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Speaker 1: One day, one day before players report to training camp

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Speaker 1: two days before the first practice. Welcome Bird Gang. On

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Speaker 1: today's show, Paul Calvic joins me, the off season is

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Speaker 1: over or just about. Training camp is here. Players report

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Speaker 1: on Tuesday. They practice on Wednesday at State Farm Stadium.

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Speaker 1: So what will the twenty twenty four Arizona Cardinals look like?

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Speaker 1: Time to dive in on the offensive side of the

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Speaker 1: ball storylines, physician battles. Players were most excited to see.

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Speaker 1: It's Cardinals Cover two episode seven to seventy one, and

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Speaker 1: it starts now.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two.

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Speaker 3: Who to Baker?

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Speaker 1: What Heart? What rent?

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Speaker 3: This guy's unbelievable.

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Speaker 2: Cardinals Cover two is presented by Hyundai, proud partner of

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Speaker 1: He said, the five pason again, some more hurry magic.

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Speaker 2: Wow, here's Craig Trieler.

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Speaker 1: So that's it. The off season is done. I'll hope

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Speaker 1: you had a nice break, and I truly mean a break,

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Speaker 1: and not just a vacation with the family, but a true,

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Speaker 1: for what is ahead. Here this season.

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Speaker 3: Usually I adhere to the six SS's. You ready for

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Speaker 3: the sixsses? You know I have not heard this one before,

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Speaker 3: so it has been my longtime contention that any successful

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Speaker 3: vacation includes surf, sun, sand, seafood, SuDS, sourdough, and noticeably.

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Speaker 1: Absent from that list.

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Speaker 3: Family. It's funny because when I threw out the six SSEs,

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Speaker 3: my wife and now fifteen year old daughter effective today,

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Speaker 3: that they listed shopping. Okay, So it's all how you

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Speaker 3: should be ready to go. Here we go.

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Speaker 1: Spouse, sister, son not included in Paul's s's Okay.

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Speaker 3: I'm talking about mental health crack, okay, and sometimes that

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Speaker 3: involves getting away from the aforementioned Yes.

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Speaker 1: Yes, hopefully everyone did get away. The sixth week break

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Speaker 1: about done. Players report to State Farm Stadium on Tuesday.

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Speaker 1: The first practice is Wednesday. The first open practice is Thursday,

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Speaker 1: July twenty fifth, and remember there are nine open practices

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Speaker 1: here over the next three weeks. Azycardinals dot Com has

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Speaker 1: all the details and yes, a lot to look forward to, because,

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Speaker 1: as they say, Paul, it is nothing definite in the

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Speaker 1: National Football League. The only one thing that is constant

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Speaker 1: it is change. And oh yeah, a lot has changed

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Speaker 3: I have one question, and one question only per the schedule.

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Speaker 3: Where on this calendar, because you did put together a calendar.

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Speaker 3: Is the first padded practice, because that really should be

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Speaker 3: a holiday in the NFL, just like you know, the

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Speaker 3: whole President's Day is going to be part of the

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Speaker 3: Super Bowl weekend. At some point, everyone should get a

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Speaker 1: Nothing announced, but I'm just gonna go out on a

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Speaker 3: It's usually five days in training camp. So do the math.

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Speaker 1: to go full speed, full contact football. Blah blah and

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Speaker 1: bottom Lineberg Gang, just go to every single open practice.

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Speaker 1: going to the archives. But for this episode, specifically targeting

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Speaker 3: What what can wide receiver one do for you and

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Speaker 1: To back up what you talk about with wide receiver one,

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Speaker 3: that you know what, if you have that dude to quarterback,

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Speaker 3: Look at Patrick Mahomes last year. He had a really

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Speaker 1: And remember, we all believe that what we think, that

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Speaker 1: There's too much that changes, but confidence. And what we

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Speaker 3: Here's what else I liked about Kyler down the stretch

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Speaker 3: and what happened in twenty twenty one. The Cardinals started

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Speaker 1: I think there's one starting job up for grabs, and

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Speaker 1: I don't think there's any question that we're going to

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Speaker 1: with the most intrigue on the offensive side, and I

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Speaker 1: I gotta start here. We go the position group. How

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Speaker 3: in the passing game at Illinois. I have no idea why,

433
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Speaker 3: but he shows up at the East West Shrine game

434
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Speaker 3: and he's running Polish routes, good speed. You see the athleticism.

435
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Speaker 3: He can catch the ball. Now you combine that with

436
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Speaker 3: a Cardinals system. Right, you had the director of the

437
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Speaker 3: Shrine Bowl, a guy who used to be an NFL

438
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Speaker 3: personnel evaluator, Eric Galco, who tweeted out on draft day

439
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Speaker 3: quote one of the most underrated tight ends in the draft,

440
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Speaker 3: Tip Ryman among the top athletes at tight end ever

441
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Speaker 3: per this analytic they use, and he's an NFL ready blocker.

442
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Speaker 3: So he called him a super unique still a sending

443
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Speaker 3: tight end. So for all those reasons and more, if

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Speaker 3: you're asking me, okay, which player are you most excited

445
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Speaker 3: to see, it is tip Ryman.

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Speaker 1: I think, Paul, you've been hanging around Ron Willfully a

447
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Speaker 1: little bit too much this offseason, because that's the only

448
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Speaker 1: reason one would choose tip Ryman is because of the

449
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Speaker 1: ability to maul someone. Tip Doe did give us, I

450
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Speaker 1: think maybe one of the top five offseason quotes this

451
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Speaker 1: season as far as when you asked about or the

452
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Speaker 1: question was asked about, you know, his blocking ability quote.

453
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Speaker 1: I like putting my hands on somebody and doing what

454
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Speaker 1: I want, move them exactly where I want against their will.

455
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Speaker 1: It's fun. I feel like it's a gift the Lord

456
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Speaker 1: gave me, and I am honoring him. And doing that end.

457
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Speaker 3: Quote's that's why Peter Scheger NFL Network on Draft Night

458
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Speaker 3: Round two said, quote, Tip Ryman is my favorite in

459
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Speaker 3: this draft. It was a joy just talking to one

460
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Speaker 3: of the top personalities in the draft, Peter Schregger, NFL Network.

461
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Speaker 3: And then you know what, Craig, that's one A. That

462
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Speaker 3: quote one B would have to be what do you

463
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Speaker 3: do for mental health in your off time? Tip? And

464
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,880
Speaker 3: he said he uses the pottery wheel and he makes

465
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Speaker 3: pots for his mom and his sisters and his fiance.

466
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Speaker 3: And I mean, you know, so, I think everyone was

467
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Speaker 3: dumbfounded and stupefied in the press conference. We're look at

468
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Speaker 3: each other. Is he messing with us? Is he dead

469
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Speaker 3: panning this? What is going on? No, he was dead

470
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Speaker 3: serious that his mom is very accomplishable with the pottery wheel,

471
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Speaker 3: and she passed on that skill set to.

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Speaker 1: Her son for me to see if we can't get

473
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Speaker 1: that pottery wheel somewhere around training camp, and let's see if, Paul,

474
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Speaker 1: how do you fare behind that pottery wheel.

475
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Speaker 3: So I was on vacation and there was sort of

476
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Speaker 3: this art fair okay. One thing about my wife to

477
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Speaker 3: ever say the two words art fair okay, Because then

478
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Speaker 3: I get dragged to another stinking art fair and there

479
00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:58,520
Speaker 3: was a young man there and he had all this

480
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Speaker 3: pottery up on this table and every thing, and he's

481
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Speaker 3: selling his wares. And I was this close to walking

482
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Speaker 3: up to him because I was so bored at this point,

483
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Speaker 3: walking up to him and just saying, you know what,

484
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Speaker 3: have you ever heard it tip Ryman? Have you ever

485
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,640
Speaker 3: ever heard of the Cardinals rookie time? Let me tell

486
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Speaker 3: you about tip Ryman and his skills as a pottery artiste.

487
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Speaker 3: And I didn't. I probably should have. And anyway, this

488
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Speaker 3: whole tip Ryman thing, and once again, you don't know

489
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Speaker 3: what you have until he's going to put on the pads.

490
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Speaker 3: That's what he specialist specializes in. So just like I

491
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Speaker 3: want to know when is the full first full padded

492
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Speaker 3: full contact practice, let me know when it's outside linebackers

493
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Speaker 3: against tight ends, full go.

494
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Speaker 1: I went with the low hanging fruits the most or

495
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Speaker 1: the player I'm most excited to see the newcomer, it's

496
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Speaker 1: Marvin Harrison Junior. I mean, it's too easy. And I

497
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Speaker 1: did have in parentheses and I can show you right here.

498
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Speaker 1: I did have tip Ryman right next to MHJ. But

499
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Speaker 1: for me. It's okay. We've seen him in shorts, T shirts,

500
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Speaker 1: running routes. He's the first guy in line. But let's

501
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Speaker 1: see what he can do full speed in pads, going

502
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Speaker 1: up against a Sean Murphy bunting and that connection that

503
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Speaker 1: we hope is ten, twelve, fourteen years long, Kyler Murray

504
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 1: throwing to Marvin Harrison Junior. And it is not just

505
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Speaker 1: me and many others here locally, but ESPN's Dan Grasiano

506
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Speaker 1: name Marvin Harrison is one of his most intriguing players

507
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Speaker 1: heading into this season. For what to you brought up

508
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Speaker 1: at the start of this talking about the number one

509
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Speaker 1: storyline what Marvin Harrison Junior can do for this Cardinals

510
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:39,920
Speaker 1: offense and the passing game to what Graziano wrote, set

511
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:42,800
Speaker 1: to reach new heights much more quickly than a lot

512
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Speaker 1: of people are assuming. So again again maybe too easy,

513
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Speaker 1: but for me, it's the number one. It's the first

514
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Speaker 1: round draft pick, Marvin Harrison Jr.

515
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Speaker 3: Look, I get it, don't bury the lead. He's a dynamic,

516
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Speaker 3: generational talent. And just to sort of fill in the

517
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Speaker 3: blank and given it example of what Dan Garziano and

518
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,440
Speaker 3: you are talking about, I'm looking here at the box

519
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:09,199
Speaker 3: score from the Cardinals Week fifteen game they lost to

520
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Speaker 3: the forty nine ers. At that point, that was the

521
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Speaker 3: forty nine ers twelfth straight division win. Now, they lost

522
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Speaker 3: the season finale Week eighteen against the Rams twenty one

523
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Speaker 3: to twenty in a game that didn't matter all that

524
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Speaker 3: much for the forty nine ers, but at that point

525
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Speaker 3: they'd won a dozen straight division games. Anyway. In that game,

526
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Speaker 3: the Cardinals put up four hundred and thirty six yards

527
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Speaker 3: of total offense. We already mentioned how they ran for

528
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Speaker 3: two thirty four. Trey McBride had over one hundred yards receiving.

529
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Speaker 3: You forget that in that game, Cardinals receivers had twenty yards.

530
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Speaker 3: The offense win for four to thirty six. Cardinals receivers

531
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Speaker 3: combine for four catches I'm thirteen targets for twenty yards.

532
00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 3: So once again, what can wide receiver one do for

533
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Speaker 3: you and your offense? There is so much opportunity here

534
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,600
Speaker 3: and when you see Xavier Worthy over the weekend, break

535
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Speaker 3: the internet with that deep ball thrown by Patrick Mahomes

536
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 3: eleven on eleven in Chiefs practice the first eleven on

537
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Speaker 3: eleven session, we need a couple of deep balls from

538
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,120
Speaker 3: Kyler Murray to Marvin Arison Junior and make sure the

539
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 3: Cardinal social media sends that out. You want that known

540
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 3: throughout the NFL. We have a top five run game

541
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Speaker 3: and now we just added a deep threat. Here's what

542
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Speaker 3: he can do to your secondary if you don't get

543
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,200
Speaker 3: out of that stinking too high shell look that the

544
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Speaker 3: Cardinals get too often. Now all of a sudden, Marvin

545
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Speaker 3: Arison Junior can do something about that.

546
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that first open practice Thursday, July twenty fifth, that

547
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Speaker 1: first eleven on eleven session. No, they won't be in pads,

548
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 1: but they'll be running in just to see that deep ball.

549
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,640
Speaker 1: And again you'll have to wait until the second week

550
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Speaker 1: of training camp, the week of the twenty ninth, the

551
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Speaker 1: week of the twenty eighth, I should say that Sunday

552
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Speaker 1: as far as when that pad, when the pads will

553
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Speaker 1: go on sometime that week. So that's that's the newcomer,

554
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Speaker 1: the player we're most excited to see coming in to

555
00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. What about the player we're most excited

556
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,520
Speaker 1: to see coming back to the Arizona Cardinals. I think

557
00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 1: this one, Paul is it's wide open as far as

558
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Speaker 1: who you want to see based off either what we've

559
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,960
Speaker 1: already kind of seen in OTA's in mini camp, or

560
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,120
Speaker 1: what we've heard from teammates about said player.

561
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Speaker 3: Okay, that last comment you just made. The latter there

562
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Speaker 3: teammates players, no players, I would say arguably the most

563
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,960
Speaker 3: buzz we've heard about a returning player from his teammates,

564
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 3: Greg Dorte. There's just something about what Greg Dorch did

565
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Speaker 3: in the off season, the way he looked as the

566
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Speaker 3: full time starting slot receiver, no longer an afterthought, no

567
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,560
Speaker 3: longer getting mop up reps, no longer taking a back

568
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,080
Speaker 3: seat to the likes of a Rondel Moore, but actually

569
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Speaker 3: being a featured targeted receiver, someone who I think we

570
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Speaker 3: all agree earned the respect to Kyler Murray, earned the

571
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Speaker 3: trust of his quarterback last year, a guy who, once

572
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,840
Speaker 3: he got significant playing time, was second on the Cardinals

573
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Speaker 3: when it came to targets and receptions down the stretch

574
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:13,080
Speaker 3: last year. And when Kyler tells the media that Greg

575
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Speaker 3: Dortch to him, quote, I feel like he's unguardable and

576
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Speaker 3: if he's six ' three'd be a top five pick,

577
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Speaker 3: right when you look at what he's been able to

578
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Speaker 3: do when he's gotten his opportunity and now you project

579
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Speaker 3: out seventeen games worth of opportunities. Knock on wood. To me,

580
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Speaker 3: the guy I'm most excited to see because it's going

581
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Speaker 3: to be such a different role being a featured player,

582
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Speaker 3: Greg Dortch.

583
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Speaker 1: He's much more comfortable and I dare I say, much

584
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Speaker 1: more confident just watching him on and off the field

585
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 1: walk around, because yeah, everyone is fighting for a roster spot,

586
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Speaker 1: a position, a starting job, and not that anything's been

587
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:57,959
Speaker 1: handed to Dortsch. It just I think he's going into

588
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:02,040
Speaker 1: this trening camp and this season. No, yeah, I gotta fight,

589
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:05,840
Speaker 1: But I think he's been told you are a part

590
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:10,360
Speaker 1: of this offense. You are our slot receivers. There's not

591
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:13,520
Speaker 1: you got to compete with a Rondel Moore and others.

592
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 1: This is what we envisioned for you. Now the onus

593
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 1: is on you, Greg to show it and come in

594
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 1: and be that slot guy. Maybe however many snaps per game,

595
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,960
Speaker 1: how many times do we see that slot receiver? But

596
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,440
Speaker 1: just the dynamics and again, if the quarterback trusts you,

597
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 1: then the ball will find you and you brought it up.

598
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 1: Second nose targeted player. When Kyler returned well between weeks

599
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:44,280
Speaker 1: ten and eighteen, the game before Kyler returned. During that stretch,

600
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Speaker 1: Greg Dortsch led all wide receivers in receiving yards. So

601
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Speaker 1: there is a role that I think this coaching staff

602
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 1: envisions for Greg Dortch. JYG spoke very highly of now

603
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 1: the wearing number four for Greg Dortch. Not only has

604
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 1: he taken Rondel Moore's job, but he's taken his number

605
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,880
Speaker 1: as well. So yeah, I'm in agreement. It's Greg dors

606
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Speaker 1: slot receiver and then also kick returner. Now how much

607
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,000
Speaker 1: do we see that in training camp? Might be more

608
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,960
Speaker 1: so in the preseason, but these new kickoff rules, Paul,

609
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:18,960
Speaker 1: what's it going to look like? And then who can

610
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,480
Speaker 1: take advantage of that? Doors believes he can. He signed

611
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,840
Speaker 1: DJ Dallas. Is it someone else that we haven't even

612
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Speaker 1: thought about? Or maybe this coaching staff is kind of

613
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Speaker 1: waiting to see. And then what do we learn from

614
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Speaker 1: other teams and how they attack, whether that's the coverage

615
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Speaker 1: units or the return units.

616
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Speaker 3: You know, he was an All American at Wake Forest

617
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 3: as a return man one of his years in college.

618
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Speaker 3: He's really a skilled return guy. He saw it in

619
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Speaker 3: the Chicago game a year ago he had and then

620
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Speaker 3: also the Atlanta game, right he had that forty nine

621
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:53,240
Speaker 3: yarder against the Falcons longest and ten years for the Cardinals.

622
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Speaker 3: And he's someone who believes that this new kickoff return format,

623
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Speaker 3: the rule change, the biggest in the NFL since they

624
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 3: went to the two point conversion more than two decades ago.

625
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:06,760
Speaker 3: He believes this is going to serve him. Well, no

626
00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:08,839
Speaker 3: longer you get all these huge dudes with a full

627
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:10,680
Speaker 3: head of steam running down the length of the field,

628
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,000
Speaker 3: Everyone's going to be on that field at the same speed.

629
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Speaker 3: And guess what advantaged Greg Dortch making that first guy miss.

630
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Speaker 3: There are two guys who don't go down on first

631
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 3: contact in this Cardinals offense. Actually, I'll say three. Trey

632
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:25,840
Speaker 3: McBride very good at not going down at first contact.

633
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,600
Speaker 3: James Connor, No one's better than James Connor. But then

634
00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 3: Greg Dortch, but for a different reason. It just he's

635
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:35,399
Speaker 3: so slippery. He's just so hard to corral. And as

636
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Speaker 3: a return man his entire life, high school included, he's

637
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:42,080
Speaker 3: always had to make that first guy down the field miss. Yeah,

638
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:44,920
Speaker 3: supreme confidence, He'll tell you on the air on the

639
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,920
Speaker 3: Big Red Rage. More than once he put me in

640
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:48,760
Speaker 3: a phone booth with a dude I'll make a miss

641
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 3: and then I'll work on the second and third guy's

642
00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:52,959
Speaker 3: coming my way. So all of a sudden, you start

643
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,520
Speaker 3: getting him a volume of touches. You get him quantity

644
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:58,280
Speaker 3: and get him he has ability to be a game breaker,

645
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:00,520
Speaker 3: and he saw it in the Chicago game. You had

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Speaker 3: and run made at least five different guys miss zigzags

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Speaker 3: his way to the end zone. And you know, I

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Speaker 3: Dorsch rhymes with scorch, and that's what he's gonna do

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Speaker 3: to the defense.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, on offense, maybe even on special teams as well.

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Speaker 1: In the wrinkle in all of this, when we heard

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Speaker 1: if you get a head of steam and you're catching

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Speaker 1: forty to forty five. Dare I say, on the other

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Speaker 1: really well, or dare I say, how many times do

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Speaker 1: we see Dortsch or someone else actually take it to.

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Speaker 3: The house, Which is really intriguing just the NFL the

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Speaker 3: new NFL kickoff rule change in general, like if a

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Speaker 3: Every single time there have even been there at least

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Speaker 3: but there's a dB who had a kicking career for

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Speaker 3: being the kickoff man because he has the ability to

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Speaker 3: tackle if indeed someone gets loose and through that first

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Speaker 3: be really interesting what it looks like, how many adjustments

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Speaker 3: are made, which teams excel. We had Jesse Luketta in

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Speaker 3: the Big Red Rage last week. I tried to drill

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Speaker 3: give up anything. I'm like, come on, man, what sort

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Speaker 3: of return man, what sort of return team and scheme

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Speaker 3: you think is going to excel in this new kickoff format?

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Speaker 3: And he smiled, didn't give anything up, but he's looking

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Speaker 3: forward to it. Craig, there were over two thousand touchbacks

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Speaker 3: a year ago. The kickoff was essentially a dead play,

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Speaker 3: so now all of a sudden, I think, gets back

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Speaker 3: to being one of the most exciting plays in the NFL.

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Speaker 3: And if you don't do it, well, if you don't

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Speaker 3: cover it, well, yeah, you're gonna be forced to go

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Speaker 3: the touchback round. But now it comes out to the thirty,

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Speaker 3: so it's punitive in that way.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be fascinating to watch how teams the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: specifically handle the kickoff, and it's gonna be fascinating to

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Speaker 1: see just what this Cardinals team looks like coming up

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Speaker 1: in just a couple of days. Thursday is the first

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Speaker 1: open practice. First official practice is Wednesday. It is closed

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Speaker 1: to the public, but we will be out there as

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Speaker 1: training camp is here. So today, as we do this

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Speaker 1: is Monday camp. Technically the first practice on Wednesday, so Paul,

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Speaker 1: you do have Tuesday if you want to find that

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Speaker 1: art fair and take the significant other and yeah, add

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Speaker 1: that other s spouse to your list of successes and

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Speaker 1: actually really make it a true offseason for the Calvic family.

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Speaker 3: Craig, we all know that's not winning behavior. Art fares

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Speaker 3: when the football season has arrived. Not winning behavior, especially

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Speaker 3: not on a Tuesday, the most productive day of the week.

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Speaker 3: So you know, just not a good fit in no

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Speaker 3: way whatsoever. So you know what, I welcome the six

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Speaker 3: to seven days a week at this point, just to

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Speaker 3: save me for many future art fairs.

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Speaker 1: No weekend availability for Paul Calvic starting right this weekend,

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Speaker 1: as of course everyone invited out to State Farm Stadium.

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Speaker 3: I volunteer for the coach Belichick. No days off. Put

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Speaker 3: it that way.

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Speaker 1: Azycardinals dot com for all your information, all the news

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Speaker 1: and notes concerning training camp. It is free, parking is free,

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Speaker 1: tickets free, but you do have to sign up get

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Speaker 1: that digital ticket in order to access the stadium beginning

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Speaker 1: this week Thursday, July twenty fifth, and of course all

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Speaker 1: your news on Azycardinals dot com. And on that note,

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Speaker 1: we'll put all it on This edition of Cardinals Cover

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Speaker 1: two presented by Hyundai Proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals

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Speaker 1: has always special thanks to our executive producer Jim On

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Speaker 1: and our associate producer Cuddy Fincher. For Paul Calvc, I'm

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Speaker 1: Craig Riolu. We'll talk to you next time you're on

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