1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: Welcome bird Gang. On today's show, Danny Surak joins me. 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 1: The premiere episode of HBO's Hard Knocks in season has debut. 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: Spoiler alerts time for some instance reaction plus our reaction 4 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: to the news Buddha Baker is out this week and 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 1: more injury concerns along the offensive line. It's Cardinals Cover two, 6 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: Episode six thirteen, and it starts now. Welcome to Cardinals 7 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: Cover two, Hitting the backfield and Donny goes for a loss. 8 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: J J. Watt Nailed at Cardinals. Cover two is presented 9 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: by Hun Day, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals, and 10 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit Easy Cardinals dot com Slash podcasts. 11 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 1: He's at the ten half of five. He's in again, 12 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: so for Harry Magic. WHOA, here's Craig Grielou. Let me 13 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: just start by saying this, I'm not a big reality 14 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 1: TV fan. I don't watch a lot of reality TV. 15 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:10,199 Speaker 1: I don't know how much is actually real versus scripted television. 16 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 1: I'll say this though, Hard Knocks is not scripted, and 17 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: the National Football League provides the greatest reality television out there. 18 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: And that was my big takeaway from episode one. My 19 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: big takeaway is that players don't like practicing in the 20 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: rain out here. They like the desert atmosphere. They don't 21 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: like the reception of JJ Watt, who called it a 22 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: spring day in Wisconsin. He had a moment where it 23 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: looked like he was meditating out at practice when it 24 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,839 Speaker 1: was raining here. They lingered on that shot for a while, 25 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 1: but it made me feel a little uncomfortable. But Kyler 26 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: Murray was right when he said, that's the kind of 27 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: weather when you're back in Texas, when you're outside practicing 28 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: or playing a sport, you go inside and you get 29 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: a cold. I can vouch for that. Yes, Hard Knocks 30 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: in season episode one. Look NFL films, the National Football League. 31 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: They always do this very very well, and it was 32 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: done very very well the premier episode. I was impressed. 33 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: I liked how it opened, I liked how it closed. 34 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: Everything in between. You got to see a little bit 35 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: of everything, some football, some players, the head coach off 36 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: the field as well. Where do you want to begin, Danny, 37 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: let's go. I guess chronologically how it started, show that 38 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: that amazing comeback win in Vegas, Kyler Murray and how 39 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: he was able to pull it off with some backyard football. 40 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: It almost gave me a little bit of hope watching 41 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:37,799 Speaker 1: that of kind of a reminder. It feels like so 42 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: long ago, of just like we knew this team was 43 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: capable of pulling off moments like that last year. Okay, 44 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: they've done it this year, Like maybe it's still you know, 45 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: in the bank for them. And when they're find themselves 46 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: in a situation where they're playing from behind, which they've 47 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: been doing a lot, they can find a way to 48 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: come back and get a win. I almost forgot about 49 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 1: that until this episode they did talking about the premiere 50 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,359 Speaker 1: episode of heart Knocks in season. They did a very 51 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: good job of setting the scene, if you will, Kyler 52 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: Murray that long, that very long walk from the field 53 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: to the locker room, slamming his helmet down in the 54 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: locker room after the Minnesota loss, and at that point, 55 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: all right, all eyes are in your next three games, Seattle, 56 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: the Rams, the forty nine ers, and from the head 57 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: coach Cliff Kingsbury started with him down to the assistance, 58 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: pressing upon the players the importance of the next three 59 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: games as we look backwards, and then the focus on 60 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: Seattle and how important that game was. And I thought 61 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: it was telling that Cliff Kingsbury talked about avoiding self 62 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: inflicted wounds, turnovers, penalties, priestnap penalties, and that's when I 63 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: got frustrated all over again, because you're reliving the nightmare 64 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: from the Sunday before you lose thirty one twenty one 65 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: and do everything that the head coach and the assistants 66 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: are telling you not to do. That was and they 67 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: do a great job of telling the story, and it's 68 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: always kind of it's weird when you look back when 69 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: you already know the end results and you're seeing it 70 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 1: kind of almost in real time all over again. It's 71 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 1: fascinating just the mental images that you get and what 72 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 1: it does to your thinking. These episodes are going to 73 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: be a lot more fun after the Cardinals win than 74 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: watching them go back and lose. It was interesting seeing 75 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 1: Kingsbury have up on the presentation in the team meeting 76 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 1: of these are the next three games and him saying 77 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: to the team, look, we have not been playing well, 78 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: but we're not out of this right two of these 79 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: two wins in these next three games, and we're fighting 80 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: for first place. And that was the case. It's a 81 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 1: little more difficult now that you lost to Seattle, because 82 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: now Seattle has the two game lead, the tiebreaker over 83 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: the Cardinals when you look at divisional wins. However, if 84 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: they he can, Arizona can get these next two wins 85 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: against the Rams and the forty nine ers, miraculously they 86 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 1: are technically not out of the division. I did think 87 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 1: that was interesting to see Kingsbury talk about the sense 88 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: of urgency that was needed, and he talked about self 89 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:21,359 Speaker 1: inflicting wounds many times. He just used different words to 90 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: describe that same thought. He talked about it in that meeting. 91 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: He talked about it when he was on the sideline 92 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: of the game of it's not them, it's us. He 93 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: talked about it postgame of it's them, it's nobody else, 94 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: and it's there. There are parts of this team that 95 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: play really well and then other parts fall off and 96 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 1: then the next week at flip Flops. That was a 97 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: common thing from Kingsbury was that, besides also learning, he 98 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 1: also likes murder documentaries and things of that nature. Yes 99 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 1: a day Len's a little too much for me sometimes, 100 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: but that was a common theme from Kingsbury, was saying 101 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: and talking to the assistant coaches, we know we're better 102 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: than this. This is shooting ourselves in the own foot 103 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: and that was something that he continued to talk about 104 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: throughout the episode and everything that we have the immediate 105 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 1: reaction to postgame and then in the days after a 106 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: game on Sunday, what has talked about why does this 107 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 1: team continue to have pre snap penalties, break the huddle 108 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 1: with ten seconds left to go? Something's Sean Jefferson in 109 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: the wide receiver's room literally being like a fan asking 110 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: the players rhetorically, why are we doing this? What is happening? 111 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: Why are we burning timeouts? That's what I get every 112 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: week on Cardinal Talk. So the frustration that the fans 113 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: have that we have here, same frustration that is going 114 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: on within the coaches rooms on the sidelines, because I 115 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: think everyone realizes that they have more talents and are 116 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: better when they play well and everyone does their job, 117 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: that they are very capable of beating any team on 118 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: the schedule, and that remains the next eight games, very 119 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: capable of meeting any of those eight teams, and also 120 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 1: very capable of losing to any of those eight games. 121 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: That's what's been pretty telling when you look at this roster, 122 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 1: which so much of this team was here last year. 123 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: But when you look at the players that are composed 124 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: on this team, you're right, they have the personnel to 125 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: be successful, but it's also scary to see how detrimental 126 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: that same personnel could be to yourself. That was something we, 127 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: you know, players talked about, was having to just do 128 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: your job. I did think it was very interesting to 129 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: get an inside look at the meeting rooms and see 130 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: what coaches are talking about. I thought it was very 131 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: entertaining to watch the different defensive coaches. It was Bill Davis, 132 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: the linebackers coach, who really stood out to me on 133 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: a play when he was breaking down film with the 134 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: linebackers and he points out Buddha Baker, the safety, and 135 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: he says to his room, he challenges them and says, 136 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: I want one of you to play just as hard 137 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: as a Baker. Can you imagine if we had an 138 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: entire defense of Buddha Bakers And he's right, and Buddha 139 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: was a very prevalent player in this episode, but he's right. 140 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: Just it was it was very entertaining to have Buddha 141 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: Baker miked up and not only in the game, but 142 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: seem at practice in just that intensity and we know 143 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: he's been well respected in that locker room, but to 144 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: see that that was very cool. Vance Joseph has often said, 145 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: if I could have eleven Buddha Bakers on my defense plane, 146 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: we would be a very very good defense because the 147 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: passion that he has playing the passion that you saw 148 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: after the loss to Philadelphia in the locker room, very 149 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: emotional and speaking from the hearts, hates to lose, hates 150 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 1: to lose at home, and trying to inspire his teammates 151 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: to do better because he, as we like to say, 152 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: hates losing more than he likes winning. And that passion 153 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 1: he plays with a fire. There is a reckless, abandoned 154 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: but it's within it's it's within the lines, and it's 155 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: within that lane because he knows how far to take 156 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: it and he goes one hundred percent every single play. 157 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: The unfortunate part, though, is what we saw at the 158 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: end of the Seattle game. I think it was the 159 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 1: second to last play, Buddha Baker hurt his ankle and 160 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: we now learn that he is going to miss this 161 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: week's game against the Los Angeles Rams. Maybe more than that, 162 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 1: Cliff Kingbury was optimistic, hoping that Buddha will be able 163 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: to go the following week. But that is a huge loss, 164 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,439 Speaker 1: not only for the defense, but the entire team. Buddha 165 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: Baker is the face of this team. He is the 166 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: emotional leader of this team, not just on defense. Yeah, 167 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 1: that's that's a pretty big blow. He means a lot 168 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: to this defense and to not have him out there, 169 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: hopefully it's just this week, that's huge. That's huge when 170 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: you've you're going up against Cooper Cup And I know 171 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: we'll get into this later when we kind of wrap 172 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:16,680 Speaker 1: up our hard knocks conversation, but you know, there's other 173 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: other players on this defense that are also on the 174 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 1: injury report. So not having Buddha Baker alone is a 175 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: big blow. But with some of the other possible pieces 176 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: that might be questionable or ruled out later in the week, 177 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: that makes it even more difficult. Speaking Buddha Baker, they 178 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: also spotlighted him off the field. You got a chance 179 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: to go inside Buddha's home with his sister and his mom. 180 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: And by the way, his sister Mary might have been 181 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: the unsung hero of episode one, having her miked up 182 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: in the stands with their friend and then back home 183 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,439 Speaker 1: after the Seattle games, saying quote this game was kind 184 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: of disappointing with her brother literally physically just exhausted, emotionally drained, 185 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 1: banged up from head to toe, and she just as 186 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 1: any little sister would and it just like I'm sorry 187 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: that that was not good, big brother. And then she's like, 188 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: I'm hungry because like I'm not hungry at all. He 189 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: was like, I'm not. We lost, I'm not hungry. But 190 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: that's and then you get this insight on these players. 191 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 1: You know, we see them, most fans see them through 192 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 1: a television screen or if you're lucky enough to be 193 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:30,079 Speaker 1: at the game, you know, several yards away. You don't 194 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 1: see these players when they leave here. The facility then 195 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: includes you and I Danny, we don't see what they're 196 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: doing away from the facility. But that was a nice 197 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: moment for Buddha Baker, a nice moment to see DeAndre 198 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: Hopkins and Isaiah Simmons, Clemson alums sharing a bite to 199 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: eat at a local establishment. And then the conversation. Isaiah 200 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,079 Speaker 1: Simmons was even asking questions. He was like a reporter 201 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 1: asking Buddha or asking DeAndre Hopkins about, you know, what 202 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:56,199 Speaker 1: he was doing and how it felt to be away 203 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: for those six games. So just little things like that, 204 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 1: that hard knock is able to sprinkle in when they're 205 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: telling the story of that particular or a week or 206 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: in the case of episode one, those first seven games 207 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 1: or eight games to get to week nine. You know, 208 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: I want to have someone in my life who will 209 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: hype me up the way Wide receivers coach Sean Jefferson 210 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: hypes up DeAndre Hopkins. That was quite the rant at practice, 211 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 1: reminding hop you are a special talent, and Sean Jefferson saying, 212 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 1: sometimes you just got to remind people. And Jefferson was 213 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: even talking to Kingsbury att practice of just hops presence 214 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: alone that first practice back. You could feel it in 215 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: the air, the difference the intensity of everyone else on 216 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 1: the team. His presence alone. We know that in the games, 217 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: but with his teammates just having him back in kings 218 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 1: Raymon said, you know, they're gonna look and they're gonna 219 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: see a big difference between hot being here and hop 220 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:53,199 Speaker 1: not being here. I did think it was interesting that 221 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: they were able to include in the first episode the 222 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 1: little scuffle. Scuffle might be too much of what it 223 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 1: was on the sideline. Sure during during the Seattle game 224 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: between Hopkins and Murray Um after Um Hopkins was wide 225 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: open and Kyler Murray didn't find him. And when I 226 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 1: was watching it, it was kind of in two parts. 227 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 1: They showed him in the beginning, and I was like, oh, 228 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: this was not a big deal. When people saw it 229 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: on the broadcast and they were bringing it up like 230 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: they were just trying. He was just saying, hey, like 231 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 1: did did you not see me? Like I was looking 232 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: at Yeah, it was that simple, looking at what are 233 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 1: you seeing on the field and I and I was watching, 234 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, that's that's fine. Because then they 235 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: went to a different shot, and then the third shot 236 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: and those that sequence of three they went back to 237 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:43,599 Speaker 1: hop and Murray and it was a little more passionate. Um, 238 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 1: some colorful language, but to me, again, that is passion. 239 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: That's something you see from quarterbacks and wide receivers across 240 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 1: the league. Um. For whatever reason, people view it from 241 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray a little differently, But when we see it 242 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 1: from other quarterbacks, it's fine. And then you know, Kingsbury 243 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: had to huddle with with some of those starting offensive 244 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 1: pieces and everyone was focused on him reminding them, hey, 245 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: it's not them, it's us. But I did think that 246 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: was interesting to show, not that it was necessarily bad, 247 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: but to show the passion between Hopkins and Murray on 248 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: the sideline. Going back to your thoughts on Sean Jefferson 249 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: as far as telling de hop don't forget who you are, 250 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: because as I watched that, I immediately went back to 251 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: again looking backwards to the Seattle game and you see 252 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: five targets to number ten and you're like, don't forget 253 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: who you are. Well, someone obviously did because they weren't 254 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: targeting DeAndre Hopkins against the Seahawks fair and then you 255 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 1: get that exchange because literally there was no one within 256 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: what five ten yards or the screen shot of DeAndre 257 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: Hopkins running right down the middle of the field, and 258 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: I get it. As a quarterback, it's hard to see everything. 259 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: But that was a sideline exchange that made Fox TV. 260 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: And now we get behind the scenes on what transpired 261 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: on television. Hopkins was saying I want to win and 262 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: Murray was saying, I'm gonna get you the ball. Calm down, 263 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get you the ball. However, unfortunately he didn't 264 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: really get on the ball because Hopkins only had one 265 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: target in the second half. Also learned in Hard Knocks 266 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: in season episode one, Kyler Murray tweaking his hamstring early 267 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: in that contest. He on the injury report that we 268 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: found out on Wednesday. He did not participate in the 269 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: closed walkthrough. But we found out on episode one that 270 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: he tweaked his hamstring in the second quarter on that 271 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: seventeen yard run before the fourth down run in which 272 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 1: he fumbled, and you could hear him on the sideline. 273 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 1: He was not running full speed on that fourth down run, 274 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: and maybe if he was, hadn't tweaked his hamstring. Ryan 275 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: Neil doesn't catch him from behind, doesn't poke the ball loosen? 276 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: Who knows what we're talking about here? On this Wednesday 277 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: edition of Cardinals cover two presented by Hunday probably partner 278 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals, but again more behind the scenes 279 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: stuff to kind of give us a better picture of 280 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: what transpired on Sunday. And then when we look at 281 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: the injury report on Wednesday, oh, starting quarterback didn't participate. 282 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 1: Now all of a sudden, you're wondering, all right, are 283 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: you going to be available this week against the Rams? 284 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: That is a very good question. Hopefully you know, since 285 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: Murray did finish the rest of the game, that it's 286 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: hopefully not so serious to where he is going to 287 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 1: miss time. This, to me is what's so fascinating about 288 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: hard knocks. Not only get to see the personalities off 289 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: the field because a lot of that stuff they obviously 290 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: have to like plan and coordinate, but getting to see 291 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: one the personalities of coaches like Sean Jefferson, but also 292 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: a little behind the scenes pieces of games like this. 293 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying that's a necessarily a fair excuse 294 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: of Kyler had just tweaked his hamstring if he wasn't, 295 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: you know, he wasn't running running full speed. If he were, 296 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: where would we be sitting? What would we be talking about? 297 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: But it is an interesting concept of how many players 298 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: and how many plays in a game do most people 299 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: not know is affected by some sort of injury or 300 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,199 Speaker 1: something of that nature because it doesn't come up, and 301 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 1: sometimes injury isn't so long lasting to where they show 302 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: up on the injury report the following week. It's just interesting, 303 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: like had hard knocks not caught that, Like, what if 304 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 1: this wasn't such a major Maybe it's not major, but 305 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 1: if this injury wasn't enough for Kyler Murray to end 306 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: up on the injury report this week, and we would 307 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: have never known that was the reason that affected that 308 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 1: run and that fumble. Another example when a play is run, 309 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 1: either successfully or not, and we watching it or fans 310 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 1: looking at it wondering, well, why didn't you do that? 311 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: Why didn't you stop that? Why wasn't it practiced during 312 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: the week? Perfect example the Noah Fense fifty one yard 313 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 1: run catch and run on the bootleg. You see Vance 314 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 1: Joseph on the sideline yelling we talked about the boot 315 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: as you see Geno Smith throw it to Noah fans 316 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,920 Speaker 1: and fan runs down the field. I think that play 317 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: was fifty one yards yes of fans like ninety seven 318 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,679 Speaker 1: of the game fans. Joseph talked about it in the 319 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 1: full defensive meeting. Bill Davis was talking about it with 320 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: the linebackers. That was clearly something that was talked about. 321 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:27,680 Speaker 1: Again another piece of okay, you might question the preparation 322 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: or the execution, and that's a great example of clearly 323 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 1: they were preparing for the boot and they could not contain. 324 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: It comes down to execution and that particular play was prepared, 325 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:43,719 Speaker 1: was practiced, not executed exactly. And then you're wondering, all right, well, 326 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: whose fault is that, Well, it's prepared, it's practiced, not executed. 327 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 1: Maybe this is that accountability we've been wondering if this 328 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 1: is going to turn the tide here in the facility. 329 00:18:56,600 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 1: Not saying necessarily that, you know, coaches don't deserve of 330 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,919 Speaker 1: any sort of blame when you lose, or you know, 331 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,719 Speaker 1: things are obviously never going to be perfect, but it 332 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: does shine a light on maybe if you have a 333 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: question about if it is preparation or execution. It's a 334 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 1: great call, Danny, because yeah, fans are looking for answers, 335 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,439 Speaker 1: and everyone wants to blame someone and or something. I 336 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: want to blame you a lot of the time. What 337 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: did I do now? Nothing? Now, But give me a 338 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 1: couple of minutes and I'll think of something. One last 339 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 1: thing I have for Hard Knocks in season episode one, 340 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 1: and that is, can we get Cliff Kingsbury some furniture 341 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 1: in hiding in his house? I was not expected to 342 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 1: see at some point, Yes, his Paradise Valley home, which 343 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: went viral a couple of years ago. On draft night 344 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 1: it was going to be spotlighted. I wasn't expecting it 345 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 1: to be an episode one. We saw a little bit 346 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,640 Speaker 1: more of the house. He's got a great theater room, 347 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,199 Speaker 1: which apparently he spends a lot of time in. Other 348 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:04,439 Speaker 1: than that, the kitchen was basically spotless and there was 349 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:08,439 Speaker 1: just a lot of hardwood everywhere. He likes, what was 350 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: his quotes, I'm a big natural light guy, and you 351 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,919 Speaker 1: could tell that because there was just windows everywhere. But 352 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: there is literally nothing in his house. There's a difference 353 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: between being spotless for the cameras, which his house was, 354 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 1: and also being spotless because there's no furniture anywhere. It 355 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: was very modern. Some of his artwork too, like it was. 356 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,120 Speaker 1: I'm a little surprised that he allowed them to go 357 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: into his home. It wasn't a very in depth there's 358 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: nothing to show, right, but he's a very private person. 359 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 1: But even still, I was a little surprised to let 360 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: him into his home. I did think something that that 361 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:50,119 Speaker 1: was pretty funny is looking at JJ Watt, who is 362 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: a monster of a human being, and we've seen even 363 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:56,880 Speaker 1: before Hard Knocks his personality. I think about in the offseason, well, 364 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 1: first of all, the donut situation was zach Ertz and 365 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: getting the wrong you know, flavor, and when he posted 366 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 1: a video on Rondelle's birthday, but said, you know, hey, 367 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 1: my wife and I just had a sonogram and the 368 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: baby's you know, showing that it's just as big as Rondale. 369 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: Like we have seen parts of his personality, and we 370 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: saw a pregame on the sideline. Big Red was talking 371 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: to a toddler, a little girl, and JJ was staying 372 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 1: next to Buddha and said that the two of them 373 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 1: were the same size. And but it was like, oh, 374 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: you got jokes, you got jokes, and that that stuff 375 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: is pretty funny to me. Those little bits and pieces. 376 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: Throughout the episode of the personality, zach Ertz complaining in 377 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: the practice where they had in the rain, You guys 378 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 1: brought me out here. You told me there wasn't going 379 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 1: to be any rain. What is this? I liked those parts. 380 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: We also found out that or fans that might not 381 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: know and Danny, you know, you're kind of new here. 382 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: But if you ever needed to be flown anywhere, all 383 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 1: you have to do is go ask owner Michael Bidwell, 384 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: because not only does he have a plane, but he 385 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: literally flies the plane. He will go out and he 386 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: has gone out speaking to JJ Watt. He went out 387 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 1: and flew out to pick up JJ Watt to bring 388 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: back and that was something that JJ mentioned afterwards that 389 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,719 Speaker 1: really impressed him. It's one thing for a team to 390 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 1: send a plane. It's another thing for them to send 391 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,160 Speaker 1: the plane with a pilot who's also the owner. That's 392 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,919 Speaker 1: pretty cool. Not many teams can say they have an 393 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: owner who does something like that, and that's it's a 394 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 1: very unique skill and hobby to have. I think that's 395 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: pretty cool to get to see that of Michael Bidwell. 396 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: Did you did you catch up on when he was 397 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 1: driving into State Firm Stadium. He went right from the 398 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: plane and he got in his car and he changed 399 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,400 Speaker 1: into a suit and is pulling up to the back 400 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 1: lot where players and coaches and you know, front office 401 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: staff park And so to get down to the actual 402 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: parking lot, you have to stop, and you have to 403 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 1: have your car search, just safety protocols like everyone else. Yes, 404 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: and he got a welcome to State Farm and as 405 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 1: he's pulling off, you can hear in the back somebody 406 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 1: telling the employee who welcomed Michael Bidwell to State Farm Stadium, 407 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,119 Speaker 1: almost implying like do you know who he is? He 408 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: was like, well, I just wanted to make him feel 409 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,959 Speaker 1: welcome and it's like he feels pretty welcome. This is 410 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: this is hist. I thought that was pretty funny. You 411 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 1: get treated no different when exactly and I'm sure that's 412 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: something that will stick with a lot of people, whether 413 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:20,920 Speaker 1: it's Michael or someone else. Because you never know who's watching, 414 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: You never knows who's paying attention to you, might as 415 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: well do what your job is described to do to 416 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,440 Speaker 1: every single person. If you have to say welcome to 417 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,400 Speaker 1: State Firm Stadium to every car, you absolutely should say 418 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 1: that to Michael Bidwell. I just thought it was It 419 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 1: was pretty funny. R Knox Season one, Episode one again 420 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:43,439 Speaker 1: HBO and HBO Max each Wednesday throughout the season, however 421 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: long that is for the Arizona Cardinals, and of course 422 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 1: all the reaction right here on Cardinals Cover two and 423 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 1: on Acy Cardinals dot Com. Anything else dandy with episode 424 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 1: one before we kind of not bringing everyone down, but 425 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 1: at least talk about the other news of the day 426 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:04,920 Speaker 1: on Wednesday. Well, I'm not sure anything else particularly stood 427 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: out to me that doesn't really fit with what we've 428 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 1: already talked about. It was a pretty ominous ending, Buddha 429 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,199 Speaker 1: Baker walking out after the game to his car with 430 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: his sister and his mom, and they were talking about 431 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:19,399 Speaker 1: the ankle. But how even in Arizona, when it rains, 432 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,719 Speaker 1: it pours, And that feels pretty fitting to lead you 433 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: into the long list of the injury report that we 434 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:29,679 Speaker 1: received from Wednesday's walkthrough, So when you're ready, Buddha Baker 435 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: won't play this week. He'll be day to day after 436 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 1: this week, according to Cliff Kingsbury. But the injury report 437 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: listed eight players, five offensive lineman, and that does include 438 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: Will Hernandez, who later earned the day on Wednesday, was 439 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:47,199 Speaker 1: placed on injured reserve with a chest injury, so he 440 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: is going to miss at least the next four weeks, 441 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 1: including this week against the Rams. But Kelvin Beecham, Cody Ford, 442 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: Max Garcia, Rodney Hudson all did not participate. DJ Humphrey's 443 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 1: limited with a back issue. That's basically your entire offensive 444 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: line starters and reserves. And if you're the head coach, 445 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 1: if you're Sean Coogler, the offensive line coach, you're going 446 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: to start your seventh different offensive line combination this week, 447 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:19,920 Speaker 1: your fourth in four weeks. You think perhaps it's going 448 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 1: to be Billy Price at center. That would be most 449 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: logical That's what Kingsbury said earlier in the week. You 450 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: don't know right now who your right guard is going 451 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 1: to be, and you might not know who your right 452 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: tackle is going to be if Kelvin Beacham is unavailable 453 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 1: or your left tackle in Dj Humphreys, who did play 454 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: last week but again on the injury report with a 455 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 1: back issue. You also hope that Kelvin Beacham was listed 456 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: with the illness in need Cody Ford was listed with 457 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: an illness. Hopefully that's a coincidence and there's not some 458 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,440 Speaker 1: sort of bug or something that could be going around 459 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: that offensive line room. Last year, it took until Week 460 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 1: sixteen for all five starting offensive lineman to start a 461 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:02,679 Speaker 1: game with Kyler Murray. The difference to me and having 462 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,640 Speaker 1: so much o line adversity last year to this year 463 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: is last year the team as a whole, But really 464 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 1: the offense was pretty fine tune. They had rhythm, they 465 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: were finding ways to win games. Sure, nothing was perfect, 466 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,640 Speaker 1: and you could find things to work on every week, 467 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 1: but when you're missing even two, maybe even up to three, 468 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:25,159 Speaker 1: offensive linemen, the rest of the offense is jelling in 469 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 1: a way to where everybody understands, you know what we 470 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 1: got to overcompensate in this area. We can work off 471 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: what is already working. That's not the case this year. 472 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: This offense is not fine tuned. This offense is not jelling. 473 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: They do not have rhythm. They are still struggling to 474 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: really put points on the board because a lot of 475 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 1: these points have been coming from the defense as of late. 476 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:49,119 Speaker 1: So to alone already be without your three starting interior 477 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 1: offensive linemen. How last week's game ended left guard Justin 478 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,119 Speaker 1: Pewdum for the year with ACL you've got Cody fordon center, 479 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: Ronnie Hudson dealing with ANISO, it's Billy Price, and then 480 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: right guard Will Hernandez Hurt. So it's rookie Lucida Smith 481 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 1: who goes in. Now, when you add your tackles and 482 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 1: DJ Humphries and Kelvin Beacham's that list, it is just 483 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 1: wild to meet like. It is a very scary thought 484 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: of what this offense is going to look like within 485 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 1: even less experience, not only personally but as a group, 486 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: when you're talking about the cohesiveness of this offensive line, 487 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: especially because when you look at a lot of the 488 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 1: penalties that are happening, it's a lot of false starts, 489 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 1: and that's not to just blame your center, but the 490 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: way that he is holding the ball or getting ready 491 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,479 Speaker 1: to snap the ball that comes into play for everyone 492 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: else lined up on the line of scrimmage and those 493 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 1: high snaps that we've been seeing. So if your offensive line, 494 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 1: your offense as a whole, has already been having problems 495 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: to now add all of these injuries, it's a very 496 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:57,920 Speaker 1: very ominous feeling. The quarterback can't do anything and less 497 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: the offensive line does its job. That goes with the 498 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: running back, the wide receivers. Everything starts at the line 499 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 1: of scrimmage. And you point to your five starters who 500 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 1: we have not seen on a consistent basis, And as 501 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: far as who goes in now at right guard, is 502 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 1: it once again going to be Lucita Smith or perhaps 503 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:20,439 Speaker 1: Max Garcia returns this week. It is not going to 504 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 1: be Josh Jones. Kingsbury said they want to keep him 505 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:26,359 Speaker 1: at tackle unless in case of an emergency, Yeah, then 506 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,919 Speaker 1: you have a Josh Jones Now. The team did claim 507 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,919 Speaker 1: Whyatt Davis off waivers. He had been released by the 508 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 1: Saints on Tuesday, former third round pick of the Vikings 509 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one, joining now his fourth team, but 510 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 1: getting an opportunity perhaps here with the Cardinals because of 511 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 1: the number of injuries that that offensive line is dealing 512 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: with at the moment. Yeah, but again it's someone who 513 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: just arrived now the fund getting thrust into the mix. 514 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: And again, it's not like the rest of your offensive 515 00:28:56,600 --> 00:29:00,719 Speaker 1: line has so much time together and understanding the nuances 516 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 1: to where if you have to plug in one player 517 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,719 Speaker 1: you can get by. That's not the case. It almost 518 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 1: I don't want to sound like such a complete Debbie Downer, 519 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 1: but I think I'm way past that point. Like it 520 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: almost feels like when you look at this, you're just 521 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 1: struggling to come up from air, like you're you're not 522 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: like you're not what am I thinking of it? Like, Yeah, 523 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 1: you're not dodging struggling, you're treading water and you are 524 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 1: like you're trying, You're you know, you're already underwater. You're 525 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 1: trying to come up for air. That's how I feel 526 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 1: about this. You've got that anchor tied to your leg 527 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 1: and it's pulling you down. You're already under and you can't. 528 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: You don't have enough strength to swim your way back 529 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 1: up to the surface. Thank you for understanding what I 530 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 1: meant by doing the motion with my arms when I 531 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: couldn't think we don't have to, you know, the hard knocks. 532 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: Cameras are not in here for that. Of course, they 533 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,600 Speaker 1: were here on Tuesday for the Red Seat report, and 534 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 1: I'll say this, it was a little awkward when you've 535 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 1: got one, you're miked up, and you've got cameras, a 536 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 1: couple of different cameras. Of course they were both. They 537 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 1: were all pointed towards Drew Stanton and Cobbin and by 538 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: It's not myself, but it was just just a little 539 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 1: why you're the best looking one. Okay, that's not the case, 540 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 1: but I appreciate that. Two other injury items, one Buyer 541 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 1: Murphy dealing with a back issue. He's been on that 542 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,959 Speaker 1: injury report before, so pay attention to that a corner. 543 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,840 Speaker 1: And then as we discussed Kyler Murray a hamstring injury. 544 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 1: Did not participate on Mint on Wednesday. He has not 545 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: missed a game this season, but that hamstring did cost 546 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: him three games last year. Just so happened that then 547 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: those three games, Colt McCoy came in and they went 548 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 1: two and one. Not having Buyer Murphy is almost the 549 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: possibility at least of not having Buyer Murphrey is almost 550 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:41,400 Speaker 1: as scary as not having Buddha Baker. Murphy has done 551 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 1: an incredible job at shutting down top receivers all year. 552 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: He's a big part as to why when the Cardinals 553 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: faced the Rams in Week three that wide receiver Cooper 554 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,479 Speaker 1: Cup was held to a season low four catches forty 555 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:56,280 Speaker 1: four yards. So if you don't Buddha Baker and you're 556 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 1: already having to adjust there, whether that's how you use 557 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:03,080 Speaker 1: highbred line backer slash safety Isaiah Simmons, You're getting Charles 558 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: Washington back. He's will likely he's been designated to return 559 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: off IR dealing with a chess injury. But if you 560 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: also don't have Buyer Murphy, I mean that leads you 561 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 1: in Antonio Hamilton and Marco Wilson, but that would be 562 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 1: hard against yes, a struggling Rams offense. But to still 563 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 1: have Cooper Cup, You've got Trayvon Mullen, who I'm sure 564 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,479 Speaker 1: is itching to get more defensive snaps. He's played some 565 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,920 Speaker 1: special teams, but that would be your next man up. 566 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 1: As far as if you go, if you lose a 567 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 1: Buyer Murphy, and you would hate that to be the 568 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,960 Speaker 1: case this week, especially because Cooper Cup right now is 569 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:44,120 Speaker 1: basically the only thing that's working well for that Rams offense. Yeah, 570 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: I mean, Matthew Stafford has been sacked twenty eight times, 571 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 1: which is their most lead. That offensive line is pretty 572 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 1: banked up. They're only averaging sixteen points per game. There 573 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 1: is definitely room for this Cardinals defense to exploit LA's offense. 574 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 1: The reigning Super Bowl champs, who at three and five, 575 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 1: do not look yearly as good as they did last year. 576 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: So there's opportunity for Arizona. It's just a matter of 577 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 1: having to capitalize on that. And by the way, we 578 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: learned on Wednesday that Matthew Stafford's in concussion protocol. Now 579 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 1: there's time between now and Sunday, and I'll caution everyone 580 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 1: to be too too excited about a quarterback not being 581 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 1: in uniform or being available for the Cardinals or for 582 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: the Rams, I should say, because the backup is John 583 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:28,360 Speaker 1: Wolford and his only career start this pre date Shoe Danny, 584 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 1: But he has one career start happened back in week seventeen, 585 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:37,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenty Cardinals at the Rams, and the Rams won 586 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,120 Speaker 1: that game eighteen to seven. Clinching the playoffs bought Kyle 587 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,400 Speaker 1: Murray now was in and out of the lineup or 588 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,959 Speaker 1: in and out of the game because of an injury 589 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: for that game. But yeah, John Wofford in his one 590 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 1: career start beat the Cardinals in twenty twenty. That sounds 591 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,000 Speaker 1: pretty much like the Rams against the Cardinals as a 592 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 1: whole the last couple of years. So eleven and one 593 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: under Sean mcveah, including the playoff loss. Oh, let's not 594 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 1: bring that up. I'm having such a good time. Let's 595 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 1: not bring that up. All right, let's before we get 596 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 1: out of here. How about the sideline exchange promotion? Who 597 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 1: you were able to slow down and stop a week 598 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 1: ago as JJ Watt You had a big exclusive interview 599 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,520 Speaker 1: because JJ Watt did not be with reporters last week 600 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:20,720 Speaker 1: because no one could stop him. You did so this week? 601 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 1: Who was linebackers Avin Collins coming off that pick six 602 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:29,120 Speaker 1: against Seattle talking about the success he's had, how he's 603 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: been able to create such that leap into year two 604 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:36,160 Speaker 1: now talking about the mentality of this team not only 605 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 1: being three and six but owing three against the division 606 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,280 Speaker 1: and the importance of these back to back divisional games 607 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 1: going against the Rams and then the forty nine ers 608 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 1: in Mexico City, and just kind of looking ahead to 609 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,240 Speaker 1: this RAMS matchup. I asked him a little bit about 610 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:53,280 Speaker 1: hard Knocks too. Surprisingly, I thought he'd be like more 611 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 1: of a quiet guy. He says, he's pretty loud in 612 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 1: the meeting room, but well, maybe he'll be a feature 613 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 1: or spotlighted on a future up, so yeah, possibly. He 614 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 1: said he wasn't planning on watching, so I don't know 615 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,240 Speaker 1: how many players are going to watch, at least after 616 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,560 Speaker 1: they lose. After they lose, I'm not sure how high 617 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 1: the numbers will be in that locker room. That's true. 618 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,760 Speaker 1: By the way we are keeping track Bird Gang, and 619 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 1: by my count, neither myself nor Danny showed up in 620 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:20,840 Speaker 1: episode one. The back of myself did on the sideline 621 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,600 Speaker 1: that was pointed out to me. But no, okay doesn't count. 622 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 1: That does not count because we need facial recognition for 623 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:32,320 Speaker 1: this voice. Yes, okay voice, so it is a facial recognition. 624 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,960 Speaker 1: I need to understand the rules. Is this a competition, 625 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:38,719 Speaker 1: like should I be trying to make an episode or 626 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:44,279 Speaker 1: this is just normal days this competition let's see, we 627 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,160 Speaker 1: want to make this a competition or just you know, 628 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 1: fun thing to track. Well, do you feel like losing? 629 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:52,880 Speaker 1: That's my rebuttal No, I don't feel like losing. But 630 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:56,120 Speaker 1: I just know that if the camera had a choice 631 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:59,200 Speaker 1: which way to point, it's certainly not going to point 632 00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:03,680 Speaker 1: in my direct. Okay, we could do it just for fun? 633 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,319 Speaker 1: Am I? Am I wrong in this assessment? Don't make 634 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,719 Speaker 1: me say yes, we'll do it just for fun, all right, 635 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,239 Speaker 1: and maybe fans out there can keep track as well, 636 00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 1: and then let Danny know when she's got the better 637 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,360 Speaker 1: of myself, which is often, as we've learned here on 638 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,600 Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two. That's okay, it's okay. You have how 639 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 1: many more episodes? Let's hope several, because again, this will 640 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:28,520 Speaker 1: continue into the postseason. Every Wednesday, Every Wednesday, as long 641 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 1: as the Cardinals get to the postseason, which right now 642 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:34,880 Speaker 1: it seems far off, but who knows. Every Wednesday HBO 643 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,800 Speaker 1: and HBO Max and then immediate reaction here on Cardinals 644 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:42,399 Speaker 1: Cover two as well as asy Cardinals dot Com. Make 645 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 1: sure you're smiling for the cameras, Danny, Okay, you got it. 646 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:47,120 Speaker 1: On that note, we will put all in on this 647 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:50,040 Speaker 1: edition of Cardinals Cover two, presented by Hunday Proud partner 648 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:52,880 Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals has always special thanks to our 649 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:56,439 Speaker 1: executive producer Jim Amandro For Danny Serek, I'm greig Rio Loup. 650 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,719 Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next time here on Cardinals Cover 651 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:02,480 Speaker 1: two m