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Speaker 1: with me Burg Gang. Just moments after Saturday's Red and

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Speaker 1: White practice. All the highlights plus updates on Marvin Harrison

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Speaker 1: oh nine, and it starts now.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two.

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Speaker 3: Buda Baker, What Heart?

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Speaker 1: What rent?

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Speaker 3: This guy's unbelievable.

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Speaker 3: He's at the ten half of five.

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Speaker 1: He's it again some more Hurry Magic whow.

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Speaker 2: Here's Craigcriolo.

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Speaker 1: First things first, to the Bird Gang. Tip the cap

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Speaker 1: to everyone who showed up at State Farm Stadium on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: Great atmosphere at the Red and White practice. Over twenty

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Speaker 4: Wow, well over twenty six thousand is incredible. And they

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Speaker 4: So look it just the players. The players appreciate it.

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Speaker 4: They they're happy that the fan base that the Bird

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Speaker 1: Which nothing but the best for star and good luck

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Speaker 3: That's my bad.

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna go over now and figure out what I did.

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Speaker 4: roster spot. So clearly, whatever whatever the issue was, once

439
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Speaker 4: Paris Johnson Jr. Who's six foot six, and Joshwett who's

440
00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:58,040
Speaker 4: six foot four six foot five, start to crowd the area,

441
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Speaker 4: we lose sight of it because they definitely blocked the view.

442
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Speaker 4: I mean they blocked the sun if they're standing in

443
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Speaker 4: front of us. So we missed the We weren't able

444
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Speaker 4: to see exactly what happened. But it's good you missed

445
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Speaker 4: that chippiness. I feel like a little bit you never

446
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Speaker 4: wanted to happen, but you also know when it does happen,

447
00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,960
Speaker 4: because it inevitably does happen, you want to make sure

448
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Speaker 4: that everybody's good afterwards. Nobody was hurt, no feelings were hurt,

449
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Speaker 4: but we're ready to go. Look, last year, we saw LJ.

450
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Speaker 4: Collier and Will Hernandez get into it, and you saw

451
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Speaker 4: other people. I remember Miles Murphy and undrafted a defensive

452
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Speaker 4: tackle that the Cardinals had during training camp. He got

453
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Speaker 4: into it.

454
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Speaker 3: JG. Tosso's people at practice.

455
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Speaker 4: This did not happen here, So clearly it wasn't anything

456
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Speaker 4: that warranted an injection from the head coach.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, nothing quite like that. Although later on in practice

458
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Speaker 1: when they went on eleven on eleven, Gaines was on

459
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Speaker 1: the field first team reps. But then later I spotted

460
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Speaker 1: him walking off the field with a trainer. So don't

461
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Speaker 1: don't know exactly what, but John Gaines did not finish

462
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Speaker 1: practice with the rest of his teammates as far as

463
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Speaker 1: the rest of the one on ones. Yelled a fro

464
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Speaker 1: holt Dalvin Tomlinson. That was a fun watch advantage Dalvin Tomlinson.

465
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Speaker 1: And once again I mentioned it on Friday Show with Danny.

466
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Speaker 1: As far as Isaiah Adams stacking days, he held his

467
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Speaker 1: own against Darius Robinson, held his own against Davion Collins.

468
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Speaker 1: You could even argue he won because he didn't get beat.

469
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Speaker 1: But two reps, one against de rob the other against

470
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Speaker 1: Davin and Isaiah Adams continues to impress and solidify, at

471
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Speaker 1: least in my mind, Zach, that he is there is

472
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Speaker 1: no question he is your starting right guard.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, with that without a doubt. I remember, I mean

474
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Speaker 4: I said during the offseason at it was his position

475
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Speaker 4: to lose. I know you were under a differ that

476
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Speaker 4: it was a little bit hesitant. Yeah, you were a

477
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Speaker 4: little bit hesitant to give him the keys to the

478
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Speaker 4: right guard position. And that's fair because you only had

479
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Speaker 4: a handful of games to see what he was able

480
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Speaker 4: to do. But we have seen a different Isaiah Adams

481
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Speaker 4: last year, dur in training camp, Isaiah Adams was not

482
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Speaker 4: a great player, to be honest, and he said the same. Look,

483
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Speaker 4: there were moments last year where you're starting to question yourself.

484
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Speaker 4: What did the Cardinals see in the third round? Well,

485
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Speaker 4: we've seen so far this year. What they saw in

486
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Speaker 4: the third round. They saw somebody that is a pit

487
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Speaker 4: pull at the line of scrimmage, has no problems lining

488
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Speaker 4: up against the biggest guy out there in Kaleias Campbell

489
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Speaker 4: and pushing him to the ground. We've seen Darius Robinson

490
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Speaker 4: get thrown to the ground by Isaiah Adams. It has

491
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Speaker 4: been remarkable to see the growth from the second year

492
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Speaker 4: and player at right guard. Concerning he's never played the

493
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Speaker 4: position before because when he was in college, he was

494
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Speaker 4: playing all over the offensive line at Illinois. Now he's

495
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Speaker 4: been able to kind of get his feet into the

496
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Speaker 4: ground a little bit, you know, stick his cleats into

497
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Speaker 4: the grass and build the foundation. And that's what we've

498
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Speaker 4: been able to see so far with Isaiah and once again,

499
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Speaker 4: advantage Isaiah. I don't think he has lost a day

500
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Speaker 4: now he's on eleven. Yeah, the defense has sometimes gone

501
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Speaker 4: better of him, but in the one oh one reps

502
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Speaker 4: when we're all standing there watching, he has won each one.

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Speaker 1: He is talking about Isaiah playing with a ton of

504
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Speaker 1: confidence right now, and I think it helped those five

505
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Speaker 1: starts last season showed him how far. Maybe he still

506
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Speaker 1: needed to go what he needed to work on, and

507
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Speaker 1: he certainly has done that in the months before training camp,

508
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Speaker 1: because he does look like a different player out on

509
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Speaker 1: that football field.

510
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Speaker 4: He mentioned that the locker his first start was against

511
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Speaker 4: Leonard Williams, and we know how that game went, so

512
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Speaker 4: I think that he went into the offseason with a

513
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Speaker 4: lot of noise. You know, you were not the only

514
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Speaker 4: person that was questioning if he would be the right

515
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Speaker 4: guy out there. And that's fair because you did not

516
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Speaker 4: see You saw glimpses of it last.

517
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Speaker 3: Year, but you would.

518
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Speaker 4: You kind of thought that the Cardinals were going to

519
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Speaker 4: go into the offseason in the market for a guard,

520
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,760
Speaker 4: and they did. Now it was in the marquee names.

521
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Speaker 4: You brought in Royce Newman, you bring in Jake Kerhan,

522
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Speaker 4: You have a full guys that you brought in as

523
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,800
Speaker 4: undrafted guys. Jeremiah Byers is one of them. So when

524
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Speaker 4: stuff like that happens, look, it's all it's all part

525
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,920
Speaker 4: of it. You you you bring in players to compete,

526
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Speaker 4: but they did not bringing them marquee guy because they

527
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Speaker 4: invested in an early pick, a premium pick on Day

528
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Speaker 4: two in Isaiah Adams. And look, so far he has delivered.

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Speaker 1: It's been fun to watch him mature and grow as

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Speaker 1: an offensive lineman. Anything else before, or to move on

531
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Speaker 1: to what James had to say post practice, anything else?

532
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Speaker 4: Stand up, you think that Isaiah Adams is playing as

533
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Speaker 4: well as he has because the Cardinals are now going

534
00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,760
Speaker 4: to be one of Canada's teams. He's going back home.

535
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Speaker 4: He wants a showcase to the hometown fans back in Canada. Obviously,

536
00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,600
Speaker 4: the Cardinals are now one of the you know, the

537
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Speaker 4: teams that has the rights to promote the game in Canada.

538
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Speaker 1: North America's team.

539
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Speaker 4: We are definitely North America's team. And it is something

540
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Speaker 4: that Isaiah Adams was before UH training camp begin. He

541
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Speaker 4: was in Canada, Hold me and greet went to the

542
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Speaker 4: Calgary Stampede out there, did a lot of eventful things

543
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,280
Speaker 4: over there with the Snowbirds, which is what the fan

544
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,359
Speaker 4: base is being called out there up north in the

545
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Speaker 4: Great North. So look, if that is the case, if

546
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Speaker 4: there's something that gets him going, and it's that he's

547
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Speaker 4: able to play the game in front of his family

548
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,239
Speaker 4: of friends and it's easier for them to watch them

549
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,560
Speaker 4: ball out, I wouldn't be surprised anything that a player

550
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Speaker 4: can get where, even if it's the most minor of advantages,

551
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Speaker 4: take it and run with it.

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Speaker 1: Two years at a university in Canada, two years at

553
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Speaker 1: a community college, and that's before he arrived at Illinois.

554
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Speaker 1: So he's played, he's played a lot of ball, and

555
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Speaker 1: I think he's gotten better in that progress. It's like

556
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Speaker 1: going up a ladder and each rung he is improved

557
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Speaker 1: and now you're on the top rung, meaning the NFL,

558
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Speaker 1: and you got to make sure you stay steady at the.

559
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Speaker 3: Top, and that is something he's going to be tasked with.

560
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Speaker 3: But he also talked about.

561
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Speaker 4: How important it is for him to have the trust

562
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Speaker 4: of Jonah Williams to his right and yelled the for

563
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Speaker 4: a whole two left and how that was the biggest

564
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Speaker 4: difference that he's been able to send so far as

565
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Speaker 4: he's able to actually gather what that trust really.

566
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Speaker 3: Looks like with those two guys. Look that that is a.

567
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,360
Speaker 4: Union where everybody needs to be in sync in order

568
00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,280
Speaker 4: for Kyler Murray to stand up right and make big

569
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Speaker 4: time plays. So Isaiah Adams is starting to sense it,

570
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,480
Speaker 4: bringing on, let's go to that next level. As you

571
00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,960
Speaker 4: were saying every single time out there as a step

572
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Speaker 4: up the ladder. You want to be able to see

573
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Speaker 4: him as a consistent starter.

574
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Speaker 1: Did not see James Connor on the field given a

575
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Speaker 1: day off, as was Kalais Campbell, a couple of veterans,

576
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Speaker 1: and hey, got to be smart with those let those

577
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,000
Speaker 1: bodies here. But we did hear from James Connor post practice,

578
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Speaker 1: and the most interesting thing I thought he mentioned is

579
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Speaker 1: something we heard from Trey Benson earlier in the off season,

580
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Speaker 1: and I believe Zach it was you and I we

581
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:52,840
Speaker 1: discussed this as far as two rb ones and how

582
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Speaker 1: you how that looks within this offense. And it's one

583
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Speaker 1: thing if Trey Benson says it's it's another thing saying

584
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Speaker 1: if James Connor says it, which he did say when

585
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Speaker 1: he was asked about Trey Benson, we both RB one

586
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Speaker 1: and that's a that's a large that's a loud statement

587
00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:18,120
Speaker 1: in my mind, because again you have your Starughter and

588
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:22,199
Speaker 1: your back to back one thousand yard rusher saying we

589
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 1: are both rb ones on this team. It's the veteran

590
00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,480
Speaker 1: and the young kid. But it's the veteran bringing up

591
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:32,040
Speaker 1: the young kid, not pushing him down. Big of James

592
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Speaker 1: to say it, and it's something that he was asked

593
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Speaker 1: in follow up questions because maybe he doesn't say that

594
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Speaker 1: in year one or year two when you're younger, but

595
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,920
Speaker 1: as you grow and you mature. James Connor wants to

596
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Speaker 1: win and however that looks, whether he's getting twenty carries

597
00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:49,600
Speaker 1: a game or ten carries a game. Are we winning

598
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Speaker 1: on Sunday?

599
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Speaker 4: How about that for an endorsement and when you want

600
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Speaker 4: to when you want to see from one of the

601
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 4: NFL's good guys in James Connor, he is somebody that

602
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,640
Speaker 4: wants to win, and he talks about that. There's a

603
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:05,200
Speaker 4: reason why even after games, he doesn't go home to relax,

604
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 4: He goes straight to the facility to get work done

605
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,600
Speaker 4: so that he could better prepare himself. Thirty years old

606
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 4: and he's still playing at the height of his game

607
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 4: during a time where stereotypically a lot of running backs

608
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 4: are already starting to be on the decline and their

609
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:22,840
Speaker 4: careers are starting to, you know, dovetail towards the towards retirement,

610
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 4: and James Connor is still playing at the height of

611
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Speaker 4: his game one forty rushing yards in twenty twenty three,

612
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Speaker 4: and then he goes for one thy ninety four last

613
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Speaker 4: season in twenty twenty four. It has been remarkable to

614
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 4: see James Connor's growth. But he said something that we've

615
00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,959
Speaker 4: heard before from plenty of players, but it's different when

616
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,200
Speaker 4: you could see it, and that was that he's going

617
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,240
Speaker 4: to bring the young guys along with him. And you

618
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,840
Speaker 4: could clearly see that even though he wasn't at practice

619
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Speaker 4: he was standing there along the sidelines with Trey Benson

620
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Speaker 4: coaching him up. We've been able to we've privied ourselves

621
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Speaker 4: to hearing some of those conversations with between the running

622
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Speaker 4: backs during training camp. That's the beautiful about having training

623
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Speaker 4: camp here at State Farm Stadium is you get to

624
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,760
Speaker 4: be so close to the action, sometimes too close, sometimes

625
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,280
Speaker 4: too close, and you get to hear these conversations. And

626
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,240
Speaker 4: James Connor is the ultimate encourager. All he does is

627
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,640
Speaker 4: try to encourage the guys around him and with Trey Benson,

628
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,360
Speaker 4: look trace at it. James Jonathan Gannon said at the

629
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Speaker 4: combine that he feels that the Cardinals have two rb

630
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Speaker 4: ones and then Trey Benson double down on it. To

631
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Speaker 4: see number six triple down on it and to say, yeah,

632
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Speaker 4: that is the case, man, It's remarkable. And I think

633
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Speaker 4: if you're a Cardinals fan who might have questioned why

634
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Speaker 4: you're drafting a running back in the third round when

635
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,000
Speaker 4: you might have other areas of needs and you're gonna

636
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 4: be you end up ultimately signing James Connor to a

637
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:42,239
Speaker 4: contract extension. This just proves that the Cardinals are going

638
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:44,840
Speaker 4: to continue to double down in the run game and

639
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 4: when James Connor steps out, you want to have that

640
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,360
Speaker 4: confidence that your arby two is going to play like

641
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 4: your RB one. And in the Cardinals case, that's exactly

642
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:52,440
Speaker 4: what's happening.

643
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,600
Speaker 1: Quoting James, we can't shy away from it. Meaning in

644
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 1: the conversation about having two starting running backs and James mentioned, hey,

645
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 1: we want to be the best rushing team in the league.

646
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:05,040
Speaker 1: Cardinal has been pretty darn good each of the past

647
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 1: two seasons, top five as far as yards per carry,

648
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,520
Speaker 1: top ten in rushing yards per game. And that's what

649
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,680
Speaker 1: this offense is. It's based on the run game. You're

650
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 1: gonna run first, You're gonna run second, and then maybe

651
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 1: even third, or you might throw the football.

652
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 4: Whatever gets the ball downfield, that'll That's exactly what's gonna

653
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:27,800
Speaker 4: end up happening. And with James Connor, even though he's

654
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,840
Speaker 4: been injured, and that's something that I know bothers him

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Speaker 4: because of how much he invests in his body, He's

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Speaker 4: still playing at such a high level. And you saw

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Speaker 4: how different the team looked when he was out, and

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Speaker 4: then Drey Benson was out, and then Amaro de Mercato

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Speaker 4: was out, and then you had DJ Dallas and Michael

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Speaker 4: Carter is your two running backs in the game against

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Speaker 4: the Carolina Panthers. That's challenging in Week fifteen to have

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Speaker 4: your top guys go out, but you never bank on

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Speaker 4: the fact that there is going to be injuries, especially

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Speaker 4: at that position. But knowing that you have that depth,

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Speaker 4: it's definitely something of importance.

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Speaker 1: Good to hear from James, always good to hear from him.

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Speaker 1: Also heard before practice from new radio analysts AQ Shipley.

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Speaker 1: How about that he talked very highly of Dave Pash

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Speaker 1: and he kind of without naming names through myself and

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Speaker 1: Paul CALVISI under the bus just a little bit because

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Speaker 1: Paul and I are gonna be working with AQ during

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Speaker 1: the preseason before he gets a chance to work with

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Speaker 1: the legend Dave Pash week one in New Orleans.

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Speaker 4: Well, just because he didn't say your name doesn't mean

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Speaker 4: after he finished, he walked directly over to you, smiling

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Speaker 4: and saying, yep, that is the case. Look, Aq is awesome.

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Speaker 4: Showed a lot of his personality that I think fans

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Speaker 4: have grown to love on the Pat McAfee show and

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Speaker 4: the Underdog podcast that he's done with former Cardinals Colt

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Speaker 4: McCoy and Justin Pew and former head coach Jake Gruden.

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Speaker 4: So you got to see that personality. It will never

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Speaker 4: be Wolfen and when Aq even said that that's going

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Speaker 4: to be the case. But the Cardinals radio team is

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Speaker 4: in great hands, and he does have somebody that could

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Speaker 4: give him all the ali oops as he quote, as

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Speaker 4: he quoted saying with Dave Pash jokingly obviously talking about

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Speaker 4: how Dave does a lot of stuff in the NBA

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Speaker 4: and in college basketball. But the Cardinals are definitely gonna

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Speaker 4: be in good shape. And something I loved was at

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Speaker 4: the training camp practice they introduced him over the lads

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Speaker 4: speaker guy, a nice round of applause, but you had

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Speaker 4: a lot of players walking over to Aq to shake

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Speaker 4: his hand to welcome him to the team. And I

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Speaker 4: think that that is definitely something that was quite remarkable.

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Speaker 4: And now for you and your case, the players have

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Speaker 4: seen you. They just walk right by.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't even matter anymore.

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Speaker 3: Aq.

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Speaker 1: You've seen him do a lot of the film breakdown.

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Speaker 1: I think he's going to bring a, as he said

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Speaker 1: his own words, a unique perspective, and he's gonna be honest,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna be fair, but he's going to be honest,

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Speaker 1: and I've always said you can be critical, just don't

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Speaker 1: cross that line and make it personal. But if you're

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Speaker 1: not doing what you're supposed to be doing, yeah it's

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Speaker 1: going to be spotted. And AQ, as far as that

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Speaker 1: line of scrimmage is concerned, has got the best eyes

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Speaker 1: to find it and also praise it when it does

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Speaker 1: go so well.

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Speaker 4: Paul Calvisi says all the time, at nauseum at points

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Speaker 4: about players, no players, AQ's a former player, has been

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Speaker 4: the league for over a decade, a Super Bowl champion.

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Speaker 4: What he sees out there is going to be the case.

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Speaker 4: And players will also argue with other players too. Because

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Speaker 4: he even talked about how how he got into this

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Speaker 4: was simply by talking about something Dan Rolowski saw wrong

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Speaker 4: on a pass protection. He was criticizing the offensive line

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Speaker 4: when it was actually a running back that was part

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Speaker 4: of the problem and did not say that was simply

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Speaker 4: talking about the offensive line. And AQ said, hey, no,

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Speaker 4: that's not the case. Look at this, and I think

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Speaker 4: that that's something When you're the center, you have to

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Speaker 4: know everything. You don't just have to know the play

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Speaker 4: on offense. You don't just have to have your offensive

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Speaker 4: guys to your side. You're anchoring that line of scrimmage,

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Speaker 4: but you're also trying to diagnose who's the mic out there,

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Speaker 4: the defensive formations, what's actually going to end up happening.

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Speaker 4: He's looking at the safeties, as he said, he has

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Speaker 4: a wide range of a scope rather of what the

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Speaker 4: defense is bringing to the table. He's not just an

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Speaker 4: offensive guy. He's a football guy, and I think that's

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Speaker 4: someth and the Cardinals fans are really going to enjoy.

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Speaker 1: Look forward to hearing from AQ, look forward to working

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Speaker 1: with AQ as well. The first time we'll be able

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Speaker 1: to hear from him on the broadcast. A week from today,

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Speaker 1: A week from Saturday, first preseason game against the Kansas

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Speaker 1: City Chiefs here at State Farm Stadium. Five o'clock is

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Speaker 1: the kickoff one thirty. Pre game coverage begins on the

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals Radio networking. Yes, it is just about game

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Speaker 1: week and you'll start to see a little bit of

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Speaker 1: a different tempo. I'm guessing with practice coming up on Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: Wednesday and Thursday. As now you get into that game

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Speaker 1: week routine, even though it is just a preseason game.

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Speaker 1: Big plans for your first day off of training camp,

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Speaker 1: because I believe the last time the players were off,

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Speaker 1: you were covering Will Johnson and his community events. So

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Speaker 1: you actually have I have a Sunday, You have a Sunday. Gosh,

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Speaker 1: I haven't even thought about what I'm gonna do.

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Speaker 3: What are you doing?

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Speaker 1: Laundry cleaning, probably a little extra rest.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I was just gonna ask if you want to

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Speaker 4: just drive out here to the stadium again, just for fun,

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Speaker 4: just to be still say in our routine.

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Speaker 1: No, no, One day off is good and then back

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Speaker 1: at it on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday

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Speaker 1: and Friday and.

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Speaker 3: Saturday and Sunday and Monday and Tuesday. It all starts

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Speaker 3: the board together.

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Speaker 1: Well, enjoy your day off. What much deserve based off

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Speaker 1: all the work that you've been doing. By the way,

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Speaker 1: a Clayton Tune story posted yesterday, Dante Stills today on

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Speaker 1: Easycardinals dot com, and Darren Urman's got a great story

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Speaker 1: on Paris Johnson Junior coming up on Monday. On that notes,

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Speaker 1: we will put a lid on this edition of Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Cover two presented by Honday, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: As always, special thanks to our executive producer Jim mo

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Speaker 1: More our associate producer Cody Fincher for Zach Gershman, I'm

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Speaker 1: Greg Real Lou. We'll talk to you next time you're

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Speaker 1: on Cardinals Cover two,