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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang. On today's show, It's time. We teased

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Speaker 1: it earlier in the week, Mike Jarecki's top fifty draft prospects.

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Speaker 1: He's done the homework and today will unveil numbers forty

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Speaker 1: one to fifty. And remember this is regardless of position. First, though,

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Speaker 1: with the twenty twenty one NFL Draft coming into focus,

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Speaker 1: what of the position the Cardinals should target? A lot

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Speaker 1: has already been addressed with free agency, but there are

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Speaker 1: spots on this roster that either one need to be

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Speaker 1: filled or two need more depth. It's Cardinals Cover two,

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Speaker 1: Episode four twelve, and it starts now. Welcome to Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Cover two with Craig Grigolu and Mike Jarecki. Cardinals Cover

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals, and by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit Easy Cardinals

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Speaker 1: dot com, Lash podcasts. Murray rolls to the right, throws

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Speaker 1: near site of fitz pot Pennies into the end zone

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Speaker 1: to the touchdown. Here's Craig Grielou and Mike Jarecki three

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Speaker 1: weeks mj three weeks from today, I can already see

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Speaker 1: you smiling. The twenty twenty one NFL Draft. I know

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Speaker 1: for you, MJ, this is your wheelhouse, if you will.

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Speaker 1: And I saw it firsthand a couple of years ago

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Speaker 1: scouting combine and bird Gang. If there is ever the

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Speaker 1: picture of the proverbial kid on Christmas Morning or the

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Speaker 1: kid in a candy store, that would be Mike Direcki

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Speaker 1: in Indianapolis during the scouting combine. Well, it's just the NFL,

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Speaker 1: you know, convention so to speak. I mean, it's so

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Speaker 1: who's who of the NFL. You're talking owners and general

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Speaker 1: And you see all these mock drafts. They don't know

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Speaker 1: you always hear, well, if the Cardinals moved down in

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Speaker 1: What they do is they take team needs and usually

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Speaker 1: they hear things. But Daniel Jeremiah is a former scout,

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Speaker 1: Bob Ferguson, former general manager, taught me a long time ago.

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Speaker 1: Don't worry about the teams. Just rank the players and

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Speaker 1: A couple of other mock drafts I do want to

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Speaker 1: Then there's some others, but I mean, everyone in anyone

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Speaker 1: not going to be a household name. But the fact

428
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Speaker 1: that he played well when he was in there back

429
00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:16,000
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen, six to five, three eleven. But that's

430
00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:20,000
Speaker 1: Dwarves when you put him up against who Mike DRECKI

431
00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:24,439
Speaker 1: has at number forty seven. Another offensive lineman, another tackle,

432
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Speaker 1: Spencer Brown out of Northern Iowa sixty nine three twenty one.

433
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Speaker 1: Am I reading this correctly? MJ? I mean that is

434
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,520
Speaker 1: that's one of the bigger offensive lineman I have ever

435
00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:39,480
Speaker 1: seen on paper, let alone in person. Yeah, he's got

436
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,040
Speaker 1: thirty four n charms, he's got hands are close to

437
00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,199
Speaker 1: ten point three. I mean, you talk about getting your

438
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,119
Speaker 1: hands on, you better watch out. This guy. Get you

439
00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:49,000
Speaker 1: in the phone booth, Y're not coming out. He was

440
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,720
Speaker 1: the first team All State pickup as a prop after

441
00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:56,200
Speaker 1: catching seven touchdown passes, wrecking up seventeen quarterback sacks. His

442
00:23:56,359 --> 00:24:01,760
Speaker 1: comparison Jared bell Deer I believe I remember correctly was

443
00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:06,360
Speaker 1: listed at what six eight eight, Yeah, towering tackle prospect

444
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,600
Speaker 1: would hand speed, in length in place to become a

445
00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,720
Speaker 1: quality pass protector for the next level of just S

446
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,840
Speaker 1: White playing right tackle his entire career at Northern Iowa.

447
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,439
Speaker 1: He has the athleticism to play on the left side.

448
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:23,760
Speaker 1: He's excellent and when it comes to pass protection, footagility, explosiveness.

449
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,760
Speaker 1: So I think, you know, he could have went to

450
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:30,199
Speaker 1: a bigger school, but he decided to stay there, and

451
00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,000
Speaker 1: that to me tells me a lot because you don't

452
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,320
Speaker 1: hear a lot of guys from Northern Iowa. But the

453
00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,800
Speaker 1: fact is that, you know, he's played a ton of

454
00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,960
Speaker 1: games and he was. He became the second team All

455
00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:43,760
Speaker 1: Missouri Valley Conference selection after a fourteen game started his

456
00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,000
Speaker 1: junior year. So a big body and you can never

457
00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:49,480
Speaker 1: have enough tackles in this league. And whether he plays

458
00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:51,679
Speaker 1: right away or not, but he can pencil him as

459
00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,880
Speaker 1: a guy in the future. Well on the athleticism because

460
00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,360
Speaker 1: doing some research, he entered college as a tie end,

461
00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:01,760
Speaker 1: so you kind maybe grew out of that tight end

462
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 1: position to become an offensive tackle. But someone that is able,

463
00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:07,879
Speaker 1: as you say, to be able to move laterally and

464
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,400
Speaker 1: in backpedal as well when you're pass protecting. So someone

465
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:15,359
Speaker 1: again Spencer Brown, offensive tackle out of Northern Iowa, checking

466
00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,440
Speaker 1: in at number forty seven on the top fifty Draft

467
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,160
Speaker 1: prospects list in order to note he packed on weight

468
00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,000
Speaker 1: and muscle over the years, but as a performance at

469
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,960
Speaker 1: the Senior Bowls show that there's still a lot of

470
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,760
Speaker 1: work to do improving on his core strength and offset

471
00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,160
Speaker 1: the center of gravity. So again a work in progress.

472
00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,240
Speaker 1: But when you've got a big body like that, you

473
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,800
Speaker 1: know you got to find out what your strengths are

474
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,080
Speaker 1: as a run blocking or pass protecting. But clearly he's

475
00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:43,280
Speaker 1: athletic considering you know, he racked up seventeen quarterback sacks

476
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,080
Speaker 1: and seven touchdownes when he was playing in prep in

477
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,280
Speaker 1: high school. We continue on the offensive line. We've got

478
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,560
Speaker 1: to run on offensive tackles here on these first five

479
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:58,040
Speaker 1: draft prospects. Number forty six, Dylan Rande's believe I'm pronouncing

480
00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:02,280
Speaker 1: that last name correctly with Dakota states he is if anything,

481
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,919
Speaker 1: he is a winner, three time FCS champion also with

482
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,640
Speaker 1: some good size, but again our third offensive tackle here

483
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,159
Speaker 1: in your first five draft prospects. As we count it

484
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,680
Speaker 1: down from fifty to forty six, and that's normally what's

485
00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:19,520
Speaker 1: going to happen. We'll have a couple of tackles come

486
00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,159
Speaker 1: off the board in the first round. We'll have a

487
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,360
Speaker 1: couple of interior guys, and then teams will say, hey,

488
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:26,960
Speaker 1: we got to go in the trenches here. According to

489
00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:30,480
Speaker 1: land Startline, his comparison is to Alex Lewis. He is

490
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,199
Speaker 1: the son of Bill Lewis. He was with the New

491
00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,800
Speaker 1: York Jets. He was with the Baltimore Ravens. When you

492
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:39,040
Speaker 1: look at Dylan tackle guard prospect with good strength and

493
00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:43,920
Speaker 1: overall toughness, but average athletic traits. Even as FCS competition,

494
00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:48,160
Speaker 1: he's up and down. But again a guy that you're

495
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:49,560
Speaker 1: going to look at and say, he can play a

496
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,200
Speaker 1: couple of different positions and you can never have enough

497
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,840
Speaker 1: of that. He's best as a guard using gap and

498
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,280
Speaker 1: inside zone running schemes. We know the Cardinals do that.

499
00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,600
Speaker 1: He can become a quality back, eventual starter if he

500
00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 1: finds right. Some of his some of his weaknesses are

501
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,200
Speaker 1: the fact that practice habits have been questioned by some scouts,

502
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,840
Speaker 1: may lack footness to handle NFL speed on the outside,

503
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,560
Speaker 1: below average body control, a reactive athletism on the second level.

504
00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:15,880
Speaker 1: According to a scout, I see him as a guard

505
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:17,960
Speaker 1: in the next level with some tackle ability to help

506
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,800
Speaker 1: out the roster. He needs to mature and develop better

507
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,840
Speaker 1: practice habits. That was a scout from the NFC team

508
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,880
Speaker 1: six foot six the tackle out of North Dakota State.

509
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,560
Speaker 1: All right, let's recap the first five, going from fifty

510
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:36,320
Speaker 1: to forty six. Cornerback Elijah Molden, offensive tackle Liam Eichenberg,

511
00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 1: defensive tackle Marvin Wilson, offensive tackle Spencer Brown, another offensive

512
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,200
Speaker 1: tackle Dylan Randa's. As we counted down MJ's top fifty

513
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,560
Speaker 1: draft prospects here on Cardinals Cover two, presented by Hunday,

514
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,560
Speaker 1: proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. This is fun. I

515
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,720
Speaker 1: like this MJ because it also familiarizes myself with some

516
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 1: of those other names. If you will, and we get

517
00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:02,320
Speaker 1: focused on the top ten, top fifteen, maybe top twenty,

518
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,320
Speaker 1: the Cardinals picking sixteen, you better like at least sixteen

519
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 1: players and of course the quarterbacks. Skilled position players get

520
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:12,680
Speaker 1: a lot of love and rightfully so. But as our

521
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,960
Speaker 1: colleague merchand Berry likes to say, you have to win

522
00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:20,120
Speaker 1: and the trenches, and four of your first five here

523
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,960
Speaker 1: or bottom five if you will. As we go, forty

524
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,840
Speaker 1: six to fifty are on the line of scrimmage, either

525
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,880
Speaker 1: offense or defensive line. All right. Checking in number forty five,

526
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,639
Speaker 1: our first skilled position player two two at Well, a

527
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,920
Speaker 1: junior wide receiver out of Louisville. Played quarterback in high

528
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 1: school but switched to wide receiver. And he is someone

529
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 1: that you have at number forty five on your top

530
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:47,000
Speaker 1: fifty draft prospects list, you know, excuse me, I'll be honest.

531
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,520
Speaker 1: I looked at Frank Darby here, and I think Darby's

532
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:51,480
Speaker 1: is going to be a second or third day pick.

533
00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,320
Speaker 1: I think he's had a nice career. I hope it

534
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,880
Speaker 1: doesn't hurt him. With Nikell Harry and Jalen Strong did,

535
00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:00,240
Speaker 1: but they look at Brandon Ayuk so I had went

536
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:01,960
Speaker 1: back and forth, and you look at it, well, he

537
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:06,479
Speaker 1: reminds me of JJ Nelson five nine sixty five. This

538
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:10,520
Speaker 1: guy can fly, though, and the fact is he's rail

539
00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 1: thin slot receiver with electric speed history of hitting the

540
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 1: home run. The problem with him is going to golf

541
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:20,240
Speaker 1: press coverage. He repeated first team All Conference accolades in

542
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:24,200
Speaker 1: twenty forty six reception six hundred twenty five yards thirteen

543
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,800
Speaker 1: point six average. He had a team high seven touchdowns.

544
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:28,520
Speaker 1: So he's not going to get a lot of value,

545
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:30,480
Speaker 1: but when he is in the game, you want to

546
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,640
Speaker 1: take the top off the defense. So a real thin

547
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 1: rail guy, but he's got the speed and it's just

548
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 1: a matter of you know, his strengths breakaway speed, home

549
00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:43,160
Speaker 1: run touchdowns fifty plus are piled up throughout his career.

550
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:47,680
Speaker 1: Multiple touchdowns on pop passes which is jet sweeps. He

551
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 1: gets out there easy separation, bursts and turns. You know,

552
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,760
Speaker 1: had to leave some production on the field due to

553
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 1: quarterback play. Now again all skinning bones. He really has

554
00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:00,600
Speaker 1: a small frame, les committed after working through the middle

555
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 1: of the field, so obviously a work in progress. He

556
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 1: will struggle at times coming off price coverage. But again

557
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,360
Speaker 1: I did have a hard time with him in Frank Derby.

558
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:17,400
Speaker 1: His speed unofficially ran a four two seven forty yard dash,

559
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:22,240
Speaker 1: which is amazing, yet means nothing if you can't catch

560
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,920
Speaker 1: the football. And I think it was some of these

561
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 1: speed receivers that becomes forget how fast you are can

562
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:33,000
Speaker 1: you catch the football? And JJ Nelson it's a good comparison.

563
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,320
Speaker 1: He was very good when he caught the ball, but

564
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:39,360
Speaker 1: sometimes a lot too many drops and then, of course

565
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:42,280
Speaker 1: then you become one of those guys that you just

566
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 1: can't trust when the ball is thrown your away. So

567
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:48,880
Speaker 1: two two at well at number forty five. Another lineman

568
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,800
Speaker 1: at number forty four, defensive tackle out of Iowa, Davian

569
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:57,160
Speaker 1: Nixon six three, three hundred and five pounds, maybe one

570
00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:01,760
Speaker 1: of the better lineman offensive or defensive in this entire

571
00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:05,080
Speaker 1: draft prospect, a unanimous All American and the Big Ten

572
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:09,960
Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year and Lineman of the Year. Yeah,

573
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,640
Speaker 1: you look at his size and the fact that you

574
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 1: know he's a three technique who thrives on his abilly

575
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,200
Speaker 1: to penetrate and disrupt the offensive proceedings. He's good at

576
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,680
Speaker 1: getting skinny and darting into gaps in order to attack

577
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,960
Speaker 1: the run and cost blocking schemes. He has experience. Um,

578
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 1: you know, he's slippery with efficient sliding and when when

579
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 1: he has to hit a gap. So again, another guy

580
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 1: that's you know, he won't he won't be a household name.

581
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:37,920
Speaker 1: He's been considered to Ross Blacklock. According to land zeroline

582
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 1: Um that he says he's a Day two, maybe rounds

583
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 1: two or three. The talent could be eventually a starter

584
00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 1: in this league. So once again, just looking at the

585
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: you know, not so much the skill position players. We're

586
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:51,800
Speaker 1: going to have one or two in here. We've already

587
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 1: had the receiver, but you know, you look at it.

588
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 1: He was He began his college career at Iowa Western

589
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 1: Community College. He played there in one season for the Rivers.

590
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:05,800
Speaker 1: He considered a top junior prospect of Wisconsin, native state

591
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 1: in the Midwest, instead of taking an offer from Alabama.

592
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 1: Now you look at defensive tackle and what the Cardinals did,

593
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:14,959
Speaker 1: not only in free agency but in the draft with

594
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:19,360
Speaker 1: Richard Lawrence and Lucky Foet. Defensive tackle wouldn't appear to

595
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:21,440
Speaker 1: be a need. But I'll say it again, berg Gang,

596
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 1: as a general manager, you're looking at this, Can I

597
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: improve my team with this pick? Is he better than

598
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 1: what we already have? And then you got away, Okay,

599
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 1: is it this season, next season, of the season beyond.

600
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 1: But it's a name, an interesting name to keep an

601
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:39,440
Speaker 1: eye on, especially when you look at defensive alignment. We

602
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 1: go back to the skilled position players at picks forty

603
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 1: three and forty two. Forty three wide receiver junior out

604
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: of Purdue Rondel Moore now another light as far as

605
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:55,120
Speaker 1: stature is concerned, only five foot seven and he's had

606
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,680
Speaker 1: some injury concerns. But someone that I know you like

607
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:02,240
Speaker 1: at number forty three amongst your top fifty draft prospects. Yeah,

608
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 1: he originally committed to Texas, but he eventually signed with

609
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,520
Speaker 1: due with head coach Jeff Bram who played at the

610
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 1: same high school attended at Louisville Trinity High. You know,

611
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,720
Speaker 1: he's a guy, slightly undersized slot receiver makes up forward

612
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 1: above average strength and competitive fire that shows throughout the tape.

613
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:21,760
Speaker 1: He can beat one on one coverage, but still with speed,

614
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 1: but laxer size and length to the legitimate challenge NFL

615
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,800
Speaker 1: cornerbacks on the outside, he's difficult to press, elusive out

616
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 1: of his breaks and underneath rout his comparison Tyler Lockett Okay,

617
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 1: who just got a nice contract extension from the Seattle Seahawks.

618
00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:41,320
Speaker 1: So five to seven would concern me a little bit,

619
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 1: But you know, sometimes big things come in small packages,

620
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: as we've seen over the course of time in the

621
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,440
Speaker 1: National Football League. But the other thing would also be

622
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,400
Speaker 1: the fact that you know, only seven games played over

623
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 1: the past two seasons because of injuries. Not that you

624
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 1: want to get that label, but it is something that

625
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:01,720
Speaker 1: teams are going to have to do a deep dive on. Yeah,

626
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,960
Speaker 1: he gets off the snap and or Harry Race's top

627
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 1: speed and maintains it throughout the route, keeps route intentions

628
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:11,400
Speaker 1: in a private mode. Some of his weaknesses lacks desire

629
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,000
Speaker 1: a game experience. As you pointed out, Stronger corners can

630
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,720
Speaker 1: slow him down to the top of the route, short

631
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 1: arms needs throws put on top for him. According to

632
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 1: a scout, I absolutely love his game so much. Dog

633
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,840
Speaker 1: in him once he gets the rock. You like guys

634
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:28,840
Speaker 1: like that on your team. That was from a scouting

635
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 1: director on an NFC team. The other skilled player in

636
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 1: the top fifty as far as we unveil forty one

637
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:39,120
Speaker 1: to fifty, Number forty two a running back out of

638
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,520
Speaker 1: North Carolina, Javante Williams. And I know this is a

639
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,240
Speaker 1: name that a lot of fans are familiar with because

640
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 1: if you look at the running backs in this draft,

641
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:51,239
Speaker 1: Williams is there at number three or number four. You

642
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Speaker 1: got Naji Harris, you got Travis eight ten, and then

643
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 1: it's the two backs out of UNC whether that's Williams

644
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Speaker 1: or Michael Carter. And if you listen to ron Wolf

645
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Speaker 1: during the week, you know he is in love with

646
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Speaker 1: these two North Carolina running backs because of their size

647
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,720
Speaker 1: and the fact that you might be a good pairing

648
00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,440
Speaker 1: with the Chase Edmonds to find someone who is not

649
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:16,280
Speaker 1: afraid to lower the shoulder pads and run between the tackles. Yeah,

650
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,959
Speaker 1: depending on what position to Carlo's go in the first round.

651
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: To me, I think he's going to be a second

652
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,600
Speaker 1: round pick. I do think he's after the top two.

653
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:26,319
Speaker 1: It's funny when you watched Carolina film, I was looking

654
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 1: to watch Williams, then you see Carter. They had all

655
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 1: close to thirty five hundred all purpose yards. Now, the

656
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 1: reason why Williams makes more sense than Carter is based

657
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:38,279
Speaker 1: on his size. He's built with a broad, powerful and

658
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:41,040
Speaker 1: rugged plenty of tread left on the tires, just three

659
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:46,600
Speaker 1: hundred and sixty six carries you look at. He's a

660
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:51,239
Speaker 1: terrier behind the pads, creating yards by battling and discarding

661
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 1: tackle attempts. So when we talk about third and two,

662
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:57,719
Speaker 1: fourth and one, again, whether Kyler's in the shotgunner, he's

663
00:35:57,719 --> 00:35:59,680
Speaker 1: in the pistol. This is a guy that can get

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Speaker 1: the short yardists. I think he'd be a great compliment.

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Speaker 1: And again, depending what the Cardinals do in the first round,

666
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 1: I would think he's I think he's going to be

667
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:09,840
Speaker 1: a second round pick. Carter's a little bit different just

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Speaker 1: for what the Cardinals needs are I think Javanta Williams

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Speaker 1: comparison Kareem Hunt, okay, he's listed five ten, two ten.

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Speaker 1: Talking about Javanta Williams and in the Love Hate Pro

671
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Speaker 1: Football Focus, I found this interesting that of all the

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Speaker 1: players in the ACC last year, and there were some

673
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:34,279
Speaker 1: very good ones, Pro Football Focus had Jivanta Williams as

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Speaker 1: their ACC Player of the Year. So he grades out

675
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 1: very very well, and it is a specific skill set

676
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 1: and specifically to what the Cardinals are looking for. If

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Speaker 1: he's available there at number forty nine, I would not

678
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Speaker 1: have a problem with Williams being the pick, even though,

679
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Speaker 1: as we talked about it at the start of this show,

680
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Speaker 1: running back for me is not very high on the

681
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 1: list of priorities as far as positions to address. But

682
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Speaker 1: sometimes when guys fall and you're sitting there on the

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Speaker 1: clock and you look at your list and you're like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: well that's just too good to pass up. That's great value.

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Speaker 1: Javanta Williams at number forty nine would be that guy

686
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:16,359
Speaker 1: that would provide great value. All right, since we've been

687
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,360
Speaker 1: doing superlatives, I did get this from Pro Football Focus.

688
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:27,279
Speaker 1: Best home run speed Travis Ntonine, best power back Nigie Harris,

689
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 1: Toughest to bring down Javonte Williams, best hands Nigie Harris,

690
00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:37,120
Speaker 1: best route runner to Metric Felton from UCLA. So when

691
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Speaker 1: you start talking about toughest guy to bring down, that's

692
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Speaker 1: Javonta Williams. Now, some of his weaknesses, needs a runaway

693
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Speaker 1: to gather and cut on stretch plays, acceleration through the

694
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Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. But again I think he would be

695
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 1: a great compliment. Now, he does have a tendency to

696
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,959
Speaker 1: drop the ball, he drops passes from time to time,

697
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,799
Speaker 1: but has a route running and protection toughness. So take

698
00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 1: over a three down he could be your third down back.

699
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: He's good in passion protection. Now you normally want to

700
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,440
Speaker 1: throw it, but he's got to work on his hands

701
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 1: if he wants to be a full town three down

702
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:12,120
Speaker 1: back where right now, they're looking for a guy to

703
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Speaker 1: pair with Chase Emmons. All right, let's continue nja's top

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Speaker 1: fifty Drift prospects as we and unveil picks fifty down

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Speaker 1: to forty one and checking in at number forty one,

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Speaker 1: another player that could be in play with the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: second round pick. It's a linebacker, junior Nick Bolton out

708
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Speaker 1: of Missouri, someone who's got great accolades coming out of

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Speaker 1: the SEC, A two time first team All SEC, second

710
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Speaker 1: team AP All American. And the reason why I say

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00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:44,799
Speaker 1: linebacker as far as the Cardinals at forty nine and

712
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,600
Speaker 1: an inside linebacker because that's what Nick Bolton would be.

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Speaker 1: You look at Jordan Hicks and then you look at

714
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Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons and who's behind those guys? Now, nothing against

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Speaker 1: what the Cardinals I have on the roster at Tanner, Vallehill,

716
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Speaker 1: Ezekiel Turner. That is a position that you need to

717
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Speaker 1: project forward, maybe not this season, but in the seasons

718
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:06,400
Speaker 1: to come. So Nick Bolton, Bird Game, pay attention to

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Speaker 1: his name as far as an inside linebacker is concerned. Yeah,

720
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Speaker 1: Bolton's father, Carlos, played football to Louisiana Tech. He's being

721
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Speaker 1: compared to Denzel Perriman. When you think of a strong,

722
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Speaker 1: forceful inside linebacker, Bolton is a type player you will

723
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:23,560
Speaker 1: be envisioning. He's he's gonna fall below the typical NFL

724
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Speaker 1: starter standards from a side standpoint, but he's rugged frame

725
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 1: and forceful demeanor will help make that a very tough

726
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,640
Speaker 1: with the physical edge. Plays with a demeanor the teams

727
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:35,640
Speaker 1: look for in the middle field, savvy with instincts to

728
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 1: diagnose misdirections, identifies and communicates well with his front seven,

729
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 1: heavy hands in good pop to take on blocks. So

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Speaker 1: another I like where you're going here, because you know

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Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks is getting up there in age and we

732
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:51,200
Speaker 1: know that, you know he's coming here, and he's the

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Speaker 1: captain of the defense. I think eventually they're going to

734
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Speaker 1: try to turn things over to Isaiah Simmons, not this season,

735
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:59,080
Speaker 1: but maybe in the future. So here's a guy that

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Speaker 1: you know, he's pretty smart, and he's he's got a

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00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 1: good credentials, and you know it's just a matter of

738
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Speaker 1: you know, the Cardinals feel like inside linebackers in need.

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Speaker 1: I know what you're saying. You know, I look at

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Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks getting up there in age, not that he

741
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Speaker 1: can't play for the next couple of years. You know,

742
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:17,360
Speaker 1: I don't know about Evan Weaver, but you want to

743
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 1: and again that's what we're doing here. You mentioned earlier

744
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:24,279
Speaker 1: the Cardinals signed Devantrey Campbell. Well, they signed to a

745
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 1: one year deal, so now they got a guy they

746
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,279
Speaker 1: plug and play and Isaiah Simmons. That's what you want

747
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Speaker 1: to do if you you know, if if Jordan Hicks

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Speaker 1: is going to be on the roster for a year

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Speaker 1: or two, you want to have somebody in place versus

750
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Speaker 1: going out in free agency and overspending. That's the beauty

751
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,719
Speaker 1: of the draft. Yeah, you build through the draft and

752
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:44,560
Speaker 1: kind of fill holes in free agency. All right, So

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Speaker 1: the five picks or the five draft prospects that we

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Speaker 1: just discussed to two at well, Davey on Nixon, Rondel Moore,

755
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Speaker 1: Javonte Williams, and Nick Bolton. That caps the first ten

756
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Speaker 1: of the top ten as we count it down from

757
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:04,880
Speaker 1: and the first unveiling is in the books. And that

758
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 1: was a lot of fun. I know you put a

759
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:10,360
Speaker 1: lot of work into it and again great research material

760
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 1: for the Bird Gang and a chorus if we are

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00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:16,480
Speaker 1: rights on any of these being the selection at forty nine.

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00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:18,040
Speaker 1: You know, we're going to pull the tape from this

763
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Speaker 1: show and say, look, we can be general managers. It's

764
00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 1: you know, maybe it's a little bit easier than what

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00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:28,279
Speaker 1: we give everyone credit for. Well. Last year, I mean,

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Speaker 1: we had the top thirty and we had Isaiah Simmons

767
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 1: third overall, and we had Josh Jones thirtieth. And the

768
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,560
Speaker 1: Cardinals got two of those guys, and they got one

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Speaker 1: in the first and one of the third, and the

770
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:43,239
Speaker 1: Cowboys they drafted two players in the top thirty. And

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Speaker 1: this year, the reason why I went to fifty is

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00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: because the Cardinals don't have a third round pick, and

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Speaker 1: they have the forty ninth overall pick. They could move down,

774
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:52,479
Speaker 1: they could move up, So I just thought it would

775
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:54,719
Speaker 1: go a little bit deeper. And again, I think what

776
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 1: you're saying is really true. You know, we hear about

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00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:00,360
Speaker 1: the top thirty guys or top five guys at these position.

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00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 1: These guys are going to get drafted. These guys will

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00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:05,319
Speaker 1: play on Sundays. It's just a matter of when. But

780
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 1: this is what teams need to do, and you build

781
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:09,719
Speaker 1: depth and then you know, when you're drafting sixteen, you

782
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:12,000
Speaker 1: hope that guy comes in and plays. But at the

783
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Speaker 1: same time, as you mentioned, your needs in April and

784
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:18,840
Speaker 1: may are much different in November and December. So again

785
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:21,040
Speaker 1: just trying to learn some names versus the names that

786
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,120
Speaker 1: you hear, or just look at mock drafts that have

787
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 1: first rounds. Of course, the flip side of all this conversation, MJ,

788
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Speaker 1: if there are no players that are picked on your list,

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00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 1: then we've got another conversation that we need to have

790
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,480
Speaker 1: because well, maybe get some new scouts to help you

791
00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:38,680
Speaker 1: come up with your top fifty list. Yeah. Well, again,

792
00:42:38,719 --> 00:42:40,520
Speaker 1: they're not making the picks, but they're starting to play.

793
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:44,520
Speaker 1: I guarantee you on my list you'll have two Cardinal

794
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:49,920
Speaker 1: players in the top fifty. Now I'll furthermore on that.

795
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Speaker 1: I can't guarantee that I feel confident. I feel confident.

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00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:57,360
Speaker 1: How about that the Cardinals if they stay where they

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00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:00,399
Speaker 1: are moved down and get another pick, that changes because

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00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:03,160
Speaker 1: based on means and everything. But I am confident that

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00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:05,680
Speaker 1: they'll have two of those top fifty players. And I

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00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:08,040
Speaker 1: am right there with you. I trust you, MJ, and

801
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Speaker 1: will continue this unveiling next show. We will go thirty

802
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:16,680
Speaker 1: one to forty as we count it down to where

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Speaker 1: I'm guessing a lot of the quarterbacks will be when

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00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:22,080
Speaker 1: we get to picks one through ten. Bird Gang. If

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Speaker 1: sighting in Awatuki, the biggest cul de sac in the state.

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Speaker 1: You know, you know, the late Pedro Gomez. He's kind

814
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Speaker 1: of the mayor here, even though I've been here a

815
00:43:51,719 --> 00:43:55,200
Speaker 1: lot longer. Or gamble thinks he's a mayor. But anyways,

816
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,799
Speaker 1: Larry Fisher was in the neighborhood just a mile away

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00:43:57,840 --> 00:43:59,480
Speaker 1: from the Cardinal facility. And I don't want to start

818
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:02,239
Speaker 1: any rumors, but he was at a you know, one

819
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:05,920
Speaker 1: of the restaurants that had the Monday night National Game on.

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Speaker 1: So I found out through my sources. Somebody let me

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Speaker 1: know he was there, and I said, Larry, I live

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Speaker 1: in the hood. Where was the invite and he says,

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Speaker 1: you live close to the facility. I said yes, and

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Speaker 1: I said, I hope he had a good time. And

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Speaker 1: I don't know who he was rooting for, but he

826
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Speaker 1: was there with their boys. But he was I lived,

827
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Speaker 1: he was like five minutes away from the house. See,

828
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:31,840
Speaker 1: we could have had an exclusive here. M jihn Cardinal's

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Speaker 1: cover too. You blew it. I mean I didn't blow anything.

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Speaker 1: I first of all, he doesn't tell me what he's doing.

831
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Speaker 1: He's not telling anyone what he's doing. But I mean

832
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:48,360
Speaker 1: it was It's it's like five minutes from my house.

833
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:53,440
Speaker 1: And he only always tells me because you know, people

834
00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:55,239
Speaker 1: post stuff like he took a picture with a guy

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Speaker 1: and he had his mask on. He took the I

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Speaker 1: want to make this clear. He took a picture with

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Speaker 1: a guy. He took his mask off. But he always

838
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:05,960
Speaker 1: says me when I send him stuff, he goes, how

839
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:09,640
Speaker 1: do you know this stuff? Like where do you know list?

840
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:11,880
Speaker 1: I'm like, people just post stuff and I send it

841
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:18,560
Speaker 1: to you, and he's sometimes he's surprised what I hear? Well,

842
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:22,440
Speaker 1: you are dialed in and Jay now Marfa Larry though

843
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:24,799
Speaker 1: things I hear and stuff like that. He's like, how

844
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:27,879
Speaker 1: did you hear that? And I'm like, I don't know. Yeah,

845
00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:32,280
Speaker 1: but I still haven't asked him what he's doing. Probably

846
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:34,920
Speaker 1: a smart decision on your parts, I don't. I mean,

847
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 1: at this point, I'm still gonna go with I think

848
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:39,680
Speaker 1: he retires. I don't think he plays anywhere else. I

849
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:43,080
Speaker 1: don't know what he's waiting for. That's his prerogative. They

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00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:45,120
Speaker 1: told us he's going to take some time. I guess

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00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:48,480
Speaker 1: he's taking his time. Oh yeah, he is certainly taking

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Speaker 1: his time as we speak here on April eighth, not

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Speaker 1: knowing what Fits is going to do before we close

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Speaker 1: out this edition A Cardinals Covered Too, presented by Hunday,

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Speaker 1: proud partner of the Arrows on a Cardinal. I know

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Speaker 1: you wanted to get into this as we look now

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Speaker 1: to twenty twenty two and the NFL Draft, And I'm

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Speaker 1: not going to pretend to know how comp picks are

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Speaker 1: figured out, but Darren Urban pointed this out in a

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Speaker 1: blog post this week on ac Cardinals dot com. Comp

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Speaker 1: picks go to the teams that lose more quality free

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Speaker 1: agents than they sign and right now, according to those

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Speaker 1: that follow this very well and at least in a

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Speaker 1: lot more depth than I do. Cardinals right now projected

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Speaker 1: to have three comp picks, one in the fifth round

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Speaker 1: and two and the seventh round. And Darren does a

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00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:41,479
Speaker 1: good job of breaking it down as far as why

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00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:44,759
Speaker 1: and why not as far as more because of a

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Speaker 1: Kenyan Drake or Hassan Reddick. Those two signings get canceled

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Speaker 1: out because of the additions of AJ Green and Matt Prador. Again,

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Speaker 1: it's for me, it's it's convoluted. Just at the end

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Speaker 1: of the day, MJ tell me how many more additional

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Speaker 1: picks the Cardinals will have, and as we know in

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, they did not get any compics. I

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Speaker 1: thought Darren did a wonderful job. I mean, great breakdown,

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Speaker 1: you know, I mean I follow it. I don't know

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Speaker 1: the exact formula. I know if you lose players and

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Speaker 1: you signed players, but also there's a window where if

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Speaker 1: you don't do it, you hold on. And I thought

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Speaker 1: if Patrick Peterson signed a nice little contract that they

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Speaker 1: would get a third round pick. The NFL changed that

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Speaker 1: rule so now it goes to a five instead of

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Speaker 1: a third. So all season I've been saying that they

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Speaker 1: lost him. That wouldn't be accurate because according to the

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Speaker 1: new rules, that would be a five. Yeah, it's basically

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Speaker 1: who you signed. But also there's a window where you

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Speaker 1: don't want to sign any guys because it affects the formula,

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Speaker 1: and that could be what the Cardinals are going through

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Speaker 1: right now. And you know, you know, maybe you know

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Speaker 1: a guy like James Connor's waiting for after the draft.

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00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:49,560
Speaker 1: Be careful teams start drafting players they don't need you now. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's Richard Sherman. Yeah, I mean, he's not the same player,

893
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Speaker 1: but he can bring veteran leadership in there. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if he can play every snap anymore.

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Speaker 1: He's waiting till after the draft, but we're gonna see

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Speaker 1: twenty five corners get drafted. So that's where in teams,

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Speaker 1: I mean, the Patriots, the Ravens, they are masters of

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Speaker 1: this formula when it comes to signing players because you're

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Speaker 1: gonna see the draft and you're gonna see Belichick and

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Speaker 1: the Ravens have a third round pick, a fourth round pick.

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Speaker 1: So Cardinals over the last couple of years haven't really

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Speaker 1: focused on it. But now when you're sitting there at

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Speaker 1: five or six picks on paper, if they have seven

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Speaker 1: picks right now, they would have ten next year, and

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Speaker 1: that's the way you can willie in dealing. Unfortunately, it's

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Speaker 1: a five and two sevens. But go check out a

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Speaker 1: Cardinals dot com. He breaks it formally down and explains

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Speaker 1: it to a t which to me is the best

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00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:41,920
Speaker 1: I've read. And of course Jason over the Captains a

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00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:44,000
Speaker 1: good job, but I thought Darren really hit on it

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Speaker 1: to where you can understand it and you can comprehend it.

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Speaker 1: And keep this in mind as well. Burgang that this

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Speaker 1: is free agency. If a player gets released and signed,

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Speaker 1: i e. Jj Watt, Malcolm Butler, that does not factor

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Speaker 1: into this formula. And sometimes you know we lump in

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Speaker 1: jj Watt into free agency. Yes he was a free agent,

917
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Speaker 1: but he was released and that is the difference. So

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Speaker 1: Cardinals are not penalized for signing a JJ Watt or

919
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Speaker 1: Malcolm Butler. Again, it's at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: we're all focused on it because the more bites at

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Speaker 1: the apple the better. And six is not great here

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one, but maybe in twenty twenty two

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Speaker 1: you're up to nine or ten. And then of course

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Speaker 1: you know you get these comp picks, so how many

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Speaker 1: comp picks did the Cardinals get. I don't care how

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Speaker 1: it's decided, just tell me how many. Yeah, and usually

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Speaker 1: the announces at the combine, and unfortunately we didn't have

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Speaker 1: the combine this year. But you know, listen, they gave

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Speaker 1: up picks for Hopkins and they gave up pick for

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Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson. So anybody they would have drafted, you just

931
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Speaker 1: you didn't never know you're projecting what they're going to

932
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Speaker 1: do in the future. But I'll take the sure thing

933
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Speaker 1: and Hopkins given up picks and also Rodney Hudson. All Right,

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Speaker 1: So if we're talking about the twenty twenty one draft class,

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Speaker 1: in addition to the six new faces, you can say

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Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson a third round pick, DeAndre Hopkins a fourth

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Speaker 1: round pick, and Marcus Golden a sixth round pick. I'm

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Speaker 1: going to make sure I remember that when we evaluate

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Speaker 1: the entire twenty twenty one draft class. Well I did

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Speaker 1: that last year when the Cardinals didn't have a second

941
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Speaker 1: round pick or whatever it was for Hopkins. Yeah. So

942
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Speaker 1: I mean again, you want to you want to stack

943
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Speaker 1: some draft picks. We know it's a fifty fifty crap. Shoot,

944
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Speaker 1: it's no, it's Nothing's guaranteed there we can project and

945
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Speaker 1: figure it out, connect dots. We just don't know what's

946
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Speaker 1: between the years and what's set aside the chest. All right,

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Speaker 1: I'm jay, this was a lot of fun. Draft prospects

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Speaker 1: numbers thirty one to forty. We will do that on

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Speaker 1: our next show. It's certainly a lot of fun and

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Speaker 1: again some names to keep in mind as the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: certainly look at first round and second round picks. And

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Speaker 1: on that note, we will put a lid on this

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Speaker 1: edition of Cardinals Cover two presented by Hunday, proud partner

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Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals. As all, we special thanks to

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Speaker 1: our executive producer Jim Mandro For Mike Jarecki, I'm Craig

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Speaker 1: Riel Loup. We'll talk to you next time you're on

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two.