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Speaker 1: ten to the five, and then the ends off of

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Speaker 1: the Touchdown Baby Bill. Here's Craig Griolou, Mike Jarecki, and

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Speaker 1: three time pro bowler Kyle Van Deenbasch. One week, gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: actually one week from tomorrow, if we're being completely accurate here,

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Speaker 1: The twenty twenty two NFL Draft is right around the corner.

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Speaker 1: News on that's a bit later. Let's first talk about

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Speaker 1: this week the starts of the off season strength and

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Speaker 1: conditioning program. Another sign of normalcy. You haven't seen this

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Speaker 1: of the past two seasons because of COVID nineteen, but

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Speaker 1: players are back in the building. There is a different

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Speaker 1: vibe offense, defense, nothing on the field as far as

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Speaker 1: And now the question is, all right, how important is it?

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Speaker 1: And there are two schools of thought. I haven't had

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Speaker 1: these days. I don't know if it's a generational thing, Kyle,

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Speaker 1: but your playing days it was still voluntary, although maybe

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Speaker 1: really stress the fact that it is voluntary. Guys are

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Speaker 1: others and there's a good number of in that Cardinals

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Speaker 1: also building towards this upcoming season. Yeah, it is surprising

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Speaker 1: how much it's changed. While it is voluntary, to me,

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Speaker 1: players in that locker room. Felt this team was close,

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Speaker 1: starts this week as far as putting last season behind us,

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Speaker 1: And it's it's good to see players back in the building.

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Speaker 1: It's good to see players, you know. Let me be clear,

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Speaker 1: for an NFL player, offseason workouts don't start today. For

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Speaker 1: me and for the majority of my teammates. When I played,

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Speaker 1: it was that next day. You're getting your body back,

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Speaker 1: Good to see J. J. Watts in attendance, Buddha Baker

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Speaker 1: every player wants their teammates to get paid, but they

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Speaker 1: will come a point and if players aren't here. I'm

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Speaker 1: not speaking specifically about Kyler, but assume a player misses

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Speaker 1: like you said, communication and relationships, it's huge, especially the

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Speaker 1: quarterback receiver type relationship. And that comes, you know, again

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Speaker 1: from offseason commitment. It comes from reps. It comes from

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Speaker 1: um you know, spending time at lunch, sitting around just

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Speaker 1: talking about how practice, when, what things work, Which which

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Speaker 1: routes you like, UM, Which routes the quarterback likes to throw.

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Speaker 1: And again, um, going into year two, I think you're

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Speaker 1: gonna see that that maybe not a giant leap, but

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Speaker 1: you're gonna see that step. You're gonna see um that

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Speaker 1: relationship build, that comfort level level build um and and

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Speaker 1: it's good to hear you know again, Um A J.

438
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Speaker 1: Green was a superstar in this league. It's good to

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Speaker 1: hear his humility. It's good for him to say, Um,

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Speaker 1: I can take it. Kyla can come to me and

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Speaker 1: tell me I mess something up, I'm not doing something right,

442
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Speaker 1: and I will fix it. And that's how a team

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Speaker 1: gets better. You know it all excuse me. It all

444
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Speaker 1: started in a in a Packers game. Obviously the Cardinals

445
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Speaker 1: trail and then they had a chance to win. There

446
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Speaker 1: was a miscommunication there. But you know, even in the

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Speaker 1: Colts game, you know you could see Kyler was a

448
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Speaker 1: little frustrated where he wanted him to come back to

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Speaker 1: the ball. But I do respect the fact that you know,

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Speaker 1: he realizes that he said he had a old a year.

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Speaker 1: And that's why I think year number two for a

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Speaker 1: lot of these guys, we're gonna see a huge jump. Now.

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Speaker 1: It's going to be difficult for James Connor to put

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Speaker 1: up those same kind of numbers. But he is going

455
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Speaker 1: to be the bell cow in this offense and you're

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Speaker 1: going to utilize him in short yardage in the passing game.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I appreciate his honesty because I think a

458
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Speaker 1: lot of fans out there were thinking the same thing.

459
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Speaker 1: Green will be thirty four when the season begins. Yet

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Speaker 1: from what I saw last season, it's not like he's

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Speaker 1: slowing down. Maybe he has lost a little bit of

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Speaker 1: his stuff, but he's never I don't remember him ever

463
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Speaker 1: being like a real speedster or a burner. His advantage

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Speaker 1: on defenders was his height, his route running. Even when

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Speaker 1: he was covered, he was going to make sure he

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Speaker 1: would get the ball or the defender would not have

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to get his hands on the football. Right. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's got a good catch radius. You throw it near him,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna come down with it. And you know, you've

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Speaker 1: got to assume he came here last year on a

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Speaker 1: one year, prove it type deal. He doesn't at this

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Speaker 1: point in his career, want to continue to sign one

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Speaker 1: year deal. He wants a two or three year deal

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Speaker 1: to finish his career. Knowing that he may have left

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Speaker 1: some things on the field last year, that's he still

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Speaker 1: has that hunger. He still wants to prove. Look, I

477
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Speaker 1: can be an answer for a team. I can be

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Speaker 1: a reliable receiver. I can be a difference maker. And

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Speaker 1: he wants to do that now. So I think, you

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Speaker 1: know we had talked about several times on other shows.

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Speaker 1: This is when you find real value. You find guys

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Speaker 1: that are on those prove it type deals. And here

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Speaker 1: he is, for the second year in a row, on

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Speaker 1: a prove it type deal, so he can set himself

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Speaker 1: up and get another two three year contract to finish

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Speaker 1: his career. He doesn't, you know, you don't want to

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Speaker 1: at the end of your career keep getting those one

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Speaker 1: year deals, potentially bouncing around from team to team and

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Speaker 1: never having that stability and being the guy in a system.

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Speaker 1: So you can expect him to be hungry to do

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Speaker 1: what it takes to help this team and make the

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Speaker 1: improvements that he needs to make to be that game

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Speaker 1: changing type receiver. And let's not forget about the lifestyle.

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Speaker 1: Practicing on grass, playing on grass lease eight or nine

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Speaker 1: games a year. I mean, you wake up and sunny

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Speaker 1: and you know, snowing in Cleveland right now and your

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Speaker 1: body feels good. So those are big factors as you

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Speaker 1: get older in your career where it's really the quality

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Speaker 1: of life. A J. Green returning on a one year

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Speaker 1: contracts one of those several moves this team has made

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Speaker 1: about retaining their own players from last season. We'll get

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Speaker 1: to that next. Here on the Cardinals Red Sea Report

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Speaker 1: presented by Ziki Get Your Seats in a Seat. Episode

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Speaker 1: twenty eight of the Day Pash podcast featuring the NFL

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Speaker 1: Network Draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah, is available now. Catch up

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Speaker 1: on past episodes. Follow the Day Pash Podcast via your

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Speaker 1: preferred podcast provider here the let us updates via Twitter

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Speaker 1: hats pass pot. We've had hat time here on the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Red Sea Report. On the Arizona Cardinals Rightio Network,

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Speaker 1: I fell in love with the Arizona organization, everybody in

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Speaker 1: the building and so did have a three year contrack

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Speaker 1: in it. And it's just not gonna call this place home.

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Speaker 1: So Bro, I appreciate you, Bro, just for us. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so you meet the family. What's that my mother, Kelly?

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Speaker 1: You know, we got off to a hot start. You know,

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Speaker 1: I thought last year will be our year, but things

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Speaker 1: take time. You know we're gonna gets recommend Cardinals flight Plan. Enough.

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Speaker 1: Emmy Award winning series is back, season five, episode number one.

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Speaker 1: It debuted Tuesday nights. If you missed it, go to

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals YouTube channel YouTube dot com slash Azy Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: But taking you behind the scenes, here are the voices

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Speaker 1: of James Connor zach Ertz at the end, head coach

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Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury detailing what is going on here in the

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Speaker 1: offseason MJ the cameras behind the scenes, and this is

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Speaker 1: what I love. It's what fans love to see the workings.

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Speaker 1: How do we get from now to week one? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and it was fascinating that he brought his family in

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Speaker 1: here and they got a chance to sit in the

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Speaker 1: in the conference room when Michael's having signed the contract,

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Speaker 1: and you know, it's just fascinating. You know, we don't

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Speaker 1: see that stuff. If you do, it's you know, more

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Speaker 1: just to still picture. So, like I said, I'm always

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Speaker 1: looking for more. And I know we're going to have

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Speaker 1: another segment here or another flight plan coming up. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was and you can just see the relationship with

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Speaker 1: Michael Bidwell with the players, and he's excited and he

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Speaker 1: said listen. They were happy for Christian Kirk. He's a

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Speaker 1: great kid. You know. You can't resign everyone. So it's

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Speaker 1: just you see the personality and how much they respect

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Speaker 1: each other, and it's to me, it's it's very enlightening

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Speaker 1: because we work here and we don't see half of

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Speaker 1: that stuff. Yeah, the in the workings as far as

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Speaker 1: the contract signings. And I thought you brought up a

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Speaker 1: good point, MJ. The title of episode one, card Core

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Speaker 1: meaning all right, what is this team doing here in

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Speaker 1: the off season? Yeah, you lose a Chandler Jones or

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Speaker 1: Christian Kirk, a Chase Edmands all great Arizona Cardinals players

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Speaker 1: you heard from Steve Kay, Michael Bidwell, Yeah, wish them

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Speaker 1: all well, can't keep everyone, So all right, what do

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals do here? Kyle? Figure out who they want

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Speaker 1: to keep and prioritize those free agents I e. Zach Ertz,

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Speaker 1: James Connor, Colt McCoy, players who were either case of

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Speaker 1: Ertz never hit free agency, and then certainly if they

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Speaker 1: did make it the free agency on the open market,

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Speaker 1: chose to come back because this is where they want

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Speaker 1: to be. Yeah, I think you know, again, one of

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Speaker 1: the things I appreciate about this soft season. You know,

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Speaker 1: fans obviously want the splash, they want the big name

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Speaker 1: they you know, and with that comes the big contract.

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Speaker 1: But this team has slowly built itself up to a

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Speaker 1: playoff team, and you appreciate that this organization wants sustainability.

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Speaker 1: They don't want to go back to where they were.

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Speaker 1: They have identified who are our core pieces, who are

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Speaker 1: the leaders at each position group, who are the guys

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Speaker 1: that got us to where we are, and so that

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Speaker 1: after that. And you know, just just talking about flight plan,

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Speaker 1: you guys are absolutely right. I think as as as

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Speaker 1: a fan, the thing you missed during COVID was the

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Speaker 1: insight seeing and getting to know players, some of the

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Speaker 1: players without their helmets and you get to see players,

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Speaker 1: you know, see Zach Ertz come in with his wife,

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Speaker 1: and you see James Connor come in with his family,

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Speaker 1: and it humanizes them and you see their personnel and

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Speaker 1: you see what kind of people they are. And that's

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Speaker 1: what will serve this organization well is the people, the

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Speaker 1: good people, the people that care about their teammates and

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Speaker 1: care about this organization and care about the community. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you know the type of players and people that they are,

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Speaker 1: and that's when you but that's what fans missed, and

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Speaker 1: that's what fans love. The insight and getting to see

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Speaker 1: how even in the offseason with you know, the first

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Speaker 1: game seems like it's it's years away. It's so far away.

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Speaker 1: You see that the gears are always turning and the

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Speaker 1: inner You get to see some of the inner workings

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Speaker 1: that you might not realize they're happening. Every single day.

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Speaker 1: There is I mean for the front office. I mean

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Speaker 1: you see several clips of Steve came watching film and

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Speaker 1: you know, I have to imagine that's probably all he

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Speaker 1: does this time of years, just watch film, breaking down players,

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Speaker 1: looking at prospects, looking at free agents. That evaluation process

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Speaker 1: never stops, and it's you're always moving forward, trying to

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Speaker 1: find ways that you can take that next step. I'll

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Speaker 1: say this though, I mean, it's watching Max Williams. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he was excited all these guys and I know they're

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Speaker 1: obviously signing a contract. He's coming back on a one

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Speaker 1: year deal. Obviously Ertz and Connor were a three year.

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Speaker 1: But you can just Dennis Cardack, you know, just the

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Speaker 1: excitement and Max Williams, I mean, he's I'm so glad

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Speaker 1: he's back because you know the fact that this team

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Speaker 1: was rolling when he was on the field last year.

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Speaker 1: All those names that we just mentioned, players from a

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Speaker 1: year ago coming back here in twenty twenty two. The

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Speaker 1: free agency strategy. What was the mission of this offseason?

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Speaker 1: Here's owner Michael Bidwell from Cardinal's play plan. If you

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Speaker 1: look at the last five seasons, about two thirds of

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Speaker 1: the free agents that went to a different team and

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Speaker 1: were paid more than ten million dollars played less than

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Speaker 1: seventy five percent playtime. Many were not starters, most of

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Speaker 1: them didn't go to the Pro Bowl. Just because you

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Speaker 1: spend a lot of money in free agency doesn't mean

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Speaker 1: you get the greatest players out there. And frankly, when

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Speaker 1: I look back at Steve's success, Steve has had great

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Speaker 1: success signing players that people have sort of forgotten about

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Speaker 1: a little bit after the draft. I mean James Conner

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Speaker 1: we signed in June of last year. There are a

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Speaker 1: lot of great players out there. Being aggressive also means

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Speaker 1: going to be out there, and having the confidence that

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Speaker 1: We've talked about that a lot, and Kyle, you were

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Speaker 1: one of the first to mention that, Hey, you know what,

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Speaker 1: this team a year ago was successful. Eleven wins is

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Speaker 1: eleven wins despite how the season ended. But you look

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Speaker 1: seventeen roster moves beginning with the zach Ertz resigning, seventeen

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Speaker 1: roster moves, twelve of which have been players returning from

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Speaker 1: last season, including nine unrestricted free agents. So you figure out,

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Speaker 1: all right, the talent from a year ago eleven wins. Great,

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Speaker 1: now you build upon that, but we need these guys back.

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Speaker 1: And that's exactly what, in the words of Michael Bidwell said,

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Speaker 1: we're bringing those players back that we're familiar with, that

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Speaker 1: we're no, we're successful wearing Cardinal uniforms. Yeah, and you know,

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Speaker 1: Drew Griggson talked about it when he's talking about AJ Green.

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Speaker 1: You know, like you said, it was polarizing on Twitter

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Speaker 1: and social media, and you know, if fans are entitled

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Speaker 1: to their opinions, but you know the guys and you're

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Speaker 1: building better than anybody else. You know how Aj Green,

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Speaker 1: how James Connor, how these guys you're bringing back. You

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Speaker 1: know how they prepare, you know what they're like in

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Speaker 1: meeting rooms, you know what they're like in the practice field.

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Speaker 1: You know their value more than anybody else. Well, you know,

643
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Speaker 1: while you do your due diligence with signing free agents

644
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Speaker 1: and players you draft in the draft, you never know

645
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Speaker 1: until they get here. And you've seen it with some

646
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Speaker 1: of the draft picks and some of the free agent

647
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Speaker 1: signings here and with every other team. And again you

648
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 1: know you've identified the guys that can help us win,

649
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:38,799
Speaker 1: guys that helped the Cardinals win last year, and they

650
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,360
Speaker 1: are the core. Now it's just a matter of filling

651
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Speaker 1: in the pieces around it. And again, with this patient,

652
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:48,080
Speaker 1: patient approach, you're going to fill some of those holes

653
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Speaker 1: in the draft. And then you circle back and there

654
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,480
Speaker 1: is still a lot of really good players, impact players

655
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Speaker 1: that are waiting for a phone call, waiting for an opportunity,

656
00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:00,360
Speaker 1: waiting for that one year contract in that prove it

657
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,399
Speaker 1: type deal that you can bring him that can help

658
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Speaker 1: you get back to the playoffs in hopefully further next year.

659
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:08,719
Speaker 1: And those players I e. Ed Rushers Mja likely to

660
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Speaker 1: be considered again once the draft in because that's still

661
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Speaker 1: a position of great need in my opinion, Yeah, I mean,

662
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Speaker 1: you know, I think you look at Victor, Kimandici and

663
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Speaker 1: then you're throwing Canar. Those are the backups besides Marcus Gold.

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Speaker 1: You need to find another one. So I assume that's

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Speaker 1: going to be on the list when it comes to

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Speaker 1: the draft. We'll get into what the Cardinals might do

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Speaker 1: with pick number twenty three as we continue here on

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Speaker 1: on the Arizona Cardinals right now, network corner number go

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00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:21,319
Speaker 1: and Jeff Cladney like a shifting chump, see him down,

677
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Speaker 1: get him to me. It's a freebee. We got an

678
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Speaker 1: extra first round pick, you know, basically in free agency.

679
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:36,000
Speaker 1: Incredibly quick footed, highly instinctive player. It's a reasoning again,

680
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Speaker 1: he went in the first round and we're getting a

681
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: you know, a starter in our building with and we

682
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,839
Speaker 1: didn't you know, waste any draft capital basically, so um

683
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,440
Speaker 1: he helps us out immediately excited to have him, and

684
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,959
Speaker 1: he's gonna help big time again. Taking that next step

685
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:55,560
Speaker 1: talking about brand new quarterback Jeff Gladney, the former Minnesota

686
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:59,399
Speaker 1: Vikings whom the Cardinals signed here in free agency. By

687
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Speaker 1: the way, that's the first person within the Arizona Cardinals

688
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 1: building Drew Grigson, the director of player personnel, who has

689
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Speaker 1: spoken on the record about the Arizona Cardinals newest cornerback,

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Speaker 1: who he called. Grigson called Gladene a starter. So you

691
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:17,760
Speaker 1: have three right now with Marco Wilson. What Byron Murphy

692
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Speaker 1: and Jeff Gladney will see again if they add to

693
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Speaker 1: that makes you can never have enough. So perhaps maybe

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Speaker 1: at pick number twenty three, cornerback becomes an option or

695
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 1: defensive line. I know, Kyle, you're big in finding someone,

696
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Speaker 1: especially to stop that run, which was such an issue

697
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 1: a year ago. This team certainly has needs on the

698
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:42,320
Speaker 1: offensive end as well. But if you're general manager Steve Coman,

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Speaker 1: we have again one week from Thursday, the Cardinals will

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00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 1: be on the clock. Yes, it does depend on who

701
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:51,360
Speaker 1: is available. But is there a position that's, in your eyes,

702
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:55,239
Speaker 1: supersedes all others. Yeah, to me, I think it has

703
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:59,359
Speaker 1: to be. You know, I talked about last week. I'd

704
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 1: like some of the tackles in this draft, especially the

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Speaker 1: ones that may be available at twenty three. UM. But

706
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:08,960
Speaker 1: I think edge is vital. I think you UM again,

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00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 1: you can never have too many corners because they're so

708
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,959
Speaker 1: valuable with with the the speed and the weapons UM

709
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,479
Speaker 1: on the outside. UM. But even the best corners can't

710
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:22,320
Speaker 1: cover forever. UM. You need guys that can can get pressure,

711
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:27,280
Speaker 1: that can hit quarterbacks, that can um affect the passing game. UM.

712
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:31,359
Speaker 1: And you know, I think again, UM, you know that's

713
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 1: that's what Chandler Jones was is he was a guy.

714
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 1: He was a closer. You know, he would he would

715
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 1: be able to shut down a drive on on crucial

716
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Speaker 1: third downs. UM, be able to UM you know, get pressures,

717
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 1: hurry quarterbacks, speed up their uh their internal clock, and

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00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:50,120
Speaker 1: affect the games that way. And I think, UM, you know,

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Speaker 1: if if available, if you have that dynamic UM, quick

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00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:56,680
Speaker 1: twitch type guy UM that you can find to to

721
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Speaker 1: step in UM. And you know, there's there's certain positions

722
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:04,279
Speaker 1: that definitely take a lot of time to develop. But

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Speaker 1: if you find a guy with that natural ability in

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Speaker 1: those instincts and has that type of speed and quickness

725
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:13,080
Speaker 1: off the edge, and that's all you're asking him to do.

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00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 1: Those are the type of guys that you can plug

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Speaker 1: in almost immediately and have an effect and help you

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Speaker 1: win games. Now, if he if he's considered a start,

729
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 1: I mean looks like he can play both inside and

730
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:29,719
Speaker 1: outside talking about Glade gladdenee. And then if they can

731
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:33,240
Speaker 1: retain Robert Alford and so I don't think you're forced

732
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Speaker 1: to take a corner. We don't know what the board

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Speaker 1: is going to look like. I do like both of

734
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:41,560
Speaker 1: the Washington corners also booth, but he can play inside

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Speaker 1: and outside, so that gives you some flexibility. And if

736
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Speaker 1: they rotating Halford, you got to think because I think

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00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 1: he's one of the more physical corners on the roster.

738
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Speaker 1: Have to wait a little bit before we hear the

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Speaker 1: commissioners say there as on the Cardinals are on the clock.

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Speaker 1: And for Drew Grigson, a recent guest on The Big

741
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Speaker 1: Red Rage, that's not a bad thing. It's a good

742
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,880
Speaker 1: spot to pick up. Why because it's almost like when

743
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Speaker 1: all of the sexy picks go. When all the heightweight,

744
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:06,200
Speaker 1: speed and all the flash goes and all the risky

745
00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:08,960
Speaker 1: guys go, sometimes there's just that guy that's sitting there

746
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Speaker 1: that is just a good football player that loves the game.

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00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:13,399
Speaker 1: Maybe his arms are a little short, maybe he didn't

748
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Speaker 1: run as fast, but he's got ten sacks and twenty

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Speaker 1: tackle for loss and he again loves the game, and

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Speaker 1: he's just a good football And you're getting a good

751
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Speaker 1: starter that's gonna play for he's going to get a

752
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Speaker 1: second contract. So there's I think we're we're picking here's

753
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:29,720
Speaker 1: actually a little less risk because all that stuff starts

754
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:32,640
Speaker 1: to sort itself out. You know, again, all the combine guys,

755
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:34,359
Speaker 1: all the guys you have questions about, and then you're

756
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: just sitting there and just go boom, that's the guy

757
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,240
Speaker 1: right there. Grigson also added that the draft is quote

758
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Speaker 1: strong when it comes to edge rushers plus both offensive

759
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 1: and defensive lineman. Of course, when you talk about that

760
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 1: sexy pick, it's the skilled position players, not a quarterback.

761
00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:51,319
Speaker 1: Cardinals don't need one. Cardinals don't need a running back,

762
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:53,719
Speaker 1: certainly not at number twenty three. Don't need to cover

763
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 1: the tight end position. I think they're set head tight

764
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:59,840
Speaker 1: end was zach Ertz and Max Williams. But wide receiver,

765
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 1: what do you do there? As far as looking towards

766
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 1: the future, DeAndre Hopkins is not getting any younger. We've

767
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 1: talked about AJ Green will be thirty four when the

768
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 1: season begins. Rondel Moore, what does he do in year two?

769
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Speaker 1: But looking ahead towards this season and next season, but

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Speaker 1: potentially that wide receiver could be an option at number

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Speaker 1: twenty three, though generalmanders Steve Kim he's drafted several wide receivers,

772
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:26,920
Speaker 1: but never in the first round. Gregson on that record,

773
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:30,240
Speaker 1: I think it's just it's the way that it falls.

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00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:32,960
Speaker 1: And again, you know our philosophy, and we're gonna stick

775
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,120
Speaker 1: to our philosophy, and that is take the best player available,

776
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Speaker 1: regardless of what the position is. So we're gonna let

777
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Speaker 1: it fall. We're gonna pluck the players off the one

778
00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 1: twenty as they're drafted around the league, and then when

779
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,200
Speaker 1: that players left, we're gonna take him. If it's a receiver,

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Speaker 1: it's a receiver. If it's alignment, it's alignment. We're gonna

781
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:50,040
Speaker 1: take what's best that makes us a better team to

782
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,560
Speaker 1: help us go from eleven wins in the first round

783
00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:54,520
Speaker 1: of the playoffs deeper into the playoffs to a Super

784
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 1: Bowl to a win. Question is the MJ as far

785
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,560
Speaker 1: as which wide receiver potentially might be there and then

786
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:02,200
Speaker 1: you compare or they're great, or how the Cardinals view

787
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 1: that wide receiver versus the number one defensive tackle, the

788
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:09,360
Speaker 1: number two defensive tackle versus the number four cornerback. And

789
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:13,239
Speaker 1: now are all things equal, does wide receiver make the

790
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:17,480
Speaker 1: most sense? And well, I mean, I think we are

791
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:20,720
Speaker 1: all fixated on You wanted a number two wide receiver

792
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:23,359
Speaker 1: that had some length, and that's Aj Green, but he's

793
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:26,000
Speaker 1: only on a contract one year. I know the Cardinals

794
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,879
Speaker 1: are very intrigued with Greg Dortch. I think the head

795
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,719
Speaker 1: coach would like to get him more involved. In Antoine Wesley,

796
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:34,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I think, you know, I think you have

797
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:36,400
Speaker 1: to address the position, but I don't think it's a

798
00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:39,920
Speaker 1: need right at number twenty three. And again, now all

799
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:42,400
Speaker 1: of a sudden, are you looking for that outside receiver

800
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:44,600
Speaker 1: that's six two sixty three or can you take one

801
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:46,920
Speaker 1: of these speed guys and go four wide with Ron

802
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:50,960
Speaker 1: del Moore and a guy like m DeAndre Hopkins on

803
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:53,600
Speaker 1: the field and use zach Ertz is probably another target,

804
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:57,120
Speaker 1: or take a chance if Jamison Williams should fall, because

805
00:42:57,160 --> 00:42:58,759
Speaker 1: you don't know how healthy he's going to be in

806
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:01,560
Speaker 1: how available he might be that first month of the

807
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,840
Speaker 1: regular season. So wide receiver certainly, and I think you

808
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 1: can go a number of different directions. It's you know,

809
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:10,560
Speaker 1: on the surface, Kyle, you want to be picking in

810
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:13,040
Speaker 1: the top ten because that's where the most talented players are.

811
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:14,759
Speaker 1: But if you have a top ten pick, that means

812
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,880
Speaker 1: the season before wasn't very good, right, Yeah, No, And

813
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:22,239
Speaker 1: I like what Drew Grigson said, you know, and I've

814
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:25,799
Speaker 1: heard somebody talking this morning about how, you know, some

815
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:30,279
Speaker 1: teams set their draft board before the combine, and I

816
00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:32,640
Speaker 1: realized that's difficult because there's a lot of going on

817
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:36,200
Speaker 1: before the combine. But there's always those, you know, guys

818
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:38,680
Speaker 1: that are track guys that do unbelievable things at the

819
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:41,759
Speaker 1: combine that doesn't correlate to what they did on the

820
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:47,680
Speaker 1: football field. And you know, football players aren't necessarily phenomenal athletes.

821
00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:51,800
Speaker 1: Some guys are just football players. They're instinctive, they make plays,

822
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:55,440
Speaker 1: they they know, you know, they have a good football

823
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,640
Speaker 1: iq and those things don't always show up at the combine.

824
00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:01,719
Speaker 1: So you're sitting at twenty three, there's gonna be you know,

825
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:04,719
Speaker 1: a handful of teams that draft a guy just by

826
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 1: his combine numbers, by his broad jump and how quick

827
00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:10,880
Speaker 1: his ten was in a short shuttle. But then you

828
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:14,040
Speaker 1: plug in their film from the previous season and they're invisible.

829
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:17,200
Speaker 1: So at twenty three you have the luxury of you know,

830
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:19,520
Speaker 1: some of those guys are going to be off the board,

831
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:22,680
Speaker 1: and you just trust what you see on tape, how

832
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:25,319
Speaker 1: they played in college, how they helped their team win

833
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:27,680
Speaker 1: games in college. And I think that's the best approach

834
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:31,720
Speaker 1: and the wildcard in all of this quarterback how many

835
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:35,480
Speaker 1: come off the board before pick number twenty three to

836
00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:40,839
Speaker 1: where a talented player falls to you is that two quarterbacks,

837
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:45,920
Speaker 1: three quarterbacks. It's not supposedly a great quarterback draft class,

838
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:47,840
Speaker 1: but you have to have a quarterback in order to

839
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:50,239
Speaker 1: have a chance to win ballgames on Sundays. The team

840
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:54,400
Speaker 1: take a chance on a quarterback, perhaps early, and obviously

841
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:57,279
Speaker 1: get that fifth year option, which everyone likes to have

842
00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 1: when you're talking about a first round draft pick. Hey,

843
00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 1: still one more week of talk to go before we

844
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Speaker 1: know for certain special Thanks. Behind the scenes are Senior

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Speaker 1: broadcast Manager and producer Jim Abhandro, Technical director Cody Fincher

846
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847
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