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Speaker 1: I ran into an assistant coach today of the Arizona Cardinals,
Speaker 1: Ron Wolfley sighted the packers situation right now, they're situation,
Speaker 1: and I said, you know what, how about your takeaway
Speaker 1: on Green Bay? And he he paused, And you know what,
Speaker 1: these assistant coaches and you're about twenty four hours from kickoff,
Speaker 1: you never quite know what sort of mood or mindset
Speaker 1: they're in and I braced as he paused, and he said,
Speaker 1: and I quote loosely, that I coached in that division
Speaker 1: for a number of years and I don't care who
Speaker 1: they have on the field as long as they have
Speaker 1: number twelve. Lookout, yep. And I'll tell you what. You know,
Speaker 1: here's the thing. As much as Aaron Rodgers might think
Speaker 1: he owns the Chicago Bears, and having one, what now,
Speaker 1: twenty three of the last twenty eight against the Chicago Bears,
Speaker 1: he can shout it out and you know what he
Speaker 1: told them, Yeah, I own you. I still own you.
Speaker 1: And then he you know, he made the way emphatically, Baul, Yes,
Speaker 1: he did. Well. Do the Arizona Cardinals not own Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers at State Farm Stadium in games that matter? True
Speaker 1: or false? Um? Yeah, Paul, I think we'd have to
Speaker 1: say true on that one right there, although there there
Speaker 1: have been some great games over at State Farm Stadium
Speaker 1: that included Aaron Rodgers and the Packers in fact, in fact,
Speaker 1: if you're wondering about the absence of Davante Adams and
Speaker 1: Alan Lazard and who he's gonna have, you know, Marcus
Speaker 1: Valdis Scaldine and all this and just remember what he
Speaker 1: did for the career of Jeff Janis. Remember what he
Speaker 1: turned Jeff Janis into the last time we saw him
Speaker 1: in a game that mattered, the twenty fifteen epic playoff
Speaker 1: game that went over time. What's your point, though, Paul,
Speaker 1: The point is that the coach is right. He's absolutely right.
Speaker 1: As long as you have Aaron Rodgers, doesn't matter if
Speaker 1: you've never heard of any of the other guys, You're
Speaker 1: gonna get a game, and you're getting an epic game.
Speaker 1: In fact, the best combined win percentage for a Thursday
Speaker 1: night game this late in the Sea season. Ever, Ron
Speaker 1: will if we the seven and oh Arizona Cardinals trying
Speaker 1: for the best start in team history, if they're going
Speaker 1: to prove to eight no, a team that goes back
Speaker 1: to eighteen ninety eight against the Green Bay Packers tomorrow night,
Speaker 1: the roof is going to be open, so you know
Speaker 1: what the game plan, open up a can. Yeah, Paully,
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. This is gonna be a good game.
Speaker 1: I really do believe that. I'm feeling I'm very very
Speaker 1: confident the Arizona Cardinals are going to win the game.
Speaker 1: I really am in Paul I'm just telling you right now,
Speaker 1: I'm not making a prediction or anything else. I'm looking
Speaker 1: at some cold, hard facts in front of me right now. Yes,
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers has no doubt about it. He still has
Speaker 1: Randall Cobb to throw the ball. He still has his
Speaker 1: tight end Robert tunyin right to throw the ball too.
Speaker 1: He still has Aaron Jones, the leading receiver that is
Speaker 1: left right now, when you take away Davante Adams, he
Speaker 1: still has Aaron Jones to not only throw the ball,
Speaker 1: but hand the ball off to. Obviously, I think the
Speaker 1: Packers are going to come out. I think they're going
Speaker 1: to give the Arizona Cardinals everything they got. I just
Speaker 1: don't think, Paul, it's enough. I don't interesting. Interesting. Okay, Well,
Speaker 1: you were the interview after the win against Houston with
Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons and I started asking him about this matchup
Speaker 1: on Thursday night against the Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: and he literally cut me off mid question, probably because
Speaker 1: I was long winded. I deserved it, and he said
Speaker 1: the words were juiced, and then he repeated it were juiced.
Speaker 1: So you figured the Cardinals are going to come out
Speaker 1: as such, unlike how they came out against Houston. And
Speaker 1: that was the question to Kyler Murray this week on
Speaker 1: that slow start where after one quarter you trailed to
Speaker 1: nothing against the Texans. No, I wasn't too concerned. It
Speaker 1: was I don't know why, you know, maybe came out
Speaker 1: of the lex You know, I can't really speak on it.
Speaker 1: I just know got to be better, you know, faster,
Speaker 1: because get beat. You know, if you if you come
Speaker 1: out too slow, sometimes you may not be able to
Speaker 1: catch up. So for the most well offensively, I think
Speaker 1: you know we can you love better. Christian Kirk said
Speaker 1: the same thing this week to the media that you
Speaker 1: know and yeah, maybe the intensity, the urgency wasn't quite there,
Speaker 1: the energy out of the gate. I don't think that's
Speaker 1: gonna be a problem tomorrow night in primetime. No, I
Speaker 1: think you're right on that. Polly. By the way, you
Speaker 1: know you do NFL research from time to time, isn't
Speaker 1: that right, Paul? You did, and from time to time.
Speaker 1: Of course I'm being set up. Let me just tell
Speaker 1: you right now, Polly, I did a little NFL research myself.
Speaker 1: Can this is a big FLA Kyler Murray is the
Speaker 1: fourth quarterback since the nineteen seventy merger to start and
Speaker 1: win each of his team's first seven games of a
Speaker 1: season and have a seventy plus completion percentage over the
Speaker 1: course of those seven games. The fourth ever, So the
Speaker 1: fourth Paul as super Bowl? About that? Okay? Since nineteen seventy,
Speaker 1: since the merger of each of these previous quarterbacks. You
Speaker 1: want to guess who the three were before him, Paul, Well,
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna tell you, Tom Brady, Paul Peyton Manning
Speaker 1: and Aaron Rodgers. Hello, there's a lot of MVP awards
Speaker 1: between those three guys. You've got to be kidding me
Speaker 1: right now. Kyler Murray is doing something right now that
Speaker 1: those three quarterbacks did at is big time. The fact
Speaker 1: that Wolf is that prepped up. I mean, you did
Speaker 1: defy the doubters. Wolf. You were ready to go for
Speaker 1: the Thursday night broadcast. A lot of people didn't think
Speaker 1: you could do it on a short week. Obviously, the
Speaker 1: research is already there. That Hey is in the barn
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. I hope he is prepared as you
Speaker 1: probably are You ready for something else about Kyler Murray.
Speaker 1: You're the one that played the Kyler Murray cut right there,
Speaker 1: right you were playing Kyler Murray. How about this, Paul,
Speaker 1: this is a next gen stat. Here's the next gen
Speaker 1: stat of the game from last week. Who they played
Speaker 1: last week? Bally, Well, if you've been out like three
Speaker 1: days with COVID, is that how you were able to
Speaker 1: do all this research, you get all this features, you've
Speaker 1: got a prop when your carry they played the Texas,
Speaker 1: of course, Polly Sunday was Kyler Murray's first career game
Speaker 1: and which he threw three touchdown passes off of play
Speaker 1: action fakes. Oh, Paul, lady, well, we tell you right
Speaker 1: now that might be a little foreshadowing as to what
Speaker 1: we may talk about when the Arizona Cardinals have the ball. Paul,
Speaker 1: there are two players that the Arizona Cardinals and only
Speaker 1: two players they cannot afford to lose. So for everyone
Speaker 1: who's not there and who's coming and look, the good
Speaker 1: news is Chandler Jones is coming back. We'll get into that.
Speaker 1: Zach Allen is coming back. That's part of the news
Speaker 1: of the week. We'll see about Corey Peters. You know,
Speaker 1: he was declared out on game day in Cleveland. Maybe
Speaker 1: he'll show up on game day tomorrow night against Green Bay.
Speaker 1: I don't know, but the two players you can't afford
Speaker 1: to lose in this game, in particular obviously Kyler Murray,
Speaker 1: your quarterback number two would be Jordan Hicks because it's
Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks against Aaron Rodgers. Oh boy, every time Green
Speaker 1: Bay has the ball. And look, we've talked about it
Speaker 1: for a couple of weeks now on this show. Well,
Speaker 1: if you can take the powers in the NFC, and
Speaker 1: what separates them is the Cardinals defense, which right now
Speaker 1: is the number one scoring defense in the NFL, and
Speaker 1: the national media types who were in town right now.
Speaker 1: Although Steve Weisch is always on it, we've had him
Speaker 1: on The Big Red Rage before, but there are other
Speaker 1: network types who are here and there's gonna be a
Speaker 1: lot of buzz and they're sort of learning about the Cardinals.
Speaker 1: Maybe throw us Moses and maybe a delayed reaction to
Speaker 1: some of what the Cardinals have been doing. Here's what
Speaker 1: stands out to Steve White about the Cardinals and their
Speaker 1: balance after what this defense continues to do, this might
Speaker 1: be the most balanced team in the NFL record aside
Speaker 1: the way that they are playing, and then adding a
Speaker 1: piece like Urge to it. I think this Arizona team
Speaker 1: is built for the long haul because the offensive weapons,
Speaker 1: the schemes and Advanced Joseph and that defense is doing
Speaker 1: and people better start talking about Marcus Gold and the
Speaker 1: other outside linebacker edge rusher. He is getting it done
Speaker 1: for defense is loaded with talent. Well, second straight game
Speaker 1: they pitched to shut out in the second half. Here's
Speaker 1: the thing Wolf, Okay, Dalvin Cook. We remember what Dalvin
Speaker 1: Cook did against Arizona Cardinals. In particular, he had seven
Speaker 1: runs of ten yards. Are more those two words that
Speaker 1: really equate to a four letter word in the Cardinals
Speaker 1: defensive meeting rooms gap integrity. Now, when you look at
Speaker 1: this team, Vance Joseph the first person he brought up
Speaker 1: when talking about Aaron Jones in the run game, Dalvin Cook.
Speaker 1: That sort of back who can hit the whole in
Speaker 1: an instant, just a micro blurer. He's slippery, he gets
Speaker 1: to that second level. He's a cutback runner, he's not
Speaker 1: a power runner. And listening to Vance Joseph this week,
Speaker 1: those are the kind of running backs that give the
Speaker 1: Cardinals defense more poems than any And I wonder, I wonder, okay,
Speaker 1: how equipped are the Cardinals with their gap integrity? How improved,
Speaker 1: are they versus Week two because that was a problem
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook. Yeah, there's no doubt about it, Paulie. But
Speaker 1: at the same time, you know, it's amazing because the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals, the one weakness I see from top to
Speaker 1: bottom is their rush defense from time to time. Speaking
Speaker 1: of that Minnesota game with Dalvin Cook, that first half
Speaker 1: was absolutely brutal to watch, and we've seen it from
Speaker 1: time to time. Is oh, where that box just is
Speaker 1: not stuffing the run. It's just not doing it, unless,
Speaker 1: of course, you're the Tennessee Titans in the Cleveland Browns,
Speaker 1: which happened to be two of the best teams running
Speaker 1: the football in the football universe, and they shut those
Speaker 1: two teams down. Listen, here's the great thing about this
Speaker 1: so far, the best trend going forward collectively for the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals is the fact that their offense has always
Speaker 1: been super Bowl caliber. Would you agree with that, Bob,
Speaker 1: totally agree that we always knew they were going to
Speaker 1: be super Bowl caliber because of the talent that is
Speaker 1: on that offense right there. But what makes them a
Speaker 1: super Bowl contender in my opinion, is their defense and
Speaker 1: how well that defense is playing that's what makes them
Speaker 1: a contender. Well, one of the leading tacklers on that defense,
Speaker 1: and some of his play has been breathtaking Isaiah Simmons,
Speaker 1: And we talked to him after the win against the
Speaker 1: Houston Texans. He cited defensive coordinator, these calls that he's
Speaker 1: given us. He's putting us in phenomenal position, you know,
Speaker 1: allowing our playmakers to flourish and make the plays that
Speaker 1: they should be making. And you know that that's just great,
Speaker 1: just being able to let different players with different type
Speaker 1: of skill sets shine in this defense. You see it
Speaker 1: all over Vans. He's doing a great job. We gotta
Speaker 1: give all. We gotta have to give our credits in
Speaker 1: becoming one of my favorite players. I'm just telling you, right, well,
Speaker 1: what were you going to say, You were going to
Speaker 1: say something, Well, you know, on Isaiah Simmons, You're absolutely right.
Speaker 1: He will look you right in the eye. He will
Speaker 1: answer your questions thoughtfully in a very intelligent manner. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's every bit as good an interview almost as he
Speaker 1: is a player. But as far as vance Joseph goes,
Speaker 1: remember what he told us on the game plan two
Speaker 1: weeks ago when he filled in for Cliff Kingsbury, who
Speaker 1: was on the COVID list right, remember what he said
Speaker 1: about after the Cleveland game. You never would have known
Speaker 1: the Cardinals won that game based on the reaction of
Speaker 1: the defensive assistance and the way they went up players,
Speaker 1: the way they microscopically analyze the film. Then remember what
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury told us this week on his TV show
Speaker 1: that he was a bear to deal with while I
Speaker 1: was out with COVID because he was looking at the
Speaker 1: practice film last week and he was unloading on the
Speaker 1: assistant sound No, no, this is not what I want.
Speaker 1: And then to hear Jordan Hicks saying, you know what,
Speaker 1: we play to our standard and there's certain things that
Speaker 1: might look good to you, not to us. We corrected
Speaker 1: in the locker room. It's that accountability that you keep
Speaker 1: hearing from both the coaches and the team leaders that
Speaker 1: is such a remarkable difference from last year. There's no
Speaker 1: doubt about it. Polly, did you get all your notes out?
Speaker 1: Did you get your notes out right there? Paul, did
Speaker 1: you get your statements out that you wanted to say?
Speaker 1: I'm just telling you right now that this team the
Speaker 1: best thing about it, this is no fluke This is
Speaker 1: a team that has led by a bunch of veteran players.
Speaker 1: The leadership that is going on inside of that locker room,
Speaker 1: the accountability that is happening inside that locker room. It's
Speaker 1: not only the talent that the Arizona Cardinals have ball,
Speaker 1: it's the toughness by the way. Game plan airs six
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Speaker 1: at the twenty fifteen NFL Divisional game against Aaron Rodgers
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Speaker 1: burst down on the forty seven dropped back the throat
Speaker 1: lobs at parside parts with the catch to the thirty
Speaker 1: clues of the twenty part side fifteen ten five putdown.
Speaker 1: Zach Ertz forty seven yards becomes the first player ever
Speaker 1: to have touchdown catches in consecutive games for two different teams.
Speaker 1: The newest member of the Cardinals man just put this
Speaker 1: one out of eight twenty three to five. Boy, that
Speaker 1: is a big time explosive play by the newest member
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Speaker 1: Ford and Gilbert. We are santan Ford and I didn't realize,
Speaker 1: I guess in the excitement of the moment, all the
Speaker 1: crowd noise, I didn't catch him. My headset down on
Speaker 1: the sideline that Dave Pash in the moment nailed the
Speaker 1: historic stat that came with that touchdown catch forty seven
Speaker 1: yards by zach Ertz. How about that. You guys are
Speaker 1: really on it. I mean, my goodness, okay, well done.
Speaker 1: You know our staff I think Bolli was on it
Speaker 1: as well. Can I just tell you that right now.
Speaker 1: It's good you guys were on it, whereas yours truly
Speaker 1: was an epic fail. After the game. You know what
Speaker 1: I failed to realize when I was interviewing zach Ertz
Speaker 1: after the Cardinals win thirty one to five against Houston.
Speaker 1: By the way, an NFL game regular season game had
Speaker 1: never ever finished with that score thirty one to five,
Speaker 1: so a singular final score. Yeah, where did your fault again? Paul?
Speaker 1: It was National tight End Day and I failed to
Speaker 1: remember that in the moment. So Dave nailed it into
Speaker 1: the moment you faced me off the top of this show,
Speaker 1: and now I I it reminds me of how I
Speaker 1: failed with the National tight End Day. I should have
Speaker 1: mentioned that I'm interviewing the Star tight end after the game.
Speaker 1: How do they have National tight End Day and they
Speaker 1: don't have National Fullback Day? How well, obviously your fullback
Speaker 1: club doesn't have the same lobbying power in Congress that
Speaker 1: the tight end call. There is not even a tight
Speaker 1: end club. What's your point? I don't you want to
Speaker 1: be the guy to break that into zach Ertz because
Speaker 1: there we were talking about how wide open he was
Speaker 1: on that forty seven yard catcher run by the way
Speaker 1: eight career long touchdown catch for the Cardinals brand new
Speaker 1: tight end. Yeah. I don't think I've ever seen as
Speaker 1: much green grass in the middle of the field as
Speaker 1: I have today. You know, there's just so much talent
Speaker 1: in the skull position. Players DeAndre Hopkins to AJ Green
Speaker 1: are your outside guys. The defense has to account for
Speaker 1: those guys each and every play. And so my job
Speaker 1: is to just always just be in the middle of
Speaker 1: the field and be where I'm supposed to be when
Speaker 1: I'm supposed to be there. Mc Kayler's job easy. Three
Speaker 1: touchdown passes to three different receivers and Ron Wolfley, you
Speaker 1: tell me that's not going to change. The tight end
Speaker 1: getting single coverage and more often than not finding a
Speaker 1: lot more room to work than he probably ever did
Speaker 1: with a group of Philadelphia receivers he was teammates win. Oh,
Speaker 1: you're right about that, paul A. Mean, this is just
Speaker 1: a matchup nightmare, and the National Football League right now
Speaker 1: is really a matchup game. This is a defensive coordinator's nightmare.
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that. Because of these matchups right now,
Speaker 1: and this to me, you know, we're talking about the
Speaker 1: Cardinals and the Cardinals having the ball and what they
Speaker 1: might do against that Green Bay Packers defense. Can I
Speaker 1: just tell you right now, it starts with Joe Berry
Speaker 1: and the fact that Joe Berry is not going to
Speaker 1: be calling this game for the Green Bay Packers, the
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator. That's right, he is on the COVID list.
Speaker 1: He's been ruled out. Jerry Gray, who is the DB's
Speaker 1: coach and has been a full or two time defensive
Speaker 1: coordinator in the league with two other teams. He's going
Speaker 1: to be the play caller. He'll share the duties with
Speaker 1: another assistant coach. Not don't like what happened to the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals on the offensive side of the ball in Cleveland.
Speaker 1: Here's the whole thing about it that makes it interesting
Speaker 1: to me is just the in game adjustments that are made,
Speaker 1: I mean offensively and defensively, Polly. They don't sit around
Speaker 1: and wait for the second or for the second half
Speaker 1: to actually come around. They don't wait for that anymore, Polly.
Speaker 1: They go out there and they're busting it out on
Speaker 1: the sideline. This was something Bill Belichick did with us
Speaker 1: when I went to Cleveland all the time. Sometimes you'd
Speaker 1: be two series, two series into the game and I'd
Speaker 1: hear him over there talking to the defense saying, Okay, listen,
Speaker 1: everything we practice all week, we're not gonna do it.
Speaker 1: Here's what we're gonna do. You know. The adjustments, of course,
Speaker 1: are so critical, these in game adjustments, and it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a little convoluted without Joe Barry, no doubt, and Look,
Speaker 1: we talked a little bit of advanced Joseph the other
Speaker 1: point I was gonna make, but maybe maybe you're telling
Speaker 1: me I'm wrong, But it reminds me of Todd Bowles,
Speaker 1: and Todd Bowles went from defensive coordinator the Arizona Cardinals
Speaker 1: to the head coach and the New York Jets. What
Speaker 1: was his calling card? What was this signature element? We
Speaker 1: always is adjustments, and especially halftime adjustments. So when you
Speaker 1: look at the last two weeks and there have been
Speaker 1: shutouts pitched each of the last two weeks, I mean
Speaker 1: something's happened in a halftime. Obviously there's a lot of yelling,
Speaker 1: Paul that happens at halftime. Okay, So look, the national
Speaker 1: media types and a lot of fans around the league
Speaker 1: are going to see the Cardinals in primetime tomorrow night,
Speaker 1: and they're gonna realize, a the Cardinals have the number
Speaker 1: one scoring defense in the NFL. Hello, right, So they're
Speaker 1: gonna learn about that. They're also going to learn that
Speaker 1: the Cardinals have a stout rushing attack. Yes they're top
Speaker 1: five in rushing. That they have run for two hundred
Speaker 1: or more yards six times under Cliff Kingsbury and in
Speaker 1: the fifteen years prior to Cliff Kingsbury, they had run
Speaker 1: for two hundred or more yards six times. No air raid, yes, Polly,
Speaker 1: no air raid whatsoever. Right, The pretty boy football is
Speaker 1: ridiculously not accurate whatsoever. Listen the Cardinals. This is the
Speaker 1: best thing about their offense, I think, and this is
Speaker 1: something that the Green Bay Packers, I believe, are going
Speaker 1: to learn. The Cardinals can beat you in a number
Speaker 1: of different ways. I mean, Polly, if they want to
Speaker 1: chuck it, they can chuck it. They'll throw it, Isn't
Speaker 1: that right, Minnesota Bikekings. Think of the Vike gings right there,
Speaker 1: thirty six attempts from Kyler Murray for three hundred and
Speaker 1: seventeen yards. Let them up. If they need to beat
Speaker 1: you by running the ball and bloodying your nose, that's
Speaker 1: exactly what they can do. They'll run the ball. And
Speaker 1: if you don't believe me, just ask Aaron Donald in
Speaker 1: the Rams two hundred and sixteen yards rushing against the
Speaker 1: Rams on forty carries. Paul, I mean you have James
Speaker 1: Conner and Chase Edmonds combined. Those two guys had one
Speaker 1: hundred and seventy yards rushing against Rams. And if they
Speaker 1: need balance, Paullie. They need to run it and throw it.
Speaker 1: They can do that as well. And if you don't
Speaker 1: believe me, look at the Cleveland Browns statbox. Thirty seven
Speaker 1: attempts rushing for one hundred and forty four yards, thirty
Speaker 1: passing attempts for two hundred and eight yards. They can
Speaker 1: beat you a number of different ways, Paul. And then
Speaker 1: another thirty seven rushing attempts against Houston, thirty seven for
Speaker 1: a buck seventy two four point six to carry, even
Speaker 1: including the Neil downs and all that at the very
Speaker 1: end of the game. Think about it from the first
Speaker 1: preseason twenty nineteen and the Raiders defender accusing the Cardinals
Speaker 1: of playing pretty boy football. Yeah right to now what
Speaker 1: James Conner calls bullyball. It's been an evolution, and Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray knows how important that run game and balance really is.
Speaker 1: Kyler Nolan has been you know, they'd't been blocking their
Speaker 1: ass off running backs. We've got two great backs right now,
Speaker 1: And I mean it's just it's it's offense is so
Speaker 1: much more versatile. When we can do that opens up
Speaker 1: a lot more things. Obviously. I mean, like I said
Speaker 1: it before, any in any level of football. If you
Speaker 1: can run the ball, it'll be pretty good. So, um,
Speaker 1: I think you know something. We gotta keep going. This
Speaker 1: is this is a big ding ding ding ding ding
Speaker 1: because honestly, when you think of Chase Edmonds and you
Speaker 1: think of James Connor, they are night and day. They
Speaker 1: really are. You want to talk about a change up back, Paul,
Speaker 1: These are change up backs. They play off each other,
Speaker 1: they feed off each other. But what I love about
Speaker 1: it is have you seen James Connor come out of
Speaker 1: the backfield and make some catches out of the backfield? Absolutely?
Speaker 1: Oh yes, very very natural, stabbing the ball out of
Speaker 1: the air with one hand. Have you seen Chase Edmonds
Speaker 1: line up and run the ball in between the tackles,
Speaker 1: which is supposedly James Connor's forte Yes? This is the
Speaker 1: great thing about it. You you you don't? You have
Speaker 1: of two backs that are different, There's no doubt about it,
Speaker 1: and they represent different problems. Yeah, they were interchangeable in
Speaker 1: this offense and that makes it really really difficult. Jase
Speaker 1: Edmonds telling the media today, and I'm quoting loosely, the
Speaker 1: number one goal in the all season was to take
Speaker 1: the running load off of Kyler Murray in his legs. Yes,
Speaker 1: and to put it on the running backs, and so
Speaker 1: I would say that has happened. Kyler has this year.
Speaker 1: He's rushed for one hundred and twenty six yards through
Speaker 1: seven games. Think about that. That's ridiculous. Year ago, one game,
Speaker 1: I mean a year ago, he was near nine hundred
Speaker 1: total rushing yards. And we know a lot of those games,
Speaker 1: especially down the stretch with the shoulder injury and all
Speaker 1: that he didn't run for. So think of how he's
Speaker 1: tracking now versus how he's tracking a year ago. That
Speaker 1: is a world of difference. Yeah. Can I also say too,
Speaker 1: it's not like the Green Bay Packers are lockdown, shutdown
Speaker 1: at Alcatraz defensively when it comes to stopping the run.
Speaker 1: It isn't. Paul their number twenty two and rushing yards
Speaker 1: per game allowed and number thirty in rushing yards per
Speaker 1: player loud and I will tell you when you turn
Speaker 1: on the tape, they're they're tough, they're good, But those
Speaker 1: numbers are backed up when you look at the tape.
Speaker 1: Kenny Clark is a very, very tough individual, There's no
Speaker 1: doubt about it. Devandre Campbell do we know him? Yeah?
Speaker 1: We know him well. As a matter of fact, he's
Speaker 1: playing exceptionally well for the Green Bay Packers right now.
Speaker 1: But they're about their box. It's not like they're jammed
Speaker 1: up and very tight. But are you concerned at all
Speaker 1: by the injuries up front? We're already without Rodney Hudson,
Speaker 1: Maxim Garcia with the achilles injury may or may not
Speaker 1: go tomorrow. That will leave the Cardinals with a third
Speaker 1: string center by the name of Sean Harlowe against Kenny Clark,
Speaker 1: who can be a wrecking ball on the nose. Yes,
Speaker 1: Paul I am, are you yeah? A little bit? A
Speaker 1: little bit, especially after the game that Josh Jones played
Speaker 1: and he went on Twitter and he apologized and he
Speaker 1: deleted that tweet. But he's gonna have to play a
Speaker 1: better game, especially if they're gonna be fielding a third
Speaker 1: string center. So let's just put it that way. See
Speaker 1: exactly how they come out Sean Googler and company Hall.
Speaker 1: By the way, you remember on the Big Red Rage,
Speaker 1: how James Conner he took a fence a little bit
Speaker 1: when asked about his catching ability will fit you know
Speaker 1: he was and then remember there was James James Saxson
Speaker 1: a member of the full Back Club. His famous quote,
Speaker 1: he can do it, but you don't want to put
Speaker 1: an elephant in a sailboat. This is what he said
Speaker 1: about Connor's ability to catch JJ Watton news. Next on
Speaker 1: the Big Red Rage, he receivers left, Mills great drop back,
Speaker 1: gets hit by Marcus Golden and sack that. That's twenty one.
Speaker 1: What a year Marcus Golden is having. And the Cardinal's
Speaker 1: course a bunt there it is the chuckyard dog. After
Speaker 1: throw goes, Mills steps up, gets hit and he buffles
Speaker 1: the balls. He gets sacked at midfield. Marcus Golden chopped
Speaker 1: it out. It is Cardinal ball. Marcus Golden comes out
Speaker 1: of there with it, and he was the guy that
Speaker 1: force the fumble as well. While that is a beautiful
Speaker 1: play right there, Marcus Golden once again with another sack.
Speaker 1: Did then not say at all? Marcus Golden emerging from
Speaker 1: what was a vicious pile of humanity scrambling for that
Speaker 1: loose football. He comes out of that pile, no helmet,
Speaker 1: but he had the pick skin. I just that said
Speaker 1: it all to me, as he made sure to have
Speaker 1: what was important forget the helmet, I need the football
Speaker 1: and Right now, Marcus Golden is the only player in
Speaker 1: the NFL with a half dozen sacks and four forced fumbles.
Speaker 1: He is having a heck of a season, no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. Is the Big Red Rage presented by satan
Speaker 1: Ford and Gilbert. We are satan Ford and who was
Speaker 1: our guest last week, Ron Wolfleck It was Marcus Golden
Speaker 1: ball than it was, yes, so and you know what,
Speaker 1: his presence is going to be ultra important again this week.
Speaker 1: The last couple of games they've been on our chandel
Speaker 1: of Jones will now fifty five is back and they're
Speaker 1: missing ninety nine as JJ Watt has been ruled out
Speaker 1: with a shoulder injury. I can't say I'm totally shocked.
Speaker 1: He wasn't in at the end of the game, so
Speaker 1: media wasn't able to really watch practice this week because
Speaker 1: of the shot week. It really wasn't a practice. But
Speaker 1: I'm not totally shocked. No idea what the long term
Speaker 1: prognosis is. If it is long term or not, I
Speaker 1: have no clue. But JJ Watt will not be out
Speaker 1: there quantify that boy that really sucks buttermilk as well, Bolly,
Speaker 1: because once again JJ Watty impacts so much of what
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals defense does, not only in the rushing game,
Speaker 1: of course, but also passing. The rush on opposing quarterbacks
Speaker 1: has been great by the Arizona Cardinals. They've done it
Speaker 1: at an elite level. They're number four in sacks per attempt.
Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, they get a lot of
Speaker 1: pressure on a quarterback. JJ Watt has got a lot
Speaker 1: of pressures on a quarterback as well. This is not great.
Speaker 1: This is not good news right here, especially because without
Speaker 1: Davante Adams and Ellen Lazard, without the wide receivers and
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers. When they have the ball and
Speaker 1: here comes Aaron Rodgers, they're going to run the ball.
Speaker 1: I think they are going to try to run the ball.
Speaker 1: They love to take Aaron Rodgers, stick him under center
Speaker 1: and run down situation. First in ten second and one
Speaker 1: to six rundown classic rundown. Put them under center and
Speaker 1: here it comes. They're gonna run the ball, or they're
Speaker 1: gonna have a use play action to try to throw
Speaker 1: the ball over your head. They do it better than
Speaker 1: anybody in the league. Frankly, Cliff Kingsbury this week talking
Speaker 1: about the challenge, the ultra challenge that is preparing for
Speaker 1: three time MVP Aaron Rodgers. It's not fun, I'll tell
Speaker 1: you that much. I mean, you turn on the tape
Speaker 1: and watch the throws he's able to make, and just
Speaker 1: the way he orchestrates that offense get him into the
Speaker 1: right plays, getting into the right checks, even when you
Speaker 1: have a cover as all scheduled stuff is as good
Speaker 1: as anybody that's ever played. And so yeah, it's it's
Speaker 1: some sleepless nights when you're watching that film coming off
Speaker 1: the win against Washington where he had three touchdowns and
Speaker 1: three different receivers, and you know, it's an offense that
Speaker 1: has two elements to it. There's the play that's called
Speaker 1: and then there's the play that Aaron Rodgers checks into. Yes,
Speaker 1: and a number of Arizona Dal's defenders just said how
Speaker 1: their experiences against Aaron Rodgers. He's just checking all the time.
Speaker 1: He has an ability to decipher and diagnose what you're
Speaker 1: doing get into something else, an element that Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: has added to his game obviously this year, but nobody,
Speaker 1: arguably nobody does it better than an Aaron Rodgers or
Speaker 1: Tom Brady in today's NFL, and a lot of times too,
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers he's up there making dummy calls as well.
Speaker 1: I mean, you don't know when he's checking and when
Speaker 1: he's not checking. This guy is like another coach on
Speaker 1: the field. There's no doubt about that. And I'm glad
Speaker 1: you brought this point up earlier, the fact that Jordan
Speaker 1: Hicks is as good as he is at getting everybody
Speaker 1: lined up and making checks off of checks. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: a great matchup. I think we're going to see tomorrow.
Speaker 1: It's funny you said that. Kyle Vannimbosch. Last week, we
Speaker 1: were talking a little bit about Aaron Rodgers and what
Speaker 1: was coming, and Kyle Vannabosh said he used to hate
Speaker 1: going against Carson Palmer because they were in the same division.
Speaker 1: Carson Palmer would get up with the Bengals and he
Speaker 1: would do those dummy calls or you get into a
Speaker 1: fake case and then he go all that's the defense
Speaker 1: you're in, okay, and then he calls his own play.
Speaker 1: And at that point, Kyle Vanderbosh knew we were host
Speaker 1: because that's what a veteran quarterback does. Here's vance Joseph
Speaker 1: the de coordinator who has to go against Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 1: I think every week it's different what they do best.
Speaker 1: You have to take away, you know. Now with Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers is so different because he is a coach with
Speaker 1: a great arm, you know. So every play he's he's
Speaker 1: making audibles off the off the looks that you've given him,
Speaker 1: you know. So it's hard to pinpoint, you know, what
Speaker 1: to take away because it changes every every week and
Speaker 1: every series, you know, and that makes it hard. It's
Speaker 1: going to be a challenge to kind of you know,
Speaker 1: match you know, match wits with that guy and also
Speaker 1: make plays on the ball. They had an epic face
Speaker 1: plan in Week one, a thirty eight three loss to
Speaker 1: New Orleans. Since then, they've won six in a row.
Speaker 1: He has fifteen touchdown passes, one pick, And I love
Speaker 1: that description from Vance Joseph. He's a coach with a
Speaker 1: great arm. Yes, Polly, And once again without Davante Adams,
Speaker 1: I think they're going to try to run the ball.
Speaker 1: It's it's part of their offense to begin with. But
Speaker 1: now all of a sudden, without those two receivers Allan
Speaker 1: Lazard as well, they're gonna try to pound the football,
Speaker 1: not only because they love to use play action, but
Speaker 1: because the Arizona Cardinals have they been vulnerable to that
Speaker 1: from time to time this year? Yeah, yes, there's no
Speaker 1: doubt about that. And you better believe especially without JJ Watt.
Speaker 1: Without JJ Watt, that's why it's a great thing that
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones, I think and Zach Allen, these guys have
Speaker 1: been activated, right, they're ready to come back and contribute, right, Paulie,
Speaker 1: So I think that's really important right there, and who knows,
Speaker 1: maybe get Corey Peters back. This defensive line has got
Speaker 1: to get right because they're gonna try to run the
Speaker 1: football tomorrow night and they're one two punch. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: mentioned Aaron Jones earlier, but then they also have AJ
Speaker 1: Dillon two hundred forty pounds. Yeah you know. I mean,
Speaker 1: you see this guy and you're like, oh my goodness,
Speaker 1: even with football pants on, you're like, every day is
Speaker 1: leg day with AJ Dillon. Guys just crazy. The lower body, Paul,
Speaker 1: I mean, you better rap. I'm just gonna say right now, okay, um,
Speaker 1: I obviously have no right, but Zaven Collins, rookie linebacker,
Speaker 1: you better right, yeah, because the shoulder isn't bringing down
Speaker 1: AJ Dillon. No, you got that right, Paul? Are you
Speaker 1: gonna be standing on the sideline. You might want to
Speaker 1: keep your head on a swivel, Paul, because if if
Speaker 1: AJ Dillon actually runs you over that, that's gonna be
Speaker 1: bad for you. Paul. You're gonna see a back pedal, Akinda,
Speaker 1: Dion Sanders if AJ Dillon's coming my way. I'm just
Speaker 1: gonna tell you that right now. So you look at this.
Speaker 1: Look this Packers offense. Okay, we get it. It's Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: and you're right, they're balanced and they have the ability
Speaker 1: to run it. But a quick word on this Packers defense,
Speaker 1: because this is a ridiculous stat. Wolf, I just feel
Speaker 1: the need to match your research with this one. Had
Speaker 1: you heard the stat that until last week Packer opponents
Speaker 1: opponents had scored a touchdown every time they reached the
Speaker 1: red zone every single time through six games until last week.
Speaker 1: So do you think, and I bring that up, do
Speaker 1: you think this could be a high scoring affair tomorrow night? Um?
Speaker 1: You know, honestly, Polly, I really don't I think the
Speaker 1: I think the Green Bay Packers the one way they
Speaker 1: win this game is they're able to run the ball
Speaker 1: and use the power of play action to throw the ball,
Speaker 1: especially across the middle of the field. You got Randall Cobb,
Speaker 1: of course, you got Tonyan, you got the the tight end,
Speaker 1: you got Aaron Jones the running back. I honestly think
Speaker 1: Polly they have they don't have a great wide receiver
Speaker 1: room at this point in time. Now, Malik Taylor is
Speaker 1: a guy that is gonna come off and supposedly be
Speaker 1: ready to play tomorrow. He has been um one of
Speaker 1: the starters for the Green Bay Packers earlier in the season.
Speaker 1: So you know at the same time that they might
Speaker 1: get some people healthy here. But I think they're gonna
Speaker 1: try to run the ball and control the clock. I
Speaker 1: don't see another way for them to win the game.
Speaker 1: Here's the other reason they might run the ball is
Speaker 1: Davante Adams is number two in the NFL in targets.
Speaker 1: He's a huge part of the passing games. Paul, think
Speaker 1: about on seventy three targets. The only receiver in the
Speaker 1: NFL has more targets in Davante Adams is Cooper Cup.
Speaker 1: The next Green Bay receiver with the most targets has
Speaker 1: twenty eight. Yes, so whereas if the Arizona Cardinals were
Speaker 1: without a receiver, you have four or five guys who
Speaker 1: are between twenty and thirty catches. It's really equitable, and
Speaker 1: the distribution is across the board for the most part.
Speaker 1: Not with the Green Bay Packers, so they have no
Speaker 1: Davanta Adams. There's the identity of their passing game. He's
Speaker 1: been the primary, the secondary target for for Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: most of the time. Paul, I honestly think the Arizona
Speaker 1: Cardinals defense is the story of this game. They are
Speaker 1: the passa part two to winning this game. They are
Speaker 1: the lock, the key. I should say that unlocks all locks.
Speaker 1: They're the ones that if the Cardinals go out and
Speaker 1: they play the way we've seen them play, even with
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, even with in Rogers. You're talking about a
Speaker 1: defense right now, Paul, ask yourself this with the Arizona Cardinals.
Speaker 1: Have the Cardinals had leads in games? Absolutely? Have teams
Speaker 1: been trying to throw the ball against the Arizona Cardinals, Paul.
Speaker 1: They're the number three passing defense in terms of yards
Speaker 1: per game and yards per play in the National Football League,
Speaker 1: and you know they've had a lot of leads. Their
Speaker 1: offenses blown teams out. Teams are trying to throw the
Speaker 1: ball against the Cardinals, and yet they're number three in
Speaker 1: passing yards per game and passing yards per play. They're
Speaker 1: number one in third down defense. They're number one in
Speaker 1: points allowed Tide. This is a defense. They're the story
Speaker 1: of this game. Once again, Nobody talks about the Arizona
Speaker 1: Cardinals defense. When they consider the Arizona Cardinals, it's offense, offense, offense,
Speaker 1: and Kyler Murray. And yet it's the defense that I
Speaker 1: honestly think will make this team special this year. They're
Speaker 1: number one and third down and fourth down defense as well.
Speaker 1: Right conversion percentage obviously, that's gonna be huge against Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: who still has the ability to pull it, to tuck
Speaker 1: it and run it and get to the sticks on
Speaker 1: a third and seven. We've seen him do that. He's
Speaker 1: even gotten into the end zone obviously against the Bears.
Speaker 1: And then he screamed, I own you. I still own you.
Speaker 1: We know that. What about Chandler Jones to come full
Speaker 1: circle here real quick, what do you expect from Chandler Jones?
Speaker 1: Because I have this theory Wolf that Chandler Jones is
Speaker 1: very aware of JJ Watt's standing in terms of career sacks.
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones went into the opener against Tennessee and he
Speaker 1: was trailing JJ Watt. Do you know how many he
Speaker 1: got in week one that got him ahead? How many
Speaker 1: he needed to get ahead of JJ Watt? He needed
Speaker 1: five and he got five, got five. So now they're
Speaker 1: tied again at one o two. That's career sacks one
Speaker 1: o two apiece. There's just something about Chandler Jones. And
Speaker 1: by the way, he might be wearing a microphone to
Speaker 1: mar Night. Oh really, Paul. So if the question is
Speaker 1: what will you be watching, one of the first things
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have an eye on tomorrow is number fifty five.
Speaker 1: We haven't seen him in a couple of games. Yes,
Speaker 1: I think he's going to be highly motivated akin to
Speaker 1: what we saw on one against Tennessee. Here's the stat
Speaker 1: I'm going to blow your mind. The Cardinals pass rush
Speaker 1: has made a large impact obviously on this season, causing
Speaker 1: ten turnovers from pressure this year. JJ Watt, Chandler Jones,
Speaker 1: and Marcus Golden are all tied for the league lead
Speaker 1: with three turnovers caused by pressure. Interesting hey, Available right
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Speaker 1: Ford and Gilbert. We are satan Ford shop and snapped
Speaker 1: to Kyler Murray drops back the throw, standing in the pocket.
Speaker 1: Now throws a deep ball near side in traffic. It's
Speaker 1: called hi AJ Green at the five and he's knocked
Speaker 1: out of bounds at the four yard line. What a
Speaker 1: throw by Kyler Murray on third and twenty four. They
Speaker 1: picked up forty two yards go way did that just happen?
Speaker 1: He was covered two just trying to see Kurt. Took
Speaker 1: the near safety. Aj you know, told him the haul
Speaker 1: ass of sideline just because you know, put him in
Speaker 1: a bund and safety. He turned towards see Kurt. So
Speaker 1: at that point, you know, I just had to let
Speaker 1: it go. He made a good kitch third and twenty
Speaker 1: four and Kyler didn't pick that up with his legs,
Speaker 1: his right arm. Best throw the game, Ron Wolf, We
Speaker 1: to Aj Green, no doubt about it. Pa. That was
Speaker 1: lights out man. So you have Kyler Murray on that front,
Speaker 1: then you have a Kyler Murray who did you see
Speaker 1: the quote from the Texans defensive end Jonathan Greenard after
Speaker 1: the game, and he had a pretty darn good game
Speaker 1: that guy did. And he said about Kyler Murray and
Speaker 1: that quote, it's like chasing a rabbit pretty much. That
Speaker 1: dude's change of direction is crazy and he can still
Speaker 1: throw a dot like playing a video game. End quote,
Speaker 1: Jonathan Greenard. It's a big red Rage presented by Santan
Speaker 1: Ford and Gilbert. We are Santan Ford, Paul kelbc Ron Wolfley,
Speaker 1: and the leading candidate in the NFL right now for
Speaker 1: the MVP Award this season. Kyler Murray. Yeah, you know what, Paully.
Speaker 1: Honestly right now, Jonathan Grennard, it's interesting you bring him
Speaker 1: up because this is what the Arizona Cardinals have got
Speaker 1: to do the rest of the way. They got to
Speaker 1: protect Kyler Murray. I think they have to do it physically, mentally,
Speaker 1: and emotionally. They've got to protect him. They've got to
Speaker 1: make this a priority, Paully. Otherwise, you got a guy
Speaker 1: that could get nicked up, and we know that this
Speaker 1: is something that happens. You can't play scared. I understand that,
Speaker 1: but I think organizationally philosophically and schematically, the Arizona Cardinals
Speaker 1: have to sit around that big rectangle with Michael Bidwold,
Speaker 1: with Steve Kim and Cliff Kingsbury and talk about, listen,
Speaker 1: we want to limit the shots that Kyler Murray's gonna take.
Speaker 1: Can you eliminate all of them? Heck no, of course not.
Speaker 1: That's never gonna happen. But I think, Paulie, when you
Speaker 1: talk about what do the Cardinals need to do to
Speaker 1: beat the Green Bay Packers tomorrow, start with protecting Kyler Murray,
Speaker 1: I totally agree. And anyone who saw the game against
Speaker 1: Houston he took far too many hits, yes, far too
Speaker 1: many pressures, too much, you know, too much contact, and
Speaker 1: then he ended up on the Monday injury report with
Speaker 1: the finger on his throwing hand. Now he's gonna play,
Speaker 1: and he's been listened as full in practice the last
Speaker 1: couple of days. And that is part of the challenge
Speaker 1: getting ready on a short week. Here's Kyler Murray. I mean,
Speaker 1: I just think you just gotta be ready. You gotta
Speaker 1: prepare for one quick. I mean, everything's quicker, you know.
Speaker 1: I think whoever handles the week better, you know, usually
Speaker 1: tends to play a little bit better. So you know, hopefully, hopefully,
Speaker 1: you know, we we understand when the task at hand
Speaker 1: and we come ready to play on Thursday in the
Speaker 1: return of Rodney Hudson. Obviously we'll go a long way
Speaker 1: to solidify that offensive line because there's too much pressure
Speaker 1: up the middle. But you know, Josh Joe as well,
Speaker 1: he was the first one admitted on social media, he's
Speaker 1: got to play a better game. And you're white Wolf.
Speaker 1: If I'm a defensive coordinator and I'm looking at the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals and tell me where I'm wrong here, and
Speaker 1: I'm trying to assess, Okay and aj Green where we
Speaker 1: started this one. He had three catches for sixty six
Speaker 1: yards and he had a touchdown, and Christian Kirk had
Speaker 1: a touchdown in four for fifty and he hop at
Speaker 1: seven for fifty three and he had a touchdown. And
Speaker 1: all by the way, there's the zach Ertz right and
Speaker 1: he's got himself and he got into the end zone
Speaker 1: as well, the tight end, and then you have the
Speaker 1: two running backs. You know, you have to be a
Speaker 1: defensive quess saying, well where do I start. Well, to
Speaker 1: your point, if you can get to the quarterback. Obviously,
Speaker 1: that's why the whole offense implodes. Yeah, there's no doubt
Speaker 1: about it, Pauli. And once again, if you spread the field,
Speaker 1: spread the field, spread the field. If I want to,
Speaker 1: if I'm a defensive coordinator, I can get to your quarterback.
Speaker 1: If you're going to spread it and you're not gonna
Speaker 1: have a tight end and you're not going to put
Speaker 1: him on the tackles hip in line, I can get
Speaker 1: to your quarterback. You know, I think we saw the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins actually do this. Go back to twenty twenty.
Speaker 1: Go back to I believe it was Week six or
Speaker 1: seven where they played the Dolphins, PAULI, go back and
Speaker 1: look at that tape where they just lined everybody up
Speaker 1: on the line of scrimmage, played man across the board
Speaker 1: and went after Kyler Murray just went after him to
Speaker 1: try to knock him down, bang him around. And you're
Speaker 1: gonna get defensive coordinators, Paul where they're gonna say they're
Speaker 1: gonna look at their defensive players. They're gonna get up
Speaker 1: in front of them on Monday, the day that they're
Speaker 1: going to start preparing for the Arizona Cardinals, and that
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator is gonna say, if you got a shot
Speaker 1: on Kyler Murray, you take it, and not anything illegal,
Speaker 1: not anything illegal. But if you can go ahead like
Speaker 1: Grennard did, if you can go ahead and hit him,
Speaker 1: you go ahead and hit him. And that's exactly what
Speaker 1: Jonathan Grennard did. If you missed. Earlier in the show,
Speaker 1: Ron Wolfley was so prepared with stats and research that
Speaker 1: he's ready for Wednesday night football. Yeah, and kind of
Speaker 1: it was disarming and alarming a little bit. So I
Speaker 1: have to go ahead and say face So, Ron Wolfley,
Speaker 1: are you where you speak of putting the pressure on
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray and dialing it up. According to next Gen stats,
Speaker 1: Kyler has a crazy passer rating of one forty nine
Speaker 1: point six. We'll call it a passer rating of one fifty.
Speaker 1: The top is one fifty eight when passing against the Blitz.
Speaker 1: Oh boy, see that, because hey, you know what, he's
Speaker 1: making the right decision, Paul, He's beating teams with his brain.
Speaker 1: This is the difference with Kyler Murray in year or three.
Speaker 1: The problem is I can also get shots on you,
Speaker 1: and we don't want shots. You gotta stay balanced and
Speaker 1: try to protect him and limit the amount of shots
Speaker 1: he's gonna take. You can't eliminate all of them. He's
Speaker 1: he's going to run the ball and he's going to
Speaker 1: take some hits. But I think on an organizational level,
Speaker 1: philosophically and then schematically, you have to talk about we've
Speaker 1: got to protect Kyler Murray. That that is job number one.
Speaker 1: Come for the arm, stay for the legs, fear the mind.
Speaker 1: That's that's the evolution in year three. And then think
Speaker 1: about his willingness and ability to hang in the pocket
Speaker 1: now and and so you know he thinks, you know,
Speaker 1: he's he's so confident to be able to read and
Speaker 1: get to the second and third and fourth reads in
Speaker 1: his progressions. Is Steve Kim talked to Dave Pash about
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago in the Pash Pod that boom.
Speaker 1: You know, so now you have a you have a
Speaker 1: quarterback who's in a different place in year three. Obviously
Speaker 1: this team is in a different place still the only
Speaker 1: undefeated team in the NFL for the third straight week
Speaker 1: at seven and zero. And it's these big games where
Speaker 1: Kyler has been at its best. A passer rating overall
Speaker 1: of one twenty plus against Tennessee, against the Rams and
Speaker 1: against Cleveland the three biggest wins at three biggest games,
Speaker 1: he was at his best and Kyler Murray talked about
Speaker 1: those big games this week. You know, I think in
Speaker 1: the past we've lost those big games, which you know,
Speaker 1: it kind of makes you feel like the little brother
Speaker 1: to some of those teams. When you win those games,
Speaker 1: like earlier in the year, you know, you beat the Rams,
Speaker 1: a great team, the team just kind of feels, you know,
Speaker 1: you have different vibe to the team. Every boy's energies different,
Speaker 1: and I think that has a lot to do with,
Speaker 1: you know, just like I said, the maturity. Add new
Speaker 1: guys that have won before that have that mindset that
Speaker 1: come in here with the leadership and the attitude, and
Speaker 1: you know, I think the whole team just kind of
Speaker 1: just goes with that. What I've seen on the sideline
Speaker 1: is a team that feeds off the challenge. Yes, including Cleveland.
Speaker 1: You know, they said, hey, you know we've had all
Speaker 1: this adversity. We don't have our head coach, we don't
Speaker 1: have other key players. Guess what bring it? They feed
Speaker 1: off that? Yeah, they do, Polly. You know what also
Speaker 1: is something that's very very important tomorrow night is winning
Speaker 1: the turnover battle. Now, listen. Cliff Kingsbury has told us
Speaker 1: this repeatedly himself over the last few weeks. But you
Speaker 1: can't beat yourself. The Cardinals have turned teams over, Paul,
Speaker 1: and they've protected the ball there plus fourteen in the
Speaker 1: turnover margin, that's number three in the league right now.
Speaker 1: Think about that. That is critical right there. And then
Speaker 1: when you also think about the fourteen takeaways this season,
Speaker 1: eight fumbles recovered and six in er sid When you
Speaker 1: think about this, Paulie, think about the fourth down stops
Speaker 1: as well, and how many how many times they've turned
Speaker 1: an offense over on fourth down right here? So to me,
Speaker 1: once again, they've got to be They've got to be
Speaker 1: better at the fundamentals of the game. Protecting Kyler Murray. Yes,
Speaker 1: how are you going to do that? Stay balanced, run
Speaker 1: the ball, don't become one dimensional where suddenly you've got
Speaker 1: the green Bay Packers teeing off coming after Kyler Murray,
Speaker 1: Stay balanced, and then protect the ball balls. Green Bay
Speaker 1: at six and one is right behind the Arizona Cardinals.
Speaker 1: And when it comes to overall turnover ratio, they're right
Speaker 1: on the Cardinals category. Yes, and and think about it,
Speaker 1: the Packers only have twenty nine penalties through seven games.
Speaker 1: That's their lowest total flags that figure since nineteen seventy four.
Speaker 1: So they do play a lot of mistake free football
Speaker 1: except for Week one against New Orleans whatever happened there.
Speaker 1: Ever since, yeah, they it hasn't been dominant in a
Speaker 1: lot of cases, but it's been winning football by Green Bay.
Speaker 1: And you know Aaron Rodgers, he's going to be coming
Speaker 1: into that building looking for a little revenge. As Cliff
Speaker 1: Kingsbury said this week about just the moment and the
Speaker 1: stage in prime time, he used those words, He said,
Speaker 1: I like that our team is on a big stage,
Speaker 1: and he called it a great showcase game for the organization.
Speaker 1: This is gonna be fantastic to watch tomorrow, PAULI and
Speaker 1: it just just look forward to the energy and the
Speaker 1: way that the team comes out and what we've seen
Speaker 1: in the big games. The Cardinals half played. There's best,
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that. He special thanks as always
Speaker 1: Jim Alandro, Jeff Darge for on mul play on Paul Calvci. Well,
Speaker 1: we'll see, we'll see the Chandler Jones is my guy
Speaker 1: to watch Jordan Hicks against Aaron Rodgers. Kyler Murray against
Speaker 1: the backup defensive coordinator Jerry Gray filling in James Connor
Speaker 1: and the two running backs for Green Bay All It's
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