1 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: Pick your cliche. A tail of two halves. It's not 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: how you start, it's how you finish. They both fit. 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang. On today's show, Paul Calvic joins me. 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: He was in Buffalo, handled the windy conditions and had 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: a front review of both the good and the bad 6 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:20,959 Speaker 1: of what was a week one loss. No time to 7 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: waste at Cardinals Cover two, Episode seven ninety two, and 8 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: it starts now. 9 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 2: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two. 10 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 3: Who to Baker? 11 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: What Heart? What rent? 12 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 3: This guy's unbelievable. 13 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 2: Cardinals Cover two is presented by Hyundai, proud partner of 14 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 2: the Arizona Cardinals, and by Arizona Cardinals Podcast. Visit Azycardinals 15 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 2: dot com slash podcast. 16 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 1: He's at the ten half of five. 17 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 3: He's it again. Some more hurry magic. 18 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 2: Whow here's Craig Griola. 19 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,279 Speaker 1: So what time, Paul? Did Redbird one finally touchdown at 20 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: Sky Harbor Airport? 21 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 3: Not too bad? Nine o'clock. Of course, you know Arizona time. 22 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,199 Speaker 3: The alarm went off at about four fifteen in the morning, 23 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 3: so it was a full day. There's no doubt. Yes, 24 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 3: the regular season is underway. 25 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 1: You're just lucky that that game on Sunday wasn't in 26 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: that four to twenty five Eastern window. You got lucky 27 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: because it was a one o'clock buffalo started as opposed 28 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: to four. So in the case of because instead of nine, 29 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: you'd be getting home after midnight. 30 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 3: See that gives me memories of Christmas Eve twenty twenty three, 31 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 3: because that's exactly what happened at Chicago. Not only were 32 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 3: you playing a Christmas Eve, but you are in the 33 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 3: light window even though you're in the Central time zone. 34 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 3: So please don't remind me of that. You know what, Craig, 35 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 3: you would have to throwback like me, you grew up 36 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 3: going to Giants in forty nine er games at Candlestick Park. 37 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 3: There was a Candlestick Park element to that game. Hot 38 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 3: Dog Rappers blown everywhere. 39 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: Yeah at kickoff twenty mile per hour, wins sixty one 40 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: degrees and, according to our Fine executive producer Jim Mama Hunter, 41 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: the coolest opener since the team moved to Arizona. Postgame, 42 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: Tray McBride mentioned that wind was a factor, but you 43 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: were down on that field, Paul, just it's tough to 44 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 1: tell watching it on television. I mean, there were a 45 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: couple of throws maybe that got knocked down or slowed down. 46 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: Some kickoffs certainly got knocked down. We had some penalties 47 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: both sides, both teams with some penalties on kickoffs. But 48 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: just how much do you think the wind was a factor. 49 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 3: Well, I'll give you one example, speaking of Trey McBride. 50 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 3: Remember the play where Kyler was buying time and springing 51 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 3: to his left towards the Cardinal's sideline and he lobbed 52 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 3: that passed to his second. 53 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: Level towards a little bit. 54 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, as soon as that hit the stratosphere, it just 55 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 3: got pushed out of bounds. It got blown out of bounds. 56 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 3: Anything that wasn't a fastball, anything that you weren't absolutely 57 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 3: zipping through the air. You're trying to float one lob 58 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,679 Speaker 3: one good luck that at State from Stadium would have 59 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 3: been a twenty five yard game. But as soon as 60 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 3: that thing was taken by the crosswinds. And there were 61 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 3: times where Tyler was on the ball, Cardinals were quickly 62 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 3: on the ball, and there's thirty left on the play 63 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 3: clock and they're seemingly ready to snap it and Kyler's 64 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 3: waiting and he's waiting, and well, what's he waiting for? 65 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 3: He's really not barking anything out, He's not directing traffic. 66 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 3: What's he waiting for. I'll tell you what. He's waiting 67 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 3: for the cross wind to die down, because it would 68 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 3: surge and you'd get this ripper all of a sudden 69 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 3: out of nowhere, and then it would die down and 70 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 3: then would re accelerate. These wins. I sound like I'm 71 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 3: on the weather channel like I should. I should be 72 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 3: hanging on to it like a light post, doing one 73 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 3: of these II the hurricane reports. I tell you that 74 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 3: was my gut feeling, because Kyle's like, I'm not thrown 75 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 3: in this cross win. Let's will you give me three 76 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 3: to five seconds it'll die down again. 77 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: Well, good perspective, first of all, and then second of all, 78 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: despite the windy conditions, and again Cardinals lose at Buffalo 79 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: thirty five, twenty eight. But Paul, the way of the 80 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: game started, and let's start there with Kyler Murray and 81 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: that offense scoring on the first three possessions touchdown, field goal, touchdown, 82 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: first time a Cardinals team had done that since two 83 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: thousand and six. Opening up a game with scores on 84 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: their first three possessions, you couldn't have asked for a 85 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: more perfect fifteen minutes. The one exception is Jonah Williams 86 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: getting hurt on the final play, which we can discuss 87 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: a little bit later on. But all this talk about 88 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: preseason and potential rust and the starter's not playing, I'll 89 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: say this, Kyler Murray was in command. The offense was 90 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: in command, and I think it's surprised. Maybe, well, I'll 91 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:23,840 Speaker 1: raise my mind. It surprised me a little bit. And 92 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: I'm definitely surprised all the Bills mafia because that stadium, 93 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: at least listening to the broadcast with Passion Wolf, you 94 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 1: could tell audibly that the crowd was like, uh oh, 95 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 1: what is going on? It's seventeen to three and we've 96 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 1: got two forty to go in the second quarter. 97 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 3: There's no better feeling than being the road team. Cardinals 98 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 3: go on the road and the home fans are unloading 99 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 3: on the home team in the first half, and that's 100 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 3: what was happening. The home fans were really frustrated and 101 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 3: they're booing the Bills and all this, and you're up 102 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 3: seventeen to three because you ripped off a thirteen play drive, 103 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,679 Speaker 3: then you ripped off another thirteen play touchdown drive. Everything 104 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 3: was at Kyler's command, and I really think that was 105 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 3: the word for it, and honestly was the answer to 106 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 3: the question, all right, what would this look like after 107 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 3: an off season of working together, of trying to generate 108 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 3: that chemistry and being in sync. And you saw it 109 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 3: all at the disposal of Kyler Murray. He after the 110 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 3: first few plays, or maybe he got out of the 111 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 3: pocket a little early, and it was a great observation 112 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 3: by Pasch on the air, and they talked about it, 113 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 3: and then he settled down. He stayed in the pocket 114 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 3: and you saw him his eyes would start to the left, 115 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 3: they come back to the middle, and he'd throwed to 116 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 3: the right. He was truly going through his reads. By halftime, 117 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 3: he had hit eight different receivers. They had involved both 118 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 3: James Connor Andrey Benson and Amari de Mercado in the 119 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 3: run game, the pass game out of the backfield. So 120 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 3: it was all there and it was working in sync. 121 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 3: And then you saw some of the adjustments by Buffalo. 122 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray in the first half sixteen of nineteen one 123 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty one yards and a touchdown. The offense 124 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 1: as a whole in the first half thirty six plays, 125 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: one hundred and ninety yards. You saw under center, You 126 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: saw a shotgun pistol, multiple tight ends, four wide, two backs. 127 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: How about that look with James Connor Andrey Benson on 128 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: the field together. Then halftime hits well, first off the 129 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: way the first half ended, because you go back to 130 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: what Bill Belichick always liked to do with the New 131 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: England Patriots. You defer, you want that ball to begin 132 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: the second half, and the goal is to be the 133 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: last team to touch the ball at the first half 134 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: and hopefully get a score. Well, that's exactly what happened. 135 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: Josh Allen scores a seven yard touchdown run with nineteen 136 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: seconds to go. You go into the locker room only 137 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: up one score, despite dominating that entire first half. Come 138 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: out of the gate and the Bills score again, this 139 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: time Josh Allen with a touchdown toss. And you're five 140 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: minutes into the second half and the game poll is 141 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: tied at seventeen apiece and you're like, wait a second, 142 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: what just happened. 143 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 3: Okay, I'll tell you what happened. What happened was they 144 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 3: there was a Zave and Colin sack. True that was 145 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 3: no by a flag, A Xavin Colin sack that on 146 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 3: that final drive of the first half would have put 147 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 3: the Bills a good ten yards behind the sticks. And 148 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 3: it was an awful call, one of a couple awful calls. Honestly, 149 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 3: the Ruffian on Kyler against the Bills early in the 150 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 3: game that was awful as well. What happened was Kyler 151 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 3: went down in a heap, sort of an awkward slide, 152 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 3: and he actually checked up against the turf and then 153 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 3: popped up. It looked like he had been made there 154 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 3: was contact from the defender. There really wasn't, as you 155 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 3: saw in the replay. So there were a couple of 156 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 3: really poor calls. That one was very costly. It extended 157 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 3: the Bills drive they would have been behind the sticks. 158 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,239 Speaker 3: And then all of a sudden the Bills started getting 159 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 3: some momentum and absolutely the game. If there was a 160 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 3: turning point in the game, it was the late first half, 161 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 3: early second half and just the Bill's ability to double dip, 162 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 3: if you will, that old coaching axiom. And at that point, 163 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 3: you know, Josh Allen also took it upon himself. He 164 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 3: just said, you know what went in doubt, I'm going 165 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 3: to run this thing, and good thing you only see 166 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 3: Josh Allen once every four years. I'm just going to 167 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:03,559 Speaker 3: say that because he's like a combination of Big Ben 168 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 3: and George Kittle. He can hang in the pocket and 169 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 3: dudes are dripping off him and you got to blast 170 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 3: him to get him down. Sometimes you need two guys 171 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 3: to get him down at six five two forty plus. 172 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 3: Or he can hit the open field and just look 173 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 3: it looked like a baby Gronk just running through. He'll 174 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 3: make you miss, I'll truck you. He's huge. He has 175 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 3: no problem, you know, going for a physical run, as 176 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 3: he saw at the goal line. So there's a reason 177 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 3: that going into the regular season he was number two 178 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 3: in MVP odds, behind Patrick Mahomes. Josh Allen is that guy. 179 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: And I heard you talking with Passion Wolf pregame talking 180 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: about what was an anonymous poll amongst his peers that 181 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: Josh Allen was ranked or voted the most overrated quarterback, 182 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: and you joked, hey, how come this poll didn't come 183 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: out until week two or week three after the Cardinals 184 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: are in Buffalo four total touchdowns? And this was a 185 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 1: concern of the coaching staff going into the game. How 186 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: do you contain Josh Allen? Keep him in the pocket. 187 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 1: Even when he was kept in the pocket, it was 188 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: difficult to bring him down. I do believe that Allen 189 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: was pressured, and I think pressured more so than what 190 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 1: the final stats would show you. It's just that he 191 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: is so good at making guys miss, eluding the rush 192 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: and then extending plays, because that's exactly what happened on 193 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 1: those two scores in the first half, to begin the 194 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: second half, and then throughout the second half. Overall, you 195 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: just couldn't get Josh Allen on that Bills offense off 196 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: the field. 197 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 3: And I know some might speculate, and I got a 198 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 3: few of these tweets, Hey, where was the spy on 199 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 3: Josh Allen? Well, good luck. They have Dawson Knox and 200 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,559 Speaker 3: Dalton Kinkaid. So if you're taking Buddha, you're taking Jalen Thompson. 201 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 3: You're taking someone off as a spy. You know, Mac 202 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 3: Wilson Senior, A that removes the guy from coverage. And 203 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 3: the Bills, as you saw, have a deep enough receiver corp. 204 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 3: Ten different guys caught passes for the Bills, and then 205 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 3: you know what, You're not even guaranteed to bring him down. 206 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 3: Even when Buddha did come off coverage at the goal 207 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 3: line for that big leaping to touchdown run by Josh Allen. 208 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 3: He still was able to get it in the end zone. 209 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 3: So it's it's a tough conundrum. And yeah, the whole 210 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 3: overrated thing, we get it. The Bills have loss three 211 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 3: straight years in the divisional round and a lot of 212 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 3: the fans and the players, maybe you're sick of that, 213 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,199 Speaker 3: and they've hit his ceiling of sorts, has nothing to 214 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,199 Speaker 3: do with Josh Allen. If it wasn't for Josh Allen, 215 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 3: that would be a seven or eight win team. Period. 216 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: Cardinals go into the locker room ahead seventeen to ten, 217 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: but the second half a totally different story. Let's go 218 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 1: with the offense before we touch on the defense. In 219 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: what you saw field level as far as what was 220 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: going on different for the Cardinals on offense because in 221 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: that second half, twenty four plays for eighty yards, the 222 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: offense only accounted for three points. And to me, what 223 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: stood out just watching all twenty four plays in the 224 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: second half, and I know Wolf is a big proponent 225 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: of this, but it did look different just visually. First half, 226 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: much more different looks formation wise. Second half it was 227 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 1: all shotgun Paul All four snaps Kyler was in the shotgun. Now, 228 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: does that mean anything more than how it looked? Well, 229 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 1: just by the numbers, either the Bills are doing something 230 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: different or the Cardinals said, Okay, we're gonna get away 231 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 1: with what we did successfully in the first half. 232 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,079 Speaker 3: So when I heard that and you track that, that 233 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,319 Speaker 3: was very surprising. Eight times he was under center in 234 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 3: the first elect zero in the second half. All right, 235 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 3: So what's the cause and effect there? Well, the Cardinals 236 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 3: got behind pretty quickly. At least it was a tie 237 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 3: game right away, and then boom, all of a sudden, 238 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 3: you're behind. Maybe that it's something to do with it. 239 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 3: Maybe you're trying to give them a different look because 240 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 3: they had gone with some different defensive schemes and then 241 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 3: in terms of them bringing numbers, and they did. Maybe 242 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 3: you want to give Kyler the ability to get the 243 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 3: ball out of his hands a little bit quicker and 244 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 3: not have to worry about a five or seven step 245 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 3: drop so immediately takes a snap and his eyes are 246 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 3: downfield when you're in the gun, if they're deciding to 247 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 3: all of a sudden bring pressure, which they did a 248 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 3: lot more in the second half, but we've heard defense 249 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 3: guys say time and time again, when a team is 250 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 3: in the shotgun, there's less to think about, there's less 251 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 3: to consider. It pairs down the possibilities of what's coming 252 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 3: at you as a defender. So it's a great question. 253 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 3: I'm guessing it's a question that Jonathan Gannon will get 254 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 3: this week and we'll see how the Cardinals adapt. But yes, 255 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 3: it did feel like everything we saw in the first half, 256 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 3: and we saw a bunch, we saw different personnel groups, 257 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 3: he saw different formations. They definitely narrowed that down in 258 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 3: the second half, and so that and then when you 259 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 3: look at the lack of production in the second half, 260 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 3: it does make you wonder. 261 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: Here are the Cardinals offensive series in the second half, 262 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 1: three and out strip sack fumble as Greg Russeau was 263 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: in that backfield all afternoon, three sacks for him. He 264 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: beats Kelvin Beacham and gets to Kyle the Murray knocking 265 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 1: the ball loose, Bills pick it up and they end 266 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: up with a touchdown. After that drive Cardinals with a 267 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: field goal. Then you have an offensive possession that's really 268 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: a special team's play, which we can discuss. That's DJ 269 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 1: Dallas ninety six yard kickoff return three and out and 270 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: then that final play you turn it over on downs. 271 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 1: Hard to just how hard to move the football if 272 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: you're not getting first downs and the inability to stay 273 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: on the field if you're the Cardinals, especially when you 274 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: only have two third down conversions in the second half alone, 275 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, that's not a lot of plays. 276 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 1: I mean, we just talked about it. You go from 277 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: thirty six plays in the first half to twenty four 278 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 1: in the second. Kyler Murray was spending a lot of 279 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 1: time as a spectator in the second half. 280 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 3: Look, if you hit zoom out here, what does every 281 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 3: NFL game, every football game come down to? What are 282 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 3: the top three elements? Quarterback, get to the quarterback, protect 283 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 3: that quarterback Number two and three, in my opinion, change 284 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 3: for the Cardinals after that seventeen to three lead. They 285 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 3: didn't get to the quarterback a whole bunch after that. 286 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 3: Roy Lopez got home obviously had the stripsack Cardinals cash 287 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 3: that in complimentary football and then protect that quarterback. After 288 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 3: Jonah Williams went out, that was more of a struggle. 289 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 3: Bill's turned up the pressure. They didn't hesitate to come 290 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 3: now going forward in hindsight, Cardinals probably looking themselves in 291 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 3: offensive meetings on the Monday and say, man, we had 292 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 3: opportunities to make the Bills pay. They were bringing five 293 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 3: and six and there should have been guys open. We 294 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 3: should have been able maybe to hit a deep seam 295 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 3: to Trey McBride, for example. But the wind was so tough, 296 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 3: and you just wonder if that prevented Kyler from being 297 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 3: more aggressive downfield because of that win. There were a 298 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 3: couple of fastballs he threw that were remarkable to me 299 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 3: that they were actually caught because a they got through 300 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 3: the win, be the receivers able to hang on. But 301 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 3: if you want to boil down what happened in the 302 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 3: second half of the game, to me, the Bills won 303 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 3: the quarterback pressure category and then protecting the quarterback that's 304 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 3: where things changed to the detriment for the Cardinals, and 305 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 3: that's when it became an uphill battle. 306 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: Bills recorded three of their four sacks in the second half. 307 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: Cardinals did not have a sack in the second half 308 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: at all. They came close a couple of times. But 309 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: going back to your downfield passing discussion, Kyler Murray on 310 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: the deep balls, he was oh of six on passes 311 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 1: that went ten or more era yards. It was again 312 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: either a weather or the Bills were doing something different. 313 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: And then of course that transitions into a conversation, well, 314 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: you had a big bodied wide receiver. You have two 315 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: of them now with the addition to Marvin Harrison Junior. 316 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: But where were MHSJ and Michael Wilson? Two catches for 317 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: nine yards on five targets. That's combined. Let me say 318 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 1: that again, Marvin Harrison Junior Michael Wilson combined for two 319 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: catches and nine year, nine nine yards on five targets. 320 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: And the big thing is, and I got it postgame 321 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: on Cardinal Talk. I'm sure it's a talking point and 322 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: it's going to be a talking point all this week. 323 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: And MATSJ not targeted at all in the second half, 324 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: not targeted after the eight minute mark of the second 325 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: quarter when he did have his one and only catch 326 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: on a four yard play that was probably more kyler 327 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: than anything else because Marvin dropped the pass earlier the 328 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: previous playing. 329 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you heard our question to Jonathan Gannon after 330 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 3: the game, and you said, yeah, they were clouding them. 331 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 3: They're giving him extra attention over the top in particular 332 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 3: credit to the Buffalo defense, but that's the whole point 333 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 3: of having wide receiver one. When the defense has to 334 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 3: commit extra resources, extra defenders to that type of receiver, 335 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 3: it must open things up elsewhere. And I think that's 336 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 3: the big adjustment the Cardinals will make from week one 337 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 3: to week two. If that's going to be what teams 338 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 3: do against Marvin Errison junior. They recognize the generational talent 339 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 3: and if out of the gate, even as a rookie, 340 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 3: he's going to get treated like a Pro Bowl receiver, 341 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 3: then you have to make a defense pay. It's got 342 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 3: to be more Trey McBride. This guy has to be 343 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 3: more Greg DERs, Michael Wilson. Now the final possession obviously 344 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 3: Michael Wilson on that first down throw the drop, yep, 345 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 3: that was tough. There were opportunities, you would think, and 346 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 3: so okay, you know, maybe Tip Briman gets more involved 347 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 3: in the pass catching game. In Week two, James Connor 348 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 3: and and Amri de Mercado had big hitters out of 349 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 3: the backfield. You know, if you're gonna play a cloud 350 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 3: and you're gonna go with the shell coverage and keep 351 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 3: you know, a couple of the deep high safeties, then boom, 352 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 3: the underneath stuff should be there. And I really wonder 353 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,120 Speaker 3: what the Cardinals are seen on film after the Bills game, 354 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 3: especially as you cited that second. 355 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: Half, on that last drive of play that's getting a 356 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 1: lot of conversation. A lot of talk is the second down, 357 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: first down reception that went to Greg dors But even 358 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: on television, they acknowledge there's Marvin Harrison Junior streaking down 359 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: the right sideline wide open. There's a photograph that went 360 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:43,159 Speaker 1: viral of MHJA behind the secondary and it appears that 361 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:46,880 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray's looking right at him fails to pull the trigger. Now, 362 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: in real time, we all react, we overreact. In fact, 363 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: that's what mondays are in the National Football League. You overreact. 364 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: You only have seventeen of these, so you don't want 365 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: to waste any of these opportunities. And the Cardinals did 366 00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:59,680 Speaker 1: have an opportunity to steal one on the road from 367 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 1: a team that many believe not only a playoff contender, 368 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: but a Super Bowl contender. But the play in question, 369 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,359 Speaker 1: I wake up this morning, look at my phone and 370 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: there's ESPN analyst Dan Rolofski doing a great job of 371 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: dissecting that play in question. Yes, Marvin was open, but 372 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 1: did Kyler see him? Could he have seen him? We 373 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 1: all think he did, but in real time that's just 374 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:24,159 Speaker 1: a snapshot. But in real time, and Kyler even admitted 375 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:28,680 Speaker 1: postgame he did not see Marvin open. But I invite 376 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 1: everyone to search out Orlofsky's it's about two two and 377 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: a half minutes breakdown of the play in question, because 378 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 1: it's easier in real time for us fans and the 379 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: stands are watching on television that oh yeah, that's a miss, 380 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: probably not a big as miss, if a miss at all, 381 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,919 Speaker 1: after the explanation that Rolofsky gave as far as that 382 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: play in particular. 383 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,679 Speaker 3: Okay, so we noticed the stir on social media on 384 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 3: Redbird one, and then we went to the actual TV 385 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 3: copy of the play, not the All twenty two but 386 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 3: the TV copy, and watching it, we determined that the 387 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 3: reason the corner the defender left Marvin Harrison Junior was 388 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 3: because Kyler started sprinting to the far side of the field. 389 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 3: He started springing to the left. Marvin Harrison was on 390 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:11,679 Speaker 3: the right, So the DV could get away with that 391 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 3: because there's no way Kyler and a dead sprint to 392 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 3: his left is gonna instantly turn and fire to the 393 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 3: far side of the field, and if he did, good 394 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 3: luck in that wind, and that ball's gonna hang up 395 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,359 Speaker 3: and somebody's got to come across. There was a deep 396 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 3: safety in the area. Correct, Chris could have come across 397 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 3: and easily picked that ball off. That was our take. 398 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 3: Does that coincide with what Orlofsky was trying to analyze 399 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:35,479 Speaker 3: and explain? 400 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,439 Speaker 1: The play went to the left Greg Dortch, and the 401 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: slot is the hot route. This is again according to Orlovsky. 402 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 1: Again we don't know what the play call is, but 403 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,439 Speaker 1: based off what he was looking at with the film. 404 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: But everything is sliding to the left, and then there's 405 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 1: a there's a lane, but there's a defender coming into 406 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 1: that lane jumps up, so Kyler has to pull down 407 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 1: the ball, can't get it to Dortsch at that point. 408 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 1: Now he's again resets king left nothing there resets again. 409 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:05,199 Speaker 1: Would it appear that he's looking now to the rights, 410 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 1: But again there's all kinds of bodies in front of Kyler, 411 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: and it doesn't matter how tall a quarterback is. Sometimes 412 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: you see it, sometimes you don't. In that instance, the 413 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:18,479 Speaker 1: two dbs are heading back towards Marvin because they know 414 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 1: that there's someone behind you. And to your point, Paul, 415 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 1: the wind throwing back across the field, that ball is thrown, 416 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: What are we talking about here on Monday? Why did 417 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 1: you force it? Especially if the ball is intercepted on 418 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 1: the final drive and you're like, what are you doing? 419 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,200 Speaker 1: So as a quarterback you're in a no win situation 420 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 1: at that point. But it was a completed pass to 421 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: Dorch on the sideline, so the drive still continued. It 422 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 1: just wasn't that big chunk play that we all saw 423 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: in real time was a potential possibility, but maybe not 424 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 1: quite was. Guys who have played the game, like Orlowsky 425 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 1: are looking at it and say, wait, let's kind of 426 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: dial back a little bit and realize what was really 427 00:20:58,440 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: happening in that instance. 428 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,439 Speaker 3: Your point about how guess what there was pursuit? There 429 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 3: was six foot six Greg Rousseau who was in pursuit. 430 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,679 Speaker 3: So if Kyler on a dead sprint to the left, 431 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 3: what even did see Marvin Arrison Junior. He hits the brake, 432 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 3: sets his feet, tries to load up and fire to 433 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 3: the far side. Guess who's closing in on him to 434 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 3: snuff that pass out? Like a shot blocker. It's Greg Russau. 435 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 3: I don't have the film in front of me, but 436 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 3: it's far from that easy. It's it's you know, there's 437 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 3: a reason once again that defender left. But there's a 438 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 3: lot the Cardinals left on the field in those last 439 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 3: two drives. They had the ball with five seventeen to 440 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 3: go three and out. They got the ball at the 441 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 3: forty after the kickoff went out of bounds. They had 442 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 3: a deep chunk throw to Michael Wilson drop. Even the 443 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 3: very last play fourth and seven, I get it, low percentage, 444 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 3: you're throwing it up for grabs. It reminded me of 445 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,640 Speaker 3: the win at Chicago a few years ago. On fourth down. 446 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 3: Kyler just threw it up for grabs at the pylon 447 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,479 Speaker 3: on the far side of the field and Deander Hopkins 448 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,239 Speaker 3: came down with it. When you watch a replay on that, 449 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 3: because we did that, balls hits Greg Dortch near the 450 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 3: chest area. The problem is his left arm is yanked 451 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 3: down by the defender. I mean, that was a legitimate 452 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,199 Speaker 3: pass interference. Now are they gonna call that in that 453 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 3: situation with the game on the line. The rest would 454 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 3: not get it out of the building. Okay, Bill's mafia 455 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 3: would have thrown the broken folding tables at him if 456 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:22,679 Speaker 3: they would have called that. But Dortch only had one 457 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 3: auction try and catch that ball with one hand, and 458 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 3: when you watch the replay, so look, it's all part 459 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 3: of the Week one and to your point, yes, there's 460 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 3: no overaction Monday like Week one in the NFL. 461 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: By the way, speaking a reaction as you look at 462 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,719 Speaker 1: that play, and I had to look at it again, 463 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: but that play, did you happen to see who was 464 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 1: standing literally right in front of that play? Yes, General 465 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 1: manager Manty Austin Ford is right there. 466 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:47,639 Speaker 3: Yep. 467 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 1: Showed no reaction. Yeah, no disappointment, no anger, nothing. Now again, 468 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 1: you're talking about a jump ball fifty to fifty some contacts, sir. 469 00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 1: But late in the game, are you gonna throw the 470 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 1: flag again? You're throwing it to a five to seven 471 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 1: to five to eight receiver as opposed to a six 472 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 1: foot six to two receivers, so maybe you see the 473 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 1: contact a little bit more. But again, MONI had no 474 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: reaction whatsoever. So again, yeah, you can nitpick here and there, 475 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 1: and the officials did this, they did not look. It 476 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: goes both ways. Both teams had to deal with it. 477 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: Both teams benefited from bad calls as far as personal 478 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: foul penalties on their respective quarterbacks. So look, Cardinals did 479 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 1: everything right in the first half, and then the defense 480 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 1: in the second half had a couple of stops, had 481 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 1: a force to punt, and then a field goal. The 482 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: offense had two opportunities in those final five minutes with 483 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,439 Speaker 1: the ball for a win, unable to do it. 484 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 3: When Jonathan Ganna started as postgame saying we had opportunities, 485 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 3: that's where my mind went immediately. You had the ball 486 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 3: twice five and a half minutes to go, game on 487 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,959 Speaker 3: the line, touchdown, an extra point wins it, and I 488 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 3: think this is just a gut feeling being down on 489 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 3: the field. You know, Greg Dortch brings that game intensity. 490 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 3: It was early in the first touchdown drive, first possession 491 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,159 Speaker 3: of the game, third and six, and Kyler went to 492 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,919 Speaker 3: Dorsch for a first down and he got up in 493 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 3: flexed and he's yelling and he's screaming, I'm built. I'm built. 494 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:23,640 Speaker 3: That's what he's yelling. Okay, whatever you need. But when 495 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 3: Kyler's in duress, who does a really good job of 496 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 3: coming back to the quarterback, coming back to the ball. 497 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,919 Speaker 3: Greg Dortch never played receiver in the NFL. I'm just 498 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 3: down on the field and I'm watching when things get 499 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 3: off schedule and Kyler's buying time and it becomes backyard 500 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 3: football out of necessity because here comes six pass rushers 501 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 3: and you got to run for your life. And Kyler's 502 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 3: keeping his eyes downfield. He's begging guys to come back 503 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 3: to him. Dortch does a great job of that. Maybe, 504 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 3: just maybe Marvin Harrison Junior, the rookie, learned, Okay, when 505 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 3: the play breaks down, it's go time, you know, just 506 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 3: come back to Kyler. Give him a big target at 507 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 3: six foot three, g him a reason to throw you 508 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 3: that jump ball. Because even when you're single covered, you 509 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 3: have the talent to be uncovered, just like Larry was 510 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 3: in his prime. That's the evolution, That's what I think 511 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 3: is going to happen. That's why I coined the term 512 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 3: last year, September is the new August without preseason reps 513 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 3: in the NFL. These days, teams that don't play their 514 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 3: starters in August don't get a true read on what 515 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 3: they have or how they can deploy them. That's where 516 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 3: you see this whole variety of results in Week one, 517 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 3: especially of the NFL, and I would darrow it say 518 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 3: in September, it really is the new August in a 519 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 3: lot of ways. I just think two games from now, 520 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 3: the Cardinals offense and what they're trying to achieve will 521 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,719 Speaker 3: look different, will feel different, because now they have a 522 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 3: real read on where some of these rookies are, where 523 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,679 Speaker 3: some of these second year players are, and what's the 524 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:52,880 Speaker 3: best way to utilize them. 525 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,439 Speaker 1: And even in the preseason, if your starters are playing, 526 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: are you really going full speed? Are you being tested 527 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: by the opposing defense? Ord vice first, because that would 528 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 1: take both teams to play their starters to get a 529 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 1: real look. Even the joint practices against the Indianapolis Colts 530 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: quarterback can't be touched. So how much of a sense 531 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: do you really know what you have until the start 532 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: of the regular season, regardless of how you handle training 533 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 1: camp in the preseason. 534 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 3: For example, in the first half, when the Bills weren't 535 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 3: bringing numbers, Kylo looked pretty good right in the pocket, 536 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 3: look comfortable going through his reads. Joan Williams the first 537 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 3: half of the first quarter of the first half was 538 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 3: his right tackle didn't much to worry about all of 539 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 3: a sudden Babbage, the Bills defensive coordinator dialed it up. 540 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 3: Can you really replicate the pass rush? To your point, 541 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 3: nobody's touching him. He doesn't have to worry about Greg 542 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 3: Russou taking his head off on a pass rush. So yeah, 543 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 3: you know what, you might be feel a little more adrenaline, 544 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,400 Speaker 3: and rightfully so in a real game situation. 545 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,679 Speaker 1: By the way, speaking of how teams handle the preseason, 546 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: I found this very interesting. The one big highlight and 547 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 1: the one big play that gave the Cardinals an opportunity 548 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: to potentially steal the game in Buffalo was the DJ 549 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: Dallas ninety six yard kickoff return for a score. He 550 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 1: joined you post game, Paul, and before we get to 551 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: the actual kickoff return, the conversation that I wanted to 552 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 1: pick up is what we talked about at the start, 553 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: the weather and just how windy things were down on 554 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:19,200 Speaker 1: the field. 555 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 4: We kind of knew that coming in here. You know, 556 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 4: the win off the lake was gonna be you know, 557 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 4: hit or miss, and uh yeah, it was tough to 558 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 4: deal with, but we dealt with the elements and I'm 559 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,639 Speaker 4: pretty proud of our guys. 560 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,400 Speaker 3: All right, So take us through a ninety six yard 561 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 3: kickoff return all the way and just take us from 562 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 3: the kick that's sort of seemed to dive or knuckle 563 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 3: and then come down and then you take it from there. 564 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, Coach Rogers called a great return. The guys blocked 565 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 4: it up. You know, we read the ball off the 566 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 4: wind and caught it, made a couple moves and housed it. 567 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 3: At what point are you thinking, okay, this might hit. 568 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 4: Uh, the guys will say, yay, he called it before, 569 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 4: But I said before, I'm gonna try to take this one. 570 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,199 Speaker 4: So yeah, I kind of called it before it even happened. 571 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,160 Speaker 4: Had something to do with the scheme or yeah, for sure, 572 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,120 Speaker 4: for sure, Coach Rodgers downed it up and you. 573 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,679 Speaker 3: Know it hit DJ Dallas our guests, all right, So 574 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,119 Speaker 3: be honest, were you guys sitting on that all a preseason? 575 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 4: Uh? We ran that all a preseason. Really, Yeah, Coach 576 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,359 Speaker 4: Rodgers has downed it up at the right time and 577 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 4: it hit. 578 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,639 Speaker 3: Really okay, So that was hiding a plaining site. I 579 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 3: get it, Okay, DJ, congratulations on the kickoff return and 580 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 3: we'll see about a winning week to appreciate it. 581 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 1: Thank you, hiding in plane sight. 582 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:35,719 Speaker 3: Those were your words. 583 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: Paul at the end of that conversation, because yeah, the 584 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: Cardinals did run that return in the preseason, did it again, 585 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 1: and it broke loose for the first dynamic return for 586 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: a score in NFL history. 587 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 3: So there's two ways to go about this. You can 588 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 3: hide everything right and then to your own detriment, maybe 589 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 3: not be regular season ready with a certain scheme or 590 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 3: a certain plan because you haven't really run it against 591 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 3: an opponent in the entire preseason. Or you can run 592 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 3: it with regularity as if it's a fugazi, as if 593 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 3: it's a fake, as if you know what, we're just 594 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 3: running this in lieu of what we're really going to run. 595 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 3: But it's reversed psychology. So what did the Cardinals do? 596 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 3: What they ran against Buffalo for that kick return, that 597 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 3: hit for the ninety six yard score is exactly what 598 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 3: they ran in the preseason. In fact, I confirmed later 599 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 3: that they ran it against the Colts and a thirty 600 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 3: seven yard return by Xavier Weaver was the exact same return. 601 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 3: So a bit of shrewd gamesmanship there from Jeff Rogers 602 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 3: and the Cardinals coaching staff because guess what, Yes, Buffalo 603 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:44,640 Speaker 3: might have seen it on film from the preseason, but 604 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 3: A did they believe it? And B could they cover 605 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 3: it as well as the Cardinals could run it, because 606 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 3: the Cardinals had run it with regularity and they were 607 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 3: regular season ready with that return and DJ broke a 608 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 3: tackle the forty. Outside of that, he had all kinds 609 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 3: of free space to run and again the first touchdown 610 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 3: return of the season, dynamic kick return of the season, 611 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 3: first kickoff return for a score for DJ Dallas in 612 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 3: his career, and the first by a Cardinals player since. 613 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 3: Once again, Paul was front and center for this one. 614 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,320 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, Week two against the Chicago Bears in twenty fifteen, 615 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 3: David Johnson. That was that stretch where anything David Johnson 616 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 3: caught found its way into the end zone, whether it 617 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 3: was a run, a return, or punt return. And then 618 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 3: there was another touchdown in week three, or maybe it 619 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,040 Speaker 3: was later in week two, and then all of a sudden, 620 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 3: they were sending his cleats to Candon Ohio. That's all 621 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 3: I remember, but yes, the game opening kickoff, and I 622 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 3: still remember being down on the sideline and guys just 623 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 3: surging forward with every ten yards he crossed the thirty 624 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,640 Speaker 3: to forty to fifty and guys by the time he 625 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 3: hit the Bear's side of the field, were out onto 626 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:52,240 Speaker 3: that field and celebrating it. Is amazing some of the 627 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 3: things that will bring alive a sideline, right, a big 628 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 3: truck of a demolishment by a running back over a defender, 629 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,760 Speaker 3: just stiffer and things. Yeah, a punt return, a kickoff 630 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 3: return is right up there top three that'll get a 631 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 3: reaction on an NFL sideline. 632 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, the two point run by James Connor and you 633 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 1: pulled it within a field goal with eight to thirty 634 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 1: one to go in the game. And again the Cardinals 635 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 1: had two more possessions down a field goal, or it 636 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: should say one possession down a field goal, and then 637 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,840 Speaker 1: the defense held the Bills to a field goal. So 638 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,239 Speaker 1: now you're down six with two minutes to go and 639 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,240 Speaker 1: unable to get the job done. Cardinals lose thirty four 640 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,400 Speaker 1: to twenty eight, as we record here on this Monday 641 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,400 Speaker 1: edition of Cardinals Cover two presented by Hundai, proud partner 642 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals. No further updates on Jonah Williams. 643 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,320 Speaker 1: Is it going to be long term? Is it a 644 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: short term injury? In the meantime, Kelvin beacham your swing 645 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 1: tackle your veteran backup is going to be your right 646 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 1: tackle until Jonah is back. So that's something to pay 647 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 1: attention to moving forward, especially with the Rams coming into 648 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 1: town on Sunday. No One Aaron Donald, but still a 649 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 1: Rams pass rush. It's a younger pass rush, but still 650 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,400 Speaker 1: a Rams pass rush that you have to tent with. 651 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 3: And I think the big question becomes, all right, do 652 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:05,760 Speaker 3: you need a little help on the right side? Is 653 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 3: a tip ryman going to be deployed over there? Is 654 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 3: an Amari de Mercado going to be sent over there 655 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 3: to help chip some of that pressure off the right 656 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 3: side in certain high leverage situations. We'll see. That's if 657 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:20,680 Speaker 3: Jonah Williams isn't coming back. We don't know, but Kelvin Beacham, 658 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 3: who's played every spot on the line, you know that's 659 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,600 Speaker 3: a big ask. That's a big ask, and that will 660 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 3: be something will definitely monitor. By the way, there was 661 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,960 Speaker 3: one footnote on DJ Dallas my bad for not ducking 662 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 3: it in our Angry Bird Award winner. As I hold 663 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,080 Speaker 3: up the little helmet with the angerbird stuffed animal, crammed insight, 664 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 3: talk about cram it vertical. I crammed the Angry Bird 665 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 3: inside the mini helmet of the Cardinals. So it's given 666 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:45,720 Speaker 3: out every week to the most hillacious play or player 667 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:50,480 Speaker 3: and for that play, since we haven't seen since twenty fifteen, 668 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 3: ninety six yard kickoff return, the first ever in the 669 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:57,239 Speaker 3: history of the new dynamic kickoff, guess what, that's our 670 00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 3: Angry Bird Award winner DJ Dallas. 671 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 1: Back by popular demand. As Will Hernandez mentioned late last week, 672 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,880 Speaker 1: you have to give the people what they want, that's right, 673 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:08,320 Speaker 1: and the people want the Angry Bird Award to return 674 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four. So congratulations to DJ Dallas. 675 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, unfortunately we still don't have a budget, so there's 676 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 3: really only one. So you know, it's it's it's sort 677 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,200 Speaker 3: of a complimentary thing, but you know, you'll just have 678 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:24,320 Speaker 3: to acknowledge that we hold on to the actual Angry Bird, 679 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:26,480 Speaker 3: and you know, I think the title the honor is 680 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 3: enough well. 681 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 1: And also the fact that he got an opportunity talking 682 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 1: about DJ to join you postgame, so that's that's your 683 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:34,280 Speaker 1: reward as well. 684 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's nothing like joining Paully Pencilneck in the equipment 685 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker 3: room in Buffalo that stadium. Can I be the first 686 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:42,600 Speaker 3: one to swing the wrecking ball in that stadium. By 687 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 3: the way, it's the new Oakland Coliseum. It really is. 688 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 3: It's new Candlestick Park. They're building the brand new facility 689 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,440 Speaker 3: across the street and it's going to be glorious. It'll 690 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:52,920 Speaker 3: be open air. 691 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:53,280 Speaker 1: By the way. 692 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,080 Speaker 3: There there's no stinking roof in Buffalo, so you'll still 693 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 3: get all the elements over there. But yes, I would 694 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:00,480 Speaker 3: be the first in line to push the big red 695 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:01,959 Speaker 3: detonation button on that building. 696 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,120 Speaker 1: Can we end on a positive note place it was 697 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 1: not all lost over the weekend. Yeah, the Cardinals did 698 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 1: lose in Buffalo thirty four to twenty eight, losing a 699 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,480 Speaker 1: one score game, but some positives to move forward with. 700 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 1: But can we give a shout out? And this is 701 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:17,040 Speaker 1: just self serving us all can get ah boy, But 702 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,759 Speaker 1: can we not look at the ACC standings and see 703 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,400 Speaker 1: our two alma maters, Syracuse and Cal both two and 704 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,239 Speaker 1: l again. No, no, don't know how long this is 705 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,600 Speaker 1: gonna last, especially with Cal. But the fact that we 706 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,239 Speaker 1: are sitting atop the standings tied with a couple of 707 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:32,400 Speaker 1: other teams. But the fact that both winning on Saturday, Yeah. 708 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,839 Speaker 3: Well you know what. Just the fact that we now 709 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:37,480 Speaker 3: live in the same neighborhood as a school like Syracuse. 710 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,920 Speaker 3: It really got our attention, It really fired up our 711 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:43,000 Speaker 3: work ethic. We've taken a second job to afford a 712 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:46,000 Speaker 3: mortgage in a better conference, and so in fact, you 713 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:50,360 Speaker 3: know what, after beating up on Auburn in Alabama, you 714 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 3: know what, we want some of that SEC smoke. So 715 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 3: I just can't wait as sometime soon, hopefully we're gonna 716 00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:57,960 Speaker 3: blow the chicken stand that is the ACC, and we're 717 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,760 Speaker 3: gonna transfer yet again, this time to the SEC. 718 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, the Atlantic Coast Conference with a team on the 719 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 1: East Coast and of course a team on the West 720 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 1: Coast near the Pacific Ocean, makes all the sense in 721 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:08,399 Speaker 1: the world. 722 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,919 Speaker 3: Can't wait for the eight to thirty kickoff against Virginia Tech, 723 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:13,080 Speaker 3: being says West Coast Football like that. 724 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:16,600 Speaker 1: We'll see how long this continues in the ACC. All right, 725 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:18,880 Speaker 1: On that note, yes, it is week two. We're going 726 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:21,720 Speaker 1: to turn the page and focus on the Los Angeles Rams, 727 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:24,680 Speaker 1: and we'll do that after this edition of Cardinals Cover 728 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:28,320 Speaker 1: two special thanks as always to our executive producer Jim Mamahre, 729 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:31,560 Speaker 1: our associate producer Cody Fincher. For Paul Calvc, I'm Greig 730 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:33,319 Speaker 1: real Lou. We'll talk to you next time here on 731 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:34,399 Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two.