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Speaker 1: Really appreciate your time. You're still running into the darkness, Buddha.

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Speaker 1: nation is going to see on Monday Night the best

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Speaker 1: pair of tackling safeties in the NFL. There's no doubt

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Speaker 1: about that. Uh. And you know what it was interesting,

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Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks told the media today. You know it's a

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Speaker 1: great opportunity to go out there and prove the doubters

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Speaker 1: wrong quote end quote. And when the Cardinals defense, well,

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Speaker 1: I think your agree has played with that urgency and

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Speaker 1: energy and intensity, right and and obviously the playoffs bring that.

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Speaker 1: Christian Kirk was on the Day Pass podcast and Dave

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Speaker 1: just asked him about the playoff dynamic. This is the NFL.

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Speaker 1: If you don't show up to play your best every Sunday,

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Speaker 1: you will lose and you will continue to lose until

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Speaker 1: you fix that. And you know, for me, I don't

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Speaker 1: lose the memory of you know, only winning three games

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Speaker 1: and not even you know, being competitive to now making

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Speaker 1: it to the playoffs and being able to play in

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Speaker 1: that stage and you know have the opportunity to, you know,

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Speaker 1: if we continue winning, making it to the place where

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Speaker 1: you know, we all dream of as as as young kids.

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Speaker 1: So I think it's you know, important for everybody to

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Speaker 1: you know, really hone in on you know what this

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Speaker 1: means to them and you know, really trying to be

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Speaker 1: the best that they can be. That's Christian Kirk in

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Speaker 1: the Day Pash podcast. You know, Kyler was asked today

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Speaker 1: Buddha about just the moment and obviously being the quarterback

449
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Speaker 1: in the spotlight and Monday night in the playoffs, and

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Speaker 1: just how do you manage your emotions? And he cited

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Speaker 1: the fact he's been doing it since he was a teenager,

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Speaker 1: and we all know he won three state titles in

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Speaker 1: high school. Well, what a lot of folks may not

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Speaker 1: know is you do the same exact thing that Kyler

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Speaker 1: was forty three and oh in high school. And if

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Speaker 1: I'm seen it right, you're you were forty two and

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Speaker 1: oh with three state titles. So how much of that

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Speaker 1: do you drawn? These championship games? And I don't know

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Speaker 1: how how critical would that be for you just to

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Speaker 1: manage the moment? Yeah, I mean for me personally, that's

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Speaker 1: when I'm at my calmist you know, those big games

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Speaker 1: are where you know, I feel like I'm supposed to

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Speaker 1: be there. I feel like I'm supposed to make that

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Speaker 1: play or you know, supposed to be that you know,

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Speaker 1: firecracker on the field. So I've been doing that, you know,

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Speaker 1: like you said, I've been doing that since high school,

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Speaker 1: since little league, and you know, as the years grow on,

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Speaker 1: you know, that's continuing to be My mindset is you know,

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Speaker 1: of course, be great every single game, but when the

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Speaker 1: lights are on and the stage is set, those are

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Speaker 1: the games you perform the best. And that's that's what

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Speaker 1: I'm accustomed to doing. And that's I feel like there's

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Speaker 1: going to be no difference on Monday. So that's just

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Speaker 1: my mindset personally, in the type of person that I

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Speaker 1: feel like I am, in the type of player I

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Speaker 1: feel like I am. That that's my mindset. Buddha. Do

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Speaker 1: you think guys look to you for leadership right now?

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Speaker 1: Because I I honestly I talk to some of your

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Speaker 1: teammates and they mentioned you more times than not, even

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Speaker 1: if I don't bring you up right now? What does

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Speaker 1: leadership mean to you, Buddha? Yeah, I mean leadership means

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Speaker 1: to me, You're always going to be there for your

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Speaker 1: brother of course, Um, you're going to lead by example. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, I used to not really be much of

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Speaker 1: a talker growing up, but you know now that you know,

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Speaker 1: I definitely feel like I'm at this stage where I

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Speaker 1: can lead and I can help guys out, and I

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Speaker 1: can help these young guys on why we're playing this

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Speaker 1: defense and why this offense is going to attack us

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Speaker 1: this type of way, so they know, you know, pre

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Speaker 1: snap that all right, we're in quarters. These guys are

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Speaker 1: going to do this, this, and that against us. And

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Speaker 1: just look those little conversations, little intricate things help a

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Speaker 1: DD help a linebacker or you know, of course, for example,

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Speaker 1: you know it's a it's a we're blitzing, and we

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Speaker 1: call the blitz call. It's great for a D lineman

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Speaker 1: to know where the blitz is going, so they know

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Speaker 1: where this offense is going to go. So leading by example,

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Speaker 1: of course, but also leading with helping each and every player,

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Speaker 1: and of course wanting to be there for each and

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Speaker 1: every player inside of football, outside of football, and just

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Speaker 1: be the best person that I can be in order

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Speaker 1: for me to be the best person for my teammates,

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Speaker 1: you know, of course, for my family's in that's that's

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Speaker 1: that's what I think of when I think about being

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Speaker 1: the leader. We're going to continue with Buddha Baker, but

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Speaker 1: we'll think of the tale of the tape when it

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Speaker 1: comes to the safety position between the Cardinals and Rams.

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Speaker 1: Cardinals have Buddha Baker and Jalen Thompson. Rams are without

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Speaker 1: Jordan full or seasoned anting ankle injury, Taylor rap and

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Speaker 1: concussion protocol. They even had to sign Eric Weddled this week,

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Speaker 1: who hasn't played since the end of the twenty nineteen season.

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Speaker 1: Think about that. We'll get into that and some of

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Speaker 1: the matchups. What's going to be most critical against the

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Speaker 1: Sean mcvayh offense. What buddhas seen from Matthew Stafford, what

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Speaker 1: he saw today from jj watt And don't forget the Day.

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Speaker 1: Pash Podcast Episode twenty four available now featuring Cardinals wide

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Speaker 1: receiver Christian Kirk. To catch up on all they passed episodes.

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Speaker 1: Just go wherever your preferred podcast provider is and get

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Speaker 1: the latest updates via Twitter at pashpod. We continue the

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Speaker 1: Big Red Rage with Buddha Baker, presented by Santan Port

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Speaker 1: and Gilbert. We are Ant's hand for Byron Murphy interception. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so why don't we start that as Robert Downey Junior.

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Speaker 1: It's a fake handoff rolling right as Stafford throwing a

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Speaker 1: deep ball farside for Deshan Jackson and it's picked off

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Speaker 1: inside the fifteen yard line. Albacino but it's Byron Murphy.

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Speaker 1: He's tackled around the twelve. Byron Murphy, the NFC defensive

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Speaker 1: Player of the Week, who had two picks last week,

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Speaker 1: gets one here on Stafford in the first quarter. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so now this is Wolf talking to do it first

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Speaker 1: as Wolf, Byron Murphy bated Matthew Stafford to throw that

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Speaker 1: ball and then broke on the ball. What an unbelievable

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Speaker 1: play from Byron Murphy. And slowly it's starting to turn

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Speaker 1: into Jesse the Body Ventura bated Matthew Stafford to throw it,

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Speaker 1: all right and very all right, and then I have

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Speaker 1: one line after that. Let's do that line of shack man.

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Speaker 1: Murphy's plugging like a pro bowler. Let me tell you,

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Speaker 1: if you get a little too amped up maybe for

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Speaker 1: Monday eight football in the playoffs, you want to relax

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Speaker 1: and have about an hour laugh, just go to the

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Speaker 1: Pash podcast featuring the great Frank Caliendo. Unbelievable stuff right there.

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Speaker 1: Although Wolf, I think you're mixed in a little bit

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Speaker 1: with Jesse the Body and a little bit of Bill

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Speaker 1: Walton in there as well. I believe, No, he doesn't

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Speaker 1: awful me and no, the bas and onions is solid though.

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Speaker 1: Buddha Baker is our guest on The Big Red Rage

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Speaker 1: presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert and Buddha. Let's start.

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Speaker 1: Why don't you listen to Kyler Murray And he was

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Speaker 1: asked in multiple ways today by the media just about

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Speaker 1: his mindset, you know, and the big game and his approach.

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Speaker 1: Here's Kyler E breathe a sleep football. So I'm excited

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Speaker 1: about it. You know, there's no fear, there's no there's

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Speaker 1: no nerves about you know, playing at a high level.

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Speaker 1: It's just you just gotta go out there and execute

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Speaker 1: the plays. Uh. And you know, be yourself. What are

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Speaker 1: you expecting on Money night? And what are you telling

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Speaker 1: yourself anything in particular as you track towards this playoff game. Myself,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm just continuing to be what I would

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Speaker 1: I be each and every day, which is continue to

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Speaker 1: grind throughout the week and then on Monday night, that's

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Speaker 1: will I'll you know, turn up a little bit. So

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Speaker 1: right now, I'm very level headed, you know, of course,

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Speaker 1: eager to learn about you know, what they like to do,

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Speaker 1: and eager to go through this week of practice and

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Speaker 1: prepare and on Monday night, you know, I'll be ready,

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Speaker 1: and budd I'd like to ask you two questions, if

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Speaker 1: you don't mind, I want to ask you about the

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Speaker 1: Rams offense first, and then I'll follow up with a

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Speaker 1: question to you. But when I say Rams offense, what

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Speaker 1: do you think of, buddha um? Electric? Oh what I

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Speaker 1: think of? Yeah? What a good word. They know Cooper Cup,

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Speaker 1: you know, he's making history. He's doing a great job.

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Speaker 1: You know. Of course, Matthew Stafford came in there, and

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Speaker 1: you know, Um is leading his team, has led his

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Speaker 1: team to this to where he is now. And uh,

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Speaker 1: they have a lot of weapons. Um. You know, Cam

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Speaker 1: Akers is back. He's a very good running back, very

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Speaker 1: good third down running back as well, Sony Michelle. He

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Speaker 1: still got Odell Beckham. Um. You know even Van Jefferson

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Speaker 1: has been making plays in there. Tyler Higbee. Um, they

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Speaker 1: got a lot of weapons and they're gonna be you know,

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Speaker 1: of course, somebody we know somebody. We played twice a year,

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Speaker 1: so we know them, they know us, and you know,

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Speaker 1: Monday is just gonna come down to who did it

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Speaker 1: right and who's the better team. Yeah, that is a

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Speaker 1: great word right there, Electric to describe this offense. I'm

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Speaker 1: with you on that. There's a load of talent over there.

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Speaker 1: My follow up is what was different about this offense

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Speaker 1: in the second game as opposed to the first time

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Speaker 1: you played them. I mean, not much, honestly. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I just feel like the second game, guys didn't make

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Speaker 1: the plays that you know they made the first the

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Speaker 1: first game, and of course, you know, we had a

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Speaker 1: you know, a couple of lapses and guys nine guys

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Speaker 1: doing the right, two guys doing the wrong, and you know,

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Speaker 1: big plays would happen. So we just eliminated the big

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Speaker 1: plays the first time we played them. In this last

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Speaker 1: time we played them, we just didn't execute at the

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Speaker 1: level that we were accustomed neck executing. You know, Jordan

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Speaker 1: Hicks mentioned today the two words you always here with

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Speaker 1: forty nine ers as well, and that is eye candy.

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Speaker 1: And he just said, you know what, this offense features

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Speaker 1: a lot of eye candy. It's built to find the

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Speaker 1: player that isn't doing their job. And you know, two

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Speaker 1: plays might look the same, but they're not, so you

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Speaker 1: can't guess. And I mean, what are some of the

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Speaker 1: keys when you going against Sean mcvagh, because you're familiar

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Speaker 1: with him at this point, what is the challenge. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, like like Jordan said, it's very hard because

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Speaker 1: a lot of his personnels, a lot of his formations

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Speaker 1: have the same thing. You know, one thing could be

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Speaker 1: a run, one thing can be a play action, one

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Speaker 1: thing can be quick game, and it's all out of

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Speaker 1: the same formation. So it's definitely, you know, difficult to

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Speaker 1: you know, go against that. And then especially you know

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Speaker 1: they go fast and you know, guys get to jedding around,

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Speaker 1: like Jordan said, with the eye candy, and you know,

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Speaker 1: defensive players lose their eyes and next thing you know,

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Speaker 1: there's a big gap. So just eliminating that, you know

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Speaker 1: kind of eye candy that Jordan was talking about, and

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Speaker 1: just focusing on your job and what you're supposed to

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Speaker 1: do one player at a time. Definitely feel like it's

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Speaker 1: going to be a good outcome. You go to playing

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Speaker 1: a team for a third time in a season, that's

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Speaker 1: got to be so difficult right there, because you know

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Speaker 1: eachy'll there so well. Yet at the same time, the

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Speaker 1: fact that you do know each other so well can

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Speaker 1: actually be used against you, can it? Oh definitely, I

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Speaker 1: mean it could definitely go build both ways, and you know,

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Speaker 1: it's just a matter of you know, of course, getting

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Speaker 1: the play call and executing the play call at hand

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Speaker 1: both teams, and that that's going to be the biggest

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Speaker 1: outcome of this game is who executed it plays better

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Speaker 1: each and every every play. All right, How big was

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Speaker 1: it to see ninety nine out there today? I mean,

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Speaker 1: I know the fans loved it. What about you? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was huge to see him, you know, um, you

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Speaker 1: know his his media interview yesterday of him explaining about

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Speaker 1: all the things that he heard it on his body,

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Speaker 1: it's it's crazy, you know. And also just seeing him

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Speaker 1: with the work ethic that he showed when he got

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Speaker 1: the surgery. He was you know, in the treatment you

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Speaker 1: know room every day trying to get right, and you

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Speaker 1: know has lived in the treatment room, you know, done

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Speaker 1: things right for him to keep back onto the field.

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Speaker 1: And like he said, he knew this team was special.

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Speaker 1: He knew that we were going to possibly have a

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Speaker 1: chance to go to the playoffs, and he continued to

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Speaker 1: work each and every week. And now you know, you

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Speaker 1: see the fruits of his labor that he that he did,

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Speaker 1: and you know, he's getting the opportunity to be on

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Speaker 1: the field, which he hasn't been on the field and

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Speaker 1: you know a lot of games, so it's definitely crazy

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Speaker 1: and cool to see for me to see ninety nine

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Speaker 1: back in there, and you know definitely will be special boot.

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Speaker 1: Is there a best way to attack Matthew Stafford from

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Speaker 1: your perspective? Once again, I'm not asking for you to

658
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Speaker 1: give away trade secrets or anything like that, but you

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Speaker 1: think it's a situation where he doesn't respond well to pressures,

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Speaker 1: pressure situations on third and obvious pass situation or do

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Speaker 1: you think maybe you play coverage, you only rush for

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Speaker 1: what where? Where are you on Matthew Stafford and defending him? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I mean he's a great quarter back, a quarterback who

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Speaker 1: you know is capable of making the big play each

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Speaker 1: each in every play. And you know, no quarterback in

666
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Speaker 1: the NFL likes to get sacked. And every quarterback in

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Speaker 1: the NFL, if they are accustomed to getting you know,

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Speaker 1: um pressured or sacked by you know, d Lineman, of

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Speaker 1: course they're gonna possibly have those you know, um those

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Speaker 1: lapses where they're thinking somebody's going to be coming and

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Speaker 1: they're not coming. So um, you know I wouldn't you know,

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Speaker 1: I can't, Like I said, you know, it can't really

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Speaker 1: spoil the sauce to you. But you know, of course,

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Speaker 1: the defense's job is to of course get the ball

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Speaker 1: back to the offense, so you know we're gonna try

676
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Speaker 1: to do that each and every each and every time

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Speaker 1: we're on the field. Cliff Kingsbury started this week by

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Speaker 1: telling us that he thought Stafford played maybe his best

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Speaker 1: game of the year in Week fourteen. He was sharp

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Speaker 1: and you know he was spending the ball in there

681
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Speaker 1: and some of those tiny windows, so you know he

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Speaker 1: has the arm talent. There's no doubt about that. I

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Speaker 1: tell you, Boot, I look forward to hearing your scream

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Speaker 1: on the sideline of Monday night. Some guys use smelling salts.

685
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Speaker 1: I love it when you let out the primal scream

686
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Speaker 1: because I know everyone's ready to go. So look forward

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Speaker 1: to that. Yes, yes, screams important. I gotta tell you, buddy, man,

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Speaker 1: you you are a pleasure to watch play the game

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Speaker 1: of football. I feel honored that I know you a

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Speaker 1: little bit. Go ball out, dude. I know that you

691
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Speaker 1: will thank you for coming on tonight. We really appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: I second that, Hey, yeah, I appreciate you guys for

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Speaker 1: having me and you know, of course, and always go Cards,

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Speaker 1: and you know, I'm definitely excited. So I'm definitely excited

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Speaker 1: for you guys to watch, and you know, we'll see

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Speaker 1: what happens on Monday night. See you on the team.

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Speaker 1: Playing back with more on the Big Red Rage. Right

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Speaker 1: after this, the Arizona Cardinals getting set for their first

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Speaker 1: playoff game in six years zero. And that's what you

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Speaker 1: do from here on out. You can stroll. You're on

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Speaker 1: destiny from here on there. You know, you can create

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Speaker 1: a legacy for yourself. This is what it's all about,

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Speaker 1: and this is your opportunity to go out there and

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Speaker 1: do something great. We're doing together. We're doing the family pull.

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Speaker 1: That at the five yard line by a j grade

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Speaker 1: hitting the end to one, gonna cut down kind it

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Speaker 1: picked off inside of fifteen yard line. Connor's into the

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Speaker 1: end tone but it cutdown, But pomp is back foot

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Speaker 1: one ended on the back and just like that Wolf,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be kickoff Monday night in l a winner

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Speaker 1: take all in the rubber game. And as Jordan Hicks

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Speaker 1: said today, quote, it's a great opportunity to go out

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Speaker 1: there and prove the doubters wrong. The energy has been

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Speaker 1: great end quote. Every single guy who's met the media

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Speaker 1: over the last forty eight hours, has talked about how

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Speaker 1: that playoff vibe is just palpable in the building. So

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Speaker 1: very curiously what the Cardinals look like a Monday night,

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Speaker 1: Because I think you'll agree with me. When the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: have played with energy and intensity and urgency, they have

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Speaker 1: looked like one of the best teams in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: have they not? Yes, And so much of the time, Polly,

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Speaker 1: they've played with that energy and that urgency, in that

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Speaker 1: intensity on the road. It's at least it's felt that

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Speaker 1: way to me. You have a much better handle on

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Speaker 1: that because you're down on the sideline. But for me, Polly,

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Speaker 1: right now, they got to come out with the intensity

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Speaker 1: that they have not shown in any games so far

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Speaker 1: this year. They've got to be the most intense they

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Speaker 1: can possibly be. This is it and they will be.

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Speaker 1: It's playoff time, baby. Yeah. The Cardinals on the road

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Speaker 1: this year not only eight and one, but as a

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Speaker 1: road team their number one in points scored, rushing, touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: passeray turnover ratio plus eighteen in nine road games. Think

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Speaker 1: about that. I mentioned Jordan Hicks, you know, remember he

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Speaker 1: won a Super Bowl on that Eagles team that included

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Speaker 1: zach Ertz, and he was asked in multiple ways today

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Speaker 1: just about Okay, how do you go about it from

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Speaker 1: play to play? Here's Jordan Hicks. The game is the same,

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Speaker 1: each snap is the same. Approach it that way, but

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Speaker 1: understand that each play is going to be magnified. So,

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Speaker 1: you know, if you just focus on the play at hand,

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Speaker 1: you know, treat it, treat it like you would any

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Speaker 1: other game, and come out with the energy that's going

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Speaker 1: to be naturally there with it. Um you know, don't

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Speaker 1: try to get too far out of outside of yourself.

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Speaker 1: Just just focus on the play at hand. And a reminder,

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals want you to make waves in the playoffs

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Speaker 1: by showing your support ahead of the Monay night wildcard

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Speaker 1: game against the Rams. There are several ways to get involved.

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Speaker 1: You could come away with some great prizes as well.

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Speaker 1: com slash Playoffs. Sois Baby indeed, Polly, I mean Wolf?

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Speaker 1: How about Buddha when he said I'm supposed to be

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Speaker 1: that firecracker out on the field, right, I mean he

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Speaker 1: said that Rams offense electric. And I know the players

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Speaker 1: might downplay a little bit as the adjustments that were

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Speaker 1: made by the Rams from Game one and Game two.

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Speaker 1: But for example, if you look at the next Gen stats,

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Speaker 1: they put Cooper Cup in seven different positions in the

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Speaker 1: second game, and it just seems I mean, he went

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Speaker 1: from five catches on thirteen targets in Game one and

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Speaker 1: he was a non factor to a season I thirteen

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Speaker 1: catches in Game two and he was unstoppable. To me,

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals have to remedy that. Yeah, Polly, no doubt

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Speaker 1: about that. I think you're you're going myopic right now.

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Speaker 1: The Rams offense overall, Let's let's start right here with

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Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford and how it's been going for the Rams. Because, Polly,

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Speaker 1: right now, the thing I'm going to be watching is

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Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford running this offense right here. You and I

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Speaker 1: talked about it. We took a deep dive on this

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Speaker 1: right something that I really truly believe the Rams are

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Speaker 1: going to come out. They're going to try to keep

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Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford in a balanced offense and try to take

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Speaker 1: a few shots down the field using play action. There's

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Speaker 1: no doubt about that. But right now, Matthew Stafford the

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Speaker 1: last three games. And I think this is something you

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Speaker 1: and I have talked about. I think it's a responsible

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Speaker 1: sample size going into the playoffs. You don't want to

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Speaker 1: talk about what happened earlier in the season because it

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Speaker 1: really doesn't apply at this point in time. These are

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Speaker 1: completely different football teams at this point of the season

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Speaker 1: as opposed to the first half of the season, maybe

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Speaker 1: even the first three quarters of the season. Right now,

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Speaker 1: the Rams Matthew Stafford number twenty three in the National

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Speaker 1: Football League with a quarterback rating of seventy seven point six. Now,

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals have struggled earlier in the year. Actually, three

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Speaker 1: quarters of the way through the year, the Arizona Cardinals

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Speaker 1: defense was in the top five defensive quarterback ratings in

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Speaker 1: the league, top five. There's so much behind that. It's

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Speaker 1: such a huge metric. It's an important metric. But man,

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Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford seventy seven point six in the last three games,

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Speaker 1: that's a low number pall, And you could argue his

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Speaker 1: best game of the year was Week fourteen at Arizona

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Speaker 1: when he went three touchdown passes no picks in a

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Speaker 1: passer rating a one thirty nine. Yes, and if you

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Speaker 1: remember to your point, there was a he excelled in

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Speaker 1: play action. He was seven of eight with two touchdown

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Speaker 1: passes out of play action. They had designed rollouts with

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Speaker 1: the third touchdown pass, so you know, and look, the

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Speaker 1: Rams specialize in big plays and they hit the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: event man Jefferson fifty two yarder. And what has been

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Speaker 1: a problem for the Cardinals defense recently, and even Cliff

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Speaker 1: Kingsbury said it on Monday, it's been the big plays

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Speaker 1: on defense and negative plays on offense. And not only that, Paula,

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Speaker 1: you flip it over for the Arizona Cardinals offensively, and

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Speaker 1: you and I were talking about this very thing. I

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Speaker 1: think they have to run the ball. They have to

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Speaker 1: run the ball in between the tackles. They got to

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Speaker 1: do it in a Northsouth physical kind of way. And

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Speaker 1: then take some shots down the field. And I think

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Speaker 1: one of the guys that might actually be the benefit

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Speaker 1: for the Cardinals down the stretch might be tweezy Antoine Wesley.

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Speaker 1: Throw it up, take some shots down the field. You

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Speaker 1: got aj Green on one side like you did in

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Speaker 1: the first game of the season, and then Antoine Wesley

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Speaker 1: maybe on the other side. Christian Kirk in the slot.

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Speaker 1: They gotta take shots down the field ball. They got

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Speaker 1: to figure out the red zone. Wesley maybe he might

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Speaker 1: be an option there like he was in Dallas. When

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Speaker 1: you go nineteen fourteen to fourteen plays, those drives in

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Speaker 1: that field goals every time. You got to figure that out.

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Speaker 1: And as we talked about earlier, Look, the Niners got

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Speaker 1: down seventeen nothing last week, did not abandon the run game.

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Speaker 1: They still ran a thirty one times. They came back

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Speaker 1: to win a special thanks to Buddha Baker, the Pro

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Speaker 1: Bowl safety, Jim Almandro, Cody Fincher for Ron Wolfley on

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Speaker 1: Paul CALVC. How about it? The first ever playoff game

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Speaker 1: on Monday Night Football, the Cardinals first playoff games since

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Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. It's all coming our way. This has been

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