

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Speaker 4: You talked Paul about things left on the table, and

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Speaker 4: I think the biggest thing left on the table is

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Speaker 4: when you look at the number of targets. One hundred

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Speaker 4: and sixteen times someone targeted Marvin Harrison Junior, but just

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Speaker 4: sixty two receptions, fifty three percent catch percentage. That is

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Speaker 4: not good. That needs to be increasingly much better in

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Speaker 6: And it was so stark in its contrast with Trey McBride.

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Speaker 6: He would get ten catches on ten targets. He get

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Speaker 6: But you know what Trey McBride said more than once

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Speaker 6: this year that it took three years him and Kyler

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Speaker 6: learning to play together, just knowing inherently innately where he's

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Speaker 6: be that Trey McBride is going to read the defense

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Speaker 6: the same way. Had conversations with Marvin Harrison Junior himself

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Speaker 6: this year just on how different the NFL game is

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Speaker 6: So in some ways you have to be a quarterback yourself.

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Speaker 6: You got to read that coverage same way Kyler's reading it,

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Speaker 6: or you're not going to be on the same page.

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Speaker 6: You're not going to be in the right place at

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Speaker 6: And when you're a wide receiver one you're getting targeted

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Speaker 4: And on that topic, let's go back to your conversation

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Speaker 4: Paul You and Ron Woofley had with Frank Sanders on

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Speaker 4: The Big Red Rage about what Marvin perhaps saw defensively

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Speaker 7: You know, you have to learn how a team are

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Speaker 7: starting to try to definue. I run a good deep

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Speaker 7: Well in Marvin case, you can see a lot of

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Speaker 7: that's the beauty of the NFL. It's making the adjustments

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Speaker 4: There is no question that Marvin Harrison Junior has a talent.

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Speaker 4: And I think more times than in college, high school

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think about Marvin Harrison junior and from my

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Speaker 5: what happened that first year against this type of low look,

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Speaker 5: and what I will do, And here's what I do

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Speaker 5: and be on the same page with Kyler all the

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Speaker 5: further to solidifying that that chemistry and that relationship. So,

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Speaker 5: you know, I feel really bullish on the future of

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Speaker 5: Marvin Harrison Junior within this offense. Now, he's got a

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Speaker 5: lot to work on. There's there's no question there.

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Speaker 7: You know.

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Speaker 5: Frank said earlier he thinks he's an outstanding route runner.

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Speaker 5: I disagree right now where he's at right now. I

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Speaker 5: think that he's got a lot to develop in terms

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Speaker 5: utilizing leverage in your body UH to to create some separation,

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Speaker 5: that's that's something that a lot of teams. You saw

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Speaker 5: To get up and he's a big target, so you

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Speaker 3: I was trying to get to the line quickly, one

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Speaker 3: Purdy got hit, the ball fluttered and Kaizer White pot

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Speaker 5: Dap the pig into the air and Kaizer White comes

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Speaker 6: To be, Baron Browning's really interesting and he finished strong

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I like Baron Browning just from the explosive standpoint.

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Speaker 6: different players with a sack to perhaps one all star

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Speaker 6: rusher with seventeen sacks, if you could do that.

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Speaker 4: On the flip side, we talk about the line of

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Speaker 4: scrimmage offensive line. You look at the names Calvin Beacham,

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Speaker 4: who was really invaluable this season because of his ability

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Speaker 4: to play both left and right tackle and in a

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Speaker 4: pinch if you need him to play on the inside.

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Speaker 4: But then you look at Will hernandez Evan Brown theres

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Speaker 4: again you go back to Week one, Rob, as far

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Speaker 4: as who are your starting offensive lineman, Well, you're about

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Speaker 4: to lose perhaps unless they bring him back both Will

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Speaker 4: and Evan As far as your rights and left guard respectively.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, again, interior offensive line is an area on my

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Speaker 5: list that really needs attention in terms of the draft

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Speaker 5: or free agency. And Calvin Beacham can't say enough about

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Speaker 5: the future governor. I think, you know, he's a guy

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Speaker 5: that you can plug and play really anywhere, and he's

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Speaker 5: done a remarkable job given the number of years that

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Speaker 5: he's played in this league. So really, like Calvin Beacham,

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Speaker 5: Will Hernandez, you know, it's it's tough coming off of

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Speaker 5: that that devastating injury. What's he going to be like?

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Speaker 5: You know, So it's it's hard to forecast, but I

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Speaker 5: thought when we lost Will Hernandez, we we lost a

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Speaker 5: lot of that push on that offensive line because he

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Speaker 5: is so dominant in terms of just his run blocking ability.

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Speaker 5: And so that's that's an area where the Cardinals need

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Speaker 5: to focus in free agency and in the draft.

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Speaker 6: I think, if Will Hernandez is on the field, do

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Speaker 6: you think Leonard Williams has that sort of game wrecking performance?

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Speaker 6: You know, in two games against Seattle, there's a couple

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Speaker 6: of fourth and shorts and gotta have it moments where

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Speaker 6: without Will Hernandez out there, where were you're running the ball?

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Speaker 6: Who are you're running the ball behind? That's I think

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Speaker 6: we really missed big will Now based on pass guys

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Speaker 6: who have suffered a knee injury midway through a year

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Speaker 6: into their contract year, maybe there's a one year prove

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Speaker 6: it deal that's coming his way, and you know it's

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Speaker 6: financially affordable for the Cardinals, and we know he loves

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Speaker 6: it in that Cardinals locker room and in that O

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Speaker 6: line room. But there are a couple other big names

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Speaker 6: who are going to hit the free agent market. Tray

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Speaker 6: Smith of the Kansas City Chiefs expected you know, he's

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Speaker 6: a Pro Bowl guard. That could be a guy Kevin Zeitler,

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Speaker 6: the Lions, big time starting offensive guard. They're not going

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Speaker 6: to be able to afford everyone. They've got a lot

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Speaker 6: of guys going in a free agency and a lot

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Speaker 6: of talent. So that might be one area where a

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Speaker 6: Cardinals team right now that's projected to have top ten

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Speaker 6: cap space, you could see an expended.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, whether it's right or left guard. I think that's

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Speaker 4: where this offensive line could really get Again. It wasn't

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Speaker 4: a bad offensive line. In fact, I think it was

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Speaker 4: a very good offensive line this past season. Clayton Adams

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Speaker 4: and his coaching staff, they do a great job with

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Speaker 4: those guys, and then the next man up mentality, who

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Speaker 4: comes in to replace what was it like eight or

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Speaker 4: nine ten different offensive line combinations this past season. So

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Speaker 4: you got to have depth. But if you could fortify

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Speaker 4: the interior alongside, whether that's the left or the right,

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Speaker 4: with Yell de of forro Hold in the middle, Rob,

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Speaker 4: I think that offensive line just becomes that much better,

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Speaker 4: especially given who your quarterback is.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and I think you said the operative where there

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Speaker 5: is depth, and that's really what any successful offensive line

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Speaker 5: is going to need throughout the course of the season

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Speaker 5: because there are going to be injuries and I think

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Speaker 5: when Will Hernandez went down again, their's on a Cardinals

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Speaker 5: suffered in terms of just the strength of that rushing attack.

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Speaker 5: Calvin Beecham was a great asset to have when injuries happened,

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Speaker 5: Calvin Beacham can come in and play those and fill

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Speaker 5: those roles. So it's nice to have that depth on

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Speaker 5: the offensive line if the Arizona Cardinals want to be successful.

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Speaker 6: Next Yeah, I get it. It's not a big splash

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Speaker 6: signing a silly and you go for a guard. But

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Speaker 6: look what Carolina did with Rob Hunt. They gave big money.

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Speaker 6: They overpaid, you could say, twenty million a year, but

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Speaker 6: when they had to have it in certain situations, including

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Speaker 6: against the Cardinals in that key game in December, they

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Speaker 6: went behind their big Pro Bowl right guard, highly paid

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Speaker 6: Rob Hunt, and he set a tone and he paved

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Speaker 6: the way for Chewba Hubbard in that game.

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Speaker 4: Can't leave this segment without talking about Paul's group, The Specialist,

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Speaker 4: because that's where he hangs out during the course of

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Speaker 4: a game. And you're looking at Matt Prater, Aaron Brewer,

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Speaker 4: and Michael Pollardi all to be unrestricted free agents. Now

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Speaker 4: you've got Blake Gillikin who's coming back, Chad Rylan who

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Speaker 4: is coming back. You think you're pretty good with their

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Speaker 4: So again, it's not one of those moves that you

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Speaker 4: think is going to move the needle. But hey, count

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Speaker 4: me in for Aaron Brewer to come back because name

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Speaker 4: me the last time that there was a bad snap,

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Speaker 4: whether that was on a field goal or a punt

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Speaker 4: a pat in twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it'll probably be like the last couple of Cardinals

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Speaker 6: Campsl'll bring in some young guy and he'll lose. He'll

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Speaker 6: lose to Aaron Brewer. I'm just gonna mark that down

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Speaker 6: right now. As for Chad Ryland, based on what we

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Speaker 6: saw this year, based on the fact that two years

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Speaker 6: ago he was a mid round draft pick, he has talent.

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Speaker 6: I think he's figured out a few things in this league.

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Speaker 6: He obviously excelled as an Arizona Cardinal. I look at

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Speaker 6: Chad Ryland, I go he could have a fifteen to

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Speaker 6: twenty year career, just like Matt Prater. He's that talented

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Speaker 6: and I fully expect him to be the Cardinals kicker

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Speaker 6: next year if he asked me to bet on it.

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Speaker 4: And sometimes it's that second chance for a specialists, especially

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Speaker 4: because the pressure and those kickers who do get drafted

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Speaker 4: all of a sudden, so much hype, so much attention,

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Speaker 4: and it's the next stop in which, all of a

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Speaker 4: sudden they become that consistent threat.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Chad Ryland really proved himself to me this season,

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Speaker 5: And I'm with you agree when it comes to Longston

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Speaker 5: as you got one, you got one that doesn't miss,

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Speaker 5: doesn't make mistakes. You sign them up, you lock them up.

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Speaker 5: You don't want to tinker around with that position.

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Speaker 4: If Brewer wants to keep playing, then make sure he

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Speaker 4: keeps playing in an Arizona Cardinals uniform.

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Speaker 2: Bird game.

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Speaker 5: On a two yard line's supple, Philadelphia opens up, the

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Speaker 5: hand off gets partly running to.

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Speaker 2: The left, partly gets done.

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Speaker 3: Everybody say Parkway is gone, tous down.

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Speaker 4: Let a snowy Sunday say quote partly.

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Speaker 8: That's Domina to the Eagles twenty eight fifteen Shilly.

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Speaker 7: He is at another level.

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Speaker 2: Seventy eight yards.

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Speaker 4: Had a sixty two yard touchdown run as well. Earlier

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Speaker 4: in the game. I an Eagle Westwood one calling the

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Speaker 4: Eagles twenty eight twenty two victory over the Los Angeles

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Speaker 4: Rams in the divisional round. As we say, welcome back

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Speaker 4: it as the Cardinals Red Sea report Creig grayolupaulk Calvic

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Speaker 4: and Rod Frederickson talking about the NFC playoff picture over

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Speaker 4: the weekend, and yeah, it was a great game to

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Speaker 4: watch because while I wasn't there and didn't have to participate,

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Speaker 4: but gotta love a snow game in Philly and the

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Speaker 4: Eagles the two seed advancing to the NFC Championship game

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Speaker 4: next week and doing it on the strength of a

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Speaker 4: ground game. Although you look at those or you listen

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Speaker 4: to those two calls or the runs of the sixty

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Speaker 4: two and seventy four the rest of the game Saquon

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Speaker 4: Barkley very mediocre, sixty five yards on twenty four carries.

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Speaker 4: But again, if you have those big runs, Paul, then

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Speaker 4: all of a sudden, it doesn't matter the rest of

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Speaker 4: the way. But yeah, he broke them off and the

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Speaker 4: Rams had no answer to Sars stopping him consistently.

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Speaker 6: So after the game, he said that he actually called

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Speaker 6: for that play, the seventy eight yard touchdown run. He

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Speaker 6: said he saw something and he called for it. Whether

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Speaker 6: he told the offensive coordinator, whether he told Jalen Hurts,

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Speaker 6: but he said he was half smiling right before the

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Speaker 6: snap because he knew that was gonna hit. You want

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Speaker 6: to hear my hot take on a Saquon Barkley in

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Speaker 6: connection to the Cardinals. Might want to put on your

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Speaker 6: oven mits for this one.

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Speaker 2: Rob.

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Speaker 4: He's not going anywhere, Paul, He's gonna remain in Philly.

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Speaker 6: When I watched Saquon Barkley, yeah.

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Speaker 2: I see a little bit.

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Speaker 6: We'll bet a Trey Benson, Oh boy, We'll bet you

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Speaker 6: got the size you got the dude who can stoke

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Speaker 6: it between the tackles. But if he gets to the

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Speaker 6: second level untouched, he's got that sprinter speed to finish.

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Speaker 6: We'd never had a chance to see that this year,

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Speaker 6: that home run hitter ability from Trey Benson. But he

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Speaker 6: got more confident, and you saw it mid season where

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Speaker 6: he wasn't going out of bounds, he wasn't going down

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Speaker 6: without a fight. All of a sudden, he was channeling

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Speaker 6: some of that inner James Connor, I see a little

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Speaker 6: bit Trey Benson when I watched Saquon Barkley.

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Speaker 5: All Right, I don't have the oven mits on, but

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Speaker 5: you know I'd like to see more of Trey Benson

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Speaker 5: to to either pooh pooh on on your take off

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Speaker 5: or to bake that thing into a Sioux Fla and

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Speaker 5: rise it up. You know, it's this game to me,

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Speaker 5: along with all the other games this weekend. The team

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Speaker 5: that lost outscored or I'm sorry, statistically was more efficient

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Speaker 5: and better than the team that won. And and the

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Speaker 5: only the only thing that really, the only common denominator

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Speaker 5: that I see is is turnovers. Except for the Chiefs

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Speaker 5: Texans game. There were no turnovers in that game. But

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Speaker 5: it all came down to turnovers, and and you know,

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Speaker 5: that's really the main statistic that matters the most. And

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Speaker 5: I thought the Rams in that game, they play played

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Speaker 5: hard defensively. I'm very impressed with the Rams defensively and

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Speaker 5: what they've done, what the turnaround that they've had in

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Speaker 5: the last couple of years in terms of those young people,

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Speaker 5: young guys up front especially, and what they're able to

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Speaker 5: do defensively. You know, that's something that the Arizona Cardinals

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Speaker 5: certainly will will have to pay attention to.

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Speaker 6: So the stat was on the entire weekend Washington, Philadelphia, Buffalo, KC.

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Speaker 6: The four teams in advance committed a grand total cumulative

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Speaker 6: zero turnovers, while their opponents committed ten. So you're right,

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Speaker 6: that was a different And think about the fourth quarter

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Speaker 6: fumbles by the Rams in that game. You had Kien Williams,

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Speaker 6: he had Matthew Stafford. Both resulted in field goals which

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Speaker 6: ended up being the difference in the game. And then

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Speaker 6: you couldn't help but notice Sean mcvaigh saying after the game,

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Speaker 6: quote we had two turnovers that don't necessarily occur in

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Speaker 6: different elements end quote. In other words, frozen fingertip fumbles

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Speaker 6: is what he was talking about.

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Speaker 4: Hey want home field advantage, win more games, be that higher.

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Speaker 4: See that's what happens when you have to go on

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Speaker 4: the road. But to your point, as far as the turnovers,

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Speaker 4: while you look at what the Detroit Lions coughing up

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Speaker 4: the football five different times, three interceptions and a fumble

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Speaker 4: by Jared Goff as the Commanders do what they have

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Speaker 4: not done since nineteen ninety one, is that his advanced

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Speaker 4: to an NFC championship game. But the Commanders forty five

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Speaker 4: the Lions thirty one. Washington had four hundred and eighty

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Speaker 4: one yards of total offense. They punted just once. And

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Speaker 4: this is a rookie quarterback in Jaden Daniels who is

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Speaker 4: leading Washington.

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Speaker 5: He's not playing like a road I mean, Jayden Daniels,

653
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,360
Speaker 5: everybody is impressed with, so impressed with him, and I'd

654
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,120
Speaker 5: go so far as to say of the quarterbacks still

655
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:52,080
Speaker 5: in the playoffs, he's the one that's really playing the

656
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 5: best football right now at the right time. And so

657
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,240
Speaker 5: I love what they've done in Washington. The Commanders are

658
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:02,560
Speaker 5: really a hot streak right now. Jayde Daniels obviously is

659
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 5: leading him, but I feel bad for my Detroit Lions.

660
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 5: You know, it's my home state, and you know, just

661
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:13,880
Speaker 5: everything that the Lions organization have been through throughout the years.

662
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 5: That was a tough loss for them, and it was

663
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,840
Speaker 5: self inflicted. I really think it was. I feel like

664
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Speaker 5: they tried to get a little too cute in that

665
00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:29,240
Speaker 5: game and instead of just ramming Jamiir Gibbs vertical, because

666
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,160
Speaker 5: that guy is special and he's a starting running back

667
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 5: in this league if I've ever seen one in a

668
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 5: star They should have stuck to that game plan, kept

669
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Speaker 5: it on the ground and run the heck out of

670
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,719
Speaker 5: him and Jared Goff play action off of that. But

671
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 5: they started to get a little cute and and Jared

672
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 5: Goff didn't have the greatest of games and through some

673
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 5: bad interceptions, and you just can't do that in the playoffs.

674
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Speaker 6: I'm with you. I watched David Montgomery in that game.

675
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 6: I'm like, why Jamiir Gibbs looks so much faster, so

676
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:59,600
Speaker 6: much more athletic. David Montgomery, you know, heroic effort to

677
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,040
Speaker 6: come back injury, but he should have been in case

678
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 6: of emergency break lass let Jamier Gibbs have twenty twenty

679
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,359
Speaker 6: five touches and yeah, it's tough to watch, but you know,

680
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,920
Speaker 6: I Washington's old line was a lot better than I

681
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,760
Speaker 6: thought they would be. Jane Daniels sixteen carries for fifty

682
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,360
Speaker 6: one yards, and you had Austin Eckler and Brian Robinson.

683
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 6: They combined for one hundred and twenty four yards rushing

684
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 6: in two touchdowns. I thought the Washington O line, even

685
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:25,920
Speaker 6: minus Sam Cosmy who tore his acl the best, their

686
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 6: best old lineman. I thought they did pretty well in

687
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 6: that one. But you know, maybe the Lions were cooked.

688
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 6: When they're a marketing slogan all year long was we

689
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:37,919
Speaker 6: want more. Well that's how you left your fans wanting more.

690
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:42,959
Speaker 4: Fifteen wins and one and done in the postseason. And now,

691
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 4: in all likelihood, they've already, accorded to reports, lost their

692
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,960
Speaker 4: offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. He's going to be the Chicago

693
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Speaker 4: Bears head coach.

694
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Speaker 6: I've already seen the headlines. By the way, you know

695
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:53,120
Speaker 6: what they're calling him in the D the three to

696
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:57,000
Speaker 6: one three Benedict Johnson for going to the Bears, staying

697
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,520
Speaker 6: in the division. Lions fans don't like the fact that

698
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:00,720
Speaker 6: he's going to be in the division.

699
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 4: Well, the good news is now you've got Aaron Glenn

700
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:07,719
Speaker 4: their defensive coordinator, the Jets apparently hot in pursuit of him.

701
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 2: Don't do it, Aaron, don't do it.

702
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:14,399
Speaker 4: Lewin losing your offensive coordinator and your defensive coordinator after

703
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 4: a fifteen win season in which there was so much

704
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,279
Speaker 4: on the line. To your point, Rob, as far as

705
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,160
Speaker 4: just the excitement level in Detroit, coming off of a

706
00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:25,640
Speaker 4: year ago on the first playoff win in a number

707
00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 4: of years, and now forced to watch the Commanders and

708
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 4: Eagles play in the NFC championship game. They went one

709
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 4: to one in the regular season, so this would be

710
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:38,680
Speaker 4: the rubber match on Sunday, one o'clock on Fox, third

711
00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:41,399
Speaker 4: time between the Eagles and Commanders. Commanders, by the way,

712
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 4: the only team on the road to win this weekend,

713
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Speaker 4: and now having to go to Philadelphia. I don't know

714
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Speaker 4: what the weather report is, but to your point, Rob,

715
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 4: Jayden Daniels is looking very very good as a rookie quarterback,

716
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,600
Speaker 4: does not seem to be phased by anything, and right now,

717
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,959
Speaker 4: if you believe in that momentum, I would put watch

718
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,360
Speaker 4: into Commanders right now, maybe with a little bit of

719
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,680
Speaker 4: a slight edge at least going in how you feel

720
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Speaker 4: about the game.

721
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Speaker 5: I thought, of anything, the environment in Detroit for that

722
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,480
Speaker 5: game would have gotten to Jane Daniels.

723
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:14,000
Speaker 2: It didn't.

724
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 5: He was as cool as a cucumber. And I think

725
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:22,239
Speaker 5: going into Philadelphia that's that's obviously a rough environment for

726
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:27,920
Speaker 5: any team coming in, especially given the NFC championship implications.

727
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:31,720
Speaker 5: I don't think it's gonna phase him. I really don't.

728
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,839
Speaker 5: This guy does not act like a rookie. He does

729
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,399
Speaker 5: not certainly does not play like a rookie. I don't

730
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Speaker 5: think it's gonna phase Jade Daniels. The weather. I've looked

731
00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,919
Speaker 5: at the forecast. It looks cold, but it doesn't look

732
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:49,160
Speaker 5: like there's any precipitation or rain or snow. So you know,

733
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,839
Speaker 5: it's something that I think it's it's gonna be an

734
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 5: environment that Jane Daniels is going to be ready for.

735
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 5: And you're right. These teams have split during the regular season,

736
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 5: they're very well familiar with each other, being divisional foes.

737
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 5: So just an exciting rubber rubber match here.

738
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Speaker 6: You know, what's the remarkable Jane Daniels is that rookie

739
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:11,320
Speaker 6: quarterbacks are zero to five in conference championship games. Okay,

740
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 6: so he's been breaking history all year long. Not be

741
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:15,600
Speaker 6: shocked if he does it again. But if you look

742
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 6: at the other five rookie quarterbacks who got to a

743
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,600
Speaker 6: conference championship game in NFL history, they all had a

744
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:23,799
Speaker 6: top three defense first, second, or third every one of

745
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 6: those teams. Washington's defense was like eighteenth this year. It

746
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:31,440
Speaker 6: is Jade Daniels who is carrying that team, whereas other

747
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 6: rookie quarterbacks were carried by the run game and their defense.

748
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:37,960
Speaker 4: He also has a pretty decent offensive coordinator and Cliff Kingsbury.

749
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,480
Speaker 4: Got to give a shout out to Cliff as well.

750
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Speaker 4: So we'll see what happens on Sunday. That is the

751
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:48,319
Speaker 4: early game of Championships. Sunday, the late game, we'll talk

752
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 4: about the AFC as we continue here. It is the

753
00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:54,719
Speaker 4: Cardinals Red Sea report right here on the Arizona Cardinals

754
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,880
Speaker 4: radio network.

755
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,120
Speaker 9: Jackson, now rolling to his right, still looking down the field,

756
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 9: fires dep for.

757
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:14,480
Speaker 8: The end zone in his caught hot diamond catch in

758
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:19,840
Speaker 8: the end zone. Diy likely Isaia likely skinning across the

759
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 8: end zone, hauls it in and with one thirty three

760
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 8: to go, it's a two point game, a twenty forty

761
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,840
Speaker 8: yard touchdown unlikely, and now.

762
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Speaker 9: The Ravens haven't chance to time to receivers. Right one

763
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:37,920
Speaker 9: lattis two pointer ties the game. Here's the snap. Jackson

764
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Speaker 9: will run to his right, he looks, he throws.

765
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:44,960
Speaker 2: It is dropped. It is dropped. Andrews was opening up.

766
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Speaker 8: Pie line and dropped in his second drop of the game,

767
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Speaker 8: and the Bills maintain a two point lead twenty seven

768
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Speaker 8: to twenty five.

769
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Speaker 2: Andrews was open, the ball hit him in.

770
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Speaker 9: The chest and he could not hang on going to

771
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Speaker 9: the ground.

772
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Speaker 4: Gonna real live that moment for a long long time

773
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 4: if you're Mark Andrews. Ryan Radkey with the play by

774
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:14,520
Speaker 4: play on Westwood One. Yeah, the Bills survive and knock

775
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:17,160
Speaker 4: off the Ravens by the score of twenty seven to

776
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Speaker 4: twenty five. Mark Andrews had a fumble earlier in the game.

777
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 4: Going back to that conversation about turnovers, the Buffalo defense

778
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:27,200
Speaker 4: three takeaways in that game. They led it twenty one

779
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Speaker 4: to ten at halftime. Ravens come all the way back,

780
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 4: but again some final plays Paul late, and unfortunately it's

781
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Speaker 4: the Ravens who will watch the Bills in the NF.

782
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Speaker 6: In the AFC, championship game. You know what's remarkable. Mark

783
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:45,480
Speaker 6: Andrews had not had a fumble since twenty nineteen, and

784
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,600
Speaker 6: he had no drops this year since Week six, and

785
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 6: he dropped two. So that was really tough. Scottsdale's own

786
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 6: by the way Mark Andrews, and but it was a

787
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 6: Baltimore team that you know, made enough other like there

788
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,640
Speaker 6: was the other two point conversion where it was Mark

789
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,440
Speaker 6: Andrews wide open or maybe was Isaiah likely earlier in

790
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:07,279
Speaker 6: the game when it was twenty one to nineteen and

791
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 6: Lamar Jackson just had to throw it over the first

792
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:12,319
Speaker 6: line of defense and he didn't. It was tipped. That

793
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 6: ball was tipped to the line of scrimmage. Though there

794
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:17,760
Speaker 6: were enough plays, enough miscues, enough errors by other players

795
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,279
Speaker 6: in that game, like trying to fit some of the

796
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Speaker 6: run game by Buffalo and Baltimore struggled at times in

797
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,840
Speaker 6: that game. So were a lot of things that I

798
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Speaker 6: mean Baltimore and Lamar in the divisional round. It has

799
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:33,720
Speaker 6: not been a formula for success. And at this point

800
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 6: you got to really look at some of your processes

801
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:36,440
Speaker 6: if you're Baltimore.

802
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Speaker 5: Yeah, and I think to pin this on Mark Andrews

803
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 5: is unfair. If he would have caught that ball and

804
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,919
Speaker 5: tied the game, Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills still

805
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:49,719
Speaker 5: had a minute and a half too true to go

806
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:53,240
Speaker 5: down the field and do whatever they wanted to do. Basically,

807
00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:57,239
Speaker 5: so I think everybody needs a layoff Mark Andrews a

808
00:40:57,320 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 5: little bit. But it was a great heavyweight match between

809
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:05,880
Speaker 5: two MVP caliber and quality quarterbacks and Josh Allen and

810
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:09,240
Speaker 5: Lamar Jackson, and you know, it was fun to watch.

811
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Speaker 5: You know, I feel for Baltimore because you know, I

812
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:18,800
Speaker 5: feel like, you know, again, statistically, they out rushed, they

813
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:22,680
Speaker 5: outpassed the Buffalo Bills, but it's those three turnovers again

814
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:26,200
Speaker 5: that that really is the reason why they'll be sitting

815
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:27,120
Speaker 5: at home next weekend.

816
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 4: And now you got the Bills advancing to face the

817
00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:33,279
Speaker 4: Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship game that will

818
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 4: be playing on Sunday four point thirty on CBS. The

819
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:40,400
Speaker 4: Chiefs advanced to their seventh straight championship game, beating the

820
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:45,680
Speaker 4: Texans twenty three to fourteen. The Kansas City defense eight sacks,

821
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:50,239
Speaker 4: three by George Coloftis, so they're not getting the takeaways

822
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 4: in that game. But again, the strength of that Chiefs

823
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:55,960
Speaker 4: team at least to me. Yeah, you've got Mahomes, you

824
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 4: got Kelsey. But more times than not, Paul, we've seen

825
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:02,200
Speaker 4: that defense of Kansas City really either keep the offense

826
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:06,799
Speaker 4: in shouting distance and then winning the game or just saying,

827
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,279
Speaker 4: all right, we're going to take care of everything and

828
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:10,880
Speaker 4: you guys can just have that quote unquote pedestrian kind

829
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 4: of stats, which Mahomes did one hundred and seventy seven

830
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 4: passing yards. That's not a big deal.

831
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Speaker 6: My eyes always go to Chris Jones. Right, you had

832
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,000
Speaker 6: again first team All Pro interior d lineman. He is

833
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:23,399
Speaker 6: that dude in the interior, and you know everyone else

834
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:25,960
Speaker 6: is able to eat along that Kansas City front. George

835
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,879
Speaker 6: car loftis coming into his own, but don't forget Chris

836
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,799
Speaker 6: Jones on the interior. And now, you know, I mean,

837
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Speaker 6: Kansas City is maybe the one element in today's society

838
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 6: that's capable of uniting this divided nation. You know, it's

839
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 6: just Kansas City fatigue. And here we are again, seventh

840
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:45,279
Speaker 6: straight AFC Championship game. And I'll just say this, they're

841
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:47,480
Speaker 6: the four team in NFL history to follow back to

842
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:50,799
Speaker 6: back Lombardi Trophies by advancing to the conference title game

843
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:54,400
Speaker 6: and the three previous lost. So if we're lucky as

844
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:58,000
Speaker 6: a nation, that trend will continue and they'll come up

845
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 6: short against Buffalo because you can just field the nation

846
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:02,799
Speaker 6: pulling for the bills. At this point, you know.

847
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:07,360
Speaker 5: It's interesting about every weekend. You think, well, at some point,

848
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 5: the wheel's got to come off for Kansas City. You know,

849
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 5: they can't keep doing this and playing this poorly and

850
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,439
Speaker 5: having the refs kind of help them out a little bit.

851
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:19,560
Speaker 5: But at some point the wheels got to come off.

852
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:22,920
Speaker 5: And they never do. Right, Kansas City just keeps doing

853
00:43:23,239 --> 00:43:27,520
Speaker 5: just enough, finding a way to get a win. You

854
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:31,040
Speaker 5: said eight sacks, right, you know, so you know, offensively,

855
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 5: they don't look like much. Pat Patrick Mahomes looks very pedestrian,

856
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:39,120
Speaker 5: he looks very normal. He's not, you know, lighting it up.

857
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:42,880
Speaker 5: But yet they find a way. Defensively, they get eight sacks.

858
00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:46,680
Speaker 5: They do what they gotta do. They just when they

859
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:48,720
Speaker 5: get in the red zone, all of a sudden, Travis

860
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:53,080
Speaker 5: Kelsey's he's been missing in action for months and now

861
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:55,920
Speaker 5: all of a sudden he's going for one hundred and

862
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:59,560
Speaker 5: seventeen yards and one touchdown and seven receptions. So they

863
00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:01,920
Speaker 5: just keep doing what they gotta do, and they keep

864
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 5: coming away with w's.

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Speaker 6: I mean, Mahomes is seven to zero in his career

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Speaker 6: in divisional rounds. He's sixteen and three in the playoffs.

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Speaker 6: It just seems like they're gonna do just enough to

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Speaker 6: beat you whatever you bring to the table. Travis Kelce

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Speaker 6: just broke Jerry Rice's all time playoff record for most

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Speaker 6: games of the one hundred yards receiving. I mean, how

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Speaker 6: does he keep getting so wide open?

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Speaker 4: His ninth one hundred yard receiving game in the postseason.

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Speaker 4: And now the rematch Bill's Chiefs. They met in Week eleven.

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Speaker 4: Buffalo won that game thirty to twenty one. If they

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Speaker 4: do it again on Sunday, they will head to the

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Speaker 4: Super Bowl and we will talk about the AFC Championship

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Speaker 4: Game and the NFC Championship Game in one week's time

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Speaker 4: right here on the Cardinals Red Sea Report Special. Thanks

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Speaker 4: to Jim Amahundro, Coddy Fincher, Evan Reiser for paulk Kyle

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Speaker 2: It is caught by McBride.

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Speaker 3: It's a touchdown boot a Baker with the sacked strip

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Speaker 3: the ball. Hurry's gonna score touchdown, Oh baby.

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