1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: This podcast is presented by All Copy Products, proud partner 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals. Learn more at All copy Products 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: dot com. So the fifteen of the ten Berry's Gonna 4 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: Score fuck Down. Welcome to the Cardinals Red Sea Reports. 5 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: Slim to the Ground by Buda Baker like a torpedo. 6 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: He came flying into the backfield. Tens goes up and 7 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: fixed the game. When it catch Larry Lodging does it again. 8 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: The Cardinals Red Sea Report is brought to you by 9 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:35,919 Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit Acy Cardinals dot com Slash Podcasts. 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: Here we go. This is it caught by Kirk at 11 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:45,639 Speaker 1: the twenty at the ten touchdown, Baby fail. Here's Craig Griolou, 12 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: Mike Jarecki and Bertrand Berry. So, the one thing we've 13 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: learned over the years here on the show, and we've 14 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: learned a lot, but one thing in particular, Bertrand Berry 15 00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: knows what he's talking about, especially when it comes to defense. 16 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: We'll give Batrain his due a bit later when we 17 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: discuss Super Bowl fifty five, because yes, defense does win championships. 18 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: But be train. We're gonna start with what we like 19 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: to talk about, and that is quarterback play because you also, 20 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: you have to admit b train, you also have to 21 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: have a reliable, capable, solid quarterback in order to win 22 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:26,400 Speaker 1: in the National Football League at least give us that 23 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 1: correct without question. And I think having a quarterback that 24 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: started his Super Bowl it definitely gives you a chance 25 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: to win. And we saw how that played out and 26 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: that we'll definitely get into that in the show goes on, 27 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,839 Speaker 1: and let's hope that Kyler Murray is on that pace 28 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: or at least on that road of a Tom Brady 29 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: or an Aaron Rodgers or Patrick Mahomes, these quarterbacks MJ 30 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: that we have seen now late in the postseason, not 31 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: just in the Super Bowl, but during Championship Sunday, and 32 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: Murray going into year three, he has some things that 33 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: he needs to work on, yet he does have this 34 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: and his resume continues to grow as far as the 35 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: awards that he continues to receive, and he got another 36 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: one on Saturday nights at NFL Honors, the league's annual 37 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: awards show. In fact, he and DeAndre Hopkins combining. We'd 38 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: know about it, We've talked about it, the Hail Murray. 39 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: It was named the twenty twenty bridgedone clutch performance play 40 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: of the Year, and I know guard Kyle, our colleague 41 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 1: Kyle Utgard doesn't believe in clutch MJ. But you cannot 42 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: discounts and you cannot argue just what that play meant, 43 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 1: not only to the Cardinals, but I think the entire NFL. 44 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: The Hail Murray to beat the Buffalo Bills. Yeah, definitely worthy. 45 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: Between that and the DK Metcalf Buddha Baker play, I 46 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: thought there in the top two. And you know, but 47 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:47,959 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, I think they would 48 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,239 Speaker 1: trade all these awards in to get to the postseason. 49 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:51,959 Speaker 1: And you know, the proof's going to be in the pudding. 50 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: Going into his third year, he's saying all the right things. 51 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: I think he realizes that you just can't step on 52 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 1: the field. Considering how successful he was in high school 53 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,519 Speaker 1: and college. It's a different game. It's a lot faster. 54 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: Defenses are obviously trying to stop him. So it's going 55 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: to be a big offseason for a lot of guys. 56 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: But going into year three, we can just look at 57 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. You know what he did with a new 58 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: coach and Kevin Stefanski. You look at Patrick Mahomes, what 59 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 1: he did after sitting a year, Lamar Jackson, Russell Wilson, 60 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: even Jared Goff. And so the number year of number 61 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 1: three is going to be a big jump for Kyler 62 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: Murray and hopefully they can add some more playmakers around 63 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: him because he can't do it alone. And the Cardinals 64 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: coming off in eight and eight season, that's five hundred, 65 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: we know that it's getting to nine, ten eleven wins 66 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: getting to the postseason. And the word that Murray used 67 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: during his number of appearances during Super Bowl Week was 68 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: consistency doing everything every day the right way, not just 69 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: on game day. In fact, he brought it up a 70 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: lot when he was on the Pat McAfee show. There 71 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: was this like you just didn't know which team you're 72 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: did think that comes down to, you know, us being inconsistent. 73 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: And for me, I think it starts with the little things. 74 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: I've said it before. Organizations that win, they do everything right, 75 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: they do everything the right way, attention to detail, the 76 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: small things, like I've said, how you do anything and 77 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: how you do everything, And I think we got to 78 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 1: get to the point where we do everything the right 79 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: way and we don't take any of that stuff for granted, 80 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:22,799 Speaker 1: and I think that will, you know, kind of change 81 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: the narrative or the field around the organization and be 82 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 1: tran It's one thing for us or the fans to 83 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: talk about, Hey, you know, we didn't know what we 84 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: were going to see when the Cardinals took the field 85 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 1: on a particular Sunday. It's another thing when it's a 86 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 1: player on that team, and even more so when it's 87 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: the quarterback of that team. What we saw is the 88 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: exact same feeling that apparently Kyler Murray had, and that's reassuring. 89 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: It kind of lets you know that the fan base 90 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: and the team is on the same page and what 91 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: you're seeing with your eyes you can truly believe. And 92 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 1: so everybody knows that their work to be done. Everybody 93 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,159 Speaker 1: knows if you didn't play in the Super Bowl or 94 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl, you feel short of your goals. 95 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 1: And the time now is to get yourself ready, to 96 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: start putting in the work to get yourself ready for 97 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty six. And once you commit to that, 98 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: then it's it's full speed ahead. And I know that 99 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: the team will do everything that they can, and of 100 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: course you know the fans will be ready to cheer 101 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,160 Speaker 1: their hearts out whenever the season starts. So everybody's got 102 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: to do their part. And now it's just that that 103 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: that building process that we all afford to. You know, 104 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: when I look back at the season, two words come 105 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: to mind. Progress concerned. They won eight games, and they 106 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 1: won eight games the previous two years combined. And then 107 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 1: he's the word I would use, inconsistency. That was across 108 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 1: the bar. Offense, defense, penalties. You know, we always can 109 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: second guess play calling, but that's got to get a 110 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 1: lot better in this upcoming season. And those teams that 111 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: do make it to the postseason, that do advance far 112 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 1: in the postseason, you're not having these questions. Yeah, you 113 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: might have a dud of a performance, but nine times 114 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 1: out of ten, you're going to play solidly and if 115 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 1: you do fall short, it's just because, well, sometimes the 116 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,839 Speaker 1: other team played better than you that particular day. Yeah, 117 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: and he was the first to admit that when they 118 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: stepped on the field against Carolina, they were flat coming 119 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: off a Lion's loss which they should have won. I mean, 120 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: now you're talking three and OZ and then you go 121 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: to Carolina. You're not gonna win every game, especially with 122 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: a new coach, and you know their new defensive coordinator 123 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: where they were in college, they kind of figured out 124 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray in that game. But he was the first 125 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: to admit that. And as a leader in a starting quarterback, 126 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: you know that can't happen, you know. And like I said, 127 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: I'm impressed the way he realizes the game's humbled him 128 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: a little bit, and it humbles everyone. I'm sure the 129 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,919 Speaker 1: Chiefs are humbled today. It happened. So he can't do 130 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: it alone. And that's why I like what he's saying. 131 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: But now the proofs into putting, he's got to prove it. 132 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: We hear a lot be trained that you have to 133 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: learn how to win, but you also have to learn 134 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: how to be a pro. And I think for some 135 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: players maybe that learning curve is maybe not as steep 136 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: for others. But figuring out what it takes to be 137 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: successful on Sundays at this level, everybody has their own development. 138 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: Everybody learns at their own pace, and everybody uh figures 139 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: it out at their own time. So it's not where 140 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: it's it's you're supposed to figure it out in so 141 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: many weeks or in a month's time, you should have 142 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: it all figured out everybody learns how this game is 143 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: played and how to to to work the business of 144 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: the game at their own speed. And sometimes, uh, those 145 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: things are mutually exclusive. I mean sometimes, you know, people 146 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: don't figure out the business part till they're out of 147 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: the league. Sometimes guys don't figure out the speed of 148 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: the game until you know they're they're towards the end 149 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: of their career. So there's always that that that learning 150 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: curve that everybody is obligated to go under, and and 151 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: and some guys, just like any other avenue of life, 152 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: you know, some people learn faster than others, and hopefully 153 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: this team is learning would be much faster than most 154 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: learning or trying to figure out that consistency being a 155 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: solid team, not just individuals, but a team every single week. 156 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: It's something Antoine Bithet and the former Arizona Cardinal talked 157 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: last week on The Big Red Rage about. I think 158 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: it just comes with the growth, the growth and the 159 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,239 Speaker 1: guys in the field, on the growth of the team. 160 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: They were playing some good ball, one of those teams 161 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: to be the record with in the NFC, but it 162 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: would be one week will be a loan than it 163 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: makes week they're played well, So I just think it 164 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: comes with guys playing together more and a lot of 165 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: times it's attention to detail. You know, a lot of 166 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: time it comes down to like four plays of the 167 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: game and being on the other side or the right 168 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: side of those four plays. Something that Kyler Murray talked 169 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: about it, and it's good to hear a veteran and 170 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: Bethet bring it up as well. Now MJ's you said, 171 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: it's about doing it and actually putting in that work, 172 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: not just talking about it. Here in February, speaking of 173 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: talk as we get closer and closer to the start 174 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: of free agency, March seventeenth is the dates Cardinals have 175 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: twenty eight unrestricted free agents. Will get into one and 176 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,679 Speaker 1: our next segment. But there was a report earlier this 177 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: week talking about Patrick Peterson and the fact that the 178 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: Cardinals and Peterson were ready to move on. Well, that 179 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,599 Speaker 1: is not the case, and the words Peterson himself is 180 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: All Things Covered podcast released earlier today said quote, Honestly, 181 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: there's no real update. Me and the team haven't talked 182 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: anything about contracts, haven't talked about partying ways. That's just 183 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: what it is. It's a dirty rumor. Yeah, I mean, 184 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: unless it comes from Schefter or Rapp Report or some 185 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:40,959 Speaker 1: of these national guys. I don't even know who we 186 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: got that reported that. You know, you look at a 187 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: name on paper and you're thinking, Wow, he's available at 188 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: this point in time. I mean, this is me guessing. 189 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: Allowed they let him test the waters and they find 190 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: out what he's worth, and then does he come back 191 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 1: to the Cardinals. I mean, you know, once you allow 192 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: him to start talking the teams, there's a possibility could 193 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: lose him. He's maintained he would like to be here, 194 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 1: but he's going to be a free agent for the 195 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: first time. So it wouldn't be any best interest for 196 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: anybody to say we're not bringing him back. You keep 197 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 1: this thing going, and in the worst case scenario would 198 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: be if he does decide to go elsewhere, you get 199 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: a third round pick, possibly in a compensatory pick next year. 200 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: But I didn't put any stock in that report. And Batrain, 201 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 1: We're gonna hear a lot of these kind of reports 202 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: because now we're getting into, if you will, the silly season, 203 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 1: closing in on that season where there are going to 204 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: be a lot of reports, a lot of rumors out there, 205 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: and we just kind of have to wait until we 206 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: get things official. This is how the NFL irrelevant when 207 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: they don't even play games on the field. You put 208 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: a few rumors out there and people start to talk 209 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: about it, and of course you talk about the bigger names. 210 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: You don't say stuff like that about guys that aren't 211 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: necessarily starters or big names in the NFL. Otherwise it 212 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: wouldn't have traction, it wouldn't be able to sustain the offseason. 213 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: So this is all part of the design, and I 214 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: feel like in a few weeks this will all play 215 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 1: itself out and what's really true will come to lighting 216 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:10,719 Speaker 1: and what was just talked to keep the business, to 217 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: keep the bug going, that that will be exposed to. 218 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: So you have to give it a little time to 219 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: decompress and everybody could just kind of calm down and 220 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: everything work yourself out. If why the NFL has become 221 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: now a three and sixty five day sport, I mean, 222 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: you have to pay attention every single month. It's not 223 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: just the regular season, the postseason and all right, we'll 224 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: talk to you come training camp. MG. There is something 225 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: every single day, it seems when it comes to the 226 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: National Football League, and now specifically around this time when 227 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: it certainly centers specifically on player movement. Yeah, I mean usually, 228 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: you know, when you're knocked out of the playoffs, you 229 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: do some self evaluation, you have your exit physicals and interviews, 230 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,199 Speaker 1: and then you know, the coaches get a little time off. 231 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: Obviously they've been grinding throughout the season. But once the 232 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 1: Super Bowl's over, I mean, you can resign your own 233 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: players right now. And if players are going to get released, 234 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: Like a couple of years ago, Robert Alfred, he decided 235 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: to sign before free agency started. So you're going to 236 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 1: see player movement over the next month or so as 237 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: we get closer to March seventeenth. But you can resign 238 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: your own players. And if you're a guy like a 239 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: sound Ridick, you know what you need to say. I'll 240 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:19,679 Speaker 1: wait for free agency, you know, unless the Cardinals are 241 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:22,079 Speaker 1: making him an offer where he can't refuse. But you're 242 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 1: gonna see player movement now. You know he had seven 243 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 1: new head coaches. But now it's about getting better on paper, 244 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,079 Speaker 1: meaning what do you have to address your needs? Is 245 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: it come in free agency, does it come in the draft? 246 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: Does it come via trades? So all thirty two teams, 247 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: even the team that won the Super Bowl. They're gonna, 248 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 1: you know, have a nice little party here for the 249 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:42,839 Speaker 1: next couple of weeks. But they're all going to be 250 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 1: gearing up to get better because we know next season 251 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: is going to be different from this previous season. Oh 252 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: and remember a year ago at this time, DJ Humphreys 253 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent. He chose 254 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: to resign ahead a free agency. We'll see if any 255 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,560 Speaker 1: of the cardinals twenty eight unrestricted free agents decide to 256 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: do just that. One in particular, we know, we hope 257 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 1: we'll hear from soon, and that would be one Larry Fitzgerald. 258 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: We'll talk about number eleven coming up in our next segment. 259 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: Bird Gang update to the latest version of the Cardinals 260 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: mobile app today. The app features in all new redesign 261 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 1: homescreen experience. Visit asy Cardinals dot Com slash app for more. 262 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 1: We know Larry Fitzgerald will not wear another or a 263 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 1: difference colored uniform other than the Arizona Cardinals, but will 264 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: he wear one in twenty twenty one. That's straight ahead. 265 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: As we continue here on this Tuesday, it is the 266 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: Cardinals Red Sea report on the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network 267 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: trips lup single receiver right, second and goal in the 268 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: fifteen snapped to Murray, play action pass Murray and Trouble 269 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: on the pocket, rolls to the left, now throws leapt 270 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: side of the end zone and Paul My just Larry 271 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 1: Fitzgerald caught it for a touchdown, his first touchdown of 272 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:07,719 Speaker 1: the year. And it's been to defense falling backwards with 273 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 1: a defender screening, and he probably can't even see the 274 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: fall until it hits him in his hands and the 275 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: Cardinals get a touch Larry Fitzgerald. Don't know how many 276 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: more times we're gonna get to watch him here at 277 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: State Barn Stadium. Take every one of those in That's 278 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: all right, Dave Pash. We do not know. That was 279 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: the first and only touchdown catch and this just completed 280 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:36,479 Speaker 1: season for Larry Fitzgerald. Career touchdown number one twenty one 281 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: for Larry Fitzgerald. The question, though, is MJ will there 282 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: be one twenty two, one, twenty three, one, twenty four. 283 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: We do not know. And this is I think now 284 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: the time where we should expect to hear something, because 285 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: if you look back for the last half dozen years, 286 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 1: it's either mid January or mid February in which Fitz 287 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: has made his decision with it to come back, and 288 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 1: so far it's always been yes, I'm coming back for 289 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: at least one more season. Yeah, I mean, he's enjoying life. 290 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: He looked like he was at the Suns game last night, 291 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: and then he was at the super Bowl working for 292 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: Westwood One. He was at the pro am last week 293 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 1: at the Phoenix Open Waste Management Phoenix Open. Yeah, I 294 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: mean something we discussed on Cards Cover two. I mean, 295 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: if Larry wants to take as enough time as he needs, 296 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 1: I would think the organization. Cliff was very consistent it's 297 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: going to take some time. He's got a lot of 298 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: things to think about. But from a team standpoint, I 299 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: think they have to know at some point, I mean, 300 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: is Larry gonna this is hypothetical. Let's say he decides 301 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: in June. Okay, Well, they have to worry about the draft, 302 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: they have to wait about free agency. How do they 303 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 1: split up the pie when it comes to paying the 304 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: wide receivers. So again, I initially I thought maybe he 305 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: would be his last year, but he's obviously taking his time, 306 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 1: and so we does have to wait and see. I've 307 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: been pretty adamant Betrand that I don't want to see 308 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 1: fits leave, at least not like this, not without fans 309 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: in the stands, and then obviously with him on the 310 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 1: sidelines that week seventeen game at the Rams. It's obviously 311 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: his decision. He's gonna do what he feels as best 312 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: for him. The last time we did hear from Larry 313 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: Fitzgerald was during this past week during the waste management 314 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: Phoenix up and said he's got no timetable, is actually 315 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: feeling good they grow an injury that kept him out 316 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: of that final game, feeling better. He's able to swing 317 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: a golf club, which I know he likes to do 318 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: on a consistent basis. So I personally would like to 319 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 1: see him return, and I do think he can still 320 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: be effective in this Cardinal's offense. We could just all 321 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 1: be honest. We're selfish. We want to see Larry play 322 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 1: as long as we possibly can, and we love him. 323 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: We think the world of him. He's been nothing but 324 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: great as far as representing this organization, representing himself and 325 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 1: his family, and so he's just a guy that people 326 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: will cheer for and want to see succeed. And the 327 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: fact that he doesn't have a Super Bowl ring when 328 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: you just saw Tom Brady get his seventh There's a 329 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: sentimental aspect of this that you want to see a 330 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: guy that has been so great for so long and 331 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: done so many good things in the community as well 332 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: as in the league. You want to see a guy 333 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: like that rewarded with a championship. And we're gonna all 334 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 1: want to speculate, and I wish Larry would would play 335 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: one more and and hope that the team would would 336 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: do the winner, But it ultimately is up to Larry Fitzgerald. 337 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: That's an individual decision that only he knows when his 338 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 1: time and we're just going to have to play the 339 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 1: waiting game until he's ready to share with the world 340 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: what he intends to do. Well said, you know, people 341 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: always ask me, why do you think he would come back? 342 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,199 Speaker 1: And I don't know if it has to do the 343 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 1: way he ended this season, wasn't able to play the 344 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,439 Speaker 1: covid um. I don't think he really enjoyed the season. 345 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: Just he was he was being phased out and maybe 346 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: he's waiting to see what kind of moves they make. 347 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:47,439 Speaker 1: But that's going to happen after March seventeenth. So you 348 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: just wonder. Besides what b train saying and mentally he's 349 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 1: got to make sure and the fact that the body 350 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: heals like every time after the season. But you know, 351 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,920 Speaker 1: I have no idea what his deciding factor. I don't 352 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: player personnel obviously, you know he has no control of. 353 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 1: But you know, if you put more talent on this team, 354 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 1: that got a better option and getting further. And I 355 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 1: think that's the only okay. I can bottom line the 356 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 1: center where he's playing because he wants to get back 357 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,919 Speaker 1: to the postseason. Yeah. Look, Father Time is undefeated and 358 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 1: Fits as much as we would like him to play forever, 359 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:22,640 Speaker 1: he can'ts and every player faces this decision. More from 360 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 1: Antoine bethea guest last week on The Big Red, Rage, 361 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: talked with Paul Calvici and Ron Wilfully about his decision 362 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: and what Fits might be thinking about with regard to 363 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: that our word. And he's a creature Hall of Famer, 364 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:37,880 Speaker 1: so like when he goes out there in between those 365 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: white line, he has a standard that he's set for him. 366 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 1: So you see how I need to look on Sunday 367 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 1: and if he feel as though he can't get the Cardinals, 368 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: that you know, that might be another thing that he's 369 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: thinking about. Beatry and take me back and take everyone 370 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:54,639 Speaker 1: back to when you had to make that decision. You 371 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: obviously didn't take as long as Larry Fitzgerald has you 372 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 1: made your announcements on the big I raised your show 373 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 1: for so many years. But the thinking and the decision 374 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: for you, how personal, go as far as you want 375 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: with this, but as far as when you knew that 376 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 1: you know what this is? It for me, well, the 377 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: great thing about my decision was I didn't feel any pressure. 378 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 1: I didn't have to make a decision. I still could 379 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 1: have played. I felt like I still had some juice 380 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: left in the tank, and that's how I wanted to 381 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 1: go out. I remember being out of the league for 382 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 1: a year back in two thousand and and I never 383 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: wanted to experience that type of pain again. So I 384 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:33,919 Speaker 1: put myself in a position and I was fortunate to 385 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: where when I made that decision mid season and oh nine, 386 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: I made it with a clear conscience, knowing that I 387 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,439 Speaker 1: on my own terms and I can leave knowing that 388 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: I can still do it. And that's how I wanted 389 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 1: to go out. And some guys want to exhaust every 390 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: athletic ounce they have in their body. I wanted to 391 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:55,719 Speaker 1: have a little bit less to play with my children. 392 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: I wanted to have a little bit less to enjoy 393 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: life and not use all the money and and all 394 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,919 Speaker 1: the things that I've earned to go to medical bills. 395 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:08,159 Speaker 1: So I wanted to have something that I could uh in, 396 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 1: that I could have to enjoy for myself. And when 397 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 1: I made that decision, I believe it was it was 398 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 1: mid I cool, but I woke up one day Craig 399 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:20,159 Speaker 1: and Mike and I just said to myself, you know, 400 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: this feels more like work. And when it starts to 401 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 1: feel like work, then it's time to move on. Because 402 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 1: football is a great, great job to have for for 403 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,879 Speaker 1: a little while. And we were all very blessed and 404 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 1: fortunate that have played in this league to have had 405 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: that opportunity. And I look back on my career with 406 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 1: great fondness and and lots of great friendships and lots 407 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 1: of great people were a part of it and helped 408 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 1: me get to what I was able to get to. 409 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 1: And when I walked away, I walked away with the 410 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 1: clar counciens knowing that I experienced everything that the league 411 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 1: could give, and I had a little bit of success. 412 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,640 Speaker 1: And we don't stick around twelve thirteen years by being 413 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 1: a guy that can't get it done. So I was 414 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: very satisfied. And to do it on that show that 415 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 1: means so much to me, that was just icing on 416 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:11,399 Speaker 1: the cake. Yeah, I mean, I think if you're Larry 417 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: one thing, we know he's an instigator. He's well beloved 418 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: in that locker room. He loves the camaraderie, he loves 419 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: the process, he loves playing on game day. So there's 420 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: a lot of factors that would be pulling out as 421 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 1: heart strings. You would think just from if this is it, 422 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: all that all that would go away. And again he'll 423 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,159 Speaker 1: make the decision when he believes him. But um, I 424 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: guess we'll find out sooner or other than later. And 425 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: I think when we do find out, if he is 426 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: willing to go in depth as far as if this 427 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: is it? You know what led him to this decision 428 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: because Beatran brought it up where he felt like this 429 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 1: was no longer fun, it was work and something similar 430 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: and one bathet again sharing what he knew it was 431 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,400 Speaker 1: time to retire. Last week on The Big Red Rage. 432 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: It wasn't when I was playing, but it was morning 433 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: when that long clock went off, and I didn't want 434 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 1: to go on the building. That last year in New York. 435 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 1: I don't know what it was. Man, when some mornings 436 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: were not a long clock went off, I did not 437 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: want to go in the building. That's when I kind 438 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 1: of started to think about, like, you know, it may 439 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: be that time sound familiar. Bit chain sounds were in 440 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 1: familiar to me. And again, when you are waking up 441 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: on Monday mornings after a game, you do the diagnostic 442 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,640 Speaker 1: check you check okay if my head okay check? Are 443 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 1: my arms okay checking? My fingers okay check? Or my 444 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 1: hips okay check? Or my knees okay check? Or my 445 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 1: ankles okay check? Are the toes okay? You do that 446 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 1: diagnostic every single Monday, and it depends on how sore 447 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,160 Speaker 1: you are. You don't want to make any rush decisions. 448 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: But I'm telling you that day in two thousand and nine, 449 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 1: I knew in mid October that, yeah, I don't want 450 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: to feel like this anymore. And I've accomplished enough to 451 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,159 Speaker 1: be quite frank. I checked the bank account that was 452 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: okay too, And so once I figured all of those 453 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,360 Speaker 1: things were in check, and I said, Okay, maybe it's 454 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 1: time to figure out something else to do. In order 455 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,920 Speaker 1: to keep my time occupied. Well, keep him playing in 456 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: New York and alarm clock's going off. He looks outside 457 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: and his snowing. I mean, that's that's not good on 458 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: the body of the bones. Release in Arizona. You feel 459 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: better when you're in the sun. By the way, be training. 460 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 1: I'm looking at your game log here, and you finished 461 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:25,120 Speaker 1: out your career December sixth against the Vikings with two sacks. 462 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 1: And then that final game against Saint Louis home game 463 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,639 Speaker 1: December twenty seven, two thousand and nine, he had a 464 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: sack and a Cardinals thirty one ten win over the 465 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 1: then Saint Louis Rams sixty five career sacks for one 466 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 1: bertrand Berry. We had, yeah, make him Monty more. I 467 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: get it. We have hit halftime here on the Cardinal's 468 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: Red Sea Report. When we come back, we hype up 469 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 1: and prop up be trained even more when we get 470 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 1: into Super Bowl fifty five discussion next here on the 471 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinal Radio Network. How about this In a world 472 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: turned upside down by pandemic, in a year where everything 473 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 1: has been different, one thing remains the same. Tom Brady 474 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:22,479 Speaker 1: is a Super Bowl champion again for the record setting 475 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 1: seventh time. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are Super Bowl fifty 476 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: five champions n by Tom Brady. Absolutely a player for 477 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: the ages. We've test hit zeros, and it's over the 478 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 1: Buccaneers of beating the thinning champion Chiefs thirty one to nine, 479 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 1: more Super Bowl championships than any franchise in NFL history 480 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: one single player, top Rady leading the Buccaneers passed the 481 00:24:56,119 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 1: Chiefs Kevin Harland on Westwood One as we welcome me 482 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 1: back here to the Cardinals red seat report Craig Rayolu, 483 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 1: Mike Jarecki, and Bertram Berry in the final game twenty twenty, 484 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: game number two sixty nine, and a tip of the 485 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:14,119 Speaker 1: cap to the NFL for getting through a season without 486 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 1: any games postponed. Yes, there were some bumps in the road, 487 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: but the season completed and now we look forward to 488 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. But as promised, we need to give 489 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,439 Speaker 1: credit where credit is due. And yes, we talk a 490 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 1: lot of offense. We talk a lot about quarterback play 491 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 1: and skilled position players, but the bottom line it is 492 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: cliche b trained. Yes, offense wins games, but defense wins championships. 493 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: Tom Brady deserves a lot of credits, but the secondary 494 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:44,479 Speaker 1: story here and maybe even one b if you had 495 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 1: to give a second MVP award, it would be in 496 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 1: my opinion, to defensive coordinator Todd Bowles for what he 497 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: was able to do and his unit shutting down eight 498 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: Chiefs team. It was very impressive to see what the 499 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers were able to do. And remember we 500 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: talked about not having the tackles with two starting tackles 501 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 1: for the Kansas City Chiefs, Well, that played out in 502 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,400 Speaker 1: that game. And of course the defense and how they 503 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,360 Speaker 1: were flying around and making a lot of plays. They 504 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: really kept Patrick Mahome uncomfortable all game long, and of 505 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,360 Speaker 1: course there's so many stats that back that up. But 506 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 1: the moral of the story is when you start talking 507 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 1: about championships, even with the great Tom Brady, he never 508 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 1: played on one of those championship teams without a top 509 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 1: ten defense. Just think about that for a second. As 510 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,160 Speaker 1: great as he is, he still needed that other side 511 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 1: of the ball to come along with him to make 512 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,640 Speaker 1: sure that they had his back. And so the formula 513 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: is laid out there, it's playing as day and I 514 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,439 Speaker 1: think for coach Aions and the rest of that coaching staff, 515 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,640 Speaker 1: the coach Bowls in particular, they did a wonderful job 516 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,159 Speaker 1: of of neutralizing what the Kansas City Chiefs wanted to 517 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 1: do and playing for for all the marbles. Those guys 518 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 1: went out and execut above and beyond, and so they 519 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,440 Speaker 1: deserve a lot of credit and that's why they sit 520 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 1: today as champions of the NFL. You know, I think 521 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,199 Speaker 1: it's important to go back to Week twelve because we 522 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: know that the Chiefs. You know, they got out to 523 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 1: a huge lead. The game was a little bit closer 524 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,159 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, but yards after catch that was 525 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: an issue between Travis Kelsey and obviously Tyreek Hill. And 526 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 1: you know, a lot of times you play that high coverage, 527 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 1: which are two safeties you know are going to eliminate 528 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 1: the deep all but they were really good tackling team, 529 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 1: starting with Devin White. The guy's only twenty two years old, 530 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 1: and you got Lavante David. But be Train's right, I'm 531 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 1: sure those guys were looking their chops knowing that they 532 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 1: were going against the backups. But losing to the Chiefs 533 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 1: earlier in the season could have been a blessing in 534 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 1: disguise because Todd had studied them, and obviously when you 535 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 1: get two weeks for the Super Bowl. They had a 536 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:51,880 Speaker 1: different game plan and advantage the Buccaneers. Todd Bowls, Well, 537 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 1: what does he like to do? Talking about Todd Bowles, 538 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: he likes to bring pressure. He likes the blitz and 539 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:59,159 Speaker 1: I think be train. The number was maybe four blitzes, 540 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 1: maybe five at the most. But Patrick Mahomes was pressured 541 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl record twenty nine times with just four guys, 542 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 1: which now allows you as a defense to have seven 543 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 1: and coverage and I just don't want Mahomes didn't have 544 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:16,679 Speaker 1: the time, and then when he did, he had no 545 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 1: one open to throw the ball too. Well, we know this, 546 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,640 Speaker 1: that's a winning formula. Tom Brady of all people, knows 547 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: that that's a winning formula because the last three times 548 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 1: he's launched the Super Bowl it's been due to that formula. 549 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: Four guys up front could get after him. And he 550 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 1: knew that with those backup tackles in there, that Jason 551 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 1: Pierre Paul and that defensive line, the Dominican Sue and 552 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: all the other characters, they were gonna lift their chocolate 553 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: and they'd never let Patrick Mahomes get comfortable. Think about this. 554 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 1: He had to scramble and run for four hundred and 555 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 1: ninety seven yards before he threw a pass. You know 556 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: how hiring and exhausting that is. That is absolute domination. 557 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: That is eating a guy uncomfortable to the match. And 558 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 1: in comparison, Tom Brady only had to run thirty seven 559 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: yards to throw a pass in the entire game. So 560 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: it was the tale of two teams. Uh, what Todd 561 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 1: Bowden was able to do and change up what he 562 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,239 Speaker 1: had originally done in that first meeting and learned from 563 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 1: living mistake. You just have to give them a lot 564 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 1: of credit. They did what they needed to do. The 565 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: Chiefs could not figure out what they were trying to do, 566 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: and abandoning the run was a big mistake. The best 567 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: historic for another day. But you give the Buccaneers all 568 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: the credit in the world. Yeah, And you know Todd 569 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 1: was doing a lot of media obviously being in the 570 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: championship game, being the Super Bowl and being the defensive 571 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 1: quarter and he said that, you know after that game 572 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: in week twelve, that secondary got humbled and the veteran 573 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: guys got out him. Leavonte David even though he's only 574 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: twenty two. Devin White, JPP sue, I mean, Barrett so there, 575 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 1: but they they were humbled in that game because they 576 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: just thought they had a step on the field. But 577 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 1: obviously and going against Brady and practice every day, that 578 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:02,959 Speaker 1: only helps him. But you brought up a point earlier. 579 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 1: You look at that secondary as a whole. Carlton Davis 580 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 1: second round pick, he's six one, only twenty four years old. 581 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: Antoine Winfield remember watching his father twenty two years old. 582 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 1: White had twenty three, Dean twenty four, and then Sean 583 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 1: Murphy bunting he's twenty three. And what they did a 584 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 1: really good job and give Jason light in the offseason, 585 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 1: added Brady Gronk, They brought in Fournette, he was inactive 586 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: for a few games, and then they bring in Antonio Brown. 587 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 1: I mean, you gotta give Jason light cry to look 588 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 1: at that draft, in that secondary and the guys they 589 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 1: brought it all had a hand in it. When it 590 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 1: came to the Super Bowl. Yeah, the four touchdowns that 591 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 1: were scored were by players that were not on the 592 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: Buccaneers the season prior. Rob Gronkowski had two, Antonio Brown one, 593 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 1: and then you brought up Leonard Fournette with a touchdown 594 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 1: run on the ground, And yes, it was like magnificacent 595 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 1: performance by the Buccaneers offense, defense, and special teams, but 596 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 1: certainly defensively shutting down that Kansas City offense. There was 597 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,720 Speaker 1: also defense played by the Super Bowl security staff for 598 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 1: those that might have missed it. While we'll just let 599 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 1: Kevin Harland do what he does best, and that has 600 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 1: provided us some play by play of someone who was, well, 601 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 1: let's just say, not authorized to be on the field. 602 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 1: Five gold, three to go. Someone who's run on the field, 603 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 1: some guy with a prose and now he's not being chased. 604 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 1: He's running down the middle of the forty, arms in 605 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 1: the air and a victory salute. He's calling down his pants, 606 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 1: put off their pants, my man, call up ghost pants. 607 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 1: He's being chased to up thirty. He breaks a tackle 608 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 1: from a security guard the twenty, down the middle of 609 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,160 Speaker 1: the ten, the five. He's skides at the one and 610 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 1: they converge on him at the goal line, and the 611 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: players with hands on hips at the other end of 612 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 1: the field of looking at him and shaking their head 613 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 1: and saying, why, oh why is this taking place in 614 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl, probably asking themselves why did you just 615 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 1: go into the end zone and score? Why stop at 616 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 1: the one? I mean, he don't stop at the goal line. 617 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 1: You get all the way across. I mean, because he 618 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 1: does so many national games. Kevin Harland's perfect on these 619 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:13,239 Speaker 1: played by a play when you have a streaker. Now 620 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 1: there is a backstory this. He bet fifty thousand on 621 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 1: a prop bed at seven fifty there would be a 622 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: streaker in the Super Bowl. So as Bunny went first 623 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: to Diverse, he didn't get caught as quickly as his friend. 624 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: It costs him one thousand dollars to get out of jail, 625 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,840 Speaker 1: and supposedly he's got three hundred and seventy four thousand. Now, yeah, well, 626 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure that will be investigated as well. But it's 627 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,000 Speaker 1: certainly always uh, you know, big moments and you have 628 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:41,040 Speaker 1: these unbelievable situations that play at batrain. You ever have 629 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:44,200 Speaker 1: a streaker run out on the field, whether high school, 630 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 1: college or in the NFL, will you played? Oh yeah, 631 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 1: absolutely I did, and rest assured he got the business 632 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 1: end of the tackle. And he he wasn't the most 633 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,600 Speaker 1: well built gentleman in the world. And we'll just leave 634 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 1: that right there. Luffy Cole to that gentleman, and I'll 635 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 1: just leave that right there. But yeah, he made it 636 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: a few steps and and uh, it maaded well for him. 637 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 1: We'll just say that it wasn't a good look physically, metaphorically, 638 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 1: however you want to call it. It's it's actually kind 639 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 1: of funny when the security guards, you know, they're not 640 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 1: they don't think they have to chase anybody. He's got 641 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 1: to make sure you don't get out of the field. 642 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: But you know, one of those guys you could tell 643 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,760 Speaker 1: play football just the way they tackle them. I mean 644 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: they lay them out. So I kind of enjoy that. 645 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,360 Speaker 1: If you're gonna put yourself on that spot, I don't 646 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:35,560 Speaker 1: mind you getting roughed up a little bit. And you 647 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,880 Speaker 1: know that the players, I'm sure that they're instinct would be, hey, 648 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 1: I have them them go help. And then you're like 649 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,960 Speaker 1: says like, no, no, no, we just players should stand there. 650 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,560 Speaker 1: But you don't know what they've got the intentions are, 651 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,000 Speaker 1: so it's best to let the professionals handle it. But 652 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:51,160 Speaker 1: can you imagine the officials running after him? I felt, 653 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,360 Speaker 1: can we can we just say this, uh and be 654 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,800 Speaker 1: real honest? That was probably the most exciting thing that 655 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:57,480 Speaker 1: happened in that Super Bowl. I mean, we're really going 656 00:33:57,560 --> 00:33:59,480 Speaker 1: to be honest. I mean, you know, there wasn't much action. 657 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: It left a lot to be desired Super Bowl. That 658 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 1: is true, and the television ratings reflect that as well. 659 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 1: Of course, if you're a Tampa Bay fan, you certainly 660 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,239 Speaker 1: love the outcome and the fact that the legacy. Not 661 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:16,080 Speaker 1: that he needed it any but Tom Brady now seven 662 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,880 Speaker 1: Super Bowls, five Super Bowl MVPs B train. Can you 663 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:23,120 Speaker 1: put into words anymore that needs to be said about 664 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:26,840 Speaker 1: someone that, Oh, by the way, he's not done, he 665 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:32,040 Speaker 1: will play this coming season. He is the best. If 666 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:36,080 Speaker 1: there was any debate about best winner and team sports history, 667 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,880 Speaker 1: I think he settled all of that by winning his 668 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:44,000 Speaker 1: seventh and that's one more than Michael Jordan's. It's not 669 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: really anywhere close to Bill Russell Buck you think about 670 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:49,719 Speaker 1: the eras in which they played and what he had 671 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 1: to do in order to get his seventh. I think 672 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 1: there's no doubt he is the best football player I've 673 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,880 Speaker 1: ever seen, and he could be arguably the best winner 674 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,640 Speaker 1: as far as team sports that we've ever seen in 675 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,239 Speaker 1: the history of sports, and not the most athletic. But 676 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:08,719 Speaker 1: what he does be trained is he uplifts everyone his leadership, 677 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:12,719 Speaker 1: his confidence that he puts on everyone else to make 678 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:16,319 Speaker 1: those players in that Buccaneers locker room. Bruce Arians brought 679 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:19,960 Speaker 1: it up. He arrives, and then automatically everyone believes, hey, 680 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,879 Speaker 1: we can do this here this season. And it really 681 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:26,839 Speaker 1: is all about the belief and what he's done. He's 682 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 1: got so much clout. He's probably got the most cloud 683 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,360 Speaker 1: in the entire NFL right now, because when you have 684 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:36,080 Speaker 1: him on your team, you truly believe that you have 685 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,040 Speaker 1: every chance to win a Super Bowl and to go 686 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:43,160 Speaker 1: to a team Mike Tampa Bay who nobody had on 687 00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 1: the radar lead going into the season. For him to 688 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,719 Speaker 1: do what he did without an off season and with 689 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:52,279 Speaker 1: all of the restrictions and the wacky season that has 690 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,279 Speaker 1: been due to COVID and everything else, to pull this off, 691 00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:59,360 Speaker 1: I think it settles a debate with him and that 692 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:03,839 Speaker 1: coaching New England, and you just start to really give 693 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:06,960 Speaker 1: him his propt and and anybody that you want to 694 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,000 Speaker 1: compare him to just stop because there really is no 695 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,919 Speaker 1: comparison anymore. You know. Arion's kind of being tongue in cheek. 696 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:13,920 Speaker 1: He said he really didn't do it at anything. You know, 697 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,920 Speaker 1: obviously relied on Byron Leftwich and Todd Bowles and then 698 00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,879 Speaker 1: Keith Armstrong, the special teams coordinator. But Jason Light said, 699 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:23,640 Speaker 1: once they came to an agreement, he wanted every single 700 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 1: phone number of the guys on the team, you know, 701 00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:28,919 Speaker 1: not just offense defense. And he was texting those guys 702 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,920 Speaker 1: the night before the Sue was saying we're gonna win. 703 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:34,279 Speaker 1: I mean, you talk about leader and one thing that 704 00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,040 Speaker 1: came out of it and playing him for one year 705 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,440 Speaker 1: in New England. So far, he's a coach on the 706 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:40,600 Speaker 1: field and I don't know if Belichick allowed him to 707 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:43,360 Speaker 1: do that. Maybe more with the receivers and running backs routes, 708 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,000 Speaker 1: but here he was coaching also in teaching on the field, 709 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:49,439 Speaker 1: and you have to respect that. Yeah, in this case, 710 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:53,040 Speaker 1: one player did make all the difference for Tampa Bay 711 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:56,920 Speaker 1: at a host that Lombardi Trophy. And twenty twenty it 712 00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,640 Speaker 1: is the Cardinals Reds. He report with the ever Ay 713 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:03,279 Speaker 1: two Tuesday eleven to noon year round right here on 714 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:15,440 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals Radio network. Light, everybody out, let's go, 715 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:19,080 Speaker 1: everybody out. There's a first period, a second period, a 716 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:23,000 Speaker 1: third period, a fourth period. Round this is the Browns period. 717 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,880 Speaker 1: Let's go just keep running and picking and look at 718 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 1: and there's gonna be some holes created, or we just work. 719 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,839 Speaker 1: We're getting a little distorted right now, but we're gonna 720 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:32,560 Speaker 1: be fine. Just gonna have a little more patience and 721 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:36,640 Speaker 1: it'll be there. There's a glean men, there's a gleam. 722 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,960 Speaker 1: Let's get the gleam. Oh, you've got Neil blocking for 723 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,359 Speaker 1: LT one more time. You've got rivers under general left 724 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,360 Speaker 1: hash from the seven yard line of the Denver Broncoons 725 00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,640 Speaker 1: and the hand off to Tomlinsonner. Let's find and he 726 00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:58,560 Speaker 1: will gallop into the end. John Charger man, I believe 727 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,879 Speaker 1: he is the finest running back to everywhere uniform. That's 728 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,000 Speaker 1: how I feel. And I don't want to embarrass him. 729 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,000 Speaker 1: But for all the skills he has as a player, 730 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:14,120 Speaker 1: they piled by comparison to the person twenty one years 731 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:18,960 Speaker 1: as a head coach, had just two losing seasons stops 732 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:25,160 Speaker 1: with the Browns, Chiefs, Washington and Chargers. Marty Schottenheimer, the 733 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:29,640 Speaker 1: eighth winningness head coach in NFL history, died earlier today 734 00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:34,560 Speaker 1: at the age of seventy seven. And be trained. Looking 735 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,759 Speaker 1: back at your career, and I know you had a 736 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 1: couple of run ins on the field with coach Schottenheimer 737 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,840 Speaker 1: when he was with Washington and then with the Chargers, 738 00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:50,160 Speaker 1: but known for basically a Marty Ball, solid run game, 739 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:54,239 Speaker 1: good defense. When the name Marty Schottenheimer is brought up 740 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,319 Speaker 1: as someone that was on the other side and had 741 00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:03,800 Speaker 1: to face Marty Balls, the mind character, that's that's the 742 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:05,640 Speaker 1: biggest word that comes to mind. He was a man 743 00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:10,280 Speaker 1: of character. He was well respected, and you knew playing 744 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:12,560 Speaker 1: his teams, they weren't gonna beat themselves. They were gonna 745 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:16,160 Speaker 1: play a physical brand of football. They wanted to run 746 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:20,360 Speaker 1: the football. They believed in the offensive line and and 747 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:24,400 Speaker 1: big bruising running back steading atone I remember Stephen Davis 748 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:26,400 Speaker 1: was a guy when they when he was in Washington. 749 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:31,440 Speaker 1: I actually uh separated my show. I had a shoulder 750 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:34,640 Speaker 1: sprain trying to take him down. I just remember um 751 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:38,120 Speaker 1: that that offensive line being massive and they really wanted 752 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,440 Speaker 1: to just malume and he really loved that. And a 753 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:45,080 Speaker 1: guy that that just had a lot of success ultimately 754 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:48,439 Speaker 1: didn't get to the mountaintop, didn't win a Super Bowl. 755 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:50,399 Speaker 1: I don't believe they even played for a Super Bowl. 756 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,799 Speaker 1: But he was a guy that that when you went 757 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:56,719 Speaker 1: against one of his teams, you knew you were gonna 758 00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:59,320 Speaker 1: be a little sore and bruised up come Monday. And 759 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:04,600 Speaker 1: that's that's the greatest that's the greatest respect that you 760 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,719 Speaker 1: can give to a coach, knowing that it wasn't going 761 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:09,800 Speaker 1: to be dirty, but it was going to be physical 762 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,719 Speaker 1: and and and back in those days, that's that's all 763 00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:15,279 Speaker 1: you wanted as a as a as a coach to 764 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,600 Speaker 1: be respected in that way. And and uh, it's a 765 00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:22,520 Speaker 1: terrible loss for the entire league. Two hundred career wins. 766 00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:27,440 Speaker 1: He's behind Don Shula, George Hallis, Bill Belichick, Tom Landry, 767 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:33,040 Speaker 1: Curly Lambo, and Andy Reid. Again, he was on the 768 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:35,360 Speaker 1: wrong of the stick twice when you look at the 769 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:39,360 Speaker 1: drive and the fumble and back to back years. And 770 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:42,319 Speaker 1: then that year he went fourteen and two. They end 771 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:44,319 Speaker 1: up firing him because he wanted to hire his brother 772 00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:48,239 Speaker 1: and they couldn't agree on the staff. Um. But what 773 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,800 Speaker 1: a what a Hall of fame person. Um. You know, 774 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:55,120 Speaker 1: he was in Cleveland, one play at a time, Kansas City, Washington. 775 00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,960 Speaker 1: As you mentioned the Chargers, he never made the Super 776 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,359 Speaker 1: Bowl easier as a player coach. He was a up 777 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,880 Speaker 1: linebacker for the Bills in sixty six they lost the 778 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:06,200 Speaker 1: AFC Championship Game. But I just love seeing all the 779 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:10,320 Speaker 1: outpouring respect in support from Marty Schottenheimer. Yeah, the not 780 00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:13,319 Speaker 1: reaching the Super Bowl was the only thing missing from 781 00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:17,960 Speaker 1: his coaching resu in the postseason and just just could 782 00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:22,279 Speaker 1: not get to that next stage. And again dead at 783 00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:25,880 Speaker 1: the age of seventy seventy'd being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease 784 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,279 Speaker 1: in twenty fourteen. It had not been doing well the 785 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:30,560 Speaker 1: last several years. In fact, before the Super Bowl has 786 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:34,080 Speaker 1: announced that he was in hospice care, so certainly was 787 00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:36,640 Speaker 1: nothing but the best for him and his family. The 788 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:40,719 Speaker 1: other loss over the weekend and this is shocking to 789 00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:44,800 Speaker 1: say the least. It happened late Sunday night at the 790 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:48,120 Speaker 1: end of the Super Bowl, and this was totally unexpected. 791 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:53,080 Speaker 1: Pedro Gomez, long time ESPN reporter before then with the 792 00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:57,799 Speaker 1: Arizona Republic, passed unexpectedly at the age of fifty eight. 793 00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:01,000 Speaker 1: He was around all sports, so he's known more for 794 00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:04,200 Speaker 1: his baseball work, but when he got to ESPN, you'd 795 00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:07,800 Speaker 1: see him everywhere, including at the Arizona Cardinals facility, and 796 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:10,640 Speaker 1: I would always joke it when he showed up, Oh, 797 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,720 Speaker 1: something big is going on we got the national team here, Pedro. 798 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,880 Speaker 1: But he always MJ had a smile on his face 799 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:20,600 Speaker 1: and always cared about what either one you were doing 800 00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:24,919 Speaker 1: professionally or what was going on personally in your life. Yeah, 801 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:28,640 Speaker 1: he wasn't just a media member. He was a loving husband, father, 802 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:31,000 Speaker 1: so proud of his children. His son Rio was his 803 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:35,680 Speaker 1: favorite baseball player two young fifty eight. I mean, he 804 00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:38,120 Speaker 1: was proud of where he was from Cuba. He went 805 00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:41,160 Speaker 1: back there and laid the ashes of his father and brother. 806 00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:43,760 Speaker 1: I mean, this is a guy that covered Barry Bonds. 807 00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,080 Speaker 1: I mean that had to be difficult. He actually went 808 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:51,920 Speaker 1: over to cover the David Ortiz attempt assassinating case. He 809 00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:54,600 Speaker 1: appeared in twenty five World Series. And the fact that 810 00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:56,560 Speaker 1: he was bilingual, he was able to pull off those 811 00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:58,759 Speaker 1: interviews on the field and then you're starting to see 812 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:01,120 Speaker 1: some of the locker rooms celebrations where he was getting 813 00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:04,160 Speaker 1: downport to me, it was a smile. It was the smile, 814 00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:06,920 Speaker 1: and he smiled and you would always say and he 815 00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,880 Speaker 1: was here basically for Calin Murray pretty much every day 816 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:14,360 Speaker 1: in his rookie year. Terrible loss. Prayers go out to 817 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:17,640 Speaker 1: his family and beatrim Morten. Anything he was always willing 818 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:23,399 Speaker 1: to help either an experienced broadcaster or a young upping 819 00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:27,160 Speaker 1: coming broadcaster. He was always willing to lend his advice 820 00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:31,600 Speaker 1: and his up in any way possible. Mr Brooke and 821 00:43:32,239 --> 00:43:36,080 Speaker 1: I knew Patro very well that I remember him covering 822 00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:40,160 Speaker 1: the Cardinals exclusively during the Super Bowl time, and I 823 00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:45,319 Speaker 1: remember just having personal, private conversations with him since then, 824 00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:48,440 Speaker 1: and anytime that he would come to State Farm Stadium 825 00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:50,879 Speaker 1: we would have a few moments and or he comes 826 00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:53,640 Speaker 1: to the Cardinal facility. It was always good to catch 827 00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:55,800 Speaker 1: up with him. He always gave me a hug. He 828 00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:59,080 Speaker 1: always asked about my family. I always asked about his family. 829 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:01,759 Speaker 1: We talk about things happening here in the valley. We 830 00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:04,080 Speaker 1: always talked about going out and catching something to eat 831 00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:08,360 Speaker 1: whenever he was back in town. And to think that 832 00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:11,560 Speaker 1: I just won't be able to hug that neck again 833 00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:15,720 Speaker 1: or see that smile again, I'm devastated. I can truly 834 00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:19,600 Speaker 1: say that he was a friend and he was one 835 00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:21,879 Speaker 1: of the best men that I've known, and I don't 836 00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:27,359 Speaker 1: say that very lightly, you know, Rest in peace, Pator brother. 837 00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:31,640 Speaker 1: We love you. Man. A tremendous broadcaster, but an even 838 00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:36,759 Speaker 1: better human being. Not only a family man, but a 839 00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:40,000 Speaker 1: friend and wish nothing but the best our thoughts and 840 00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:45,279 Speaker 1: prayers with the Pedro Gomez family. No easy way, but 841 00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:50,000 Speaker 1: we will turn our attention now moving forward one week's time, 842 00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:53,680 Speaker 1: we will rejoin you here on the Cardinals Red Sea Reports. 843 00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:56,640 Speaker 1: Special thanks those behind the scenes working hard each and 844 00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:59,839 Speaker 1: every week. Our senior broadcast Manager and producer Jomba Mondro, 845 00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:04,279 Speaker 1: Technical director, Goody Venture for Bircher Berry, Mike Jarecki, ib 846 00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:08,000 Speaker 1: Craig Real Loup. 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