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Speaker 1: Welcome bird Gang. On today's show. This is going to

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Speaker 1: be a big week. We've got the release of the

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty one schedule coming on Wednesday, and then Rookie

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Speaker 1: Minicamp on Friday. We'll set the stage for both. Speaking

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Speaker 1: temper expectations for this year's group of players. It's Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Cover two, Episode four twenty two, and it starts now.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two with Craig Grigolu and Mike Jarecki.

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Speaker 1: Cardinals dot com, Slash Podcasts. Murray rolls to the right,

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Speaker 1: throws near sight of Fritz Bob. He's into the ends,

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Speaker 1: So I'm having a hard on following my own rule, MJ.

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Speaker 1: And that's not to get too excited about the rookies.

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Speaker 1: The more you read about him, the more you hear

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Speaker 1: like the talent and now we're getting to know about

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Speaker 1: the person. You can't help but want all of these

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Speaker 1: players to succeed. We know they're nuts. Yet it is

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Speaker 1: hard and very hard in the last few days, last

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Speaker 1: I'm going to take a step back, as I say

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Speaker 1: every year, Yet we get more and more from these players.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, I'm I'm trying to contain myself a little bit,

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Speaker 1: but I am excited about all the players that were drafted,

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Speaker 1: Rondel Moore is going to have a probably right now

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Speaker 1: on paper, the fourth wide receiver, and then he's going

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Speaker 1: we'll just have to wait and see. You know, you

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Speaker 1: Because you've added Sean Williams, you brought back Chris Banjo,

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Speaker 1: So I don't know if all are gonna make the team,

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Speaker 1: and that's probably a good thing, but at least on paper,

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Speaker 1: because we know they're good football players, it's just how

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Speaker 1: quickly can they learn the playbook? How quickly can they

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Speaker 1: I don't know if there is a steeper learning curve

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Speaker 1: for any of these players. Then Bernhard Psychovitz, twenty three

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Speaker 1: Psychovitz part of the NFL's International Player Pathway program. He

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Speaker 1: made a tremendous first impression via zoom. He's here in

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Speaker 1: and he'll be on the field later this week. But

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Speaker 1: but I think three preseason games will go a long way,

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Speaker 1: I think what you said about Psychovitz, he's willing to learn.

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Speaker 1: going to continue to hammer home even more so than

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Speaker 1: the tight end position. I want to see another veteran

429
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Speaker 1: corner to the point, to the point where it doesn't

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Speaker 1: matter who at this point, just someone that knows what

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Speaker 1: to expect on Sundays won't be surprised. Are they going

432
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Speaker 1: to be top corners? Are they going to be shut

433
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Speaker 1: down corners? No, but I'll say Drake Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Joseph,

434
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Speaker 1: they served themselves very well and the Cardinals very well

435
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Speaker 1: last season. They had their ups and downs, sure, but

436
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Speaker 1: at least they knew what they were getting themselves into.

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Speaker 1: These young players. You know, sometimes you can be too

438
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Speaker 1: aggressive and get burnt deep, or you're not aggressive enough,

439
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Speaker 1: and it's learning the tricks of the trade that they

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Speaker 1: just don't have yet. That's why I think another veteran,

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Speaker 1: especially by week one, I'll put I'll put that out

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Speaker 1: there before the end of training camp. I want to

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Speaker 1: see another veteran cornerback added to this roster. I think

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Speaker 1: if you're gonna, you know, bring in a couple, I

445
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Speaker 1: don't think it's just going to be one. It could

446
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Speaker 1: be a couple and then we'll see what they look at.

447
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Speaker 1: When it comes to some of the undrafted free aidens.

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Speaker 1: I know they're not going to bring him a ton

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Speaker 1: this year just because of the ninety man roster. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, like I said, these guys, if they're the

451
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Speaker 1: third or fourth corner, we know the top three right now.

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Speaker 1: So if they're a fourth and five corner, how many

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Speaker 1: do they keep? But you got to get them ready

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Speaker 1: and the fact that they're going to have an offseason

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Speaker 1: and a rookie mini camp and hopefully some otis in

456
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Speaker 1: preseason because the next time they get a chance, Craig,

457
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Speaker 1: it's going to be in a real game. So I

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Speaker 1: feel comfortable with the starters, but you've got to create

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Speaker 1: some more depth and I don't want to rely on rookies.

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Speaker 1: And this week, speaking of those rookies, they will be

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Speaker 1: on the football field, they will be meeting amongst coaches

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Speaker 1: and meeting amongst themselves. The mandatory rookie mini camp begins

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Speaker 1: this week Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Now, it's not going

464
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Speaker 1: to be a lot of players. MJ's kind of doing

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Speaker 1: the math. You know, typically you've got what thirty thirty

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Speaker 1: five players out there for those three days because there's

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Speaker 1: a lot of tryout players, maybe some players that you

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Speaker 1: invite back after a year on your team. You want

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Speaker 1: to get them some more reps. But because of the

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Speaker 1: pandemic and what the NFLPA wants to see, you're gonna

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Speaker 1: have only your draft class. You're gonna have for the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals up to five undrafted rookie free agents and then

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Speaker 1: up to five tryout players. Any more than that, I

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Speaker 1: don't know. So if you're looking at numbers, you know

475
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be difficult to go eleven on eleven. You

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Speaker 1: might not even be able to go eleven on eleven.

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Speaker 1: It might be seven on seven, just more of a walkthrough.

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Speaker 1: But anything right now to me is better than what

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Speaker 1: they had a year ago, because they had zero last year.

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Speaker 1: So anything is better than nothing. That's the bottom line.

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Speaker 1: Could agree more. And you know the fact is that

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Speaker 1: you know, like they'll get a chance to to you know,

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Speaker 1: participate where. You know, the last time we had a

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Speaker 1: rookie mini camp, it was Kyler Murray and I remember

485
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Speaker 1: that because it was the most attended rookie mini camp

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Speaker 1: that I can ever remember, and everyone was just focused

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Speaker 1: on the quarterbacks. Now where we were standing. Sometimes it

488
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Speaker 1: was difficult to see Kyler based off of his size,

489
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Speaker 1: but you could always tell when he was throwing the

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Speaker 1: football because his football coming out of his hand looked

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Speaker 1: a heck a lot different better than some of those others.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, that was that was an interesting Friday afternoon

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Speaker 1: and May a couple of years back, because I was like, jeez,

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Speaker 1: where did all these people come from? It's like the

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Speaker 1: playoffs when when the attendance, the media attendance increases and

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Speaker 1: all of a sudden, people you haven't seen all seasons

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Speaker 1: starts showing up. Yeah, that's that's how it is when

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Speaker 1: you're the first pick in the draft. And remember he

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Speaker 1: when he walked over to us, he was in his

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Speaker 1: socks and his feet were hurting and they had to

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Speaker 1: get another pair of form because they were too tight. Yeah. No,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm glad you mentioned because the first thing, now,

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Speaker 1: you know, watching him on film, but when you see

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Speaker 1: him in person, and the way Kingsbury was working with him,

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Speaker 1: and you know, Clifford do different drills with bags and

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Speaker 1: he says ball and that that released nothing against Hunley

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Speaker 1: or who else was here. That ball was coming out

508
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Speaker 1: so fast, and you know it was just a matter

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Speaker 1: of time when you could start to see him kind

510
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Speaker 1: of hone his skills a little bit. But Craig, I think,

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Speaker 1: going back to about eleven out of a love, I

512
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Speaker 1: think the league at this point in time because before

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Speaker 1: you can bringing as many undrafted free ages or tryout guys,

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Speaker 1: and I think you said after the practice, so I

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Speaker 1: think they want to limit the number to twenty people

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Speaker 1: on a few and that's because of what we're in

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Speaker 1: the midst of the You don't want large gatherings, even

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Speaker 1: though you're outside. But to your point, yeah, it's and

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Speaker 1: I understand being safe and I get it, and I'll

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Speaker 1: take at this point anything just based off what we're

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Speaker 1: coming off of, so anything is better than nothing. And

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Speaker 1: you know, I know it's rookie mini camp, but if

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Speaker 1: I'm a guy that was in the league last year

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Speaker 1: and I didn't have as many reps, I mean, I

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Speaker 1: don't know if they're allowed to be about it. I

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Speaker 1: know there's a different set of camps for rookies and

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Speaker 1: then veteran players. But if I'm first or second year

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Speaker 1: guy and you want to have twenty four guys out there,

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Speaker 1: but I think the league is really hampering on at

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Speaker 1: least twenty players. Now you can have two different groups,

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Speaker 1: you know, twenty players and then go watch film. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: you know probably got to break it up into meeting rooms.

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Speaker 1: You don't want to have that many players in a room,

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Speaker 1: but they can have a couple of different groups. And

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Speaker 1: I think if the players decide to show up for

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Speaker 1: the mandatory mini camps and the OT I think we're

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Speaker 1: going to see different groups twenty twenty twenty where you

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Speaker 1: know they have eighty players on the field at one day,

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Speaker 1: but not at the same time. Well, the other added

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Speaker 1: benefit for this week is, yes, it's a smaller group,

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Speaker 1: so you're going to get more hands on teaching. And

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Speaker 1: some guys are visual learners, others are physical learners, and

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Speaker 1: I fall into the latter category because you teach something,

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Speaker 1: I can take all the notes, but I need to

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Speaker 1: physically learn what I'm doing. And that's something that I

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Speaker 1: think is going to certainly benefit the Arizona Cardinals and

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Speaker 1: every team this season, but certainly those rookies that earned

548
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Speaker 1: town this week to one figure out where they need

549
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,720
Speaker 1: to be and where they need to go, get to

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Speaker 1: learn a tour of the facility, and then getting some teaching,

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Speaker 1: getting their feet wet before everyone arrives, whether that's this

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Speaker 1: offseason or training camp, to where some of them will

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Speaker 1: just get as many reps and then all of a

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00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,560
Speaker 1: sudden they're kind of lost in the shuffle. Now we

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Speaker 1: talk about first impressions via zoom that we've had with

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Speaker 1: these new players, this is a first impression on the

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Speaker 1: football field. You know, how well do you study the playbook,

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Speaker 1: how well do you retain that knowledge, and then can

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Speaker 1: you transform that knowledge from the classroom to the football field.

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Speaker 1: And that's the key. We all know guys play a

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Speaker 1: lot faster when they're not thinking and they can react,

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Speaker 1: and so that's part of it. I mean, yeah, like

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Speaker 1: I said, I'm just thrilled that they're having an offseason

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Speaker 1: this year, and I know when it comes to the veterans,

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Speaker 1: you know, the NFLPA is kind of saying, hey, you know,

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Speaker 1: we want to start this trend for the next few

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Speaker 1: years where you don't have to. I guess it's to

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Speaker 1: a point where you know, you just don't want to

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Speaker 1: rely on rookies right away though, you know what I mean,

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Speaker 1: But I get it. I mean, you know how I feel.

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Speaker 1: Make mistakes out there, but coaching is teaching and that's

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Speaker 1: what their job is to do. Cardinals Cover two, presented

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Speaker 1: by Hunday Proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals, continues here

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Speaker 1: as we talk about what is expected to be a

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Speaker 1: big week in the National Football League with rookie minicamp,

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Speaker 1: but earlier in the week before we get to Friday.

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Speaker 1: On Wednesday, the twenty twenty one schedule will be released.

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Speaker 1: It is being called the twenty twenty one regular seasons,

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Speaker 1: being called the biggest season in NFL history, and they

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Speaker 1: are exactly right because for the first time, we have

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Speaker 1: a seventeen game regular season schedule. And I'll give the

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Speaker 1: NFL all kinds of credit because they have turned these

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Speaker 1: press releases into TV events to where everyone is anxious

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Speaker 1: and everyone is ready for Wednesday, five pm, Arizona time

585
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Speaker 1: to see when these games occur. We know the who,

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Speaker 1: we know the where. Now we get the win and

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Speaker 1: that is coming up on Wednesday. May twelfth, and we

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Speaker 1: know the schedule makers normally you have put the schedule

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Speaker 1: in April because of the seventeenth game, and I think

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Speaker 1: they want to be cute based on some of these

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Speaker 1: draft picks. And then some notable revenge games, and I

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Speaker 1: think there's a handful of those, and starting with Tom

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Speaker 1: Brady against Bill Belichick, of course, DeAndre Hopkins and JJ

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Speaker 1: Watt against the Texans, Patrick Peterson against the Cardinals with

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Speaker 1: the Vikings, So it's going to be interesting. But there's

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Speaker 1: gonna be some red rune games, and I think the

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Speaker 1: NFL is going to be very cute and creative to

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Speaker 1: have some of these matchups. And I got to think

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Speaker 1: on paper that Patriots Buccaneers game may be the highest rate.

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Speaker 1: Who knows if it's going to fall out. If I'm

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Speaker 1: CBS or Fox, I want that game, but you know

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Speaker 1: NBC as really and I think Monday Night Football is saying, hey,

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Speaker 1: we want to stake out the good games too. And

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Speaker 1: then you had the flexing at the end of the year.

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Speaker 1: But just looking at the Cardinals, you know they're gonna

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Speaker 1: have you know, their normal Division six games there and

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00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:08,880
Speaker 1: then they'll play another conference and the AFC. You want

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Speaker 1: to see. It's the AFC, AFC South, NFC North, NFC North,

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Speaker 1: and then three games against teams have finished in third

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Speaker 1: place last year would have been Dallas, the Browns and

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Speaker 1: the Panthers, and the Panthers and so those So that's

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Speaker 1: where you get to seventeen. The Cardinals will have eight

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Speaker 1: home games in nine road games in the regular season,

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Speaker 1: and that will alternate each year, so next year they'll

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Speaker 1: benefit from the nine game home schedule. I understand the

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Speaker 1: revenge games, and I understand the Buccaneers and Patriots, but

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Speaker 1: that to me is only a storyline maybe leading up

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Speaker 1: to the game, because you're not going to see Belichick

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Speaker 1: on the field. He doesn't suit up, so at that

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Speaker 1: point it's like, okay, but I get the lead in

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Speaker 1: and the run up to all of those contests. But

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Speaker 1: with the Cardinals, and I think a lot of people

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Speaker 1: are going to point to the Texans coming to State

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Speaker 1: arm Stadium because if JJ Watt and DeAndre Hopkins, you've

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Speaker 1: got the rematch between Kyler Murray and Baker Mayfield. That's

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Speaker 1: one that I think as far as on field, it's

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Speaker 1: going to be in Cleveland, and that's featuring two of

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Speaker 1: the brightest youngest quarterbacks in the league, and I think

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Speaker 1: that might be one of those games that you really

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Speaker 1: keep an eye on. One when does it happen? And

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Speaker 1: two is that a Sunday Sunday night or is that

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Speaker 1: a Monday night contest? Yeah, But I think when the

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Speaker 1: schedule comes out, the reason why I mentioned those revenge

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Speaker 1: games is because those are going to be marquee matchups.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Cam Newton's playing against the Panthers this year.

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Speaker 1: I mean obviously, you know you took them to the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl and was the MVP. So when the schedule

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Speaker 1: comes out, you'll see these marquee games. But for us,

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00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:50,520
Speaker 1: it's more about division games, winning in the conference and

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Speaker 1: then trying to scratch out some road wins this year,

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Speaker 1: and we talked about the division. Got to get better

642
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:56,920
Speaker 1: in the division if you want to be in contention

643
00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 1: at late in the year. But you know the NFL

644
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 1: Angel rule, Craig, you used to have five was a

645
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 1: limit for primetime games. It's up to seven now, So

646
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 1: I got to think the Buccaneers and the Chiefs are

647
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,240
Speaker 1: probably gonna get seven primetime games. I hope the Cardinals,

648
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 1: I know they tweeted out something over the weekend how

649
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,720
Speaker 1: many primetime games you think we're going to get if

650
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,560
Speaker 1: we set it at three and a half, I hope

651
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:23,400
Speaker 1: it's four. That might be pushing it a little bit

652
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:25,920
Speaker 1: because I could certainly see three. Obviously, you've got one

653
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,600
Speaker 1: with Thursday night football, and then can you get a

654
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 1: Monday night game and a Sunday night game. Yeah, you

655
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:35,080
Speaker 1: will have flex scheduling the latter half of the regular season.

656
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 1: But as far as games that might fit that quote

657
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 1: unquote primetime window, I think any of the three division matchups,

658
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:45,200
Speaker 1: whether that's home or road. But as far as games

659
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,600
Speaker 1: that people might want to pay attention to on the

660
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:51,520
Speaker 1: national stage, yes, going to Dallas and playing the Cowboys

661
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 1: is always big, especially with Dak Prescott coming back. And

662
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 1: then I'll go with the Browns, perhaps maybe with the Texans,

663
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 1: but who knows what's going on with that, And I'll

664
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,680
Speaker 1: say that's more of a storyline leading up to kickoff.

665
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,680
Speaker 1: Once the game kicks off, if DeShawn Watson's not on

666
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:08,960
Speaker 1: the field, then you know what's the motive. I mean,

667
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 1: there's motivation, but as far as you know, what are

668
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:14,240
Speaker 1: people paying attention to? Same thing with the Green Bay Packers,

669
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 1: we all assume Aaron Rodgers is going to be the quarterback.

670
00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 1: We don't know, but as we sit here and talk

671
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:22,919
Speaker 1: in mid May, yes, so perhaps Cardinals Packers at home

672
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:26,399
Speaker 1: at State Farm Stadium would be an intriguing contest. Well,

673
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,120
Speaker 1: I went back, I went down and looked at all

674
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks are going to face this year and it's

675
00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 1: it's it's you're not playing the NFC East this year. Okay,

676
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,239
Speaker 1: nothing against that division, but Daniel Jones is still trying

677
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 1: to find his rhythm. Um, you know, you look at

678
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 1: you know what Washington went through. You know, Dwayne Haskins

679
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:45,960
Speaker 1: and they went to Alex Smith and now they got

680
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,480
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatricks. So you're not it's going to be more

681
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 1: daunting task. And to me, when you look at the Cardinals,

682
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 1: do play the Packers and Texas this year? I have

683
00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:04,759
Speaker 1: Watson dash two be determined, Rogers dash to be determined.

684
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:09,719
Speaker 1: I like competition, But if you don't play those two

685
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:13,400
Speaker 1: teams and with those two quarterbacks, gotta like your chances.

686
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,640
Speaker 1: And again at the end of the year, it's not

687
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,399
Speaker 1: how you wanted, how many wins you have. I'd rather

688
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,399
Speaker 1: play them though, because I want to bring the best out.

689
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:22,600
Speaker 1: But to sit here and be arrogant about it. Hey,

690
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,360
Speaker 1: they're gonna have if those guys are in different cities,

691
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 1: or if Watson's gonna have to serve some kind of suspension, Hey,

692
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 1: that's what it is. We'll deal with it. Then, well,

693
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,880
Speaker 1: I'll give you another team that we don't quite know.

694
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,480
Speaker 1: We think we know, but we're not quite sure. And

695
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:41,480
Speaker 1: it's a team that the Cardinals play twice forty nine ers.

696
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:46,000
Speaker 1: We think it's gonna be Jimmy Garoppolo. But does Trey

697
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:48,560
Speaker 1: Lance all of a sudden make some kind of noise

698
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:52,640
Speaker 1: or heck, maybe the Cardinals see both Garoppolo and Trey Lance,

699
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 1: depending on where these games are on the schedule, early

700
00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 1: versus late. I could certainly see that as an opportunity

701
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:02,879
Speaker 1: as potentially happening. When I listed to forty nine ers,

702
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 1: I went Garoppolo backslash Lance. I think we were see

703
00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:12,320
Speaker 1: him both. I wouldn't surprise me if they have certain

704
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: packages for him. You can take Garoppolo off the field

705
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:19,359
Speaker 1: because of his mobility, you know, but then again you're

706
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:23,120
Speaker 1: signaling to teams what potentially could happen. But he's got

707
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 1: a nice arm. I mean, they got weapons, They got

708
00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:27,000
Speaker 1: that tight end they got the full back, they got

709
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 1: some whiteouts. Bran Brandon, I mean, yeah, so I do

710
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:34,080
Speaker 1: think at some point, I mean, clearly Garoppolo isn't the

711
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 1: best chance to win when he's healthy. Now I'm just saying,

712
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 1: I gotta I don't think Josh Rosen's going to be

713
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: the backup quarterback. So I would think he's going to

714
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:43,879
Speaker 1: be active on game day, and that means you can't

715
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,160
Speaker 1: play him. Kyle knows what he's doing. I mean, he's

716
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,239
Speaker 1: going to find spots for him. I know, you say,

717
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,359
Speaker 1: you tip your hand. One thing we didn't like when

718
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 1: they took Kyler Murray off the field. I just think,

719
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:56,440
Speaker 1: you know, if he can run your offense and he's

720
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:59,240
Speaker 1: got a strong arm and he's mobile, that adds another

721
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,359
Speaker 1: element to what other teams are gonna have to try

722
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 1: to defend some other quarterbacks. Matthew Stafford. Now you'll get

723
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:09,240
Speaker 1: to see him twice with the Rams, maybe justin fields,

724
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 1: depending on what happens with the Bears or if nothing else,

725
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, Jared Goff. As of course, the Cardinals always

726
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:18,800
Speaker 1: play the Lions. You've got Sam Donald now with the Panthers,

727
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz with the Colts, and then Trevor Lawrence. We

728
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,520
Speaker 1: know that he'll be at the starting quarterback for the Jaguars.

729
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:27,600
Speaker 1: The question is one of the Cardinals play the Jaguars.

730
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 1: Is that an opponent MJ with a new head coach

731
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,440
Speaker 1: and a new quarterback that you want to see early

732
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,840
Speaker 1: in the season with no tape or late in the

733
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 1: season at the risk of well, maybe later in the

734
00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:42,759
Speaker 1: season they figured things out as opposed to earlier in

735
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 1: the season, maybe you can catch them off guard and

736
00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:48,680
Speaker 1: kind of give them a welcome to the NFL moment.

737
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:52,319
Speaker 1: When you talk about Urban Meyer, Trevor Lawrence, I mean

738
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 1: they had a ton of cass space. Looks like, you know,

739
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 1: they got the running game going. James Robinson last year,

740
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 1: you're throwing Travis et n. I don't like playing in

741
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:05,919
Speaker 1: Florida in the month of September though. It's just so humid. Craig,

742
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:08,239
Speaker 1: I mean, these guys could be in great shape and

743
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 1: then they gotta pickle juice, he say, see guys cramping again.

744
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 1: I'd rather play him early before they start to find

745
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:17,520
Speaker 1: some rhythm. And then Cardinals gonna have to play Ryan Tannehill,

746
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 1: who's really flirted that offense. Now they lose their head

747
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,960
Speaker 1: coach the offensive Coording to Arthur Smith, he's in Atlanta now,

748
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 1: but Tannehill Cardinals better bring their heart hat there because

749
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:29,239
Speaker 1: you're we're gonna see a lot of Derrick Henry and

750
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,759
Speaker 1: Vrabel likes to bring the blitz kind of keep you

751
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 1: in the pocket. So some really good matchups just based

752
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:38,520
Speaker 1: on other opposing head coaches and coordinators. Cardinals schedule for

753
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:43,520
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one ranks thirteenth, tied with the Titans the

754
00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:47,719
Speaker 1: rest of the division. The Rams have the tenth toughest schedule,

755
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,960
Speaker 1: the Seahawks tied for eleventh and forty nine Ers tied

756
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:55,279
Speaker 1: for nineteenth. Cardinals will face six teams that finished with

757
00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 1: a better than five hundred record, eight teams that finished

758
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 1: with a five hundred record or below. In total, seven

759
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:06,359
Speaker 1: teams that made the playoffs, and that does include the

760
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,720
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears, who got in with an eight and eight record,

761
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 1: and why the Cardinals were watching the playoffs as opposed

762
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:15,640
Speaker 1: to playing, So seven playoff teams and then nine total

763
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:19,440
Speaker 1: between both games against the Seahawks and the forty nine Ers,

764
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 1: the Rams Ram sorry, yes, okay, yeah, yep, so yeah,

765
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:26,839
Speaker 1: it's exciting. I mean, the first thing you look at

766
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:31,840
Speaker 1: his home opener, primetime games, coal weather games. Do you

767
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 1: have back to back road games back to back home games.

768
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:38,240
Speaker 1: I don't know. With COVID, is anybody gonna play outside

769
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:40,880
Speaker 1: the country. I don't think Mexico's really on the radar

770
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,960
Speaker 1: right now. I know that eventually, and the Cardinals are

771
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 1: hosting the Super Bowl in twenty twenty three, and usually

772
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,120
Speaker 1: you have to give up some kind of home game.

773
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:50,160
Speaker 1: Next year it's in Los Angeles, and then I think

774
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:52,400
Speaker 1: it's going to be in Vegas after Cardinals. So a

775
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,719
Speaker 1: lot of West Coast super Bowls. But yeah, it's it's

776
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:57,360
Speaker 1: going to be interesting, but I just think it's another

777
00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:00,040
Speaker 1: day on the calendar where we know the opponents. You

778
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:03,840
Speaker 1: knew the opponents in January and now it's in the

779
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:05,719
Speaker 1: NFL does a good job because you're going to see

780
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,120
Speaker 1: a lot of people book in flights because if you

781
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,400
Speaker 1: live on the West Coast and the Buccaneers don't come

782
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,520
Speaker 1: out and you're very often or you know, you get

783
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:17,640
Speaker 1: the Bears, those are in the league is stating that

784
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 1: they would love to have full stadium. So it's going

785
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 1: to be interesting. But I look forward to these schedules. Again,

786
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,120
Speaker 1: we know the opponents. Now it's no matter how does

787
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:27,919
Speaker 1: it tee up, and last year's schedule, if you broke

788
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 1: it down into quarters, I guess you could still kind

789
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:34,200
Speaker 1: of sort of do that. Even with a seventeen games.

790
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:38,400
Speaker 1: It doesn't divide up evenly anymore. But you had four

791
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:42,360
Speaker 1: games blocked and two games at home, two games on

792
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 1: the road, and that was something that really I think

793
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,600
Speaker 1: you get that nice balance. And certainly the bye week

794
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,360
Speaker 1: in the middle of the season, you look at prime

795
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:54,000
Speaker 1: time games and when does the bye cappen? And then

796
00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:55,480
Speaker 1: of course you know who do you start with and

797
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,799
Speaker 1: who do you end with. And again, this will be

798
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:02,960
Speaker 1: announced on Wednesday, May twelve, and a special edition of

799
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: The Big Red Rage is planned for Wednesday night six

800
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:10,879
Speaker 1: to seven on ESPN six twenty am. Paul calvc, Ron

801
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:15,320
Speaker 1: Wolfley plus Buddha Baker will analyze the seventeen game schedule

802
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 1: at four Peaks Brewing Company in Tampe. Bird Gang fans

803
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,399
Speaker 1: are encouraged to attend if you can't make it out

804
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:24,840
Speaker 1: there or you can't get to the radio. The schedule

805
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:29,040
Speaker 1: or release will also be streamed live on asy cardinals

806
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:33,200
Speaker 1: dot com, the Cardinals YouTube channel, Facebook page, and on

807
00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:36,840
Speaker 1: the Cardinals mobile app, so there is no excuse for

808
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:40,440
Speaker 1: not being able to watch or listen to the Cardinals

809
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 1: schedule release special edition of The Big Red Rage with

810
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:48,560
Speaker 1: Buddha Baker joining the normal host Paul Calvc and Ron Wolfley.

811
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:51,040
Speaker 1: All Right, we got some news here. According to Darren Urban,

812
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:53,319
Speaker 1: We've got a couple players. Now I'm going to wear

813
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:58,919
Speaker 1: single digits Chase Edmonds deuce yep. Speaking of Buddha Baker,

814
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 1: we knew that he was going to be number three,

815
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:03,320
Speaker 1: and now he's got some company. Chase Edmonds is changing

816
00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 1: his number from twenty two to two. His backfield mate

817
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:11,239
Speaker 1: James Conner will be wearing number six, and on the

818
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:16,240
Speaker 1: defensive side, Byron Murphy goes from thirty three to seven.

819
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:18,960
Speaker 1: So we thought there'd be a lot of turnover as

820
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,040
Speaker 1: far as players changing numbers, especially when you're giving that

821
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:25,759
Speaker 1: option to go single digits. And we've got the Cardinals.

822
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,920
Speaker 1: We've got three players, two running backs and a defensive

823
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:33,160
Speaker 1: back going single digits, or I should say James Connor

824
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 1: as well. So four players we don't know about. I

825
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:40,120
Speaker 1: haven't seen Bernard Hopkins yet on this list, so maybe

826
00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:43,760
Speaker 1: that's something to wait. Four or maybe in the future

827
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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two. All right, when it comes to

828
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:52,919
Speaker 1: the rookies, Xavian Collins number twenty five, Rondale Moore eighty five,

829
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:57,440
Speaker 1: Robin Moore's number, right, as our executive producer Jim Amhundra

830
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,680
Speaker 1: has pointed out, Yeah, if you've got a vintage Rob

831
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 1: Moore uniform number eighty five, you can break that out.

832
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,920
Speaker 1: Still says more on the back, you're all set. Marco

833
00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:12,920
Speaker 1: Wilson twenty, Victor m KG ninety two. I like that number,

834
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:20,760
Speaker 1: bertram Berry's old number, Gowen thirty two, James Wiggins safety

835
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:25,480
Speaker 1: thirty eight, Michael Manette seventy two, and some of the

836
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:30,120
Speaker 1: new players that are joining the Cardinals. AJ Green always

837
00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:33,719
Speaker 1: wore eighteen. He'll continue to wear eighteen. Matt Prator or five,

838
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:37,920
Speaker 1: he'll continue to wear five, Rodney Hudson sixty one, Colt

839
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:42,640
Speaker 1: McCoy number twelve, and Malcolm Butler. He is going to

840
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:45,840
Speaker 1: go with twenty one, the number he wore with the

841
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:49,520
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans and Burgang. I'm going to say it right now,

842
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:52,480
Speaker 1: that is certainly going to take some time getting used to,

843
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:57,319
Speaker 1: considering Patrick Peterson wore that number for ten seasons and

844
00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:01,080
Speaker 1: now he'll be himself being in a different uniform altogether,

845
00:44:01,239 --> 00:44:04,640
Speaker 1: different uniform, different number, and Peterson will be coming back

846
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 1: to State Farm Stadium this season when the Vikings come

847
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:10,680
Speaker 1: to town wearing number seven. I think you're going to

848
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:13,840
Speaker 1: see the difference. And trust me, I love to enjoy

849
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:15,719
Speaker 1: covering Patrick, but you're going to see a little bit

850
00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:18,880
Speaker 1: more physicality that guy wearing number twenty one. Are you

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Speaker 1: surprised at all that Butler? I guess you know, it's

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Speaker 1: his choice, and I know when he was initially asked,

853
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:26,760
Speaker 1: he said, well, I don't know if that's an option,

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00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:28,920
Speaker 1: and we'll kind of wait and see, and maybe it

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00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:31,279
Speaker 1: was presented, Hey, if you want it, it's available. And

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Speaker 1: now I noticed that there was no number eleven given

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00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:40,600
Speaker 1: to anybody. I mean, there's no eleven currently on the roster.

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00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 1: So I guess you know, is that number available MJ. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't think so. I don't think number twenty four

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00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:50,600
Speaker 1: is available either. No one cares about twenty four anyway.

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00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:53,640
Speaker 1: Ron wipefully did that number so well. And then someone

862
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:57,080
Speaker 1: else Warton, I don't you know, maybe he's in the

863
00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,160
Speaker 1: Ring of Honor somewhere, maybe he does something now in

864
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:03,920
Speaker 1: the front office yeah, Adrian Wilson. Yeah, I mean, at

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00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:05,600
Speaker 1: some point you're gonna have to give that number up,

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00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:08,000
Speaker 1: But right now, I don't think they're going to give

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00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:13,200
Speaker 1: that number out, you know, if I mean if Patrick,

868
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:16,120
Speaker 1: some teams will wait a year when a guy goes

869
00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:18,879
Speaker 1: to X amount of Pro Bowls, but he moved on.

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00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:21,920
Speaker 1: They moved on. You know, he changed his numbers, so

871
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:23,600
Speaker 1: why not give it to him. It's not like Patrick

872
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:25,920
Speaker 1: was the only one that worked twenty one. It is.

873
00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:29,160
Speaker 1: It's something that you know sometimes you know fans care

874
00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:32,839
Speaker 1: or so others don't. You get these jerseys so you're

875
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:34,719
Speaker 1: a fan of the team, and then all of a

876
00:45:34,719 --> 00:45:37,040
Speaker 1: sudden there's a change one way or the other that

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00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:41,640
Speaker 1: team leaves or now we're seeing players change numbers. So yes,

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00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:43,879
Speaker 1: it is all up. Darren Urban has got a story

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00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:47,920
Speaker 1: up on Easy cardinals dot Com. The Cardinals official Twitter

880
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:52,319
Speaker 1: page has announced all of these numbers, also on Instagram

881
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:55,360
Speaker 1: as well. But this is something that's as we get closer,

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00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:58,440
Speaker 1: I guess I guess MJ earlier this now, with the

883
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:00,960
Speaker 1: free agency and the draft over with, this is kind

884
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:04,359
Speaker 1: of really a different It's still the offseason, but it's

885
00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:06,760
Speaker 1: a different point of the off season, we get more

886
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 1: towards really looking at twenty twenty one. Guys get their uniforms,

887
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:14,040
Speaker 1: Guys are coming into the facility, they're meeting their coaches,

888
00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:16,360
Speaker 1: they're meeting their new teammates, they're getting on the field.

889
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:20,759
Speaker 1: Hopefully it all goes seamlessly and we see more of it.

890
00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:23,560
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not I don't know how much we'll see,

891
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:27,799
Speaker 1: but certainly, as I'll say again, something is better than nothing.

892
00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:31,000
Speaker 1: And we got nothing in twenty twenty night and day

893
00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:34,840
Speaker 1: from a year ago night and day. So and I think, really, Craig,

894
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:37,520
Speaker 1: you know we always talk about, you know, at the

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00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:39,200
Speaker 1: end of the year, after the Super Bowl, which is

896
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,239
Speaker 1: usually their first or second week in February, then you

897
00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:43,920
Speaker 1: got to combine. Then he got free agency, and I

898
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:47,399
Speaker 1: think with the schedule coming out, that's more excitement to where, yes,

899
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:48,880
Speaker 1: we knew who they're going to play, but now we

900
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:52,319
Speaker 1: know when, and those rookies can get excited about that.

901
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:54,800
Speaker 1: Maybe you know, some of these guys went to smaller schools,

902
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:56,600
Speaker 1: they didn't play a lot of a lot of fans.

903
00:46:56,600 --> 00:46:59,280
Speaker 1: So I think once we get the schedule, then we're

904
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:04,400
Speaker 1: getting so much closer to offseason workouts, training, camps, preseason,

905
00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:09,960
Speaker 1: regular season. The season will be here before we know it.

906
00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:13,319
Speaker 1: It seems like it takes forever. But I'll go full

907
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:15,960
Speaker 1: circle how we began this show. It's getting harder and

908
00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:20,160
Speaker 1: harder to temper expectations just because of what we're seeing.

909
00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:23,239
Speaker 1: And that next step is seeing these players on the

910
00:47:23,239 --> 00:47:25,759
Speaker 1: football field. Now, it's going to be limited initially, but

911
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:29,440
Speaker 1: something that I think is the next step. You drafted them.

912
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:32,319
Speaker 1: Now let's see what they look like in the uniform

913
00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:35,320
Speaker 1: and what we can count on them to do, perhaps

914
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:39,279
Speaker 1: sooner rather than later. Well said, and I'm gonna have

915
00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:42,760
Speaker 1: to get I'm gonna have to get a roster easy

916
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:45,520
Speaker 1: Cardinals dot com. We'll have all the updated rosters so

917
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:47,759
Speaker 1: you can do your homework. MGM. Maybe we'll quid you

918
00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:51,080
Speaker 1: a little bit later on this offseason. Just zav and

919
00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:54,399
Speaker 1: Colums wearing some what are you wearing? Twenty five? Wearing

920
00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 1: twenty five as an inside linebacker. So yeah, that's gonna

921
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,279
Speaker 1: take some getting used to as well, because typically in

922
00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:08,719
Speaker 1: the twenties, that's a defensive back. What Buchanan, we're twenty right, yes, yes, yeah,

923
00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:11,719
Speaker 1: this is not a hybrid though nope, nope, don't say

924
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:17,520
Speaker 1: that is a Mike linebacker and Mike linebacker only Isaiah

925
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:20,719
Speaker 1: Simmons going to keep his number certainly sounds like it

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Speaker 1: for right now less eleven comes available, Yeah, that's not

927
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Speaker 1: giving out. They're not giving that out. We kid because

928
00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:32,640
Speaker 1: we care, but it will not be a number eleven

929
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:34,239
Speaker 1: and there won't be a number twenty four on the

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Speaker 1: field as well. Again, the schedule release on Wednesday, May twelve,

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Speaker 1: five pm, Arizona time, and then the Cardinals schedule release

932
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Speaker 1: Big Red Rage Edition coming up six pm on ESPN

933
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:54,560
Speaker 1: six twenty plus, asy Cardinals dot com, the Cardinals YouTube channel,

934
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:57,399
Speaker 1: Facebook page, and on the Cardinals mobile app. And then

935
00:48:57,440 --> 00:48:59,200
Speaker 1: you and I m J. Will give our thoughts on

936
00:48:59,239 --> 00:49:02,520
Speaker 1: the schedule here on Cardinals Cover two, just some initial

937
00:49:02,560 --> 00:49:05,879
Speaker 1: takeaways and figuring out, you know, how things look and

938
00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:09,640
Speaker 1: whether the Cardinals gotta We know it's a difficult schedule,

939
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:12,040
Speaker 1: but as far as how it breaks down, how many

940
00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:13,640
Speaker 1: home games in a row, road games in a row,

941
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:16,520
Speaker 1: how many primetime games? Everyone likes to hear that or

942
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:19,279
Speaker 1: see that on the schedule. And I'll say, I like,

943
00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:20,960
Speaker 1: you're over under at three and a half, and I'm

944
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:22,680
Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna take the ender I'm gonna take the

945
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:25,600
Speaker 1: ender right here, mark it down. I'm taking the ender. Yeah,

946
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:27,920
Speaker 1: I hope they get four, but you know they were

947
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:29,720
Speaker 1: eight and eight last year. But I think on paper,

948
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:32,440
Speaker 1: if you're some of the different networks, you know, Kyler

949
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:35,160
Speaker 1: Murray in this offense, you know, you bring an AJ Green,

950
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:38,919
Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson, so and again, maybe the defense isn't get

951
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:41,920
Speaker 1: enough credit, even though they drafted five players on that

952
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:44,920
Speaker 1: side of the ball, this cardinal offense. If they can

953
00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:48,520
Speaker 1: start clicking and Kyler Murray can be more consistent, they

954
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:50,440
Speaker 1: are fun to watch, and so maybe they'll get an

955
00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:52,080
Speaker 1: extra game. But three and a half, I think it

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00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:54,480
Speaker 1: is safe. You get three year and then hey listen,

957
00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:56,560
Speaker 1: if you're winning, you get fluxed out at the end

958
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:58,520
Speaker 1: of the year because you're gonna have some Division games

959
00:49:58,760 --> 00:50:01,840
Speaker 1: normally in the month December, probably in a week sixteen

960
00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:04,680
Speaker 1: in this case, seventeen and eighteen, So you could get

961
00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:07,000
Speaker 1: flexed out. But I agree with you, three and a half.

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Speaker 1: I would take I would take four. I mean, I'm

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00:50:09,680 --> 00:50:11,960
Speaker 1: just but three and a half. I think if you

964
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Speaker 1: can get to three, you know it's going to be

965
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Speaker 1: a Thursday night game, hopefully a Monday in a Sunday

966
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:19,799
Speaker 1: night game. Yeah, the ability to flex is certainly going

967
00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:22,399
Speaker 1: to be the incentive. If you're playing well, then yeah,

968
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:24,720
Speaker 1: more people are gonna want to watch you. It happened

969
00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:27,239
Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen when the Cardinals always seemed to get

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00:50:27,239 --> 00:50:30,120
Speaker 1: flexed into Sunday night football because that team was so

971
00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:34,240
Speaker 1: exciting to watch. But we will find out officially come Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: And on that note, we will put a lid on.

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Speaker 1: This edition of Cardinals Cover two, presented by Honday Probab

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Speaker 1: partner of the Arizona Cardinals, has always special thanks to

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Speaker 1: our executive producer Jim Amandro. For Mike Jareckie, I'm Craig

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Speaker 1: Rayel Loup. We'll talk to you next time you're on

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two