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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang, and welcome to the first official football Friday.

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Speaker 1: On today's show, we tell you what needs to happen

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Speaker 1: for the Cardinals to open twenty twenty one one. And

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Speaker 1: oh that's right, a road win at Tennessee is possible

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Speaker 1: if the team just does what Mike Jarecki lays out,

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Speaker 1: real simple. But first, yes, it is the first football

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Speaker 1: Friday of the season, but we can't say it's a

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Speaker 1: fitz Friday. Odd very odd. It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode

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Speaker 1: four sixty four, and it starts now. Welcome to Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Cover two with Craig Grigolu and Mike Jarecki. Cardinals Cover

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Speaker 1: two is presented by Hyunday, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals,

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Speaker 1: and by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit asy Cardinals dot Com,

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Speaker 1: Slash podcasts. Going for Hopkins one hand to catch in

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Speaker 1: a touchdown DeAndre Hopkins. Here's Craig Griolu and Mike Jarecki.

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Speaker 1: No bad news to start the show, MJ. I'm just

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Speaker 1: stating what is true. Larry Fitzgerald will not be in

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Speaker 1: uniform on Sunday in Tennessee, first time since two thousand

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Speaker 1: and three. Number eleven and a Cardinals uniform will not

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Speaker 1: be in a regular season game. It's okay, now it

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Speaker 1: is finally real. We've talked about it. Didn't show up

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Speaker 1: to training camp, wasn't in any preseason games, wasn't on

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Speaker 1: the practice field during game week. But now MJ, it's

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Speaker 1: kind of get a hit reality. Larry Fitzgerald is not

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Speaker 1: an Arizona Cardinal. Well, according to DJ Humphreys, he still

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Speaker 1: thinks that doors open. Whether it's week five, week eight,

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Speaker 1: I guess we'll find out. But so we can no

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Speaker 1: longer say it's a fitz Friday. Is that we are

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Speaker 1: telling me? Yes, the adage on Fridays, you know, football Friday,

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Speaker 1: fitz Friday I had a nice ring to its football front. Yes,

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Speaker 1: but fitz Friday. I know he is going to be watching,

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Speaker 1: He's going to be rooting on his teammates and his team.

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Speaker 1: But the fact that he will not just not be

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Speaker 1: in attendance, just not on a football field, that's you know,

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Speaker 1: it didn't really hit me during the offseason. It didn't

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Speaker 1: you got fans at State Farm Stadium and the Larry

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Speaker 1: and the reality is starting to set in. Even though

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Speaker 1: he won't say it, Larry Fitzgerald Folks is retired. I'll

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Speaker 1: say it. He hasn't said though the r award yet,

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Speaker 1: but for me, he's retired. Well, he still hasn't. He

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Speaker 1: that five year you know where you want to get

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Speaker 1: the get to the five years. So he's going to

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Speaker 1: be a first ballot Hall of Famer. I'll say. He's

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Speaker 1: still deciding. Okay, all right, well you're let's talk. You're

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Speaker 1: just like DJ Humphries quote, I'm not believing it until

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Speaker 1: the season's over. That was Humphries on Friday. Where did they?

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Speaker 1: Jay Greensay, Yeah, he's not believing it either, So yeah,

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Speaker 1: and he's golf with him a few times. All right,

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Speaker 1: All right, And before we get into as we discussed

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Speaker 1: on Thursday's Cardinals cover two presented by Hounday, proud partner

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Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals, we have Mike Jarecki's Three Keys

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Speaker 1: to a victory. We give MJ homework assignment on Thursday night,

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Speaker 1: but there is a quick injury notes. Not sure how

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Speaker 1: much it is a main factor in this, but Dennis

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Speaker 1: Gardeck ruled out and it's not because of the knee injury.

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Speaker 1: on the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network Week one against the

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Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium. It is going to be

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Speaker 1: a great test, a measuring stick, if you will, in

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Speaker 1: because I know there are a lot of people that

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Speaker 1: look at your three keys to victory, all right, Number

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Speaker 1: one would be you must eliminate the chunk plays, the

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Speaker 1: In a lot of talk this week about Derrick Henry,

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Speaker 1: to the postseason. Now in that division, it's a two

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Speaker 1: tight windows, looks like his arm strength was stronger than

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00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,560
Speaker 1: a year ago. Everyone said it was his best camp,

427
00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,720
Speaker 1: and I think just talent wise, and we've seen it

428
00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,280
Speaker 1: so we could say also it's on paper, probably the

429
00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,000
Speaker 1: best talent they've had since a two thousan fifteen season.

430
00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:05,800
Speaker 1: This is when you'll see the true Arizona offense. Those

431
00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,920
Speaker 1: were the words of Buddha Baker this week, because we

432
00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,240
Speaker 1: have not seen the true Arizona offense. We saw three

433
00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,840
Speaker 1: three and outs for total of minus one yard. But

434
00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:19,119
Speaker 1: what Buddha Baker has seen in practice is what a

435
00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,120
Speaker 1: lot of us have seen in training camp when fans

436
00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,119
Speaker 1: were in attendance at football was flying around and that

437
00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,800
Speaker 1: offense was moving up and down the field. And then

438
00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,320
Speaker 1: you look at the matchup the Titans a year ago,

439
00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,080
Speaker 1: and yes it was a year ago. Things changed. There's

440
00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,040
Speaker 1: no carryover from one year to the next, you hope,

441
00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:40,240
Speaker 1: but this Titans defense ranked twenty ninth against the pass.

442
00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:44,040
Speaker 1: They almost had a complete makeover of their secondary, as

443
00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:47,560
Speaker 1: we discussed earlier this week, and they drafted two young

444
00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,520
Speaker 1: corners Caleb Farley in the first round, Elijah Molden and

445
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:54,120
Speaker 1: the third round. But you look at the unofficial depth

446
00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:58,080
Speaker 1: chart and those two young rookies are listed as third string,

447
00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,800
Speaker 1: so they're either not read yet or they've got guys

448
00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,639
Speaker 1: ahead of them that are just better than they are

449
00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,040
Speaker 1: right now. So I do think that secondary is something

450
00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,960
Speaker 1: that the Cardinals and that passing game should be able

451
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,440
Speaker 1: to exploit. Well. They you know, they had Clowney there

452
00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:15,000
Speaker 1: last year, and that's why they went out and got

453
00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:18,760
Speaker 1: Bud Dupree. You know, he obviously he's coming off an injury,

454
00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,560
Speaker 1: but according to people that watched practice, you wouldn't know

455
00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:25,080
Speaker 1: he's coming off a torn acl And you know they

456
00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,119
Speaker 1: were They only had nineteen sacks, so the secondary was

457
00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,000
Speaker 1: definitely targeted and that's why Malcolm Butler had a hundred

458
00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,359
Speaker 1: tackles and four interceptions, but they couldn't get pressure on

459
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:38,040
Speaker 1: the quarterback. So that's why I'm thinking you can spread

460
00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,119
Speaker 1: these guys out and take some shots down the field.

461
00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:43,280
Speaker 1: You look at the starting corners based off the depth chart,

462
00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,679
Speaker 1: Jack Rabbit Jenkins gen Norris Jenkins for those who might

463
00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,719
Speaker 1: not know or understand the nickname Jack Rabbit, and then

464
00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:53,320
Speaker 1: Christian Fulton. Those are the top two corners for the

465
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:57,080
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans. I mean, they're not household names, They're not

466
00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,159
Speaker 1: top cornerbacks out there that you know, you would hey

467
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,119
Speaker 1: a lot of money for. But they are capable and

468
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,040
Speaker 1: I do think that Titans certainly hope that they are

469
00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,280
Speaker 1: the answer. Now, well just out to wait and see.

470
00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,200
Speaker 1: You know, the Saints every year they are over the cap,

471
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:12,600
Speaker 1: and I think a lot of it was when Drew

472
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,600
Speaker 1: Brees was there and they got you know, Jameis Winston

473
00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,800
Speaker 1: on a small deal and they paid Taysom Hills, so

474
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,480
Speaker 1: they had to cut some good players. But he he

475
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,200
Speaker 1: was up and down in New Orleans. But I talked

476
00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,320
Speaker 1: to a former head coach. He does a color radio

477
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:30,719
Speaker 1: analysts for the Titans radio. He said Jenkins has been

478
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,640
Speaker 1: talking about Dave McGinnis. Dave McGinnis, thank you. He says

479
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,440
Speaker 1: that Jack Rabbit's really taking a lot of leadership. They're

480
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,679
Speaker 1: they're making the comparison very similar to Malcolm Butler last year.

481
00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:43,159
Speaker 1: So he can't cover everyone. Does he get hopped as

482
00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:46,480
Speaker 1: he get green? Did they try to roll safeties over

483
00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,480
Speaker 1: to take away what we thought would be the deep balls?

484
00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,800
Speaker 1: Again not ideal for them, but again Caleb Farley, he

485
00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:56,919
Speaker 1: was a guy that had a red flag about the injury.

486
00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,399
Speaker 1: Not a surprise, but they didn't draft him for one year.

487
00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,240
Speaker 1: And Molden he's got all the attributes. It's just a

488
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,520
Speaker 1: matter again. Getting these guys in week one is perfect.

489
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 1: You play him in week five or six, it could

490
00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,400
Speaker 1: be a little different. And this will be our first

491
00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:13,159
Speaker 1: look at how defenses might look at trying to stop

492
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,200
Speaker 1: the Cardinals offensively as far as are is it one

493
00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:20,280
Speaker 1: on one against Hopkins and one on one against aj Green?

494
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,480
Speaker 1: Or is there is safety over the top shadowing one

495
00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:25,480
Speaker 1: side of the field over the other. And if the

496
00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,080
Speaker 1: Cardinals do go for wide, you're spreading out the middle

497
00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:31,399
Speaker 1: of the field, which leaves perhaps a tied end a

498
00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,800
Speaker 1: Max Williams to kind of creep through and all of

499
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,960
Speaker 1: a sudden finds some open space down the middle of

500
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:41,560
Speaker 1: the seams. So I'm curious if last year it was

501
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,720
Speaker 1: well they're just gonna leave d hop alone just one

502
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:46,880
Speaker 1: on one. We saw that first matchup against the forty

503
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,800
Speaker 1: nine ers. Well was it fourteen catches, sixteen targets? Yeah,

504
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,280
Speaker 1: that that's not going to happen. But when you have

505
00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,639
Speaker 1: a number two legit, number two, perhaps for the first

506
00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,760
Speaker 1: time in several seasons defensively, do you how do you

507
00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,439
Speaker 1: handle that? Because you know what aj Green is capable

508
00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:06,040
Speaker 1: of doing. Well, they're they're new. Well he was there

509
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,080
Speaker 1: last year, but him and Rabel, we're making the calls.

510
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 1: Shane Bowen now he's actually the DCUM. He came out

511
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,000
Speaker 1: and said that it's possible they're going to put a

512
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,879
Speaker 1: spy on Kylo Murray. Now we've seen this in the past,

513
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,800
Speaker 1: and that means you're taking one defensive player out to

514
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,320
Speaker 1: make sure and what a spy would do. If he's

515
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 1: in the pocket, he sits there and if he rolls out,

516
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 1: then you got him. But that means you're taking another

517
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,680
Speaker 1: defensive player out where he's got one assignment. You know,

518
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,119
Speaker 1: you got eleven guys going in one direction and then

519
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,240
Speaker 1: you got ten and then he's got to worry about

520
00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,720
Speaker 1: where Murray goes. That sounds good in theory. I think

521
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,040
Speaker 1: it's different than that mush rush we were seeing from

522
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,359
Speaker 1: Belichick and Brian Flores last year in Miami and New England.

523
00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,159
Speaker 1: So you know, pick your poison there, because I think

524
00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:50,840
Speaker 1: Murray's well aware they could put a spy on him.

525
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,120
Speaker 1: Don't play hero ball. It's okay to punt in this league.

526
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:59,280
Speaker 1: Live for another down. But again, obviously turnovers. Pick six

527
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,600
Speaker 1: is special team's big place. You don't want that to

528
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 1: come back to haunt you. If the Titans want to

529
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,960
Speaker 1: take away Kyle Murray's running ability, that's fine. You can't

530
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,240
Speaker 1: take away everything. You're not going to stop his running

531
00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 1: and his throwing at the same time. So allow Kyle

532
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:13,520
Speaker 1: the Murray to be in that pocket. Look at the

533
00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,400
Speaker 1: defense and find maybe some one on one matchups, either

534
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:18,639
Speaker 1: with DeAndre Hopkins or a J. Green, or someone on

535
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:22,119
Speaker 1: the inside, whether that's Rondel Moore, Christian kirk Er, perhaps

536
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 1: the tight end Max Williams splitting out. This certainly looks

537
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:29,080
Speaker 1: like again, I'll say it. The Titans defense last year

538
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,679
Speaker 1: ranked twenty ninth against the pass. Those numbers don't mean

539
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 1: anything here in twenty twenty one, but how much has

540
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:40,000
Speaker 1: that changed in one offseason's time, free agency, the draft,

541
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,959
Speaker 1: training camp, preseason. That's a lot of ground to make up.

542
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 1: If you're the Titans's that would be the one thing

543
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:50,320
Speaker 1: that if you're the Cardinals, where you have the biggest mismatch,

544
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,560
Speaker 1: if you will, it's the Cardinals passing game against the

545
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,240
Speaker 1: Titans passing defense. Well, I can tell you this, and

546
00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,840
Speaker 1: you know, during the media sessions, are league Darren Urban

547
00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,720
Speaker 1: has talked about you know you're going you're facing the

548
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,000
Speaker 1: team that people are projecting to go to the Super Bowl.

549
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 1: I could tell you they're gonna be fired up. You're

550
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,639
Speaker 1: gonna have the crowd there and we know when the

551
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,159
Speaker 1: Cardinals defenses on the field, it's not going to be

552
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: that loud. So but they feel like the expectations are high.

553
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,480
Speaker 1: I mean again, they're not playing in the NFC West.

554
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:21,760
Speaker 1: It's a two team race with them and the Colts.

555
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,280
Speaker 1: Maybe who stays the healthiest with the quarterback position, they

556
00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:28,400
Speaker 1: win the division, but they're they're expecting to get back

557
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,520
Speaker 1: to the postseason. On the Cardinals side, a lot of

558
00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,200
Speaker 1: people thinking they're gonna finish fourth in the NFC West.

559
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,240
Speaker 1: Could the NFC West have three playoff teams? You know

560
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:39,920
Speaker 1: who wins the division? You know the Seattle's was twelve

561
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,120
Speaker 1: and four last year. People are in love with Matthew

562
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:45,240
Speaker 1: Stafford and Sean McVeigh. We know the Niners were decimated

563
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:49,520
Speaker 1: with injuries. So I look at as you know, the

564
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 1: expectations inside this building are a lot higher than it

565
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,080
Speaker 1: is on the outside. Yeah, Cardinals last year eight and eight,

566
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 1: the Titans last season eleven and five. They won the

567
00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:01,440
Speaker 1: AFC South, their first division title since I believe it

568
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,120
Speaker 1: was all the way back in two thousand and eight.

569
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 1: So Mike Direcki's three keys to a victory on Sunday,

570
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 1: Limit the explosive, limit the splash plays. How do the

571
00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 1: rookies respond? Is David Collins, Rondel Moore, Marco Wilson want

572
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:20,120
Speaker 1: to throw in Isaiah Simmons and Josh Jones. Go ahead?

573
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:23,479
Speaker 1: And then the third key four wide receivers. The perhaps

574
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 1: biggest mismatch that the Cardinals own over the Titans on

575
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 1: whether you go four wide out there against a Titans

576
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,280
Speaker 1: defense that a year ago was very very suspect, all Right,

577
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:37,040
Speaker 1: so I have an X factor in the intangible X

578
00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 1: factor to me is Aj Green because we think he's

579
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,840
Speaker 1: gonna line up on the right side. Last year, hop

580
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,480
Speaker 1: lined up eighty two percent. That's the most when they

581
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 1: started telling that stat since twenty fourteen. As the season progressed,

582
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:52,720
Speaker 1: they moved him around a little bit. He was getting

583
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:56,040
Speaker 1: those bubble screens, running down the sidelines, breaking tackles, So

584
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:57,760
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna try to move Hi him around.

585
00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:02,080
Speaker 1: But everything I've been told is Aj Green. Between a toe,

586
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 1: ankling and foot issues, He's fully healthy. He looked like

587
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:08,719
Speaker 1: he had a burst in training camp, so I think

588
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,000
Speaker 1: he's the X factor. You can put so much pressure

589
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 1: on Kyler Murray, you could put pressure on DeAndre Hopkins.

590
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 1: I think we're all going to see the upside of

591
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,520
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk now playing his natural position around dal Moore.

592
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 1: So to me, Green could be the X factor in

593
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:26,480
Speaker 1: this game based on is Generis Jenkins covering de hop

594
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:30,240
Speaker 1: or They got Fulton covering Green, and I like the matchups.

595
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 1: If whoever's on Green down the field all right in

596
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:36,120
Speaker 1: the fifty fifty balls, do you look at Aj Green

597
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 1: six foot four, Genorris Jenkins is five ten and the

598
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 1: other corner of Christian Fulton is listed at five eleven,

599
00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:48,719
Speaker 1: So that is an obvious advantage if whomever is matched

600
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:52,240
Speaker 1: up one on one with AJ Green, and that goes

601
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:55,640
Speaker 1: back to your four wide receiver key as far as

602
00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:59,040
Speaker 1: having someone on the opposite side of DeAndre Hopkins, that's

603
00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:03,200
Speaker 1: gonna occupy some defense of attention and not just be

604
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:05,440
Speaker 1: out there and you're like, Okay, you're aware of them,

605
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 1: but you're still focused on number ten. No. No, AJ

606
00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: Green's out there and based off of everything that we've

607
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:14,000
Speaker 1: seen and heard, he has not lost a step. Deander

608
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 1: Hopkins brought it up again this week. AJ Green looks very,

609
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 1: very good since coming back from whatever ailed him in

610
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 1: training camp, and I do think I like that X

611
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 1: factor because he might be an X factor aid all

612
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 1: season long. If this offense is going to roll, he

613
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,920
Speaker 1: will be the X factor moving forward because you got

614
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 1: the weapons, you got the running game, you got Kyler.

615
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,880
Speaker 1: I mean, we really haven't talked about the tight ends.

616
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 1: I'm intrigued with Demerius Harris. He can catch the ball.

617
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 1: We know that Kyler and Max Williams have something going

618
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:48,040
Speaker 1: running down the scene. So again, I just think he's

619
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:49,880
Speaker 1: going to be the difference maker. You want a double

620
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 1: hop perfect single cover, John on Aj single cover, John Kirk,

621
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:58,200
Speaker 1: single cover, John Harris possibly so on paper, I do

622
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,560
Speaker 1: like those matchups, all right, So well that is the

623
00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 1: X factor, But you've added something here in twenty twenty one,

624
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:09,560
Speaker 1: the intangible going into this week, Matt Prador. I think

625
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 1: when you look at the additions in the offseason, you know,

626
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: obviously two new players Hudson and Watt got the captaincy.

627
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 1: But I think when I look at the four additions

628
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:26,160
Speaker 1: between you know, Wat, Green, Hudson, and I put Matt

629
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 1: Prator in there. To me if the stink, if it's

630
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 1: a shootout and it comes down to a kick, I'm

631
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,760
Speaker 1: comfortable with Matt Prador making a clutch kick from fifty yards.

632
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: He's been really consistent. He's a confident guy, not cocky.

633
00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 1: He puts a lot of work into his craft, and

634
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,880
Speaker 1: so I've been thoroughly impressed with him. Yes, he's the kicker.

635
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,160
Speaker 1: You don't you don't want to relying on that, but

636
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,520
Speaker 1: we know that the Cardinals lost two or three games

637
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 1: last year just based on special teams and special teams.

638
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Speaker 1: In Week one, they had a nice block punt there,

639
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Speaker 1: which helped him. So I anticipate, you know, he could

640
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Speaker 1: play a role, he could be the X factor. But

641
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Speaker 1: I just think that the limited time he's going to

642
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,560
Speaker 1: be on the field, he can definitely help this team

643
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,640
Speaker 1: and clutch situations. Well, let's go back to the offseason

644
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 1: when Matt Prator was signed. General manager Steve come quote,

645
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 1: a lot of games are lost by three points or less,

646
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 1: and this guy has been as good as anybody in

647
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 1: NFL history at kicking game winning field goals. In quotes,

648
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 1: Prador has made all twenty two game winning field goal

649
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,720
Speaker 1: attends with two minutes or less remaining in the fourth

650
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:29,520
Speaker 1: quarter or overtime. His fifty nine career makes from fifty

651
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:32,400
Speaker 1: or more yards, the most of all time. And this

652
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:38,920
Speaker 1: team a year ago lost three games by three points Lions, Dolphins,

653
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,960
Speaker 1: and Patriots. You win any one of those games with

654
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 1: a capable kicker, and this team is in the postseason,

655
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 1: and the narrative going into this year is a heck

656
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 1: of a lot different than it is right now. All right, So,

657
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:52,960
Speaker 1: I think it was a week ago and the Cardinals

658
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 1: were stretching in hop sees us out there all the time.

659
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:57,720
Speaker 1: You know, we really haven't been able to have us

660
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,240
Speaker 1: sit down with them. Just still haven't met the man, Yeah,

661
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 1: just formally well, and a lot of guys have met

662
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: him during media day, and obviously I just want to

663
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:09,239
Speaker 1: say he's been a breath of fresh air, practicing all

664
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Speaker 1: the time. At the end of the day, Yes, he

665
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,120
Speaker 1: wants his targets, his touches, but he wants to win.

666
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:17,399
Speaker 1: And I feel that same way about aj Green. They're

667
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:19,640
Speaker 1: going to be in a conversation for a Hall of

668
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,560
Speaker 1: Fame and you know, the best in their era. These

669
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,399
Speaker 1: guys want to win. So he's practicing all the time.

670
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 1: Like So, he asked me, what do you think our

671
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:30,319
Speaker 1: record is? And I said double digits, and he gave

672
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 1: me the thumbs up. Now, I didn't want to go

673
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 1: twelve and four, eleven and five, ten and seven, but

674
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,480
Speaker 1: he gave me the thumbs up because he's figuring, all right,

675
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,360
Speaker 1: you're out here all the time, you do your podcast

676
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,799
Speaker 1: with Craig, and I want to know what you think.

677
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:44,879
Speaker 1: And he gave me the thumbs up. So I said

678
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,840
Speaker 1: double digits, and I don't know what that means. I

679
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:48,879
Speaker 1: know it means more than nine wins. Can we add

680
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,279
Speaker 1: him to the list of with Adrian Wilson as those

681
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,799
Speaker 1: that listen on a regular basis the Cardinals cover two.

682
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:55,879
Speaker 1: I don't know, but he probably not, but he sees

683
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 1: us around him to where he wanted. He wanted my thoughts,

684
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,400
Speaker 1: and I told him double digits and he gave me

685
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 1: the thumbs up. Now, also before we get out of here,

686
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: we have a great thing coming up on Sunday. We're

687
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:09,360
Speaker 1: gonna be on live on Facebook. So if you're a

688
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,960
Speaker 1: true Cardinal fan and you know you got your fantasy

689
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 1: team going, and you're maybe you're not watching all the

690
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,719
Speaker 1: pregame shows, We're gonna go on at nine o'clock in

691
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,640
Speaker 1: the morning. We're gonna be on for fifteen or twenty minutes,

692
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 1: and we're gonna get a chance to show you what's

693
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:28,440
Speaker 1: happening in Nashville, so players warming up different positions. We'll

694
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 1: also Craig will start to show with giving you the enactors.

695
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:33,279
Speaker 1: We know that Guarde's out right now that you've got

696
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,840
Speaker 1: to come up with, you know, five or six guys

697
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:38,839
Speaker 1: that's going to dictate what the roster whose they make.

698
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,920
Speaker 1: So we encourage you to listen. Go to the Cardinals

699
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,279
Speaker 1: Facebook page, subscribe there, and you get the notification when

700
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,800
Speaker 1: we're going live, and we'll be doing that's every single

701
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 1: game home or away during the course of the season.

702
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,479
Speaker 1: Just a little bit more content if you will, during

703
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 1: the course of the twenty twenty one regular season, and

704
00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 1: when we are able to broadcast training camp and being

705
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:04,680
Speaker 1: able to show the open portion of practice stretching the drills.

706
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:07,239
Speaker 1: A lot of people tuned in because they weren't able

707
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 1: to come to camp or sometimes they're out of state.

708
00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,400
Speaker 1: So if you're out of state, this is your way

709
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 1: to see the team before they actually kick the ball off.

710
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,240
Speaker 1: By the way, you give an X factor? Is it okay?

711
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 1: And I don't know if I'm gonna do this each

712
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:21,239
Speaker 1: and every week, but is it okay if I give

713
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,120
Speaker 1: my own X factor? Here? All right? So my mother

714
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 1: Marrier my X factor. And maybe it's only because he

715
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:31,320
Speaker 1: addressed the media earlier on Friday and MJ as I

716
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:33,760
Speaker 1: told you before we hit the air, we are so close.

717
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,480
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. We are now inside of two

718
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:40,279
Speaker 1: days depending on when you might listen to. This edition

719
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:42,840
Speaker 1: of Cardinals Coming Too, presented by Honday, proud partner of

720
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:46,200
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. But it is here on Sunday for

721
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 1: the first time in his career, Robert Alford will put

722
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,879
Speaker 1: on a Cardinals uniform and a Cardinals regular season game,

723
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 1: and he Bird Gang is excited, as he said it

724
00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:02,080
Speaker 1: was a major thing to get through training camp healthy

725
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 1: and then he added, quote, I just can't wait to

726
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:08,239
Speaker 1: go on Sunday end quote. He is very confident. He's

727
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:11,720
Speaker 1: always been confident, but there is that question mark still

728
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:16,000
Speaker 1: if healthy. Well, he is now healthy. So what Robert

729
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:18,040
Speaker 1: Alford are we getting? Is it the one that the

730
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 1: Cardinals signed in the off season of twenty nineteen, or

731
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 1: based off of back to back season Indian injuries a

732
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,399
Speaker 1: stint on the reserve COVID nineteen list, Robert Alford has

733
00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 1: lost a step. I don't know that the answer to that,

734
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,439
Speaker 1: but I do know this. We are going to get

735
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,680
Speaker 1: an answer on Sunday. The questions will be asked and

736
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:39,120
Speaker 1: hopefully we'll get an idea not just this week, but

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00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,000
Speaker 1: the entire twenty twenty one regular season. Yeah, and I'm

738
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:46,279
Speaker 1: paraphrasing here. He wants to let anyone know that they

739
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:49,040
Speaker 1: took a chance on him when he was let going

740
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:51,600
Speaker 1: in Atlanta and he hasn't been able to play, So

741
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,279
Speaker 1: he feels like he owes it to them for taking

742
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:55,960
Speaker 1: a chance on him, and the fact that he was

743
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,399
Speaker 1: willing to come back at a lower salary. He didn't

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00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 1: want to go anywhere else. So as long as he

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00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:03,200
Speaker 1: doesn't stub the toe, you know, walking on the plane

746
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 1: or anything like that, I'm being facetious. I am looking

747
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:08,759
Speaker 1: forward to see him. You know, we're not supposed to

748
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 1: root for players, but Drew root for stories and the

749
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:14,200
Speaker 1: fact that he's been banged up and it wasn't for

750
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,160
Speaker 1: lack of effort. He wasn't, you know, cheating, the cheating

751
00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:20,400
Speaker 1: his body. It just happens. It's football, it's physical. I

752
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 1: know we're outside two years ago he made a great play,

753
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:25,840
Speaker 1: great coverage and he lands on his leg and he

754
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,839
Speaker 1: breaks his legs. So that stuff just happens. But it's

755
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,919
Speaker 1: a great story, and I know he's motivated. I don't

756
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:35,280
Speaker 1: think he has anything to prove from to his teammates

757
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:38,280
Speaker 1: because they see how hard he works. But to the outside,

758
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,759
Speaker 1: can this guy stay healthy? And we've talked about him

759
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:45,560
Speaker 1: from the get go and how excited everyone was to

760
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,680
Speaker 1: sign him after his release with the Falcons to finally

761
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:53,000
Speaker 1: have that cornerback opposite Patrick Peterson and now it's the cornerback,

762
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 1: perhaps opposite Byron Murphy or opposite Marcol Wilson. That's how

763
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:01,759
Speaker 1: quickly things change in the National Football League. But to

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00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,720
Speaker 1: see number twenty three on the football field on Sunday,

765
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:08,120
Speaker 1: You're right, MJ. We're not supposed to roots, but that

766
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,919
Speaker 1: is a player, that is a person that is hard

767
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: not to root for because of what he has gone through.

768
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 1: And he's been here every step of the way. Sometimes

769
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:23,600
Speaker 1: you get put on injured reserve and you disappear, literally

770
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,759
Speaker 1: you disappear. But he's always been at the facility and

771
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 1: then part of meetings, part of practice. He has been

772
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:33,080
Speaker 1: around this team to see this hard work and what

773
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,480
Speaker 1: he has had to go through, not just for him

774
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:37,880
Speaker 1: but his entire family. It is going to be I

775
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,200
Speaker 1: hope he takes a moment when he steps on that

776
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:42,040
Speaker 1: field on Sunday just to kind of soak it in

777
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,640
Speaker 1: during pregame and then once the game is kicked off

778
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:48,400
Speaker 1: he better produce and I think he will. Yeah, Like

779
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:53,839
Speaker 1: I said, I you know, when you work in sports, yes,

780
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 1: you're not supposed to route, but as you get older

781
00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 1: and you cover more sports, and now we get to

782
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 1: cover over the NFL and the Cardinals twenty four to seven.

783
00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:05,959
Speaker 1: You root for stories. I mean, you know, the fact

784
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 1: is that some of these guys had you know, had

785
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,439
Speaker 1: a tough upbringing and now they can, you know, help

786
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,840
Speaker 1: their parents out and buy houses and stuff like that.

787
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 1: So you know, as I've gotten older, I root for stories,

788
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,839
Speaker 1: not so much to players, you know, basically you root

789
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:22,800
Speaker 1: for with the bird is on the helmet, but I

790
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 1: root for stories, and he's at one of the better

791
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 1: stories in the last couple of years. Well said, And

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00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:31,960
Speaker 1: speaking of stories, if you're looking to take some time

793
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:36,120
Speaker 1: or get to Sunday, we invite you to hear some

794
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,560
Speaker 1: of the stories that we've been working on this off season.

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Speaker 1: One in particular, legendary locker. You've heard us talk about it.

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Speaker 1: But folk Tale is presented by seventy two sold. Go

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Speaker 1: to the Arizona Cardinals official YouTube channel YouTube dot com

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Speaker 1: slash as Cardinals and you'll see an you'll hear episode

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Speaker 1: number one about Pat Tillman's locker. There is also a

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Speaker 1: podcast and go to Azy Cardinals dot com and a

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00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:03,160
Speaker 1: story written by Darren Urban on Easy Cardinals dot com.

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00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:06,719
Speaker 1: But folk Tale is presented by seventy two sold is available.

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Speaker 1: Episode one legendary locker. A great job by everyone behind

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00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:14,560
Speaker 1: the scenes to put that one together. It's going to

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00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:16,799
Speaker 1: make you smile, it's gonna bring a tear to your eye,

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00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 1: but bottom line, you're going to enjoy the story behind

807
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,960
Speaker 1: the story. We know about Pat Tilman, the player, the person,

808
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:26,360
Speaker 1: the man, but this is about a locker that every

809
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:30,400
Speaker 1: single Cardinals player sees as they walk onto the practice

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00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:33,920
Speaker 1: field and walk off of the practice field. Folk Tales

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Speaker 1: again on the official YouTube channel of the Arizona Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: A reminder ten am on Sunday is kickoff Cardinals at

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00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:45,160
Speaker 1: the Titans. Week one is finally upon US five thirty.

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Speaker 1: The pregame coverage begins on the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network,

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Speaker 1: and on that note, we will put a lid on

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Speaker 1: this edition of Cardinals Cover two, presented by a Hunday

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00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:57,279
Speaker 1: proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As always, special thanks

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Speaker 1: to our executive producer Jim M A hundred for my Jareckie.

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Speaker 1: I'm Greig Orriel loup Folks. Week one is here. We'll

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Speaker 1: talk to you next time on Cardinals Cover two.