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Speaker 1: Welcome bird Gang. On today's show, Larry Fitzgerald speaks, but

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Speaker 1: did he say anything? Kyler Murray has done a lot

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Speaker 1: of speaking this week. There was a familiar theme across

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Speaker 1: all the platforms he appeared on. And we'll get into

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty five looking at the game from a

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Speaker 1: Cardinals perspective. Just how far away are the Cardinals from

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Speaker 1: playing in the final game? Or are they not that

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Speaker 1: far away at all? It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode three

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Speaker 1: ninety one, and it starts now. Welcome to Cardinals Cover

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

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Speaker 1: is presented by Hyunday, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals,

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Speaker 1: and by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit Easy Cardinals dot com

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Speaker 1: Slash podcasts. Murray rolls to the right, throws near sight

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Speaker 1: of Fritz Bart. He hes into the ends off to

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Speaker 1: the touchdown. Here's Craig Griolu and Mike Jarecki. So full disclosure.

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Speaker 1: I fell for it, albeit briefly. Earlier this week. MJA

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Speaker 1: headline on NFL dot com read fitz wants to play

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. Those six words certainly caught my attention.

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Speaker 1: Then I read the remaining words and saw the word Miami. Yes,

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Speaker 1: it was an article about Brian Fitzpatrick, not Larry fitz Gerald.

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Speaker 1: So a tip of the cap to NFL dot Com.

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Speaker 1: Not sure how many else saw and thought the same thing,

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Speaker 1: but yeah, fitz Patrick wants to play. We're still waiting

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Speaker 1: on fitz Gerald. Yeah, And if you've listened to our

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Speaker 1: Day Are the night before the pro am, which he

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Speaker 1: And they didn't make any wholesale changes when it came

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Speaker 1: they're hoping to get more production out of those guys.

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Speaker 1: you know, I don't know how long this is going

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Speaker 1: you know, we know the CAP's going down, it could

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Speaker 1: too many men on the field that you can't have happened,

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Speaker 1: especially late in the season, and too much of that

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Speaker 1: we were seeing for the Arizona Cardinals. And I think

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Speaker 1: Kyler may have had four penalties. I think they all

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Speaker 1: four intentional grounding, a couple of delay games because that

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Speaker 1: gets called gas, that gets on the you know he

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Speaker 1: had at least four intentional grounds. Yeah, wow, I didn't

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Speaker 1: know that. Forty five forty five pre snaps penalties and

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Speaker 1: we always talk about pre snap up in post snap.

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Speaker 1: Pre snap penalties are mental errors, you know, twelve guys

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Speaker 1: in the huddel Okay, Well, the miscommunication on the sidelines,

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Speaker 1: and I know it's it's stuff's happening in seconds. I

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Speaker 1: get it. But you work on that stuff all week.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna happen. I mean, nobody's perfect. It happens around

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Speaker 1: the league. Um, but if you just cut those down

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Speaker 1: and you know, if DJ Hunters is going to hold

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Speaker 1: a guy for uh, protect Kyler Murray, I'm okay with that.

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Speaker 1: But it's the maston cole. He's snapping the ball. Four

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Speaker 1: four false starts and four and back to back two

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Speaker 1: and back to back games. So he had four total

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Speaker 1: there and that was the most of any center this season.

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Speaker 1: Four false start penalties center yes, um yeah, and Justin

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Speaker 1: Pugh has cut down on some of his penalties. Again,

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Speaker 1: there's gonna be penalties, but the league, the league. The

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Speaker 1: year the penalties were down, holding was down. Penalties were

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Speaker 1: down because they weren't down for the Arizona Cardinals. By

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Speaker 1: the way, the most pre snap penalty just kind of

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Speaker 1: give the Bird gang an idea. The Eagles had fifty six. Wow,

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Speaker 1: so forty five sounds like a lot. Fifty six is enormous.

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Speaker 1: And we know the Eagles had their issues, but if

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Speaker 1: you want to be a playoff team, you just you

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Speaker 1: have to be smart. Yeah, it's not the most talented team.

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Speaker 1: It's the team that works well together and is the

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Speaker 1: smartest pre snap post snap. Yeah, and you would hope that,

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Speaker 1: you know, with the coaching staff, and obviously the head

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Speaker 1: coach has has to say, but you know, some one

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Speaker 1: of these some of these coordinators and position coaches, there's

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Speaker 1: got to be an accountability board for that. You know,

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Speaker 1: mental aires. You would get called out with Bruce Arians,

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Speaker 1: they would call you young meeting mental aires, So just

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Speaker 1: gotta cut that down. But you know, this team should

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Speaker 1: have won ten games in twenty twenty. I mean again,

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Speaker 1: they're always going to have a done game. We don't

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Speaker 1: see it coming. I think you and I an agreement

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Speaker 1: having in Carolina he lose to Detroit, which you win

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Speaker 1: a bo game. And then the other game that shocking

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Speaker 1: they lost was in New England, just the way Cam

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Speaker 1: Newton was playing in that game. So and we talked

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Speaker 1: about getting better in the Division two and four last

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Speaker 1: year after two and oh, start winning more conference games,

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Speaker 1: you know, taking care of business at home, scratching out

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Speaker 1: some road wounds, which they did this year. But little

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Speaker 1: things will add up. That's the point, Craig. And that's

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Speaker 1: the phrasing that Murray used all week long. Little things,

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Speaker 1: attention to detail and certainly penalties one of those little

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Speaker 1: things that became a big thing for the Cardinals. And

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Speaker 1: one of the other themes is he mentioned we got

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Speaker 1: to get better. And again that could be subtle getting

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Speaker 1: better either coming together, guys doing their job. Okay, just

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Speaker 1: do your job. Everyone does their job. I mean to me,

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Speaker 1: you know, I listen to Urban Myers press conference and

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Speaker 1: he says, you know, I don't don't. I don't blame players,

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Speaker 1: he said, anybody playing in the NFL, they're here for

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Speaker 1: a reason. I blame the coaches if they don't get

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Speaker 1: them ready. So they're got to be coached and they

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Speaker 1: got to get more discipline. And that's going to start

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Speaker 1: with the head coach. By the way, we have referenced

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals Red Sea Report a couple of times and

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Speaker 1: burd Gang. If you want to stay up to dates

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Speaker 1: slash podcast for more information. That's got to be the

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Speaker 1: b train factor. Yes it is. And I also Jimmy Mjundro,

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Speaker 1: who obviously is the producer of our show and all

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Speaker 1: the platforms. And it comes to podcasts Underground, the Big

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Speaker 1: Red Rage. You know, you look at the Red Sea Report,

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Speaker 1: Cards Cover two and you know, obviously we play highlights

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Speaker 1: and so it's a little bit different format, but it's

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Speaker 1: it's on the radio on six twenty every Tuesday throughout

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Speaker 1: the entire year, so at eleven o'clock on Tuesdays. You

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Speaker 1: can also get it online. So we do appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, we made a lot of reference to the

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Speaker 1: Red Sea Report, just based on, you know, things that

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Speaker 1: were happening in it's always going to get a player's perspective.

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Speaker 1: We continue here on this Thursday edition of Cardinals Covered

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Speaker 1: two presented by Honday, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: Let's move forward. You talked about the Cardinals needing to

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Speaker 1: get better, and with the Super Bowl coming up on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: how the Cardinals stack up against the Buccaneers and Chiefs,

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Speaker 1: and if you want to throw in the Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 1: and what they were able to do this season and

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Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers the final four teams. Just how

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Speaker 1: far away are the Cardinals are? They not that far

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Speaker 1: away at all. But the one area that you brought up,

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Speaker 1: I think at quarterback, Cardinals are fine. It's just now

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Speaker 1: about learning how to be better. I think Murray's got

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Speaker 1: the talent, the skill set of Patrick Mahomes. He just

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Speaker 1: doesn't have the intelligence football IQ of a Tom Brady

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers just yet. But you mentioned playmakers, and I

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Speaker 1: think that is first and foremost on the offensive end

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Speaker 1: where the Cardinals lack compared to the Buccaneers, Chiefs, Packers, Bills,

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Speaker 1: because you look at the playmakers that we'll see this Sunday,

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Speaker 1: Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Tyree Kill, Travis Kelsey. Yes, I'll

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Speaker 1: throw in the tight end position. Cardinals have one that

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Speaker 1: you know of DeAndre Hopkins. Then there's question marks and

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Speaker 1: when you look at the Chiefs and Buccaneers, there's two, three,

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Speaker 1: four guys that they can count on. And right now,

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Speaker 1: if you're the Cardinals, sorry, I'm gonna look at one

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Speaker 1: guy that I can count on every single week and

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Speaker 1: that's Dhap. Yeah, there's a reason why you know they're

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Speaker 1: playing in this game. Obviously you start with the quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: and I think you got to look at the head coaches.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think the Bucks have a really good staff.

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Speaker 1: I don't think byber and Leftwich gets enough cardit. You know,

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Speaker 1: before that play, before the half um, you know they

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Speaker 1: were commending the fact that they put two more seconds

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Speaker 1: on the clock, and they recognize the coverage. Brady didn't

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Speaker 1: right from the get go, and the announcers were saying, oh,

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Speaker 1: what a gutsy called by Bruce arians No, that that

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Speaker 1: credit should go to Byber and Leftwich and Tom Brady,

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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, oh yeah, Bruce. Bruce's decision is to either

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Speaker 1: punt or go for it, but left Which called the

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Speaker 1: play and he didn't get any credit. So I love

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Speaker 1: I really like the staff. Obviously that a lot of

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Speaker 1: those guys were here. They won fifty games in five years.

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Speaker 1: The last couple of years, I think they got old

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Speaker 1: and they try to hold you know, they try to

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Speaker 1: keep the band back together, and it just didn't work out.

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Speaker 1: But Andy Reid well coached Yeves Spagnola's beaten Tom Brady

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Speaker 1: two times in the Super Bowl running that NASCAR package.

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Speaker 1: But if you just look at the skill position players,

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Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill, Sammy Watkins who's been injured, Mikole Hardman. Then

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Speaker 1: I mean they got some other guys and then he's

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Speaker 1: told him Travis Kelsey, And then you look at their

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Speaker 1: running backs. You know, lady On Bell's not the featured back.

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Speaker 1: They got the rookie in there. Then you look at

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Speaker 1: the tight end Travis Kelsey and then let's go to

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Speaker 1: the Bucks their number one rite receivers, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin.

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Speaker 1: Who Chris Godwin had, He's had seven drops in the postseason,

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Speaker 1: he had six drops, like over the last three years.

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Speaker 1: And then you throw in Scottie Miller, Antonio Brown, Rob Grun, Crowski,

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Speaker 1: Kareem Cameron Braid those I mean, we did sit name

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Speaker 1: one guy, so playmakers. And then we know the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: don't have their starting left tackles. I'm not gonna quiz

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Speaker 1: you and say who are the starting five for the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs because it's not fair. We know who the starters

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Speaker 1: are out though, Eric Fisher and obviously Mitchell Schwartz. And

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Speaker 1: then you look at the Chiefs front line, Chris Jones,

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Speaker 1: who they were able to retain, and let's let's get

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Speaker 1: to that because I think that's another important distinction that's

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals need to look at, and that is the

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Speaker 1: defensive line, whether it's the push up the middle or

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Speaker 1: the edge rushers getting to the quarter affecting put it

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Speaker 1: this way, affecting the quarterbacks. How do the Cardinals affect

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Speaker 1: the quarterback? They have one guy, Chandler Jones, and he

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Speaker 1: was hurt this year was unfortunate, and big props to

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Speaker 1: Vans Joseph for really scheming the players that he had

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Speaker 1: at his disposal to get to the quarterbacks where they

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Speaker 1: could get. The number of sacks that they have in

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Speaker 1: forty eight is no small number. In fact, that is

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Speaker 1: top five if I remember correctly. So, but you have

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Speaker 1: to do as opposed to scheming, who do you rely on?

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Speaker 1: And with the Buccaneers and Jay it's Kille Barrett, Jason,

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Speaker 1: Pierre Paul And for the Chiefs it's Frank Clark, Chris Jones.

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Speaker 1: They do it more up the middle as opposed to

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Speaker 1: on the outside. But if you're the Cardinals this offseason,

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Speaker 1: playmaker might be number one, number two. How are you

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Speaker 1: getting to the quarterback and knocking him off his spot? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and you know it's nice to have that that NASCAR package,

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Speaker 1: but usually gets on third down and hopefully they're you know,

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Speaker 1: a passing situation. But if you can rush four and

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Speaker 1: drop seven into coverage and that means your front four

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Speaker 1: is getting pressure, you can do stunts. They need more

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Speaker 1: from Jordan Phillips. He's got to be healthy. I am

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Speaker 1: intrigued with lucky food to foe two and Richard Lawrence.

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Speaker 1: But they're gonna be in their second year. Obviously, it's

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Speaker 1: you know, they got to get better and stronger, but

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Speaker 1: you got to get a difference maker in there, and

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Speaker 1: we thought that was Jordan Phillips. So people aren't gonna

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Speaker 1: like this. But you know, the Cardinals got the sixteenth

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Speaker 1: overall pick. It wouldn't surprise me if they trade it

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Speaker 1: down considerably, only have five picks. I think after maybe

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Speaker 1: the top eleven players, I think you get the same

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Speaker 1: player from twelve to twenty two. I really do. Now

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Speaker 1: it's a better preference, and maybe they'll stick to the

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Speaker 1: best available player. But people are gonna like this, But

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't be opposed to them drafting somebody in the

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Speaker 1: trenches with that first round pick. We know running back

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Speaker 1: is going to be a position that you're going to target.

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Speaker 1: If Harris Travis et etn is there, I think it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a tough call. Even the Kylie Pitts from

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Speaker 1: Florida tight end kind of a game changer. But I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be opposed to addressing the trenches. Now, you're gonna say,

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Speaker 1: if they lose Patrick Peterson, corner is going to be

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Speaker 1: an issue. So I think they're going to be in

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Speaker 1: a good spot. But I think you get the same

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Speaker 1: player from twelve to twenty two, maybe in twenty four.

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Speaker 1: So it wouldn't surprise me if they moved back and

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Speaker 1: they can pick up an extra third round pick and

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Speaker 1: still get the same guy. Maybe not position wise, but

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Speaker 1: somebody that's ranked very high on their board. So I

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Speaker 1: understand the corner position if you don't retain Patrick because

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Speaker 1: there's a drop off. But at the same time, I'm

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Speaker 1: not opposed to addressing the trenches with that sixteenth overall

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Speaker 1: pick or the first round pick. Yeah, and that's also

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Speaker 1: going to depend on what happens in free agency as well.

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Speaker 1: What do they address there, What do they need to

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Speaker 1: address in the draft, because you've got any number of

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Speaker 1: positions that need to be addressed. But as far as

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00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 1: what stands out, I think we've talked about two of them.

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Speaker 1: It's playmaker, edge rusher, and cornerback. Those would be the

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00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:46,960
Speaker 1: top three for me. Now it's just a matter of

644
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Speaker 1: who's there at sixteen or do your point trade down

645
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Speaker 1: moved down into the low twenties, because if all of

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Speaker 1: these quarterbacks, and I've seen a number of mock drafts

647
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Speaker 1: MJ that we're looking at four maybe five quarterbacks going

648
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:04,360
Speaker 1: in the top twelve, top fifteen. That bodes well for

649
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,440
Speaker 1: the Cardinals as well, because that will push down another

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00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:12,439
Speaker 1: maybe number two corner, number two wide receiver, number three

651
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 1: wide receiver, or the best edge rusher down to sixteen.

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00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 1: Or if the Cardinals feel that they can get more

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Speaker 1: picks because they have more to address, then you have

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Speaker 1: that option as well. So very interesting and that's something

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Speaker 1: that we'll have plenty of time to debate here as

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Speaker 1: far as what direction of the Cardinals need to go

657
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,560
Speaker 1: with respects to the draft, because we all talk about

658
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Speaker 1: the draft, and sometimes free agency gets forgotten about a

659
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Speaker 1: little bit. Everyone focuses on the draft, but keep in

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00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:42,839
Speaker 1: mind free agency comes first. Yeah, and it was very

661
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 1: similar last year. That's why ISAA Simmons dropt. I mean

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00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:49,920
Speaker 1: he had Chase Young and Jeff Akuta and then Derek Brown,

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Speaker 1: I mean for the most part, because some of those

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks were taken off the board, justin Hubert and then

665
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow and then to some guys dropped and you

666
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 1: could have had that same situation. I don't know how

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Speaker 1: far they would go down, Craig, but again by going

668
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Speaker 1: down from sixteen to eighteen, twenty twenty one, twenty, you

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Speaker 1: would get an extra third round pick, and we know

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Speaker 1: that they you know, have a second round pick, so

671
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,040
Speaker 1: we'll have to wait and see. But wide receiver, what

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00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:22,279
Speaker 1: are they doing free agency? I mean, I hear this,

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Speaker 1: Marvin Jones and Kenny Galladay. Those guys are going to

674
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Speaker 1: cost a lot of money and you're paying a hop

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Speaker 1: a lot of money. We'll see what happens with Fits

676
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,080
Speaker 1: if he comes back. What's his salary? You still got

677
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk and Andy and Keyshaw on their rookie contracts.

678
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,799
Speaker 1: So his wide receiver and play there. Because we just

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Speaker 1: talked about again, I think they got to get better

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00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,400
Speaker 1: on the trenches. Corner obviously is an issue, but they

681
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,759
Speaker 1: got to get more playmakers. We just talked about the

682
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Speaker 1: playmakers and we went down the list where we go

683
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Speaker 1: to the Cardinals hop drop off. No, I shouldn't say that.

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00:37:56,200 --> 00:38:01,160
Speaker 1: Chase Semons, I'm I'm I'm encouraged and I'm optimistic what

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00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 1: he can do with this offense with more of a

686
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,359
Speaker 1: bigger role. And you can make a case, at least

687
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Speaker 1: in some games that he was your number two optional

688
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 1: when it came to catching footballs. I mean he is

689
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:13,440
Speaker 1: very dynamic and out of the backfield. The question is

690
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Speaker 1: just how much more can you expect out of him

691
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Speaker 1: to make sure he is on the field and available

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Speaker 1: each and every week. Yeah, and look with the Jason

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Speaker 1: Les done a nice job at that roster. I mean

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Speaker 1: they bring in Leonard Fournette and you pointed out that

695
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 1: guy's mature and he's given him a lift and so

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00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:33,760
Speaker 1: you know that would be you know, equivalent to Chase Edmonds.

697
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Speaker 1: And I think he's obviously has more upside, more bigger ceiling,

698
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:41,759
Speaker 1: just younger and more fluid. But I I should have

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Speaker 1: mentioned Chase because it's not that daunting. And again, Christian

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00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:49,520
Speaker 1: Kirk has the ability. It's about staying healthy and you know,

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Speaker 1: taking that next step. But you know, if Larry's going

702
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,360
Speaker 1: to be on the roster, is he or slot guy.

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00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,319
Speaker 1: A lot of people don't think he's an outside guy.

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Speaker 1: And I think based on you know, too small didn't

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Speaker 1: have this be Kyle aeron him have a connection on

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Speaker 1: that deep ball. So I don't know if you can

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Speaker 1: do it every down, but it would open up things

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00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 1: for the guys underneath. So it's not as daunting as

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Speaker 1: remaining making it. But when you start comparing them to

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Speaker 1: the teams playing in the Super Bowl, and again there's

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Speaker 1: a reason why they're playing in the Super Bowl. We're

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00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,799
Speaker 1: talking about, you know, a Hall of Fame quarterback and

713
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Speaker 1: a guy that if they win, could be on the

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Speaker 1: way to his dynasty. So it's but they put the

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Speaker 1: work in and that's what the Cardinals have to do.

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Speaker 1: Speaking Super Bowl fifty five Chiefs and Buccaneers coming up

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Speaker 1: on Sunday, we know the number of cardinal ties on

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Speaker 1: both teams. In fact, Darner but on easy Cardinals dot

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Speaker 1: Com looked at the number of Cardinal connections on Tampa

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Speaker 1: Bay side. We know Bruce Arians, Byron Leftwich, Todd Bowls.

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Speaker 1: There's thirteen total coaches plus a handful of players. On

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Speaker 1: the other side, Tyler Matthew, cardinal fan favored coming off

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Speaker 1: the best season of his career, at least in terms

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Speaker 1: of interceptions this season. But when you look at this matchup,

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Speaker 1: and let's dice act it here before we close up shop.

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Speaker 1: This week here on Cardinals covered two Buccaneers looking to

727
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Speaker 1: do something that very few teams have done that has

728
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Speaker 1: win every single game on the road. And then luck

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00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 1: as have it they're at home for this game at

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Speaker 1: Raymond James Stadium. And then you talked about the Chiefs

731
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Speaker 1: trying to do something that no team has done since

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Speaker 1: the Patriots in two thousand and three two thousand and four,

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Speaker 1: and that is go back to back. Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: I got a chance to listen to Todd Bowls on

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Speaker 1: Huddle and Flow with Steve Weisch and Jim Trotter. A

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Speaker 1: great interview. I definitely recommend it. The fact that he

737
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Speaker 1: was able to give him his forty five to fifty

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Speaker 1: minutes during the Super Bowl week. Now, Todd did mention,

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Speaker 1: you know they're able to go home at night, so

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Speaker 1: that you know, he said, I hope the players are responsible,

741
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:48,319
Speaker 1: but you know, these young guys are excited to be

742
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Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl. But he said it's it's just

743
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:53,480
Speaker 1: like a normal week for him. He don't besides the banners,

744
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:59,439
Speaker 1: and he said, the media availabilities picked up. But he said, Jay,

745
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,680
Speaker 1: we have a fan in attendance. Riley. I was trying

746
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:06,440
Speaker 1: to break down the Super Bowl over here. Anyway, you

747
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:08,719
Speaker 1: mentioned super Bowl and Riley gets all excited by the

748
00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:13,040
Speaker 1: way for those new the Cardinals covered to Riley, the

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00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:17,160
Speaker 1: scot the mascot of Cardinals covered to MJ's dog joining

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00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 1: us here on Cardinals covered too and un guest this week. Yeah, exactly. Now,

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Speaker 1: So what Todd said in that first game, he said,

752
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:28,680
Speaker 1: this is the biggest thing to hit. Their concern with

753
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:33,719
Speaker 1: is that yards after catch. He said, they have to

754
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 1: do a much better job tackling. And what Tyreek Hill

755
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:42,360
Speaker 1: did in that first quarter, first half, he said, he

756
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:46,880
Speaker 1: thought that the young corners, you know, you look at Davis,

757
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:49,360
Speaker 1: I don't know if Antoine Winfield is going to play,

758
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 1: and then he throwing bunting. Sean's Sean Murphy bunting. They're young.

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00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:58,400
Speaker 1: And he said that was there aha moment because in

760
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:01,520
Speaker 1: the locker room they were like what just happened, you know,

761
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:04,399
Speaker 1: like we were rolling And ever since that game they've won.

762
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,400
Speaker 1: But he said it's going to be important to tackle

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Speaker 1: in the open field. So he said, if we give

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Speaker 1: up a five yard pass, we're gonna have to tackle

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00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:17,239
Speaker 1: that guy. He said, they have yards after catch and

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Speaker 1: all those receivers Cole Hartman, Sammy Watkins, he's been injured

767
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 1: a lot in Tyreek Hill, and he said, if they

768
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Speaker 1: do a much better job tackling, he thinks they can

769
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Speaker 1: keep things in front of them. Easier said than done.

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Speaker 1: But you look at Todd Bulls's defense, they've gotten better

771
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:38,400
Speaker 1: over the over the season. They're clicking, they've got great leadership,

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00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:43,360
Speaker 1: and JP p Levante, David Devin White is he's a

773
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,880
Speaker 1: he's a hit seeking missile and then you throw and sue.

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00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:50,840
Speaker 1: They got good coordinator over there. They got good position

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00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:55,040
Speaker 1: coaches and Kevin Ross and Nick Rapone, so they're they're

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00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:59,120
Speaker 1: built for this game. It's gonna be, you know, interesting.

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Speaker 1: Is it going to be a shoot it out? You know?

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00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:02,920
Speaker 1: I hope it's not a blowout. I really hope it

779
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:07,560
Speaker 1: comes down to the fourth quarter five minutes ago, either

780
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:10,000
Speaker 1: Mahomes or Brady takes a lead and then somebody else

781
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:13,040
Speaker 1: is gonna have to counter. That would be fascinating. I

782
00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:15,160
Speaker 1: like the Chiefs in this game, though, I really do.

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00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that the Bucks can't win because I

784
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 1: am dumb sitting here today to pick against Tom Brady

785
00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:25,200
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl. I know he's lost, you know,

786
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:30,680
Speaker 1: and but I just I just like this Chiefs in

787
00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 1: this game. But I, like I said earlier about Larry,

788
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:36,120
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if the Bucks won just based

789
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 1: on Todd Bowles's defense and their offense and Bibra Left,

790
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:42,480
Speaker 1: which is not getting enough credit. There is a lot

791
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:45,480
Speaker 1: to like with this Chiefs team and the offense, because

792
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:48,319
Speaker 1: even if they're down two or three scores and a

793
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:52,160
Speaker 1: blink of an eye, they can score two, three, four touchdowns.

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00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:55,520
Speaker 1: There is no deficit that is too large for them

795
00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:58,120
Speaker 1: to overcome. I think we've seen that all season. They

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00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,719
Speaker 1: played a lot of games close, a lot of one

797
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:04,320
Speaker 1: possession games, and we've seen that. I think throughout the

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00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:07,279
Speaker 1: league that you know, one or two plays is the

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00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:10,160
Speaker 1: difference between a win and a loss. I certainly love

800
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 1: to watch the Chiefs offensively, but I'm with you, I

801
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:17,400
Speaker 1: have a hard time betting against Tom Brady. Earlier this

802
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:20,200
Speaker 1: week I heard him say that they thought that next year,

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00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:25,520
Speaker 1: the second year, they would be even better. Well, you're

804
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:29,200
Speaker 1: on the doorstep here of winning the championship in year

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00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,719
Speaker 1: one for Brady with Tampa Bay, and then just the

806
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:35,600
Speaker 1: story it would be great. And then of course all

807
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:41,480
Speaker 1: the cardinal connections and those coaches and players that we

808
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:44,080
Speaker 1: had a chance to cover for five years on an

809
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:47,960
Speaker 1: everyday basis. Would love to see them get the opportunity

810
00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:50,840
Speaker 1: to say they are world champions as well, and for

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Speaker 1: Brady it would be number seven. And of course that

812
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:56,840
Speaker 1: just unheard of to begin with. So if you're asking

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Speaker 1: me to go with my head, it's Kansas City. If

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00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:04,000
Speaker 1: you're asking me to go with my heart, it's Tampa Bay. Well,

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Speaker 1: I think when they say next year, Craig, they want

816
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:09,840
Speaker 1: to lock up the one or two seeds. There are

817
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Speaker 1: five seed. They had to go on the road the

818
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:16,319
Speaker 1: entire playoffs and just worked out that they're hosting and

819
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:20,600
Speaker 1: it's never happened before, so that that's what they're thinking.

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00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:24,279
Speaker 1: Another year in the system, they'll fine tune things. You know,

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00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:27,200
Speaker 1: some guys probably want to get paid, but when it

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00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:30,839
Speaker 1: comes to Evans and Godwin grounds probably year to year.

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Speaker 1: But this is the first time in a long time

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Speaker 1: he's played all sixteen games. You know that he's you know,

825
00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:38,880
Speaker 1: really good in that locker room. But yeah, there are

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Speaker 1: five seeds, so it's it's given credit. I know that

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00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: Washington didn't have their starting quarterback, but that you know,

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00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:48,560
Speaker 1: Brady obviously played well in the second half there. Then

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Speaker 1: they go to New Orleans and beat Drew Brees, and

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Speaker 1: they go to Green Bay knockoff Aaron Rodgers, and if

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Speaker 1: they knock off Patrick Mahomes, that's I don't know if

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00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:02,759
Speaker 1: that's murderers row, but that's that's impressive to beat Patrick Mahomes,

833
00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:06,480
Speaker 1: Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers, because all three of those guys,

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Speaker 1: you could have made the claim would be playing in

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Speaker 1: the super Bowl. But a five seed. It's only happened

836
00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:14,839
Speaker 1: a couple of times Cardinals were a four seed when

837
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:16,520
Speaker 1: they got a chance to play in the Super Bowl.

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00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:19,359
Speaker 1: I like the fact that we're sitting here and there

839
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Speaker 1: is certainly a big difference of opinion because there are

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Speaker 1: many people that believe just talent wise, it's Kansas City,

841
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:29,960
Speaker 1: but then team wise, with the greatest quarterback ever to

842
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:32,799
Speaker 1: step on the field, how do you bet against that?

843
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: So bottom line, hopefully it's a good game and then

844
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:39,960
Speaker 1: we'll recap it next week. Todd Bowles was asked what

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Speaker 1: it is like going against Tom Brady, and he said,

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Speaker 1: first of all, you know how good he is, but

847
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Speaker 1: he said, he's just a great person. He interacts with

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00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:52,239
Speaker 1: everyone and he demands your best every practice. And he

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Speaker 1: said he's been so good for the locker room because

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Speaker 1: that that that positions demands respect and leadership, and he

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Speaker 1: He shoots everyone the same way everyone so it's not

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Speaker 1: too small and too big. And that goes a long

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Speaker 1: way where he could have came in there and just hey,

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Speaker 1: this is, you know, not my team. But he went

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Speaker 1: in there and he made he made a point to

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Speaker 1: you ever think he would have a conversation with Tom

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Speaker 1: Brady walking off the field. He goes never, never, and that,

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Speaker 1: and he wanted to know all the coaches. It's just

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Speaker 1: accountability to where if I'm out here busting my ass,

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Speaker 1: you have to do the same thing. They say, not

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Speaker 1: always one player makes the difference, But for the Tampa

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Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers in twenty twenty one player has made all

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Speaker 1: the difference and you can see it this Sunday when

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Speaker 1: the Buccaneers play of the Kansas City Chiefs Bird Gang.

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Speaker 1: got the latest on the Cardinal's newest signing, quarterback Hole

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Speaker 1: McDonald into a futures contract. The last word here MJ.

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Speaker 1: On this edition of Cardinals Cover two presented by Hunday.

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Speaker 1: Proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. Kent Summers of Azcentral

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Speaker 1: dot Com announced earlier this week that he is scheduled

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Speaker 1: for triple bypass surgery. Long time writer, long time beat

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Speaker 1: writer for the Arizona Cardinals, with nothing but the best

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Speaker 1: for one, Kent Summers. Yeah, I was surprised to hear

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Speaker 1: taking some time off, but we're just praying for a

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Speaker 1: speedy recovery. You know. I think it was good that

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Speaker 1: he wrote that column for awareness. Kent does like to

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Speaker 1: hike and played a pickup basketball, and quickly the story

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Speaker 1: was he was he was in Utah, where his family

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Speaker 1: is and his wife's parents lived there, and he was

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Speaker 1: hiking and he felt a shortness of breath. He thought

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Speaker 1: a couple of months, he started feeling, you know, short

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Speaker 1: of breath, and he obviously got checked out. And now

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Speaker 1: he's gonna have triple bypass surgery. So if you're not

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Speaker 1: feeling well, and whether it's COVID or just chest pains

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Speaker 1: or anything like that, make sure you get checked out.

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Speaker 1: But he's in our thoughts and prayers and hopefully a

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Speaker 1: speedy recovery, because I was shocked because I know that

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Speaker 1: he works out and stuff like that. You just don't know,

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Speaker 1: so it's always good to get checked out. Nothing but

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Speaker 1: the best for Kent Summers. And on that note, we

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Speaker 1: will put a lid on this edition of Cardinals Covered two,

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Speaker 1: presented by Hyunday, partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As always

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Speaker 1: special thanks to our executive producer Jim ma'mahundro for Mike Drecky,

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Speaker 1: I'm Craig rail Loup. We'll talk to you next time

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