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Speaker 2: To the fifteen to the ten mer He's gonna score touchdown.

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Speaker 2: Slam to the ground by Fuda Baker like a torpedo.

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Speaker 2: He came flying into the backfield. Connor to the ten,

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Speaker 2: Here we go, one hand to catch it a touchdown?

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Speaker 1: Oh baby, how's that fail? Here's Craig Griolu, Paul Calvic

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Speaker 1: and three time pro bowler Kyle Vandenbosch.

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Speaker 3: So we are just over twelve hours removed from the

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Speaker 3: final playoff game of twenty twenty four in the Wildcard

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Speaker 3: Round play it at State Farm Stadium. And before we

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Speaker 3: get into the details of that game, how about a

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Speaker 3: round of applause and props to everyone behind the scenes,

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Speaker 3: our organization, the Arizona Cardinals, our department, many people, several

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Speaker 3: departments banding together to allow the Los Angeles Rams a

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Speaker 3: quote unquote home game because the wildfires in Los Angeles

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Speaker 3: is placing that playoff game, moving it from Sofi Stadium

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Speaker 3: to State Farm Stadium. Cardinals doing what they can, Paul,

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Speaker 3: you were out there before the game, and then obviously

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Speaker 3: we saw what happened during the game twenty seven to nine.

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Speaker 3: The Rams win, but a credit to everyone, too many

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Speaker 3: people to name, but the amount of work that went

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Speaker 3: their families to Arizona to be a part of that

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Speaker 3: game as a little bit of a distraction from what

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Speaker 4: I can't tell you how many RAMS fans said thank

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Speaker 4: there was assisting with game day operations, mainly the perimeter

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Speaker 4: and those who are unfamiliar. And the appreciation, this sincere

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Speaker 4: gratitude from Rams fans that they had a game to

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Speaker 4: off what's going on in southern California, and just to

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Speaker 4: see the smiles on their faces upon entering, I'm sure

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Speaker 4: they were still smiling upon leaving. And the ability to

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Speaker 4: with the NFL, it's really gratifying. I think it was

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Speaker 4: it was just seeing the reaction from the Rams fans

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Speaker 4: There were huge tailgate areas for all the Rams fans.

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Speaker 4: The tents were up. It was hard to tell it

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Speaker 4: wasn't a Rams home game, as it was intended to

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Speaker 3: Lot of blue at State Farms Datum, which is a

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Speaker 3: little jarring to watch. But even here where we broadcast

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Speaker 3: the Dignity Health Arizona Cardinals training Center, the Rams practice

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Speaker 3: here on Saturday, Kyle getting ready for that game. They

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Speaker 3: I mean you are scheduled, driven and all of a

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Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely, you would have no idea watching that game.

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Speaker 5: The amount of adversity the Rams players, coaches families went

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Speaker 5: And again a tremendous amount of credit goes to Michael

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Speaker 5: them to send planes, you know, not just for coaches

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Speaker 5: You know, football is the great escape for America. I

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Speaker 4: Kyle knows that when you're in the NFL, you travel

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Speaker 4: by motorcade, right, and you get the police escord and

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Speaker 4: families that were brought from LA and were escorted first

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Speaker 4: you know, the hotels or wherever they have been for

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Speaker 4: but all the families were accommodated and were right there

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Speaker 3: Great Buying the scenes article up on Easycardinals dot com,

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Speaker 3: written by Darren Urbin. He had a chance to speak

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Speaker 3: with not only the commissioner Roger Goodell, but Cardinals owner

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Speaker 3: Michael Bidwall, who said, in part, it's the spirit of Arizona.

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Speaker 3: People love to jump in and help neighbors. It's great

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Speaker 4: End quote.

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Speaker 3: Again, you can read the entire article up on asycardinals

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Speaker 6: So looking back in the last couple of weeks, we

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Speaker 6: transferring from a Cardinal look to a Ram's look. We

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Speaker 3: It was the paint job on the field. It was

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Speaker 3: the quote unquote paint job around the stadium, transferring the red,

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Speaker 3: and yeah, Paul, we did here through the television set

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Speaker 3: faintly Whose house rams house now again? Jarring is the

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Speaker 3: word that comes to mind when you watch that and

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Speaker 4: And I can't tell you how many fans out there,

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Speaker 4: down to the players, and Kyle, you tell me, but

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Speaker 4: doesn't it alleviate I mean, if you want to fully

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Speaker 5: Yeah. Absolutely. You know, these players aren't numbers. They're not

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Speaker 5: You know, in today's world, social media will convince you

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Speaker 3: A unique situation, and then you get the benefits of

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Speaker 3: found this. Aaron Donald James Connor teammates at pitt still

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Speaker 7: Where e was with who else? Who won tonight?

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Speaker 3: Can always leave it to jac to make sure that

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Speaker 3: the Cardinals get the last word. Ind but again, good

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Speaker 3: the Rams play one of their better games of the season,

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Speaker 3: Have to travel, doesn't matter, go to La all right,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it was, you know, start to finish. I don't

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Speaker 5: offense with Kyron Williams of Puka Nakua, with Cooper Cup,

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Speaker 3: That was the most concerning aspect of that game. Paul

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Speaker 2: Cardinals rush by and troubl Smith steps up, sacked by

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Speaker 4: He's a heck of a player for us. He just

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Speaker 3: A career year for Buddha Baker. I don't think that's

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Speaker 3: Van Debosch props to Buddha Baker late last week name

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Speaker 4: And that's by design. There's no doubt they unlocked Buddha

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Speaker 4: They allowed him to play a little more inside. They

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Speaker 4: That's why Nick Rawls said, when asked about Buddha Baker

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Speaker 3: And the good news, Kyle is that Budda Baker is

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Speaker 5: Tremendous credit you know, to Monty Asin for it, to

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Speaker 5: He is a cornerstone of this organization. He exemplifies what

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Speaker 5: And you know, again, you know, it's not just what

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Speaker 5: game that you're you're a really good corner and and uh,

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Speaker 5: you're doing your job. So but he he had a

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Speaker 5: phenomenal year. He continues to get better. You know, he's

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Speaker 5: gives all of us Cardinals fans. He and some of

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Speaker 5: the young defensive backs give us a lot of hope,

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Speaker 5: not just for this upcoming season, but for years to come.

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Speaker 5: You know what Chad Ryland did coming in off the

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Speaker 5: streets in thirteen games, kicking twenty eight field goals, you know,

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Speaker 5: four of them fifty plus three game winning field goals.

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Speaker 5: I think he has the potential to rise to that

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Speaker 5: All Pro level as well, and then you know, again

446
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Speaker 5: Paris Johnson Junior moving from right to left, putting together

447
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Speaker 5: another really good season, often nullifying you know, elite pass rushers,

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Speaker 5: particularly in our division. You know, I think that he

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Speaker 5: has the opportunity as well. It's just it's often difficult

450
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Speaker 5: because once a you know, the voters have a guy

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Speaker 5: that they like and he's been an All Pro for years,

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Speaker 5: it's it's difficult to get in there. And we talked

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Speaker 5: about that with Pro bowlers before as well. But once

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Speaker 5: you start to get that recognition, once you get your first,

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Speaker 5: you know, maybe second team All Pro nomination, then you

456
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Speaker 5: know you've arrived and you have an opportunity to not

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Speaker 5: just be a household name in Arizona, but you know,

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Speaker 5: a household name around the country.

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Speaker 4: And this is a bit of a projection here, okay,

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Speaker 4: but he showed flashes before he got injured in his

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Speaker 4: season end with injury, Trey Benson. You know, he has

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Speaker 4: the size, he has the speed, he has the skill set,

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Speaker 4: and when he started to adopt the mentality of James Connor,

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Speaker 4: the bully ball, and you refuse to go down, refuse

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Speaker 4: to go out of bounds. I just found that really intriguing.

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Speaker 4: What is the future of Trey Benson at running back.

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Speaker 4: If he's going to run like that, with the gifts

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Speaker 4: that he has, he's going to be a tough tackle.

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Speaker 3: Marvin Harrison Junior add him to the list. Certainly, that

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Speaker 3: would be the expectation, especially if you're a top five pick,

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Speaker 3: and considering it was a solid rookie season, maybe not spectacular,

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Speaker 3: but a solid starting point for him. And then yeah,

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Speaker 3: I do, like Paris Johnson Jr. That that is a

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Speaker 3: that's a tough position group though, to crack as far

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Speaker 3: as getting that national attention, especially when it's I wouldn't

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Speaker 3: say a popularity contest, Kyle, but at certain point you

477
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Speaker 3: get the standard Bears and all of a sudden, it's okay,

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Speaker 3: here comes a newcomer. Maybe takes a couple of seasons

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Speaker 3: before you get that get that nod, so okay, you

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Speaker 3: are an All Pro.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, And it's you know again, I don't

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Speaker 5: I don't think people understand how difficult it is. And

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Speaker 5: Paris Johnson Junior discounted it, you know, in the offseason

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Speaker 5: last year about how hard it is to move from

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Speaker 5: the right side to the left side. It's it's not

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Speaker 5: an easy task and not a lot of players can

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Speaker 5: do it as seamlessly as he did. But yeah, I

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Speaker 5: think I think he does. It's gonna take some time,

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Speaker 5: and sometimes in order to crack it, you know, maybe

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Speaker 5: fair or not, you have to stack you know, dominant years,

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Speaker 5: and he's had two good years. But you know, it's

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Speaker 5: it's it's often offensive tackles don't get to be pro

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Speaker 5: bowlers until you're six seven eight in the league, and

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Speaker 5: so but I think he's He's definitely has all the tools,

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Speaker 5: and I think we've seen how good he can be

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Speaker 5: and what an asset he has been to this offense.

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Speaker 3: Before we head to a time out here on the

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Speaker 3: Cardinals Red Sea Report, want to remind everyone, because we're

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Speaker 3: all big fans of Dave Passion what he does the

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Speaker 3: voice of the Arizona Cardinals League appreciate Paul stepping aside

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Speaker 3: to allow Dave to become the voice once again in

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Speaker 3: twenty twenty five, because.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we made everyone appreciate what they have in Dave

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Speaker 4: Passion in week seventeen. But I really enjoy day Passion

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Speaker 4: when he's joined by a very special guest in three

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Speaker 4: two one.

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Speaker 9: I was doing a Next Game last year and Tracy

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Speaker 9: Morgan is sitting two seats to my left, And every

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Speaker 9: time I looked at Tracy Morgan, I started laughing because

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Speaker 9: he was sitting with Chris Rock. But that wasn't why

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Speaker 9: I was laughing, but it was because all I could

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Speaker 9: think of was you, that's big, that's crazy, that's big death,

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Speaker 9: Day's Passion over there.

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Speaker 5: He's doing such a great job. Listen to him doing

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Speaker 5: play by play.

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Speaker 1: I can't believe I almost fell asleep listening to day

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Speaker 1: Pass pass bill play five.

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Speaker 10: That's crazy.

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Speaker 3: You don't recognize those voices Tracy Morgan Chris Rock as

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Speaker 3: done by Frank Calliando. It's become an annual visit by Frank.

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Speaker 3: And this week the Day Past podcast, which will premiere

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Speaker 3: on Wednesday, features Frank Caliendo doing what Frank does best.

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Speaker 4: Two words can't miss. You can't miss that piece of

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Speaker 4: content right there. Again, Dave is at his best when

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Speaker 4: he's joined by Frank Calliando. His Q rating is never higher.

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Speaker 4: He never shines more as a talent national ESPN guy

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Speaker 4: than he's with Frank Kellyando. And those are two of

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Speaker 4: the more underrated voices the Tracy Morgan always cracks me up.

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Speaker 4: And if you haven't heard him with Day before, I

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Speaker 4: mean he jumps into these voices in these personas instantaneously,

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Speaker 4: one from the other. Not just the voice, but the

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Speaker 4: ability to do that many different impersonations on the fly instantly.

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Speaker 4: It's a remarkable talent.

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Speaker 3: And he does Ron Woofley better than Ron Woofley does.

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Speaker 5: You're right.

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Speaker 3: So that is coming up on Wednesday. The day Patch

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Speaker 3: Podcast via Apple Podcast, Spotify, and the Cardinals official YouTube page.

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Speaker 3: Go to YouTube dot com, Forward Slash Az Cardinals. The

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Speaker 3: Frank Caliendo Annual Visit. The podcast premieres on Wednesday. When

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Speaker 3: we come back here on the Cardinals Red Sea Report,

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Speaker 3: as we tease off the top the NFC Playoff picture,

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Speaker 3: the AFC Playoff picture. What do we think is going

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Speaker 3: to be representing the NFC and AFC in championship games

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Speaker 3: coming up in a couple of weeks. We'll kind of

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Speaker 3: look back at wild Card weekend and look ahead to

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Speaker 3: the Divisional round. NFC is up first, as we continue

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Speaker 3: Craig reelup, pulk OLVC and cayv Anabash. It's the Cardinals

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Speaker 3: Red Sea Report here on the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network.

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Speaker 7: Left, Ashbark from thirty seven Tressway the hole. Tyler on

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Speaker 7: the staff from Hashbark left where the Commanders win. The

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Speaker 7: kick is up, it's.

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Speaker 10: Sails on the way, hit stay upright and goes through.

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Speaker 10: He knocks it through and wins the game. Twenty three

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Speaker 10: twenty The Commanders win in the postseason for the first

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Speaker 10: time in nineteen years.

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Speaker 7: Take a Breath, Our Nation's Capital.

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Speaker 3: The only game among the six during wild Card weekend

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Speaker 3: that was decided by one possession, the Commanders edging the

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Speaker 3: Buccaneers twenty three to twenty. Jason Bennetti on Westwood One

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Speaker 3: with the game winner, Zing Gonzalez, former ASU Sun Double,

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Speaker 3: former Arizona Cardinal with the thirty seven yard field goal

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Speaker 3: as time expired. And yes, as Jason said, first playoff

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Speaker 3: win for the Commanders since two thousand and five, stepped

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Speaker 3: a five game playoff losing streak. And that, by the way,

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Speaker 3: as you look at that game, Paul, the fifth straight

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Speaker 3: win for the Commanders on a last minute game winning play.

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Speaker 4: The best teams win the close games, right, you know,

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Speaker 4: a lot of teams play close games, but the good

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Speaker 4: teams win them, you know, Jacksonville went three to nine

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Speaker 4: in those one score games. So just because you're close

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Speaker 4: on the scoreboard doesn't mean you're close to being a

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Speaker 4: winning organization. And Jade Daniels is that guy. For him

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Speaker 4: to go out there and become the first rookie to

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Speaker 4: lead his team in passing and rushing during a playoff win,

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Speaker 4: think about that. I think of the pois think I'll

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Speaker 4: call me was no turnovers as a rookie in a

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Speaker 4: playoff game and then to lead that game winning drive

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Speaker 4: and to do it repeatedly consistently during his rookie year.

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Speaker 4: We saw it first hand in Week four what he's

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Speaker 4: capable of and the ability to extend a play, keep

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Speaker 4: his eyes downfield, go through his reads. He's accurate, he's dynamic.

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Speaker 4: I mean, if you're not a Jaden believer, Jade Daniels believer,

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Speaker 4: at this point, I don't know what more you need

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Speaker 4: to see now.

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Speaker 3: We saw this a year ago with CJ. Stroud and

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Speaker 3: then there was a drop off here sophomore season, although

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Speaker 3: the Texans did get into the postseason'll touch on them

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Speaker 3: a little bit, but when you look at a rookie

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Speaker 3: quarterback come out of nowhere, basically with a franchise that

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Speaker 3: had not done anything postseason wise and wasn't expected to

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Speaker 3: do a whole heck of a lot in year one.

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Speaker 3: But this has been an impressive run for jade Daniels

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Speaker 3: and this Commander's team.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, Jaden Daniels is the story coming out of that game.

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Speaker 5: In a game where you know, Baker Mayfield played really

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Speaker 5: well on the other side too. It was it was

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Speaker 5: a fun game to watch. But look, we saw that

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Speaker 5: when Jadeen Daniels was here at State Farm Stadium. He

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Speaker 5: is incredibly accurate. He is poised. I mean when he

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Speaker 5: is on a heater, he is tough to stop. I mean,

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Speaker 5: I don't remember how many consecutive completions he had against

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Speaker 5: Arizona Cardinals here, but I mean when he kind of

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Speaker 5: gets into that rhythm, he's dangerous. And you know, for

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Speaker 5: Cliff Kingsbury, for them to show the confidence with the

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Speaker 5: game on the line to put the ball in his

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Speaker 5: hands to run a sweep and and and pick up

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Speaker 5: a crucial first down that set up that game winning

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Speaker 5: field goal, and and you know the other thing watching

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Speaker 5: that game, Jaden Daniels plays the game with a tremendous

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Speaker 5: amount of joy, just like smiling NonStop, you know, talking

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Speaker 5: to the defense. You know, I think he's gonna continue

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Speaker 5: to ascend. And and that's a scary thing for you know,

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Speaker 5: that division is a scary thing for the NFC in general,

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Speaker 5: because you know, it's it's hard to see a drop

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Speaker 5: off when you see a player with his skill set,

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Speaker 5: but as much as anything, his love of the game.

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Speaker 5: You you get the sense that whenever his season comes

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Speaker 5: to an end, you know he's going to dive right

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Speaker 5: back in, work on some of the flaws in his

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Speaker 5: game and and do everything he can to take that

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Speaker 5: next step next season.

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Speaker 4: Think about the fourth downs. Nobody was better this year

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Speaker 4: on fourth down and the Washington Commanders they went three

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Speaker 4: for five in that game. To me, that illustrates just

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Speaker 4: out calm and poised the rookie quarterback is in the moment.

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Speaker 4: They had a seventeen play ninety two yard drive in

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Speaker 4: that first half led by Jane Daniels. He's sitting receivers

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Speaker 4: you've never heard of. They have one above average receiver

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Speaker 4: Zach Ertz, the wiley veteran who still does a great

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Speaker 4: job of finding space in those zone coverages and key moments,

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Speaker 4: but otherwise it is the Jayden Daniels Show with the Commanders.

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Speaker 3: Daniels finished twenty four of thirty five for two hundred

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Speaker 3: and sixty eight yards and two touchdowns. Commanders get the win.

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Speaker 3: Now they will play at the Lions next Saturday. Are

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Speaker 3: coming up this Saturday. That is the divisional game on Saturday, Lions.

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Speaker 3: They've been resting the number one seed, Commanders the sixty

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Speaker 3: the other divisional matchup. We talked about the Rams beating

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Speaker 3: the Vikings. Well, they will now head to Philadelphia and

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Speaker 3: play an Eagles team that defeated the Packers twenty two

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Speaker 3: to ten. Another young quarterback in Jalen Hurts one hundred

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Speaker 3: and thirty one passing yards and two touchdowns. But Kyle,

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Speaker 3: it's Saquon Barkley. What he has done to lift up

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Speaker 3: that Eagles team to New Heights based off a ground

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Speaker 3: game twenty five carries for one hundred and nineteen rushing yards,

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Speaker 3: playoff career highs in both categories. Is what Saquon did

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Speaker 3: to that Green Bay defense.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, he was the perfect fit for this team. And

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Speaker 5: I know we're gonna talk about the AFC later, but

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Speaker 5: you know, It's a lot like the addition of Derrick

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Speaker 5: Henry to the Ravens. When you have a mobile quarterback

652
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Speaker 5: that can also run, and then you have a dynamic

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Speaker 5: running back, it presents so many problems for a defense.

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Speaker 5: You don't know who has it, you don't know if

655
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Speaker 5: the quarterback's going to keep it, and you know, pick

656
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Speaker 5: up yardage, and then your only answer is to add

657
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Speaker 5: extra guys to the box, and then it opens up

658
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Speaker 5: things in the passing game. You know, it's he was

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Speaker 5: the perfect fit for that offense and what they like

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Speaker 5: to do. And we have all seen you know, he

661
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Speaker 5: potentially could have broken the NFL rushing record had he

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Speaker 5: tried in the last week of the season. But you know,

663
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Speaker 5: he had a tremendous season, and he continues to go

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Speaker 5: out there and and keep this offense balanced. I mean,

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Speaker 5: their their ability to be balanced. They haven't been a

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Speaker 5: high flying passing offense, but they have opportunities in the

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Speaker 5: passing game because of what he adds and because of

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Speaker 5: the threat of both he and Jalen Hurts in the

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Speaker 5: running game.

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Speaker 3: How equipped are the Rams to handle stop, maybe not stop,

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Speaker 3: but contain Saquon Barkley.

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Speaker 5: I think they are. I mean, if the Rams played

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Speaker 5: the way they did against the Vikings, I mean the

674
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Speaker 5: Vikings really couldn't get any footing, They couldn't get the

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Speaker 5: run game going, they didn't have time to throw the ball.

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Speaker 5: You know, when your strength as a defense, and I'm

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Speaker 5: not discounting the Rams have good corners, they have good

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Speaker 5: defensive backs. But when the strength of your defense is

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Speaker 5: your front four, your front seven, you have an ability

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Speaker 5: because you know, we talked about the sacks, we talked

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Speaker 5: about the we talked about the hits they had I

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Speaker 5: think ten tackles for a loss in that game as well.

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Speaker 5: So you put a team that's primarily built on the run,

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Speaker 5: you put them behind the sticks, then you have a

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Speaker 5: real opportunity to stifle that offense as well.

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Speaker 4: Philly's old line is a lot better than Minnesota's old line.

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Speaker 4: There's no doubt about that. There's also no doubt that

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Speaker 4: Jalen Hurts will not hold onto the ball as long

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Speaker 4: as Sam Darnold did. And if he's not throwing the ball,

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Speaker 4: he'll be running the ball. And he's a lot more athletic,

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Speaker 4: has a lot more escapability than Sam Darnold, who obviously

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Speaker 4: frustrated his head coach and play caller Kevin O'Connell to

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Speaker 4: some large degree in that one. But to me, if

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Speaker 4: you're looking at Sean McVay and his playoff experience against

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Speaker 4: the Nick Siriani Matthew Stafford, if you want to weigh

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Speaker 4: that matchup against the Jalen Hurts is still young, I'll take.

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Speaker 4: I'll take the head coach, quarterback combo of the Rams

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Speaker 4: in this one all day against what the Eagles are

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Speaker 4: going to offer. And the Eagles, remember benefited from generating

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Speaker 4: three turnovers in that game against Green Bay and so okay,

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Speaker 4: right now, the Rams aren't making those sort of mistakes

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Speaker 4: that beat themselves.

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Speaker 3: Sean McVay has eight playoff wins, tied for the second

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Speaker 3: most among head coaches since he was hired in twenty seventeen.

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Speaker 3: And then just the defenses between these two teams. Talking

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Speaker 3: about the Rams and Eagles, the Rams had eight different

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Speaker 3: players register at least a half sack. The Eagles defense

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Speaker 3: has now allowed or the ninth time in their last

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Speaker 3: ten games allowing twenty or fewer points. This would not

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Speaker 3: surprise me, Paul if this was a low scoring game

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Speaker 3: between the Rams and Eagles, despite the fact of who

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Speaker 3: the head coaches are and who the quarterbacks are, plus

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Speaker 3: Saquon Barkley with Eagles.

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Speaker 4: I mean AJ Brown, you know, the Eagles receiver might

715
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Speaker 4: have to bust out the book again in our excellence,

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Speaker 4: you know, I'm seeing here what it's subtitled, Train your

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Speaker 4: Mind for Extraordinary Performance in the best Possible Life.

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Speaker 3: So shot up to number one on Amazon best selling. Really, yes,

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Speaker 3: it did.

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Speaker 4: That's great. Well, Kyle Vannabosch is gonna show up and

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Speaker 4: bring that a whole boatload of those for some high

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Speaker 4: school kids that he might be training this time of year.

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Speaker 4: You know, you got it's not just about training the body,

724
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Speaker 4: it's about training the mind. KBB.

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Speaker 5: That's right.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a playbook and then there's the book itself.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I mean, have you ever seen anything like that?

728
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Speaker 5: Now?

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Speaker 3: Aj did say afterwards that he's done it several times.

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Speaker 3: This was just the first time that had been captured

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Speaker 3: on camera. But again, I mean, I get it. Guys

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Speaker 3: are looking at something, but never a book. By the way,

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Speaker 3: who reads a book anyway? Don't you just look everything

734
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Speaker 3: off your phone?

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Speaker 5: That's right. It was such a strange visual when your

736
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Speaker 5: defense is on the field in a playoff game and

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Speaker 5: you're sitting on the bench ringing a book like it's

738
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Speaker 5: leisure time. It was bizarre, But you know, I give

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Speaker 5: him credit. You know, to me, that is the one

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Speaker 5: untapped area of professional athletes for so many of these players,

741
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Speaker 5: like they don't tap into the mental side, and and

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Speaker 5: you know it can make a huge difference in your

743
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Speaker 5: performance and your preparation. And so it just seemed weird

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Speaker 5: at the time for him to go back and reference

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Speaker 5: the book in the middle of one of the biggest

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Speaker 5: games that you've played in.

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Speaker 4: I just can't believe the cameras haven't caught him in

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Speaker 4: action with the book before. Said he's been using it

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Speaker 4: for a long time, for many games. It made me

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Speaker 4: think I'm old enough to remember Cheers when Sam took

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Speaker 4: Diane to a Red Sox game at Fenway and she's

752
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Speaker 4: not a sports fan and she was reading a book

753
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Speaker 4: out there in the bleachers and the TV cameras caught it.

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Speaker 4: That was like a reenactment at the old sitcom.

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Speaker 3: I wonder how many more books will be on the

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Speaker 3: sideline this week. As far as the Eagles and Rams game,

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Speaker 3: by the way, that will kickoff on Sunday afternoon at

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Speaker 3: one pm on NBC. The other NFC matchup Commanders at

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Speaker 3: the Lions, That is the night game on Saturday, six

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Speaker 3: pm on Fox. When we come back, we'll take a

761
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Speaker 3: look at the AFC playoff picture, who remains and what

762
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Speaker 3: do we think about the wild card games in the AFC.

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Speaker 3: Not a lot of close games, but some fantastic performances.

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Speaker 3: How about we put it like that. We'll talk about

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Speaker 3: the AFC next Here on the Arizona Cardinoles Radio Network.

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Speaker 4: First and ten from the Steeler forty five, Lamar and

767
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Speaker 4: the Shotgun, three receivers to the right. Here's the snap Jackson.

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Speaker 4: We'll hand it off to Henry up.

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Speaker 3: The middle, big hole thirty twenty five.

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Speaker 11: Down of the twenty fifteen ten to five touchdown Ravens.

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Speaker 11: Derek Henry's second touchdown run of the night, bursting up

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Speaker 11: the middle for forty four and the Ravens leads twenty

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Speaker 11: seven to seven.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely just gashed them right up the middle. Lamar Jackson carried.

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Speaker 1: Out of faith like he kept the ball and.

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Speaker 5: There were some eyes on him, but the middle was

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Speaker 5: just open.

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Speaker 1: Derreck.

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Speaker 5: Henry doesn't get touched until at least the second level

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Speaker 5: and then outruns the.

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Speaker 3: Third level twenty six carries, one hundred and eighty six

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Speaker 3: yards and two touchdowns. You heard one right there, Ryan

783
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Speaker 3: Radkey and Mike Gullick on Westwood one forty four yard

784
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Speaker 3: touchdown run as the Ravens ran over the steel twenty

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Speaker 3: eight to fourteen. As we say welcome back, it is

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Speaker 3: the Cardinals Red Sea Report. We talked about the NFC

787
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Speaker 3: playoffs in our previous segment. We will touch on the

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Speaker 3: AFC here before we close things up here on the

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Speaker 3: Cardinals Red Sea Report. Kyle, you brought up Derek Henry

790
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Speaker 3: earlier in the show, but what he has done and

791
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Speaker 3: what he continues to do. And now you've got Lamar

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Speaker 3: Jackson maybe your NFL MVP once again. He was the

793
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Speaker 3: first team All Pro quarterback. But that is a dangerous

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Speaker 3: Ravens team, even though they are the three seed and

795
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Speaker 3: this week headed to Buffalo and what is the playoff

796
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Speaker 3: game everyone is looking forward to Sunday late afternoon.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's a I mean, to rush for almost three

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Speaker 5: hundred yards against the Steelers, probably only chance was to

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Speaker 5: lean on their defense. You know, it's a team, an

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Speaker 5: organization known for a good, solid, sound defense. But to

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Speaker 5: get run over for you know, two hundred and ninety

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Speaker 5: nine yards for Derek Henry to do what he did,

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Speaker 5: and again it illustrates the problems defense is ha when

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Speaker 5: you have a running back like that and you have

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Speaker 5: a quarterback that's also mobile. You know, they ran a

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Speaker 5: play whe as a direct snap to Derrick Henry and

807
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Speaker 5: Lamar Jackson came in motion and two of the defenders

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Speaker 5: chase Lamar and you had better use all of your

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Speaker 5: resources to try to get Derrick Henry down because once

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Speaker 5: again you could see, you know, not just what he

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Speaker 5: can do in the open field, but with running people,

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Speaker 5: over stiff arming people, the explosive plays, the hard runs

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Speaker 5: to pick up first downs. I mean, he is a

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Speaker 5: true asset. And you know, it's it's kind of old

815
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Speaker 5: conventional wisdom that you need to be physical, you need

816
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Speaker 5: to be able to run the ball in the playoffs,

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Speaker 5: and it's something that this Ravens team can certainly do

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Speaker 5: again just almost making it look easy at times with

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Speaker 5: their run game against a really good defense.

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Speaker 4: So nextjen Stat said that Derek Henry forced a dozen

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Speaker 4: mistackles on the night, gaining one hundred and fifty seven

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Speaker 4: rushing yards after contact. I liked what Michael Carter told

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Speaker 4: his son recent big red rage the running backs when

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Speaker 4: you don't want to tackle, for example, a James Connor

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Speaker 4: or Derreck Henry right, and the dbs all of a

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Speaker 4: sudden just can't quite get off a block or get

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Speaker 4: there in time to make contact with a big bully

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Speaker 4: ball running back like that. The running backs call it

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Speaker 4: turn down service. Okay, the dbs and the defenders turning

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Speaker 4: that down. No, you make the tackle, No, you make it.

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Speaker 4: And so when all of a sudden, the Ravens in

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Speaker 4: that first half went thirteen plays, eighty five yards on

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Speaker 4: a touchdown drive and every single play was a run.

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Speaker 4: Does that not make a statement? And really there were

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Speaker 4: two issues going in Za Flowers, but they didn't seem

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Speaker 4: to miss a Flowers in the injury. Okay, what's his

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Speaker 4: status going forward? And then the Ravens have committed the

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Speaker 4: second most penalties in the regular season, So were they

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Speaker 4: gonna be sloppy? Were they gonna do the self inflicted?

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Speaker 4: Be their own worst enemy? But only three they locked in,

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Speaker 4: they focused, only three penalties committed. So if they're playing

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Speaker 4: clean and they're playing physical and they have those two guys,

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Speaker 4: like Kyle said, look.

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Speaker 3: Out Ravens averaged almost six yards carry. They again will

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Speaker 3: play at the Buffalo Bills Sunday afternoon.

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Speaker 4: It's four to thirty.

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Speaker 3: That game will kickoff on CBS. The Bills handled the

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Speaker 3: Broncos thirty one to seven. Denver score the first points,

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Speaker 3: great opening drive. After that nothing four punts, one missfield goal,

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Speaker 3: two turnovers on downs, and the Bills handled their business.

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Speaker 3: The other matchup in the divisional round, this is coming

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Speaker 3: up on Saturday afternoon. Texans at the Chiefs. Houston topped

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Speaker 3: the Chargers thirty two to twelve. Chiefs the number one seed.

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Speaker 3: How do you look at the AFC playoff picture in

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Speaker 3: the divisional round? Kyle moving forward? Texans at the Chiefs,

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Speaker 3: Ravens at the Bills.

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Speaker 5: I mean, the Ravens look like the team that's playing

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Speaker 5: the best football right now. We all know you can

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Speaker 5: never discount the Chiefs. I am excited about the Bills

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Speaker 5: Ravens game. That's gonna be a fun one to watch.

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Speaker 4: Mahomes didn't make the Pro Bowl. They had Jade Daniels

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Speaker 4: Rady ahead of Mahomes in the latest QB powerpoll in

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Speaker 4: NFL dot Com. Look Out he might have new motivation.

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Speaker 4: Patrick mahomes mahomes in the Divisional round. Six games played,

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Speaker 4: sixteen total touchdowns, no turnovers. Should be a lot of fun.

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Speaker 4: Next week. We'll break it all down in one week's time.

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Speaker 2: It is caught by McBride. Hey, it's a touchdown foot

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Speaker 2: a Baker with the sacked strip the ball where he's

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Speaker 2: gonna score touchdown?

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Speaker 3: Oh baby.

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