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Speaker 1: It's now out, so what do we think? Welcome Bird Gang.

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Speaker 1: On today's show, Danny Surrek and Paul Calvc join me.

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Speaker 1: That's right, we go cover three to discuss the release

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Speaker 1: of the twenty twenty five NFL schedule. How many primetime games?

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Speaker 1: When is the bye week?

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Speaker 2: Let's get to it.

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Speaker 1: It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode eight eighty four, and it

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Speaker 1: starts now.

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Speaker 3: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two?

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Speaker 2: Who to Baker?

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Speaker 1: What Heart? What rent?

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Speaker 2: This guy's unbelievable?

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Speaker 2: He's a the ten half of five. He's it again,

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Speaker 2: so more hurry magic.

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Speaker 1: Whow Here's Craigcrioler. So we all have in our hand

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Speaker 1: a copy of the Arizona Cardinals schedule. A reminder the

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Speaker 1: opponents NFC South, AFC South third place teams out of

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Speaker 1: the NFC North, NFC East, and AFC North now based

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Speaker 1: on last year's schedule, and the opponents fifth easiest schedule

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Speaker 1: on paper. Paul, the fifth easiest schedule, which means absolutely nothing.

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Speaker 1: But I just thought I'd throw it out here, Craig.

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Speaker 2: Let's just get it over with all right, When do

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Speaker 2: or no, we need to know that. Let's just get

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Speaker 2: the vitals out of the way right off the top here, Danny,

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Speaker 2: what pressing question did you have going into the schedule release.

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Speaker 4: Well, players want to know when's the bye week. That's

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Speaker 4: the first thing they're looking for. So some of the

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Speaker 4: key takeaways right off the bat is Cardinals bye week

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Speaker 4: is October twenty sixth, which is week eight, right, So

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Speaker 4: primetime games and weather games. And that's really how you

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Speaker 1: Well, since you asked two primetime games, the Cardinals are

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Speaker 1: going to be on Thursday night for the first time

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Speaker 4: Thank you for not saying my Dallas Cowboys. It can

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Speaker 4: be Paul, Seattle Seahawks, but just the Dallas Cowboys over here.

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Speaker 2: Definitely somebody else's twelves, and you know what, twelves, that's

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Speaker 2: we all know the record of road teams on Thursday nights,

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Speaker 1: May I just say that opening on the road at

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Speaker 1: but just on the surface you look at it, there's

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Speaker 1: We are, yeah, smack dab in the middle of May.

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Speaker 1: The season doesn't begin until September. So let's go month

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Speaker 1: The end of advantages, well, the Cardinals have all the experience.

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Speaker 4: Is not a disadvantage, And I mean that in the

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Speaker 4: Week one is such a disadvantage? No, he wasn't you know,

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Speaker 4: We're not talking about a cam Ward situation here, So no,

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Speaker 4: I understand that that argument from a larger picture, That

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Speaker 1: Maybe it's just a game planning advantage for New Orleans

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Speaker 4: Is it truly an advantage though? Of you might have

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Speaker 2: Look Tyler Shook, local kid, we get it to typical

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Speaker 2: throwing with men in his face not good. And combined

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Speaker 1: Here's a little nugget for you on pregame, Paul, the

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Speaker 2: I was at that game in nineteen ninety six.

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Speaker 4: So we're having Vignet's and bourbon for breakfast.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, if Craig could especially just put it out there exactly.

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Speaker 2: You were just there for a wedding, Danny, so you

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Speaker 1: So after the two of you survive Bourbon Street in

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Speaker 2: That's better, little better.

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Speaker 1: Week two at home against the Carolina Panthers, because it

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Speaker 1: This time, though, Paul, it's at home, and that's a

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Speaker 2: That is true, And you know what, that was probably

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Speaker 4: This is a sneaky weather game. We talked about Cincinnati,

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Speaker 4: Spent two and a half hours in direct sunlight. When

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, no doubt. I mean that was way. There's

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Speaker 1: The seven wins the Cardinals have at Levi Stadium are

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Speaker 2: That's a ding. And yeah, there's just something about going

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Speaker 1: First true test. I think this schedule is this two

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Speaker 4: Night, back to back division games. I made the league

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Speaker 1: A national level, to debut those uniforms.

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Speaker 2: That makes total sense. Just tell me, please, Seattle doesn't

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Speaker 2: Nobody's better for that, especially the national TV audience. But

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that was money. That was a rare.

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Speaker 1: Thursday night home win for the Cardinals. There are two

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Speaker 2: That's interesting. The other interesting thing about Seattle is in

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Speaker 1: So you close September with a potential rookie quarterback, You

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Speaker 2: And you presume it's going to be cam Ward. I mean,

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Speaker 2: Will Levis says he's not been good. Right, thirty third

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Speaker 1: Ever since the second regular season visit to State Farm

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Speaker 1: It's regular season records with this. So, yeah, the Cardinals

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Speaker 4: If you will, again not to be disrespectful, if it's

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Speaker 2: That's right. Yeah, he got a lot of media attention

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Speaker 2: But they owed Daniel Jones one from Jonathan Gannon's first year,

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Speaker 4: This time around, we might not be able to attend

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Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, all right, that's unfortunate for you, Paul.

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Speaker 1: So next we will all be together in Week seven,

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Speaker 2: Okay, we go. Have you check the Packers roster? Do

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Speaker 4: It is it is slipping my mind right now. You

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Speaker 4: Had that blocked? What field goal?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, keeps up. There's another one. There's another revenge angle.

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Speaker 2: You're right, every single week we're gonna come up the

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Speaker 2: be available there. But you want a revenge game. Cardinals

438
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Speaker 2: went to green Bay and Matt Lafleur he had his

439
00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:34,440
Speaker 2: way with that play calling. Jordan Love looked really good

440
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Speaker 2: at Lambeau a year ago against the Cardinals, so don't

441
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Speaker 2: think they haven't forgotten about that.

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Speaker 1: Getting a win against green Bay going into the bye

443
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Speaker 1: week would certainly be nice the Cardinals with their earliest

444
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Speaker 1: bye week since twenty twenty. By the way, this is

445
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Speaker 1: a good reminder here Asycardinals dot com forward slash tickets,

446
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Speaker 1: Asycardinals dot Com forward slash tickets if you want to

447
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Speaker 1: be at State Farm Stadium not only in September and October,

448
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Speaker 1: but throughout the entire season. In the month of November, though,

449
00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:03,680
Speaker 1: this is the one that we all have circled on

450
00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:05,919
Speaker 1: the calendar, at least Danny has circled on the calendar.

451
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Speaker 1: November three at Dallas. It is a Monday Nights football appearance.

452
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Speaker 1: Cardinals at the Cowboys. Cardinals are three and oh all

453
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Speaker 1: time at at and T Stadium. Kyler Murray is nine

454
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Speaker 1: and oh all time at at and T Stadium. And

455
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Speaker 1: I believe Danny Sirek is two and oh against the

456
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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys since her since she joined the Arizona Cardinals.

457
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Speaker 1: So we got a lot of records on the line

458
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Speaker 1: here on this one.

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Speaker 4: Revenge game. Marked that down, Marked that down.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, if Danny goes in this column here, revenge game,

461
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Speaker 2: that's good.

462
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Speaker 4: I was creeping my eye on this one. I had

463
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Speaker 4: my fingers crossed for Thanksgiving for selfish reasons. But I'll

464
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Speaker 4: take Monday night game. This is going to be exciting.

465
00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:48,719
Speaker 4: Kyler Murray has thrived at eight and T Stadium at

466
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Speaker 4: every point in his career, going back to high school football.

467
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Speaker 4: I think it's an exciting quarterback matchup with Murray and

468
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Speaker 4: Dak Prescott, and the Cowboys have added some weapons. They

469
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Speaker 4: brought in George Piggins to be op of Cede Lamb.

470
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Speaker 4: They've got a few offensive weapons as well, and then

471
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Speaker 4: Micah Parsons right, so the Cowboys have their fair share

472
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Speaker 4: of weapons. The question mark is new head coach Brian Schottenheimer.

473
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Speaker 4: Now he was with the staff prior, so that's going

474
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Speaker 4: to be a team that I think is exciting to

475
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Speaker 4: see at that point in the year of maybe they

476
00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:20,760
Speaker 4: would have found their flow and how the Cardinals can

477
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Speaker 4: combat that at.

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Speaker 1: Another revenge game. Clayton Adams Cardinals offensive line coach. Yes,

479
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Speaker 1: the new OCO, Brian Schottenheimer.

480
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Speaker 2: Sam yep. And that's the reason they hurt him is

481
00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:35,800
Speaker 2: because they wanted a running game. They were one of

482
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Speaker 2: the worst rushing teams in the NFL, and they looked

483
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,760
Speaker 2: at the Cardinals offense the last couple of years, top five,

484
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Speaker 2: top ten in almost every single rushing category in two

485
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Speaker 2: years with Clayton Adams leading the offensive line, and so

486
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Speaker 2: boom he comes in. He's the offensive coordinator. Now in Dallas, they.

487
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Speaker 4: Drafted Tyler Booker, the offensive lineman yep.

488
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Speaker 2: And you know the last time they took a guard

489
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Speaker 2: in the first round, Zach Martin, that worked out pretty well.

490
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Speaker 2: So if they're going to build from the inside out

491
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Speaker 2: and rebuild that offensive line, and it needed it needed

492
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Speaker 2: some additions. Think about Dallas is the league must know

493
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,000
Speaker 2: something we don't because they put them in the season

494
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Speaker 2: opener NFL kickoff game at Philadelphia. They've given them a

495
00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:17,359
Speaker 2: bunch of other premiere and or primetime time slots right

496
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:21,040
Speaker 2: there on the Christmas Day game on Netflix against Washington.

497
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Speaker 2: And I get it. There's a lot of really good

498
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Speaker 2: teams in that division, there's a lot of really good rivalries,

499
00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,639
Speaker 2: are a lot of big TV markets, but Dallas is

500
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:28,840
Speaker 2: getting a lot of love this year.

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Speaker 1: I think from the schedule for a year, it's America's

502
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Speaker 1: team Paul.

503
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Speaker 2: They haven't been in an NFC championship game in thirty years.

504
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Speaker 2: And so anyway, don't don't don't get me started on

505
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Speaker 2: this one. You know what, this is a revenge game

506
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Speaker 2: for you, not only Danny, but myself as well, first

507
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Speaker 2: time this year.

508
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Speaker 4: Just make sure you bring sunglasses and in case the curtains.

509
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Speaker 1: That's right after a road trip to Dallas, Cardinals will

510
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Speaker 1: head to Seattle, so the first time this season back

511
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Speaker 1: to back road game. It comes in Week ten Cardinals

512
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Speaker 1: at the Seahawks. Cardinals again very good at Lumen Field,

513
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Speaker 1: and this wraps up your two games against the Seahawks

514
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Speaker 1: the following week. By the way, Week eleven is a

515
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Speaker 1: home game against the forty nine Ers. So by Week eleven,

516
00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,719
Speaker 1: you have finished facing two thirds or two of your

517
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,960
Speaker 1: three NFC West opponents. You are done with the forty

518
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Speaker 1: nine Ers, you are done with the Seahawks by mid

519
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Speaker 1: November without even facing the Rams.

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Speaker 4: Yet, We're gonna save the Rams because I know we're

521
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Speaker 4: working our way down the schedule. But I would say,

522
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Speaker 4: if there were one team you were to ask me

523
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Speaker 4: in the NFC West, I would prefer to not face

524
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Speaker 4: twice in the back half of the season, given how

525
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Speaker 4: they typically finish the regular season. My answer would have

526
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Speaker 4: been the Rams, no doubt.

527
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Speaker 2: I completely agree with you on that one. San Francisco

528
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Speaker 2: typically at the end of the year, there's a real

529
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Speaker 2: good chance they're going to be really banged up and

530
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Speaker 2: really injured, in a shell of their former self. In

531
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Speaker 2: terms of the roster, it happens more often than not seemingly.

532
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Speaker 2: But yeah, you're gonna Seattle and San Francisco out of

533
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Speaker 2: the way by week ten. So that's interesting. Going to

534
00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,160
Speaker 2: Seattle at that point of the year. Could be torrential rain.

535
00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,880
Speaker 2: You could be spared. It's hard to tell at that point.

536
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Speaker 2: I will say this, at that point in the season,

537
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Speaker 2: I wonder how different Seattle's gonna look if Sam Darnold

538
00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,240
Speaker 2: is in. You know, they can't keep him upright and

539
00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:22,720
Speaker 2: keep him healthy. It could be the Jalen Milroe show

540
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,000
Speaker 2: through luck time at that point. Who knows. I mean,

541
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Speaker 2: and from all accounts, you know, they fired their first

542
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Speaker 2: year offensive coordinator because he wasn't running the ball. So

543
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Speaker 2: Seattle wants to run the ball, and Zach Charbonay might

544
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Speaker 2: be the feature back this year instead of Kenneth Walker

545
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Speaker 2: based on some of the buzz coming out of Seattle

546
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Speaker 2: rookie camp and some of the off season stuff, just

547
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Speaker 2: because Zach Charbonay had a much better yards per carry

548
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Speaker 2: averaging Kenneth Walker. So I'm curious what they're gonna look like.

549
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Speaker 4: So you think of the struggle that Cardinals had running

550
00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,159
Speaker 4: the ball against Seattle last year, I mean, you've got

551
00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:54,960
Speaker 4: to think that's going to be something that is going

552
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,480
Speaker 4: to be a huge target preparing for Seattle this year, and.

553
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Speaker 2: You've got to figure out an answer to Leonard Williams

554
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Speaker 2: number ninety nine. He wrecked both games, especially the game

555
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,560
Speaker 2: at Seattle. You know, he played him twice in three

556
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:08,760
Speaker 2: weeks in the middle of last year around the by

557
00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,440
Speaker 2: coming in and going out, and Leonard Williams was a

558
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,720
Speaker 2: big time problem. You got to figure that out, just

559
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 2: like every other NFC West team has to figure out

560
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,399
Speaker 2: Trey McBride, Cardinals have to figure out Big Cat Williams.

561
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Speaker 1: So your first three games in November at Dallas, at Seattle,

562
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Speaker 1: home to the forty nine ers, and then you have

563
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Speaker 1: another home game, So back to back home games for

564
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Speaker 1: the second time this season in twenty twenty five weeks

565
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Speaker 1: eleven and twelve. Cardinals will host the Jaguars on November

566
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Speaker 1: twenty third, And this is the one that I'm looking

567
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,760
Speaker 1: forward to because you get to see second overall pick

568
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Speaker 1: Travis Hunter two way player, and the Cardinals once upon

569
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Speaker 1: a time had their own two way player in Roy Green.

570
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Speaker 1: And I remember hearing you, I can't remember if it

571
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Speaker 1: was on Big Red Rage or Underground mentioning you would

572
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:58,320
Speaker 1: like to see that meeting take place pre game. Roy

573
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Speaker 1: Green on the field with.

574
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Speaker 2: Travis That is a photo op waiting to happen jet

575
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,960
Speaker 2: stream and Travis Hunter. You know what's interesting, and and

576
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:09,680
Speaker 2: Roy was really insightful as you might imagine as to look,

577
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Speaker 2: it's just not feasible for him to play both sides

578
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,200
Speaker 2: of the ball with any sort of entirety in a

579
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,840
Speaker 2: game over the course of his season because by the

580
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 2: end of the season, you've played two seasons compared to

581
00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,600
Speaker 2: everyone else. And it's interesting Pro football focus. Last year

582
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:28,600
Speaker 2: at Colorado, Hunter played one four hundred and sixty one snaps.

583
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:32,399
Speaker 2: By comparison, Patrick sir Tan, your Defensive Player of the

584
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,600
Speaker 2: Year cornerback for the Broncos in seventeen games, played nine

585
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Speaker 2: hundred and seventy eight snaps. So he played five hundred

586
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,080
Speaker 2: more snaps as a receiver in a dB at Colorado

587
00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:46,160
Speaker 2: in a much shorter season than Patrick Sirtan did. And

588
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 2: right now the Jaguars are using him at receiver in

589
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,720
Speaker 2: the rookie minting camp. It's receiver first, it's dB second.

590
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,920
Speaker 2: And we know Brian Thomas Junior, their rookie receiver, ended

591
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,880
Speaker 2: up in the Pro Bowl, So it's a nice one

592
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 2: to two punch for the Jaguars to come in with

593
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Speaker 2: a first year head coach, first year GM, first year

594
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Speaker 2: team president. It's going to be a whole new look

595
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Speaker 2: with the Jags.

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Speaker 4: You were talking about how different Seattle could look from

597
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 4: earlier in the season to the middle of the season.

598
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Speaker 4: One of the most exciting position battles for the Cardinals

599
00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:14,680
Speaker 4: throughout training camp is going to be in the secondary,

600
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Speaker 4: that cornerbacks room. And we saw a bit of a

601
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 4: rotation opposite mostly of Sean Murphy bunting outside last year

602
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:24,320
Speaker 4: with Starling Thomas and Max Meltin. I'm curious to see

603
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Speaker 4: how the Cardinals secondary is going to look at the

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Speaker 4: start of the season towards this part here in the

605
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Speaker 4: middle and where rookie Will Johnson is going to have

606
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Speaker 4: a role in this. If we're talking about seeing Hunter

607
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:35,960
Speaker 4: mostly as a wide receiver, that's going to be an

608
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,560
Speaker 4: exciting matchup whoever he's going to be lined up against.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, is it happening early in the season with Will

610
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Speaker 1: Johnson or does it take a little time Because it

611
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 1: did take time with Max Meltin last season.

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Speaker 4: And by the time Jacksonville comes to Arizona, Travis Hunter

613
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Speaker 4: could be playing a vastly different game than he does

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Speaker 4: in the first half of the season. He might be

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Speaker 4: finding whether that is mentally or physically, he's not able

616
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Speaker 4: to be a quote unquote true two way player, right

617
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,840
Speaker 4: he might be mostly playing on one side of the

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Speaker 4: ball by the time he comes to State Farm Stadium.

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Speaker 2: Because remember Deon Sanders of Colorado would give him several

620
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Speaker 2: days off to recuperate after every Buffs game. Well, he's

621
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Speaker 2: not gonna get that ability, that luxury in the NFL.

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Speaker 2: And by the way, Jacksonville a year ago went one

623
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Speaker 2: in eight on the road. So Cardinals welcome Jacksonville two.

624
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Speaker 2: State Farm Stadium for its twentieth season.

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Speaker 1: The month of November ends with a trip to Tampa Bay.

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Speaker 1: This is one of two trips outside of the NFC

627
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Speaker 1: West in which Paul keeps an eye on.

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Speaker 2: Roof no roof.

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Speaker 1: This has a no roof component to it. But you

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Speaker 1: get Tampa Bay at the end of November as opposed

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Speaker 1: to maybe in September. Is this good bad? You prefer

632
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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay on the schedule right now here, Paul could.

633
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Speaker 2: Be torrential rain. But it shouldn't. You shouldn't you know,

634
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 2: visitors sideline you're gonna get the direct sun, so it

635
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 2: shouldn't Obviously, it'll be ideal in terms of the temperature

636
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Speaker 2: in Tampa that time a year. You can't go there

637
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,280
Speaker 2: without thinking of Super Bowl forty three and standing on

638
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Speaker 2: the sideline and then envisioning Larry Fitzgerald making free for

639
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:02,960
Speaker 2: what you thought might be a Super Bowl winning touchdown.

640
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,880
Speaker 2: And so all the flashbacks will be there on the sideline.

641
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 2: But again, you know a lot of respect for Todd Bowles,

642
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,480
Speaker 2: and that's going to be a great matchup Kyler Murray

643
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,480
Speaker 2: and the Cardinals offense against Todd Bowles and that defense.

644
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,800
Speaker 2: And every time Kyler and Baker Mayfield hook up, I

645
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 2: mean it's the game within the game that those two

646
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:24,000
Speaker 2: guys are competitive to the ninety ninth percentile, but when

647
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Speaker 2: they play each other, it is off the hook.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the fact that Tampa Bay is not in September

649
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:32,400
Speaker 4: is great news for us that will be traveling and

650
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Speaker 4: spending time outside on the field, and that's right after Thanksgiving.

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00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:37,520
Speaker 4: That's that's where we are in the calendar right now.

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Speaker 1: By the way, Kyler three to zero against Baker Mayfield

653
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Speaker 1: in the NFL, Oh, that's right.

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Speaker 4: I like that.

655
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:44,400
Speaker 2: So if you want to put that in another game,

656
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 2: then there's a revenge game too. You're right, absolutely, Okay,

657
00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 2: we just keep going.

658
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 1: We head to December, and now on December seventh, Week fourteen,

659
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:59,200
Speaker 1: the Rams finally show up on the schedule. Cardinals face

660
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:02,160
Speaker 1: the Rams in Week two last season. They have to

661
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 1: wait until week fourteen to see them this season, and

662
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,000
Speaker 1: that this just might be a quirk. But again to

663
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 1: your point, Danny, it's this is when Sean McVay Matthew

664
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:16,440
Speaker 1: Stafford are at their best late in the season, those

665
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,080
Speaker 1: final month month.

666
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:18,320
Speaker 2: And a half.

667
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 4: You don't have majority of a season for Devontae Adams

668
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,280
Speaker 4: to get comfortable with McVeigh and with Stafford. And I

669
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,040
Speaker 4: don't love that idea. Now, DeVante Adams was not the

670
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 4: same receiver we saw him in Green Bay last year

671
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,920
Speaker 4: with the Jets, and there was so much going on there,

672
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 4: So that's understandable. So it's a big question mark of

673
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,920
Speaker 4: which Devonte Adams is LA going to get. I don't

674
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,000
Speaker 4: love the fact that the first time you are seeing

675
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,440
Speaker 4: LA is so late in the season, just because of

676
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 4: the chemistry that they will have by that point and

677
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 4: the momentum they always seem to find that late in

678
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:51,880
Speaker 4: the season. But the Cardinals are gonna have to step up.

679
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 4: And there were times, i mean at home week two

680
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 4: last season, Arizona crushed them. And there were moments when

681
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,320
Speaker 4: they ended last season on the road in La that

682
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 4: Arizona looked good and was competitive and up until that

683
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:07,840
Speaker 4: final play had the game within their hands. So I'm

684
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:10,320
Speaker 4: expecting that to be a competitive game between the Cardinals

685
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:10,800
Speaker 4: and the Rams.

686
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:13,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's facts right there. I mean, think about that

687
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 2: last game Week seventeen at the La Rams. He had

688
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:19,959
Speaker 2: a fourth and one early second quarter and the Cardinals

689
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 2: got stuffed behind a decimated offensive line. They were so

690
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,000
Speaker 2: injured and James Connor couldn't pick it up. They were

691
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 2: inside the twenty. That was a gamble and then all

692
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 2: of a sudden, the Rams responded. So that was a

693
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:31,840
Speaker 2: big turn in the game. Then, obviously the deflection off

694
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,280
Speaker 2: the helmet of Trey McBride and the critical interception in

695
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 2: the end zone. That's how close the Cardinals were to

696
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 2: sweeping the Rams a year ago, a Rams team that

697
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 2: took the Eagles all the way down in the snow

698
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,480
Speaker 2: on the road in the playoffs, to the final few

699
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,920
Speaker 2: minutes of that postseason game, I think the Rams probably

700
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 2: petitioned the league and said, we don't want to play

701
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:51,480
Speaker 2: the Cardinals in September any longer, because there were There

702
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 2: have also been times when Cardinals had gone to so

703
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 2: fine September and Jack stopped the Rams as well. So

704
00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:58,960
Speaker 2: here's the other thing, though, less Need is all of

705
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 2: a sudden a believer in dry picks again. And I

706
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 2: think I think that's why the Rams in part have

707
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 2: been so good towards the end of the last two seasons,

708
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 2: is because Loo's young players have matured. Now are rookies

709
00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,120
Speaker 2: going to be as big a factor on their depth

710
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,960
Speaker 2: chart as a year's pass. So maybe, just maybe they

711
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:18,799
Speaker 2: don't peak towards the end of the season like they

712
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:20,719
Speaker 2: have in years pass because they don't have all these

713
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,160
Speaker 2: young guys coming into their own like Jared Versu and

714
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:24,359
Speaker 2: Braden Fisted a year ago.

715
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,440
Speaker 1: So after a home game against the Rams, your final

716
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 1: four games, the stretch where you have three of four

717
00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:34,000
Speaker 1: on the road, Week fifteen, the Cardinals will be at Houston.

718
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:38,080
Speaker 1: Cardinals have never won on the road against the texanszer

719
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 1: and three. It's a kind of a odd little quirk

720
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,240
Speaker 1: because you don't play the Texans a lot but again,

721
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,879
Speaker 1: what are you getting with CJ. Stroud? It's your three?

722
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,120
Speaker 1: Are you getting the rookie CJ. Stroud or are you

723
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:50,800
Speaker 1: getting these sophomore slump CJ.

724
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 2: Strout?

725
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,880
Speaker 4: Another game, the Cardinals were competitive up until the end.

726
00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,560
Speaker 4: It was an interception that sealed the game for Houston.

727
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,200
Speaker 4: That was when kaisier white toward his bicep. I will

728
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,440
Speaker 4: say as a doubt the name of not many positives

729
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 4: I can say about the city of Houston that that stadium,

730
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:06,720
Speaker 4: though energy, did surprise me with one of my favorite

731
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 4: press box spreads. I am looking forward to that.

732
00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:12,719
Speaker 1: Wow, not expecting that that was a good one.

733
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 2: There's no revenge or payback game for that one.

734
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:20,320
Speaker 1: A second, I mean, we all liked.

735
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,640
Speaker 2: Him when he played here. Christian Kirk is on the

736
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:24,600
Speaker 2: Houston tex.

737
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:27,360
Speaker 4: Local.

738
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 1: He has not faced his former team yet. This will

739
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:30,920
Speaker 1: be the first time.

740
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 2: That is true. And him and Kyler, they they were tight.

741
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,400
Speaker 2: And but the respect I had for c J. Strouder

742
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 2: after watching him that rookie campaign. I mean, guys, I've

743
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:42,839
Speaker 2: told you you can count on one hand how many

744
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 2: times Cardinals players have come off the bench and walked

745
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:50,320
Speaker 2: up to the white stripe to watch another player in person.

746
00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:51,000
Speaker 4: C J.

747
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,360
Speaker 2: Stroud was that guy two years ago. A lot of

748
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:56,240
Speaker 2: Cardinals players wanted to see the rookie quarterback and literally

749
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 2: they walked up, they'd watch a series, they nod their

750
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:02,680
Speaker 2: head to say, yep, legit, and sure enough he led

751
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,239
Speaker 2: Houston to that big playoff win his rookie season. Now

752
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,439
Speaker 2: they sort of flatten out a year ago and look,

753
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 2: their offensive line was not good a year ago, and

754
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:13,440
Speaker 2: a lot of people drew a connection, a correlation between

755
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 2: his play and how often he was getting hit and harassed.

756
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,000
Speaker 2: So that was a difference in that game. If you

757
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 2: go back a couple of years ago, if the Cardinals

758
00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,319
Speaker 2: can go in with the revamp pass rush and they

759
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 2: can bring some heat and effects c J. Stroud, I

760
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,320
Speaker 2: don't think he'll be nearly as effective as he was

761
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:27,920
Speaker 2: two years ago.

762
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,320
Speaker 1: Moving to Week sixteen, the final home game of the

763
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 1: regular season, Cardinals hosts the Falcons on December twenty first,

764
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:35,760
Speaker 1: And this is just looking at some of the notes

765
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:38,839
Speaker 1: and going back to history, this has been always been

766
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: a sneaky close matchup. Say what you want about the

767
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:44,920
Speaker 1: Falcons and what they do and who might be quarterbacking

768
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 1: that team. Kirk Cousins still on the roster last I checked,

769
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:50,439
Speaker 1: so not expecting him to be quarterback at that point

770
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 1: in late December. But the last three meetings between these

771
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,920
Speaker 1: two teams all decided by two points or fewer, and

772
00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: for the most part, it's taken a last second field

773
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:02,440
Speaker 1: goal for the game to be decided. So even though

774
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 1: it's Atlanta, they just whatever it is them and the Cardinals,

775
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:08,399
Speaker 1: it's always close.

776
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,680
Speaker 4: The home team has won thirteen straight seventeen of the

777
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 4: last eighteen meetings between these two clubs.

778
00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 2: Wow, that is crazy. And you know what, Atlanta finished

779
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,200
Speaker 2: with the exact same record as the Cardinals a year ago,

780
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:23,040
Speaker 2: eight wins. Here's the thing. Though Atlanta hasn't made the

781
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:26,960
Speaker 2: playoffs since twenty seventeen, they've had seven straight losing records.

782
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,800
Speaker 2: They've tried to fix the pass rush. They for some reason,

783
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 2: gave the Rams a first round pick to trade back

784
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 2: into round one. To understand, James Pierce Junior to move

785
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 2: up like the Rams only had to move down like

786
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:40,680
Speaker 2: twenty spots and they get a Round one pick next

787
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:42,759
Speaker 2: year out of it. I certainly didn't like that in

788
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 2: terms of the NFC West, but they also signed Leonard

789
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:48,439
Speaker 2: Floyd so they knew it. They finished second to last

790
00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:50,799
Speaker 2: in sacks a year ago. They had to Raheem Morris

791
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:52,840
Speaker 2: said it, we have to get to the quarterbacks. So

792
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 2: they went all out trying to prove the pass rush.

793
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 2: But to me, if you stop their run game, Bjeon Robinson,

794
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 2: Tyler Algier used to off the Falcons. I mean they

795
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 2: want to come out, they want to rune. I know

796
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,400
Speaker 2: they have weapons. I get it, they have Kyle Pitts

797
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 2: and Drake London. But if they can run the ball,

798
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 2: that's where the Cardinals have had issues stopping the Falcons

799
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:10,799
Speaker 2: in the past.

800
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:14,919
Speaker 4: Is this the year we see Kyle Pitts do something.

801
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:17,320
Speaker 2: Worthy of his draft position?

802
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 1: Right?

803
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 2: That's fair?

804
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, top ten and yeah, it just hasn't lived up

805
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,719
Speaker 1: to the hype, not even close. Speaking of hype, how

806
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 1: about Week seventeen on the road at Cincinnati. This is

807
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 1: either going to be a Saturday or a Sunday game.

808
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:32,280
Speaker 1: But you have the first ever matchup between former Heisman

809
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,840
Speaker 1: Trophy winners and number one overall picks in Kyler Murray

810
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:39,600
Speaker 1: and Joe Burrow. You've got the hometown return of Paris Johnson.

811
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:43,359
Speaker 1: Junior Bengals draft picks Joanah Williams and a Keem Davis

812
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,919
Speaker 1: Gate there face their former teams for the first time.

813
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:48,600
Speaker 1: But we are all concerned and wonder what the weather

814
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:50,880
Speaker 1: is going to be like for you, Paul, because I

815
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:53,360
Speaker 1: did look it up and if you just google average

816
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:58,240
Speaker 1: temperature in December in Cincinnati, I got arranged from thirty

817
00:38:58,280 --> 00:38:59,800
Speaker 1: two to forty one degrees.

818
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:03,320
Speaker 2: That's not bad, Okay, that's the average. That's the average.

819
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,279
Speaker 2: But like the last three years, hasn't there been like

820
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:09,759
Speaker 2: a crazy range in the temperatures? Right if you take

821
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 2: a look at it. In fact, if I can call

822
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 2: it up right here, here we go. So the last

823
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:18,320
Speaker 2: three week seventeen games hosted by Cincinnati last year was

824
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 2: sixty degrees. In twenty one it was thirty three degrees,

825
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 2: and then in nineteen it was sixty four degrees, sixty

826
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:27,480
Speaker 2: thirty three, and sixty four.

827
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 1: So we're thinking more towards the thirty range then, right,

828
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:33,360
Speaker 1: if we're going pattern.

829
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:34,759
Speaker 4: I don't want to speak for you, Paul, but I

830
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:38,960
Speaker 4: think when you're looking at weather games the last two years,

831
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:42,279
Speaker 4: we really have luckdown You're down there mostly during the game,

832
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:44,920
Speaker 4: and I'm down there pregames, So I am right there

833
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,200
Speaker 4: with you, not as long, but I feel your pain.

834
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:49,440
Speaker 4: But when you look at the last two years on

835
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 4: the road of open stadiums Philadelphia, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Buffalo,

836
00:39:57,080 --> 00:40:00,880
Speaker 4: Green Bay, Miami, we really have looked out with the

837
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:05,319
Speaker 4: weather god, So I think, do I think? And if

838
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:08,239
Speaker 4: it's one game somewhere like Cincinnati, we can handle it.

839
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:11,759
Speaker 2: So it's a we're due be stifling he griping and

840
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:13,880
Speaker 2: grousing about the last couple of years because we've had

841
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:16,200
Speaker 2: a pretty good and I would agree with that, and

842
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:18,759
Speaker 2: I would say the bigger problem for the Cardinals going

843
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 2: to play the Bengals would be Joe Burrow in December

844
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:26,400
Speaker 2: and January has been really good. So to me, Cardinals,

845
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:28,120
Speaker 2: if they're in a position right here to make a

846
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:32,239
Speaker 2: playoff push and they're challenging for that playoff spot a

847
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 2: road win at Cincinnati against Joe Burrow in week seventeen,

848
00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:37,880
Speaker 2: that would be big time to me. That's going to

849
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,160
Speaker 2: be a real test as to whether the Cardinals are

850
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:40,799
Speaker 2: playoff worthy.

851
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 4: Is Trey Hendrickson a Cincinnati Bengal who knows he.

852
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 2: Playing after he diss Zach Taylor the other day? Maybe not?

853
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:50,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's gonna be fun to follow from Afar

854
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 1: and another.

855
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 4: Really exciting position battle when you're talking about Cardinals secondary

856
00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:00,160
Speaker 4: and the Bengals wide receivers room, I mean, some of

857
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,319
Speaker 4: the best in the league. So that'll be exciting to watch.

858
00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:06,000
Speaker 2: And two years ago Jamar Chase at a month in

859
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:09,080
Speaker 2: one game against the Cardinals c is really good and

860
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:12,919
Speaker 2: that yeah, to Danny's point, you're right, I mean Joe Burrow, yes,

861
00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 2: but you know Jamar Chase, the combination of those two.

862
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:17,600
Speaker 2: You let those two get rolling and game over.

863
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 1: Season ends in Los Angeles week eighteen January, third or

864
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:25,880
Speaker 1: fourth again, second time in five weeks, facing the Rams,

865
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 1: and you're closing with back to back road games for

866
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:31,640
Speaker 1: the first time since twenty twenty three of four on

867
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:34,080
Speaker 1: the road. So yeah, if you if you have put

868
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:36,440
Speaker 1: yourself in position, if you're the Cardinals and you have

869
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 1: put yourself in position to be a playoff team, three

870
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 1: of four on the road is a true test whether

871
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 1: you make the postseason or sit home and watch the postseason.

872
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Speaker 4: And this could be exciting if if the Cardinals are

873
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:51,560
Speaker 4: able to be competitive at that point, you could possibly

874
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 4: be playing for first place in the division, right like

875
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:58,040
Speaker 4: you could be playing for essentially a home game against

876
00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:00,920
Speaker 4: the Rams at that point, so I would expect a

877
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 4: lot to be writing on that game if the Cardinals

878
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 4: are still making a push for the playoffs at that point.

879
00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 2: I think this matchup is telling I think the league

880
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 2: is telling us what they think of the NFC West.

881
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,280
Speaker 2: I really do in years past, the Week eighteen matchup

882
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:19,200
Speaker 2: in the NFC West has a lot of times been

883
00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:21,600
Speaker 2: the Rams and forty nine Ers because the league expects

884
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:24,439
Speaker 2: those two to be a top or back when Coach

885
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,480
Speaker 2: Double Rainbow had the Seahawks really rolling, and it's a

886
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:30,120
Speaker 2: lot of times it was the Seahawks and Niners in

887
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:32,680
Speaker 2: the Week eighteen matchup. The fact that the Cardinals and

888
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,879
Speaker 2: Rams are in this matchup, and it doesn't happen very often,

889
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 2: as you just mentioned, just the fifth time since becoming

890
00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:40,480
Speaker 2: the NFC West rivals, they've met in the final game

891
00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 2: of the season. I think this says something about what

892
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:45,400
Speaker 2: the league thinks about how the NFC West is going

893
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:45,920
Speaker 2: to stack up.

894
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:48,320
Speaker 1: Cardinals last season closed with a home game against the

895
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:50,920
Speaker 1: forty nine Ers. To your point, Paul, what does the

896
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:53,919
Speaker 1: league think of the NFC West. Who are those last

897
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:57,920
Speaker 1: two teams battling for first place, maybe a wild card spot.

898
00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 1: You look at that last week of the red season,

899
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:05,480
Speaker 1: division games, rivalry games, but who do you match up against?

900
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:09,239
Speaker 1: Maybe Signals? Hey, we think the NFC West could come

901
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:11,240
Speaker 1: down to the Cardinals and Rams.

902
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:13,000
Speaker 2: And if you look at it, three of the last

903
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:16,120
Speaker 2: four games are on the road, So and what for

904
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,320
Speaker 2: the last six games are on the road for the

905
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:22,480
Speaker 2: Arizona Cardinals, that's going to be a challenge. Remember the

906
00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:26,000
Speaker 2: Cardinals reclaimed home field advantage a year ago. They won

907
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:28,160
Speaker 2: five of the last six games at home, went six

908
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:31,439
Speaker 2: and three at State Farm Stadium. So four your last

909
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 2: six are going to be on the road, including a

910
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:36,400
Speaker 2: trip to the Eastern time zone in Tampa and then

911
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:39,160
Speaker 2: going to Houston playing CJ. Stroud as we detailed, So

912
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:42,160
Speaker 2: it's tough. I mean, you're gonna have to fatten up

913
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:44,960
Speaker 2: early in the year on New Orleans in Carolina and

914
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:49,080
Speaker 2: Tennessee and the Colts, because towards the end of the year,

915
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:51,279
Speaker 2: the degree of difficulty definitely rams up.

916
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:53,960
Speaker 4: And I am totally jumping the gun with this, And

917
00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 4: it's possible that a coaching staff or players even can

918
00:43:57,080 --> 00:44:00,960
Speaker 4: only do so much for preparation. Think about the Cardinals

919
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,279
Speaker 4: season turned out last year after the bye week. So

920
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,000
Speaker 4: now if you're looking at post by week this year

921
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:08,799
Speaker 4: and having what was at four of your last six

922
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,560
Speaker 4: games on the road, you are going to have to

923
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:14,719
Speaker 4: be mentally tough as nails. You're going to have to

924
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:16,440
Speaker 4: be able. If you can't figure it out that first game,

925
00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:18,400
Speaker 4: you were going to have to quickly turn the page

926
00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:20,919
Speaker 4: and get things rolling, because that was an issue last

927
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 4: year for this team.

928
00:44:22,239 --> 00:44:25,040
Speaker 1: By the way, you also have the preseason, not the

929
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:29,480
Speaker 1: dates and time specifically, but we know the opponents. The

930
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:33,000
Speaker 1: Cardinals will have two preseason games home to the Chiefs,

931
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Speaker 1: then on the road at Denver, and then home to

932
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:39,600
Speaker 1: the Raiders, so you and Double Rainbow can get reacquainted

933
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:41,880
Speaker 1: on the sideline we.

934
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Speaker 4: Play every preseason.

935
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Speaker 1: Craig, NFC West meets the AFC West.

936
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Speaker 2: I don't know much about the preseason, but I know

937
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,520
Speaker 2: two things. One, Pete Carroll will warm up his arm,

938
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:52,560
Speaker 2: his throwing arm for a good twenty five to thirty

939
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:55,279
Speaker 2: minutes before the game. It's just all you can watch him.

940
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:58,120
Speaker 2: He'll throw all the routes. And then number two, the

941
00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 2: Chiefs will come in and probably play their starters for

942
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:02,960
Speaker 2: like three quarters, because that's what Andy Reid does in

943
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:07,080
Speaker 2: the preseason. He plays Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelcey. I mean,

944
00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:09,920
Speaker 2: he won't play those guys. So if you're looking to

945
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 2: see a preseason game and see the Kansas City Chiefs,

946
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:15,000
Speaker 2: odds are you will see their premier players for probably

947
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:15,720
Speaker 2: the first half.

948
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Speaker 4: At least actually that game.

949
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:20,000
Speaker 1: And let's hope at least personally, that Kyler Murray Marvin

950
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:24,319
Speaker 1: Harrison Junior are on that ball field in preseason game

951
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:27,319
Speaker 1: number one. I think that again we're talking about May.

952
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:30,080
Speaker 1: But if you learn from last season, you want to

953
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Speaker 1: avoid a slow start, You want some more reps and

954
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:36,799
Speaker 1: especially competition. Maybe spots aren't quite solidified when you get preseason,

955
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:38,760
Speaker 1: but we see some of those starters.

956
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Speaker 2: If it works for.

957
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 1: Andy Reid should work for a lot of other teams

958
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:43,239
Speaker 1: as well.

959
00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:46,360
Speaker 2: And look, this staff is always evolving, always improving, and

960
00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:48,920
Speaker 2: I would agree with that. I think after last season,

961
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:51,560
Speaker 2: you take the whole season as a whole and you say,

962
00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:55,280
Speaker 2: you know what, maybe we do approve approach the preseason

963
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:57,600
Speaker 2: games a little differently, get the rookies some more snaps.

964
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:00,239
Speaker 2: And then number two, all right, what happened out of

965
00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:02,920
Speaker 2: the bye Jonathan Gannon said that in his final press

966
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:05,839
Speaker 2: conference at the end of the twenty four season, said,

967
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:07,360
Speaker 2: you know what, we do need to go back and

968
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:09,239
Speaker 2: look at all, right, what can we do better coming

969
00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 2: out of the by now this year is totally different.

970
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:14,120
Speaker 2: It's week eight, it's not late in the season. You know,

971
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:17,239
Speaker 2: you had seven games to go last year and maybe

972
00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:19,440
Speaker 2: the buye had something to do with it, maybe it didn't,

973
00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 2: who knows, But I am curious to see if Jonathan

974
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 2: Gannon came to any conclusions in the offseason and as

975
00:46:25,719 --> 00:46:27,759
Speaker 2: to whether he's going to implement any changes in those

976
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:28,239
Speaker 2: two areas.

977
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Speaker 4: It changed last year though with the preseason Cardinals had

978
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:34,359
Speaker 4: twelve draft picks. They have seven this year, and they've

979
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:37,000
Speaker 4: gone a little more veteran heavy when you're looking at

980
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:40,040
Speaker 4: the free agency acquisition. So how does that play a

981
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:42,200
Speaker 4: role in who you want or feel like you still

982
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:45,239
Speaker 4: need to see in preseason games compared to what the

983
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:46,520
Speaker 4: decision was last year.

984
00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:49,560
Speaker 2: You want a crazy stat So the Cardinals Cardinals had

985
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:52,600
Speaker 2: thirteen players out at rookie mini camp I saw where

986
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:56,960
Speaker 2: the Atlanta Falcons had forty one forty one. So it

987
00:46:57,120 --> 00:47:01,160
Speaker 2: just shows you how differently teams will approach rookie mini

988
00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:01,919
Speaker 2: camp these days.

989
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:05,400
Speaker 1: By the way, since we've been recording here on this

990
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:08,600
Speaker 1: edition of Cardinals Cover two, it's a yearly thing. It's

991
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:11,240
Speaker 1: a yearly competition. I guess you can say amongst teams,

992
00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:13,960
Speaker 1: their social media departments, their content teams. As far as

993
00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:17,080
Speaker 1: how you release a schedule Bird Gang. If you haven't

994
00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:20,200
Speaker 1: seen it already, I strongly encourage you to go to

995
00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:23,920
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals YouTube channel. And we all know Mac

996
00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:28,080
Speaker 1: Wilson Senior, but did you know he's a rapper as

997
00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: a hobby.

998
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:30,640
Speaker 4: He likes to rat actually did with that because he

999
00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:33,680
Speaker 4: had Third and Go the music group with former teammates

1000
00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:35,640
Speaker 4: Jesse Lucetta and Zach Pascal last year.

1001
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:37,839
Speaker 2: See And I did not know that because usually I'm

1002
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:39,719
Speaker 2: the last to know stuff like that around here, so

1003
00:47:40,080 --> 00:47:43,080
Speaker 2: it makes sense. We followed our scout reports, Dandy and

1004
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:45,239
Speaker 2: myself on that one. But I did see the video

1005
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:48,160
Speaker 2: and I couldn't be more impressed. Honestly, I'm not sure

1006
00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:51,040
Speaker 2: what my expectations were, but it absolutely blew any at

1007
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:54,319
Speaker 2: all expectations out of the water. That was really well

1008
00:47:54,440 --> 00:47:56,040
Speaker 2: done on all levels.

1009
00:47:56,160 --> 00:48:00,360
Speaker 4: A very impressive music video that Mac Wilson's senior cardinalsbacker,

1010
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:04,120
Speaker 4: who goes by rocket Ship is his stage name. He wrote,

1011
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:07,040
Speaker 4: he produced, he performed in the music video. It was

1012
00:48:07,080 --> 00:48:10,520
Speaker 4: the Cardinals content department with some outside help that they

1013
00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:12,880
Speaker 4: filmed it right here in the facility. Some of his

1014
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:17,360
Speaker 4: teammates were extras. It's it's a very impressive performance and

1015
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:19,759
Speaker 4: video that's been put out. And I know that you

1016
00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:23,400
Speaker 4: can download the song on Spotify and Apple and then

1017
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:27,400
Speaker 4: there's going to be maybe word on the street is

1018
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:31,120
Speaker 4: more than one version of the song, so something else

1019
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:33,200
Speaker 4: Paul doesn't know. So keep that in mind. There's a

1020
00:48:33,760 --> 00:48:36,920
Speaker 4: whole bunch of things that you can find out or

1021
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:39,640
Speaker 4: listen to or maybe win, So check out not only

1022
00:48:39,719 --> 00:48:42,239
Speaker 4: the official YouTube channel, but or social channels as well

1023
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:43,200
Speaker 4: to stay up to date on that.

1024
00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:45,560
Speaker 2: I did ask how can a guy like me, maybe

1025
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:47,719
Speaker 2: a pilfer his way into a a T shirt, a

1026
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:50,280
Speaker 2: concert t shirt, or maybe one of the Vinyl albums,

1027
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:52,399
Speaker 2: you know, and they pretty much told me to keep walking.

1028
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:53,920
Speaker 2: They're going to give those away to the Red Sea

1029
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,840
Speaker 2: and Bird Gang. So okay, there you go. I'm not eligible,

1030
00:48:56,960 --> 00:48:59,279
Speaker 2: So anybody listening, take your shot at it.

1031
00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:02,080
Speaker 1: The airs on a Cardinals official YouTube channel, and then

1032
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:07,760
Speaker 1: on Apple Music and Spotify search eighteen Bars or Arizona

1033
00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:11,040
Speaker 1: Cardinals music because, as Danny hinted, it might not be

1034
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:14,200
Speaker 1: the only song that has been released as of yet

1035
00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:15,520
Speaker 1: here on this Wednesday.

1036
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:19,200
Speaker 2: It just untill me. It opens the door for you, Paul.

1037
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:22,800
Speaker 2: I mean, I just I'm always amazed, like, how talented

1038
00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:25,239
Speaker 2: can you be? I mean, you're already the point one

1039
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:27,840
Speaker 2: percent of football players on the planet, and now to

1040
00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:30,360
Speaker 2: do something like that while you also at a charity

1041
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:33,120
Speaker 2: basketball game, and then you're on the side you're actually

1042
00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:36,279
Speaker 2: recording that, I mean, it's really well done. I'm just

1043
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:40,760
Speaker 2: beyond impressed at the multi talented Macwilson's there's also.

1044
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:44,040
Speaker 4: A pretty impressive article to that, Darren Urban wrote on

1045
00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:46,560
Speaker 4: acycardinals dot Com. So pretty much, however, you want to

1046
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:49,839
Speaker 4: consume eighteen bars in the Cardinals' schedule release, you can.

1047
00:49:50,080 --> 00:49:51,919
Speaker 2: And the last thing I'll say in mac Wilson said

1048
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,879
Speaker 2: this to Darren at his charity basketball game. He said,

1049
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,840
Speaker 2: you know what, a team that really gets along together

1050
00:49:58,360 --> 00:50:00,560
Speaker 2: typically is a really good team, or at least it's

1051
00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:03,840
Speaker 2: a hallmark of a good team, you know, And so

1052
00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:06,239
Speaker 2: I've seen a lot of that I don't know about you, guys.

1053
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:09,360
Speaker 2: Maybe it's the fact you've had twenty eight plus rookies

1054
00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:12,400
Speaker 2: come in at least draft picks, more undrafted guys that

1055
00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:14,600
Speaker 2: made the team. You know, they've really changed out the

1056
00:50:14,719 --> 00:50:18,799
Speaker 2: locker room. Obviously in three years. They have put an

1057
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:21,640
Speaker 2: emphasis on guys who are deadly serious about the game.

1058
00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:25,200
Speaker 2: So most of the players in there share that DNA trade.

1059
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:28,040
Speaker 2: And you know, the rosters a lot younger than it

1060
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:30,480
Speaker 2: was three years ago. And these guys are hanging out

1061
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:33,160
Speaker 2: and getting along. And if we think back, you know,

1062
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:36,000
Speaker 2: you get zoom out on Cardinals history some of those

1063
00:50:36,040 --> 00:50:39,399
Speaker 2: teams that got along really well and had that camaraderie

1064
00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:42,000
Speaker 2: where some of the best teams in Cardinals history. Yeah.

1065
00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:42,439
Speaker 2: Well said.

1066
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Speaker 1: By the way, if you want to see Mac Wilson

1067
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:46,919
Speaker 1: Senior and company out on that football field at State

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Speaker 1: Farm Stadium, Azycardinals dot Com Forward slash tickets, that's Azycardinals

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Speaker 1: dot Com, Forward Slash tickets and all the news and

1070
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Speaker 1: information on the schedule on Azcardinals dot com. And on

1071
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Speaker 1: that note, we'll put a lit on this edition Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Cover two presented by Hyundai Probud partner of the Arizona

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Speaker 1: Cardinals as always, Special thanks to our executive producer Jill

1074
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Speaker 1: Mama Hundre, our associate producer Coddy Fincher. Special thanks to

1075
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Speaker 1: Alex Greenberg, Danny Surret, Paul Calvic.

1076
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Speaker 2: I'm Craig Real Louis. Will talk to you next time

1077
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Speaker 2: here on Cardinals cover too. Time to start game planning

1078
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Speaker 2: for the Saints.