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Speaker 1: Jarecki fills us in he has his three keys to

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Speaker 1: their ninety second regular season matchup against the Bears and

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Speaker 1: Episode five O four, and it starts now. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two with Craig Griolu and Mike Jarecki. Cardinals

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Speaker 1: dot com, Slash podcasts. Going for Hopkins one hand to

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Speaker 1: catch in a touchdown, DeAndre Hopkins. Here's Craig Grielu and

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Speaker 1: Mike directing a couple more days. We have to wait

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Speaker 1: a couple more days. I'll say this though, I'm about

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Speaker 1: that has not been said as of yet. Here on

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals officially Kyler Murray DeAndre Hopkins game day decisions.

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Speaker 1: Yet I'm optimistic. I'm gonna be positive here MG on

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Speaker 1: wide receivers. What is number three? It's going to be

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals offense versus the Bears secondary. Want to get

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Speaker 1: one on one matchups, have hop you know, on the field,

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Speaker 1: and that will take pressure off off the other players.

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Speaker 1: But I think the Cardinals, you know, we talk about

432
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Speaker 1: the Bears in their front seven, I think that you

433
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Speaker 1: can throw him based on what jeriic gofft a live

434
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Speaker 1: last week. So I want to say that Carlino's offense,

435
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Speaker 1: skill position players, running backs, what tight ends and wide

436
00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:53,800
Speaker 1: receivers against that Bears secondary and just havn't hop on

437
00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,840
Speaker 1: the field will open up and guys will get separation.

438
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Speaker 1: So I anticipate, you know, depending on the weather, we're

439
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Speaker 1: going to see a lot of eleven personnel because that's

440
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Speaker 1: where zach Ertz is a weapon in the red zone

441
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,360
Speaker 1: and down the scene. But if you can spread these

442
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Speaker 1: guys out, like our chances when it comes to one

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Speaker 1: on one matchups in the open field, So go ahead.

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00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:17,840
Speaker 1: I mean to interrupt, just looking reading some Bears coverage

445
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Speaker 1: earlier on Friday about that secondary in particular Already Burns.

446
00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,280
Speaker 1: And I didn't know this, and you know, just watching

447
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,919
Speaker 1: the game on Thanksgiving Day, bears and lines, but Already Burns,

448
00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,280
Speaker 1: who was the backup ended up starting that game on

449
00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:35,560
Speaker 1: Thursday for Kendallville Door who did not play a single

450
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:39,120
Speaker 1: defensive snap at all. He had struggled. They benched him.

451
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,640
Speaker 1: He's now only on special teams. So you look at

452
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:46,720
Speaker 1: that secondary and yeah, safety Eddie Jackson is solid, he's excellent,

453
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Speaker 1: yet they are having some issues in their secondary giving

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Speaker 1: up big place. Well, i'll tell you what I'm targeting

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Speaker 1: Already Burns all day. I've talked to people in Chicago

456
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Speaker 1: this week and they're surprising he's even on the field.

457
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Speaker 1: But he's the next man up. So yeah, Eddie Jackson.

458
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,040
Speaker 1: I put him in the same category as Buddha Baker.

459
00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,760
Speaker 1: We don't really talk about him enough, but he's got

460
00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:10,640
Speaker 1: a nice contract extension, very instinctive player. He can come

461
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:14,440
Speaker 1: down to box. But Already Burns, I'm targeting him all day.

462
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Speaker 1: So wherever he lines up, and they may have to

463
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Speaker 1: play his zone and get some safety help, but Already

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Speaker 1: Burns to me as a guy that I would target

465
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Speaker 1: Eddie Jackson, a first team All Pro back in twenty eighteen,

466
00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,520
Speaker 1: and you don't talk enough about him. And I think

467
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Speaker 1: a lot of that MJ is just because what do

468
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Speaker 1: we talk about when we talk about Cardinals and postseason honors.

469
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Speaker 1: It's how well do you play during the regular season.

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Speaker 1: Individually you can be lights out, but if you're not

471
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Speaker 1: winning games, no one's paying attention to you because you're

472
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Speaker 1: not featured post game on Sunday, Monday Night Football, Thursday

473
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Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football. You just you're not top of mind.

474
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Speaker 1: It's the teams that are winning consistently that all of

475
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Speaker 1: a sudden, Hey, let's focus on a Kyler Murray or

476
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Speaker 1: a Buddha Baker or a DJ Humphries. But Eddie Jackson,

477
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Speaker 1: he'll be that guy in center field on Sunday that

478
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Speaker 1: might have to do a little bit more than he

479
00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,960
Speaker 1: is used to or maybe even wants to because of

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Speaker 1: the number of different weapons to cardin side. And he's

481
00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:13,359
Speaker 1: a guy that's a big hitter. Like I said, he

482
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:15,200
Speaker 1: can come down the box, but I think he's gonna

483
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,080
Speaker 1: have to be the safety that if hops out there,

484
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Speaker 1: I don't know if they can roll coverage over because

485
00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,800
Speaker 1: the Cardinals have so many different weapons with Kirk and

486
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Speaker 1: Green and obviously with Ron del Moore, and then depending

487
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Speaker 1: on the tight ends. So yeah, I think I just

488
00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,960
Speaker 1: think it's going to be difficulty to cover the entire field. Now,

489
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Speaker 1: if they get pressure up front, then it's gonna be

490
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Speaker 1: a little bit more different. But I think that's why

491
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Speaker 1: he come out and try to establish a run, utilize

492
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Speaker 1: play action, and then win these one on one matchups

493
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Speaker 1: on the outside. We talked about it that Bears defense

494
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Speaker 1: top ten against the past. They've got Robert Quinn, who

495
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:52,679
Speaker 1: is just named NFC Defensive Player of the Month, leads

496
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,280
Speaker 1: the conference with eleven sacks. Roquan Smith will see if

497
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Speaker 1: he plays or not. Doesn't sound like he's going to

498
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Speaker 1: be available after suffering a hamstring injury last week. But

499
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Speaker 1: Robert Quinn, former Los Angeles RAM player, that the Cardinals

500
00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,200
Speaker 1: are very familiar with. But if you can get pressure

501
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Speaker 1: on opposing quarterbacks, or if you're the Bears, you get

502
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,560
Speaker 1: pressure on the quarterback, then all of a sudden, you

503
00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:15,840
Speaker 1: make life a lot more easier for those guys in

504
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Speaker 1: the back end. Over the last three games, he's averaging

505
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Speaker 1: over two and a half sacks a game. I want

506
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Speaker 1: to say he has five in the last two or three,

507
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,480
Speaker 1: so clearly he's there bread and butter when it gets

508
00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,359
Speaker 1: the quarterback and he can win one on one matchups.

509
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Speaker 1: But they may not be without roll Kuan Smith. We

510
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,840
Speaker 1: know that Khalil Max out for the he's on I

511
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Speaker 1: R R right now, so you're not facing that same

512
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Speaker 1: Bears front seven. But Quinn is a guy you definitely

513
00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 1: have to put a hat on. And Danny Trevathan also

514
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,760
Speaker 1: done for the season. So a number of Bears starters absence,

515
00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,600
Speaker 1: and they've been absent for a while. Yeah, Chicago, I

516
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Speaker 1: mean when Fangio was there, and I want to say

517
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Speaker 1: the first couple of years now. The Bears did make

518
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Speaker 1: the playoffs last year because the Cardinals didn't win in

519
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Speaker 1: Week seventeen, but they had Kendall Fuller there. I mean,

520
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Speaker 1: they were really building at d funds out. They traded

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Speaker 1: two first round picks for Kloe Mack. They had, you know,

522
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Speaker 1: they had some guys up front that can rush the passer.

523
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,160
Speaker 1: So but right now they they're not healthy enough to

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Speaker 1: withstand that weekend and week out. But they were a

525
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Speaker 1: really good defense when they had Kendall Fuller, Like you

526
00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:18,560
Speaker 1: really couldn't throw on the Bears defense and it was

527
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Speaker 1: hard to run and if Miss Trobiscuit didn't turned the

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Speaker 1: ball over. At the time, they were winning games like

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Speaker 1: twenty to nineteen. But unfortunately, sometimes you know the defense

530
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Speaker 1: is on the field. But that Bears defense when when

531
00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,880
Speaker 1: Naggie got out there and Fanjio got the head coaching job,

532
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,560
Speaker 1: that defense was ready to play from day one. All right,

533
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:39,920
Speaker 1: Mike Dreki's three keys to victory, A tenth win will

534
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:44,640
Speaker 1: happen if the Cardinals established the run, the Cardinals secondary

535
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Speaker 1: bone up against that Bears wide receiver corps, namely Darnell Moody,

536
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Speaker 1: and then third the Cardinals defense as far as their

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Speaker 1: um no, I'm sorry, Cardinal's offense against the Bears secondary,

538
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Speaker 1: Bears secondary, as far as making sure you take advantage

539
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:05,880
Speaker 1: of some guys and the back end on the Bear

540
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:10,080
Speaker 1: side that the Cardinals even without DeAndre Hopkins, but more

541
00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:11,840
Speaker 1: so Ev hop is out there than all of a

542
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,600
Speaker 1: sudden is. And this goes for every team. I don't

543
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:18,159
Speaker 1: think MJ has enough bodies to cover every single weapon

544
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:21,399
Speaker 1: that the Cardinals well, I mean, you know, let's go

545
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,399
Speaker 1: back to training camp when Melcolm and Butler went a

546
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,040
Speaker 1: Wall or like, wow, what are the Cardinals going to do?

547
00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,119
Speaker 1: And people wanted to go out and get Richard Sherman

548
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,320
Speaker 1: and Josh Norman and let's be honest, I mean, Marco

549
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:35,520
Speaker 1: Wilson wally pipped Malcolm Butler and they felt comfortable. And

550
00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:38,440
Speaker 1: then we just needed Robert Alford to get through training

551
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: camp and he's not missed a game this year. And

552
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:44,320
Speaker 1: then the development of Byron Murphy. We weren't talking about that,

553
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:48,440
Speaker 1: so you know, it's just again, I just feel like,

554
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 1: you know, every team only has really two good corners.

555
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,360
Speaker 1: I can say the Cardinals have three corners. I love

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Speaker 1: the way Alford plays with his physicality. He's not always

557
00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:58,960
Speaker 1: going to be in position to make plays, but he's

558
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,840
Speaker 1: not afraid to tackle Byron Murphy's He's one of the

559
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 1: most athletic guys in that secondary with Buddha and Jalen Thompson.

560
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,720
Speaker 1: And then you're throw in Marco Wilson. You can't say

561
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: enough of guy, a guy that has four three speed.

562
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Speaker 1: So a lot of teams in this league, Craig, they

563
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,960
Speaker 1: don't have two good corners. And then you got to

564
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,280
Speaker 1: throw a slot guy in there, and normally he's either

565
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,440
Speaker 1: a younger player that's kind of trying to hide him.

566
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 1: So I think the Cardinals really can go three or

567
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 1: four deep, depending on who they're playing. That that's the

568
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:29,120
Speaker 1: beauty of playing against Cliff Kingsberry's offense. You got to

569
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Speaker 1: guard the entire field fifty one, fifty three to third yards,

570
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:35,080
Speaker 1: sidelined to sideline, and the wildcard what you mentioned is

571
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Speaker 1: always Isaiah Simmons. Yeah, because of his versatility to do whatever.

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Speaker 1: And I'm gonna anticipate just based on Andy Dalton being

573
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Speaker 1: a veteran quarterback, He's he's gonna target to tight end

574
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Speaker 1: and so that's gonna be Isaiah Simmons. He's got the size.

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Speaker 1: The only guy he's really struggled against this year was

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Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey. I mean, McCaffrey makes a lot of guys

577
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:56,120
Speaker 1: look silly, but every single route he was trailing to

578
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 1: play and you wish he could have got there sooner.

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Speaker 1: But McCaffrey's one of the best players when he's healthy.

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00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 1: All right, So those are the three keys. What's your

581
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 1: X factor? Play with the lead so you can dictate

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Speaker 1: the tempo of the game. And again we talk about

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Speaker 1: the first couple of possessions. You know Kyler hasn't played

584
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,520
Speaker 1: in a while, Hop hasn't played. If he's out there,

585
00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 1: I just want to see this team come out and

586
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,280
Speaker 1: try to run the football, you know, and play a

587
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,240
Speaker 1: physical game against the Bears. But I think playing with

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00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 1: a lead on statec obvious. But this team can control

589
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,320
Speaker 1: tempo all of a sudden advance can do what he

590
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,800
Speaker 1: wants versus playing on their heels. You can play on

591
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,320
Speaker 1: your toes and that means you're being active. So I

592
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Speaker 1: would like to see this team come out and play

593
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Speaker 1: with a lead. I'm not saying seventeen nothing to possession

594
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,920
Speaker 1: seven and ten points and then all of a sudden,

595
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,760
Speaker 1: it puts the Bears in a situation where they feel

596
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 1: like they got to throw the ball. Maybe not in

597
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 1: the first half. When you get to the second half,

598
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Speaker 1: if you're down by a couple of scores, it changes

599
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Speaker 1: to the complexion of the game. If Kyler Murray plays,

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Speaker 1: and again we're optimistic that he does play on Sunday,

601
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:56,440
Speaker 1: he is four and oh on the road and his

602
00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:01,400
Speaker 1: numbers are unbelievable, completing almost seventy three percent of his

603
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:05,120
Speaker 1: passes for better than eleven hundred yards ten touchdowns to

604
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:10,280
Speaker 1: just two interceptions. His passer rating leads the league, ranked

605
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,800
Speaker 1: number two on that list cult McCoy as far as

606
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 1: passer rating on the road this season, the Cardinals again

607
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:20,880
Speaker 1: six n O away from the state of Arizona. They

608
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Speaker 1: can move to seven n O with a win on

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Speaker 1: Sunday in Chicago. So the X factor play with the league.

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Speaker 1: We've seen how well this team is both on offense

611
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 1: and defense when they can get that lead early on

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00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,160
Speaker 1: and not play from behind. What's your intangible here on

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00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 1: this week thirteam matchup special teams. I mean, we know

614
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 1: this game can be wet, and we gotta gotta get

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00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 1: through to Aaron Brewer comes back. So the special teams

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00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:47,720
Speaker 1: have got to be on their piecing cues when it

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00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 1: comes to the snap, the hold, and the kick. It

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00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:56,000
Speaker 1: didn't sound like Kingsbury's worried about Matt Prader. He's obviously

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Speaker 1: a gamer and we know he's a clutch kicker and

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Speaker 1: hopefully doesn't come down to that. And I'd like to

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Speaker 1: see the Cardinals get some field position when it comes

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Speaker 1: to the return game, and that's you know, we'll see

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Speaker 1: who's back there is it Eno on the kickoffs and

624
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 1: then Rondo Moore on the punt return. The punt return

625
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 1: has been a lot better then last year. I would

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Speaker 1: say that's pretty even when it comes to kickoff return.

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00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,480
Speaker 1: So that was a priority going in the offseason. But

628
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Speaker 1: you don't want to put too much on Rondo Morris's played.

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Speaker 1: I think eventually he can do both. But if ENO's up,

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Speaker 1: then you give him a chance to get his feet

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Speaker 1: wet there and ENO's come out, and I don't want

632
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 1: to see a guy like Eno taking the ball five

633
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:35,840
Speaker 1: yards deep in the end zone. But if it's at

634
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,120
Speaker 1: the goal line, Eno has the ability to get to

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Speaker 1: the twenty five or twenty eight yard line. Yes, it's

636
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,479
Speaker 1: only three yards, but if they're not going to kick

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00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 1: it in the end zone, you got to take it out.

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00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 1: So I just think special teams is something we don't

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Speaker 1: focus on unless something goes bad. And something did go bad.

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Speaker 1: In that last game in Seattle, Matt Prador misses three kicks,

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Speaker 1: the first three missed kick game of his career, So

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Speaker 1: I understand that has But you know what, I'd be

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Speaker 1: fine if he trotted out on that football field fourth quarter,

644
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Speaker 1: twenty seconds left. You need him to make a forty

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Speaker 1: four yarder for the game winning kick. I'd be completely

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Speaker 1: one hundred percent behind him because it's about resume, what

647
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Speaker 1: have you done? And yes, everyone has a bad day.

648
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Speaker 1: He had his bad day when the Cardinals still won

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Speaker 1: a ball game, So it doesn't get as magnified as

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Speaker 1: we saw a year ago when those miskikes were keeping

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Speaker 1: the team from the wind column and all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: you're walking off that field with your head low. So,

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Speaker 1: Matt Prader, I think he'll be fine. You mentioned it,

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Speaker 1: Kingsbury was asked about it. No issues whatsoever. Bo Brinkley

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Speaker 1: will be elevated from the practice squad of the active

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Speaker 1: roster for the second game because Aaron Brewer is still

657
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Speaker 1: at least one week away. He and Chase Edmonds both

658
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 1: can be activated next week if they're ready. And you

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Speaker 1: mentioned Kyler Murray. He needs thirty one passing yards would

660
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Speaker 1: become the fourth youngest player in NFL history ten thousand

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Speaker 1: career passing yards. So he should get that in the

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Speaker 1: first quarter, hopefully maybe having on the first pass, first pass,

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Speaker 1: that's true. I just don't want to go back to

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Speaker 1: that game where they're a minus one and then they

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Speaker 1: had one hundred and twenty three yards in the second quarter.

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Speaker 1: I know that's you know, we really don't want to

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Speaker 1: pick that scab. But what's impressive is he seven and

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Speaker 1: one as a starter, number one, completion percentage seventy two

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Speaker 1: point seven percent. He's number one in the yards per

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Speaker 1: attempt eight point nine and as you pointed out, he's

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Speaker 1: number one in passer reading one ten point four. It's

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Speaker 1: impressive what he number one. I'm not these are not

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Speaker 1: you can you know when they say you're building the

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Speaker 1: stats and numbers, you can kind of fight you a

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Speaker 1: little bit. No, he is number one across the board,

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Speaker 1: and he's seven and one as a starter, And give

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Speaker 1: Colt McCoy credit, he was two and one and he

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Speaker 1: has a similar completion percentage as Kyler Murray Cardinals nine

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Speaker 1: and two. Because of all fifty three players on that

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Speaker 1: active roster, you want to include the practice squad as well,

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Speaker 1: because it has been a complete team effort offense, defense

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Speaker 1: and special teams to have that best record in the NFC.

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Speaker 1: By the way, some history here with this matchup one

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Speaker 1: hundred and one years and eight days ago on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: the first ever meeting between the Cardinals and Bears. It

686
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 1: was November twenty eighth, nineteen twenty. Cardinals, by the way,

687
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Speaker 1: won that game seven to six, and no Bird Gang

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00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:25,960
Speaker 1: Mike Jarecki was not there. Contrary to popular opinion. He

689
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,440
Speaker 1: has seen a lot of Cardinals football, but he was

690
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:33,759
Speaker 1: not there on that day in nineteen twenty. The NFL's

691
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 1: oldest rivalry Cardinals and Bears. Yeah, I mean, it's it's fascinating.

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Speaker 1: You know, ninety one the Cardinals and Bears have faced

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Speaker 1: each other ninety one times, as you pointed up, dating

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Speaker 1: back to nineteen twenty, and it really Cardinals returned to

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Speaker 1: the city of their birth. You know, you just look

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Speaker 1: at the history with the Bidwell and mister Bidwell's father

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00:35:55,920 --> 00:36:01,840
Speaker 1: and obviously mister b They were the the Raycone Cardinals, Raycone,

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00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 1: the Race Cardinals, and then in nineteen twenty two they

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Speaker 1: became the Chicago Cardinals. So just so much history, you know,

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Speaker 1: just the Bears and the Cardinals, and you know, that's

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Speaker 1: the beauty of the franchises. And we talked about this

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Speaker 1: against the Packers Cardinals and Packers history over the years,

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Speaker 1: and it's part of that history that doesn't get focused

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Speaker 1: a lot because it's always Bears Packers. I mean, those

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Speaker 1: those are the franchises that people pay attention to and

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Speaker 1: I think a lot of it is because they've remained

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Speaker 1: in their respective cities, Cardinals obviously going from Chicago to

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Speaker 1: Saint Louis to here in Arizona. But yeah, the NFL's

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Speaker 1: oldest rivalry Cardinals and Bears. Well, according to Mike helm

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Speaker 1: in nineteen thirty two, Hall of Fame owner Charles W.

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Speaker 1: Bidwell Senior, then the vice president of the Bears, purchased

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals after deserting himself from the Bears holding, so

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Speaker 1: he actually had part ownership in both and he decided

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Speaker 1: to go with the Cardinals. And we're all happy for absolutely. Cardinals.

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

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Speaker 1: A reminder of Pro Bowl voting. We are going to

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Speaker 1: push it until December sixteenth. NFL dot com slash Pro

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Speaker 1: sixth in Las Vegas. Before we head on out of

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Speaker 1: here on this Football Friday, let's take a look at

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Speaker 1: what is else happening around the NFC West and then

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Speaker 1: eleveryone's going to focus on the Rams, but don't forget

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Speaker 1: about the forty nine ers because they're only a game

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Speaker 1: behind the Rams. But this week the Rams, who have

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Speaker 1: lost three in a row, hosts the Jaguars. The forty

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Speaker 1: nine ers who have one three in a row or

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Speaker 1: on the road in Seattle, and the Seahawks three and

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Speaker 1: eight this season after the loss on Monday Night football

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Speaker 1: against Washington. So it is starting to become a three

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Speaker 1: team race, if you will, as far as the Rams

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Speaker 1: being two games back in the forty nine ers three

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Speaker 1: games back when you talk about winning the division. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and you're gonna have the forty nine Ers and Seahawks

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Speaker 1: play Sunday afternoon. Cardinals will play in the morning, and

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Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers have a bye this week, and

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Speaker 1: you know, we'll find out more about Aaron Rodgers, is

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Speaker 1: you're gonna have to have surgery or at this point

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Speaker 1: in more pain tolerance. And then the Rams they're playing

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Speaker 1: at home in the afternoon. They're hosting the Jaguars, and

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Speaker 1: that's probably going to be their get back game because

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Speaker 1: we've been they've been hearing how bad they've been to

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Speaker 1: the last three weeks. So you can get fat. You

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Speaker 1: don't have to travel to Jacksonville, so I anticipate the

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Speaker 1: Rams are gonna win that game, but they are seven

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Speaker 1: and four in Jacksonville's two and nine. But again, those

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Speaker 1: games are in the afternoon, Cardinals playing in the morning,

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Speaker 1: and then we'll just see it off and see where

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Speaker 1: we are come Sunday night. All right now, the NFC

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Speaker 1: Cardinals the number one seed, and they will remain the

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Speaker 1: number one seed with the win on Sunday. The Packers,

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Speaker 1: as you mentioned, they're off this week. The Buccaneers, they

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Speaker 1: have one two in a row. They visit the Falcons

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. The Buccaneers the three seed at eight and three.

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Speaker 1: The Cowboys with their win on Thursday Night football at

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Speaker 1: New Orleans, they are eight and four. So those are

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Speaker 1: your top four seeds right now. Rams forty nine Ers

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Speaker 1: in Washington round out the first seven teams as far

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Speaker 1: as those three wild card spots. But those four teams Cardinals, Packers, Buccaneers,

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Speaker 1: and Cowboys, those are the teams that we're paying attention to.

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Speaker 1: And because of the head to head that Packers schedule, Bears, Ravens, Browns, Vikings,

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Speaker 1: Lions sticks out. It's not a difficult schedule by any means,

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Speaker 1: but you hope that the Packers slip up, otherwise the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals will be not having that first round home or

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Speaker 1: that first round playoff by Yeah. So basically the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: have a half game lead on the Packers just because

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Speaker 1: they won the first game. Now I'm rooting for the

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Speaker 1: Seahawks this week, just because I think the Niners could

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Speaker 1: be dangerous. Getting is a seventh seed, and if you're

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Speaker 1: a two seed, who are you playing a seventh seed?

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Speaker 1: And so Seattle's three and eight. Obviously their offense isn't

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Speaker 1: the same, but they're at home. We know the Niners

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Speaker 1: are playing well. Maybe it's more wishful thinking. I'm not rooting,

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Speaker 1: I'm pulling for the Seahawks. You could root. I don't

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Speaker 1: want to root for the Seahawks, pulling for them and

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Speaker 1: it would be okay. And for whatever reason, something happened

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Speaker 1: and they had one more point than the forty nine

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Speaker 1: I'm not really worried about the forty nine ers. It's

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Speaker 1: just we talk about teams, you know, making a run

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Speaker 1: towards late in the year, and they get this momentum

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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, they had to win three

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Speaker 1: out of four last games, or they won six out

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Speaker 1: of last seven and they go into the playoffs to

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Speaker 1: where hey, any given Sunday, So I just don't want

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Speaker 1: to face them again, even though the Cardinals have beat

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Speaker 1: them twice. I heard Peter King earlier this week on

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Speaker 1: his podcast talk about teams that could make that run

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Speaker 1: I e. Tampa Bay a year ago and which team

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Speaker 1: would that be. He mentioned the forty nine ers because

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Speaker 1: something has clicked with them and they are playing very,

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Speaker 1: very well now. It is hard to beat a team

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Speaker 1: three times in the same season. To your point, yeah,

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Speaker 1: as well as they're playing. You don't like playing that

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Speaker 1: quote unquote hot team going into the post. So it's

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Speaker 1: just a familiarity. I mean, you play another team, you

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Speaker 1: go back to your Packers film, but you got to

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Speaker 1: go back to the last couple. I think why the

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Speaker 1: Niners are winning is because they're healthy. They got healthy

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Speaker 1: and Jimmy Garoppolo's playing well. Deebo Samuel is probably going

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Speaker 1: to be out this week, you know, quite the contrary

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Speaker 1: from the Rams, and Niners can still run the football.

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Speaker 1: George Kettle looks like he's up back to an all Pro.

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Speaker 1: Their offensive line is good, they get pressure on the quarterback,

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Speaker 1: so again I think they can be a dangerous team

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Speaker 1: going in. But just like the Patriots last year, they

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Speaker 1: had to go on the road. Patriots were a five seat,

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Speaker 1: they lost the division to New Orleans, they had to

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Speaker 1: go to Washington. They went to Green Bay at New

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Speaker 1: Orleans and then Green Bay and then they obviously had

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Speaker 1: a chance to win the Super Bowl. It's not easy

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Speaker 1: to make that run. Cardinals, who were lucky that they

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Speaker 1: won their division nine and seven, beat the Falcons. Then

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Speaker 1: they had to go to Carolina and they won that

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Speaker 1: game when to Long turn it over and then lucky

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Speaker 1: the Eagles beat the Giants. So they're hosting the NFC

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Speaker 1: Championship game, but that normally doesn't shake out that way.

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Speaker 1: The Packers had the number one seed and all they

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Speaker 1: had to win is one game to get to the

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Speaker 1: conference championship game, two games to get to shoot ball

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Speaker 1: and at lost. Well, let's bring it full circle here

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Speaker 1: on Cardinals Covered two presented by Hunday Proud partner of

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Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. You mentioned health Cardinals again. We will

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Speaker 1: know for certain game day Kyle the Murray, DeAndre Hopkins

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Speaker 1: and to a lesser extent, Justin Pugh, but we are

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Speaker 1: all focused on Kyler and d hop We are both optimistic.

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Speaker 1: Hopkins will test that hamstring out during pregame warmups. Kyle

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Speaker 1: the Murray has practiced all week. Once again, we are

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Speaker 1: optimistic here on Cardinals cover two. But I'll say it again,

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Speaker 1: I was optimistic headed to the Seattle game with respects

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Speaker 1: to K one, and it didn't happen. But just as

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Speaker 1: you say, reading between the lines, reading the tea leaves,

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Speaker 1: connecting the dots, I expect number one and a little

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Speaker 1: bit number ten on the field. Yeah. I felt good

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Speaker 1: on that Wednesday and Thursday, but when we got to Friday,

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Speaker 1: I just thought, Man, if they can win this game

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Speaker 1: with Colton McCoy, this gives him another little break because

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Speaker 1: we know this team is gonna go as far as

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Speaker 1: Kylin Murray. Not saying that Colton McCoy, but once you're

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Speaker 1: on film, we all know what happened in the Carolina game,

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Speaker 1: and I was thrilled that he got a chance to

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Speaker 1: get back on that horse. I mean, he can still

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Speaker 1: run the offense, but you know, having Kyler Murray out

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Speaker 1: there with the numbers we just mentioned, I mean he's

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Speaker 1: playing like an MVP. Out of eight games, he's won seven,

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Speaker 1: So we all know why he's the starting quarterback of

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals. Again, Cardinals at the Bears. It is Week thirteen,

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Speaker 1: eleven AM kickoffs six thirty AM. Pregame coverage begins on

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Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network. And on that note, we

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Speaker 1: will put a lid on this edition of Cardinals Cover two,

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Speaker 1: presented by Hunday partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As always,

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