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Speaker 1: Stramp on the boots and scrape up the knuckles on ahead.

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Speaker 2: He got jacked.

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Speaker 3: This is the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford

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Speaker 3: and Gilbert Terry's.

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Speaker 4: Gonna score touchdown Slam to the ground by Buddha Baker.

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Speaker 3: The Rage is brought to you by santan Ford and

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Speaker 4: All Right Seats, Rising Uard.

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Speaker 2: Timpertu, Rising Vision, Flurry Rage, take it over.

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Speaker 3: Here's Paul Calbci.

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Speaker 1: I'm ready. I'm one hundred percent ready. I'm telling you

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Speaker 5: Yay, I'm here for it.

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Speaker 6: Leash the fjord.

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Speaker 1: We've already upgraded. We'll get to that in a minute,

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Speaker 1: because at some point every off season becomes list season

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Speaker 1: Top five. This our top ten, that right, I mean,

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Speaker 1: come on, where's the advil? Where's wolfsybuprofen, Because there's a

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Speaker 1: new one, Danny that has me cheesed off. Okay, the

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Speaker 1: nine most improved teams on NFL dot Com. And I'll

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Speaker 1: just tell you who's not on the list, Your Arizona Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: Yet Washington is on the list. Cincinnati is on the list.

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Speaker 1: I mean what they do? They added right tackle Trent Brown.

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Speaker 1: Aren't exactly and it's the last two that are on

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Speaker 1: Washington and Cincinnati makes absolutely zero sense. So you know what,

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Speaker 1: by santan Ford and Gilbert We are santan Ford. We

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Speaker 1: say the Cardinals are making their own list, and basically

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Speaker 5: That's wild. I mean, we're the Cardinals getting the most

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Speaker 5: these lists don't matter, right. We know, we know the truth.

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Speaker 1: It's right too. I need to go into my breathing exercises,

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Speaker 1: which I'll do right now. And even better, we'll hear

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Speaker 1: You know, four years, just under fourteen million, all guaranteed,

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Speaker 1: And then we got news earlier today that Rabbit has

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Speaker 1: and Gilbert. But that was your rookie year and that

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Speaker 5: What are the most significant differences, Because now that you're

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it's really it goes from like now I have

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Speaker 1: We had a saying last year, let the Rooks cook

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Speaker 5: But for someone who was bored with college ball, that's

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Speaker 5: The front office and coaching staff when talking about how

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Speaker 6: in a lot of different aspects. And so they the coaches,

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Speaker 6: I feel like they've given me a big, a big

434
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Speaker 6: role in a big plate to handle, and I kind

435
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Speaker 6: of see it as more like a not an honor,

436
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Speaker 6: but more like a sign of respect where it's okay,

437
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Speaker 6: they give me all this because they know I can

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Speaker 6: handle it. So that's how I'm trying to treat it

439
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Speaker 6: and just trying to make the most of all my opportunities,

440
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Speaker 6: whether I'm at corner, whether im nickel, whether I'm safety.

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Speaker 6: I just want to make sure I'm just ready for

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Speaker 6: whatever comes to me.

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Speaker 1: What's interesting is Sean Murphy Bunting made his mark in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. It's a slot corner to start out with,

445
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Speaker 1: and then Rabbit has been known to play a high

446
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Speaker 1: level of slot corner. So it makes sense to your point.

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Speaker 1: You know, you see this pattern and a lot of

448
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Speaker 1: players that MANI and JG are accumulating all ball. Deadly

449
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Speaker 1: serious about football. The versatility, right, the aggression, the physicality.

450
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Speaker 1: You got to be able to tackle all the above,

451
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Speaker 1: But Danny and I are just sort of obfuscating until

452
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Speaker 1: we get to the real question what the Red Sea

453
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Speaker 1: wants to know, because if you want to know about

454
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Speaker 1: a receiver, he ask a corner. How does Marvin Harrison

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Speaker 1: Junior look out there, Garrett Williams.

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Speaker 6: I mean, he looks exactly what you think he looked like, especial,

457
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Speaker 6: you know, like it doesn't really take you don't have

458
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Speaker 6: to see much to really see exactly why he is

459
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Speaker 6: he is who he is and why he's so highly regarded.

460
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Speaker 6: And then just you can just tell from just him

461
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Speaker 6: I practice, he's very tuned in, very pays attention. Like

462
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Speaker 6: when he goes in, he's not one of those guys

463
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Speaker 6: who's trying to figure it out. He's moving at a

464
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Speaker 6: fast be it because he understands what's going on. He

465
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Speaker 6: sees the big picture already. So I'm looking forward to

466
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Speaker 6: one practicing with them, But then more importantly, really like

467
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Speaker 6: being the same team and having him help us win games.

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Speaker 5: Beefing up the D line was a priority in free agency,

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Speaker 5: while Nichols justin Jones Carrie's Tonga. Can you talk a

470
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Speaker 5: little bit about the chemistry that also has to be

471
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Speaker 5: formed between the rush and cover of the defense and

472
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Speaker 5: how you guys have been doing that early on.

473
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think you know, those two things they go

474
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Speaker 6: hand in obviously, like you said, And I think when

475
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Speaker 6: you look at like JG and Ross where they came

476
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Speaker 6: from in Philly, I think the biggest staple with their

477
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Speaker 6: success was seeing the high level pass rushers with a

478
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Speaker 6: really good secondary, and you see when those two things

479
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Speaker 6: marry together. I want to say, the year they left,

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Speaker 6: they were like the best defense in the league.

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Speaker 1: Yep.

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Speaker 6: And so for us kind of seeing like the blueprint

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Speaker 6: that's already been laid out for that, it's been really

484
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Speaker 6: cool kind of because the Vets, like justin them coming in,

485
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Speaker 6: they've done a really good job of really not even

486
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Speaker 6: just the secondary, but just the whole defense as a whole.

487
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Speaker 6: Just kid is tighter and tighter doing Team Bondie outside

488
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Speaker 6: of being in the facility like those types of things.

489
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Speaker 6: Like to some people they might think doesn't matter, but

490
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Speaker 6: that plays a big role down the line when you're

491
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Speaker 6: in those crunch time moments and it's like, you know,

492
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Speaker 6: the D line got your back, the secondaries at the

493
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Speaker 6: D line, backs, the linebackers, like everybody's in it together,

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Speaker 6: you know. So it's been really cool.

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Speaker 1: And no one has shown more leadership this offseason than

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Speaker 1: your quarterback Kyler Murray. So what's it like competing against

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray? Yeah?

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Speaker 6: Out there, it's fun because I feel like with him

499
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Speaker 6: and just the offense as a whole, you can feel

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Speaker 6: from them that they're on a mission, you know, and

501
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Speaker 6: they're the pace that they're moving at the temple, they're

502
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Speaker 6: moving at the mindset, their attention to detail. Even after practice,

503
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Speaker 6: like obviously we're on the same locker room after practice,

504
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Speaker 6: all the receivers are huddle up around the ipass talking

505
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Speaker 6: about the routes, and then they're even talking to us

506
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Speaker 6: as secondary like hey, like we're doing this because you're

507
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Speaker 6: doing that, Like what are you seeing out of us? Like,

508
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Speaker 6: I feel like that type of stuff goes along with

509
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Speaker 6: a long ways and then like with Kyler, I'll see

510
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Speaker 6: us rehabbing together last year's point and then seeing him

511
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Speaker 6: now being able to just fully bet himself again. It's

512
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Speaker 6: kind of like, you know, it's like it's really special,

513
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Speaker 6: and I think him taking the guys out, like with

514
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Speaker 6: all the team bonding the offense is doing plays a

515
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Speaker 6: big role because team chemistry and football is not everything,

516
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Speaker 6: but a very very big part in being successful. You're

517
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Speaker 6: not going to see a successful team that doesn't like

518
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Speaker 6: each other.

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Speaker 5: I know I'm gonna upset Paul by bringing this up.

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Speaker 5: There was I don't remember who it was on some

521
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Speaker 5: national media maybe reporter or outlet on Twitter was talking

522
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Speaker 5: about top safety duos in the league. Didn't have the

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Speaker 5: Cardinals in the top five or six, right, thinking, Buddha Baker,

524
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Speaker 5: Jalen Thompson, Yeah, that's crazy, right, So for those right

525
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Speaker 5: like Paul who had the same idea, for those whoever

526
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Speaker 5: came up with that list or anymore, I mean, what's

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Speaker 5: the most underrated part of that duo for those that

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Speaker 5: might not have them in the top five and something

529
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Speaker 5: like that.

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Speaker 6: I think the most underrated part is the fact that

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Speaker 6: they legitimately can do everything on the football field. And

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Speaker 6: I feel like because when you look at their size,

533
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Speaker 6: they don't look like the prototypical dream build of a

534
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Speaker 6: six three, two hundred plus pounds safety, but they're making

535
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Speaker 6: more plays and they're more productive than these dream safeties.

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Speaker 6: And I feel like, if you watched the film from

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Speaker 6: last year, Buddha made the Pro Bowl, but nobody talks

538
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Speaker 6: about JC and JT had an amazing season last year.

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Speaker 6: And I feel like people who make these lists that

540
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Speaker 6: type of stuff, they're going off of just what everybody

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Speaker 6: else says, they're not really watching the film and Washington

542
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Speaker 6: media because without even seeing biasedly, it's hard to see

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Speaker 6: two safeties that are that are playing at the level

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Speaker 6: that they play at together.

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Speaker 1: Not to mention that a lot of offenses wouldn't go

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Speaker 1: towards Buddha Baba. Yeah, so JT saw a lot of

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Speaker 1: action and he stepped up really well.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Agree. Garret Williams is our guest here in the Big

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Speaker 1: Red Rage, right, So name another player on offense who's

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Speaker 1: caught your eye, whether it's maybe a lower round rookie receiver,

552
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Speaker 1: a Tejon Palmer, Xavier Weaver, you know, I you know,

553
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Speaker 1: Tip Ryman is there? Who else out there? You think

554
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Speaker 1: if I was to pull all the defensive backs, who

555
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Speaker 1: would they talk about beyond Marvin Harrison Junior.

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Speaker 6: I mean, I can speak for myself personally, just because

557
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Speaker 6: I've been seeing him every day, and like, honestly, we've

558
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Speaker 6: been going back and forth, and I feel like he's

559
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Speaker 6: making me a lot better as Dorts, you know, and obviously,

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Speaker 6: I feel like the fans kind of like they know Dortch,

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Speaker 6: and I feel like people are trying to figure out

562
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Speaker 6: who Greg Dortch is. But he's a high level receiver,

563
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Speaker 6: you know what I'm saying, not just a return special.

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Speaker 6: He's a very good, very good football player. And then

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Speaker 6: also him and Mike Wilson, you know, Mike is Mike's

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Speaker 6: that guy. And I feel like even last year, people

567
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Speaker 6: don't talk about Mike enough just because he got hurt,

568
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Speaker 6: but he missed like seven games and had like six

569
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Speaker 6: hundred yards. So it's kind of like, you know, again,

570
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Speaker 6: if you're not really watching, you're not gonna know. But

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Speaker 6: if you're watching and you see it, and like I

572
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Speaker 6: practice with these people every day, it's not hard to

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Speaker 6: see like that we have legitimate talent outside of just

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Speaker 6: Marvin and you know what I'm saying, So.

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Speaker 1: Well, look, Garrett, all the best, and you're gonna go

576
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Speaker 1: back home Carolina. Then you get a road trip back home.

577
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Speaker 1: Oh yeah at the end.

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Speaker 6: Of this coming season on my dad's birthday weekend.

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Speaker 1: Oh Yeah yeah, all right, there you go. You better

580
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Speaker 1: start saving up for all the ticket requests for that,

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Speaker 1: all right, Garrett, appreciate it.

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Speaker 6: Thank you guys.

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Speaker 1: There you go. Garrett Williams is our guest. We continue

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Speaker 1: to roll on with a big red rage presented by

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Speaker 1: santan Ford and Gilbert. We are santan Ford.

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Speaker 4: And they're gonna fake it. It looks like yet they bring

587
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Speaker 4: Murray back in. They got Prader lined up wide left.

588
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Speaker 4: Murray takes the snap back in the throw lof right

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Speaker 4: side of the cry.

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Speaker 8: Punt at the back of the en zone.

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Speaker 4: Four touchdown. Tyler Murray on four down, grows to the

592
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Speaker 4: right the cry in the back of the en zone

593
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Speaker 4: for the go ahead touchdown. Let it right, says Jonathan

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Speaker 4: dadd And.

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Speaker 2: He knows you're the franchise quarterback. He's a big time

596
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Speaker 2: leader of this team. I won't tell you all the

597
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Speaker 2: conversations we have, but he knows. He's the closest thing

598
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Speaker 2: to me out there. So I want him to operate

599
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Speaker 2: in a certain way. And he's went above my expectation

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Speaker 2: for what that looks like. And I think he's only

601
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Speaker 2: continued to get better. And we got to get better

602
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Speaker 2: together and he will.

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Speaker 1: It's a great reminder that trick play touchdown. And if

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Speaker 1: you recall, Kyler had to adjust, he had to go

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Speaker 1: to his second read. Everyone says, auh, geez, why don't

606
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Speaker 1: you play? You know, I have some more trick plays

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Speaker 1: out there. Coach Well, Greg Doorsch fell down. He was

608
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Speaker 1: supposed to be the go to guy, and then Kyler

609
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Speaker 1: had to improvise and go to the back of the

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Speaker 1: end zone and he put that ball right on the money.

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Speaker 1: And he had to put it right on the money,

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Speaker 1: and it was a heck of a catch by Trey

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Speaker 1: McBride or that would have been certified disaster. So there's

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Speaker 1: always the risk reward when you bust out the trick play.

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Speaker 5: I am so excited to see that connection continue with

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Speaker 5: a full year of Trey McBride as your true number

617
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Speaker 5: one tight end and Kyler Murray because remember McBride was

618
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Speaker 5: not your starting tight end for the first half of

619
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Speaker 5: the year because Zach Ertz was still here. It wasn't

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Speaker 5: until Ertz got hurt, and then when Kyler came back,

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Speaker 5: and it took a few plays, maybe throughout a couple

622
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Speaker 5: games of really nailing that chemistry, and then oof McBride

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Speaker 5: just skyrocketed. I mean, their connection was money every time

624
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Speaker 5: and pretty much every stat across the board as a

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Speaker 5: tight end, and some as a general receiver. McBride was

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Speaker 5: top of the list as soon as Kyler made his return.

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Speaker 5: So now they've got a full offseason and year together.

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Speaker 5: I love it.

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Speaker 1: Beware when talent gets confidence, and with every game, Trey

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Speaker 1: McBride just seemingly got more confidence and he got better

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Speaker 1: and then he got more defensive attention. So if Marvin

632
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Speaker 1: Ierson Junior out there, you know, it takes away some

633
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Speaker 1: of that defensive attention, like Michael Wilson has commented about.

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Speaker 1: By the way, how about Garrett Williams in that last

635
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Speaker 1: segment when we asked him, all right, Marvin Ierson Junior,

636
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Speaker 1: double thumbs up, But then he said that Michael Wilson

637
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Speaker 1: and Greg Dorsch look excellent out there and they're going

638
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Speaker 1: to be a big part of this offense this season.

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Speaker 5: I love that Michael Wilson is one of those receivers

640
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Speaker 5: we've seen online doing a lot of workouts and you know,

641
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Speaker 5: practices with Kyler outside the facility. And I love that.

642
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,080
Speaker 5: And Garrett was right of people might be sleeping on

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Speaker 5: Michael Wilson because he was hurt, but when he was

644
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Speaker 5: on last year, he was on. Now that is another

645
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Speaker 5: connection where it took a little bit of time because

646
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Speaker 5: Wilson was hurt when you know at some of the

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Speaker 5: times when Kyler once he had come back, and you know,

648
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Speaker 5: think in Seattle of that miscommunication. But later on in

649
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Speaker 5: the game they work through it and they connected. And

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Speaker 5: then those final few games of the season, another connection

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Speaker 5: between Kyler and Michael Wilson that really started to click.

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Speaker 1: And then of course there was the run game. A

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Speaker 1: Quarterback's best Friend, and you know what, based on the

654
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Speaker 1: off season, Kyler and James Connor are fast becoming best

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Speaker 1: He's hanging out, road trips, all the above, and James

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Speaker 1: Connor this week was asked just about Kyler's leadership.

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Speaker 9: He's a leader, and I just say that because he's

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Speaker 9: coming into it.

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Speaker 8: You know.

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Speaker 9: It's when I got to Arizona, it's kind of like,

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Speaker 9: you know, who was the leader here? Boom boom, and

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Speaker 9: sometimes you just a product other environment. But that's no

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Speaker 9: longer the environment here, you know. And so he's making

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Speaker 9: an effort to bring the guys close. You know, he's

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Speaker 9: bringing the offensive line with him and so well, he's

666
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Speaker 9: trying and that's all we can do is just try

667
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Speaker 9: our best, and that's what he's doing. So it's been

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Speaker 9: awesome to see. Man, we've been to a couple of

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Speaker 9: things together. We got even closer Mee and him, but

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Speaker 9: also him and his offensive lineman and stuff. So man,

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Speaker 9: he's he's gonna have a great future in this league.

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Speaker 9: That's because he's putting his best foot forward.

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Speaker 1: How do you trends like that? Because we all know

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Speaker 1: James Connor is the ultimate warrior, but when he expresses

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Speaker 1: that sort of respect and it's that genuine for your

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Speaker 1: franchise quarterback who maybe in the past, this is just

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Speaker 1: my opinion, maybe didn't necessarily feel like it was his

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Speaker 1: locker room. When a JJ Watt is in there, a

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins before that, a Larry Fitzgerald, there's no question

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Speaker 1: right now, this is Kyler's team, right absolutely.

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Speaker 5: I think it speaks volumes. In the past, there was

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Speaker 5: so much talk and it kind of just felt like

683
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Speaker 5: everyone was saying, yeah, Kyler's doing a good job right,

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Speaker 5: which he very well could have been. It feels so

685
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Speaker 5: much more genuine and everybody is really talking more in

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Speaker 5: depth about what they have seen from Kyler. Even from

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Speaker 5: our standpoint, we've gotten a much better look at his

688
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Speaker 5: personality and being more open with the media, and you

689
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Speaker 5: can see on Kylers social media not only practicing outside

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Speaker 5: the facility of the teammates, but taking trips and really

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Speaker 5: creating that bonding experience, not just with his running back

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Speaker 5: and his receivers, with his offensive lineman as well. They

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Speaker 5: took a trip to Norman, Oklahoma, they got to see

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Speaker 5: his Heisman statue. They went when hit up the baseball

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Speaker 5: field and they were taking a couple of swings.

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Speaker 9: I know.

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Speaker 5: They went to a MAVs Okac thunder game. And sorry

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Speaker 5: to James, we're not gonna use his SoundBite where he's

699
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Speaker 5: making sure everyone knows he's not the only one who's

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Speaker 5: ever had an airball, which went that was seeing big

701
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Speaker 5: time online because Kyler nailed the three and James was

702
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Speaker 5: not even close. So James wanted to make sure everybody

703
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Speaker 5: has had an airball before, not just him. He's just

704
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Speaker 5: happened to get posted. And you know what Paris actually had.

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Speaker 5: Paris Johnson Junior had a same sentiment because there were

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Speaker 5: videos going around of him just within at batting practice

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Speaker 5: and Kyler trying to coach him up, and Paris was like,

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Speaker 5: you guys didn't see the two that I hit right before.

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Speaker 5: You only saw the ones that I missed.

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Speaker 1: But that's the sort of good stuff and team bonding

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Speaker 1: they've had in the off season. They went to a

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Speaker 1: Diamondbacks together, Kyler bringing the offensive lineman out there. And

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Speaker 1: then there's what Kyler's been able to show on the field.

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Speaker 1: Remember this time a year ago, he was rehabbing any

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Speaker 1: ability to get out there and develop that chemistry in

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Speaker 1: that connection with his receivers. We've heard Drew Stand, former

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Speaker 1: Cardinals quarterback, tell us repeatedly how instrumental that is. So

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Speaker 1: maybe we shouldn't be surprised when Jonathan Gannett tells the

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Speaker 1: story like he did this week of when Nick rosis

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Speaker 1: dialed up some sort of exotic blitz to come after

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Speaker 1: the quarterback and Kyler handled it no problem.

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Speaker 2: Nick had a pretty souped up call and Kyler kind

723
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Speaker 2: of just yawns at it and completes the ball like

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Speaker 2: he's never sped up. It's like, man, I would if

725
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Speaker 2: that was me playing quarterback, I probably would have freaked out,

726
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Speaker 2: you know what I mean, Like you know a boom,

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Speaker 2: you know what I mean. So he sees what's going on,

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Speaker 2: he knows his answers, he has complete command of the offense,

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Speaker 2: right now, and I think he's got another couple of

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Speaker 2: ticks to go with that, you know, playing the amount

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Speaker 2: of ball that he's played, understanding being on the same

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Speaker 2: page with Drew, and is the continuity that we're talking

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Speaker 2: about with the receivers and the pass catchers, what we're

734
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Speaker 2: trying to get done, you know, everything like that, he

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Speaker 2: understands it like a coach.

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Speaker 1: I could spend the next hour on this topic, but

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Speaker 1: let me just say this, Danny, and you stop me

738
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Speaker 1: when I get off the rails like a coach. Defensive coordinators,

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Speaker 1: if they see on film that Kyler truly understands this

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Speaker 1: offense and can truly read and dissect a defense, that

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Speaker 1: defensive coordinator won't get any sleep all week because he

742
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Speaker 1: has everything else in his arsenal obviously going to hold

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Speaker 1: a defense accountable with his legs, So you have to

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Speaker 1: worry about that if you're defensive coordinator. Now, with all

745
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Speaker 1: the arm talent in the world and the quick release,

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Speaker 1: if he's able to really dissect a defense and recognize

747
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Speaker 1: what's coming at him at all times and stay calm

748
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Speaker 1: quote not get sped up, as Jonathan Gannon said, he

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Speaker 1: is going to be lethal, and he would be on

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Speaker 1: a path to go to his third Pro Bowl.

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Speaker 5: I would completely agree with you on that he has

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Speaker 5: all of the tools in his arsenal. And then look

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Speaker 5: at the tools that have been put around him to

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Speaker 5: support him. You've got James Connor coming up a thousand

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Speaker 5: rushing yard season who said that's gonna be the floor

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Speaker 5: for him, right, and you're adding and Trey Benson, a

757
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Speaker 5: rookie who's got that speed in that strength, Trey McBride

758
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Speaker 5: who's coming off a fantastic year. You had a rookie,

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Speaker 5: and Tip Ryman, a big blocking tight end. Offensive line,

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Speaker 5: they made the move for Paris Johnson Junior from right

761
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Speaker 5: to left, signing Jonah Williams to be your right tackle

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Speaker 5: right really's kind of solidifying the front five. And then

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Speaker 5: the receivers Michael Wilson, who's expected to have a big

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Speaker 5: jump in year two, and of course Marvin Harrison Junior.

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Speaker 5: So it seems like it is all working together, and

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Speaker 5: then it's just gonna trend upwards because Kyler himself has

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Speaker 5: all the skills that you talked about with his legs,

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Speaker 5: with his arms. He's always been competitive and he's always

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Speaker 5: been smart and able to read the defense. He's always

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Speaker 5: seemed calm, cool and collected, even when he's running and

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Speaker 5: defenders can't catch him. It looks the way a normal

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Speaker 5: person like you or I would jog. It just looks

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Speaker 5: easy and breezy and just so calm and cool. So

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Speaker 5: it doesn't surprise me to hear that his head coach

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Speaker 5: is also picking up on the fact that, yeah, he's

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Speaker 5: not sped up, he's not overwhelmed, he's not drowning in this.

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Speaker 5: He's got it.

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Speaker 1: And then if Jonathan Gannon and Drew Petsing are giving

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Speaker 1: him a top five run game like they did a

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Speaker 1: year ago to keep a defense honest, getting him under center,

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Speaker 1: making it tough to tell with play action, it just

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Speaker 1: all adds to the equation. Defensive coordinators have so much

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Speaker 1: to consider, and that's where everyone gets really bullish about

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Speaker 4: Where he takes turns and off Connor sprinting to his

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Speaker 4: left find some room at the twentieth, the fifteenth, close

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Speaker 4: at the ten, head into the nside for the touchdown

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Speaker 4: James Connor from twenty nine yards out. That drive was

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Speaker 4: all about James Connor.

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Speaker 3: When you hammer the box, there's going to be a leak,

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Speaker 3: and that was a huge leak from the Seattle Seahawks.

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Speaker 4: Box and off Connor off the right side across the

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Speaker 4: twenty five thirty, thirty five, forty He's got one thousand

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Speaker 4: head midfield. Ten steps up there. First one thousand yard

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Speaker 4: season for James Connor.

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Speaker 1: How about that season finale? He missed four games last year,

805
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Speaker 1: still hit one thousand yards rushing for the first time

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Speaker 1: in his career. Man, what is the upside here? Year

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Speaker 1: two of this Drew Petsen offense and just the renewed

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Speaker 1: emphasis and commitment to the run game hashtag everybody now

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Speaker 1: the Big Red Age, presented by Santan Ford in Gilbert

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Speaker 1: Paul Calvic pleasure to be joined by Danny Surrek. And

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Speaker 1: it was a pleasure to watch the Cardinals balanced offense

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Speaker 1: last year. Dare I say, just watch the physicality in

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Speaker 1: a run game that really in the second half, Danny.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we don't have the exact analytics or the numbers,

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Speaker 1: but I mean just the eyeball test. How many teams

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Speaker 1: did they wear down with the run game in the

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Speaker 1: second half.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, it was impressive to see the change so drastically

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Speaker 5: from what this team was before, which didn't really have

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Speaker 5: a consistent run game at least throughout an entire season.

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Speaker 5: And I liked that about Drew Petsing's first year as

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Speaker 5: inn oc was he was committed to it. He made

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Speaker 5: adjustments when needed, but he did not shy away from

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Speaker 5: running the ball. I'm still amazed all these months later

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Speaker 5: at James Connor in that thousand yard mark, because he

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Speaker 5: not only missed for four and a half games, really

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Speaker 5: because the game he got heard he missed the entire

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Speaker 5: second half, which is crazy to begin with, which.

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Speaker 1: By the way, it was like a thirty yard run

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Speaker 1: he got up ended against sin Ny front.

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Speaker 5: Of me, I remember because you were in the booth.

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Speaker 5: I was on the sideline. He was like yeah night, Yeah,

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Speaker 5: Like yes, crazy spin. What what you also have to

835
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Speaker 5: remember is the first half of that season not having

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Speaker 5: your franchise quarterback, and then when you didn't have Josh

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Speaker 5: Dobbs because you traded him away and you had Clinton

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Speaker 5: Tune in Cleveland. I mean, the Cardinals had what forty

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Speaker 5: rushing yards that first year, right half. I mean there's

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Speaker 5: just there's so many instances where as that first transition

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Speaker 5: year with this new staff, there were clearly struggles offensively.

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Speaker 5: So for Connor to still hit that mark despite all

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Speaker 5: the birth like, you just think about it, and it

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Speaker 5: really is spectacular.

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Speaker 1: Well and think about this. Three of the last four games,

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Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals rushed for more than two hundred yards

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Speaker 1: as James Connor got his thousand for the first time

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Speaker 1: in his career. And here's what he had to say

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Speaker 1: about that this week. That was the floor.

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Speaker 9: You know, That's what me and coach Ad talk about.

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Speaker 9: That's the floor. You know, I wanted to I want

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Speaker 9: that to be the lowestar rush for you know, in

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Speaker 9: my career going forward. You know, so I definitely got

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Speaker 9: a lot of work to put in, but that's the floor,

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Speaker 9: not to say there.

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Speaker 1: You know, for all the numbers, there's two things that

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Speaker 1: stand out to me down the stretch. The Cardinals run game.

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Speaker 1: It was Fred Warner after the Cardinals put over two

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Speaker 1: hundred yards rushing on that forty nine Ers defense, and

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Speaker 1: Fred Warner telling the San Francisco media, yeah, I don't

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Speaker 1: know how to explain that. He was literally at a

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Speaker 1: loss to explain how the Cardinals had bludgeon that Niners

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Speaker 1: defense for all those rushing yards. And then in Pittsburgh

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Speaker 1: after the Cardinals won against the Steelers, TJ. Watts saying

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Speaker 1: after the game, we got our bleeps kicked, we got

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Speaker 1: out physical. Those are the things to me to hear

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Speaker 1: two all pros respect the Cardinals run game like that

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Speaker 1: and basically say we couldn't do anything to stop it

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Speaker 1: really makes me wonder what's in store this year.

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Speaker 5: And with adversity at the offensive line, I mean, the

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Speaker 5: constant rotation at left guard and then DJ Humphries towards

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Speaker 5: ACL and got hurt at the end of the year

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Speaker 5: at left talk. I mean, there were again so many

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Speaker 5: things that not just Connor this offense and talking about

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Speaker 5: the run games specifically had to push through and it's

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Speaker 5: very impressive. So then when you think about what they

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Speaker 5: can do second year with petsying, full year with Kyler Murray,

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Speaker 5: and I'm really intrigued with the rookie in Trey Benson,

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Speaker 5: because he has what James Connor says is quote a

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Speaker 5: beautiful combination of size and speed. And you have a

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Speaker 5: variety right now in that running backs room because you've

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Speaker 5: got Michael Carter who is slippery and agile and smaller,

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Speaker 5: Amari de Mercado, who is your third down back, your

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Speaker 5: big blocker, who did look well when he had a

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Speaker 5: fill in Connor's absence at times last year. I think

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Speaker 5: adding in Benson, it seems like with the intent of

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Speaker 5: if Connor is out for a snap or two, needs

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Speaker 5: a break, whatever it might be, you're not going to

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Speaker 5: miss a beat. With how you want to run the ball.

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Speaker 5: I mean, Benson has built similarly to Connor. According to Connor, Benson,

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Speaker 5: the rookie is a sponge, coming to work every day,

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Speaker 5: asking questions, wanting to absorb things. When Connor was asked

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Speaker 5: about the rookie, he had a big smile on his face,

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Speaker 5: So it seems Okay, they're going to continue to prioritize

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Speaker 5: the run, and how James Connor likes to run, i'd

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Speaker 5: imagine is how we can expect to see Trey Benson

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Speaker 5: as well.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, cale Van and Bosch this week on the Red

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Speaker 1: Sea Report, lamenting, how is a defender in the fourth core?

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Speaker 1: Oh no, they're checking in a rookie with fresh legs

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Speaker 1: and he's six ' one two twenty five and he

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Speaker 1: runs his sub four four and you're already hurting and

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Speaker 1: you want the game to end, and now you got

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Speaker 1: to tackle this guy. So we'll fight out often. We're

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Speaker 1: going to see Trey Benson, but there's no doubt the

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Speaker 1: workhorse is James Connor. And here's Jonathan Gannon on where

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Speaker 1: Connor can improve this year.

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Speaker 2: If you ask him, he's going to improve on a lot.

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Speaker 2: You know. I always think their games can go to

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Speaker 2: another level. You know. I think a major point for

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Speaker 2: me for him was in the past game. I think

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Speaker 2: he can be more productive in the past game, and

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Speaker 2: we got a plan for him to do that. So

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Speaker 2: he's a big guy that's hard to tackle, and he's explosive.

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Speaker 1: And we've seen a variety of one headed grabs James Connor.

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Speaker 1: Over the years. There was the touchdown catch and run

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Speaker 1: in Chicago a few years ago. There was the one

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Speaker 1: in Philadelphia in the end zone, the one hand a grab.

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Speaker 1: Everyone vaulted off the bench in the sideline. They're like,

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Speaker 1: wait a minute, they want to see it again in

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Speaker 1: the jumbo tron. So it was interesting when James Connor

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Speaker 1: was asked about that comment from his head coach, he said,

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Speaker 1: quote challenge accepted. There's no doubt James Connor low key

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Speaker 1: wants to be a bigger part of the pass game

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Speaker 1: because he thinks he is a weapon in the past

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Speaker 1: game and he's shown it repeatedly.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, he can do more than just round the rock.

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Speaker 5: He's shown that he is a reliable receiver for Kyler

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Speaker 5: and I love that. And I think the fact that

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Speaker 5: they have spent so much time together in the offseason,

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Speaker 5: whether that's training together or just hanging out as buddies

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Speaker 5: like I think that translates into that chemistry on the field.

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Speaker 5: For more of that.

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Speaker 1: I mean, think about it. Last year the Cardinals had

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Speaker 1: a pair of ninety nine yard touchdown drives, one with

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Speaker 1: Josh Dobbs. It's just that mentality. They now have an

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Speaker 1: offense that is so radically different than the way it

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Speaker 1: used to be, and so you come out there and

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Speaker 1: you have different ways you can attack a defense. But ultimately,

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Speaker 1: if it comes down to that physicality, and if that

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Speaker 1: physicality truly pays off in the second half, as we

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Speaker 1: saw it do so many times, especially later last season,

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Speaker 1: you just wonder, are the Cardinals going to pick up

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Speaker 1: where they left off last year, especially in the run game.

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Speaker 5: I say yes, And I've said this before, I don't

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Speaker 5: necessarily believe momentum carries over season to season. Confidence does,

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Speaker 5: and the confidence is seeing what having that mentality, that fight,

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Speaker 5: putting the team first, that mentality reaping those benefits even

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Speaker 5: though they only had four wins, the type of wins

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Speaker 5: they had, how competitive this team was last year. I'm

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Speaker 5: expecting a big jump this year.

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Speaker 1: And we think we know what's coming. But like Garrett

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Speaker 1: Williams told us, when you asked him about what position

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Speaker 1: exactly he'll be playing, he named like three different roles

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Speaker 1: he could possibly have, So.

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Speaker 5: I think that was intentional.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we're not quite sure what the coaches are cooking

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