1 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang. On today's show, Kyler Murray will do 2 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: something on Monday he's never done before and what we've 3 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: all waited for him to do start a playoff game. 4 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: It's a big deal and he knows it. But first, yes, 5 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: number ninety nine was indeed on the practice field. It's 6 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two, Episode five twenty six, and it starts now. 7 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two with Craig Griolu and Mike Jarecki. 8 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two is presented by Hyunday, proud partner of 9 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals, and by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts, visit asy 10 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: Cardinals dot Com, Slash Podcasts. Going for Hopkins one hand 11 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 1: to catch in a touchdown, DeAndre Hopkins. Here's Craig Griolou 12 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: and Mike Jarecki. That may have been the most anticipated 13 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: practice of this season. All eyes were on Jay J. 14 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: Watt and where ninety nine went. The media followed looked 15 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: like moss to a flame, a large gathering of reporters 16 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: moving from one spot to the other. But what they 17 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: saw was encouraged, at least for me. J J. Watt 18 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: looked good. Yeah, I mean yeah, we were out there 19 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: for about fifteen or twenty minutes, and you know, he 20 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: was hitting the bags and he looked like he I 21 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: was wondering the first time when he accelerated. But he's 22 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: got that harness on, he's got the big elbow brace on. 23 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,559 Speaker 1: And we watched him. You know, he used the goalposts 24 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: and stuff that we hadn't seen. He said he's been 25 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: working out with some of the offensive lineman when obviously 26 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: we're inside. So yeah, I mean, just boring any setbacks, 27 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: I think he's good to go. Kingsbury called Watt very 28 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: limited as far as what he was able to do 29 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: in practice. Now, all we saw were some individual drills, 30 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: some position drills. But to your point, MJ. No hesitation, 31 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: full extension with the left arm, full force. Now that's 32 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: an inanimate object and a teammate versus Oh, I don't know, 33 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: an offensive lineman someone else. So again another step towards 34 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: potentially being available plane on Monday. Yeah, and based on 35 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,679 Speaker 1: the Cardinals playing on Monday, they're gonna have a couple 36 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: more practices. Normally, you know, Friday is kind of another 37 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: day for install but they've installed probably on Wednesday, and 38 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: then Thursday Friday, and then they get another practice on Saturday, 39 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 1: so maybe they'll ramp it up or they'll pull back 40 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: just to make sure he's ready to go. But just 41 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: the fact that he was on the field, and I 42 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: would agree with you. Last week, there wasn't a lot 43 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: of media out here, like literally none, and in fairness 44 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: to them, a lot were on COVID, so they weren't 45 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: wouldn't be allowed in the facility. But today there was 46 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: a lot of media, and you know, it was encouraging 47 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: seeing some of these guys get back on the practice field. 48 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 1: And you know, you and I talked earlier and I said, 49 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: when you you don't have a regular season game, and 50 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: you know you got to start player or starter, you say, well, 51 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: maybe let's just give Hi another week. Let's just give 52 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: him another week. But no need to rush him back. 53 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: We got a long season. When you get to this 54 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 1: point in the year. First of all, guys want to play, 55 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 1: and if you're only eighty five ninety percent, and I 56 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: don't know if anybody's quote one hundred percent, but you 57 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: have to go out there and practice and play, and 58 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 1: that's what you're getting paid for. So I mean, we 59 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: can go through the list. I mean, it was nice 60 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: to see Jordan Phillips with the defensive lineman. I mean, 61 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: we're all looking for number ninety nine and all of 62 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: a sudden, hey there's ninety seven out there as well. 63 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: Now he's got this large brace on his knee, but 64 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: he was going through drill. So yeah, that was encouraging 65 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: for some more depth on the defensive line and the secondary. 66 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: Marco Wilson, Kevin Peterson, who's cleared concussion protocol both practicing 67 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: as well, so some extra players in the secondary as well. Yeah, 68 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: and Brashod Brillan. He was kind of shadowing Marco Wilson, 69 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: so I got to think that when he started, I 70 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: didn't see Antonio Hamilton out there. I guess I'll wait 71 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: for the injury report, but I was told that Brilin 72 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: will be active on game day. Okay, so some breaking 73 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: news here on Cardinals covered too. He will be active, 74 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: and he's got good size and you know the number 75 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 1: he's wearing, twenty four. The last guy to wear that 76 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 1: royal sil Douglas. And then he was claimed off the 77 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: Cardinals practice squad to the Packers and we know the 78 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: rest is history for there. But Adrian Wilson, that's that's 79 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: been a long long time or Ron wolf Lee. I 80 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: mean credit where that was ting of the last guy 81 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,239 Speaker 1: that actually wore in a game. Wolf did wear the number, 82 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 1: but a dub. So it's this is, you know, finally 83 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,679 Speaker 1: see twenty four. But everything I'm here and he's turning 84 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: in the right direction and he should be active. And 85 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: again you're gonna have to play on teams if you're 86 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: that fourth corner. But you know, James Connor and Jonathan 87 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 1: Ward were working out on the side, um, and then 88 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 1: you look at uh, Chase Emmons and Rondell More. We're 89 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: practicing and yeah, now most of these players will get 90 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: an idea later in the week and there's gonna be 91 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: a lot of game day decisions. But there was an 92 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: opportunity to hear from Chase Edmonds for the first time 93 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: in a long time on Wednesday, quotes number two will 94 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: be suited up. That was directly out of the mouth 95 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: of Chase Edmonds. He is going to play no matter what. 96 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: And he followed up with, you know, he didn't want 97 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: to speak for James Connor because you never know about 98 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: somebody else's health, but obviously they're tight, and he gave 99 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: us a heads up or a little bit of insight 100 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: and said, I don't number I don't think number six 101 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: is gonna miss this game. And they've been chatting about 102 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: what it's like to play in the playoffs obviously when 103 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 1: he was in Pittsburgh. So yeah, I mean, like I said, 104 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: nobody's one hundred percent. But the fact is, when you 105 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 1: get to this point in the year, you gotta get 106 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 1: you just gotta suit up, and you know, the more 107 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: starters and depth guys you have, the better is gonna 108 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: be on Monday Night. Now, Rodney Hudson, Calvin Beacham, Zach Ertz. 109 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: That days so easy for them. Zach Allen not on 110 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: the practice field during the open portion, but as we 111 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: talked about the past two weeks, he has not practiced 112 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: those first two days. Limited on the third day, and 113 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 1: good to go on game day. So they're just being cautious, 114 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: was Zach Allen. Yeah, And for our listeners out there, 115 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:21,359 Speaker 1: just to kind of peel the curtains back a little bit. 116 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 1: So we come downstairs and you know, they do a walkthrough, 117 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: and then once they blow the horn, we're allowed to 118 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: go out there and watch for fifteen or twenty minutes, 119 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: and usually you'll see three or four players walk back 120 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 1: to the locker room. So all those guys you mentioned 121 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: were part of the walkthrough and obviously part of the 122 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: game plan. But you know, at this point in the 123 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 1: year you want to make sure you take care of 124 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: your vets, and usually Corey Peters and Zach Allen's obviously 125 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: we're having from an injury, but Beecham and Hudson, you know, 126 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: Humble was out there. So I think Cliffs done a 127 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: really good job given these vets the day off. He 128 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 1: normally it would be a Wednesday and game plan obviously 129 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: throughout the course of the week. A lot of good 130 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: news for the first practice of the week. In fact, 131 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: I think more good news than I even anticipated, especially 132 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:14,679 Speaker 1: considering you got this extra day. Maybe you wait until 133 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: Friday for that first practice of the week for some 134 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: of these players. But very encouraged by the fact that 135 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: we saw Chase Edmonds, had not seen him for a 136 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: long time, rondel Moore early in the week, or as 137 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 1: far as practice week is concerned, when you talk about 138 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: three days of practice before game day. So I am 139 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: encouraged because it's to your point, no one is under 140 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: but a Chase Edmonds or Rondel Moore at eighty five 141 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: ninety or even seventy seventy five percent better than most 142 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: players on your roster, on your practice squad, or on 143 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: another team's roster. So, and they're experienced within this offense. 144 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: They know what one is at stake and into what 145 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: has asked of them their role within the offense or defensive. Yeah, 146 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: so we anticipate to get an email probably Monday afternoon. 147 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: You got to think that Brillon and JJ Watt will 148 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: be activated to the fifty three man roster, in this case, 149 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: the forty six man roster. Monday Nights six fifteen Monday 150 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: Night Football Cardinals at the Rams. You got the Cardinals 151 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: at eleven and six, the Rams twelve and five, Super 152 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: wild Card weekend, and we get to wait through two 153 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: games on Saturday, three games on Sunday, and then the 154 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: last game on Monday before we get into you know, 155 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: Kylin Murray and the offense against you know the Rams defense. 156 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 1: The way I look at this game, and clearly the 157 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 1: Rams felt like the upgraded He has thrown forty one 158 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 1: touchdown passes. He does lead the league in seventeen interceptions. 159 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: He has eight interceptions in the last three games. I 160 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: think going into the postseason, Matthew Stafford has the most 161 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: pressure of any quarterback that's playing this weekend, including Monday, 162 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: just because then win three. Now he's on a different team, 163 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: better team, he has weapons. And then I would think 164 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: Josh Allen just because you know they've been close, they 165 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: got to the AFC Championship game. You know, we don't 166 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: know to expect out of Joe Burrow. Obviously cars was hurt. 167 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: He never got a chance to play in a playoff game. 168 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:22,839 Speaker 1: But I really think it's it's Matthew Stafford. And I 169 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: wouldn't say Kyle is playing with house money, but you 170 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: know it's his first start and you know he's played 171 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: in big games before. We know that he struggled this 172 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: year on primetime, but hopefully those three primetime games will 173 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: allow him to go out there and just play football. 174 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 1: And if I'm not mistaken, the last time that Connor 175 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 1: and Edmonds were together was in Detroit, correct, and that 176 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: game got out of hand unfortunately, But that has been 177 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: a long time because that's that's when they were seven 178 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,319 Speaker 1: and oh ten and two, so to speak, that that's 179 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 1: where they were rolling. It was forty eight percent rush 180 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: and fifty two percent pass. Now, obviously some of that's 181 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: miskewed because hop was available earlier in the season, but 182 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 1: it's been a long time, and just the one two punch, 183 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: and and we know Jonathan Warden, you know, I don't 184 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: know how many they'll probably dress for just because of 185 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: possible injuries. And then Kylin Murray. So I kind of 186 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: like where they're at. And you have to run the 187 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: football on this team to slow them down a little bit, 188 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 1: and because they're going to try to rush the passer, 189 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: and if you start running the ball, maybe they play 190 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: on their heels versus their toes. The active roster, depending 191 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: on how these next couple of days shape up, you 192 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 1: might see a team or in this case, the Cardinals 193 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: go a little bit heavier at certain positions, running back 194 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: being one, cornerback being another. And it might limits another 195 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: position group because you said it. I mean, if you've 196 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: got guys several guys banged up, then all of a sudden, okay, well, 197 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: if X player goes down, we've got why. But now 198 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: he's hurt as well, so then we need Plan C, 199 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: Plan D. You only have so many, so it's not 200 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: you can't have everyone, but as far as who's active 201 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: and inactive, there might be several healthy inactive players and 202 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: players who are less than one hundred percent active, but 203 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 1: they're because of depth, and I could very well see 204 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: four running backs. Yeah, and you know when you look 205 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 1: at the tight end, obviously Arts and then you know 206 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:19,560 Speaker 1: Durrell Daniels is Demetrius Harris. Clearly you're going to address 207 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 1: seven or eight offensive lineman and then you can use 208 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: the extra lineman as an extra blocker. We know ERTs 209 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: really doesn't line up with his hand the dirt. There 210 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: are times he does it, but now he's lining up 211 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: on the left side, and we'll get into some of 212 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,319 Speaker 1: the numbers and what Kingsbury had to say about him 213 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: and Kyler Murray, because since Hobb's been out, he's been 214 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 1: the most targeted player on offense, and I think there's 215 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: a downward spiral effect. Christian Kirk was next, and then 216 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: aj Greene, and then when Chase Edmonds is in there. 217 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,319 Speaker 1: He's been targeted in the passing game and that's the 218 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 1: beauty of having both him and Connor where they can 219 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: catch the ball in the backfield. Cardinals Cover two presented 220 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: by Hunda, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. You brought 221 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 1: up Kyler Murray and his first playoff starts. I went 222 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: back and looked, because there's this narrative out there as 223 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 1: far as playoff experience, does it matter? How important is it? Obviously, 224 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray has never been in this position before. Neither 225 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: has Cliff Kingsbury as a head coach player a different story. 226 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 1: But in the twenty nineteen draft class, eleven quarterbacks selected, 227 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 1: and I'm talking to the entire draft. Three though in 228 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 1: the first round. Kyler Murray is the first of those three. 229 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: Daniel Jones, Dwayne Haskins two starts a playoff game, which 230 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: he will on Monday. Now, this year's draft class, Mac Jones, 231 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: twenty twenty, Joe Burrow, Jalen Hurts are starting this weekend. 232 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:43,079 Speaker 1: So there's a lot invested in these quarterbacks when you 233 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: get selected in the first round, and we anticipates an 234 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: immediate impact on the field in terms of wins and losses. 235 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: It's taken Kyle Murray until year three. Now you look 236 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 1: at what he is quote unquote peers at that position 237 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: have done. Patrick Mahomes to Shaun Watson, Lamar Jackson, josh 238 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: Allen Baker Mayfield. Those are five quarterbacks, only two Mahomes 239 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,680 Speaker 1: and Mayfield won their first playoff game two of those five. 240 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 1: Now Mahomes it was his second year, but year one 241 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 1: as a full time staughter. Lamar Jackson lost his first 242 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 1: two playoff games. Josh Allen it took until year two. 243 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield won his first playoff game in year three. 244 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 1: So it is look, I expect Kyler Murray to play well. 245 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: We heard Cliff Kingsbury earlier this week expects Murray to 246 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: have his best game of his career. And Kyler Murray 247 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: has shined in these moments, whether on the high school level, 248 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 1: the college level, and now here on the professional level. 249 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 1: It is a different level, and Murray is well aware 250 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: of that. He understands the magnitude, which I think is important, 251 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,719 Speaker 1: but he's also excelled. He relishes that was his term. 252 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 1: Relishes these moments, regardless if it's prime time or during 253 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 1: the day on a Saturday. This is the biggest game 254 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: of his professional career, and I would think that you 255 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,599 Speaker 1: would want Kyler Murray in that position because of his 256 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: past experiences in big games. Yeah, and the fact that 257 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 1: you know every game this week and it's going to 258 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: be one game at a time. So when they say, well, 259 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: we're the only game. Well, people may not have a 260 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: chance to watch two games on Saturday and three on Sunday. 261 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: So it's la I mean, it's glitz and glamour. A 262 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: stadium's brand new. That's where the Super Bowl is. Now, 263 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: let me go back and give you some numbers here. 264 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: Quarterbacks making their first career postseason start have struggled in 265 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: the previous five seasons. The eighteen quarterbacks making their first 266 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: playoffs start throwing at least ten passes in the last 267 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 1: five season have compiled a completion rate of fifty eight percent, 268 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: six point two yards per attempt average, twenty one touchdowns, 269 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: thirteen interceptions, passer rating about seventy eight. Those clubs have 270 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: gone eight and ten in those games, eight and ten. 271 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: But again, Matthew Stafford has been in the legal a 272 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: long time. Oh and three in playoff games. Again, I 273 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 1: think he's done a better team and they're still winning 274 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 1: with him actually throwing eight interceptions in the last three games. Yeah, 275 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: I will. He's like to say, winning in spite of 276 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 1: what Matthew Stafford has done with the football is talking 277 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: about the Los Angeles Rams. Okay, so I did a 278 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: little bit of a deep dive and I know you 279 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: have some numbers too, so maybe we can coincide here. 280 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 1: So Murray has just seven passing touchdowns in the last 281 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 1: seven games. He had seventeen touchdowns in weeks one to seven. 282 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: Over that span, he is two and five, completing sixty 283 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: five percent of his passes six point nine, which is 284 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: way down, and his touchdown and interception ratio is seven 285 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: to five. Now the first seven games seventy three and 286 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: a half percent, completion rate, nine yards per attempt, seventeen 287 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: over five quarterback rate one sixteen point eight. It's again, 288 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: the offense got stagnant. They haven't been being sync. Going 289 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: back to the Cowboys game, hopefully you can use that 290 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: as a recipe. But again, a lot of it has 291 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: to do with injuries. And it's not just DeAndre Hopkins. 292 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: They've they've shuffled the offensive line. You haven't had, you know, 293 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 1: your your two top backs every single game we talked about. 294 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: The last time those two played was Connor and Edmonds 295 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 1: was in Detroit. So um, it's really a now or never. 296 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: And one thing about Murray, he said he doesn't get nervous. 297 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: You know, he grew up watching all these games and 298 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: you know he knows this is like Christian Kirk said 299 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 1: this when he texted back and forth with Larry. This 300 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: is where you create your legacy. Listen, Larry was a 301 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 1: hop top pick until he got to the playoffs. That 302 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: was his coming out party. And he still has the record. Now, 303 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: the Cardinals did play four games that year to get eight. Yeah, 304 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: but he still has touchdowns. I want to say his 305 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 1: seven or eight, which is still a record or tied 306 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:07,719 Speaker 1: with someone. He has X amount of receptions and yards. 307 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 1: And that's where Larry to me, was this coming out party, 308 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: what he did in the catches he made, and it 309 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,360 Speaker 1: was I go back to the Philadelphia game, go back 310 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: to the Carolina game, and then obviously in the Super Bowl. 311 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 1: So I couldn't agree more. And all these guys are 312 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: aware of this, and I think they got enough veteran 313 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: leadership in there to say, hey, listen, this isn't going 314 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: to happen every single year. I mean we're sitting here, 315 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: we were upset last year. They have made the playoffs 316 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 1: in six years, So you've got to take advantage of 317 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 1: the opportunity, regardless of the opponent. Murray earlier on Thursday, quote, 318 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 1: this is as big as it gets. There's no shine 319 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: away from it. This is something you dream about as 320 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: a kid. Now this moment and moments like this have 321 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 1: never been too big for Kyler Murray. Yet at the 322 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 1: same time, we're going to hear about it until they 323 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:59,400 Speaker 1: kicked off Monday. As far as well playoff experience, how 324 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 1: much does that matter in your opinion, MJ, whether you're 325 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: talking about a player or a coach, I think a matter. 326 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 1: It's just because they've been there before. Now, you know, 327 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 1: Jerikoff was able to take the Rams of the Super 328 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: Bowl and I'll only scored three points in Belichick. Obviously 329 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 1: I'll coach them, But I think when the game kicks off, 330 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:23,159 Speaker 1: it's still football. It's still blocking, tackling, an execution, and 331 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 1: you can't beat yourselves like turn the ball over. You 332 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,680 Speaker 1: know you want to win the turnover battle, but you 333 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 1: don't want to be minus two or minus three. And 334 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: one thing I learned today is the Rams are at 335 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 1: least penalized team on offense in the league. We know 336 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 1: the Cardinals had six penalties in the previous game just 337 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: on offense. So the Rams don't really beat themselves with 338 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,159 Speaker 1: false starts where they're behind the sticks, and that has 339 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 1: a change for the Cardinals I mean, again, holding penalty. 340 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:51,680 Speaker 1: If Kyle's going to get hit, I got no problem 341 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 1: with that. But the delay a game, coming off a 342 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 1: time out or coming back on the field or a 343 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 1: false start, you can't have that. But I was interested 344 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: in they are the least penalized team on offense and defensively. 345 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 1: You know they'll get some late hits on the quarterbacks 346 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: just because they're basically being overaggressive. So in the playoffs, 347 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,680 Speaker 1: if you've been there before, you know what to expect, 348 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: and I think that's what we're wondering now. Guys that 349 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: do have playoff experience, like a Jordan Hicks who was 350 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 1: asked this exact question as far as you know the 351 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: experience factor, and he brought up what you said, once 352 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: the game kicks off, it's the same game. There's no 353 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: different rules. There's you know, you don't get an extra player, 354 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: extra down. The game is the same. You know, four 355 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 1: downs to get a first down. You know you get 356 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 1: three points for a field goal, six four touchdown plus 357 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 1: the pat But this was the interesting aspect on what 358 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: Hicks had to say. Quote, understand, each play is going 359 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 1: to be magnified and that's what happens in the postseason. 360 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: If you believe in momentum that happens, and it can 361 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 1: happen quickly both directions. So to say it doesn't matter, 362 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 1: I think would be not correct. Playoff experience does matter 363 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: in the moment because you don't want to do too 364 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: much and all of a sudden is Kyler Murray forcing 365 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 1: something because hey, there is no tomorrow, we need to 366 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 1: win this game. Same for the head coach, Cliff Kingsbury 367 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: his first time in the postseason. Sean mcvagh on the 368 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: other side, fourth appearance in the postseason in five seasons. 369 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: Does King Kingsbury not coach or manage the game differently 370 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: early on? Maybe not, but certain decisions whether to challenge 371 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: or not go for it or not. Little things like 372 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: that where you don't have anything to look back on 373 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: and say, all right, this is what we did. We 374 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 1: got to do it again, or we got to do 375 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 1: something different. Kingsbury doesn't have that knowledge. What he does have, though, 376 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 1: is an experience coaching staff. And we brought this up 377 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: earlier off air. You're talking about Jeff Rogers, your assistant 378 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 1: head coach, seven games of playoff experience. It's Joseph head 379 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: coach plus seven games of playoff experience Bill Davis, former 380 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: Cardinals defensive coordinator when they made that run to the 381 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Eight games of playoff experience. So when people 382 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: say Cliff Kingsbury doesn't have postseason experience, you're exactly right. 383 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 1: But this I don't like when everyone puts everything on 384 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 1: the head coach because there are twenty other people on 385 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 1: his staff that he relies on. It's not just one 386 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 1: man making the decision. It's a collective effort during the 387 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 1: course of the week. Yes, the head coach makes the 388 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: ultimate decision. He accept the praise and all the criticism. 389 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 1: But it's not like Kingsbury going in and this by himself. 390 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: He's got help. And this was done by design. I 391 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:43,639 Speaker 1: mean they wanted to bring in, you know, advanced Joseph, 392 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 1: a former head coach, kind of like Wade Phillips was 393 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: when Sean McVay got there. You're the head coach of 394 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: the defense and Cliffs are not afraid to say that. 395 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: And then you got even Sean Coogler's got some playoff 396 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: experience when he was back, I want to say, in Pittsburgh. So, 397 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: but really comes down to it, Craig and I talked, 398 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: We talked about it yesterday and that is pick six 399 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: is special teams turn. Special teams score, they get magnified, 400 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,199 Speaker 1: And I do think teams get a little bit more 401 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,120 Speaker 1: conservative because you haven't leading the fourth quarter. Now you're 402 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: playing against the clock. Are you up for are you're 403 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 1: up by ten points, two possessions? Are you up by 404 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: two scores? Fourteen points? But everything gets magnified and the 405 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 1: little things will catch up to if you're not beating yourselves. 406 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 1: And that's something that Cardinals obviously have to avoid like 407 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 1: any other team, if you want to win in the postseason. 408 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 1: Kingsbury has always aired on the side of being aggressive, 409 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: especially on fourth down. Does that change come Monday? Okay? Well, 410 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 1: he over the over the course of the year. He 411 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: did say that because I'm a link, I understand that 412 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 1: if it was fourth and one, but Aaron Donald was 413 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 1: in the backfield the entire day. You have to know, 414 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: is my defense been on the field half half the game? 415 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: You have to know we haven't been able to run 416 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: the football in this situation. Maybe you just punt and 417 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: then you put your defense down the field and hope 418 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 1: you can force a turnover. So yeah, I mean, Clip's 419 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 1: going to be aggressive, But I think you got to 420 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 1: figure out down in distance, what's the score? And am 421 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: I comfortable enough to put my defense on the field 422 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: so they can make a stop and we can get 423 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: field positions and maybe at the forty or fifty. So 424 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 1: I think you have to I think you have to 425 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: coach it a little bit different, not conservative, but just 426 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: a little bit different to where you know, because each 427 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,400 Speaker 1: team that will get ten or eleven possessions and you've 428 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: got to maximize all those possessions. Would out turn the 429 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: football over be interesting? And if I think about it 430 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 1: at the time, maybe during the course of the game, 431 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,640 Speaker 1: little decisions, not play calls, but decisions that are made 432 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 1: Monday night that we mark. You know, would this have 433 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 1: been made in the regular season, Would this have been 434 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 1: made in week two versus a week fourteen, because I 435 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 1: do think there will be a handful of those decisions 436 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 1: us the Cardinals jump out to a big lead and 437 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: they can coast, which I'm not expecting here against the 438 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: Rams in the third meeting. But just something to pay 439 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 1: attention to Burgang as you watch or listen to the game. 440 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 1: Not major differences, but subtle differences for those that have 441 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:19,160 Speaker 1: been paying attention to this team. The entire year, whether 442 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 1: it's a player or a coaching decision. And this goes 443 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: for players too, trying to do too much. And we 444 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: saw that earlier in the season, especially during the losing streak. 445 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 1: You know, do your job. It's become cliche and everyone 446 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: likes to make fun Bill Belichick, but that's that's what 447 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 1: every coach preaches. You can't do more than what your 448 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: job is. Yeah, and I'm not calling anybody out, but 449 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: you know, Jordan Hicks is like, all eleven guys are 450 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: doing their job and he didn't mention this, but you'll 451 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 1: go to breyon Borders last week, Brion Borders, Borders, excuse me, 452 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:58,120 Speaker 1: one guy didn't get the call touchdown Connard doesn't show 453 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: you know, a gap integrity touchdown. Two plays, not that 454 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 1: they weren't doing their job, but they were not in 455 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 1: position to make the Kernard was twenty one, didn't get 456 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 1: a chance to hear the call. But that's two plays 457 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 1: to score touchdowns. One. You got to kind of eliminate 458 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff, especially in a game like this, 459 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: you can't. You got to avoid the big chunk plays 460 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: like game breakers, like you know, again, they have enough 461 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: wide receivers and Cooper Cup and Odell Beckham, and we 462 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 1: really haven't talked about Van Jefferson this week. He's a 463 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 1: big target. But at the same time, it's just you 464 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,440 Speaker 1: gotta do the little things. You can't have seven penalties 465 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: or six or seven penalties on. You cannot have that 466 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 1: in a game like this because it gets magnified. Cardinals 467 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 1: Cover two presented by Hunday Proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals, 468 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: breaking down this Cardinals Rams matchup on Monday Night Football 469 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 1: Super wild Card weekend. And the one area that we 470 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,119 Speaker 1: have focused on and a lot of people have with 471 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: respects to this Cardinals offense and Kyle Murray, is what 472 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: happened inside the twenty yard line, inside the red zone, 473 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 1: and the Cardinals have struggled later in the season, and 474 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 1: it's an area of the defense that the Rams have 475 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 1: excelled at. They are number eight defending those final twenty yards. 476 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 1: If you go back to the majority of the season, 477 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: the Cardinals were close to sixty percent, the Rams are 478 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 1: sixty percent. The Cardinals are down like Rams are at 479 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,400 Speaker 1: sixty to sixty eight percent right now in the red 480 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: zone and in the last four games, this Cardinals team 481 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,679 Speaker 1: is just four thirteen scoring touchdowns inside the red zone. Now, 482 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,919 Speaker 1: those are all four games that DeAndre Hopkins has missed. 483 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,439 Speaker 1: But I went back to the previous six games, starting 484 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: with the game at the Bears, Hopkins played six games worth. 485 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 1: Cardinals are eight of twenty one in the red zone. 486 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 1: So this is not a DeAndre Hopkins issue. It's very 487 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,119 Speaker 1: easy to point your finger at the absence of d 488 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: hop This goes beyond Hopkins. Now, because you're talking about 489 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: a six game sample size, you should have been able 490 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: to figure out one what's wrong and two how to 491 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,679 Speaker 1: correct it. Yeah, but in that game though, whether they 492 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,399 Speaker 1: didn't really throw the ball down in the field and 493 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 1: what they get there plus three in the turnover category 494 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 1: when it came to Andy Dalton. Yes, so a little 495 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 1: bit different where they ran the ball but only threw 496 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: a Towell fifteen times. Yeah, it's I mean, I'm not 497 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 1: big on the fade in the red zone. I think 498 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: zach Ertz is going to be a guy that color 499 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: is going to target and everything else. But they just 500 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 1: got to get them down there, and when you get 501 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: to the three to four yard line, I think they'll 502 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 1: go for it. But again, if you're you feel like 503 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 1: you know they've been struggling to get points and you 504 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 1: kick the field goal. But I do think they're gonna 505 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 1: go for it because each player we talked to, whether 506 00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 1: it's offense or defense, more defense. In offense, you get 507 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: down there against the Rams, you cannot kick field goals 508 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,879 Speaker 1: to win the game. You have to score touchdowns and 509 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 1: the area is shrunk, so you have to be more 510 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,639 Speaker 1: at depth in your route running. You have to be 511 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 1: more on par as far as what you're doing as 512 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 1: an offense and the defensively as well. But as the 513 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 1: s offense goes, Yeah, settling for field goals is not 514 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: a recipe to beat this Rams team on Monday again. 515 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 1: The Rams, they are averaging almost twenty seven points. In fact, 516 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 1: it's over twenty seven points a game. So Cardinals offense, 517 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,160 Speaker 1: we know they can get to that thirty thirty five 518 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 1: point mark. Now what they do inside the red zone 519 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 1: target zach Ertz get AJ Green involved MJ. He has 520 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 1: not scored a touchdown since Week six at Cleveland. And 521 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 1: this disconnects or miscommunication or whatever is going on between 522 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: quarterback and wide receiver between Kyler and AJ Green especially, 523 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: it gets magnified because you don't have d hop on 524 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 1: the other side. But there's an issue, and maybe issues 525 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 1: not the right word, but that combination Murray and Green 526 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 1: seven catches on fifteen targets the past two games. That's 527 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 1: less than fifty percent on the season. Green has only 528 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: caught fifty eight percent of the balls throwing his direction 529 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 1: last year with Joe Burrow as his quarterback for part 530 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: of the season forty five. So maybe it's not a 531 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 1: quarterback issue. Maybe it is an Aj Green issue. Well, 532 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 1: Kylo was so upset less. That's when he took his 533 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: helmet and pounded it on the ground and you know 534 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: where we were sitting in the press box. You know, 535 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 1: Kylo threw a little bit of sidearm. But Aj Green, 536 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 1: I think he was upset that he didn't come back 537 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: for the ball. Once you make your break, you got 538 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: to help the quarterback out, you come back to the ball. 539 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:45,719 Speaker 1: And it was a catchable ball, but unfortunately he never 540 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,720 Speaker 1: got a chance to catch the ball. I mean, if 541 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:49,720 Speaker 1: he does his right route and comes back to the ball, 542 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 1: that's a completion. I think that's what upset Murray the most, 543 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: and that's when he was on the sidelines throwing his 544 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: helmet down Because they work on that play in practice 545 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 1: all the time, all the time, and we and there 546 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: was another play in the game where Aj Green's running 547 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,959 Speaker 1: down the field and the ball was a little bit 548 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 1: over the defensive backs had and he couldn't catch it. 549 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 1: That you have to win those fifty fifty balls, and 550 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,720 Speaker 1: you know, fortunately maybe the Cardinals will catch a break 551 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 1: because their secondary is you know, it looks like we 552 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:21,480 Speaker 1: will have more starters back than they will. So you 553 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 1: got to take advantage of that Cardinals within the red zone. 554 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: Outside of Aj Green, it would definitely help if James 555 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: Connor is playing, Chase Edmonds is playing, and then you 556 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: had that targets of a tight end and Zach Ertz, who, 557 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 1: according to Cliff Kingsbury with respects to Art's a steady 558 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:43,720 Speaker 1: presence within that offense and Kyle Murray on Art's a 559 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: comfort level for him on offense. And it's especially since 560 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:51,959 Speaker 1: the absence of d Hop, Yeah, and he's being target 561 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 1: the most and they're not just lining him up, you know, 562 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: next to the right tackle or left tackle. He's lining 563 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,600 Speaker 1: up on the outside kind of where Hop was and 564 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: then rolling Rondale Moore, you know, try to get him 565 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,640 Speaker 1: in that screen game where he's he's very very valuable 566 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 1: in space. Now. You know, obviously I was thinking he 567 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 1: would put up bigger numbers, but I think all purpose 568 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,520 Speaker 1: yards he has like nine hundred and twenty three and 569 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 1: a lot of that game from the return game. But 570 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 1: I was hoping that, you know, he could be that 571 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: guy to catch forty or fifty balls, you know, put 572 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 1: up seven hundred and fifty yards. But it's been more 573 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,160 Speaker 1: hit and miss. But he's got to be healthy. But 574 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 1: he's he's he's eye candy out there, especially if you 575 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 1: get at the twenty yard line. Now you got some 576 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: options you can you can obviously work zach Ertz and 577 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,720 Speaker 1: Cory and Willie McGinnis if the Cardinals are gonna win. 578 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 1: He has zach Ertz scoring two touchdowns in the game 579 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 1: against the Rams, two touchdowns. And we know, I think 580 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 1: over the last four games, Craig, he's been targeted at 581 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 1: ten point five per game, ten point five per game. Now, 582 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,479 Speaker 1: the thing is, when you look at the Cardinals offense, 583 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: they have struggled to put up points consistently. In the 584 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 1: last four out of five games, Arizona has put up 585 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 1: more than twenty five points once and that was last week. 586 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 1: The Cardinals were putting at thirty plus in the sixth 587 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,680 Speaker 1: of their first seven games, as Kingsbury's club got off 588 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 1: to a seven and oh start. So they're gonna have 589 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 1: to score some points in this game. And you think 590 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 1: ERT's not the solution, but someone that this offense, specifically 591 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 1: Kyle the Murray needs to kind of look, hey, where 592 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,520 Speaker 1: is he at? Yeah, if you don't have Tyler Rapp 593 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 1: and you know Eric Widow, what kind of football shape 594 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 1: is he? And we know Jalen Ramsey's playing more in 595 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:32,720 Speaker 1: the slot. But according to Kyler, he said when he 596 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 1: goes back and watches the film, nine out of ten 597 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:37,240 Speaker 1: times Ertz is open. And he said, when I watched 598 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 1: the film, I'm throwing the ball to somebody else. It 599 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 1: could be completed. But he said nine out of ten times, 600 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 1: Zach Ertz in the fact that he trust him and 601 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: he's comfortable in the offense. I mean, he's been a 602 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 1: great addition in the passing game ever since Hopkins went down. 603 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:56,000 Speaker 1: Cardinals and Rams kick off at six fifteen on Monday 604 00:32:56,160 --> 00:33:00,360 Speaker 1: two thirty. Pregame coverage begins on the Arizona Cardinals Radio works. 605 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,280 Speaker 1: With respects to the red zone and getting this offense 606 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 1: on track, overall, Kyler we know needs to play better. Now. 607 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,920 Speaker 1: It's been an ongoing conversation as far as how much 608 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:13,920 Speaker 1: he needs to run between you and I. But you 609 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:17,640 Speaker 1: look at what Kayler did in the first eight games 610 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 1: as compared what has happened over the past five first 611 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:25,040 Speaker 1: eight games, nearly nine yards per pass attempts, and I 612 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,720 Speaker 1: believe that if it didn't lead the league, it was 613 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 1: up there in the top three. And his rushing attempts 614 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 1: forty nine for a buck forty seven, he was only 615 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,880 Speaker 1: averaging three yards to carry. Wasn't running because he needed 616 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 1: to or to help out the offense. Different story of 617 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:43,160 Speaker 1: these past five games. His yards per pass attempt six 618 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:48,080 Speaker 1: point six. He's running twenty nine times twenty fewer, but 619 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:51,720 Speaker 1: for two hundred and seventeen yards, he's averaging seven and 620 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,600 Speaker 1: a half yards a carry. That to me is a 621 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:58,880 Speaker 1: direct signal that this offense, like last season, has stalled 622 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 1: and Kayler Murray is putting it in upon himself on 623 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 1: his shoulders to get the offense or try to get 624 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 1: the offense back on track, and he's doing it with 625 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:10,000 Speaker 1: his legs. They're not a luxury here. Over the last 626 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:14,320 Speaker 1: five games in the season, they are a necessity, Yeah, exactly. 627 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,759 Speaker 1: And you know when he sits in the pocket when 628 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:21,239 Speaker 1: he has a quarterback rating over one hundred the Cardinals, right, No, 629 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:28,239 Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford, when he throws the ball quarterback rating over 630 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,320 Speaker 1: one hundred plus, they're nine and oh. Now in Kyler 631 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:34,319 Speaker 1: rating is less than one hundred, he's one in five. 632 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:38,080 Speaker 1: Stafford's three and five. So again, a lot of it's 633 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 1: being able to complete the ball, not turning it over 634 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:44,719 Speaker 1: because I uffects you're rating, and obviously completion percentage. Yeah, 635 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 1: but I'm comfortable where I just I feel comfortable about 636 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,439 Speaker 1: this game just because I know Kyler Murray plays well 637 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 1: in the big when the lights around. Now you're gonna say, well, 638 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:58,400 Speaker 1: what happened in the Packers game, and you know what 639 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:02,520 Speaker 1: happened in you know, on Christmas Night, Well, they weren't, 640 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: they weren't fully healthy. And now they're gonna get some 641 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:07,279 Speaker 1: of their guys back. Unfortunately Hops not coming back, but 642 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,960 Speaker 1: they have other guys that can stretch the field. And 643 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,200 Speaker 1: I think that's what we need to keep in mind, 644 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:15,400 Speaker 1: because you can't just take one player outs and then 645 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:19,960 Speaker 1: have this offense collapse. Because the good offenses, the good 646 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:24,960 Speaker 1: quarterbacks they are able to elevate everyone around them. Titans 647 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:30,360 Speaker 1: lose Derrick Henry, they're the number one seed, Tampa BA Buccaneers. 648 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 1: How many wide receivers have they lost? They're the number 649 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:37,360 Speaker 1: two seed. So it can't just be DeAndre Hopkins. I 650 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:41,760 Speaker 1: refuse to believe that. Now. The numbers tell me otherwise. 651 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:47,920 Speaker 1: But it cannot be that simple that this team cannot 652 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:50,480 Speaker 1: go anywhere because they don't have number ten on the 653 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:53,319 Speaker 1: football field. That to me makes no sense, and it's 654 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:56,520 Speaker 1: a it's a slap in the face to everyone else 655 00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:02,000 Speaker 1: on offense that it's a one person show and DeAndre Hopkins. Yeah, 656 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:05,120 Speaker 1: and if you look at you know, we talked about Stafford. 657 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:10,080 Speaker 1: Now the Rams pass defense, they're ranked fifth with eighty 658 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 1: three point eight rating. They're giving up seven point two 659 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:20,120 Speaker 1: yards per attempt and passing and yards per attempt that's 660 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,920 Speaker 1: twenty first in the league. So you can throw on 661 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,839 Speaker 1: their secondary. The fact is you just got to make 662 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,920 Speaker 1: sure you protect the front seven, and that's where you know, 663 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:32,360 Speaker 1: you look at look at Von Miller, he's got what 664 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:36,040 Speaker 1: four sacks, five sacks the last four games. Yeah, And 665 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,360 Speaker 1: then you look at Leonard Floyd, he's putting up big numbers. 666 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,680 Speaker 1: He's got nine and a half sacks, eighteen quarterback hits, 667 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:44,520 Speaker 1: forrest fumble, Aaron Donald twelve and a half sacks, four 668 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:48,319 Speaker 1: forst fumbles, twenty five quarterback hits. You got Miller five 669 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,960 Speaker 1: sacks in the last four games, so you have to 670 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:53,399 Speaker 1: obviously be aware of where those guys around the field. 671 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,160 Speaker 1: And then you throw in Janelyn Ramsey. He's got four 672 00:36:56,200 --> 00:37:00,759 Speaker 1: in receptions and quarterbacks thrown to him fifty two point nine, 673 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,720 Speaker 1: so he usually gets his hands on a few balls 674 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:05,400 Speaker 1: and he has the ability to take it back to 675 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:08,120 Speaker 1: the house. And according to Chase Edmonds, he's seen on 676 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:11,360 Speaker 1: film Ramsey playing a lot more nickel which helps in 677 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:13,879 Speaker 1: the run game as far as the Rams being able 678 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,359 Speaker 1: to stop the run, and they are very good as 679 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,800 Speaker 1: far as that aspect. They are number six stopping the 680 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:22,680 Speaker 1: run over all of this season. Now you bring up 681 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:25,799 Speaker 1: Aaron Donald, and that's the one player that can make 682 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,840 Speaker 1: everything that we have talked about on this episode of 683 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:31,480 Speaker 1: Cardinals covered two presented by Honday, probably partner of the 684 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:36,479 Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals and this entire week, because he can wreck 685 00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:40,760 Speaker 1: an offense as we saw in that second meeting, three sacks, 686 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:44,560 Speaker 1: three quarterback hits three tackles for laws, one pass defense 687 00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:48,759 Speaker 1: fourteen pressures, according to Pro Football Focus, the most of 688 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:52,080 Speaker 1: any player all season long. Yet in that first game 689 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:55,520 Speaker 1: back in Week four, Aaron Donald was non existent. So 690 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,520 Speaker 1: not that he's going to be non existent on Monday, 691 00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:03,359 Speaker 1: but that was the worst game of his career grade wise. Now, 692 00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,920 Speaker 1: the offensive line did its job. Cardinals were able to 693 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,879 Speaker 1: run the football and run it at number ninety nine. 694 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,239 Speaker 1: That seems to be whatever one keeps mentioning, run the 695 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:15,399 Speaker 1: ball or have the offense go towards number ninety nine, 696 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:19,000 Speaker 1: because it's when you try to avoid him, that's when 697 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:21,520 Speaker 1: he has his most success. Yeah, and Naven moving him around. 698 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:25,560 Speaker 1: Do you ever watch Roadhouse Patrick swayzey oh back in 699 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:28,880 Speaker 1: the day, Aaron Downerd reminds me of like, you know, 700 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:32,680 Speaker 1: he's like the guy that's checking your idea at the door, 701 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:39,319 Speaker 1: a bouncer bouncer, and he starts throwing guys out real quick. Yeah, 702 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,160 Speaker 1: it does not take much for him to push you 703 00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:45,239 Speaker 1: back on your heels. Now, the Rams defense has done 704 00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,560 Speaker 1: a good job against running backs and tight ends. So 705 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:50,040 Speaker 1: as we sit here and say that zach Ertz just 706 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,000 Speaker 1: according to William mcinnison what I think is going to 707 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:58,160 Speaker 1: happen there there. Their secondaries ranked thirtieth, and when it 708 00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:01,120 Speaker 1: comes to giving up TVs, they're one of the worst. 709 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,480 Speaker 1: There's they're almost thirty first in the league. I'm giving 710 00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,640 Speaker 1: up tds through the air. So again they've They've done 711 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:08,520 Speaker 1: a good job, and I think that's because the quarterbacks 712 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:10,600 Speaker 1: got to get rid of the ball quickly when you're 713 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:12,839 Speaker 1: throwing the ball at the tight ends. But I'll take 714 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,960 Speaker 1: my chance with James Connor, Chase Edmonds and Zach Ertz. 715 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,800 Speaker 1: I will take my chances all day. And it doesn't 716 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,600 Speaker 1: have to be you know, a twenty yard pass, very 717 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:23,680 Speaker 1: similar to what cult McCoy did against the forty nine 718 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,640 Speaker 1: ers and Seahawks. Let them bade him, let him come, come, come, 719 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,480 Speaker 1: and then screen pass, screen, the screen passed, and a 720 00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:32,399 Speaker 1: six yards screen pass becomes a twelve yard pickup. Now, 721 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:35,799 Speaker 1: but the key is for that six yards to magnified 722 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:38,839 Speaker 1: or doubled or even tripled, because what we were seeing 723 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,600 Speaker 1: against the Seahawks were those short passes and that was it. 724 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:45,520 Speaker 1: There was no yards after catch, no yards after contact. Well, okay, 725 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,560 Speaker 1: that would be another conversation. Are the receivers getting separation 726 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,880 Speaker 1: because if teams are gonna play zone, there should be pockets. 727 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:56,040 Speaker 1: If they're playing man to man, then you should be 728 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:57,960 Speaker 1: at a face the guy, meaning you run across his 729 00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,879 Speaker 1: face and you should be open. If they're playing zone, 730 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:04,359 Speaker 1: there's pockets out there where you can get separation. That's 731 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,360 Speaker 1: the biggest difference over that. You know, this losing streak 732 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:10,360 Speaker 1: and you take away the Cowboys game, they're just not 733 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:12,520 Speaker 1: getting the separation. But I think if you can get 734 00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:15,320 Speaker 1: the running game going and you can utilize your running 735 00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:18,360 Speaker 1: backs and tight ends, that's going to slow down that 736 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,160 Speaker 1: pass rush from the rams and get some deep shots. 737 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:24,440 Speaker 1: There weren't a lot of deep shots last week against 738 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:27,080 Speaker 1: the Seahawks. Now one, did Kyle Murray have enough time? 739 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:31,680 Speaker 1: Did the receivers run proper routes in order to have 740 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:35,359 Speaker 1: a deep shot opportunity? And it's just because as kings 741 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 1: Kingsberry mentioned earlier in the week, they were the Seahawks 742 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: were trying to keep everything in front of them. They 743 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:42,600 Speaker 1: were not going to allow any wide receiver take the 744 00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:45,840 Speaker 1: top off, so to speak. So again it's you know, 745 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,759 Speaker 1: if you're trying to pinpoint in exact reason, is it 746 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,000 Speaker 1: the offensive line or Is it the receivers or is 747 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,320 Speaker 1: it Kyler Murray? Probably a little bit of both, but 748 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:55,600 Speaker 1: we're only going to focus on one, and that's gonna 749 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:58,719 Speaker 1: be the quarterback because it's always the quarterback. Yeah, I 750 00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:01,520 Speaker 1: went back and looked at had three sacks, three tackle 751 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:05,600 Speaker 1: for losses, three quarterback hits, and fourteen or fifteen pressures. 752 00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:08,560 Speaker 1: You gotta you gotta keep him off. You gotta, you gotta, 753 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:11,360 Speaker 1: you gotta, you gotta keep him off Kyler Murray because 754 00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:13,239 Speaker 1: you know he's a he's a game wrecker. He was 755 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,640 Speaker 1: a wrecking ball that game, but he wasn't in the 756 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:21,040 Speaker 1: first game. It's impressive. And if the Cardinals are able 757 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:24,560 Speaker 1: to do that again, it doesn't have to be forty 758 00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:28,080 Speaker 1: thirty plus. You don't feel, but we know if it's 759 00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:31,239 Speaker 1: thirty plus, it's nine and oh, and the Cardinals are evil. 760 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:35,000 Speaker 1: Are either with the lead or they're within a possession. Correct, 761 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:38,560 Speaker 1: But don't deviate from the run game, and we saw 762 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:41,520 Speaker 1: that against the Cowboys. It wasn't really effective, but there 763 00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:44,759 Speaker 1: were a number of rushing attempts. And even though this 764 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:48,640 Speaker 1: Rams defense is quality at stopping the run, I still 765 00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:50,480 Speaker 1: think you need to hand the ball off even if 766 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:52,839 Speaker 1: there is no James Connor or Chase Edmonds, even if 767 00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:56,560 Speaker 1: it is Eno Benjamin and Jonathan Ward or Tavy and Feaster, 768 00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,880 Speaker 1: because you have to elevate someone off the practice squad. 769 00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,200 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter who's in the backfield. You have to 770 00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:04,680 Speaker 1: be able to feed the running back. Yeah, but I'll 771 00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:07,080 Speaker 1: like our chances with the top two f Absolutely, there's 772 00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:09,480 Speaker 1: no question, right. But again, I like the way you 773 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:12,440 Speaker 1: know Benjamin's running. He runs hard, and he tries to 774 00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:15,960 Speaker 1: run through people. Sometimes guys of that size and stature 775 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:19,279 Speaker 1: they'll try to avoid contact. We know he ran over 776 00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:23,480 Speaker 1: Drey Ker Patrick correct, correct, and so and Jonathan Ward. 777 00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:25,360 Speaker 1: I think he's really good in pass pros, so he 778 00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:27,520 Speaker 1: can be on the field. Again, I do think, and 779 00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:30,600 Speaker 1: maybe we're in agreement, they likely will dress four because 780 00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:35,440 Speaker 1: the top two guys are dealing with either rib injuries 781 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:38,239 Speaker 1: or maybe a toe injury, So you got to make 782 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:40,120 Speaker 1: sure you have some insurance and if they can get 783 00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:42,279 Speaker 1: a lead, you want to make sure you take care 784 00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:44,360 Speaker 1: of those guys if you're happy to move on to 785 00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:47,640 Speaker 1: the next weekend. And even though the Rams defense number 786 00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:51,000 Speaker 1: six against the run, the forty nine ers rushed for 787 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:53,920 Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty five yards one hundred and twenty 788 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:57,000 Speaker 1: five of those in the second half. The forty nine 789 00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:00,279 Speaker 1: Ers were able to run the ball against that Rams defense. Now, 790 00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:05,160 Speaker 1: regular season versus postseason, but that Week eighteen game, forty 791 00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:07,839 Speaker 1: nine Ers and Rams, that could be a playoff game 792 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,279 Speaker 1: to where if I'm the Cardinals, I'm looking back at 793 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:14,000 Speaker 1: that ball game, all right, what worked, what didn't work? Because, yeah, 794 00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:17,000 Speaker 1: the postseason is different. But in order to get into 795 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:18,840 Speaker 1: the postseason, the forty nine Ers needed to win that 796 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,839 Speaker 1: ball game. And despite trailing seventeen nothing, they came back 797 00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:24,759 Speaker 1: and won that ball game. Yeah, and we'll get into 798 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:27,200 Speaker 1: this tomorrow. You know. I always say the game's warning 799 00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:31,360 Speaker 1: the trenches, and that's offensive defensive line. And when the 800 00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:34,160 Speaker 1: Cardinals are, you know, running the ball and protecting Murray 801 00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:36,399 Speaker 1: and he can make throws from the pocket, I think 802 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:39,120 Speaker 1: they're equal to the Rams. But on paper, the Rams 803 00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:44,280 Speaker 1: have better numbers between their right tackles, center and left tackle, 804 00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:48,440 Speaker 1: and then the defensive line, you know, getting JJ Watt back, 805 00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:50,600 Speaker 1: I would give the advantage of the Rams just because 806 00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:53,160 Speaker 1: of Aaron Donald. So they're gonna have to win in 807 00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:55,359 Speaker 1: the trenches if they're gonna want to win this game, 808 00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:59,080 Speaker 1: and I think it's I think it's with a healthy 809 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:02,520 Speaker 1: offensive line knocking off the rush from last week. Hump's 810 00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:05,440 Speaker 1: not gonna play like that. I think it's equal, but 811 00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:07,760 Speaker 1: I would give the advantage just because of Aaron Donald 812 00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:11,040 Speaker 1: on their defensive line. It's gonna be a fun weekend. 813 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:14,000 Speaker 1: Super wild Card Weekend ends with the Cardinals at the 814 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:18,520 Speaker 1: Rams Monday night. Football six fifteen again is the kickoff. 815 00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:22,000 Speaker 1: Much more on the matchup on Friday, a Football Friday, 816 00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:27,440 Speaker 1: a postseason edition Football Friday here on Cardinals covered two. 817 00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:30,960 Speaker 1: Now before we exit stage left, so to speak, you 818 00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:35,320 Speaker 1: brought up Adrian Wilson earlier number twenty four, perhaps making 819 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:39,520 Speaker 1: a comeback the number not Adrian Wilson himself. He's not 820 00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:42,440 Speaker 1: coming out of retirement like Eric Wedel. Yeah, that was 821 00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:45,759 Speaker 1: a couple of people brought that up on social media 822 00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:52,040 Speaker 1: for Adrian Wilson, but a dubbed the vice president of 823 00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:56,400 Speaker 1: pro personnel and Quentin Harris, vice president of player personnel 824 00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:58,719 Speaker 1: and also a Syracuse grad. Gotta throw that in there. 825 00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:02,080 Speaker 1: It has, It's been confirmed the reports. Earlier in the 826 00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:05,640 Speaker 1: week the Giants requested permission to speak with both about 827 00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:11,480 Speaker 1: their open opening at the General manager position. Adub spoke 828 00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:17,040 Speaker 1: yesterday Quintin earlier today. Both have interviewed remotely. According to 829 00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:20,239 Speaker 1: The New York Giants. Yeah, I text Adub and I 830 00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:23,920 Speaker 1: haven't hearned back from I don't know if that's good 831 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,719 Speaker 1: or bad news. No, And I know somebody else texts 832 00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:30,799 Speaker 1: him and even he's gotten back. Listen, I wouldn't say 833 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,080 Speaker 1: anything if he told me anything, just because you know, 834 00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:35,359 Speaker 1: I really want him to stay here, but those jobs 835 00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:37,359 Speaker 1: don't come along. But I think it's good he's getting 836 00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:39,560 Speaker 1: in front of decision makers, you get in front of owners, 837 00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:43,239 Speaker 1: and you know he has a plan. And I was 838 00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:46,480 Speaker 1: told that Quentin Harris actually checked into a hotel room 839 00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,400 Speaker 1: last night because he didn't want to do it from 840 00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:51,160 Speaker 1: the facility. He didn't want to do it from home. 841 00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:52,719 Speaker 1: You know, a lot of things going on. So he 842 00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:54,879 Speaker 1: checked in and then he was gonna wake up this morning. 843 00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:57,279 Speaker 1: He had all his notes. And obviously you've got to 844 00:45:57,320 --> 00:45:59,239 Speaker 1: be at a you know, sell your approach what he 845 00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:01,800 Speaker 1: because you got to you gotta give him, you know, 846 00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:03,200 Speaker 1: stuff to think about. What are you gonna do with 847 00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:05,080 Speaker 1: the quarterback? Posesis? And you haven't had to have a plan. 848 00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:08,200 Speaker 1: And so I'm sure Both of those guys did very 849 00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:11,200 Speaker 1: well and it's a process, but it's it's nice to 850 00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:13,920 Speaker 1: see the Cardinals front office guys that have paid their 851 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:17,640 Speaker 1: dues getting some some interviews, whether to get the job 852 00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:20,279 Speaker 1: or not. But it's it's not a bad idea when 853 00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:22,560 Speaker 1: you get in front of the decision makers because all 854 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:24,120 Speaker 1: of a sudden, when you go to the owners beings, 855 00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:26,080 Speaker 1: Hey what was that guy? Like? Oh, we're gonna put 856 00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:28,840 Speaker 1: him on our radar. And Molik Boyd he worked for 857 00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:31,279 Speaker 1: the Cardinals and he's in Buffalo right now and he 858 00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:33,680 Speaker 1: missed Arizona. Ran into him at the combine but he said, 859 00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:36,200 Speaker 1: it's a blue collar town. My kids love it here. 860 00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:38,520 Speaker 1: But he had to make the move just to move 861 00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:41,759 Speaker 1: up the ladder. But I, you know, I don't hate 862 00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:44,160 Speaker 1: to lose those guys, but it's one of thirty two. 863 00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:47,880 Speaker 1: You never like to see good people leave. But if 864 00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:51,680 Speaker 1: it's good people moving on to better things, that's what 865 00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:58,080 Speaker 1: you want. And Cardinals as a successful season, a successful franchise, 866 00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:01,800 Speaker 1: you're going to have other teams look, all right, we 867 00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:04,560 Speaker 1: want to be where the Cardinals are. Now, what do 868 00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:08,440 Speaker 1: they have that we don't And is there someone in personnel? 869 00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:11,880 Speaker 1: Is there someone on the coaching staff. Is there someone 870 00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:16,800 Speaker 1: training staff that can help us get to where the 871 00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:19,920 Speaker 1: Cardinals are. That's what happens when you have franchises that 872 00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:23,360 Speaker 1: make it into the postseason. The players, the people, the 873 00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:28,400 Speaker 1: personnel that aren't front facing, that aren't always talked about. 874 00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:32,160 Speaker 1: It's not just Steve Come all by himself. There are others. 875 00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:35,279 Speaker 1: So it's not just Cliff Kingsbury. There are others. So 876 00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:38,200 Speaker 1: that's why I think it's a good thing that we're 877 00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:40,880 Speaker 1: hearing this. Yet at the same time, you don't like 878 00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:44,200 Speaker 1: to see good people leave. You know how every coach 879 00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:47,920 Speaker 1: kinda has their guy, you know, Cliff as Kenny here, 880 00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:50,920 Speaker 1: Belichick has the one guy you see with him, but 881 00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:53,080 Speaker 1: he doesn't coach, but he listened to the radio. You 882 00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:55,160 Speaker 1: think A would bring us to New York like to 883 00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:57,840 Speaker 1: be let them know what's going on with the with 884 00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:00,759 Speaker 1: the media. You have a better chance of going with 885 00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:05,120 Speaker 1: A than I do. Well, you're married and everything else. 886 00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:07,480 Speaker 1: You've got a family here we listen. I'm not ready 887 00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:09,920 Speaker 1: to leave. What are you talking about? Arizona is my home. 888 00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:12,759 Speaker 1: Can you imagine? Adrian Wilson named general manager for X 889 00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:17,479 Speaker 1: franchise his first move. I have hired Mike Drecky as whatever, whatever, whatever, 890 00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:20,680 Speaker 1: We'll give you something special. Time not happening. He wants 891 00:48:20,719 --> 00:48:24,239 Speaker 1: to win. I'm not saying I'm an anchor. I would 892 00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:27,319 Speaker 1: drag him down, but you know how I feel, he's 893 00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:30,239 Speaker 1: just so moody sometimes he meaning in that job. Sometimes. Yeah, 894 00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:35,120 Speaker 1: all right, let's go before we get into any trouble here. 895 00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:37,520 Speaker 1: On that note, we will put a lid on this 896 00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:40,880 Speaker 1: edition of Cardinals Cover two presented by Hunday, proud partner 897 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:44,160 Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals. As always, special thanks to our 898 00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:47,919 Speaker 1: executive producer Jim Almahundro. For Mike Drecky, I'm Greg Rayel Loup. 899 00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,319 Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next time you're on Cardinals Cover 900 00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:50,640 Speaker 1: two