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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang on today's show Must See TV The

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Speaker 1: Total Package. That's just some of what is being said

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Speaker 1: nationally about Kyler Murray after two games, all well deserved.

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Speaker 1: His numbers are incredible. However, there are some other numbers

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Speaker 1: that need to be told, and those numbers speak more

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Speaker 1: to how much better Murray is playing the quarterback position.

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Speaker 1: First though, better late than never. Right. It's Cardinals Cover two,

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Speaker 1: Episode four seventy and it starts now. Welcome to Cardinals

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

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Speaker 1: two is presented by Hyundai, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals,

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Speaker 1: Slash podcasts Going for Hopkins one tend to catch it

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Speaker 1: a touchdown DeAndre Hopkins. Here's Craig Grielou and Mike Jarecki.

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Speaker 1: Let's go back one week ago today, Despite five total

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Speaker 1: touchdowns against a very good Titans team on the road,

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray did not win NFC Offensive Player of the

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Speaker 1: Week quote. It's all good. Go back out there next

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Speaker 1: week and do it again. He did, MJ four total touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: completely better than eighty percent of his past attempts for

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Speaker 1: four hundred yards. And yes, on Wednesday, Kyler Murray maybe

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Speaker 1: a week late, named NFC Offensive Player of the Week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and you know, listen, Matthew Stafford his quarterback rating. You know,

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Speaker 1: obviously he threw for more yards, but Kyler Murray, you know,

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Speaker 1: did have more touchdowns. I think maybe the interception maybe

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Speaker 1: docked him. But there's enough to go around, and we

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Speaker 1: know how you know, the NFC West. I'm sure Russell

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Speaker 1: in time. Stafford depending on what happens with Jimmy Garoppolo.

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Speaker 1: But according to the Cardinals and the NFL, this is

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Speaker 1: his fifth career Offensive Player of the Week award for

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Speaker 1: Murray twenty nineteen, weeks six two, twenty weeks five, seven,

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Speaker 1: and fifteen, and then week two, so he actually ties

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Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson with five and of course also Hall of

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Speaker 1: Fame quarterback Kurt Warner with the most Player of the

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Speaker 1: Week awards forever Cardinals player. Now Larry has to have

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Speaker 1: more than that. I got to assume, no, because Kurt

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Speaker 1: this ties wow, Team mark as far as an offensive player,

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Speaker 1: the fact that Patrick Peterson, let's be honest, he was

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Speaker 1: some of those were special teams. Yes, okay, that's fair

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Speaker 1: because the first year he had four returns. But you

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Speaker 1: just thought, you know, a guy that you know shuts

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Speaker 1: the opposing number one receiver. Now, at least for the

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Speaker 1: first eight years, I would have thought he had a

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Speaker 1: couple more of But that's interesting. I just assumed Larry

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Speaker 1: had every single record just because he played so long

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Speaker 1: well at this rate, and this is two plus seasons.

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Speaker 1: We're two years playing now two games. And if this

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Speaker 1: extends into ten, twelve, fifteen years, which we all hope,

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Speaker 1: if Murray wants to keep going that far, I don't

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Speaker 1: see any record four quarterbacks, passing, rushing that would not

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Speaker 1: have Kylin Murray at the top of that list. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and you look at you know, Kurt Warner, and you know,

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Speaker 1: you would think on paper he won a lot of

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Speaker 1: football games, but obviously he was very successful in the

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Speaker 1: short amount of time he was starting. Then Carson plays

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Speaker 1: for five years and he gets fifty wins. But you're

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Speaker 1: going to start seeing Murray, whether it's rushing touchdowns, and

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Speaker 1: then you start looking at the passing touchdowns. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: the longevity. I mean, Jake Plummer was here for what

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Speaker 1: three four years, maybe up five, but for the most part,

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Speaker 1: if this is what happens when you have a franchise quarterback, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and it depends just on how much he wants to play.

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Speaker 1: But you know, you just look at that completion percentage

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Speaker 1: First player in NFL history, let me repeat that, first

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Speaker 1: And then I found this interesting, And again we're talking

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Speaker 1: On six different players have been targeted at least eight times.

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Speaker 1: that marks are with an odd number of games. But

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Speaker 1: let's look at after four games, let's look after eight games,

431
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Speaker 1: nine games, and then see where this offense is. But

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Speaker 1: it is trending in the direction that we all wanted

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Speaker 1: it to be, and that's the upward trend. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: the first week they got out to a good lead.

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Speaker 1: Last week they obviously trail. So they scored seventeen points

436
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Speaker 1: in the first quarter, the opponents fourteen, thirty one in

437
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Speaker 1: the second quarter, fifteen to opponents twenty one in the

438
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Speaker 1: third fourteen And they've only scored three points in the

439
00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:44,840
Speaker 1: fourth quarter of this year. And obviously that was helped

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Speaker 1: to get game winner, even though the Vikings did miss

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Speaker 1: the kick. So we talked about starting off fast, you know,

442
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Speaker 1: coming out in that third quarter and trying to put

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Speaker 1: some points on the board. They had the ball in

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Speaker 1: the second half and then the second play was that

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Speaker 1: pick six. So again I like the fact that they

446
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Speaker 1: refern putting that defense on the field and making the

447
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,800
Speaker 1: because if you just stop them three and out, or

448
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,720
Speaker 1: they got a punt in midfield, a one field position,

449
00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,760
Speaker 1: but you score there all of a sudden, you've taken

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Speaker 1: a possession away and you get the ball in the

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Speaker 1: second half, and the results are speaking for themselves as

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Speaker 1: far as what conn the Murray has seen defensively and

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Speaker 1: getting the ball out to a different receivers. Because let's

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Speaker 1: look back at last season MG at this offense, and

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Speaker 1: we were all impressed DeAndre Hopkins in his first season

456
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Speaker 1: fourteen hundred and seven receiving yards, a great season, a

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Speaker 1: franchise record breaking single season for a pass catcher that

458
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Speaker 1: was number one, number two on the team and receiving

459
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Speaker 1: yards Christian Kirk with six twenty one. In other words,

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Speaker 1: Hopkins had almost eight hundred more receiving yards, which was

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Speaker 1: the widest gap between a team's top two pass catchers

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Speaker 1: in the league. That can't happen. That's why in the

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Speaker 1: offseason we discussed this team needed to go out and

464
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Speaker 1: address the wide receiver position, find a true number two,

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Speaker 1: not just to take some attention and pressure off of Hopkins,

466
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Speaker 1: but to make this offense a little bit more balanced

467
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Speaker 1: and the predictability and make it more creative. If you

468
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Speaker 1: will to where Murray is not just looking left and

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Speaker 1: looking for number ten. And I think to me, that's

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Speaker 1: the significant difference between last year and this year offensively,

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Speaker 1: even though we only have two games to look at. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but it's not like these guys are gonna slow down.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, obviously when you get rookies, do

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Speaker 1: they hit the wall? You know, clearly, aj Green's got

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Speaker 1: to stay healthy. I like what he's done so far,

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Speaker 1: and I only think he's going to get better with

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Speaker 1: the more targets and more focused on Hopkins and Kirk

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Speaker 1: and then Rondale Moore. You could say what you want

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Speaker 1: about Hopkins, he never really misses games, so you know,

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Speaker 1: you can feel comfortable, all right. So I looked at

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals are seventy eight percent in the red zone

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Speaker 1: this year. That's good. It's gonna go down just because

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Speaker 1: the all law of averages. But as least they're not

484
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Speaker 1: kicking field goals and they're getting touchdowns for the most part.

485
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Speaker 1: But if you have to get a field goal, hey

486
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Speaker 1: just play for field position. Cardinals Covered two presented by Hyundai,

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Speaker 1: probably partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As we continue here,

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Speaker 1: and as you've noticed, Burg game. We're not talking specifically

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Speaker 1: about the Vikings game. We've already turned the page on that.

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Speaker 1: We're just looking big picture. After two games. Now we

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Speaker 1: say all this positivity and congratulate Kyle the Murray for

492
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Speaker 1: winning NFC Offensive Player of the Week. There is some talk,

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Speaker 1: and I completely understand it with respects to DeAndre Hopkins,

494
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Speaker 1: with respects to the Vikings game. All of his targets,

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Speaker 1: catches and receiving yards came in the first quarter and

496
00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,840
Speaker 1: then he disappeared. What happened Kingsbury after the ball game? Yeah,

497
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Speaker 1: I got to get him more involved. Kyle Murray after

498
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Speaker 1: the ball game. Yeah, he's too good for us not

499
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Speaker 1: to look his direction. And I completely get it. It's

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Speaker 1: that balancing acts here offensively, because yeah, Hopkins is too

501
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Speaker 1: good not to get his catches, his targets in quarters one, two, three,

502
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Speaker 1: and four. Yet at the same time you're throwing to

503
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Speaker 1: six different receivers, you're putting up four hundred yards of passing,

504
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:14,200
Speaker 1: you're scoring thirty plus points for two straight weeks. So

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Speaker 1: is there anything wrong? No, But when your number one

506
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Speaker 1: guy is not quite your number one guy, that's where

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Speaker 1: you kind of go, all right, Well, let's kind of

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Speaker 1: re examine self scout if you will, Because one, it

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Speaker 1: costs a lot to get DeAndre Hopkins. You're paying him

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Speaker 1: a lot, so you need him to be involved a lot. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you don't want to force it, but clearly I'll take

512
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Speaker 1: my chances with hop even on one on one covers

513
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,760
Speaker 1: they want to roll the safety over the top. He's

514
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 1: a really good route runner, probably doesn't get the credit

515
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 1: that he deserves catching balls in traffic. He's got this

516
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,920
Speaker 1: little silhouette thing when he catches it. Now he turns around,

517
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 1: the defensive back can tackle him. But again, you look

518
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Speaker 1: at Max Williams. I don't know the next time he's

519
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Speaker 1: going to have seven catches for ninety four yards. Now,

520
00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:00,480
Speaker 1: I'll sign up for it. If they're going to leave

521
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Speaker 1: the middle of the field open and we've been harping

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Speaker 1: on eleven and nineteen yards, I'll take it. So you know,

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Speaker 1: the key is we listen to hop Now that he's

524
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Speaker 1: he's got his nice contract, highest paid wide receiver in football,

525
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:14,760
Speaker 1: he wants to win because these guys, at the end

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Speaker 1: of the day, they're gonna be judged and what they

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Speaker 1: do in the postseason. I mean, he's been there. They

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00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,280
Speaker 1: haven't been able to go very far just because of

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Speaker 1: the division, and you know the AFC can be loaded

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Speaker 1: at times, but they would trade all this. And sure,

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Speaker 1: he wants twelve fourteen hundred yards. He wants to make

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Speaker 1: the All Pro. But I think that's a given for him,

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Speaker 1: whether he's the number one targeted guy reception ary yard age,

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Speaker 1: as long as he finishes in the top three or four.

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Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, but I still

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Speaker 1: think you got to get him involved. I want him

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Speaker 1: and engage the entire game. And when you're not getting

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Speaker 1: the ball, you're running your routes, come back to the sidelines.

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Speaker 1: He's a pro. They can have a conversation like adults,

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Speaker 1: but you got to get him involved. You cannot go

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Speaker 1: three quarters without throwing the ball to him. Two games

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Speaker 1: small sample size. If we're having this same conversation after

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Speaker 1: eight games, after twelve games, then there's something that's not right.

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Speaker 1: But I don't think this is this is gonna self correct.

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Speaker 1: I believe listen. I'm not really worried about it. It's

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Speaker 1: just if they would have lost that game. Besides, the

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00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 1: defense didn't you know, show their upside by getting gash

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Speaker 1: Why didn't you throw it to Hopkins and you lost

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Speaker 1: by a field goal when you had an opportunity. So

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Speaker 1: I'm not worried about it. There's enough balls to go around.

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Speaker 1: But he's one of the better wide receivers in football.

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Speaker 1: If you think that they're playing over the top coverards,

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Speaker 1: well they've done a good job in the past, not

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Speaker 1: as much as we'd like move them around. Then yeah,

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00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:41,120
Speaker 1: the narrative, how it would have changed if that football

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00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 1: wentz left as opposed to rights and was good versus

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00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,240
Speaker 1: no good. Yeah, And we've we've heard enough press conference

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Speaker 1: after the game where Cliff always, you know, you know,

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Speaker 1: gives credit to the opponent and rightfully so if he

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Speaker 1: felt like he got out coach or you know, his

561
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 1: team got outplayed, and you hear the word execution, but

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Speaker 1: he admitted Kyler knows it. I think it's going to

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Speaker 1: be rectified. I'm not worried about it. But every week,

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Speaker 1: as long as they're winning, if you're losing, then all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden, that's when you open the door for

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Speaker 1: why did this happen? Why didn't this happen? But they're winning,

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Speaker 1: and I think everyone's got the hand their hand in

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Speaker 1: the same pile. It's about winning versus putting um numbers.

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Speaker 1: You can do that throughout your your career. It's about

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Speaker 1: getting to the postseason. Now. This week probably presents the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals with an opportunity to work on some of these

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Speaker 1: things and maybe to see some numbers fluctuate or maybe

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Speaker 1: get back to where we anticipate, especially with the DeAndre Hopkins.

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Speaker 1: You look at this Jaguars defense under defensive coordinator Joe Colin.

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Speaker 1: They have zero takeaways and that includes the preseason MJ.

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Speaker 1: They haven't even forced a fumble. They have just four

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Speaker 1: sacks on the season, so they're not getting a lot

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Speaker 1: of pressure and they're certainly not taking the football away,

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Speaker 1: and they've been susceptible to the deep ball. Teams are

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Speaker 1: attacking the Jaguars defense deep. And I loved your number

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Speaker 1: about Kylin Murray against the Vikings five of six on

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Speaker 1: attempts beyond twenty yards for one hundred and eighty one

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Speaker 1: yards and two touchdowns. That's against a Vikings defense. What's

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Speaker 1: in store against a Jaguars defense that does have Shaquille

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Speaker 1: Griffin but is dealing with a C. J. Henderson groin issue.

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Speaker 1: Trey Herndon hasn't played the past two games, he might

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Speaker 1: be available this week, so they don't have a lot

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Speaker 1: of studs, if you will in the secondary. Might we

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Speaker 1: see some more deep shots this week against a Jaguars

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Speaker 1: team that on paper and while we've seen through two

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Speaker 1: games defensively just not quite good against the past. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and you know they have a short week and this

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Speaker 1: is something new for Urban Meyer. But you know this

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Speaker 1: is a game where you they're gonna leave on a Friday.

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Speaker 1: I want to say this is the only game they're

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Speaker 1: gonna leave on a Friday based on the time zone.

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Speaker 1: They will play some East Coast games, including in Chicago

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Speaker 1: and December. But for the most part, I mean, you'd

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Speaker 1: like to get a lead in this game. And I'm

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Speaker 1: not saying they're gonna boo them. They got a rookie quarterback.

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Speaker 1: We know what Kyler Murray went through his first year.

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Speaker 1: They only won five games or five ten and one,

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Speaker 1: and they're installing a new offense. I think you know

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Speaker 1: over the last three years everyone was clamoring for Trevor Lawrence.

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Speaker 1: It's not easy. I don't care how well you played

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Speaker 1: in college is a different animal and they really have

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Speaker 1: to turn that roster over. So it's a work in progress.

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Speaker 1: But if you can go out there and get a

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Speaker 1: lead and then you want to pound that football. But

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Speaker 1: you know, and I start looking at my keys just

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Speaker 1: based on what you told me. You know, the Cardinals

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00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,800
Speaker 1: just aren't going to line up four or five white.

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Speaker 1: They could just to get a lead. But I want

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Speaker 1: to see them run the ball, win the liner scrimmage,

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Speaker 1: and then take shots down the field. Well, that's the

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Speaker 1: one area that this Jaguars defense has been pretty good at,

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Speaker 1: and that is stopping the run, averaging three point two

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Speaker 1: four yards per carry in a week one, three point

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Speaker 1: six five last week against the Broncos. So they are

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Speaker 1: not shutting down the run, but they aren't giving up

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Speaker 1: big yards on the run. It's when teams have to

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Speaker 1: throw the football, maybe because it's a passing down on

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Speaker 1: second and long or third and long and all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden, that's where this Jaguars defense is getting burned

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Speaker 1: and as a result, they have not won a ball game.

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Speaker 1: Last week, they were able to get ahead of the

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Speaker 1: Broncos seven nothing, but then the Broncos scored twenty three

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Speaker 1: straight points and it was twenty three thirteen. So again

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Speaker 1: this on paper from an offensive standpoint for the Cardinals,

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Speaker 1: a very winnable ball game, and a game in which, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you might see another four hundred yards worth of offense,

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Speaker 1: maybe even a four hundred yard passing game from Kyle Murray,

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Speaker 1: and certainly better than thirty points on the scoreboard. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And you know, I was, I was driving to this Damon.

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Speaker 1: I was listening to a Sirius XM radio and I

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Speaker 1: was listening to that game. They'd go through highlights and

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Speaker 1: they scored early in that game, twenty five yard touchdown

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Speaker 1: past to Marvin Jones. You're thinking, all right, and maybe

639
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Speaker 1: this will give them some some momentum. And then you

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Speaker 1: read some of the stuff coming out in Jacksonville and

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Speaker 1: they're saying when Trevor Lawrence has to throw to the sidelines,

642
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Speaker 1: the ball is sailing a little bit. Is he feeling

643
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 1: the pressure? Is his feet not set? So there's a

644
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,320
Speaker 1: lot of things that go into it. But at the

645
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Speaker 1: end of the day, I just don't know if they

646
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,359
Speaker 1: have the roster to compete for four quarters. But hey,

647
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 1: it's the NFL. And you know, you know, you look

648
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:20,359
Speaker 1: at Urban Meyer and you know he obviously was in

649
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,400
Speaker 1: retirement and living a nice life, and now he's going

650
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 1: to deal with this, but it's their first year, he's

651
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 1: got a long term contract. It's going to take some time.

652
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Speaker 1: But you know, you'd like to see what did you

653
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,480
Speaker 1: pointed out on one of our preps. Seventeen in a

654
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Speaker 1: row dating back to last season. They lost fifteen straight.

655
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Speaker 1: So they won in Week one last year, yes, and

656
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:43,279
Speaker 1: then lost fifteen in a row. So it's a seventeen

657
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,239
Speaker 1: game losing streak dating back to last years. Okay, that

658
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Speaker 1: I just want to w I ain't worried about four

659
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,880
Speaker 1: hundred points, thirty eight points, get to W. I know

660
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:55,560
Speaker 1: it sounds it's the NFL, though, I mean, we can't

661
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,040
Speaker 1: predict one game where Cardinals could have got off to

662
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 1: a slow start or the defense gets up and maybe

663
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 1: the last week was attested to how the defense played

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Speaker 1: in the second half. But and there's no trap game.

665
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 1: I know they play the Rams next week. This team

666
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 1: is focused what happened last year. They're they're not going

667
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,400
Speaker 1: to get ahead of themselves and nor should they. No,

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00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:19,839
Speaker 1: and you look at the defense and you know you're

669
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 1: trying to find areas to exploit. And obviously we just

670
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 1: discussed it's the secondary, but the linebackers, Miles Jack, who's

671
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:29,239
Speaker 1: been in this league for a long long time and

672
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:31,840
Speaker 1: leads the team in tackles. And then I found this

673
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 1: interesting when I was doing some Jaguars prep. The lone

674
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,880
Speaker 1: defensive starter left from the team that reached the AFC

675
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:43,959
Speaker 1: title game in twenty seventeen. MJ's that's not that long ago.

676
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 1: But then in the National Football League, maybe that's light

677
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 1: years ago. But twenty seventeen to me doesn't sound like much.

678
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 1: But we know in the NFL it's like constant turnover

679
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:58,279
Speaker 1: thirty forty fifty percent of the roster each and every year,

680
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:02,640
Speaker 1: so there's not much veteran experience wearing a Jaguars uniform

681
00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 1: still on that defensive side. Yeah, I'm glad Clay has

682
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 1: Campbell's no longer there now. That would have been the

683
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Speaker 1: air s. So that's when they pushed the Patriots correct

684
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:13,879
Speaker 1: and Bortles played well, remember how he ran the ball.

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Speaker 1: I don't think he threw for a ton, but they

686
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 1: ran the ball, I remember correctly. The Jaguars were poised

687
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Speaker 1: to get to the Super Bowl until Tom Brady did

688
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 1: Tom Brady things, and all of a sudden it was

689
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Speaker 1: the Patriots back in the Super Bowl and the Jaguars

690
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,880
Speaker 1: were like, Okay, well it's a start of something, and

691
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,399
Speaker 1: then they just haven't been able to get over the hump.

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Speaker 1: They did draft Josh Allen a couple of years back,

693
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Speaker 1: and for a while there it was, Okay, who's got

694
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Speaker 1: the better Josh Allen, the Jaguars or the Buffalo Bills.

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00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 1: We know what the answer is now versus what it

696
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,960
Speaker 1: was back then. But Allen's got two sacks this season.

697
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 1: He had two and a half over eight games last season,

698
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:51,160
Speaker 1: so injuries hurt him. But as a rookie, ten and

699
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:54,800
Speaker 1: a half sacks, so he is capable of getting after

700
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Speaker 1: a quarterback. And that's something that the Cardinals need to

701
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:02,240
Speaker 1: pay attention to because offensively, that line against the Vikings

702
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 1: was not great at least by what we saw. Now

703
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:10,120
Speaker 1: the metrics play that out and tell us what we saw.

704
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:12,879
Speaker 1: It was exactly what we saw. But I do think

705
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: it's an opportunity here for the Cardinals offense to get rights,

706
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:20,600
Speaker 1: if you will, and continue what they've done so far,

707
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:23,399
Speaker 1: and that's being the number two offense in the league

708
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,000
Speaker 1: and the number two scoring offense in the league. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I would think when they're their game playing, the key

710
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Speaker 1: guys going to be Josh Allen and Miles Jack just

711
00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 1: from Miles Jack guy the leading tacklers you pointed out,

712
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Speaker 1: and then Josh Allen can rushed a quarterback ten and

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Speaker 1: a half as you mentioned as a rookie two and

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Speaker 1: a half over the last eight games last year. And

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Speaker 1: they may be in situations where a team aren't throwing

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Speaker 1: the ball as much. So you just got to make

717
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,399
Speaker 1: sure they get positive yards on first and second town

718
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 1: don't get in those third and ten, third and twelves

719
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Speaker 1: because that's where they're going to try to tee off. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we'll get more into this matchup in the coming days.

721
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Speaker 1: When we look at what the Cardinals defensively one need

722
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 1: to correct. I think we all understand that it's the

723
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Speaker 1: rush defense and then what they will be up against

724
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Speaker 1: with Trevor Lawrence under center and going into his third

725
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Speaker 1: year as an NFL quarterback. But as we continue here

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

727
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:20,840
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals, just a funny little notes or moments

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00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:24,680
Speaker 1: earlier on Wednesday with head coach Cliff Kingsbury. Sometimes we

729
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:27,719
Speaker 1: do see Kingsbury get out of his shell. If you

730
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:33,279
Speaker 1: will open up show a little personality, laugh, smile, not

731
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 1: be so stoic. That's what happens when you win. That's true.

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Speaker 1: Maybe he's a little bit more comfortable, which is good,

733
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Speaker 1: and more comfortable around everyone else, even though he's been

734
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Speaker 1: a head coach before. But year three for head coach

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Speaker 1: in the National Football League. I mean I said it

736
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 1: before and I'll say it again. He was night and

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00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: day in training camp. And again I think at this season,

738
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:52,960
Speaker 1: everyone gets a value way that hey, we want to

739
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:55,880
Speaker 1: see this and this, and he was accepted to it. Obviously,

740
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:57,880
Speaker 1: we all have bosses in life, but he's been a

741
00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 1: different coach. I think his media sessions he's really not

742
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,320
Speaker 1: going to give us anything on injuries unless the injury

743
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,160
Speaker 1: report comes out. But he's been more engaging. But I

744
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 1: just think he's more comfortable in his skin, and he's

745
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:12,560
Speaker 1: comfortable with his team and these guys they really respect him.

746
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:14,720
Speaker 1: He's not going to keep me here all day. They

747
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,640
Speaker 1: practiced early, so it's not like they're in meetings for

748
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,200
Speaker 1: five hours and just you know, keep looking at their

749
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 1: phones or something like that. So I think he's made

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Speaker 1: a lot of progress. Yeah, and as of course, as

751
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,040
Speaker 1: you said, it helps when you win. But and This

752
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:29,279
Speaker 1: is a great storyline this week. Cliff Kingsbury once upon

753
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 1: a time college coach, first year NFL coach. Now you

754
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,919
Speaker 1: got Urban Meyer on the other side, a very successful

755
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,759
Speaker 1: college coach and now first season in the NFL. So

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Speaker 1: that was the premise of this question about and I

757
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:42,800
Speaker 1: think they were trying to angle you know, what advice

758
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,239
Speaker 1: or what you went through versus what Urban Meyer is

759
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:47,799
Speaker 1: going through, and can you understand and relate to what

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Speaker 1: they're doing or what they're going through even though two

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00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:54,480
Speaker 1: different teams. Well before the question was finished, and the

762
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 1: premise was, you know, two college coaches, and Kingsbury interrupted

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00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 1: the question and joked two wildly successful college coaches. Of course,

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Speaker 1: the narrative around Kingsbury sub five hundred at Texas Tech,

765
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Speaker 1: and you look at Urban Meyer one hundred and eighty

766
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Speaker 1: seven and thirty two in college with a couple of

767
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 1: national championships at Florida. So yes, every now and then

768
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Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury can joke and have some fun, and there

769
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Speaker 1: was some fun hat on Wednesday. Yeah, And he was

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Speaker 1: also asked, you know, because people are trying to figure

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Speaker 1: out the zero the zero coverage, and you know they

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Speaker 1: work on it a lot and you know Kyler Murray

773
00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:38,600
Speaker 1: if if he sees something and then they're like, wouldn't

774
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:40,520
Speaker 1: it be better if he had a different play, He's like, no,

775
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Speaker 1: I don't have an ego. And Cliff will be one

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Speaker 1: thing I like about Cliff. He'll tell you where he

777
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:50,480
Speaker 1: got that play from. Some players think he's got a

778
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:52,759
Speaker 1: you know a lot of his plays were from somewhere else.

779
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 1: That's a copycat league. And when you have dissected offense

780
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Speaker 1: like he has, even playing as a backup quarterback. Being

781
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:02,520
Speaker 1: in the league, you learn so much stuff. But I think,

782
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:06,080
Speaker 1: you know, he's adapted to the NFL game now. So

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Speaker 1: I didn't realize. I thought there'd be more. So this

784
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,719
Speaker 1: is the only Week three matchup that futures quarterbacks who

785
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,720
Speaker 1: were drafted at number one overall picks. The only active

786
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 1: quarterbacks that were drafted overall Matthew, Stafford, Winston, Golf Mayfield,

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Speaker 1: Murray Burrow, and Lawrence. I would have thought that'd be more.

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Speaker 1: I know, Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson. Jackson was the

789
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Speaker 1: last pick, the last pick for Ozzie Knewsom. You know

790
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:36,040
Speaker 1: Trubisky went earlier that year DeShawn Watson. But it's interesting

791
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Speaker 1: that's the only active quarterbacks that were draft at number

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Speaker 1: one overall. I would have thought it was more. And

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Speaker 1: it's funny because you say that and Kyle Murray is

794
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:46,799
Speaker 1: now the veteran yea and all of this, not even

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen, which which still is kind of mind boggling

796
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Speaker 1: because he is still so young. But here he is,

797
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:54,960
Speaker 1: year three and we're talking about him going ahead and

798
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Speaker 1: maybe having the edge as far as quarterback matchups. When

799
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Speaker 1: it's very quick you become experienced and you've become quote

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00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:04,719
Speaker 1: unquote old very quickly in the NFL. Yeah, and then

801
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:07,400
Speaker 1: they got baked this year on the road Baker Mayfield

802
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,960
Speaker 1: and that that would be round two, correct, And no

803
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:13,919
Speaker 1: one's more excited about that matchup than Kyler Murray, I believe,

804
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:16,759
Speaker 1: or Baker Mayfield to give up that match up, yeah,

805
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Speaker 1: because I don't think they talked ton during that week,

806
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:23,360
Speaker 1: but just watching the commercials and just the personalities, and

807
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:25,759
Speaker 1: you know, Kyler's a little bit more reserved, and I

808
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 1: think Baker's definitely matured under Kevin Stefanski. So it'd be

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Speaker 1: interested to see that second match up against the Browns Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: Covered two presented by Hunday probably partner of the Arizona Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: A couple of quick roster notes. It was good to

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Speaker 1: see Antoine Wesley back on the practice field during the

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Speaker 1: open portion earlier on Wednesday, activated from the reserve COVID

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Speaker 1: nineteen list, So now you have six wide receivers. I

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00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:51,840
Speaker 1: don't know what this is going to mean moving forward. Obviously,

816
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Speaker 1: as we detailed here on the show, Kyler Murray likes

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Speaker 1: what he has offensively as far as weapons and his

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00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:00,880
Speaker 1: four wide receivers that he had as that are active

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Speaker 1: and participating on Sundays. Yes, Andy Isabella is active, but

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00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:06,960
Speaker 1: he has not seen the field with respects to an

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Speaker 1: offensive snap, and I don't believe he's seen an offensive snap.

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Speaker 1: I no, he doesn't have any offensive statistics. But right now,

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Speaker 1: I don't know what that means for Wesley being active

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Speaker 1: or inactive. And then you know he did was on

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Speaker 1: the reserve COVID nineteen lists, So just how much does

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Speaker 1: he need to get back into football shape before he

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Speaker 1: can start contributing well? Normally, the Cardinals dressed five wide

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Speaker 1: receivers on game day, so if Wesley would have been

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Speaker 1: on the opening active roster, I don't know how much

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Speaker 1: he plays on teams, but I still think Andy's your

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Speaker 1: fifth guy. You could have an injury during the game.

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Speaker 1: You know he hoped, but let's be honest. I mean

833
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Speaker 1: aj Green's up there, Christian Kirk has to stay healthy.

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Speaker 1: Rondel Moore could he survived a seventeen game season so,

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Speaker 1: and Andy is playing on special teams. But if they

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Speaker 1: really want to go five wide, he would be on

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Speaker 1: the outside. Now, you can go four wide and have

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00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:01,680
Speaker 1: Chase seven in the game or a tight end, so

839
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Speaker 1: there's other ways to do it. But if if when

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Speaker 1: Keyshun Johnson was here and the way Wesley was, the

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Speaker 1: way he came back in camp, if they were only

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Speaker 1: going to address five, then I would think he had

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Speaker 1: an option. But I think they really like Isabella's speed

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Speaker 1: on the outside. Unfortunately, just right now they have a

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Speaker 1: good situation with the top four guys and a couple

846
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Speaker 1: of tight ends and a couple of running backs. Again,

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Speaker 1: I think there's enough balls to go around, but I

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Speaker 1: think they're but I really think they can play Andy,

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Speaker 1: but right now it's more ten personnel, four wide and

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Speaker 1: a running back, and they're really fast in that formation,

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Speaker 1: and it's the one thing that separates Wesley from everyone

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Speaker 1: but aj Green and that's his size, the six foot

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Speaker 1: four frame, the long arms and being that big target.

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Speaker 1: So again we'll have to wait and see what happens

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. The other roster note, and this deals with

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Speaker 1: the practice squad and the only reason I bring it up,

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Speaker 1: I'll explain, But cornerback Mazzi Wilkins has been signed to

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Speaker 1: the practice squad six feet tall, so he's got some size,

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Speaker 1: played in six games with a Buccaneer the past two seasons,

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Speaker 1: an undrafted rookie free agent out of South Florida and

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. And I bring this up because as you

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Speaker 1: look right now, five cornerbacks on the roster, and each

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Speaker 1: of the past two weeks we've seen Antonio Hamilton be

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Speaker 1: elevated from the practice squad of the active roster and

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Speaker 1: was preston to duty this past week because Marco Wilson

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Speaker 1: hurt his ankle and we don't know quite his status

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Speaker 1: what it's going to be this week. So a possibility

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Speaker 1: that Antonio Hamilton could be once again elevated this week

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Speaker 1: or maybe someone else as far as that cornerback position,

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Speaker 1: because do you think they liked take Gwen? But that's

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Speaker 1: kind of more for the future. And Luke Barku, I'm

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00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 1: not exactly sure what his issue is and I don't

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Speaker 1: even know if issue is the right word, but he

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00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:46,160
Speaker 1: hasn't been active either these first two games, which has

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Speaker 1: forced the Cardinals to elevate someone from the practice squad. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and we'll find out more on Marco Wilson. That could

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Speaker 1: be day to day. Well, I guess we'll learn more

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Speaker 1: throughout the week with the injury report. But you know,

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Speaker 1: I look at it though, you also have Douglas, So

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00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:03,480
Speaker 1: they have some guys that still on the practice squad

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Speaker 1: on the practice squad, and we know they can make

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Speaker 1: a move. But it looks like Hamilton probably won that

883
00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:11,279
Speaker 1: competition just based on him being active. So again you

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Speaker 1: got your top three guys, Murph Alford and then Wilson.

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Speaker 1: You have to have a fourth out there, just like

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Speaker 1: what happened last week where Wilson couldn't finish the game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and that's why you have an Antonio Hamilton or Soul Douglas.

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Speaker 1: So we'll see. Once again, just just some notes to

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Speaker 1: kind of pay attention to as the week progresses, as

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Speaker 1: we get closer and closer to Week three, and again

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Speaker 1: that game kicks off at ten am Arizona time, so

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Speaker 1: five thirty am pregame coverage begins on the Arizona Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Radio Network and once again Folk Tales. Episode number two,

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Speaker 1: The Night the Goalposts Vanish, will debut on September twenty second,

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Speaker 1: that is today Wednesday, although if you're catching this episode

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Speaker 1: of Cardinals covered two later after the fact, very easy

897
00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:56,000
Speaker 1: go to YouTube dot com slash Azy Cardinals to catch

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00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:59,360
Speaker 1: that episode. And don't forget about episode one legendary Locker

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Speaker 1: d telling Pat Timmans locker and how that was preserved

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Speaker 1: during renovations to the team's practice facility. But The Night

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00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:09,600
Speaker 1: the Goalpost Vanish looks back at a game on September eighth,

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety seven, a Week two contests against the Dallas Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: The Cardinals won that game and overtime at Sundevil Stadium,

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Speaker 1: and the fans came out onto the field, brought down

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Speaker 1: the goal posts and took the goal posts out of

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Speaker 1: the stadium. And it's a great story on just how

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Speaker 1: much a Week two game can mean when it's against

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Speaker 1: a Dallas Cowboys, when that is one America's team and

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Speaker 1: for a long long time here in the state of Arizona,

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Speaker 1: the team everyone watched on Sunday because there was no

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00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:41,839
Speaker 1: pro football team in Arizona. Yeah. I want to say

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00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:45,440
Speaker 1: also the Denver Broncos maybe on the CBS affiliate. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: thirteen straight, and I think you're going to be interested

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Speaker 1: in some of the comments that Troy Aikman met made

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Speaker 1: about the Cardinals and how the Cowboys, you know, and

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Speaker 1: they have treated when they come to Arizona. Maybe it's

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Speaker 1: an extra home game, so I'm looking forward to that.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean it was just like it's kind

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Speaker 1: of like Cardinals and Rams. Since mcvase been there, we'll

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00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:11,640
Speaker 1: have plenty of time to discuss that. Maybe that maybe

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Speaker 1: that can be a future Folk Tales episode and maybe

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Speaker 1: like ten fifteen years. But yeah, I also remember when

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Speaker 1: they went there and beat him in the playoffs. That

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00:48:19,719 --> 00:48:22,320
Speaker 1: was awesome, man, because the Dallas Morning News and I

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00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:24,560
Speaker 1: don't know if David Kestevens was working there or here,

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Speaker 1: he was a sports columnist, but the headline the new

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Speaker 1: team in the NFC East, the Cardinals and they knocked

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Speaker 1: off the Cowboys in a playoff game. Yeah, it was fascinating.

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Speaker 1: By the way, Bird Gang, we're dating ourselves because NFC East.

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Speaker 1: That's right, the Cardinals. Once upon a time, long time ago,

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Speaker 1: we're in the NFC East. Now they're in the rightful

932
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Speaker 1: spot of the NFCS. But yeah, and then it got

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Speaker 1: a little twist that we went to Minnesota. Yeah, details exactly.

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Speaker 1: Maybe they're pumping in crowd noise again. Episode number two,

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Speaker 1: folk Tales the Night the Goalposts Vanished. Go to YouTube

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Speaker 1: dot com slash Azy Cardinals. That episode debuts on September

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Speaker 1: twenty seconds and on that note, we will put a

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Speaker 1: lid on this edition of Cardinals Cover two, presented by Hunday,

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Speaker 1: proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As all these special

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Speaker 1: thanks to our executive producer Jim Almahundro for Mike Jarecki,

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Speaker 1: I'm craig Riel Loup. We'll talk to you next time

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Speaker 1: here on Cardinals Cover two.