1 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang, and Welcome to a Football Friday, the 2 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 1: final one of twenty twenty one, but not the final 3 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: one of the twenty twenty one regular season. I know 4 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: it sounds weird. On today's show, the Cardinals need to 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: win in the worst way, and Mike Jarecki is here 6 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: to tell us how his three keys to victory in 7 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: Week seventeen. First, though, the speculation Thursday is now a reality. 8 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode five nineteen, and it starts now. 9 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two with Craig Griolu and Mike Jarecki. 10 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two is presented by Hyunday, proud partner of 11 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals, and by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit Easy 12 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 1: Cardinals dot com, Slash podcasts. Going for Hopkins one hand 13 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: to catch in a touchdown DeAndre Hopkins. Here's Craig Griolu 14 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: and Mike Jarecki. It's gotten to the point now where 15 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: if a player is not seen during the open portion 16 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: of practice, then the immediate reaction is he tested positive 17 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: for COVID nineteen. It's the unfortunate world we live in, 18 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: and right now it's the unfortunate truth about DJ Humphries. 19 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: We talked about it Thursday. MJ held out hope, but 20 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: Humphries was placed on the reserve COVID nineteen list. He 21 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: is not likely to play against the Cowboys and that 22 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,839 Speaker 1: is a big loss, big loss just because of obviously 23 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 1: he's one of those guys have been able to start 24 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: every single game. He's kind of the fixture. We know 25 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: that maybe he doesn't get the credit nationally, but he 26 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: really holds up as a left tackle for the Arizona Cardinals. 27 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: And you know, I thought maybe that left side when 28 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: he had Pe coming back, then probably the strength was 29 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: on the left side. Obviously having Hudson in the middle, 30 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: kind of mixing and matching at right guard. Hopefully Hudson 31 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: looks like he's going to play that Max Garcia there 32 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: and then obviously you know, beach him. But yeah, I 33 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: mean it's a big loss. You don't already place a 34 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: starting left tackle who's really I mean, he doesn't miss 35 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: a lot of games. Hardest career. He has not missed 36 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: a game since Cliff Kingsbury became head coach. You're talking 37 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: forty seven straight games and what was the knock on DJ? 38 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: Not his first season, but after that, he couldn't finish 39 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 1: out of season. He couldn't finish sixteen games. Yet he 40 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: gets that contract extension and he played every single game 41 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen, all of twenty twenty, and the first 42 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: fifteen games this season. Yeah, and I want to go 43 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: back to late in the year, he suffered a concussion 44 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: and I think the team was out of it, so 45 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: they twenty eight his final seven games years out and 46 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 1: they just shut him down, and then he had the 47 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: knee injury and that kind of limited it was prior 48 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: to that. But you know, it's it's tough to make 49 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: forty seven starts in any position, a little left tackle, 50 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: because you're going against the best pass rushers within the 51 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: NFL weekend and week out. And here's the thing about 52 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: the offensive line. Just when you think you're getting healthier 53 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: with Rodney Hudson coming back, he seems to be good 54 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: to go on Sunday practicing this week after missing the 55 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: past two weeks on the reserve COVID nineteen list, and 56 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: he comes back and you lose DJ Humphreys. So now 57 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: the question becomes we kind of debated and tossed some 58 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: names out earlier on Thursday, but what does this team 59 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: do now at left tackle? We got no clear answer 60 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: from Cliff Kingsbury other than say, Calvin Beacham, Josh Miles, 61 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: Josh Jones, three players, And he did throw out the 62 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: potential of multiple players, like whomever goes there and just 63 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: doesn't succeed, or maybe plays a quarter or a half, 64 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: there might be a rotation or in and out depending 65 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: on how well they perform at that left tackle spot. 66 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: All right, well, let's handicap it, because you know, it's 67 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: been well known that Calvin Beacham would only play right 68 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: tackle under Sean Coogler. You look at Calvin Beacham's careers. 69 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: First year in two thousand and twelve, he was with 70 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: the Steelers, he played right tackle, started five games. You'd 71 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: go back to the Steelers twenty thirteen, twenty fourteen, two 72 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: thousand and fifteen, he basically started at left tackle fifteen games, 73 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: sixteen games, and then six games, and then he's spent 74 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 1: a year in Jacksonville, and then he go to his 75 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: Jets twenty seventeen to twenty nineteen. He started sixteen, sixteen 76 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: and thirteen games at left tackle. So he literally has 77 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 1: over you know, I want to say about eighty three 78 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: starts at left tackle and about seventeen at right tackle 79 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: or maybe a little bit less than that. So predominantly 80 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: a left tackle in his career only agreed to play 81 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: right tackle because of Sean Coogler, So that would appear 82 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: to be an option. Now again, when we talk about 83 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: depth chart, it lists Josh Miles, and we know that 84 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: Josh Jones has history in college about playing tackle, and 85 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: I think that's where the Cardinals ultimately would like to 86 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 1: see him. But when you bring in a Calvin Beacham, 87 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: and it's experience over youth, someone who knows how to 88 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: play the position, so you know, is it Beacham first? 89 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: And then okay, now what do you do at right tackle? 90 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: Is that Josh Jones or Josh Miles. Yeah. I've always thought, 91 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:16,840 Speaker 1: you know, when you when you come to the interior, 92 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 1: you can kind of hide those guys. But somebody recently 93 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: told me that when you're playing in the interior, both 94 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: guard spots and the center spot, it comes it comes 95 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: at you a lot quicker, where if somebody's rushing you, 96 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 1: you have the ability to go back and get in 97 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 1: your in your stance and you can push him. When 98 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: you play in the interior, it's it's balls to the wall, 99 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: right off, right off the jump. So in a perfect world, 100 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: Beacham at left tackle, Pew Hudson, Hudson, Garcia, and then 101 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 1: Josh Jones. And we know that Josh Jones had a 102 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 1: couple of false start penalties. UM. You know he had 103 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: forty starts at Houston. UM, they looked at him as 104 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: a future right tackle. Beacham came back, they had Marcus 105 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: Gilbert on a contract, So when you look at it 106 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: from that standpoint, he's probably better off playing at the 107 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: right tackle spot. And then you can also use Durrell 108 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: Daniels to meet yours hairs or possibly zach Ertz as 109 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: an extra blocker, so you can get him a little 110 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: bit help over there. But I always thought you could 111 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: hide these guys, and somebody said no. When you're playing inside, 112 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,799 Speaker 1: it comes at you a lot quicker. When you're playing 113 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 1: on the outside, you can see where the rush is 114 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: coming from. It allows you to get your kind of 115 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: in your stands to where you know he's not going 116 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 1: to get his hands on you if I put my 117 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: hands on you first. And the challenge this week are 118 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 1: DeMarcus Lawrence, Randy Gregory and Michael Parsons. Even though Parsons 119 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: as a linebacker, he is someone that can stand up 120 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: on the edge and even get into a three point stance. 121 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: But thirteen sacks for this Cowboys defense during their four 122 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: game winning street Yeah, and I looked it up earlier. 123 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,919 Speaker 1: He's lined up as a pass rusher three hundred and 124 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: twenty five snaps. He's been in the box four hundred 125 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: and thirty snaps. He's actually lined up as a cornerback 126 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: in twenty three snaps. So clearly it's either right now 127 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: in the box, and I think that was earlier in 128 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: the season, and then obviously as he got his feet 129 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: wet and he wins one on one matchups. Now he's 130 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: getting a chance to rush the passer because normally in 131 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: a four to three he was the inside linebacker. Now 132 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: and they're moving around because the other guys, and obviously 133 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: when you're forcing that many turnovers, you're gonna see some 134 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: safeties and corners, you know, kind of alleviate that they 135 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: get pressure rushing four. But he's a difference maker. He 136 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: wins one on one matchup, So I think earlier in 137 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: the year when he was drafted, it was more in 138 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: the box. Now you see his upside, and when you 139 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: get into Marcos Lawrence and Randy Gregory and you start 140 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: looking at some of their other defensive tackles, it allows 141 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: him to win one on one matchups. Thirteen sacks for 142 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: Michael Parson. The rookie record is fourteen and a half 143 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: and let's hope it doesn't come Sunday against the Cardinals. 144 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: He's unbelievable. NFC Defensive Player of the Month, Rookie of 145 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: the Month November and now in December. Yeah, he's gonna 146 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: have to be the defensive Rookie of the Year. Oh 147 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: I don't think I wouldn't even know who would be 148 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: second or Yeah, there's no one in the vicinity or 149 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: in the conversation that's putting out those kind of numbers. Now, offensively, 150 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: you know, you can go some of these wide receivers. 151 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: I mean maybe I think Mac Jones was in there 152 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: just playing the position, touching the ball. And then you 153 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: got Trayvon Diggs. Is he up for Defensive Player of 154 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: the Year or is it gonna go to TJ. Watt? 155 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 1: Guys that have sacks, So it would be interesting, but 156 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:40,439 Speaker 1: they could get both awards Rookie Defensive Player of the 157 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: Year and Basically, I guess Trayvon Diggs will be Defensive 158 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,319 Speaker 1: Player of the Year. Considering solding his second year in 159 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: the NFL, that would be quite accomplishment for Dan Quinn, 160 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: the defensive coordinator, and of course obviously help him for 161 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: another opportunity to be a head coach. All right, So 162 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: no DJ Humphreys. The number of players remaining on the 163 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: reserve COVID nineteen list three Marcus Golden, Devonkaard, Breon Borders. 164 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: Now Sean Harlowe has been activated. In fact, he was 165 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: activated earlier on Friday. He was placed on the same 166 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 1: day as Golden on Monday, so four days ago. Kingsbury 167 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: asked about that's and perhaps Marcus Golden could be activated 168 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: on Saturday said, it's gonna be real close. Now the 169 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: key and all of this and everyone is different. Are 170 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: you symptomatic or asymptomatic? Yes, the CDC has reduced the 171 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: quarantine from ten days to five days, but if you're 172 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 1: still experiencing symptoms after those five days, it doesn't matter. 173 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: You're still on that list and away from your teammates 174 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 1: and the coaching staff. So something to pay attention to 175 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: this weekend, perhaps Marcus Golden, but I'd say it's fifty 176 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 1: to fifty. Well, that's good. That's a great distinction because 177 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: once we know Golden one on there. Within the next 178 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: hour we heard about Harlow here. Harlow was removed from 179 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 1: the COVID list. He was on the practice field today. 180 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: You wonder how he's feeling. And I think you know, 181 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: Kingsbury was asked on Friday, you know, how is Rodney Hudson, 182 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: Because when you get COVID, it affects everyone a little 183 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: bit different. Do you have your smell? Do you have 184 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: your taste? Some guys lose eight to ten pounds, but 185 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: it sounds like Rodney Hudson be ready to go. So 186 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 1: when you look at the backup, so I gotta think 187 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: it's gonna be Sean Harlowe if he's able to get 188 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:26,559 Speaker 1: that strength back, I would say Josh Miles and then 189 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:32,719 Speaker 1: possibly Marcus Henrys. Yeah, Mark, I would assume he'll be here. 190 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: So those are the eight guys you'll dress. So the 191 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: Cardinals again with a lot of question marks with respects 192 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: to the offensive line. Some good news though as far 193 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: as your skilled position players. James Connor participated in team 194 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 1: stretch on Friday, but did not do any individual or 195 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 1: position drill work, and Rondel Moore, who was working out 196 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: on the side on Friday during the open portion of practice. 197 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,559 Speaker 1: Both Connor and Moore are going to be game day decisions. 198 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: You certainly would like to have those two players back. 199 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:06,440 Speaker 1: You will not have, or you're not expected to have 200 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:10,079 Speaker 1: Jordan Phillips or Marco Wilson. Neither one of those players 201 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: have been on the practice field at all this week. 202 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: And Wilson we got word earlier, very early in the week. 203 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: And Kingsbury's not one to give out too much on 204 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 1: a Monday or a Tuesday, yet he did not sound 205 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: very optimistic about Marco Wilson. So it's going to be 206 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 1: a probably a little bit different looking outside linebacker, a 207 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: little bit different looking corner. As far as what the 208 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 1: Cardinals will face against the Cowboys offense, Yeah, considering Robert 209 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 1: Alfer will not return until the following week, that's when 210 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 1: he's elder were to come back. He got Bibra Murphy, 211 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: you got Antonio Hamilton, he got Kevin Peterson, and I 212 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: do anticipate we're gonna get a roster move, so you're 213 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: gonna put another corner up there. Just for depth now speaking, 214 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 1: roster not a roster move, but once again Zaven Collins 215 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,439 Speaker 1: working with the outside linebackers on Friday, and I thought 216 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: it was interesting one. Marcus Golden sounded off on that, 217 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 1: responding to a tweet from our colleague Darren Urban, saying 218 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: Collins certainly is capable and he's been working hard all season. 219 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: And then to hear Dennis Gardeck earlier on Friday talk 220 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: about offering Collins some advice and then the surface you're like, 221 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: what really, but you forget one. Dennis Gardeck started his 222 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 1: career as an inside linebacker. Plus he is a special 223 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: team's monster, and that's where Collins has been. So they've 224 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: been in the same circles. And yeah, if you're Collins, 225 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 1: you're taking any common advice right now to try to 226 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: get ready if your name is called upon to be 227 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: an outside edge rusher or just see you know a 228 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 1: NASCAR package or maybe be that Dennis Gardeck from twenty twenty. 229 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: Here's a handful of snaps. You're one goal, go get 230 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,839 Speaker 1: Deck Prescott. Yeah, and I guess we'll find out war 231 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,319 Speaker 1: Marcus Colin Blisco hypothetical. If he if he's able to play, 232 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: that's great because they can use him, but we're gonna 233 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 1: see some new faces. We're gonna see Dennis Gardeck. I 234 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: believe his snap con will go up. Obviously, Chandler Jones 235 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 1: is going have to probably play the majority of the game, 236 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: and then you throw in Zavan Collins and then Victor 237 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: de mckicchie. I think he's gonna get some playing time. 238 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: And you know, when they drafted him, the thought was 239 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: he has the same skill set as Marcus Golden, so 240 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 1: you're gonna see three guys, and the reason why is 241 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: because you don't have Derek Devon Nard and at this 242 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 1: point Marcus Golden, so normally that would be your starters. 243 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: So they're gonna get these guys get an opportunity him 244 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: and let's be honest, Dennis Gardeck has taken care of 245 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 1: his opportunities and ran with it. And there's a reason 246 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 1: why this team game a tender offer coming off an 247 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: acle injury, and they feel like, you know, maybe he's 248 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: not going to be a guy that plays fifty or 249 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 1: sixty snaps the game, but the more snaps he got 250 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: last year was ninety three snaps, and his you know, 251 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 1: tackle to sack ratio is one of the best in 252 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 1: the league, considering less than a hundred snaps. Gardeck to 253 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 1: the media, quote, I feel confident. I feel twitched again 254 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: end quote, referring to the knee injury. And it also 255 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 1: don't forget the hand injury that he suffered earlier in 256 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: the season. He was prepared to come back and then 257 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, he hurts his hand and that 258 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: further set his debut back a couple of weeks. Yeah, 259 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: and we knew he should never been against Dennis Gardeck, 260 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: but they're all human, and he came back a lot sooner. 261 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 1: I want to say we were approaching a year now. 262 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: I think it was December nineteenth. Possibly. Sometimes you gotta 263 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 1: wait to have surgery when the swelling goes down, So 264 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: maybe he's approaching sometime in January when it cook because 265 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: he posted something on Instagram, but usually it says, you know, 266 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: usually it's a nine month injury. He came back earlier, 267 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: and we're also approaching the one year of plateau, so 268 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: he should be better going into the off season next year. 269 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: Cardinals Covered two presented by Hyunday, proud partner of the 270 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. As we put the focus on week seventeen, 271 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: a road trip to Dallas at and T Stadium, Cardinals 272 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: ten and five Cowboys a eleven and four kickoff on 273 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: Sunday two, twenty five. Pregame coverage begins at nine thirty am. 274 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: It is a football Friday, the final one of the 275 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: calendar year twenty twenty one, but not the final one 276 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: of the twenty twenty one regular season. That's gonna take 277 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: some getting used to. All Right, on Fridays, what do 278 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: we do? Mike Drecky's three Keys to victory? What is 279 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: number one? I've been saying it and pounding the drum. 280 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: It just hasn't happened because his teams fall behind, even 281 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 1: though you know he still commits to the run in 282 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 1: the first half. I know when you're down. And if 283 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: you go back to the Colts game, it was twelve 284 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: to six at a half, Lions game was seventeen nothing, 285 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: and the Rams games was thirteen to three. So it's 286 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: when I say that, you know they got to get 287 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: off the good starts. You can't abandon the run. And 288 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: if there's one weakness on this Cowboys defense, it's their 289 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: rush defense. They they they lick their chops when you're 290 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: in third and long and they just tea off and 291 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 1: that's when they're bringing Gregory and Lawrence and Parsons. So 292 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: run the ball otherwise you're gonna fall in that trap 293 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 1: Againna throwing the ball thirty five plus times. That's not 294 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: the recipe for the Cardinals offense to get going. And 295 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: that's not a recipe where you're gonna beat a team 296 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: like the Dallas Cowboys where they forced a ton of turnovers. Well, 297 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: it wasn't the recipe on how they got Talking about 298 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: the Cardinals to seven and zero and ten and two, 299 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: it's only been in these last couple of weeks. Now again, 300 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: yeah you're trailing, but to your point, doesn't mean that 301 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: you can't still run the football, don't get too pass heavy. 302 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: And I think that's what happened has happened here over 303 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: these final last three games and the one to six 304 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: out of the Lions game, because the only I mean 305 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: going into that game, he finally got chased back and 306 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 1: you're thinking, all right, Murray's kind of still knocking off 307 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: some of the russ Possibly, Yeah, I mean, Murray was 308 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: still you know, coming back. But they only had three 309 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: touches in the first half. It was it was seven 310 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: nothing fourteen nothing in seventeen nothing, but you can't abandon. 311 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 1: And then a third quarter that came out and ran 312 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: the football. So again, if this team's throw on the 313 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 1: ball forty times, it's not going to be the way 314 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: to win. And if you get into a shootout, so 315 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:07,959 Speaker 1: be it. But now, all of a suddenly, if you're 316 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 1: throwing the ball forty times, you're subject to more sacks, 317 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 1: more hurries and pressures and knockdowns, and you're likely going 318 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: to turn to football over. Chase Edmonds would be your workhorse, 319 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 1: especially if James Connor is unavailable. Edmonds sixteen rushing attempts 320 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,880 Speaker 1: last week, and you'd like to see that get into twenties, 321 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 1: especially if Connor is unavailable. And how about this, I'm 322 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: gonna surprise you, Mike direct you here on this Friday, 323 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: December thirty. First, I'm okay for this week, just to 324 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: get this team back in the win column. I am okay. 325 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 1: If Kyler Murray is running the ball just a little 326 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: bit more, not because he's running for his life and 327 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 1: the offensive line is not doing its job and he's scrambling. 328 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: I'm okay. If they're a little bit more design runs, 329 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: or even Kyler sees some green space in front of him. 330 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 1: I'm okay this week, okay, because just don't get hurt. No, 331 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 1: I understand, and he's gonna pick his spots, um, and 332 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: we'll get into some of the other things that I 333 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 1: think it's important when it comes to this game, X 334 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 1: factor and intangibles. But yeah, I mean, I hope Connor 335 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:12,959 Speaker 1: plays because we know that chases guy has fresh legs 336 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 1: and he can get you from the twenty to twenty. Um. 337 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: I think Drew stands sit on the last couple of 338 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: times we've had him on the red seat report. Having 339 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: both of these guys on the field together, you know, 340 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: they're lighting up zach Ertz on the outsides, you know, 341 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: considering that that was Hopkins role there. So yeah, I mean, 342 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:33,440 Speaker 1: if if, if there's a lane to go, and again 343 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 1: he's gonna put on a show. I think everyone's anticipating 344 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,159 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray to get back to Kyler Murray and we 345 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 1: know that he you know, I hope that all these 346 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: primetime games, the Packers game, obviously, the Rams game, and 347 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 1: the Colts game, and you know, I will give um 348 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 1: a j Green said, it's just another game, and it's 349 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: true to a standpoint. Of because if he treated like 350 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: a playoff game, when you lose, you go home. But 351 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: I just think, if you want to get back on 352 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 1: track perception wise, and I really shouldn't worry about that, 353 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: go out there and just play clean football. And again, 354 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: the other team gets paid, so they're obviously going to 355 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: try to stop you. But it would just be nice 356 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 1: to see this team not have to rely on throwing 357 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: the ball forty times a game. So Mike Jarecki's first 358 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: key to victory, and you hinted at it on Thursday, 359 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: run the football. Don't abandon the run, even if you 360 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: get down early in that contest. So number one, run 361 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:34,440 Speaker 1: the football. What's number two? It's imperative for this team 362 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 1: to get a fast start. Now again six points, zero points, 363 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: three points. That has to change. And I'm stating the obvious. 364 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 1: But if this team can get a lead, and we 365 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: go back to the Lions game, they held the ball 366 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 1: eight minutes and fifty seconds. Granted they only got three 367 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 1: points out of that. However, they were keeping Kyler Murray 368 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: on the sidelines. So if you have to dinkin and 369 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: we know that if you have to go on a 370 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,199 Speaker 1: nine or ten or love and play drive you have 371 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: to avoid any pre snap and post nap penalties. You're 372 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 1: probably gonna have to pick up three, two or three 373 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: first downs, and when you get in the red zone 374 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 1: you have to cash in. Now, obviously having Andy leeback 375 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 1: that should help field position where this team can cook 376 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: a you know, forty five or fifty field goal, But 377 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,439 Speaker 1: when you get inside the red zone, you have to 378 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: score touchdowns. So I think it's impative if this team 379 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: can play with the lead. And I'm not saying seventeen 380 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 1: nothing a two possession game, seven to three, that's two 381 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 1: possession game there. I think I think the confidence will 382 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 1: be there, and I really still I'm gonna still bang 383 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 1: this drump. The pressure is off the Cardinals because they 384 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 1: clinch a playoff birth. Now we'll see if they can 385 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 1: go back to playing clean football. Some numbers to throw out, 386 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:50,440 Speaker 1: you bird Gang. When the Cardinals score first seven and two, 387 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 1: when they have a lead after the first fifteen minutes, 388 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: seven and two, the negative which you brought up the 389 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: red zone during this three game losing streak. Now the past, 390 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 1: you don't have d hop three of ten inside the 391 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 1: red zone inside that twenty yard line where this team 392 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: is settling or getting stopped and all of a sudden 393 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: have to attempt a field goal rather than score a touchdown. 394 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 1: And I don't think you can with this Cowboys offense. 395 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,199 Speaker 1: You're gonna need to score points. You're gonna need to 396 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,360 Speaker 1: maybe get twenty five thirty points, yeah, in this game. 397 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: And when I say it's imperative to get off to 398 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: a good start, I'm also talking about possessed the ball. 399 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 1: You can't go three and out, I mean, and then 400 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, we know there are special teams, 401 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 1: they may go for a fake punt. They're well coached 402 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 1: all three areas between. Obviously Kellen Moore is doing a 403 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: great job. McCarthy's the head coach. Dan Quinn's doing a 404 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: nice job. John Bullen's fossil is doing a nice job. 405 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 1: They got a good return game. So again, get off 406 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:52,879 Speaker 1: to a good start. If you have to be methodical 407 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 1: and go on these drives, so be it. Possess the ball, though, 408 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: don't give them the ball going three and out, three 409 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 1: and out, because if Andy Lee's putting five or six times, 410 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 1: that's not going to be a good thing. And if 411 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: you have to roll the dice and maybe steal a 412 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: possession yet by going forward on fourth down. I would 413 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 1: be okay with that, though once again, when you look 414 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 1: at the numbers, this team, all of a sudden is 415 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 1: having trouble converting on fourth down seven of eighteen over 416 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: the last seven games. Yeah, I'll say this. It's kind 417 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 1: of like the when when you go to a college 418 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 1: football game and you're sitting between the forty and forty 419 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: and they say those are expensive tickets. If you're on 420 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,680 Speaker 1: your side of the forty, I got no problem going 421 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: for it because you're, like you said, you're trying to 422 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 1: steal a possession. If you get down to the forty 423 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 1: two or forty one forty yard line and you have 424 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 1: Matt Praytor, I may elect to put points on the board, 425 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: where normally you say go for it. But if you're 426 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 1: at at your fifty and you got to get over 427 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: the fifty yard line, if you get down to the 428 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 1: thirty eight or something like that, I have no problem 429 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 1: with him kicking a fifty yard field goal. I like 430 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: that the expensive seats between the forties, the expensive sets, 431 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: so the boosters slips, and that's where wrong and that's 432 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: where trick plays come too, because you if you're gonna 433 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: I mean whether it's a flea flicker, whether it's a 434 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 1: reverse where Christian Kurt throws the ball, you have to 435 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,879 Speaker 1: have space. And usually those those plays take place between 436 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 1: a forty and a forty yard line. You can't do 437 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,159 Speaker 1: it when you're at a thirty yard line. Yeah, you 438 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: can have him roll out and have somebody go down 439 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 1: the field like aj Green for a touchdown. But usually 440 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 1: if you see trick plays or if you want to 441 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: go for it, if you're if you're approaching the fifty 442 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,159 Speaker 1: yard line, go for it. If you get down to 443 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: the forty five or forty three, I'm putting points on 444 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,400 Speaker 1: the board. You have to know your opponent here well, yeah, 445 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 1: as especially if you're having trouble stopping what the Cowboys 446 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: are doing offensively. All right, key number three for the 447 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: Cardinals here in week seventeen. You gotta eliminate the chunk place. 448 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 1: This is a high potent offense. You know, we know 449 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: about the three white outs, we know about Shultz. He's 450 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 1: actually a free agent and he's gonna get paid. He's 451 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: got six touchdown tight end there, Gallop Ceedee, lamb Amari Cooper, 452 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: he kind of called dak out and was more involved 453 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 1: in that offense, they got the two headed monster and 454 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 1: Zeke Elliott, who may not be a one hundred percent 455 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: but he's really a good third down back red zone. 456 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: He can catch the ball the back feel pretty good 457 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,160 Speaker 1: in pass protection. And then they got Tony Pollard. So 458 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 1: when I when I say chunk plays, twenty plays or more, 459 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:26,120 Speaker 1: twenty yards or more, and like Cardinals will have three 460 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: or four of those in the game, Edis don't want 461 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,679 Speaker 1: the opponent to have five or six. And if if 462 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: if they have five or six, likely one of the 463 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 1: one or two is going to be a touchdown because 464 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: they're getting behind you. So, in other words, eliminate the 465 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: chunk plays easier, said than keep everything in front of you. 466 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:44,679 Speaker 1: And that's going to be the job of the secondary, 467 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: and a depleted secondary, likely without Marco Wilson and we 468 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,679 Speaker 1: know without Robert Alford. So a lot of a tension 469 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: and focus is going to be Antonio Hamilton game in 470 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:57,120 Speaker 1: the second straight start. And I gotta think Isaiah Simmons 471 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: can draw that tight end um he you know, he's 472 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 1: plays different positions. I'm expecting bet more from Jalen Thompson 473 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,120 Speaker 1: and Buddha Baker. I think Buddha Baker really played well. 474 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: I think he I think he showed his teammates that 475 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: you gotta play hard, you gotta run to the ball, 476 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 1: you gotta play hard, and that could be contagious. So 477 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: I anticipate. I mean, I think Antonio Hamilton has been 478 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: a nice player. I want to see Byron Murphy, you know, 479 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 1: get his hands on more football as like he did 480 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 1: earlier in the season. And then Kevin Peterson. I'm sure 481 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: they're gonna try to target him. But again I always 482 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 1: look forward to Vans Joseph and he could bring that 483 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: NASCAR package out there. You could see Isaiah Simmons Gardick, 484 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,119 Speaker 1: you know, being a guy that so Dak won't have 485 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 1: a ton of time to throw the football. Cowboys number 486 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,160 Speaker 1: one in scoring, number one in total offense, number one 487 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 1: in explosive plays. Don't have the breakdown as far as 488 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 1: ten plus runs and twenty plus passes, but explosive plays 489 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: the league measures ten plus yards, but not the breakdown 490 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 1: between running and throwing. But I like what you said 491 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: as far as twenty or more, especially in the past game. 492 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: So three keys to victory number one, and we're gonna 493 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: highlight this one. Run the football. Number two, get off 494 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,919 Speaker 1: to a fast start, get out to a lead, and 495 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 1: number three possessed the ball. Make sure you keep Dak 496 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 1: Prescott and that offense off the field. And then when 497 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: you do see Dak and the Cowboys, don't allow chunk plays, 498 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: especially twenty yards or more when it comes to the 499 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 1: passing game. All right. So I was listening to Great 500 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 1: co Sell and we got a chance to talk to 501 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: Gret Cosell. He really studies quarterbacks. He does a podcast 502 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,440 Speaker 1: with Ross Tucker, and he brought up Kyler Murray and 503 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 1: he and time this is the X factor, he said, 504 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: based on the film between the Lions and Cold scheme. 505 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 1: When Kyler Murray's in third and long, they're bringing the blitz. 506 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 1: And that's the reason why I made this offense is 507 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 1: stalled a little bit because without Rodney Hudson in there 508 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: for a couple of those games, teams are getting pressure 509 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,439 Speaker 1: up the middle. So they got to avoid third and 510 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: long here, and Kyler Murray's gonna do better job. And 511 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: you know, I think that if Cliff and Kyler are 512 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: honest with each other, move him out of the pocket, 513 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: extend the pocket for him, don't let him sit there. 514 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 1: Whether it's a size or knock. He doesn't get a 515 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: lot of bad at balls down. But according to Greg 516 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 1: Coast Salt two games, it looks like Lions Colts on 517 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 1: third down, they were blitzing, they were bringing pressure and 518 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 1: Kyler couldn't he couldn't handle it, or he was holding 519 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:25,520 Speaker 1: on to the ball trying to make a play. And 520 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 1: it's the pressure up the middle. And then that's where 521 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: the issue of Kyler Murray's height or lack thereof, because 522 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you've got bodies in front of 523 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 1: you and tall bodies six four or six five arms 524 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 1: up in the air, and all of a sudden it's 525 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: seven feet tall. I like what you said, Roll Kyler 526 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: Murray out, extend the pocket to the left or to 527 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 1: the right, buy him some more time, especially when you 528 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 1: break the huddle or if this team's not huddling, moving fast, 529 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: going up tempo, and you see, all right, well there's 530 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: three down lineman, four down lineman. All of a sudden, 531 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: you see Michael Parsons mug in the a gap, and 532 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 1: all of a sudden you know that they're bringing pressure. 533 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 1: So be aware of it and be ready and then 534 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: check into a play in which you roll out. If 535 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 1: you're going to pass it or maybe that's one of 536 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 1: those players to where there's a little bit more extra 537 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,200 Speaker 1: space for you Kyler Murray to run the football. Yeah, 538 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,160 Speaker 1: and we saw Colt McCoy and both of those games 539 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,399 Speaker 1: that he went on the road against the forty nine 540 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 1: Ers and Seahawks, where if they're gonna bring pressure, Kyla 541 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,479 Speaker 1: can bait them. And that's where the screen game comes in. 542 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,679 Speaker 1: They'll slow down at that point because now they've got 543 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 1: to pick their poison. I don't know if Michael Parsons 544 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: would be a spy just because he does so many 545 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: other things. But again, third down, and it really could 546 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: be third down defense too. But I'm saying based on 547 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 1: greco Sell's film session, he said that Kyler was not 548 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 1: handling the pressure on third down, and he didn't mention 549 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 1: that the Rams game. It was more the Lions and 550 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 1: Colts that stood out to him. Oh, you go back 551 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 1: to the Houston Texans game and that first quarter, how 552 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: much pressure he was facing. I'm not outside pressure, but 553 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 1: up the middle to where all of a sudden, that 554 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: upside down you that pocket gets collapsed and the tackles 555 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 1: are doing a good job, they're moving out, but then 556 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, Murray feels and clothes he's he 557 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 1: can't go anywhere. Yeah, and I think it's going to 558 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 1: help when you have, you know, Max Garcia playing his 559 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 1: natural position, possibly right guard, you have Hudson playing his 560 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: natural position, Pugh playing his natural position. And then just 561 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: on paper, if Josh Jones is your right tackle, that's 562 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 1: where they brought him in. But they're big on position flexibility. 563 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 1: The more you can do justin Murray, you can play 564 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: garden tackle, Sean Harlow garden center. But if if Max 565 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 1: is your right guard, then all of a sudden, I'm 566 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 1: more comfortable nothing against Harlow um And and again, for 567 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 1: a while, I've always thought if you're inside um you 568 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: can hide a guy, but somebody told me no, So 569 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,400 Speaker 1: that may this may benefit Josh Jones and maybe not 570 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 1: so much for the false start apparentalties, but at least 571 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: he can see the guy coming versus when you're your 572 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: head's down, and and that's that's that's a tough situation 573 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,320 Speaker 1: when Sean Harlow was in there in Max Garcia, because 574 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: not only do you got to snap the ball, they're 575 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: hitting you right off, right off the bat. And we 576 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 1: don't talk about that enough, so and I learned that 577 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:09,720 Speaker 1: over the last couple of weeks. So but yeah, I 578 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 1: like the fact that you got some veteran guys in there. 579 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 1: And like I said, you can also use some tight 580 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: ends to help out Josh Jones if you feel like 581 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 1: he needs it. So the X factor avoid third and long, 582 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 1: So the offense win on first down, win on second 583 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: down to avoid those third and six, six, third and 584 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: seven plus. Yeah, and this is real simple, you know. 585 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I can get in here and give you 586 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 1: a matchup. You know who's going to cover Amari Cooper, 587 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 1: but this team when they don't, So my intangibles. Don't 588 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: beat yourselves, don't you know? The eleven penalties going three 589 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 1: and out, getting m pre and post nap penalties, personal 590 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:52,000 Speaker 1: file penalties. This Dallas team is too well coached. They 591 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:55,200 Speaker 1: don't beat themselves. They're rolling right now. But I will 592 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 1: point out the quarterbacks they faced in the last four games. 593 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: They're not close to Kyler Murray. And you know, again, 594 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 1: they don't make the schedule. They just played. But when 595 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 1: you when you go against heinekem and then Mike Glennon 596 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 1: a few times. So I just think that they haven't 597 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: faced a guy like Kyler Murray. Not. I'm not saying 598 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 1: they haven't faced a guy that prior. But when everyone's 599 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 1: talking about their four game winning streak, well, let's take 600 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 1: a look at the teams. Washington football team a couple 601 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,160 Speaker 1: of times, and then the Giants were in there. Yeah, 602 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:29,120 Speaker 1: sub five hundred teams right now is talking about the Saints, 603 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,360 Speaker 1: Washington and the Giant and they would have been a 604 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 1: Tysom Hill in the Saints game. And again, I think 605 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:37,240 Speaker 1: he's a decent quarterback, but he's not Kyler Murray. None 606 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: of these four, none of the Mike Glennon and then 607 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: Heineke Um, they're you know, they're really backup quarterbacks. Hill's 608 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 1: backup quarterback, Heineke in the perfect scenario of Ryan Fitzpatrick 609 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 1: wasn't injured, backup quarterback, Mike Glennon backup quarterback. They haven't 610 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:54,960 Speaker 1: faced to Kyler Murray over the last four weeks. And 611 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 1: I think that could show early in the game because 612 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 1: they're so used to these pocket passers sitting in the 613 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,320 Speaker 1: pocket and getting you know, hit, and they can't run 614 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: the ball. Here I'm with you, if Kyler has a 615 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,160 Speaker 1: chance to run, run, because that could be a backbreaker. 616 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,120 Speaker 1: For any defense hearing more of that talk as far 617 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,800 Speaker 1: as who have you beaten? Who have you faced from 618 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 1: a lot of the Dallas folks, as far as whether 619 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:21,320 Speaker 1: it's in prints, online or in interviews, as far as, yeah, 620 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 1: it's a great four game winning streak, but who have 621 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 1: they beaten? And then the other note, Yeah, they scored 622 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,680 Speaker 1: fifty six points and the offense might have solved their issues. 623 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:32,360 Speaker 1: But the last time this team scored talking about the 624 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:36,400 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys hit at forty point mark, it was mid 625 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 1: November against the Falcons. The very next week nine points. Now, 626 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,600 Speaker 1: that was on the road at Kansas City. But it's 627 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 1: a quality opponent. Now this is the Cowboys at home. 628 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 1: But there are still people, I would say, outside that 629 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 1: cover the Cowboys that are still questioning how well this 630 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: team is playing right now. Yeah, And I don't want 631 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:59,080 Speaker 1: to be a hypocrypt because I always say, you know, 632 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,040 Speaker 1: they don't make to scudge you play it. But I'm 633 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 1: just saying, you know, they're getting fat and happy there. 634 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 1: And again, if you're in a four game, lose winning 635 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,800 Speaker 1: shriek at this time of the year, you build off 636 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 1: of that. But again, they haven't played a team that 637 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: has a quarterback like this, and obviously you know they 638 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,479 Speaker 1: only put up nine points according to you when they 639 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,520 Speaker 1: played Mahomes. So I think that could that could be 640 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 1: that could be um not an expert and intangible, but 641 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 1: that could be something where the Cardinals can benefit from 642 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,800 Speaker 1: because of Kyler Murray's dual threat. And you're starting to 643 00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 1: see more of these dual threat quarterbacks get injured this year. 644 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:37,720 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray, Baker Mayfield. Mahomes has been able 645 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 1: to stay healthy and that's that's the drawback when you 646 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 1: have a guy to run and Kyler is more of 647 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 1: a high ankle sprain. It doesn't think he took a 648 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 1: big hit, was a concussion, but the more you get 649 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 1: hit and you know, you don't feel comfortable outside the pocket. 650 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: But that's something I'm noticing this year. There's mobile quarterbacks. 651 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,360 Speaker 1: They haven't been able to withstand a sixteen or seventeen 652 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 1: game schedule. Now, saying all that about the Dallas Cowboys, 653 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 1: I would switch places with them in a heartbeat as 654 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 1: far as how well they're playing right now, as far 655 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:10,279 Speaker 1: as the confidence, maybe not so much in that locker room, 656 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:13,799 Speaker 1: but just the noise and surrounding on what's been talked 657 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:17,279 Speaker 1: about about this team. Yeah, and you know, based on 658 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins not being able to play this weekend, I 659 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:23,919 Speaker 1: gotta think it really opens the door for Philadelphia. So 660 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:27,360 Speaker 1: when you look at the division, the Giants, afterthought, you know, 661 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,839 Speaker 1: Ron River is a great coach. They'd have so many 662 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:31,920 Speaker 1: injuries on that side of the ball. They've gone through 663 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,840 Speaker 1: different quarterbacks with COVID that lost running backs. So really, 664 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,160 Speaker 1: when you play in the NFC West, I think it's 665 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 1: a little bit more difficult weekend and week out. Now, 666 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:44,000 Speaker 1: give Dallas credit because and you know they've they've over 667 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:47,520 Speaker 1: the last seventeen years. It seems each team, different team wins. 668 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:49,800 Speaker 1: But I don't think it's the toughest division. When you 669 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:56,279 Speaker 1: start looking at those those six division games Cardinals Cover 670 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,840 Speaker 1: two presented by Hunday, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals, 671 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:05,040 Speaker 1: you bring up the playoff picture and the playoff races. 672 00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:09,320 Speaker 1: I found this interesting, courtesy the National Football League. Six 673 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:13,280 Speaker 1: teams have clinched, five in the NFC, one in the AFC, 674 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,799 Speaker 1: that being the Chiefs. There are eight playoff spots still 675 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,800 Speaker 1: up for grabs here in week seventeen, with two weeks 676 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:24,680 Speaker 1: to go. Eight playoff spots up for grabs. Twenty four teams, 677 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:28,000 Speaker 1: including the six that have clinched, that are still in 678 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 1: Super Bowl contention with two weeks left to play, the 679 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:34,799 Speaker 1: most in fifteen years, tied for the third most. Ever. 680 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,280 Speaker 1: Do you think it's because they went to a seventeen 681 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:41,080 Speaker 1: game schedule? Part of me says yes. On the other hand, 682 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,320 Speaker 1: I just think, especially when you look at the AFC 683 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 1: and there's not a single team with double digit wins, 684 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:48,759 Speaker 1: They're all in the NFC. I think a lot of 685 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 1: it is just how well teams are playing, and then 686 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:58,399 Speaker 1: injuries COVID nineteen have affected the way teams perform and 687 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,040 Speaker 1: play this season. So I don't know how much of 688 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 1: its parody. I think you need a little bit larger 689 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:06,319 Speaker 1: sample size. But as far as the interest and how 690 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,440 Speaker 1: much people are paying attention to, as far as the 691 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:12,440 Speaker 1: different markets, different teams, this is twenty four out of 692 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:17,200 Speaker 1: thirty two teams. MJ, You're that's two thirds of the league. Yeah, 693 00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,880 Speaker 1: And right now, Kansas City's eleven and four. Ton of 694 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:24,000 Speaker 1: ceas ten and five. Cincinnati plays the Chiefs of Suite 695 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 1: they're nine and six, Buffalos nine and six, Colts are 696 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 1: nine in six New England's nine and six, in Miami's 697 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:33,000 Speaker 1: eight and seven, and then in the NFC, you mean, 698 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 1: like you said, Green Bay, Dallas, the Rams, Tampa, and 699 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,440 Speaker 1: the Cardinals have all clints. Right behind the Cardinals are 700 00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 1: of the San Francisco forty nine ers, and right behind 701 00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:44,360 Speaker 1: them are the Philadelphi Eagles. Both are eight and seven, 702 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:47,400 Speaker 1: so they're jockeying for that six and seventh spot. Hopefully 703 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,080 Speaker 1: the Cardinals don't drop there even with the loss of 704 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:53,440 Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Quick correction, I do not have my nigger 705 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,960 Speaker 1: math skills like my co host, But twenty four thirty two, 706 00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:00,480 Speaker 1: not two thirds, how about three fourths? So that's even greater, 707 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,359 Speaker 1: even more impressive here with two games to go. Well, 708 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:06,240 Speaker 1: and I'm just glad because we were in this boat 709 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,920 Speaker 1: last year. Yes, with two games left, Cardinals needs win 710 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:11,879 Speaker 1: one game and you know you got the Niners at 711 00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:14,800 Speaker 1: home and CJ. Bethird and then you know Kyler Avison 712 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:16,439 Speaker 1: is on one hundred percent. Then they got to throw 713 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:20,000 Speaker 1: in Chris Traveler. I mean we were we were were 714 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:23,720 Speaker 1: Miami was eight and seven. Um, you know the Chargers 715 00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:26,680 Speaker 1: are eight in seven. Vegas is eight and seven. Yeah, 716 00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:29,520 Speaker 1: we were in that boat last year and and and again. 717 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,600 Speaker 1: One of those teams I don't know where it is. Hopefully, 718 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,600 Speaker 1: if the Cardinals can, you know, win this Sunday and 719 00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:40,320 Speaker 1: win the following Sunday, um, there's gonna be a wild 720 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,560 Speaker 1: card team that pulls off an upset just based on 721 00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,719 Speaker 1: how they had to play down the stretch. Well, you 722 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,799 Speaker 1: bring up one team that is looking to clinch, the 723 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:51,080 Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens, and why that team is important this week? 724 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:55,200 Speaker 1: A chance? And that was the word John Harbaugh used 725 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:58,680 Speaker 1: with respects to Lamar Jackson being available this week because 726 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:04,360 Speaker 1: on Sunday, the Ravens host the Rams. Cardinals win, Rams lose. 727 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:06,840 Speaker 1: Now all of a sudden, you're tied. Cardinals back in 728 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:09,200 Speaker 1: control of their own destiny with respects to winning the 729 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:13,000 Speaker 1: NFC West, provided they win and beat the Seahawks. Yeah, 730 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,840 Speaker 1: I was interesting. He showed Lamar Jackson and practices. He 731 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,759 Speaker 1: did not look good at all. It did not, So 732 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:22,400 Speaker 1: I wouldn't hold out a lot of hope. But I 733 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:27,319 Speaker 1: think I think they'll start the backup Tyler Huntley. Huntley 734 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,000 Speaker 1: and he's ran in the office. He went toe to 735 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,520 Speaker 1: toe Aaron Rodgers, and I think if you're going to 736 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,680 Speaker 1: go to the bullpen. Maybe he can't play the whole game, 737 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,520 Speaker 1: but I do think Jackson's going to be active, I 738 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:42,160 Speaker 1: really do it. I mean, I don't assume that if 739 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:44,200 Speaker 1: he can't go, but I do think he'll come out 740 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,040 Speaker 1: of the bullpen if they need him. And that game 741 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:49,840 Speaker 1: kicks off at eleven am arizonatime, Rams at the Ravens, 742 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:52,960 Speaker 1: and then in the afternoon Cardinals at the Cowboys. So 743 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:57,680 Speaker 1: we'll know by kickoff in week seventeen and obviously afterwards 744 00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:00,840 Speaker 1: on Sunday after the Cardinals Cowboy game. Just what is 745 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,799 Speaker 1: at stake for the Cardinals in week eighteen? Yeah, because 746 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:07,480 Speaker 1: right now the Cardinals based on the Rams um you know, 747 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:12,040 Speaker 1: obviously having you know the Rams are eleven and four. 748 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:15,280 Speaker 1: Right now, the Cardinals, you know, they have a twenty 749 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:18,640 Speaker 1: three percent chance of winning the division right now. If 750 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,959 Speaker 1: they win and the Ravens beat the Rams, it goes 751 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,480 Speaker 1: to eighty percent. So all of a sudden, you're back 752 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:28,280 Speaker 1: in the equation. Really need the Rams to lose on Sunday, 753 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,279 Speaker 1: we gotta win, too, true, but there is there is. 754 00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:34,600 Speaker 1: But if the Rams losing, Cardinals lose, they're still away 755 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:38,359 Speaker 1: for the Cardinals to clinch. They win and Rams lose 756 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:40,399 Speaker 1: against the forty nine Ers and then the Rams play 757 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:43,240 Speaker 1: the Sea the forty nine Ers and Cardinals play the Seahawks. 758 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,480 Speaker 1: I like that matchup for the Cardinals. And it could 759 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:48,600 Speaker 1: be Russell Wilson's last game, That's true, It's gonna be 760 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:52,320 Speaker 1: his last game at home. This weekend, Russell wilson first 761 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:58,480 Speaker 1: career NFL starts against the Cardinals State Farm Stadium. Perhaps 762 00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:01,480 Speaker 1: his finals start. Well, that's well, we've got a storyline 763 00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:04,239 Speaker 1: next week. But I didn't anticipate on the door there. 764 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:07,160 Speaker 1: I wonder if we'll see Sierra because that means he's gonzo. 765 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:11,759 Speaker 1: But this could be his last home game. Ben Roethlisberger 766 00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:15,040 Speaker 1: last potential home game for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday night. 767 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,680 Speaker 1: And I'm glad that Ben is he's come to the 768 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:22,280 Speaker 1: realization a guy's taken a beating. He's a Hall of Famer. 769 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:24,000 Speaker 1: I mean, if you want to make the case on 770 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:28,399 Speaker 1: that draft class, um Eli Manning one two obviously didn't 771 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:32,520 Speaker 1: play as long. Philip Rivers was a great regular season quarterback. 772 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:34,839 Speaker 1: You can make a kids. Ben Roethlisberger is the best 773 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:39,520 Speaker 1: quarterback on that draft. Yeah, and I'm glad he's going 774 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:42,200 Speaker 1: on his own terms now for the organization there, although 775 00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:45,040 Speaker 1: if he still wants to play after this season, I 776 00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:47,960 Speaker 1: don't know if if if he was referring to his 777 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,400 Speaker 1: own career or just his career with the Steelers. No, 778 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:54,000 Speaker 1: I mean he's playing on Monday night. That could be it. 779 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:55,680 Speaker 1: They're trying to get in though, so that would be 780 00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,440 Speaker 1: his final game. The thing is, they really don't have 781 00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:01,160 Speaker 1: anybody behind him, and they been doing this for years, 782 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,920 Speaker 1: and now they could you know, they share the facility 783 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,799 Speaker 1: with the University of Pittsburgh. They can walk over and 784 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,200 Speaker 1: try to get the other Cody pick of his name 785 00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:11,399 Speaker 1: is yeah, yeah, and he's gonna be a draft pick. 786 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:15,399 Speaker 1: But you know, Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers, Jimmy Garoppolo. It's 787 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,200 Speaker 1: gonna be a wild offseason when it comes to veteran quarterbacks. 788 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,520 Speaker 1: I want to go somewhere else. By the way, I'm Jay, 789 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:25,959 Speaker 1: Happy New Year, Happy New Year, our last day on 790 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,000 Speaker 1: Earth in twenty twenty one. Yeah, I'll see you next year. 791 00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:32,400 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, see you on Sunday. And on that note, 792 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,280 Speaker 1: we will put a lid on this edition of Cardinals 793 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:38,719 Speaker 1: Cover two presented by Hunday proud partner the Arizona Cardinals 794 00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:41,880 Speaker 1: as always special thanks to our executive producer Jim Almahundro 795 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,680 Speaker 1: for Mike Drecky, I'm greig Riel Loup. We'll talk to 796 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:48,319 Speaker 1: you in twenty twenty two here on Cardinals Cover two.