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Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons is bawling, Bring it on, Bring it on.

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Speaker 1: Slam the ground by Fota Baker like a torpedo. He

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Speaker 1: came flying into the backfield. I scared of nobody. Here's

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Speaker 1: Paul calvic Well, the wise man once said, you can't

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Speaker 1: play him till he s dle them, and then of

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Speaker 1: course we're here to commentate on them. It is Cardinals Underground,

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Speaker 1: the Thursday Football edition, coming off the release of the

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Speaker 1: NFL schedule two hundred seventy two matchups, we'll take them

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Speaker 1: Paul KELVC, Darren Urban Kowoto, Gar Kyle. If you want

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Speaker 1: to take them one by one later in your own

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Speaker 1: personal breakout session, feel free. But we're here to talk

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Speaker 1: about the Cardinals schedule, and we don't want this to

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Speaker 1: turn into like the airing of grievances. So and I'm

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Speaker 1: most guilty of that. So if I start going down

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Speaker 1: that road, because really I don't think there's anything too

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Speaker 1: legit to complain about. So if I end up being

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Speaker 1: that guy to get off my lawn guy as I

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Speaker 1: look at this schedule, then feel free to smack me

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Speaker 1: upside of the head and tell me to get a grip,

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Speaker 1: because I think there's a lot to like in the schedule.

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Speaker 1: What do you think it's never stopped you before, Paul.

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Speaker 1: I mean, even if there's nothing to gripe about, you'll

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Speaker 1: still gripe about it, you know. Just for that I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna have a hot take at the very end. And

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Speaker 1: you know who's not griping about this, by the way,

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Speaker 1: is Buddha Baker. So if you're wondering how why did

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals end up with a bye week in week twelve,

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Speaker 1: well it sinks up beautifully with Buddha Baker and his

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Speaker 1: budding family. Him and his girlfriend are expecting their firstborn

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Speaker 1: the exact week or the Cardinals bye week. So on

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Speaker 1: the Big Red Rage when he revealed that, we had

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Speaker 1: to ask him, did you call Roger? Did you get

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Speaker 1: did you actually plan that accordingly? And Buddha said no,

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Speaker 1: but I might just send Roger Goodell a thank you Carr. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it works out pretty well, doesn't it for him? And

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Speaker 1: don't want to make it an as as Wolf likes

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Speaker 1: to say, an affront to the athletic process. We don't

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Speaker 1: and say that the baby's going to absolutely come right

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Speaker 1: when that bye week happens. But certainly you kind of

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Speaker 1: like having that little window there that makes it a possibility. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: never affront the nine month maturation process. Okay, let's let's

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Speaker 1: make that clear. Right By the way, Kyle, I know

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Speaker 1: five large. The number that it costs Buddha Baker to

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Speaker 1: I'm disappointed, Paul that you did go further, a little

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Speaker 1: And we did get it out of him. He wanted

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Speaker 1: come on, Booty, you're from Seattle. So we finally got

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Speaker 1: what do you look for first? What jumps out? Just

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Speaker 1: That's pretty unique. To have that, and to have that

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Speaker 1: what everything's looking like at that point. But that's a

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Speaker 1: most underrated venue in the NFL. I think that's a

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Speaker 1: really cool stage. I really like it. I think it's

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Speaker 1: well done. I just love the atmosphere in there. And

431
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,280
Speaker 1: I feel sorry for Lions fans who haven't had anything

432
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Speaker 1: to really rejoice about since nineteen fifty seven. Hashtag Bobby Lane.

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Speaker 1: We won't get into that. Speaking of weather, though, as

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Speaker 1: the sideline pencil neck, I will say I was thankful.

435
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Speaker 1: Really the only two weather games potentially would be at

436
00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,840
Speaker 1: Chicago in early December that could be fifty five degrees,

437
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Speaker 1: it could be fifty five below. You have no idea

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Speaker 1: what you're in store for their weatherwise, and then Jacksonville

439
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Speaker 1: in late September. Either one of you guys of Florida, guy,

440
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Speaker 1: educate me here what's the potential for serious heat and

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Speaker 1: humidity on? What is it September twenty six at Jacksonville.

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Speaker 1: I looked up when I saw the schedule, I looked

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Speaker 1: up the typical temperature in September is average temperature is

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Speaker 1: eighty eight degrees and I'm guessing the humidity is going

445
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Speaker 1: to be up there. So if you're talking about a

446
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Speaker 1: one o'clock kickoff, I'm guessing you might want to wear

447
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Speaker 1: an undershirt. Paul, Oh boy, I think I need an

448
00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:13,119
Speaker 1: antiperspirant endorsement right about now for that game that'll be Yeah, wow,

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00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,040
Speaker 1: you were You were on the sideline in oh nine, correct,

450
00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,880
Speaker 1: the day Kurt Warner set at the time the completion

451
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Speaker 1: percentage record. That was the second week of the season.

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Speaker 1: How was that miserable? It was? There was the heating humidity. Now,

453
00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:27,879
Speaker 1: if you're a player, it's great because you can shower

454
00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,720
Speaker 1: after the game, and everything else not so much. So.

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Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure. Actually I went to the very back

456
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Speaker 1: of a plane and tried to get rich I socially distanced,

457
00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:39,679
Speaker 1: twelve years before social distancing was actually in vogue, just

458
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Speaker 1: to make sure I wasn't offensive to anyone. You know,

459
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Speaker 1: the old factory if you will. So that's honestly, I'd

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Speaker 1: rather deal with Green Bay freezing cold temps and all

461
00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,400
Speaker 1: that and just wear layers as opposed to the Jacksonville

462
00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,479
Speaker 1: heat and humidity and direct sunlight on that sideline. I mean,

463
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Speaker 1: I think if we were doing sideline reporter power polls

464
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,679
Speaker 1: and that makes sense. But from a player perspective, I

465
00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:09,080
Speaker 1: think that the Jacksonville game, the being hot won't have

466
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Speaker 1: any effect on how you play. It's the Chicago one

467
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,360
Speaker 1: where the wind and the cold and possible snow. That's

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Speaker 1: the one where it's more of a wild card to me.

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Speaker 1: Like especially Kyler is from Texas. All these guys seem

470
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Speaker 1: to grow up in Texas. They play in Arizona like

471
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,640
Speaker 1: they're used to the heat and there's some humidity around.

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Speaker 1: So I think I don't think that weather it will

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Speaker 1: be an issue. Chicago could be another story. Some wind,

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Speaker 1: you know, just even if it's not even cold. If

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Speaker 1: it's windy, you always worry about the passing game there.

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Speaker 1: Our producer Jim Alma Hunter just texted me, by the way,

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Speaker 1: stop griping about that Jacksonville game. How about the photographers

478
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Speaker 1: who are on the sideline and the videographers and the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals media department. Those were the guys who looked like

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Speaker 1: death after the game. So you know what Larry Fitzgerald's

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Speaker 1: hashtag champagne problems there, CALVC move it along. So okay,

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Speaker 1: you know, I was asked about the most intriguing game,

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Speaker 1: and I'll be honest with you, Darren, you sort of

484
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Speaker 1: hit on a little bit. I went Week four at

485
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Speaker 1: the Rams just because of the Sean McVay factor. Eight

486
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Speaker 1: no against three different Arizona Cardinals head coaches. That's got

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Speaker 1: to end. And you're gonna get an idea in Week

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Speaker 1: one as the physicality of this team and how they

489
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Speaker 1: compete in line up and match up against Tennessee, and

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Speaker 1: then I think we're gonna get a real good idea

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Speaker 1: by the end of the first month, or at least

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Speaker 1: Week four, how they fare against Sean McVay in the Rams.

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Speaker 1: To me, that's a real benchmark right now as to

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Speaker 1: where the Cardinals are going to stand in their own

495
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Speaker 1: division going against the Rams head coach. I don't think

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Speaker 1: they necessarily need to win that game, and I get

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Speaker 1: the record and all that, but when you're on the

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Speaker 1: road against a team that I think a lot of

499
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Speaker 1: people might pick to make the Super Bowl out of

500
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Speaker 1: the NFC because what Stafford brings and what they did

501
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Speaker 1: last season. I mean, when you're playing such good teams,

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Speaker 1: to me, I look at the competitiveness of it, where

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Speaker 1: if you lose by seventeen points and you're down ten

504
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 1: at the half, then you worry a little bit. But

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Speaker 1: if that game is close throughout, whether you win by

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Speaker 1: a field goal lose by a field goal, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think it more depends on how they look more

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00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,239
Speaker 1: so than the final score in that one. Because if

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Speaker 1: you start hot and then you're competitive in that game,

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Speaker 1: and you play well on the road against a team

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Speaker 1: that a lot of people think is going to be

512
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Speaker 1: really good, I think that says a lot no matter

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Speaker 1: win or loss. But I'm just I know I focus

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Speaker 1: a lot less on wins and losses and other people,

515
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Speaker 1: But I think that's the test that I'm looking at.

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Speaker 1: Can you compete on the road against the Rams. I

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Speaker 1: know that you know there's a there's a handful of

518
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Speaker 1: games that I think are very intriguing, but I know

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Speaker 1: one that really caught my eye was the Thursday night

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Speaker 1: Packers game at home. It's leading into the you'll get

521
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Speaker 1: a mini buy before your road trip to the forty

522
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Speaker 1: nine Ers. You're gonna be coming off the emotional game

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Speaker 1: of playing Houston, where we all know that J. J.

524
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Speaker 1: Watt and DeAndre Hopkins are going to be jacked up

525
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:01,240
Speaker 1: for that game, and I'm guessing that's going to seep

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Speaker 1: through the rest of the locker room. So then you

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Speaker 1: get the Packers on a short week and you're figuring

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00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,520
Speaker 1: there's probably gonna be a few Packer fans in the

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Speaker 1: stands at State Farm Stadium. And at this point, we

530
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Speaker 1: don't even know for sure who the quarterback is going

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Speaker 1: to be for the Packers. Although the Packers that are

532
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,600
Speaker 1: insisting Aaron Rodgers isn't going anywhere in the way the

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00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 1: NFL put together their schedule with primetime games, they sure

534
00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,960
Speaker 1: sound like they're pretty confident Aaron Rodgers are going to

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Speaker 1: be quarterback in the Packers. So I think that's a

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Speaker 1: huge game and I think there's gonna be a lot

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Speaker 1: of emotion there, And when you put it in primetime

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Speaker 1: on a Thursday night, I think that that's one that's

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00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,720
Speaker 1: really caught my eye. I mean, Kyler against Blake Bortles.

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Speaker 1: You know, that's a big primetime matchup right there, So no,

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Speaker 1: I'm with you on that one, no doubt, and they

542
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,800
Speaker 1: probably haven't inkling as to the past history. Aaron Rodgers

543
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,560
Speaker 1: against the Cardinals, there's always fireworks, no doubt about that.

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Speaker 1: What about So that's a home game, a Marquee home game,

545
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:03,400
Speaker 1: and then the home opener is against the Minnesota Vikings

546
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Speaker 1: and Patrick Peterson get your tickets at accrdinals dot com

547
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:12,480
Speaker 1: slash game ticks. That's game t i X early. Do

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Speaker 1: you prefer that Kyle just get the whole P two

549
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:19,200
Speaker 1: drama out of the way early? I don't care either way,

550
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:24,240
Speaker 1: but that's where it is, and I'm very interested to

551
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Speaker 1: see what it looks like. Is he going to follow

552
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins? And the funny thing is DeAndre Hopkins practiced

553
00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:35,120
Speaker 1: so little in training camp last season that we didn't

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Speaker 1: really see a bunch of Patrick Peterson versus d hop

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Speaker 1: And maybe they did it in practice during the regular season,

556
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Speaker 1: but we weren't able to watch that as much. So

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00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,080
Speaker 1: what does that matchup look like? Or does Minnesota do

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Speaker 1: something different defensively than Patrick is used to. You would

559
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,479
Speaker 1: think wherever he signed in free agency, he would make

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00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,560
Speaker 1: it clear that he still wants to do press man

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Speaker 1: coverage and follow around number one. And I mean, we've

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Speaker 1: been taught talking about all offseason kin Patrick Peterson still

563
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Speaker 1: be an upper tier cornerback and maybe we get our

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Speaker 1: answer at daven Fars Stadium when he's on the other team.

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Speaker 1: And look, the fact of the matter is the second

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Speaker 1: half of last season, the Cardinals didn't do a whole

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Speaker 1: lot of that with Pat p. They just didn't. He

568
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:22,240
Speaker 1: wasn't assigned the other team's number one receiver to travel

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Speaker 1: and shadow most of the game. They really went more

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Speaker 1: sides with the two corners. So yeah, I agree, what

571
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 1: exactly are the Vikings gonna do? And Pat he might

572
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,560
Speaker 1: want to be that guy, but is he still that guy?

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Speaker 1: Will he be allowed to prove that he's that guy?

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Speaker 1: Because we all know you're working without a net when

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Speaker 1: you're out there on the island. So what's Mike Zimmer

576
00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,720
Speaker 1: gonna do about that? Exactly? It's obviously, and then you

577
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Speaker 1: have the Dalvin Cook factor. Just like Tennessee in Week one,

578
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:55,200
Speaker 1: Darren Minnesota comes in and a Mike Zimmer team is

579
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,360
Speaker 1: always hard knows, and you know they're going to have

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Speaker 1: this straight ahead run game with Dalvin so Zamon Collins. Honestly,

581
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Speaker 1: you could argue maybe the two biggest challenges in terms

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Speaker 1: of a straight ahead power run game come in the

583
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Speaker 1: first two weeks of your NFL career. I think that's

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00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,920
Speaker 1: a fair assessment. And it is going to be very

585
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 1: interesting where this team. And you haven't even mentioned the

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Speaker 1: fact that, you know, what exactly do the Cardinals plan

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Speaker 1: on having up the middle? Is it? Are they gonna

588
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Speaker 1: are they gonna bring back Corey Peters? Are they gonna

589
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Speaker 1: just say, hey, you know, Lucky Foe two, you're gonna

590
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 1: be our guy in the middle there and we're just

591
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,840
Speaker 1: gonna rotate it around, or we're gonna have some Jordan

592
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Speaker 1: Phillips in there once in a while. How are we

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Speaker 1: going to kind of make that defensive line work? And

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Speaker 1: you know, I think that's you know, again, you do

595
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,480
Speaker 1: this as long as we have. I mean, you're usually

596
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 1: able to find some fascinating aspects to every game. And

597
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,520
Speaker 1: even going back to the Patrick Peterson thing, like you

598
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,240
Speaker 1: guys are talking about who he's going to cover, I'm

599
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Speaker 1: just curious about the kind of reception he gets. I mean,

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Speaker 1: in my mind, he should get a great reception, and

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Speaker 1: I think ultimately he will. But there's no question, and

602
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 1: that there were people in the fan base that got

603
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,880
Speaker 1: bothered by him by the end, and I'm curious to

604
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,160
Speaker 1: know if that leaks out at all that day. The

605
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 1: trade demand has been something that is stuck with a

606
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,440
Speaker 1: lot of fans, There's no doubt about it. There's a

607
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 1: certain percentage of the Red Sea that will cite that.

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00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 1: And so yeah, I'm curious as well what sort of

609
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Speaker 1: reception he's going to get exactly and how motivating is that.

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Speaker 1: So here's a few few booze. You know, Buddha told

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Speaker 1: a great story of going to Seattle, and we talked

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Speaker 1: about the Heckler, okay, and I made the comment that

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Speaker 1: you know what, I can't believe I'm about to say this,

614
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:42,120
Speaker 1: but I almost missed the twelves last year almost I

615
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,960
Speaker 1: almost missed the Seattle Seahawk fans. And he smiled and

616
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,000
Speaker 1: I said, how I amped up? Does that get you guys?

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Speaker 1: And is that one of the reasons you want five

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00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 1: of your last seven in Seattle? He nodded, He said absolutely,

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Speaker 1: And then he cited the Heckler who's over the visiting tunnel,

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00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 1: and I said, has he ever taken a shot at you?

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Speaker 1: He said, oh yeah, he said. Two years ago. He

622
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 1: kept calling me the little guy. Hey little guy, Hey,

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Speaker 1: little guy, he said. And then Buddha paused and he said,

624
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: of course that was the game where I put out

625
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,800
Speaker 1: two or three of the running backs. I'm like, you're right,

626
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:16,040
Speaker 1: you absolutely did, so you know that. I'm looking forward

627
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 1: to that this year. No more these empty stadiums like MetLife.

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Speaker 1: We went there twice last year for the Giants and Jets.

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Speaker 1: Eighty thousand empty seats. Thank goodness, that's not going to

630
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 1: be the case, knock on wood this year. It's funny

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Speaker 1: you bring up the Seattle game, because, yeah, that crowd

632
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 1: can get rock Us into all that stuff, and it

633
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 1: does seem like the Cardinals have benefited from that in

634
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:38,600
Speaker 1: some ways. But I've never been in a weirder, more

635
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 1: eerie situation than that Seattle night game where you can

636
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 1: kind of see the city out there, yet there's nobody

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Speaker 1: in there, and it was at night. I mean, it

638
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 1: was one thing to be at MetLife Stadium during the

639
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Speaker 1: day when it was empty, but to have it be

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Speaker 1: at night, it's it just it just felt so weird,

641
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Speaker 1: and you're hearing the guys down on the field. It's

642
00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,120
Speaker 1: like a real game. They're yelling at each other and

643
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,880
Speaker 1: you can hear it loud and clear because it echoes

644
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:05,719
Speaker 1: off those seats down there, and it's like, you know

645
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 1: it just it was so weird and I'd rather not

646
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:11,840
Speaker 1: ever have to go through that again. The coaches, you

647
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,560
Speaker 1: guys know, the coach would bark out instructions right before

648
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,400
Speaker 1: the snap as if it was a youth flag football game,

649
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 1: because you could communicate with all your receivers or your dbs,

650
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 1: because there was no noise factor. Contend with a normal

651
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: Seattle game. At Seattle, you can be standing nose to

652
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 1: nose with a guy and not here scream into the

653
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:32,560
Speaker 1: top of your lungs, and in that game you can

654
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,680
Speaker 1: shout halfway across the field a last second adjustment before

655
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:40,280
Speaker 1: they snap the ball. Honestly, I thought I thought quarterbacks

656
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,560
Speaker 1: are actually had a disadvantage last year in a lot

657
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,959
Speaker 1: of cases because defensive coaches would just shout out immediate adjustments.

658
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:49,000
Speaker 1: The Todd Bowles of the world will recognize your play

659
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: before you snap it based on personnel and formation, and

660
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 1: in this case they would have the ability to communicate

661
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,280
Speaker 1: that not just to the guy wearing the headset Mike.

662
00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:00,040
Speaker 1: Although it goes out fifteen seconds before the snap, but

663
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,960
Speaker 1: basically your whole secondary. Yeah, I think I think you're right. Defensively,

664
00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:08,040
Speaker 1: that's the advantage because obviously the offense calls the play

665
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:11,000
Speaker 1: and knows it wants what it wants to do. And defensively,

666
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,719
Speaker 1: we've seen it a lot. Sometimes guys are scrambling and

667
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 1: figuring out what coverage they're in or what the personnel

668
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,759
Speaker 1: looks like on the other side and where everybody's lining up,

669
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:24,240
Speaker 1: and to have that helps. But even the quarterback, like

670
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 1: like you said that the mike gets taken out fifteen

671
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:31,760
Speaker 1: seconds before the playcock expires. But in that situation, maybe

672
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:34,000
Speaker 1: the coach is yelling at the quarterback to do something

673
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 1: different because they see something. So all that will be

674
00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:39,919
Speaker 1: wiped away. I mean, the crowd noise will be back,

675
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 1: and the home field advantage should be back where last

676
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,840
Speaker 1: season without the crowds, and I think a part of

677
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:51,840
Speaker 1: it was the officials weren't subconsciously swayed by having eighty

678
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:55,400
Speaker 1: thousand people screaming at them, and for whatever reason, the

679
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,440
Speaker 1: home field advantage disappeared. So I think that will be

680
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,759
Speaker 1: back in full force this season. But when you look

681
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 1: at the middle of the season, and you have that

682
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,800
Speaker 1: stretch where you go against Houston, Green Bay, the Niners.

683
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 1: Just the uncertainty a quarterback in a number of these games.

684
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:13,239
Speaker 1: Is it gonna be Jimmy Jeears, it gonna be the

685
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,719
Speaker 1: rookie Trey Lance. Is it gonna be Aaron Rodgers or

686
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:19,000
Speaker 1: Blake Borderles, Jordan Love. Is it gonna be Deshaun Watson?

687
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 1: We'd figure not. Could it even be another rookie in

688
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:25,680
Speaker 1: Davis Mills out of Stanford. You potentially, Darren could have

689
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,400
Speaker 1: four rookie quarterbacks. I was talking to Buddha about this.

690
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:33,480
Speaker 1: Think about that, you could have Trey Lance and Justin

691
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,880
Speaker 1: Fields and Trevor Lawrence and whoever the Texans they're going

692
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:40,399
Speaker 1: to run out there, the Stanford kid. There could be

693
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 1: an opportunity for a lot of experienced dbs to get

694
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 1: fat on some of these rookie quarterbacks. And I'm not

695
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be shocked if by the end of the

696
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:53,000
Speaker 1: year the Cardinal schedule doesn't appear to be nearly as

697
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,239
Speaker 1: difficult at first glance, just based on the fact they

698
00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:58,800
Speaker 1: might be playing the lesser of two quarterbacks and a

699
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 1: lot of these matchups. Well, I'm gonna I'm gonna just

700
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 1: pump the brakes on that concept just for the mere

701
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:10,879
Speaker 1: fact that after Tua and Jalen Hurts did pretty well

702
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 1: against this defense at the end of last year. I

703
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,319
Speaker 1: don't know if I'm like hey, rig on the rookie quarterbacks,

704
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,359
Speaker 1: but I would I would tend to agree. I got

705
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,279
Speaker 1: to be honest, I'm excited with that possibility. I mean,

706
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 1: as a as a as somebody watches the league, and

707
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:26,400
Speaker 1: as a fan, I love the fact that we get

708
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: to see Trevor Lawrence this year. You know, I'm interested

709
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,279
Speaker 1: to see what happens with the forty nine ers and

710
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:36,800
Speaker 1: whether it is Trey Lance especially, you know, the possibility

711
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:38,799
Speaker 1: of like maybe we see Jimmy g in the first

712
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,680
Speaker 1: game and Trey Lance in the second game. We'll see,

713
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 1: depending on how the season goes. The fact that that

714
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,560
Speaker 1: deep in the year you could have Justin Fields in

715
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 1: the lineup for the Bears, I mean that that's intriguing

716
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,120
Speaker 1: to me because I'm just like everybody else. I mean,

717
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,040
Speaker 1: it's like it's like when this team, you know, even

718
00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 1: going all the way back, it's even back when this

719
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 1: team had Matt Liner. You you're intrigued to see what

720
00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:00,800
Speaker 1: happens when he gets on the field, and obviously that

721
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,799
Speaker 1: didn't turn out well long term, but when he when

722
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 1: he first got on the field, those first couple of

723
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: him not in Atlanta, but the Chief start and the

724
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:12,319
Speaker 1: Bears start. The teams Lenard had over four hundred yards

725
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,799
Speaker 1: passing that Vikings game early. Yeah, but they all they

726
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:16,960
Speaker 1: ran the ball five times that day. He better have

727
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:20,799
Speaker 1: had over four hundred yards passing. Anyways. I just I

728
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 1: feel like it's just and adds a storyline that whether

729
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,759
Speaker 1: he's good or not, it doesn't matter. It's just you're

730
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:28,799
Speaker 1: gonna be able to talk about it no matter what.

731
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:30,920
Speaker 1: And yeah, there might be a little bonus for your

732
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 1: defense because you feel like they won't be ready to

733
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,000
Speaker 1: be really good. But you know what, I think there

734
00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,239
Speaker 1: were there were times when Kyler Murray was really good

735
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:40,359
Speaker 1: as a rookie, and there were times when the other

736
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:42,399
Speaker 1: team didn't really want to deal with them. So I mean,

737
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:46,120
Speaker 1: it's it's somewhat of a crapshoot. It's really vexcine for

738
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 1: PAULI podcasts when I have a nice hot take going

739
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 1: and then Darren and Kyle shoot it down with actual facts,

740
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 1: like the Jalen hurts and two comparison to last year,

741
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 1: the rookie quarterback, you know, it just sends me back

742
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:58,600
Speaker 1: to the drawing board. I have to call an audible

743
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 1: going forward about that. It's you know, it's you know,

744
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 1: it looks good, you know until it actually we hash

745
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:07,440
Speaker 1: it out here on Cardinals Underground. But that's why we're here.

746
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:09,480
Speaker 1: You know, it's a process. You got to do the

747
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 1: other side of it. There's been plenty of rookie quarterbacks

748
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:14,319
Speaker 1: that the Cardinals feasted on, so you just got to

749
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,359
Speaker 1: pull out some of those names and fire back. Paul's right,

750
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 1: what about Okay, I'll fire one off at Dave Pash.

751
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,080
Speaker 1: He says he hates the bye week. He thinks it's

752
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:26,839
Speaker 1: too late in the season. Wolf loves it. My take,

753
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: if you're a playoff team, I think it's excellent because

754
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,360
Speaker 1: that's a great time to get a break if you

755
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:37,319
Speaker 1: have plans and designs on going into the postseason. So

756
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:39,719
Speaker 1: and especially this postseason, which is going to start in

757
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 1: mid January and you hopefully you're playing into February. But

758
00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:45,560
Speaker 1: what do you think, What's what's your takeaway on that

759
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,360
Speaker 1: week twelve by which is about as late as it gets.

760
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:50,879
Speaker 1: Check this out, Paul, I'm about to agree with you.

761
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:53,520
Speaker 1: Should we like have some sort of celebration or something,

762
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,320
Speaker 1: So this will be the clip we feature on the tweet,

763
00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,759
Speaker 1: the one time we agree. Now, I think you're you're

764
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,440
Speaker 1: right on. I mean, you have to have it at

765
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:06,279
Speaker 1: some point, but I think later is better, especially now

766
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 1: that you're pushing it to an eighteen week regular season

767
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:12,360
Speaker 1: and things are just gonna get more stretched out. It

768
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,839
Speaker 1: seems like that's kind of the time of year when

769
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,719
Speaker 1: a lot of injuries are popping up and guys have

770
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,360
Speaker 1: been through a lot already. So I think that little

771
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:25,640
Speaker 1: breather and then if you can recalibrate and get healthy

772
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 1: and try to make a strong stretch run and and

773
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 1: do something in the playoffs. I mean, if I was

774
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 1: like week six or week seven, by week eight, I

775
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:36,480
Speaker 1: mean that's that's pretty early. That's a lot of games

776
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,319
Speaker 1: late to have to deal with. So I'm right with you.

777
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:42,399
Speaker 1: I think the later by, especially in a in an

778
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:45,319
Speaker 1: eighteen week schedule, I think it's a good thing. I

779
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:47,799
Speaker 1: think I'm gonna agree with both of you guys. I

780
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:51,560
Speaker 1: think it's a it's good timing. I think, uh, there's

781
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,279
Speaker 1: there's it's just a perfect time for a rest going

782
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:57,799
Speaker 1: into the stretch run. Assuming you have a stretch run

783
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 1: that matters. Um. I love the at that it splits

784
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:04,680
Speaker 1: up a back to back road games. I mean, without

785
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 1: that buy you're going to Seattle and then to Chicago.

786
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:11,239
Speaker 1: This way, Hey, you're you're in a situation where you

787
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:14,280
Speaker 1: get some rest. I don't think anybody's going to complain

788
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:16,520
Speaker 1: if you're a coach or a player that your bye

789
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,359
Speaker 1: week happens to land on Thanksgiving week. I mean, that's

790
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:23,239
Speaker 1: that's not bad at all in terms of a holiday situation.

791
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:27,080
Speaker 1: And you know, and quite frankly, I know there were

792
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:29,359
Speaker 1: some of us that were speculating before we knew about

793
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,839
Speaker 1: the Christmas game, about the fact that the Cardinals were

794
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:34,839
Speaker 1: playing in Dallas and in Detroit. There was a chance

795
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,759
Speaker 1: that this team could play on Thanksgiving. And to go

796
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,960
Speaker 1: from thinking they might play on Thanksgiving to having that

797
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,400
Speaker 1: entire week off is a big deal. You know, that's true.

798
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 1: You know, let's give thanks on that one. You're absolutely right.

799
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,839
Speaker 1: I didn't think about that. What could have been. You're

800
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 1: absolutely right on that one. Then there's what is down

801
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:55,400
Speaker 1: the stretch. They come the final three games, two of

802
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,920
Speaker 1: the three at home. You have the Colts in Week sixteen,

803
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 1: that's the Christmas game Darren referred to. Then you're at Dallas,

804
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 1: and then week eighteen the finale at home against the

805
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks. I'm thinking, you know what, if the Cardinals

806
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 1: are in the playoff chase, you figure Russell Wilson, at

807
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,839
Speaker 1: least regular season Russ is how it's been as of late,

808
00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:16,640
Speaker 1: They're gonna be right up there buying for a division crown.

809
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 1: If Dallas is any good with Dak Prescott and Dan

810
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:22,400
Speaker 1: Quinn can figure out that defense, there is a chance

811
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,400
Speaker 1: those last two games, based on the opponent and the stakes,

812
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:31,360
Speaker 1: could be flexed into a primetime game perhaps, But either way,

813
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 1: those you know, that's how the Cardinals finish. Colts, Cowboys, Seahawks,

814
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,920
Speaker 1: colun Yeah. I think it's It's obviously a quite the

815
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,480
Speaker 1: gauntlet down the stretch. I mean, we'll see how the

816
00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:44,759
Speaker 1: Colts look and we'll see how the Cowboys look. It's

817
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,359
Speaker 1: not a guarantee that all three of those teams are

818
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,319
Speaker 1: going to be in the playoff hunt, but when you

819
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:53,000
Speaker 1: look at the strength of their rosters, I certainly think

820
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:56,560
Speaker 1: all three are going to be above five hundred next season.

821
00:41:56,719 --> 00:41:59,680
Speaker 1: So it's it's a huge slate. And think I gonna

822
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:01,960
Speaker 1: have to make some hey early because the Cardinals do

823
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:06,319
Speaker 1: have probably what four games against teams that they definitively

824
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:09,319
Speaker 1: will be favored against pretty heavily and need to take

825
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,680
Speaker 1: care of business in all those games. So you're set

826
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:15,080
Speaker 1: up late where even if you win one of those three,

827
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:16,680
Speaker 1: you can still get in. I think if you go

828
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:18,960
Speaker 1: to two and one and that you feel pretty good

829
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:22,080
Speaker 1: about where you are, but well we saw last year

830
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:25,000
Speaker 1: if you don't have breathing room, one injury to Kyler

831
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:29,160
Speaker 1: Murray or one issue a bad game, then you can

832
00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:31,640
Speaker 1: get sunk. So I think the Cardinals need to be

833
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:34,560
Speaker 1: in good position and then this season, if they finish

834
00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:37,279
Speaker 1: it off better than we are talking about making the

835
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:40,840
Speaker 1: playoffs instead of getting sent home a tiebreaker short. And

836
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,200
Speaker 1: I know the Dallas Cowboys spent the first half dozen

837
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:46,200
Speaker 1: draft picks on defense, but I'm not gonna believe they

838
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:48,320
Speaker 1: have a stout defense until we see it. It's a

839
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:50,880
Speaker 1: lot to put on Dan Quinn. They do defensive coordinators.

840
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:52,759
Speaker 1: So right now I have the Cardinals marked down for

841
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:56,520
Speaker 1: another forty burger in Big D going against that defense

842
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:59,640
Speaker 1: based on what we saw last season. We'll see about that.

843
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:03,880
Speaker 1: I'm not exactly sure. But in terms of a venue

844
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:06,640
Speaker 1: to travel too, if you're to pick out a road

845
00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:10,560
Speaker 1: game as a fan and go to that game, there's

846
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:15,000
Speaker 1: a lot to like. Nashville obviously, very cool trip, Chicago,

847
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,200
Speaker 1: so much to do in the city of Chicago. If

848
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 1: you guys had to pick one, honestly, I'd probably go

849
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:24,240
Speaker 1: at Dallas just for the football experience. Just the stadium itself,

850
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:28,319
Speaker 1: if you've never been, is such a cool experience, and

851
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:30,920
Speaker 1: that would probably be the one I pick out just

852
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:33,759
Speaker 1: from a football perspective. Now, if you're looking for more

853
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:37,160
Speaker 1: on a football weekend, perhaps you go in another direction. Darren,

854
00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:39,719
Speaker 1: What if you were the travel agent and one of

855
00:43:39,719 --> 00:43:41,799
Speaker 1: the member of the Red Sea said, Hey, I want

856
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:44,440
Speaker 1: to do a Cardinals road trip this season, which destination

857
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:48,279
Speaker 1: are you picking? That's an excellent question there, Paul. I mean,

858
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:53,120
Speaker 1: I feel like there's a couple of places in terms

859
00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:56,399
Speaker 1: of like a football experience and a cool city like Look,

860
00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:59,880
Speaker 1: I love Seattle, and I don't think anybody is going

861
00:43:59,920 --> 00:44:04,120
Speaker 1: to argue that it's a very cool experience football wise. Now,

862
00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:06,680
Speaker 1: if you're going in there wearing a Cardinals jersey, I

863
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:09,000
Speaker 1: don't know if that would be my first choice with

864
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:11,120
Speaker 1: some of those fans, But I mean, even a trip

865
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:14,919
Speaker 1: to Cleveland to watch that Baker Kyler game, I think

866
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:17,400
Speaker 1: there's stuff, some interesting things to do in Cleveland. I

867
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:19,680
Speaker 1: don't think it's as bad of a trip as it

868
00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:22,560
Speaker 1: could be. And again, that's like a super cool experience.

869
00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:26,000
Speaker 1: And you mentioned Chicago, which is just a great city

870
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 1: and again another place with long history in terms of

871
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:34,160
Speaker 1: their football team. So I don't think that that's that bad.

872
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:37,160
Speaker 1: Last time we went to Chicago, we're in an old

873
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:42,799
Speaker 1: pizzeria joint and on the wall was a classic Chicago

874
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:47,799
Speaker 1: Cardinals football pennant in a glass case. I'm going back

875
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:49,759
Speaker 1: this year and I'm going to be packing a wad

876
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,200
Speaker 1: of cash. I'm gonna be like Buddha Baker buying out

877
00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:55,000
Speaker 1: his own jerseys. I'm gonna make that guy an offer

878
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:58,319
Speaker 1: he can't refuse. He rebuffed all my offers the last

879
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 1: time we were there, which was what two thousand fifteen,

880
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:03,520
Speaker 1: I think last time we were in Chicago. This time,

881
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:05,959
Speaker 1: I'm going in packing and I mean, you know cash,

882
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna put a right on the counter for the

883
00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:10,360
Speaker 1: owner of that pizzeria joined I'm coming home with the

884
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:14,880
Speaker 1: old Chicago Cardinals pennant from the forties. And that twenty

885
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:19,960
Speaker 1: fifteen trip was perfect because it was week two, I believe, early,

886
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:23,120
Speaker 1: so the weather was great. I caught a Cubs game

887
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:26,720
Speaker 1: the day before. It was a fantastic trip. My family's

888
00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:30,319
Speaker 1: from back there, so in most instances, I would say

889
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:32,799
Speaker 1: Chicago is the best trip, and then you look at

890
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:35,480
Speaker 1: the schedule and you see December, so I have to

891
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:38,640
Speaker 1: cross it out. Too cold for me. I'm an Arizona

892
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:42,760
Speaker 1: kid native. I think I think Nashville is the spot

893
00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:45,720
Speaker 1: this year season opener should be a lot of fun

894
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:48,799
Speaker 1: to see the game. And before that, I mean the

895
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:50,920
Speaker 1: first time I went to Nashville, it was just awesome

896
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:54,200
Speaker 1: to go to their main drag there and all the

897
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:57,160
Speaker 1: country music. So I think if you're talking about an

898
00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:01,400
Speaker 1: overall trip, weather, experience, foot ball, to me, it's that

899
00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 1: Titans game. I think it's the best combination of everything.

900
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:06,919
Speaker 1: And I'll still put Chicago second, even with the cold.

901
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 1: I know. Our producer Jimal Mahundro just made the point

902
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:14,320
Speaker 1: and I've seen this in some places that the Cardinals

903
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:16,440
Speaker 1: are going to be in Los Angeles playing the Rams

904
00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:19,600
Speaker 1: in week four, and they also play a Sue plays

905
00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:22,320
Speaker 1: Ucla the day before, so you could, if you're talking

906
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:24,919
Speaker 1: about strictly a sports experience, you could do the double

907
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:28,279
Speaker 1: dip of a Issue and Ucla and then the next

908
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:31,920
Speaker 1: day go watch Rams Cardinals. So there's always that possibility

909
00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:35,120
Speaker 1: and that's drivable. So and as cool as a Cowboys

910
00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:37,880
Speaker 1: stadium is SOFI stadium. If you want to see what

911
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:42,320
Speaker 1: five plus billion dollars buys in terms of a football stadium,

912
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:46,080
Speaker 1: it's really cool. And now they sank that stadium halfway

913
00:46:46,239 --> 00:46:49,200
Speaker 1: underground and they dug that huge pit and they sung

914
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:51,880
Speaker 1: from Afar. When you come pulling up, you're like, really,

915
00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:54,040
Speaker 1: and then you realize that a lot of it is

916
00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:57,440
Speaker 1: just underground. And they just sunk that building in And

917
00:46:57,560 --> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 1: there were zero fans at RAMS games last year. They

918
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:03,160
Speaker 1: had zero fans. The only people that've seen it are

919
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:07,080
Speaker 1: the teams and staffers and media members. That's it. And

920
00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:09,479
Speaker 1: so I remember we went into the visiting radio booth

921
00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:11,759
Speaker 1: in the last game of the season and we were

922
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:14,799
Speaker 1: the first ones to use the visiting radio booth and

923
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:18,240
Speaker 1: that was in week seventeen. And so that that building

924
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:21,960
Speaker 1: is ultra cool with the translucent lighting and so forth.

925
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:23,680
Speaker 1: So if you're looking for an easy trip to go

926
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:26,239
Speaker 1: over to La Perome's Point to see as U and

927
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:28,759
Speaker 1: then the Cardinals, yeah, that would be the weekend October two,

928
00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:34,680
Speaker 1: in October three, so otherwise, you know, Look, the Niners

929
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:37,080
Speaker 1: trip isn't nearly what he used to be because you're

930
00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:40,920
Speaker 1: not near San Francisco anymore, and Levi's Stadium doesn't have

931
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:44,080
Speaker 1: half the character that old Candlestick did as a guy

932
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:46,960
Speaker 1: who grew up going to games there. Jacksonville, I don't

933
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:48,440
Speaker 1: think many people are going to be doing that. Will

934
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:50,960
Speaker 1: have had enough of the heat and through Arizona on

935
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:54,080
Speaker 1: that one. But yeah, Cleveland's sort of a sleeper. You're right, Darren,

936
00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:59,960
Speaker 1: and the fans are at least civil. They're rowdy, they're enthusiastic,

937
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:04,200
Speaker 1: But I think you can walk into a Cleveland Browns

938
00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:06,640
Speaker 1: game wearing a Cardinals jersey and not fear for your life.

939
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:09,960
Speaker 1: It's more akin to Lambeau, where the fans will welcome

940
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:12,640
Speaker 1: you as opposed to Oh, I don't know, the black

941
00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:15,960
Speaker 1: hole wearing the opposing jersey. I don't know. When we

942
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:19,200
Speaker 1: went to Cleveland, they were in a pretty big rut

943
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:22,760
Speaker 1: record wise and success wise. Now now that they're rolling

944
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:25,840
Speaker 1: a little bit. Maybe they're puffing out their chests ready

945
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:29,360
Speaker 1: to talk some smack. They might be a little different

946
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:32,840
Speaker 1: scene there this year. You know what, one of the

947
00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 1: great moments in the sideline Cardinals last time they were

948
00:48:35,080 --> 00:48:37,080
Speaker 1: in Cleveland and refreshed my memory. They were down big,

949
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:39,520
Speaker 1: wasn't it like twenty to seven and a halftime they

950
00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:44,560
Speaker 1: looked flat. Bruce arians ripped them at halftime, they came out,

951
00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:46,799
Speaker 1: they rallied, they won the game, and I'll never forget

952
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:49,640
Speaker 1: there's about thirty seconds ago and the Browns fans who

953
00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:51,839
Speaker 1: were really mouthy in the first half in the front

954
00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:55,120
Speaker 1: row behind the Cardinals visiting bench, Tyron Matthew let him

955
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:58,440
Speaker 1: have it. He kept it clean. He's like I storted, retiring,

956
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:00,560
Speaker 1: yelling at all those Browns fans, y'all really thought you

957
00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:03,200
Speaker 1: were gonna win. You didn't really think you were gonna win,

958
00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:05,160
Speaker 1: did you? And all the fans where they are just

959
00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:07,759
Speaker 1: silent with their heads down and tires like, come on now,

960
00:49:08,040 --> 00:49:10,680
Speaker 1: so there's two halves around here. You weren't gonna there's

961
00:49:10,719 --> 00:49:12,279
Speaker 1: no way we were gonna let you win this game.

962
00:49:12,719 --> 00:49:17,120
Speaker 1: That was twenty fifteen too, when the Cardinals were really good. Yeah,

963
00:49:17,160 --> 00:49:20,000
Speaker 1: they were gonna come back in that one at some point. Yeah.

964
00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:23,479
Speaker 1: So I know you guys are asking yourself or wins

965
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:26,000
Speaker 1: KALVISI gonna get to the hot take. You know what

966
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:29,359
Speaker 1: I've been thinking, gentlemen, if you really don't like an

967
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:33,719
Speaker 1: aspect of your schedule, I think there should be a

968
00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:39,240
Speaker 1: way where you can trade a slot on your schedule

969
00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:43,760
Speaker 1: with another team. The Saints have five stinking primetime games.

970
00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:45,640
Speaker 1: I don't know how that works. It's sort of like

971
00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:47,600
Speaker 1: the whole cop pick thing. I mean, there needs to

972
00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:50,040
Speaker 1: be an investigation exactly how some of these comp pics

973
00:49:50,080 --> 00:49:53,120
Speaker 1: are rewarding these primetime games. You know what, if you

974
00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:56,239
Speaker 1: had the ability to swap out a time slot with

975
00:49:56,280 --> 00:49:58,600
Speaker 1: another team and then give him a seventh round choice

976
00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:02,400
Speaker 1: in some cash considerations. There should be a window where

977
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:04,520
Speaker 1: after the schedule is released where you can make a

978
00:50:04,560 --> 00:50:08,120
Speaker 1: few maneuvers and a trade with another team to maybe

979
00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:12,560
Speaker 1: take their time slot, and you know, and there should

980
00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:15,600
Speaker 1: be the ability. I think so if you have that desire,

981
00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:18,000
Speaker 1: if you really think, you know what, the NFL is

982
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:20,879
Speaker 1: sleeping on our team, and we think we have something here,

983
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:24,919
Speaker 1: sort of like two fourteen twenty fifteen, where the Cardinals thought,

984
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:27,680
Speaker 1: you know, they had a burgeoning juggernaut of a team,

985
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:30,680
Speaker 1: and they went all in with all or nothing and said,

986
00:50:30,719 --> 00:50:32,319
Speaker 1: you know what, we're going to document this because we

987
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:34,560
Speaker 1: know we have something the outside would may not believe

988
00:50:34,560 --> 00:50:37,800
Speaker 1: in us just yet, because these TV schedules are always

989
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:41,800
Speaker 1: seemingly a year behind recognizing an up and coming team. Well,

990
00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:45,080
Speaker 1: I mean it's not quite a trade, Paul, but I

991
00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:47,600
Speaker 1: mean there is this thing called flexible scheduling, and the

992
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:50,480
Speaker 1: league is actually extending that all the way as early

993
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:53,800
Speaker 1: as week five now. So if they do show some things,

994
00:50:54,600 --> 00:50:56,680
Speaker 1: there is a chance that they're going to get moved around.

995
00:50:56,680 --> 00:51:00,640
Speaker 1: So well, we'll see how that goes. But again, where's

996
00:51:00,680 --> 00:51:02,279
Speaker 1: the thought for those of us who want to get

997
00:51:02,400 --> 00:51:04,440
Speaker 1: to bed at a decent time. I don't want to

998
00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:07,600
Speaker 1: be working until midnight or one. Yeah, I feel sorry

999
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:10,319
Speaker 1: for those guys, those schlets doing morning radio after some

1000
00:51:10,360 --> 00:51:13,160
Speaker 1: of these primetime games. Thank goodness, that's only Ron Wolfley

1001
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:15,880
Speaker 1: these days. So are you telling me the flex scheduling

1002
00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:19,560
Speaker 1: now starts in week five? I knew it was earlier.

1003
00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:21,960
Speaker 1: I didn't realize it was. So you're telling me that

1004
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:25,879
Speaker 1: Cardinals at Cleveland, Baker and Kyler could be flexed into

1005
00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:29,560
Speaker 1: a primetime game, yes, the only the only difference is

1006
00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:31,920
Speaker 1: is like, you can't. I mean, it's got to be

1007
00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:35,879
Speaker 1: an afternoon game if I saw it correctly. I don't

1008
00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:38,560
Speaker 1: know if it can be a morning game. Yeah, only

1009
00:51:38,600 --> 00:51:41,319
Speaker 1: Sunday afternoon games are eligible to be moved to Sunday night.

1010
00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:44,840
Speaker 1: But the Browns game is a great example, and maybe

1011
00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:47,560
Speaker 1: that's wise. Maybe it's because those are the big times.

1012
00:51:47,560 --> 00:51:50,160
Speaker 1: So yeah, if there's a decision and I have no

1013
00:51:50,239 --> 00:51:52,880
Speaker 1: idea what the Sunday night game is scheduled to be

1014
00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:56,760
Speaker 1: Week five, it's gonna be. No, it's gonna be nowhere

1015
00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:59,239
Speaker 1: near the excitement of Week four Sunday Night game as

1016
00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:02,840
Speaker 1: we talked about earlier. But yeah, there's still an outside

1017
00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:07,520
Speaker 1: chance that Browns and Cardinals could be Sunday Night Football.

1018
00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:10,520
Speaker 1: But I would think that that early in the season

1019
00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:14,080
Speaker 1: you'd be talking about either a major injury or some

1020
00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:16,920
Speaker 1: got sideways with whoever's supposed to be in Sunday Night

1021
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:20,240
Speaker 1: Football right now, and or the Browns and the Cardinals

1022
00:52:20,239 --> 00:52:22,439
Speaker 1: would have to be off to a tremendously hot start,

1023
00:52:22,480 --> 00:52:25,400
Speaker 1: because that's all for early. Look what the Cardinals did

1024
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:28,520
Speaker 1: last year. They started five and two, and Kyler Murray

1025
00:52:28,560 --> 00:52:32,160
Speaker 1: was a legitimate MVP candidate. I've seen a lot of

1026
00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:35,279
Speaker 1: these NFL analysts in talking heads saying that from top

1027
00:52:35,320 --> 00:52:38,280
Speaker 1: to bottom, the Cleveland Browns had the most talented roster

1028
00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:41,600
Speaker 1: in the NFL right now. So to me, it's not

1029
00:52:41,719 --> 00:52:44,680
Speaker 1: inconceivable that by the time they meet in Week seven

1030
00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:49,200
Speaker 1: that guess what, that could be a serious marquee matchup.

1031
00:52:49,239 --> 00:52:51,239
Speaker 1: And then you have the sub storyline of the two

1032
00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:55,239
Speaker 1: quarterbacks and the whole Oklahoma connection. That's what I have

1033
00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:57,480
Speaker 1: my eye on. I started this podcast by saying, I

1034
00:52:57,520 --> 00:52:59,759
Speaker 1: was shocked that wasn't a primetime and now you're telling

1035
00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:01,640
Speaker 1: me that they have the ability to flex it. That

1036
00:53:01,760 --> 00:53:03,319
Speaker 1: makes sense to me that they didn't put that in

1037
00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:05,399
Speaker 1: the first month of this season. But it's after Week five,

1038
00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:08,400
Speaker 1: so maybe the NFL and the networks do have their

1039
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:10,880
Speaker 1: eye on that game. Yeah, And I think Kyler Murray

1040
00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:14,880
Speaker 1: is marketable enough where it's going to be a legitimate

1041
00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:18,520
Speaker 1: option for several of these games. The Cardinals play a

1042
00:53:18,560 --> 00:53:22,640
Speaker 1: lot of games against high caliber competition. Like you look

1043
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:25,680
Speaker 1: at the schedule and you look at potential playoff team,

1044
00:53:25,719 --> 00:53:29,319
Speaker 1: potential playoff team, super Bowl contender, playoff team, like there's

1045
00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:32,000
Speaker 1: a lot of them in a row. And if Kyler

1046
00:53:32,080 --> 00:53:35,560
Speaker 1: Murray does take that step and he's as dazzling as

1047
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:38,719
Speaker 1: he was in the beginning of last season consistently and

1048
00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:41,400
Speaker 1: you're talking about him in the MVP conversation, if he

1049
00:53:41,440 --> 00:53:43,480
Speaker 1: can get there, then all of a sudden, I think

1050
00:53:43,480 --> 00:53:46,279
Speaker 1: the Cardinals start becoming one of those eight teams. If

1051
00:53:46,520 --> 00:53:48,640
Speaker 1: if they beat the Rams on the road in Week

1052
00:53:48,719 --> 00:53:52,360
Speaker 1: four and start winning early, then maybe the narrative changes.

1053
00:53:52,440 --> 00:53:55,160
Speaker 1: But for now, like we talked about, three primetime games,

1054
00:53:55,200 --> 00:53:58,319
Speaker 1: to me, made sense for now, and then if they

1055
00:53:58,360 --> 00:54:01,080
Speaker 1: prove it on the field, you got the star quarterback

1056
00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:04,640
Speaker 1: that everybody likes watching. He's so dynamic with this feat

1057
00:54:04,719 --> 00:54:08,160
Speaker 1: that he's fun to watch. I think the possibility is

1058
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:11,880
Speaker 1: certainly there for them to add primetime games getting flexed.

1059
00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:15,799
Speaker 1: So I looked up the Sunday night game for that

1060
00:54:15,880 --> 00:54:20,319
Speaker 1: Week six when the Cardinals are at Cleveland, and it

1061
00:54:20,440 --> 00:54:25,680
Speaker 1: is another NFC West AFC West West AFC North matchup

1062
00:54:26,280 --> 00:54:30,719
Speaker 1: Seattle and Pittsburgh. So I mean, you're expecting Seattle to

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Speaker 1: be pretty good, but you don't know what Pittsburgh is

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Speaker 1: gonna have this year with Ben Roethlisberger. That's that's definitely

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Speaker 1: one that could get a little bit sideways. Although I

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Speaker 1: would think it would be very, very difficult for NBC

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Speaker 1: to give up the Pittsburgh Steelers on a Sunday night game,

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Speaker 1: although Cleveland's got a pretty decent fan base too. It

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Speaker 1: would be that would be when I first looked it up,

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Speaker 1: I looked at the wrong week and it was Bill's

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Speaker 1: Chiefs and I'm like, Yeah, Bell's Chiefs isn't going anywhere

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Speaker 1: on Sunday Night. But Seahawks Steelers I could see possibly.

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Speaker 1: I mean if the steel one and four and the

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Speaker 1: Browns of four and one, which is plausible. Yeah, that's

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Speaker 1: a good point, Darren. I absolutely that's the kind of

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Speaker 1: matchup that could get flexed out early in the year

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Speaker 1: of the Steelers pick up where they left off the

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Speaker 1: end of last season, right and continue to scream that

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Speaker 1: they need to rebuild. So, yeah, that's it. What about

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Speaker 1: the preseason? Are we going to see? Last question here

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Speaker 1: our Cardinals Underground brought to you by Pacific Office Automation,

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Speaker 1: see Patrick Mahomes in Week two of the preseason or not?

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Speaker 1: Kyle Odegard week two. Man, I doubt it with at

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Speaker 1: this point. If you're Patrick Mahomes, just put that man

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Speaker 1: in bubble rap until week one. Why would you even

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Speaker 1: chance anything. He doesn't need to play in the preseason,

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Speaker 1: so I think we'll physically see him, but he'll be

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Speaker 1: on the sidelines. It'll be interesting. It is an ESPN game,

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Speaker 1: so you know they're gonna hope before we get out

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Speaker 1: of here, though, Paul, there's one crucial schedule question I

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Speaker 1: have to ask you, Oh boy, is Larry Fitzgerald gonna

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Speaker 1: play in any of these games? Well? You know what, Um,

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Speaker 1: let's see when is the first? You know, maybe Larry

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Speaker 1: sort of joins late like a Dwight Freeney, and maybe

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Speaker 1: it is week six at Cleveland, and that puts it

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Speaker 1: that that's the nail on the coffin they flex it

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Speaker 1: into prime time. You know, let's just hope your other

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Speaker 1: prediction about him playing for Minnesota doesn't come true, and

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Speaker 1: then we got to have him come back here in

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Speaker 1: week two. Yeah, you know what. Look, this is just

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Speaker 1: my own personal shout out to the red seat, and

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Speaker 1: you're gonna you're gonna thank me for giving out the

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Speaker 1: website one more time ac Cardinals dot Com slash game ticks.

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Speaker 1: That's Game t i X Week two Minnesota, the return

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Speaker 1: of Patrick Peterson and Larry Fitzgerald. How does that grab you?

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Speaker 1: How does that sort of headline grab you? For a

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Speaker 1: home opener when number eleven in purple is out on

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Speaker 1: the field. See this is where you stir the hornets nest, Paul,

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Speaker 1: I'm telling you from Vikings ball boy at fifteen years

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Speaker 1: of age to Vikings receiver, the number three receiver in

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Speaker 1: that rotation and reliable slot receiver seventy five catches working

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Speaker 1: the underneath as of Vikings and then sharing his place

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Speaker 1: with Pat Pe in the Twin Cities. I'm telling you

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Speaker 1: that's that's on the radar. I know how to cut

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Speaker 1: audio now, so I'm gonna clip off that and put

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Speaker 1: it on Twitter and save breaking news from Paul Calvci. First,

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Speaker 1: get my gripes in there as well, okay, and then

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Speaker 1: tag Roger Goodell on this as well. Please, Okay. That'll

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