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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang on today's show, A lot I repeat,

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Speaker 1: a lot to like from Sunday's win in Tennessee. Maybe

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Speaker 1: in the most complete performance under head coach Cliff Kings third.

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Speaker 1: That's offense, defense, and special teams and done against a

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Speaker 1: quality opponent on the road. So let's not waste anytime.

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Speaker 1: It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode four sixty five, and it

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Speaker 1: starts now. Welcome to Cardinals Cover two with Craig Grigolu

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Speaker 1: and Mike Jarecki. Cardinals Cover two is presented by Hyundai,

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Speaker 1: proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals, and by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts.

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Speaker 1: Visit asy Cardinals dot Com, Slash Podcasts. Going for Hopkins

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Speaker 1: one hand to catch in a touchdown? DeAndre Hopkins. Here's

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Speaker 1: Craig Griolu and Mike Jarecki. It is only week one,

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Speaker 1: is just one game. There are still sixteen to play,

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Speaker 1: a whole season's worth if we were going off of

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Speaker 1: a year ago. So one game doesn't define a season.

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Speaker 1: One game doesn't determine a season. So, now that I

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Speaker 1: got all of these disclaimers out of the way, MJ

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Speaker 1: in a word, wow, I was not expecting that though

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Speaker 1: Bird gang. If you were listening to Cardinal Talk on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: Mike Direki was less surprised than myself and Rob Frederickson.

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Speaker 1: Do explain, m J. Well, I mean, if you've been

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Speaker 1: listening to the show over the last couple of months,

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Speaker 1: or I actually said the last couple of weeks. We

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Speaker 1: just talked about year three with Cliff Kingsbury, and I

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Speaker 1: think he showed that being more of a head coach,

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Speaker 1: a little more animated. Maybe he just got caught on

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Speaker 1: camera and I know he's you know, made the progress

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Speaker 1: to being a head coach just a play caller. And

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray had his best camp and you know when

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Speaker 1: during the open persons of practice he won. The fans

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Speaker 1: were there, This offense was humming and so and then

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Speaker 1: you know, as you go through training camp and you

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Speaker 1: start getting back more players, I thought this office is ready. Now.

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Speaker 1: I had no idea. Usually when you go into a game,

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Speaker 1: we talk about contain Derrick Henry and try to slow

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Speaker 1: down Brown and Jones. They shut all three of these

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Speaker 1: guys down, which was a surprise. But I wasn't surprised

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Speaker 1: with the Cardinals offense. Now, the fact that they deferred

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Speaker 1: put their defense on the field. They set the tone

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Speaker 1: in that game early and often. Thirty eight thirteen Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Titans team that many people believe is a Super Bowl contender,

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Speaker 1: and they still might be a Super Bowl contender. But

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Speaker 1: when we look back, we've had now twenty four hours

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Speaker 1: to digest. As we speak here on this victory Monday,

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Speaker 1: it's also overreaction Monday, if you will, and try to

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Speaker 1: contain ourselves as much as possible. But when you have

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Speaker 1: Lron James tweeting and not just once, not just twice,

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Speaker 1: but several different times about Chandler Jones and Kylin Murray,

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Speaker 1: you know you're doing something right. If you had one

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Speaker 1: takeaway m J from Week one from the Cardinals win

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Speaker 1: against the Titans, what would it be? Just the domination,

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Speaker 1: how they dominated both of the lines. You talk about

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Speaker 1: the Titans, they take care of they take the personality

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Speaker 1: of their head coach, physical, They don't make a lot

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Speaker 1: of mental errors. But the Cardinals won in the trenches.

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Speaker 1: We talked about the offensive line, adding a guy like

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Speaker 1: Calvin Beaesham gets hurt, they bring in Justin Murray. They

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Speaker 1: So and then defensively, you know, I know that Luan

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Speaker 1: it was just the opposite. The Cardinals came out punching

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Speaker 1: The entire defensive line looked quicker because it wasn't just

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Speaker 1: Chandler Jones and Michael Dogby. Marcus Golden nearly had a

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Speaker 1: roam around, I think it gives a more flexibility once

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Speaker 1: they want to do on defense and all. I'm going

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Speaker 1: to keep paying attention to this nap count because yeah,

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Speaker 1: as Avon Collins did start. In fact, all three inside

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Speaker 1: linebackers started, so he's going to get that little asterisk

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Speaker 1: that he started week one, and I do think he'll

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Speaker 1: continue to start. But how his play develops, does he

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Speaker 1: get more snaps? Because based off of Week one and

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Speaker 1: the numbers, the playtime percentage goes against everything that was

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Speaker 1: said in the off season. It's a complete one eighty

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Speaker 1: and right now we don't know why and I'm it's

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Speaker 1: more curiosity on my end. Now it's a win and

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Speaker 1: that's all that should matter. But the plan in the

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Speaker 1: offseason is different from what we saw the plan in

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Speaker 1: week one. Well, that's why I give the coaching staff credit.

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Speaker 1: I mean, yes, the GM can declare him the starter,

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Speaker 1: but there's a reason why they put value in emphasis

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Speaker 1: and everything's filmed in training camp and the fact that

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Speaker 1: he was one of the best players on the field

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Speaker 1: along with Chandler Jones. He earned the opportunity to get

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Speaker 1: this many reps. It wasn't that something Collins didn't do.

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Speaker 1: I think, you know, if we get to week eight

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Speaker 1: and he's still at twenty snaps, then I think questions

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Speaker 1: come on. But in the first couple of weeks of

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Speaker 1: the season, you really don't have time to develop guys. Now,

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Speaker 1: Marco Wilson maybe an exception, Rondel Moore playing that position,

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Speaker 1: it's a little bit I wouldn't say easier, but we

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Speaker 1: know he can run, we can know he can catch,

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Speaker 1: we know he can return. Marco Wilson's just I mean,

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Speaker 1: you look at Marco Wilson and Byron Murphy in their

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Speaker 1: first year. I mean, Marco Wilson's way ahead of Byron Murphy,

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Speaker 1: and Byron Murphy didn't have Patrick, didn't have Alford. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean we always we always talked about what's the

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Speaker 1: snapcount in September, what's in October? You know, But again,

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Speaker 1: I think all three can play. It's just right now.

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Speaker 1: Hicks to me has more upside just based on being

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Speaker 1: in the defense for three consecutive years. And that's something

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Speaker 1: that Kingsbury brought up. The continuity here in year three,

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Speaker 1: not just for the head coach and Kyler Murray, but

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Speaker 1: year three within the offense, Year three within the defense

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Speaker 1: may and the offense stays the same, the defense stays

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Speaker 1: the same, your coordinator has stayed the same, and maybe

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Speaker 1: this is the year year three for the Arizona Cardinals,

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Speaker 1: and certainly defensively, I don't know if you could have

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Speaker 1: played much better for a team that came in talking

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Speaker 1: about the Titans that a year ago ranked number two

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Speaker 1: and offense number two and rushing and number four and

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Speaker 1: scoring at just over thirty points a game. Titans were

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Speaker 1: held to thirteen points, and again that was something that

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Speaker 1: was unexpected. But hey, we'll take it here. On Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Cover two presented by Hunday probably partner of the Arizona

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Speaker 1: Cardinals as we speak to you here on this victory Monday. Now,

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Speaker 1: what was not a surprise but something that I think

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Speaker 1: if the defense had a lot of questions of them

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Speaker 1: heading into this season, they answered those questions for week one.

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Speaker 1: Do they continue to answer those questions as the season progresses,

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Speaker 1: But those questions were answered for the offensive side though.

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Speaker 1: For me, it was an encouraging sign, something that we

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Speaker 1: hoped we were going to see, something that a lot

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Speaker 1: of people expected to see in year three, and that

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Speaker 1: was putting points up on the board, moving the football

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Speaker 1: up and down the field, not just between the twenties,

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Speaker 1: but inside the red zone, a lot of yards, a

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Speaker 1: lot of points, and a lot of involvements from everyone

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Speaker 1: on that field. Well, I love the way Kyler was

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Speaker 1: spreading them ball out. I want to see in the

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Speaker 1: first quarter he had targeted six different guys in the

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Speaker 1: first quarter, and so that was probably his best game.

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Speaker 1: I don't know about quarterback rating, just the fact that

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Speaker 1: he had a hand in a pile for five different touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: four obviously and then the one rushing. And I love

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Speaker 1: the call on there with Kingsbury obviously, you know, rolling

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Speaker 1: him out to get to the piline and really nobody

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Speaker 1: who was going to touch him. So now I thought

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Speaker 1: Kylo was in charge. I looked the way he was

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Speaker 1: barking at his teammates at times. He wasn't happy with

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Speaker 1: some of the penalties with Darrell Daniels, and one thing

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Speaker 1: we got to figure out. We talked about how the

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Speaker 1: white wide receivers are going to block in this offense.

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Speaker 1: They got two holding penalties, Ron Delmore and AJ Green,

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Speaker 1: And AJ Green's a big guy and when he's dealing

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Speaker 1: with these five ten, five eleven dbs, he's kind of

509
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Speaker 1: towering over, but he's got to make sure that he's

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Speaker 1: he's holding up the right way to where he's not

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Speaker 1: grabbing the jersey. So that's gonna be something when your

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Speaker 1: quarterback runs like that and you get to that second layer.

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Speaker 1: The wide receivers need to do a much better job

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Speaker 1: when it comes to blocking. Now, you look at the

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Speaker 1: number of plays at the offense ran sixty seven, thirty

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Speaker 1: two pass, thirty three runs. Now there are additional two

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Speaker 1: plays they put into a separate, complete, different category. But

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Speaker 1: when you look at the Russian statistics, it was thirty

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Speaker 1: three Russian attempts thirty two passing attempts. You can't get

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Speaker 1: more balanced than nets. But it goes back to you're

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Speaker 1: throwing a lot early to get some points and then

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Speaker 1: all of a sudden and the second half you can

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Speaker 1: run the ball because you have the lead. We talked

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Speaker 1: about it all the time, you get a lead in

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Speaker 1: the fourth quarter if it's a two possession game, and

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Speaker 1: this obviously was more than a two possession game. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so you talked about the balance on offense and I

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Speaker 1: know the answer, but I want you to tell everyone,

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Speaker 1: because you did the research, how many rushes in the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter for the Cardinals thirteen because they had a lead,

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Speaker 1: and who was the guy, James Conner. For the most part,

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Speaker 1: they were up thirty eight to thirteen with three h

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Speaker 1: six to go in the third quarter. The Cardinals would

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Speaker 1: have two more possessions the rest of the ball game.

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Speaker 1: And in those two possessions, not counting the missed field

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Speaker 1: goal and not counting the punts, they ran from Senor

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Speaker 1: a total of fourteen plays, thirteen of them were runs,

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Speaker 1: the only past attempt with his completion to Rondel Moore.

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Speaker 1: But those fourteen plays took almost twelve minutes off the clock,

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Speaker 1: and the Cardinals with that thirty eight thirteen lead able

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Speaker 1: to gain a couple of first downs. They did not

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Speaker 1: score on those two possessions, but you're milking the clock.

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Speaker 1: You're handing the ball off to a Chase Edmonds or

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Speaker 1: to James Conner who was running very very well late

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Speaker 1: in the ball game between the tackles, showing that physicality,

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Speaker 1: not being afraid bouncing into the outside if he needed to.

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Speaker 1: And all credits to the offensive line as well. But

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Speaker 1: we talked about this in the offseason. You get a

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Speaker 1: lead based off your four wide, five wide air raid,

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Speaker 1: whatever you want to call what Kingsbury does. It's not

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Speaker 1: the air raid, but people still call it that. And

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Speaker 1: then with the lead, you can be more conventional because

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Speaker 1: you have the lead, you're not forced, you're not just

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Speaker 1: one dimensional. You can be multidimensional when you're playing with

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Speaker 1: the lead. Yeah, and speaking of Kingsbury, I think that

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Speaker 1: may have been his best game um from a play

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Speaker 1: calling standpoint, it feel I felt like he was ahead

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Speaker 1: every single play. And when you're when you're when you're

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Speaker 1: calling a play on the field, that you got to

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Speaker 1: figure out, okay, what's down in distance and then they

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Speaker 1: have something in the queue. Do I use this is

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Speaker 1: do I look at my third down package? I thought

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Speaker 1: he was ahead of the coordinator for the Titans every

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Speaker 1: single time they were playing catch up. They and again

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Speaker 1: very will admit it, there were things that they did

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Speaker 1: offensive we did not work on during the week, and

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Speaker 1: he said, that's on me. As I mentioned, so I

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Speaker 1: want to emphasize that's coming from the other side where

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Speaker 1: a lot of you know, we we would listen to

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Speaker 1: Cliff how many times come after the game and you know,

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Speaker 1: compliment the opponents where they just had a you know,

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Speaker 1: they had better execution, you know, the old execution thing.

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Speaker 1: We didn't get it done. Well, that wasn't the case.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know if it's happened in the past,

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Speaker 1: but maybe because he didn't like the call where they

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Speaker 1: didn't reset the clock and he was very adamated. I

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Speaker 1: think people want to see that from Kingsbury. I really do.

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Speaker 1: And you know, he said maybe it was just caught

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Speaker 1: on TV. But I know that he's become more of

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Speaker 1: a head coach. He knows what's at stake here, and

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Speaker 1: he knows that this team is talented and now he's

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Speaker 1: got to push the right buttons. But I thought he

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Speaker 1: did a great job with the play calling and there

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Speaker 1: was nothing predictable. I like the way they're moving the

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Speaker 1: ball down the field and it's not just relying on

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Speaker 1: one guy. There were multiple backs in the backfield. There

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Speaker 1: was a little bit more motion, probably still not a

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Speaker 1: lot when you look at other teams, but a wide

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Speaker 1: receiver screened to rondel Or that was successful, that gained

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Speaker 1: twenty nine yards. And then the most creative play that

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Speaker 1: we have seen from Cliff Kingsbury inside the red zone.

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Speaker 1: All of a sudden, I'm listening to the broadcast and

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Speaker 1: Dave Patch says they're bringing in JJ Watt and Lecky

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Speaker 1: Foe two and they're lined up in the backfield on

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Speaker 1: the left side, James Connors in the left side as

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Speaker 1: well as the running back. Everyone moves left except for

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Speaker 1: one player. That's Kyle the Murray. He goes right and

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Speaker 1: right into the end zone for perhaps the easiest touchdown

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Speaker 1: he'll score in his career. I love it. I think that,

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Speaker 1: you know, did you think they're going to run the ball?

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Speaker 1: I thought, you know, based on the physicality, we're just

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Speaker 1: gonna line up and run the football here. Did you

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Speaker 1: think they were gonna run or no with that package, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I did. With two blockers, with two defensive ends, two

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Speaker 1: defensive tackles on the field, yes, and a six foot

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Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty three pound back. Yeah, I thought

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Speaker 1: the same thing. But to me, once they pursued to

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Speaker 1: the other side, he literally put the ball up at

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Speaker 1: the eight yard line in his hand. He knew he

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Speaker 1: was just gonna walk in. And I like that if

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Speaker 1: you can sell the and not you're gonna have Lecky

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Speaker 1: and jj out there at a lot of times. But

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Speaker 1: if you can fake that that bootleg to the other

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Speaker 1: side and he can just walk in because nobody's gonna

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Speaker 1: catch him going to the piline, they call it the

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Speaker 1: mega watts. Okay, like that the mega watt. I mean,

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Speaker 1: if you use it again, maybe we'll see something different.

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Speaker 1: Because we know that JJ wat can kind of release

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Speaker 1: and be a tight end. He has caught a pass

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Speaker 1: and we know Lucky Foe to that rugby background, he's

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Speaker 1: been itching to get the ball in his hands. Maybe

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Speaker 1: just given him on first and goal from the one

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Speaker 1: yard line now he would The other dynamic and the

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Speaker 1: skill set that Kyla Murray has is his ability to

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Speaker 1: make something happen out of nothing and his scrambling ability.

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Speaker 1: I do think he stayed in the pocket more and

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Speaker 1: he was able to make things happen. And the one

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Speaker 1: big play was in that second quarter, the eighteen yard

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Speaker 1: completion to Rondel Moore, in which she was out of

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Speaker 1: the shotgun, gets pressured, back pedals all the way with

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Speaker 1: the ten yard line, eludes a raj, gets to the fifteen,

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Speaker 1: spins away from a defender there, and then throws the

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Speaker 1: football literally maybe a couple of minutes after that play,

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Speaker 1: next Gen Stats tweets that Kyler Murray scrambled forty three

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Speaker 1: and a half yard before that completion to Rondel Moore,

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Speaker 1: and that is what sets Murray apart from every other

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Speaker 1: quarterback and the national football like his ability to make

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Speaker 1: people miss. And you don't want to see it all

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Speaker 1: the time, but that play is Kyler Murray in a nutshell?

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Speaker 1: All right? Are we burying the lead here? On his

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Speaker 1: two throws to DeAndre Hopkins toe tap in the end zone?

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00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 1: And then what about Christian Kirk And I want to

643
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:21,920
Speaker 1: talk about that the one play where he was able

644
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:25,640
Speaker 1: to call out the check so he did it on

645
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 1: his own cliff side. He read two of those four touchdowns,

646
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:32,919
Speaker 1: Kingsbury said, Murray checked then two. Yeah, now he does

647
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,520
Speaker 1: that in practice and it drives me nuts. The back

648
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: pedal and then because I mean, you're thrown off the

649
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,920
Speaker 1: back foot and he has the arm strength and make

650
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 1: the throw, but you gotta let the receiver go underneath it.

651
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,640
Speaker 1: And it's really the Willie Mays catch. He does it

652
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 1: in practice though, and the fact that he kind of

653
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:53,920
Speaker 1: got those guys to get sucked in, keep drifting, drifting

654
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,160
Speaker 1: and he's thrown off. I mean, you're gonna get away

655
00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 1: with it. I just don't want to see where he's

656
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:02,080
Speaker 1: throwing it for desperation and it gets picked off. Yeah,

657
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: you don't want the ill advised throw. But if you're

658
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,919
Speaker 1: working on it in practice, they are, and certainly when

659
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,080
Speaker 1: we're seeing it live or like, well, what are you

660
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,400
Speaker 1: doing off your back foot lofting it up in the

661
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,799
Speaker 1: air and you're asking your receiver to do a basket catch,

662
00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:17,160
Speaker 1: And then we're told afterwards that, oh, yeah, that's a

663
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 1: design play. We work on it in practice. It's true.

664
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,760
Speaker 1: How is that a design play? Under what coaching tree

665
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:26,520
Speaker 1: did you learn that? Well, you gotta make sure you

666
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 1: don't under throw. Yes, So only one guy can catch it,

667
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:31,920
Speaker 1: so to speak. And speaking of that, I thought Kyler

668
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 1: should when he missed Aj Green the end zone. When

669
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,480
Speaker 1: Aj got up, he pointed up that ball needs to

670
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:39,879
Speaker 1: go over and Aj Green's got a you know, he's

671
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:41,799
Speaker 1: been in the league long enough. You gotta get both

672
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,719
Speaker 1: feet in bounds. I thought he could have played a

673
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:45,400
Speaker 1: lot better. But the fact that having him on the

674
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:50,040
Speaker 1: field open things up for Christian Kirk, Ron Delmore, DeAndre Hopkins,

675
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,160
Speaker 1: Chase Edmonds, and even some of the tight ends that

676
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: we're trying to block or trying to get a reception.

677
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:59,920
Speaker 1: I noticed Murray with short arming a couple of those strows.

678
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 1: He came back to try to get Green one time,

679
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,360
Speaker 1: and then Max Williams. I think he was being pressured.

680
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:06,759
Speaker 1: Normally he makes those strows when the guys are coming

681
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:08,920
Speaker 1: back to the ball. Yeah, a little nitpicking, but there

682
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,280
Speaker 1: are certain throws that Kyle Murray I think would expect

683
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:13,160
Speaker 1: to make and he didn't make some of those. And

684
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,560
Speaker 1: then there are the unbelievable pilas that he makes that

685
00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:18,400
Speaker 1: we're like, wow, you can't do that again, but he

686
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 1: does it routinely. And then that touchdown to Hopkins in

687
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,320
Speaker 1: the back of the end zone. Everyone looks at Hopkins

688
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,399
Speaker 1: in his feet and how well of a job he did.

689
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 1: But Murray scrambled and rolled to his left and then

690
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 1: throws across his body. He's a right handed quarterback. The

691
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 1: degree of difficulty on that just to get the throw off.

692
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,080
Speaker 1: Forget about how great of a catch it was. But

693
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray once again outside the pocket. What he's able

694
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:47,400
Speaker 1: to do. We want him to stay in the pocket,

695
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 1: but sometimes you do have to maneuver a little bit

696
00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 1: and buy yourself some time. That, more than anything, is

697
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,360
Speaker 1: what stood out in Week one with respect to the offense,

698
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:59,839
Speaker 1: was Kyler Murray staying in that pocket as opposed to

699
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:04,280
Speaker 1: when things go wrong or the pocket collapses, he's running. Yeah,

700
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:06,400
Speaker 1: And you know how I feel about some of these

701
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,840
Speaker 1: jet sweeps and bubble screens and slant passes to me,

702
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 1: their extended run plays. As long as you get blocking

703
00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:16,600
Speaker 1: from your wide receivers. Initially, that guy should take that ball.

704
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:20,480
Speaker 1: And we saw Rondell Moore. I mean, here's Rodney Hudson.

705
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:25,000
Speaker 1: Kyler wasn't a great snap. He gets the ball and

706
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,120
Speaker 1: Scout texts me after that play and he's like that

707
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 1: looked like Tyree Hill. Did you see him put his

708
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 1: foot in the ground and run for that twenty nine yards? Yeah,

709
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 1: it was remarkable and that was you know, we talked

710
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:39,120
Speaker 1: about Steve Smith, but that was another you know comp

711
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:41,680
Speaker 1: Tyree Hill, just based on the speed when he gets

712
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:43,600
Speaker 1: in the open field and he put that foot in

713
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:47,320
Speaker 1: the ground and he was gone again. This is next

714
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:52,400
Speaker 1: gen stats. Sixteen yards after the catch is what Rondel

715
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,400
Speaker 1: Moore average poor catch, and he had four catches for

716
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:59,440
Speaker 1: sixty eight yards after the catch. DeAndre Hopkins had that

717
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:02,319
Speaker 1: touched his second touchdown, which he spun away from the

718
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,640
Speaker 1: defender and went the next I think seven or eight

719
00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:07,760
Speaker 1: yards into the end zone. Yards after catch a stat

720
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:09,719
Speaker 1: that this team did not do well in a year

721
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,560
Speaker 1: ago because they were short passes and then they were

722
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 1: getting tackled immediately. If you can get these guys, whether

723
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: they're catching the ball on the run and then able

724
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 1: to use their speed or their elusiveness, yards after cats,

725
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 1: yards after contact, those are the yards that will get

726
00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:28,360
Speaker 1: this team into the red zone and ultimately into the touchdown.

727
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:31,239
Speaker 1: I know this zone. I know the Sarah getting more separation.

728
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 1: They're all were getting separation. Just how flew with this offense,

729
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,759
Speaker 1: you know which again Marias spreading the ball a round.

730
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 1: You know, Rondel Moore he played twenty snaps, which is

731
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 1: twenty nine percent, Kirk thirty nine fifty seven percent. AJ

732
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:46,919
Speaker 1: Green had fifty five snaps eighty percent, and of course

733
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:49,479
Speaker 1: Hopkins sixty one eighty eight percent. Those are the wide

734
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:53,239
Speaker 1: receivers that played. We know he's involved in the return game,

735
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:56,239
Speaker 1: but I gotta think, you know, being his first game

736
00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:58,560
Speaker 1: and everything else, I gotta think he's probably gonna get

737
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:02,320
Speaker 1: some more reps eventually. Offense, did you notice where Hopkins

738
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,040
Speaker 1: was lined up on his second touchdown where he spun

739
00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 1: away from the defender and went to the end zone.

740
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 1: He was lined up on the left side, He was

741
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:13,879
Speaker 1: in the slot. Chase Edmonds was split wide left on

742
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 1: that play. So they are moving Hopkins around a little bit.

743
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,480
Speaker 1: But I do think predominantly you're going to see him

744
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 1: on the left side and aj Green on the right side.

745
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 1: That's where they're comfortable. But there might be a couple

746
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:28,000
Speaker 1: of plays where they are switched or you're seeing Hopkins

747
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:32,839
Speaker 1: somewhere else. But let's focus on what the results are

748
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,160
Speaker 1: as far as the end of the play. As opposed

749
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:38,360
Speaker 1: to where the play starts. Yeah, and I thought Kylie

750
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:41,919
Speaker 1: was in complete command. I loved his demeanor during the game.

751
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:43,800
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, you could see he was he

752
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:46,880
Speaker 1: felt comfortable. I mean, he knows the offense like the

753
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,880
Speaker 1: back of his hand. I'm not surprised that what he

754
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:53,440
Speaker 1: did because we got a chance to watch training camp

755
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:55,880
Speaker 1: early on, and I try to talk to as many people,

756
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 1: you know, I try to filter what I hear and

757
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:02,839
Speaker 1: then what I see. And again, I can't emphasize enough

758
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,600
Speaker 1: that was his best training camp along with the head coach,

759
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:09,320
Speaker 1: and you could just see the offense. They got better talent,

760
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,759
Speaker 1: they got better protection, they got some guys that can

761
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:15,880
Speaker 1: take the top off the defense. I mean, on paper,

762
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,720
Speaker 1: they showed it yesterday. But I'm just saying in general,

763
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,120
Speaker 1: this team should be a lot better than they were

764
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:24,960
Speaker 1: a year ago. Where yeah, you're there's gonna be one

765
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,560
Speaker 1: game this year where maybe somebody's going to try to

766
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:30,279
Speaker 1: do different defense on them. There's always one dud. I

767
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:31,880
Speaker 1: can't tell you what it's going to be. Hopefully it

768
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:35,520
Speaker 1: doesn't happen. But for the most part, I think they

769
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:38,680
Speaker 1: got the attention of the entire National Football League wasn't

770
00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:41,360
Speaker 1: just about the offense, it was about the defense and

771
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,600
Speaker 1: the special teams. Was a Fallejo that got his hand

772
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:47,560
Speaker 1: on a tip the punt tip punt. I thought the

773
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 1: returns were a lot better than a year ago. He's

774
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:52,319
Speaker 1: going to break on at some point, just like we

775
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:56,200
Speaker 1: thought with Christian Kirk. So again, I like the fact

776
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 1: that we're not just talking about talent on paper, that

777
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:01,960
Speaker 1: we're talking about a team that has weapons, and I

778
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,320
Speaker 1: think they showed that in Week one against the Titans.

779
00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 1: They also showed something that a lot of people Ron Wolfley,

780
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,840
Speaker 1: Rob Frederickson have been asking for, Kyler Murray under center.

781
00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:16,400
Speaker 1: Watching the game back this morning, ten times Kyler Murray

782
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,440
Speaker 1: lined up under center. Five of those came when the

783
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 1: offense was in the red zone. There were a couple

784
00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:24,520
Speaker 1: other plays where he lined up under center, but there

785
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 1: was a flag to the play quote unquote did not happen,

786
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:29,879
Speaker 1: So I don't count those. But ten times in which

787
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:33,720
Speaker 1: a play happened he was under center, and I think

788
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:36,719
Speaker 1: that might be a career high for Kyler Murray here

789
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 1: in his third season in the National Football League. Well,

790
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,840
Speaker 1: we know when you get down to the red zone

791
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,239
Speaker 1: and if you're within the you know, fifteen or ten

792
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 1: yard line, everything gets a lot shorter. And yes, you

793
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:50,799
Speaker 1: know he can run the RPOs, the pistols, the zone read.

794
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 1: But when you're under center and now all of a sudden,

795
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:55,560
Speaker 1: James Conner can hit the whole whole a little bit quicker.

796
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:58,839
Speaker 1: And you know, like I said, you know, I just

797
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:00,799
Speaker 1: like the way they called the game, and I thought

798
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 1: they were one step ahead. And when you kind of

799
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,880
Speaker 1: remind me when Sean McVeigh, when you watch his play calling,

800
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,040
Speaker 1: there are always one step ahead, and I felt the

801
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:12,880
Speaker 1: same way yesterday. Again, they have better players and you

802
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 1: could see everyone's on the same page. When it comes

803
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:17,480
Speaker 1: to the offense. Yeah, you're gonna have some miscommunications. That's

804
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:19,400
Speaker 1: just gonna happen. The other team may show you a

805
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:21,319
Speaker 1: different look, but for the most part, they put the

806
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:25,319
Speaker 1: work in during the off season, and they did it

807
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:28,040
Speaker 1: in training camp, and now we're starting to see, you

808
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:29,919
Speaker 1: know what it could look like. It's only one game.

809
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:33,160
Speaker 1: It's a marathon, this is not a sprint, and it's

810
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 1: going to change every single week. But I think there's

811
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:39,040
Speaker 1: a lot you can build on what happened in Tennessee. Yesterday.

812
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 1: Murray had two hundred and eighty nine passing yards twenty

813
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:45,480
Speaker 1: rushing yards, so three hundred and nine total yards and

814
00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:48,080
Speaker 1: five total touchdowns. His numbers MJ would have been a

815
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:50,839
Speaker 1: heck of a lot better. He had three runs for eight,

816
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:58,839
Speaker 1: twelve and ten negated by penalties. And it was, as

817
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:02,200
Speaker 1: Dave passed at on the broadcast about the offense, we're

818
00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:05,160
Speaker 1: a mess, and then he quickly added, but we're up

819
00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:08,960
Speaker 1: ten nothing. And that is something that if as upset

820
00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:11,800
Speaker 1: as people are about the penalties, at least being encouraged

821
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:14,959
Speaker 1: that those penalties aren't resulting installed drives, that they still

822
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:17,360
Speaker 1: were able to score a field goal and a touchdown

823
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,720
Speaker 1: on those first two possessions. But those first two possessions

824
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:25,680
Speaker 1: five penalties, four accepted, and then they got better the

825
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:29,239
Speaker 1: rest of the games with eight yes, So you had

826
00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 1: four quick, often settled down, was able to move to football,

827
00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:35,680
Speaker 1: and they were four for five in the red zone. Yes,

828
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:39,320
Speaker 1: And the last penalty was a delayed game and that's

829
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,440
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, doesn't even count. So you can

830
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 1: cut those penalties in half. And how many of those

831
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:48,320
Speaker 1: first quarter penalties are Week one being a little hyped, overamped,

832
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:52,279
Speaker 1: however you want to describe it, some miscommunication, just the

833
00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:57,800
Speaker 1: first game action, real game action in a regular season setting,

834
00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:00,520
Speaker 1: as far as the pace, things are going to happen.

835
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:04,240
Speaker 1: So as frustrated as it was to watch, I'm okay

836
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:07,600
Speaker 1: with it week one. It can't happen. Though in week two,

837
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:10,840
Speaker 1: the good news it happened early. They were able to

838
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:13,240
Speaker 1: fix it, and they were able to move the ball,

839
00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:16,920
Speaker 1: and clearly they were able to you know, win at

840
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:20,080
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. So again you can go back

841
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:22,120
Speaker 1: and look at it, but I you know, if they

842
00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:24,120
Speaker 1: would have had twelve penalties, I would have been like, okay,

843
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:26,520
Speaker 1: here we go again. You had four early, and then

844
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:29,279
Speaker 1: you had four from basically the half of the first

845
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:31,759
Speaker 1: quarter and to the rest of the game, and you know,

846
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:34,480
Speaker 1: you look at you listen to Mike Rabel last night

847
00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:37,040
Speaker 1: and today. Man, he was really upset with Julio Jones

848
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:39,600
Speaker 1: when he got that penalty. I mean that was a

849
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:42,799
Speaker 1: third down and by him and Byron Murphy they were

850
00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:45,160
Speaker 1: going at it, and obviously they always get the last guy.

851
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:48,759
Speaker 1: But you know, those are things that you know, put

852
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:52,080
Speaker 1: you behind the sticks, and you could see that he

853
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:54,680
Speaker 1: was down on Julio Jones, just basically saying, hey, we

854
00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:56,840
Speaker 1: can't do this a week I mean, they went for

855
00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 1: a fake punt and I don't think the Cardinals were

856
00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:00,920
Speaker 1: ready for it. Oh, they early weren't ready for it.

857
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,640
Speaker 1: Especially deepen in your own end if you're the Titans

858
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:06,680
Speaker 1: and you're successful and it's very well executed, very well. Yeah,

859
00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:09,320
Speaker 1: and we know Jeff Rogers is on his peas and cues,

860
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 1: but I don't think they were ready for it. And

861
00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:13,879
Speaker 1: then the flee flicker when they started that stuff, they

862
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:16,360
Speaker 1: were trying to get another possession because they knew they

863
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:19,520
Speaker 1: couldn't stop the Cardinals. They were out of their comfort zone.

864
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:22,040
Speaker 1: They were doing something that they're not used to and

865
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 1: it threw everyone for a loop on the Tennessee Titans sidelines,

866
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:30,000
Speaker 1: where the Cardinals did offensively, defensively and special teams and

867
00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:32,560
Speaker 1: it was a lot of fun to watch. In Week one,

868
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:35,719
Speaker 1: Cardinals Covered two presented by Hyundai, proud partner of the

869
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:38,799
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. Some quick notes and then mg'll ask if

870
00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:42,480
Speaker 1: you if we've missed anything, but an updates on Calvin Beacham,

871
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:45,799
Speaker 1: who exited the game and the third quarter with ay

872
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:48,160
Speaker 1: actually it was early in the third quarter hurt his

873
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:51,760
Speaker 1: ribs and is officially listed as day to day according

874
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:55,640
Speaker 1: to Kingsbury, but with Beacham out, Justin Murray played the

875
00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:58,960
Speaker 1: rest of the game at right tackle. Notice earlier in

876
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:02,360
Speaker 1: the first half, Murray was playing some left guard. Brian

877
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:05,680
Speaker 1: Winters played some right guard late in the second half,

878
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:09,000
Speaker 1: so once again we're seeing Sean Kugler rotate his guards.

879
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 1: I'm not a big fan of it. I understand the reason.

880
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:13,799
Speaker 1: I just I just don't like it when you're talking

881
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:18,759
Speaker 1: about a unit that is five guys together and you're

882
00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:21,880
Speaker 1: disrupting it for no reason. I'm sure they have a reason,

883
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,320
Speaker 1: but unless it's an injury, I like those five guys

884
00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:26,399
Speaker 1: to stay on the football field. The only thing I'll

885
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:28,800
Speaker 1: say is when you look at Brian Winners and Justin

886
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:32,439
Speaker 1: Murray and Max Garcia, you're not relying on a young

887
00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:34,920
Speaker 1: player to come in there, so they have experience. And

888
00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:40,200
Speaker 1: you know, it's just it's unusual to rotate offensive lineman.

889
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:43,239
Speaker 1: You do it on the defensive side just because the

890
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:46,360
Speaker 1: physicality you normally you stick with the same five guys.

891
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:49,839
Speaker 1: But I'm not a big fan of it. But I'm

892
00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:52,440
Speaker 1: going to defer to Sean Kugler because we know it

893
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:55,080
Speaker 1: at certain points of the game. If he thinks Brian

894
00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:57,080
Speaker 1: Winners can give him a lift, he's going to bring

895
00:46:57,120 --> 00:46:59,120
Speaker 1: him in there. And it's nothing against Justin Pugh or

896
00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:03,320
Speaker 1: the right guard. I trust Kugler, So it's not ideal,

897
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:05,600
Speaker 1: but it's not like there's a huge drop off and

898
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:08,360
Speaker 1: he's just looking for a spark. These guys have experience

899
00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:11,120
Speaker 1: and the flexibility allows them to move guys around on

900
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:14,480
Speaker 1: the line. Yeah, we'll defer to Sean Kugler, who knows

901
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:17,359
Speaker 1: football a heck of a lot more than either of us.

902
00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:20,520
Speaker 1: It's just it's not what we're used to seeing because

903
00:47:20,719 --> 00:47:24,239
Speaker 1: offensive linemen aren't interchangeable. They don't get subbed in and

904
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:28,240
Speaker 1: out like a defensive lineman, a linebacker, a secondary player.

905
00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:31,480
Speaker 1: That just doesn't happen. But now we've seen it's the

906
00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:34,359
Speaker 1: last two seasons seeing it a little bit more. Maybe

907
00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:36,719
Speaker 1: it is just a matter of keeping guys fresh for

908
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:39,279
Speaker 1: a given drive or two. Well, I gotta say that

909
00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:43,040
Speaker 1: Humphrey's probably never coming out right. No, Rodney Hudson, So

910
00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:46,359
Speaker 1: those two are not no. All right, did we did

911
00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:48,640
Speaker 1: we forget anything here? MJ. We tell you we said

912
00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:50,240
Speaker 1: that there was going to be a lot to discuss

913
00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:52,960
Speaker 1: and there's a lot to look at as far as

914
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:57,160
Speaker 1: the positives. Once again, as we started this edition of

915
00:47:57,239 --> 00:47:59,840
Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two presented by Hunday, proud partner of the

916
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:03,600
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals, it is only Week one. It is just

917
00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:07,600
Speaker 1: one game. One game doesn't define a season. One game

918
00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:10,520
Speaker 1: doesn't determine a season. I'll say this though. It certainly

919
00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:13,640
Speaker 1: beats the heck out of the alternative. Yeah, and I

920
00:48:13,680 --> 00:48:15,839
Speaker 1: know people use the word cheat code when it comes

921
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:19,319
Speaker 1: to Kyler Murray. He's got this turbo code. I mean

922
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:22,960
Speaker 1: again in the off season. Ah, he doesn't necessarily need

923
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:28,120
Speaker 1: to run. They let Mike Vrabel know early Kyler Murray

924
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:30,120
Speaker 1: was running, and I don't know. It's hard to figure

925
00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:32,239
Speaker 1: out if they have a spy. I'll tell you one

926
00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:35,560
Speaker 1: thing though, you could see Bud Dupreez still coming off

927
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:38,520
Speaker 1: that injury. He was always a second lead on a

928
00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:41,320
Speaker 1: lot of different places. Did not hear his name called

929
00:48:41,719 --> 00:48:44,400
Speaker 1: a lots if at all. It was a great job

930
00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:47,640
Speaker 1: of that offensive line once again, keeping Kyler Murray upright.

931
00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:49,960
Speaker 1: He was sacked twice. One was him running out of

932
00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:53,920
Speaker 1: bounds and he only got hit once. Really swallowed up.

933
00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:56,759
Speaker 1: The offensive line wasn't able to do its job on

934
00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:59,200
Speaker 1: that one play, just one play, but other than that,

935
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:02,080
Speaker 1: it was a clean pocket for kylerm And I thought,

936
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Speaker 1: you know, considering you know Jeffrey Simmons, he's their best

937
00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:07,880
Speaker 1: defensive lineman. I mean I only heard his name a

938
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:10,480
Speaker 1: couple of times. You know, obviously they're gonna win some

939
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:13,640
Speaker 1: one on one matchups, but Landry, we didn't hear a

940
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:18,200
Speaker 1: lot about generas Jenkins is based on the penalties and

941
00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:22,520
Speaker 1: obviously Fulton, but again I watched Bud Dupres and I

942
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:24,840
Speaker 1: give him credit because he's coming off in ACL but

943
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:27,520
Speaker 1: he was he was just a shylight every single time

944
00:49:27,560 --> 00:49:31,000
Speaker 1: you watched the replays. He's close to the ball carry

945
00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:33,720
Speaker 1: but he can't get there. And that was an advantage

946
00:49:33,719 --> 00:49:35,760
Speaker 1: for the Cardinals. And he probably saw something on film

947
00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:38,799
Speaker 1: and just based on coming off the injury. And you know,

948
00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:41,719
Speaker 1: in the first quarter, this guy, yes he's playing, he's

949
00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:44,560
Speaker 1: a name. They're hoping he can get to the quarterback,

950
00:49:44,719 --> 00:49:46,239
Speaker 1: but I don't think he was the same player. And

951
00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:48,759
Speaker 1: again getting me in week one, I think it really

952
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:51,279
Speaker 1: helped the Cardinals set the tone early in that football game.

953
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:55,279
Speaker 1: Dupris only had one tackle. Simmons is the one who

954
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:59,080
Speaker 1: recorded the sack of Kyler Murray, and he finished with

955
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:02,080
Speaker 1: five tackles, one tackle for lost, one quarterback hit. So

956
00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:06,080
Speaker 1: he was around, but just not as effective as perhaps

957
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:08,520
Speaker 1: he might be later on this season. In much the

958
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:11,839
Speaker 1: same way we talk about the Titans offense. Maybe in

959
00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:15,440
Speaker 1: a week in a month, they look like everyone expected

960
00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:17,560
Speaker 1: them too, but it just didn't happen in a week one. Well,

961
00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:20,600
Speaker 1: they're headed to Seattle this week. Yeah, yeah, I saw that,

962
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:23,360
Speaker 1: so so they you know, we're rooting for the Titans

963
00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:26,120
Speaker 1: this week. We're rooting for the Titans. And now I

964
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:29,279
Speaker 1: mean Russell Wilson's Houdini. I mean he gets out a

965
00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:32,040
Speaker 1: lot of traffic. He doesn't have the speed as Kyler Murray,

966
00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:35,000
Speaker 1: but it'd be interesting to see how they defend him.

967
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:38,560
Speaker 1: And that's they're playing in the NFC West, so we'll

968
00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:41,160
Speaker 1: see how physical they are under Mike Frabel. It will

969
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:44,879
Speaker 1: be another test. And the Cardinals have themselves another test

970
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:47,279
Speaker 1: this week with the Minnesota Vikings, and we'll begin to

971
00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:51,399
Speaker 1: discuss that's as the week on folds here. Certainly, though

972
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:54,400
Speaker 1: we will enjoy what happened on Sunday, we don't have

973
00:50:54,520 --> 00:50:57,160
Speaker 1: a twenty four hour role here, on Cardinals Cover two.

974
00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:00,279
Speaker 1: But we know that quickly this one needs to be

975
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:02,160
Speaker 1: put in the rear view of mirrors. Okay, I do

976
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:04,560
Speaker 1: want to say this because I was thinking when you're

977
00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:08,279
Speaker 1: asking me, do I have anything else? Two guys talk

978
00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:12,440
Speaker 1: last night, Kyler Murray and Buddha Baker, and I love

979
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:15,440
Speaker 1: what they said, and I'm paraphrasing, We're not going to

980
00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:18,839
Speaker 1: get complacent in Buddha, who I think is the face

981
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:21,520
Speaker 1: of the defense. Nothing against Chandler. We know JJ Watt

982
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:24,080
Speaker 1: comes with credentials. This is Buddhist team in the future.

983
00:51:24,880 --> 00:51:30,719
Speaker 1: He looks at it one oh one game, focus on Minnesota.

984
00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:33,600
Speaker 1: Players will be back in the facility tomorrow. That's the

985
00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:36,480
Speaker 1: next game. I don't want to hear about. You know, well, Jacksonville,

986
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:38,000
Speaker 1: you've got a chance to go three and oh we

987
00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:40,879
Speaker 1: can do that. But I love what they said. We're

988
00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:44,000
Speaker 1: not going to get complacent because that was the issue

989
00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:46,520
Speaker 1: last year after they beat the Bills, and I think

990
00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:49,560
Speaker 1: they started feeling good about themselves. That's just me connecting dots. Yeah,

991
00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:54,759
Speaker 1: Buddha Baker's the ultimates one day, one week at a

992
00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:58,080
Speaker 1: time player, and that is a message that I'm sure

993
00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:02,040
Speaker 1: is being spread throughout that locker room, and hopefully that's

994
00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:05,120
Speaker 1: the case that Hey, last year they beat San Francisco

995
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:08,759
Speaker 1: on the road in San Francisco and then you know,

996
00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:12,960
Speaker 1: came home beat Washington with Dwayne Haskins and then what

997
00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:16,920
Speaker 1: happened Lucy Detroit and Carolina still stings. So that can't

998
00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:20,800
Speaker 1: happen again. And let's hope the Cardinals have learned their lesson.

999
00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:22,839
Speaker 1: They said they have, Now we have to see it. Yeah,

1000
00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:25,560
Speaker 1: they won the first game, but this is a marathon.

1001
00:52:25,719 --> 00:52:28,040
Speaker 1: They have a long waste to go. This is far

1002
00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:30,280
Speaker 1: from a finished product. You want to see this team

1003
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:33,520
Speaker 1: continue to ascend and get better each week. I know

1004
00:52:33,560 --> 00:52:35,839
Speaker 1: it sounds like a cliche, but the teams that are

1005
00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:38,799
Speaker 1: playing in January, they get better as the season progresses.

1006
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:41,600
Speaker 1: On that note, let's put a lid on this edition

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Speaker 1: of Cardinals Covered two, presented by Hunday product partner, the

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00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:48,880
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. As always, special thanks to our executive producer

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00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:51,960
Speaker 1: Jim Munro for Mike Jarecki, I'm Greg Riel Loup. We'll

1010
00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:54,439
Speaker 1: talk to you next time here on Cardinalscover two.