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Speaker 1: The Cardinals state competitive against arguably the best team in

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Speaker 1: football still fall forty five, twenty nine at home to

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Speaker 1: the San Francisco forty nine Ers. Welcome in the Morning

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Speaker 1: Scramble presented by Verizon from the Sea Geek Studios alongside

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Speaker 1: Jody Jackson and Zach Gershman, I'm Danny Surak, the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: went toe to toe with the now divisional champs and

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Speaker 1: the forty nine ers. Jody, how far off is Arizona

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Speaker 1: from San Francisco's level from what we saw Sunday?

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Speaker 2: Well, that is a question that you had to certainly

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Speaker 2: think about in the first half when this was a

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Speaker 2: close game, a one point game, and even at halftime

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Speaker 2: just a one score game. And then after the game

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Speaker 2: when you heard Trane McBride talk about we are close,

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Speaker 2: we feel like you know, there were just a few

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Speaker 2: plays that made the difference here, and there are a

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Speaker 2: few there were. The turnover battle, of course, was lost

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Speaker 2: to oh and then you had a couple of big

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Speaker 2: plays by the forty nine ers that you know, you thought,

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Speaker 2: if there was a little more distance there, this game

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Speaker 2: could have been grinded out, which is what we saw

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Speaker 2: in that first half. So how close though Danny and Zach,

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Speaker 2: I mean that is a loaded question because you know

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Speaker 2: this Niners team is loaded. To use that word again,

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Speaker 2: I mean they are loaded, and it's taken them time

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Speaker 2: to a Q. When they acquired Christian McCaffrey, you kind

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Speaker 2: of thought, all right, John Lynch is not messing around here.

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Speaker 2: And then Brock Purdy, Look, I am not going to

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Speaker 2: discredit him. I covered him in high school and so

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Speaker 2: I don't mean that when I say this, But to

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Speaker 2: find him as the last pick in the draft, I

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Speaker 2: don't think it's I don't think anyone would fault me

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Speaker 2: there for saying that was you know, I don't want

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Speaker 2: to say fell in their lap, but a treasure that

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Speaker 2: you didn't know was out there.

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Speaker 3: So those kind of things, you know happened.

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Speaker 2: And for the money Austin fort in this group, they

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Speaker 2: have some pieces here, no question, but there's a lot

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Speaker 2: to be done, Zach, I think you degree, and they're

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Speaker 2: gonna start doing it again in this offseason, and the

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Speaker 2: question then will be is how much can you do

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Speaker 2: in one offseason?

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Speaker 4: Once the clock hits zero against the Seattle Seahawks, the

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Speaker 4: thought process is already going to be to the twenty

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Speaker 4: twenty four season, and I think the fact that we're

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Speaker 4: even having this conversation truly does show that the Cardinals

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Speaker 4: really are not that far off. When you look at

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Speaker 4: the record and you see the type of score in

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Speaker 4: this game, forty five to twenty nine, you start to question, like,

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Speaker 4: why are we even having this conversation. But the fact

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Speaker 4: that you have twelve rookies on this team, the most

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Speaker 4: in the NFL that are producing really solid numbers week

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Speaker 4: in and week out. You don't got a Christian McCaffrey

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Speaker 4: type player, you don't have a Deebo Samuel as your

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Speaker 4: number one wide receiver out there. But the fact that

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Speaker 4: you have a tight end that could go, you know,

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Speaker 4: toe to toe with the George Kittle, who's in the

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Speaker 4: upper echelon of tight ends in the league all.

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Speaker 5: Throughout the roster. There are ways to look at them.

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Speaker 4: But if you think about it, Kyle Shanahan is a mastermind.

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Speaker 4: He's a genius, as a Antonio Hamilton said postgame, when

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Speaker 4: it comes to calling offensive plays. Jonah de Gannon's only

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Speaker 4: in his first year as a head coach, Manti Austin

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Speaker 4: Ford in his first year as a general manager. The

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Speaker 4: hope is really there Danny with this Cardinals team and the.

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Speaker 1: Hope you could really see come alive since quarterback Kyler

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Speaker 1: Murray made his return. That's why the Cardinals aren't far

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Speaker 1: behind in my mind, because you've gotten a good glimpse

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Speaker 1: now since Kyler's return of what this offense can really

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Speaker 1: having the right fundamentals and really just needing different personnel,

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Speaker 1: needing some more depth, which I'm sure will be a

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Speaker 1: big talking point in this offseason. It was a season

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Speaker 1: high in total yards four hundred and thirty six and

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Speaker 1: The difference maker field goals. San Francisco continued to find

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Speaker 2: On those two drives, you know, Matt Prater had the

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Speaker 2: it's simple guys. One you had a delay of game

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Speaker 2: a wide receiver threat Hollywood Brown. Give him credit, he's

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Speaker 2: been fighting through this heel injury. It's just not working out.

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Speaker 2: After the game, Jonathan Gannon talked about, you know, he's

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Speaker 2: But yeah, when you're talking about those two possessions where

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Speaker 3: The game as well.

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Speaker 2: Matt Prater is a huge part of what this team

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Speaker 3: And they were moving the wall. If I had told

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Speaker 2: That the Cardinals were going to outgain the forty nine

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Speaker 4: You talked a little bit about Hollywood Brown and the

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Speaker 4: He said that he's one of those players that prides

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Speaker 1: It's been interesting to see the lack of wide receiver

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Speaker 3: The last two.

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Speaker 1: after missing the last three games with a neck injury,

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Speaker 1: something deeper there, Jody that's missing with this wide receiver's core.

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Speaker 2: Well, I'm just looking at the stats once again, and

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Speaker 2: we know about them, and we're gonna talk about Trey

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Speaker 2: ends McBride, Higgins and Swain fifteen of sixteen catches versus targets, right, So,

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Speaker 2: and we know Trey McBride's really reliable.

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Speaker 2: Bigger targets as the tight end position simply is because

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Speaker 3: But yeah, receivers, and I'm.

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Speaker 2: Just gonna look at two guys, Zach Pascal and Michael Wilson,

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Speaker 2: the lack of you know, time they've had with Kyler Murray?

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Speaker 3: And that's just reality. And so what does that mean

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Speaker 2: It means it means, you know, the future's bright and

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Speaker 2: Kyler's connection with him is is strong. So when you

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Speaker 2: there's a lot of different things right, there's a lot

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Speaker 2: Wilson and Pascal have not been go to guys in

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Speaker 4: This was only Michael Wilson's second game with Kyler Murray

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Speaker 4: and that's something that has to be emphasized in we

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you can see that confidence. And even when he

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Speaker 1: McBride's second one hundred plus receiving yard game this season.

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Speaker 4: And it's unique how he threw an interception to Trey

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Speaker 1: the four hundred and six total yards San Francisco put up.

437
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Speaker 1: It's the efficiency, averaging five and a half yards per

438
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Speaker 1: carry almost fifteen yards per reception.

439
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Speaker 3: With the exception of two busted.

440
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Speaker 1: Coverages which ended in a Deebo Samuel and a Christian

441
00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:52,200
Speaker 1: McCaffrey touchdown, the Cardinals defense did enough.

442
00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:53,920
Speaker 3: The missing component.

443
00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:58,040
Speaker 1: Pass rush quarterback brought Purty with a seventy eight percent

444
00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:03,639
Speaker 1: completion percentage, four touchdowns, three straight gamezact without a sack.

445
00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:05,359
Speaker 1: What has fallen off there?

446
00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:08,320
Speaker 4: And only one quarterback hit at that they weren't even

447
00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,920
Speaker 4: able to get to Brock Purty. So the fact that

448
00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:13,760
Speaker 4: Brock Party had this sort of success with that one

449
00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,680
Speaker 4: hundred and thirty five passer rating really is not a surprise,

450
00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,919
Speaker 4: and just the efficiency that Brock had, but he had

451
00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,600
Speaker 4: a lot of time in the pocket and a big

452
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Speaker 4: part of it. The Cardinal's lowest blitz rate entering this

453
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Speaker 4: game was against the forty nine ers in Week four.

454
00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:30,280
Speaker 4: You had to dial up something to get to some

455
00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:32,680
Speaker 4: pressure on Brock Party, and they simply were not able

456
00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,560
Speaker 4: to do that. The blitzes were not there a lot

457
00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,480
Speaker 4: of the times you were going back in coverage. And

458
00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,600
Speaker 4: I understand when you have explosive threats and a Brandon

459
00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,440
Speaker 4: ayuk In, a Deebo Samuel and a Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle.

460
00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:44,920
Speaker 4: The list truly does go on for that forty nine

461
00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,040
Speaker 4: ers offense, and with the quarterback like rock Party, it's

462
00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,800
Speaker 4: very hard to stop. But the fact that you are

463
00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,959
Speaker 4: only able to get one quarterback hit that is a

464
00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,640
Speaker 4: major concern because the blitz component of the game.

465
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Speaker 5: Is not there.

466
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Speaker 2: What a hit it was actually right Dennis gar And

467
00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,880
Speaker 2: you know, I don't think he had intent there, but yeah,

468
00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,920
Speaker 2: definitely hearing from Brock after the game, like a stinger

469
00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:08,760
Speaker 2: where why he laid there was the left arm He

470
00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,400
Speaker 2: couldn't he didn't have much feeling in there. He said

471
00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,160
Speaker 2: he had never had a stinger before, so I think

472
00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:14,919
Speaker 2: he was a little shocked and then he was like, Okay,

473
00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,359
Speaker 2: I guess this is what this is. But yeah, that

474
00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:19,400
Speaker 2: was the only at the end of the game, you thought. Okay,

475
00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:23,080
Speaker 2: as much as that was dramatic because brock Purdy had

476
00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,439
Speaker 2: had to leave the game for a moment, that was,

477
00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:28,639
Speaker 2: as Zach pointed out, the only quarterback hit. And so

478
00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:30,760
Speaker 2: you just can't have that. And like you said, Danny

479
00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,760
Speaker 2: no sacks over the last three games. So this is

480
00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,480
Speaker 2: really an area of concern. It's hard for me to

481
00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,520
Speaker 2: really fault anyone within the organization just because of the

482
00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,119
Speaker 2: fact that you had a ton of injuries, mostly on

483
00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,480
Speaker 2: the interior of the line, but still those were guys

484
00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:47,439
Speaker 2: that were going to be counted on to push the pocket,

485
00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:51,359
Speaker 2: to disrupt, to create opportunities for some of those edge guys.

486
00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:53,639
Speaker 2: And then you know, again we've talked about it, you

487
00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,480
Speaker 2: don't have a JJ Watt anymore, and you don't have

488
00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:00,199
Speaker 2: guys on the edge that are proven pass rushers in

489
00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,480
Speaker 2: the NFL. Dennis Gardak again not discrediting him at all

490
00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,679
Speaker 2: what he's been able to do. Really nice player for

491
00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:10,080
Speaker 2: this Cardinals team, but you haven't gotten that from Zavon Collins.

492
00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:15,480
Speaker 2: You haven't seen much from Cam Thomas d mccagee at times, Ojalari.

493
00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:17,680
Speaker 2: You know, you like the pieces there, but you don't

494
00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,680
Speaker 2: really have that guy that either is proven in the

495
00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,359
Speaker 2: league as a star or a guy that's really making

496
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Speaker 2: an impact. And so, yeah, Danny, I think that's a

497
00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:28,040
Speaker 2: you know, I came away from this game thinking wide receiver,

498
00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,520
Speaker 2: like we talked about, is a huge need, and then

499
00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:31,960
Speaker 2: someone to help this pass rush.

500
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Speaker 1: It's a tall order for any defense in the league

501
00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,960
Speaker 1: to limit running back Christian McCaffrey, a true dual threat

502
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,600
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers leading rusher and receiver in Sunday's game,

503
00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,000
Speaker 1: one hundred and fifteen yards on the ground, seventy two

504
00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,080
Speaker 1: in the air, three touchdown.

505
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Speaker 3: Zach, He's a beast, no other way around him.

506
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Speaker 1: What the Cardinals defense has done differently to stop cmc not.

507
00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,159
Speaker 4: Had him go to the forty nine ers, try to

508
00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:59,040
Speaker 4: do something to prevent the trade. Just Christian McCaffrey is

509
00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,520
Speaker 4: a beast at that it's not a matter of stopping him,

510
00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,879
Speaker 4: it's a matter of limiting him. And in some cases

511
00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,199
Speaker 4: you were able to do that, I mean rushing for him.

512
00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,639
Speaker 4: He did have one hundred and fifteen yards. It didn't

513
00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,320
Speaker 4: really seem like get in the six point four averaging

514
00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,720
Speaker 4: per the per carry really wasn't easy. But with a

515
00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,240
Speaker 4: threat like that, knowing that you have him in the

516
00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,879
Speaker 4: running back spot, in the X, in the Z, you

517
00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,320
Speaker 4: have him in so many different areas and you can't

518
00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:24,600
Speaker 4: put all your focus on him because then you have

519
00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,439
Speaker 4: Deebo Samuel wide open. You can't put all focus on

520
00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,480
Speaker 4: them too, because then you have George Kittle up the middle.

521
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Speaker 5: So it's all those different things.

522
00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,560
Speaker 4: But truly it's a matter of getting pressure to rock Party.

523
00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,040
Speaker 4: That's the biggest thing, because when you do that, it

524
00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:39,520
Speaker 4: keeps him off balance. The Cardinals have had some of

525
00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:41,879
Speaker 4: their best success when it comes to blitzing again to

526
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Speaker 4: the quarterback against quarterbacks that are able to get out

527
00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,679
Speaker 4: the pocket, are able to scramble. That's why you were

528
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Speaker 4: able to have a multi sack performance against Lamar Jackson

529
00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,240
Speaker 4: when they played the Baltimore Ravens and a Dak Prescott,

530
00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:55,040
Speaker 4: somebody that's able to get out the pocket. In this one, though,

531
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Speaker 4: Rock Perty's a pocket passer and he was able to

532
00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:00,000
Speaker 4: sling in and sling the rock all around the field.

533
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and it is a function of the weapons, and

534
00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,280
Speaker 2: Christian McCaffrey is the word beast Danny is what I

535
00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:06,439
Speaker 2: was thinking watching him yesterday.

536
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,920
Speaker 3: There was one run where just the moves his.

537
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,080
Speaker 2: Feet, his ability to cut the way that he does,

538
00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,760
Speaker 2: and then he doesn't go down easily as well. We've

539
00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,160
Speaker 2: talked about that with Trey McBride. Now, Christian McCaffrey doesn't

540
00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:19,920
Speaker 2: have that kind of size, but he's just he's very

541
00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,680
Speaker 2: hard to bring down. He's shifty, he's truly got it

542
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:24,840
Speaker 2: all as a running back. And then he also caught

543
00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,639
Speaker 2: five passes, including a couple of touchdowns, So he is

544
00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,080
Speaker 2: really a player that it's hard to really compare him

545
00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,159
Speaker 2: to anyone in the NFL right now. He's truly the

546
00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,280
Speaker 2: complete package. And when healthy, we're seeing now what he

547
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:42,680
Speaker 2: can do. Cardinals are sick of seeing Christian McCaffrey. That's clear,

548
00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,879
Speaker 2: and the kind of production that he's put up against them.

549
00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,119
Speaker 2: And then when you see the plays that Kyle Shanning

550
00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,399
Speaker 2: and draw up using all these weapons again, all of

551
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,360
Speaker 2: that functions as a well oiled machine when you've got

552
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:57,000
Speaker 2: all their weapons healthy, and it just makes him more dangerous.

553
00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,600
Speaker 2: And that was really the only thing look, this Cardinal team,

554
00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,560
Speaker 2: they fight, They fought hard all game.

555
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:03,480
Speaker 3: There was a.

556
00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,560
Speaker 2: Point at early in the fourth quarter where you saw

557
00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,000
Speaker 2: a little bit of McCaffrey. You're like, he's lopping off

558
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:09,959
Speaker 2: some big yardage here, and I just think they had

559
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,119
Speaker 2: to refocus. It is hard to take on a team

560
00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,639
Speaker 2: like this. They're very good at run blocking. If anything,

561
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:16,960
Speaker 2: there might be a little bit of a weakness in

562
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,800
Speaker 2: the pass blocking that the Cardinals were not able to

563
00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,560
Speaker 2: take advantage of that. And so you know, you have

564
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,240
Speaker 2: to keep focus all game long, and they did that

565
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,600
Speaker 2: for the most part. But it is imagine it's very

566
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,720
Speaker 2: mentally deflating to go up against a guy like McCaffrey.

567
00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:33,240
Speaker 1: McCaffrey finished with seven touchdowns against the Cardinals in two

568
00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:37,439
Speaker 1: games this season. McCaffrey was the only true killer individually

569
00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,760
Speaker 1: in the game. The other killer explosive place tight end

570
00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,080
Speaker 1: George Kittle thirty five yard catch, wide receiver Brandon Ayuk

571
00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,359
Speaker 1: twenty two yard catch. McCaffrey had a nineteen yard run.

572
00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,240
Speaker 1: That's what the forty nine ers do, Zach. That's where

573
00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:51,800
Speaker 1: the Cardinals defense struggles, and.

574
00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,560
Speaker 4: That's something that John Thaganon says every single game.

575
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:56,040
Speaker 5: The explosive plays.

576
00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,720
Speaker 4: Whoever wins that battle, that's gonna be the one that's

577
00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:00,720
Speaker 4: gonna that's gonna be the one that takes. That's gonna

578
00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:02,320
Speaker 4: be the one that takes the game. It's gonna be

579
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,280
Speaker 4: the turnover battle and the exposed to play battle.

580
00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:05,720
Speaker 5: In the Cardinals lost bos.

581
00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,199
Speaker 1: They did third quarter. Let's go back a little bit.

582
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,840
Speaker 1: It's still a one score game. Cardinals are down and

583
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,879
Speaker 1: despite keeping themselves in the game through the first half, Jody,

584
00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,760
Speaker 1: that's where things started to get away from them. What

585
00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,480
Speaker 1: was your turning point in Sunday's loss.

586
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, I looked at a few possible turning points. Again,

587
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,080
Speaker 2: the Cardinals had that touchdown on special teams that was

588
00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,800
Speaker 2: taken back, but that was in the first half. And

589
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,200
Speaker 2: something about that third quarter, the way that it started,

590
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:31,640
Speaker 2: you just got the feeling the Niners were gonna take

591
00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,359
Speaker 2: it up another notch and they did so. My turning

592
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:38,480
Speaker 2: point is that forty one yard touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey.

593
00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:39,760
Speaker 3: He got loose.

594
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,400
Speaker 2: We saw this on both plays, the touchdown to Samuel,

595
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,359
Speaker 2: the first one, not the last one, but the first

596
00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:47,760
Speaker 2: one to Samuel, and then McCaffrey. These guys are in

597
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,160
Speaker 2: motion and almost like a decoy.

598
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,240
Speaker 3: So casual. Great acting by these guys.

599
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,919
Speaker 2: I mean they look so casual and yet you know

600
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,199
Speaker 2: the names on the back of the jersey. So all

601
00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,199
Speaker 2: Jonathan Gannon had to say after the game was when

602
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,399
Speaker 2: you see a blow and cut like that, it's on coaching.

603
00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,000
Speaker 2: He wasn't going to point anyone out. That's that's how

604
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,399
Speaker 2: he rolls. He is always going to put it on

605
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:10,360
Speaker 2: the coaches. But you would think safety someone over there.

606
00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:14,879
Speaker 2: Christian McCaffrey got loose and he felt that he slipped

607
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:16,560
Speaker 2: I guess or fell down and even had time to

608
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,879
Speaker 2: get up and was untouched. So to me, that was

609
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 2: just a backbreaker because that drive was one minute and

610
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:22,400
Speaker 2: forty two seconds.

611
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,120
Speaker 3: I just want to point out real quick, in.

612
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,400
Speaker 2: The first half, the Cardinals have the ball for eighteen

613
00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:30,240
Speaker 2: minutes and the Niners eleven forty two, So that was

614
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:31,240
Speaker 2: going to be the game plan.

615
00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:32,720
Speaker 3: You had to grind it out.

616
00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,080
Speaker 2: And to me, that's the turning point, not only because

617
00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,119
Speaker 2: of the ply another blown coverage, but just you couldn't

618
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:38,680
Speaker 2: let it be that easy.

619
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Speaker 5: The Cardinals won.

620
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 4: The Cardinals won the time of possession battle by nearly

621
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,439
Speaker 4: ten minutes, and for Christian McCaffrey to slip and then

622
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,080
Speaker 4: get back up and then get into the end zone.

623
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Speaker 4: I think what the most defleating.

624
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Speaker 5: Part of that was was because the first.

625
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,480
Speaker 4: Touchdown was wide open to Deebo Samuel to set to

626
00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,320
Speaker 4: have another blown coverage. That's why I'd say that that

627
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 4: is probably the biggest turning point, because of the fact

628
00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,240
Speaker 4: that you know, you already gave up one on to

629
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,440
Speaker 4: a blown coverage and normally it's all right under the rug.

630
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:05,199
Speaker 4: You know, let's get right back at it, and then

631
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 4: to have the second time, that's what hurts.

632
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,800
Speaker 1: Goes back to the efficiency of the forty nine ers offense.

633
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:16,320
Speaker 1: Let's pull out the whiteboards for songbirds. I'm staying positive, Okay,

634
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:17,400
Speaker 1: that's what I like to hear.

635
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:19,880
Speaker 2: I don't do that from Jodi went with my I'm

636
00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:21,400
Speaker 2: not trying to not be positive.

637
00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:22,639
Speaker 3: I'm just I'm more talking.

638
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,960
Speaker 2: About what I kind of the overarching theme of this game,

639
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 2: I guess, and I tried to stay a little more

640
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 2: current this time.

641
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,240
Speaker 1: I did the complete scary I'm going to take the

642
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 1: time to draw my highly anticipated picture, so Jodie, I

643
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,160
Speaker 1: will let you go first in the meeting.

644
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,879
Speaker 2: I can't wait. I went with the San Francisco offenses.

645
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,240
Speaker 2: Ninety nine problems.

646
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:49,080
Speaker 3: Oh that's a great one.

647
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,240
Speaker 2: I just came away from this game when we talk

648
00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,440
Speaker 2: about the Songbirds criterion, and I'm not sure if i'm

649
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 2: I think it's how you felt after the game, and

650
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,320
Speaker 2: you just I liked a lot of the things the

651
00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,720
Speaker 2: Cardinals did. It's just this Niners team had so many

652
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:05,879
Speaker 2: weapons and truly it felt like ninety nine problems and

653
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,680
Speaker 2: you just could not I'm not going to sing the

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Speaker 2: rest of it, of course, but.

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Speaker 3: You you just couldn't.

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Speaker 2: You couldn't contend with that on that on that particular

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Speaker 2: Sunday yesterday.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it was just too much to handle.

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Speaker 4: You got ninety nine problems. Christian McCaffrey is one brock

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Speaker 4: party as one. George Kittle was one. There's definitely more

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Speaker 4: than ninety nine with that one.

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Speaker 5: It definitely did.

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Speaker 4: So I went back to the Bay Area and this

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Speaker 4: is kind of different from me. I went with too

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Speaker 4: Legit to Quit by mc hammer because I think that's

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Speaker 4: something we've talked about alted out this entire show, is

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00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:39,960
Speaker 4: the fact that the Cardinals were toe to toe with

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00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 4: the number one team in the NFL. Exactly why that

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00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,080
Speaker 4: they were too legit to quit their blocks. The offensive

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Speaker 4: line I thought did a really solid Nick Bost only

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Speaker 4: had one stat and was the one sack that he

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00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,720
Speaker 4: did have. Paris Johnson Junior did a really solid job

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Speaker 4: lining against him. He yelled the fro hold on that

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00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 4: James Connor rushing touchdown, had his initial block and then

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00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 4: went to the second level and had another block. So

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00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 4: starting the game off with first drive and then to

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Speaker 4: continue going on and to stay in.

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Speaker 5: And there were so many things that went against the Cardinals.

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00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,680
Speaker 4: Obviously that special team's turnaround where you kind of hoped

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Speaker 4: and you kind of felt that could have been a

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00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,640
Speaker 4: turning point, like momentum shifting towards the Cardinal's way.

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00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:14,960
Speaker 5: Unfortunately, the Cardinals.

683
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,800
Speaker 4: Have not had much success when it comes to challenging turnovers.

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Speaker 4: But I think overall the mantra of two legit to quit,

685
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:23,840
Speaker 4: that's kind of how I rock with cars.

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Speaker 2: Are you going to break out the running man right now?

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Speaker 2: I mean, don't do it, but come on.

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be stuck in.

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Speaker 5: My head all it's been stuck in your mind. I'm

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Speaker 5: surprised no one picked up that this is what it

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Speaker 5: was going to be.

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Speaker 1: I went with Don't Stop Believing by Journey, this might actually.

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Speaker 3: Be my worst drawing, which so a lot that is.

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Speaker 1: Supposed to be a block of cheese because.

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Speaker 3: It's a cheesy song, I didn't really know what I

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Speaker 3: thought it was.

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Speaker 2: Pizza No, I love donuts, so it looks like it

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Speaker 2: looks like a half dozen box of donuts with one oh.

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Speaker 3: No, I think. Unfortunately we're getting a zoom in on this,

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Speaker 3: which is just but it's there. It is what's cheers

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Speaker 3: now to wait me now?

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Speaker 5: Cheesy?

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Speaker 1: I went with don't Stop Believe in because as cheesy

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Speaker 1: as at mag sound, this organization truly is on the

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Speaker 1: up and up. General manager Manti Austin for it, like

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Speaker 1: he does after every game, waiting in the tunnel giving

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Speaker 1: handshakes to every player and coach.

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Speaker 3: That walks past him.

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Speaker 1: This this Cardinals team truly was not far off from

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Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, at least in the first half.

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Speaker 1: It came down to more of those mental errors or

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Speaker 1: some of those little mistakes as this offense. As Kyler

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Speaker 1: Murray gets more comfortable with all of these changes that

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Speaker 1: are having me made and playing with players he doesn't

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Speaker 1: have a lot of experience with. I'm staying positive and

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Speaker 1: going with don't stop believing.

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Speaker 4: By journey, I think the fact that Mante austin Ford

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00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,160
Speaker 4: has truly embraced this new role as general manager. And

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00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,240
Speaker 4: he's not just somebody that sits upstairs and signs players

720
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,840
Speaker 4: and trades them away and you know, messes around with contracts.

721
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 4: He's somebody that truly tries to embrace himself.

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Speaker 5: With this team.

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Speaker 4: He's out there at practice every single day. Sometimes he

724
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 4: even slings the rock around with some of the cornerbacks

725
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 4: back there, going back to those days as a college QB.

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Speaker 4: So the fact that Manti austin Ford has truly bought

727
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 4: into this, these players have bought into John again in

728
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,760
Speaker 4: this organization as a whole. This is a three and

729
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,640
Speaker 4: eleven team that we talk about all the time.

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Speaker 5: It's very easy to point fingers.

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Speaker 4: We see it all across the league right now, some

732
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:21,480
Speaker 4: teams pointing fingers talking about their own teammates, their own

733
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:25,040
Speaker 4: players not blocking for one another during the game. This

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Speaker 4: does not translate to what you have on the field.

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Speaker 4: It does not translate into the locker room. Because this

736
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 4: is a group that doesn't stop believing.

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00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,520
Speaker 2: It is very it's a very positive group, a functional group.

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Speaker 2: A group that cares about one another, Guys with character,

739
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:38,400
Speaker 2: Guys that fight, and that's a great sign.

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Speaker 3: And every week we look forward. These games have been entertaining.

741
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Speaker 2: The Browns game, we know what happened there, and you

742
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 2: have a rookie quarterback rolling out there. You don't know

743
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 2: what to expect, but that was really the only game

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00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,520
Speaker 2: where you saw that. But you know, each week, including

745
00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 2: this week against Chicago, you guys get your coats on.

746
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,040
Speaker 3: Danny is going to be cooled down there.

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00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,640
Speaker 2: But I look forward to seeing what they can do

748
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Speaker 2: because there's always something that you can take as a

749
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 2: positive and there are always entertaining parts of this game

750
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 2: when you have a team that will fight.

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00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,480
Speaker 1: The Cardinals have their first of back to back road

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00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 1: games this week in Chicago against the Bears. We do

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Speaker 1: want to give our Morning Scramble listeners and viewers a

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Speaker 1: heads up because Monday is Christmas, we are going to

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Speaker 1: postpone our Morning Scramble show until Tuesday morning, so be

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Speaker 1: sure to stay locked in on our social media channels

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00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,520
Speaker 1: on Easy Cardinals and our personal channels for timing and

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Speaker 1: information on when that live show will happen. On Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: December twenty sixth, We wish everybody at Merry Christmas and

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Speaker 1: happy Holidays, and thank you for joining us here today.

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Speaker 1: For Jodi Jackson and Zach Gershman, I'm Danny Suraq. We'll

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Speaker 1: catch you all next time here on Morning Scramble