1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: This podcast is presented by All Copy Products, proud partner 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals. Learn more at All copy Products 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: dot com. So the fifteen of the ten Berry's Gonna 4 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: score Fucks Down. Welcome to the Cardinals Red Sea Reports. 5 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 1: Slim to the Ground by Puda Baker like a torpedo. 6 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: He came flying into the backfield. Tens goes up and 7 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: fixed the game. When it catch Larry Lodging does it again. 8 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: The Cardinals Red Sea Reports brought to you by Arizona 9 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: Cardinals Podcasts. Visit Acy Cardinals dot com, Slash Podcasts. Here 10 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: Tween go. This is it. Caught by Kirk at the 11 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 1: twenty at the ten touchdown Baby Field. Here's Craig Grilou, 12 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: Mike Jarecki and Bertrand Berry. There are stakes in every game. 13 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: They are only sixteen of these in the National Football League. 14 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: The stakes on Saturday probably the highest they had been. 15 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: All Sea isn't long until we get to week seventeen. 16 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: That is what makes what happened on Saturday at State 17 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: Farm Stadium so frustrating. Even worse disbelief that the performance 18 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 1: the Cardinals put forth against the forty nine ers and 19 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: the results of a twenty to twelve loss. That was Saturday, 20 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: of course, forty eight hours later, the Cardinals find out 21 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: that they are regained control of their own playoff destiny. 22 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: But first things first, and that is looking back at 23 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: Week sixteen and a very mj disappointing game against the 24 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 1: forty nine ers, considering what was on the line and 25 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: considering the forty nine ers were not the forty nine 26 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: ers that we know. There are a lot of players 27 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: in the suites watching that game instead of being on 28 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: the field. Yeah, I mean, it's one of those deals 29 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: where we talk about they know what's at stake, and 30 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: they came out flat, and as coach pointed out, they 31 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: got out coach and now played and it's mind boggling. 32 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: And I know they're human, they're not robots, but you're 33 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: playing for something, and you know when you score twelve 34 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: points in any football game, you're not gonna win. But 35 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: defensively the last couple of weeks they've given up a 36 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 1: ton of yards on the ground and listen, offenses and 37 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: producing when they get down to the red zone. So 38 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: but it's disappointing and frustrating because you're playing for something 39 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: and unfortunately, regardless of the Niners. I mean they were 40 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 1: playing for Pride, and you could tell they were playing 41 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: for CJ. Bethar based on what happened in the offseason 42 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: losing his brothers. So at the same time, though that 43 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: was going into that game that should have been very 44 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: winnable for the Arizona Cardinals, be trained. You had a 45 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 1: unique perspective on Saturday as you and Paul Calvc were 46 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: on the call filling in for Dave Pash and Ron Wolfley. 47 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: What stood out to you, what frustrated the most, What 48 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: angered you the most. The thing that frustrated and angered 49 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: me the most of the lack of energy and the 50 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: lack of enthusiasm. I know that there are people in 51 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 1: the stands, or there weren't a lot of people in 52 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,959 Speaker 1: the stands, but you've experienced this all year. You've known 53 00:02:58,040 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: what this has been about all year. And the fact 54 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: that you had everything in front of you to go 55 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: out there and play well and to lay an egg 56 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: of that magnitude at home, it was just so disappointing. 57 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: I just couldn't believe that the energy level of the 58 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 1: players on the field. And you can talk about xs 59 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: and oos, you can talk about execution and game plan 60 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: and all that kind of stuff. I just didn't like 61 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: the energy that I saw from the sideline and the 62 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 1: players on the field. Rule we were rewatching that game 63 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 1: on Amazon and locally on CBS, the words that were 64 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: used by the broadcast was uninspiring and that the Cardinals 65 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: slept in. They weren't ready to play a two thirty kickoff, 66 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: which is really mind boggling. But at the end of 67 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: the day, they have to overcome this. Put it in 68 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: the rear view mirror. There is that twenty four hour role, 69 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: and I think many of those players and coaches just 70 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: kind of flushed it at the end of the day 71 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: and look forward. Thanks the Seattle Seahawks, the Cardinals regained 72 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: control of their own playoff discenary. It's very simple. Beat 73 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: the Rams on Sunday in LA and they may the playoffs. 74 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: At the same time, it's the consistency factor of this 75 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: entire twenty twenty season that has left many people scratching 76 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: their heads, including the head coach, Cliff Kingsbury. We have 77 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: to find a way to take the next step, not 78 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:17,119 Speaker 1: have these moments where we don't feel like we played 79 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 1: as well as we could, coach as well as we could. 80 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: I just think it's it's part of the process. We 81 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: got to continue to work hard and find more consistency 82 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: because we have moments that were really good and then 83 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: we have games so we wish we'd have back, and 84 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: you got to eliminate those. That is the next step, 85 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 1: right be trained to figure out a way they certainly 86 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: have the talent, but now figure out a way to 87 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,039 Speaker 1: make sure that you are ready to play each and 88 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: every week. Because the championship caliber teams do that and 89 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 1: can get away without playing their best at times, and 90 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: the Cardinals that's where they want to be. It has 91 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: to be a good check. It has to be a 92 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: reality check and look yourself in the mirror type of 93 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: situation for the players in that locker room. Yet ultimately 94 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury is going to be here. Possible for that 95 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: and to a degree, rightfully so. But the players are 96 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: the ones that are going to have these memories for 97 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: the rest of their life. They're the ones that are 98 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: going to have this resume attached to them forever, and 99 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: they'll look back on this on this game and they'll 100 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: be Wow, what were we thinking in that situation? And 101 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: the good thing about it is you've actually been given 102 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: another week to get yourself right. And so even as 103 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: bad as it looked, there's still a hope and there's 104 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: still an opportunity to get yourself into postseason. And you've 105 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: got to make sure that that that doesn't happen again. 106 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: And I think that has to come from the leaders 107 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 1: in that locker room and the guys that have been 108 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: there and done that. They have to explain to the 109 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 1: other guys, Listen, this is what you play for. This 110 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: is what you do all the weight training for. This 111 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: is what you do all lose conditioning for in the 112 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 1: off season, and and and sacrifice that you make for 113 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: your family. This is what it's all about it and 114 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,119 Speaker 1: it's down to one game, and they've got to figure 115 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 1: out exactly do they want to make the playoffs or 116 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: don't they The opportunity is there coming up on Sunday, 117 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: January third, first game of twenty twenty one, the last 118 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: game of the twenty twenty regular season, So yeah, there 119 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: is another opportunity. Of course, the immediate aftermath of Saturday 120 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 1: was a lot of frustration. Here's DJ Humphries. Definitely disappointing. 121 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: I mean, this is the closest I've been to the 122 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: playoffs since my rookie year. One of those things that 123 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: you want to have, you definitely continue searching for. But 124 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: you know, it's still in front of us. She's got 125 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: to go out and playoff best ball and let the 126 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: just fill where they made. But it's definitely frustrated last 127 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: time this team made the postseason MJ twenty fifteen. You 128 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: can argue whether they deserve to make the playoffs after 129 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: a loss like that, that doesn't matter. I mean, if 130 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: they win on Sunday, they're invited to the dance, and 131 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: all you need is an invitation to the dance and 132 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: then we'll see what happens. But first and foremost, it's 133 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: putting Saturday behind them and focusing on the Rams. Yeah, 134 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: and we even got a chance to talk to a 135 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 1: couple of players on Tuesday earlier before the show, and 136 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: that's the mindset between Justin Pugh and Jordan Hicks, and 137 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: I would consider those guys leaders in the locker room. Yeah, 138 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: it's just it's a situation where we look back at 139 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: the season, you know, the inconsistency across the board, and 140 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: they've shown flashes and I definitely think they made strides 141 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: from last year and in the last two years but 142 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: you know, to say they don't deserve to make the playoffs, well, 143 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: the NFL has you know, at the end of the year, 144 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: they don't ask you how you win, They ask you 145 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: how many wins you have. And this year they're going 146 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: to take seven teams. So to say, you know, losing 147 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: to the forty nine ers, well they don't make the playoffs. 148 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: I get that after the game, but if you qualify 149 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: for the postseason, they verned it on the field. And 150 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: that's what we're going to find out, you know, Sunday, 151 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: Sunday night after the game. Didn't they say that about 152 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: your team B train back in two thousand and eight, 153 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: How they did say we didn't deserve to have a 154 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: home playoff game, they said, and we didn't deserve to 155 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: be on the field at all. And and we took 156 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: it in stride and we used it in motivation to 157 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: get all the way to the super Bowl. So it 158 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 1: really isn't one of those where I think the collective 159 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: body of work for this team they've made, as Mike 160 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: just said, they've made tremendous strides. And you can't just 161 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: look at the game Saturday and say, Okay, they don't 162 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: deserve to go based off of that. Every team is 163 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: going to have a clunker of a game during the 164 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: course of the season, and that's just a fact. But 165 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: it's what you do after that clunker is what really 166 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: shows the type of character that you have in that 167 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: locker room, and I believe that the Arigona Cardinals have 168 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: the right character. Well, the last time this team lost 169 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: two in a row, they strung together three straight wins, 170 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: beating the Jets, Cowboys, and Seahawks on Sunday Night Football. 171 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: And then, of course everyone said they regrouped after losing 172 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: to the Rams at State Farm Stadium, went back to 173 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: back performances against the Giants and Eagles. It's just making 174 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: sure that those runs continue and are sustained and don't 175 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: end after two or three games. Here's Christian Kirk a 176 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 1: lot of disappointment just because you know, it's it's kind 177 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: of been. You know, the story of most of our 178 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,079 Speaker 1: losses this year is, you know, we know how good 179 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 1: we can be. You know we play at our best, 180 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: and you know, today was just one of those days 181 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: where you know, we just didn't play to the caliber 182 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: you know football that we know we can play at. 183 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: And you know, we let one with you know over 184 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: the last month, you know, coming off that losing street 185 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:14,839 Speaker 1: was you know, the Cardinals wanted to be one and 186 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: oh and you can tell from the players and they've 187 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: been told do your job, okay, and this team has talent, 188 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: but also it seems like individuals, you know, are trying 189 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: to put up numbers. And it's a team sport. So 190 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: I think the message has been set in the locker room. 191 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: Do your job. Don't try to do too much. When 192 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: you start freelancing or you know, you go off script, 193 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:38,959 Speaker 1: it's going to hurt the football team. So do your 194 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: job and go one and oh this week, and maybe 195 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: we're having a different conversation next Tuesday. We did not 196 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: see a lot of that on Saturday against the forty 197 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: nine Ers, the offense three hundred and fifty yards four 198 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: point four yards per play. They ran eighty plays against 199 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: a forty nine ers defense that was very banged up. 200 00:09:57,640 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: And you look at what the forty nine Ers beat 201 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: train was able to do against the Cardinals defense, two 202 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: and twenty seven rushing yards with Jeff Wilson going over 203 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: one hundred yards for all of the second time in 204 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,439 Speaker 1: his career, and he had a lot of a lot 205 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:14,319 Speaker 1: of room to run, and really the game was lost 206 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: right there. When you start talking about being able to 207 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: run the ball at eight yards the clip that that 208 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: is not the winning formula at this time of the season. 209 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: If you are a playoff team and you're you're one 210 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 1: of the top teams in the NFC, you have to 211 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: be able to stop the run. And the fact that 212 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: they couldn't do it all game long, where they just 213 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: they gashed the Cardinals time and time again with third 214 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: string running back and the third string quarterback and an 215 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: offensive line that had gotten healthier but not really at 216 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,679 Speaker 1: full strength. You just wonder why what was going on? 217 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: What were they looking at and what were the forty 218 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: nine ers doing that had them so confused and so 219 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:53,199 Speaker 1: out leveraged. It's something that they're going to have to 220 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: really face and be honest with themselves and make sure 221 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: that they never have that type of situation again and 222 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: that they walk off the deal feeling I went. You 223 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: know a lot of people think it's got cliche. Let's 224 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: play complimentary football when this team is successful, and probably 225 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: you can make the case around the league when teams 226 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 1: played complimentary football, you're gonna win and be train. You 227 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: did the game numerous mistackles, poor angles on both sides 228 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: of the ball. I mean, as you know, playing in 229 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 1: the trenches. That game was one of the trenches on 230 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: Saturday by the Niners. The thing that I would say 231 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 1: real quick, right before you start back again, is the 232 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: mental errors. That's the one thing that I just couldn't understand. 233 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: Why were there so many mental errors in Week sixteen 234 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: of the NFL season. You've had the same calls, you've 235 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: had the same playbook the entire season, and you've played 236 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: this team before and you knew what they were going 237 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,559 Speaker 1: to do. I didn't understand how you can have so 238 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 1: many busted assignments when it mattered the most. That was 239 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,079 Speaker 1: another reason why it was so frustrating to watch that 240 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: team perform Saturday, a very winnable game and unfortunate the 241 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: Cardinals did not come up with the w they lose. 242 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: Twenty twelve. Will continue talking about what did not happen 243 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: on Saturday, and also and updates on Kyler Murray. These 244 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: two quarterbacks of the quarter of the Cardinals and Rams, respectively. 245 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,559 Speaker 1: What is the health of a Kayler Murray and a 246 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 1: Jared Goff. Well, you know definitively that golf will not 247 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: play this week, but what about Murray. Cardinals certainly definitely 248 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: need their QB one on the field this week against 249 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: the Rams in a win or go home scenario. Third 250 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: Gang update to the latest version of the Cardinals mobile 251 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: app today. The app features in all new redesign homescreen experience. 252 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,959 Speaker 1: Visit asy Cardinals dot com slash app four more. It 253 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: is the Cardinals red seawardport craig Riel, Loupertram Murray, and 254 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 1: Mike Jarecki here on the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network. The 255 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: ree receivers the right and wonderful aff. Kyler looking now 256 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: to the left side and it is incompleted hits the 257 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: turf in front of DeAndre Hopkins. Kyler Murray hit as 258 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: he threw and he's still on his back with a 259 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: couple of Cardinals offensive line intending to him. Here comes 260 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 1: the team trainer as the Niners celebrating on their sideline. 261 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:20,119 Speaker 1: As if things could not get any worse on Saturday, 262 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: you lose, and then Kyler Murray finishes the game throwing 263 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 1: an incomplete pass on fourth and six, gets hit by 264 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: Alex Barrett's leg whipped, according to the NFL Network, stays 265 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 1: on the ground for where several minutes gets up, walks 266 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 1: off under his own power, but certainly hobbled off, got 267 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 1: attended to on the sideline by a couple of trainers, 268 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: and then into the locker room. Never went to midfield. 269 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: At the end of the game, several forty nine Ers players, however, 270 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: came up to Kyler Murray to offer their encouragement. And 271 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: now we are on Kyler Murray watch this entire week. 272 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 1: What is his health? What is his status for a 273 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 1: win or go home scenario when the Cardinals play at 274 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Rams. Here's head coach Cliff Kingsbury. We'll 275 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: see how he feels this week, hopeful that he can 276 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: be in position to play and you know, do what 277 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: he does, Bryanna put him out there if he can't play, 278 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: you know, at a high level and doesn't feel safe 279 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: to play. But we'll just have to see how he progresses. 280 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 1: All we know for certain MJ is Kingsbury said Murray 281 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: has a lower leg injury going into NHL hockey mode. 282 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: As far as upper body, lower body, nothing more than that. 283 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 1: It was good to see Murray walk back to the 284 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 1: locker room, and I would think at this point we'll 285 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: wait to see what happens when the team hits the 286 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: practice field on Wednesday, that Murray right now is on 287 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: his way or progressing towards playing on Sunday. Yeah, And 288 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: a lot of people say, well, you don't put him 289 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: on the field if he's not one hundred percent when 290 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: you get to week seventeen. I don't know who's one 291 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: hundred percent now if he because this is almost deja 292 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: vu from a year ago where he had a hamstring 293 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: injury and it definitely affected him in Week seventeen against 294 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: the Rams. It's a little bit different here. So even 295 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: if he's eighty percent, listen, if he gets cleared by 296 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: the medical staff and he wants to play, he's gonna 297 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 1: be out there now. You're gonna have to make some 298 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: or adjustments. And Murray's maintained all along that he prefers 299 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 1: to be a pocket passer, so maybe not so much running. 300 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: But if he's hampered and he feels like he's hurting 301 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: the team, then they're gonna have to make a decision. 302 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 1: But as we sit here on Tuesday, I anticipate, unless 303 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: there's some setback, that he will play on Sunday, and 304 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: I would be surprised as well be trained if Murray 305 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 1: is not on the field this Sunday, certainly with a 306 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: lot at stake, and then knowing that a year ago 307 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: he wasn't one hundred percent, yet still was on the 308 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: field to make sure he started all sixteen games, and 309 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 1: the fact that they didn't have anything to play for 310 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: last year and he decided to play that just lets 311 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: you know the probability of him not playing this coming 312 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: Sunday is highly unlikely. So I fully expect Kyler Murray 313 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: to be on the field when the Cardinals take the field, 314 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: and he is going to be the guy that wants 315 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 1: to be there in a winner go home type of 316 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: situation because he's been there every single game for his 317 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 1: team and he wants to be there and fight with 318 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: his guys, and that's what a leader does. And he's 319 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: still learning that role and that's going to be one 320 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: of those things that go a long way into solidifying 321 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: his status amongst the players. Since he's been here with 322 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals, no one has started a Cardinals game 323 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 1: at quarterback, only Kyler Murray. Now the backup is Chris Streveler. 324 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: He's appeared in four games this season, just two offensive snaps. 325 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 1: The last coming in week two. And you also have 326 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: Brett Huntley as well, but he's been inactive all season long. 327 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: So that is the updates on Kyler Murray. As we 328 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: told you, Jared Golf will not play for the Rams. 329 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: They're going with their own backup and John Walford. More 330 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 1: on that in a moment, but right now we want 331 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: to talk about how we can get this offense back 332 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: in gear. Murray against the forty nine ers two hundred 333 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,919 Speaker 1: and forty seven yards passing, an interception, sacked three times, 334 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 1: did not have a touchdown of any kind. In fact, 335 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 1: the only touchdown was Kenyan Drake a touchdown run and 336 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: then a couple of Mike Nugent field goals. So you 337 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: look beatran at this offense and they certainly have the talent. 338 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: It's the execution that has been lacking, and of course 339 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: shooting themselves in the foots with penalties and negative plays. Yeah, 340 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:32,360 Speaker 1: and the thing that was really concerning during the course 341 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: of that game was the amount of penetration at the 342 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: San Francisco forty nine ers defensive front was able to 343 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 1: have against the Carter's offensive line. You're talking about a 344 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: unit that's been in tax for the most part all 345 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,360 Speaker 1: season long, and coach Koler has done a great job 346 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: of keeping these guys in check and putting them in 347 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: positions to be successful, and for whatever reason, it just 348 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 1: didn't work on this past Saturday. And when you're not 349 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 1: able to stop the penetration and they're playing in your backfield, 350 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 1: it's very difficult for whoever it is, whether it's Kyler 351 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 1: or Chase or Kenyan, to get going and get positive yardage. 352 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 1: If by the time you get the ball from a 353 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 1: defender staring you right in the face, it's really difficult 354 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: to get the ground game going. And I felt like 355 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 1: that was a big reason why the Cardinals struggled, So 356 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: might have on the offense society. Well, you bring up 357 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: Chase Edmonds, who's officially listed day to day with a 358 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 1: hip injury, did not play that entire second half. And 359 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 1: here's someone MJ that was entering Saturday's game on the 360 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,239 Speaker 1: injury report with ankle and knee issues, and now all 361 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,399 Speaker 1: of a sudden, you add a hip. I didn't see 362 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,880 Speaker 1: where it happened, but when you don't have that one 363 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 1: two punch of a Drake and Edmonds, it certainly does 364 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: a trickle down effect the rest of the offense. Well, 365 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 1: we know this team likes to pass the ball, but 366 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 1: you have to set up with the run. And I 367 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: thought they definitely miss Chase Edmonds. I mean, you know 368 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:55,160 Speaker 1: we're doing the postgame show and Sunday Menace mentioned Dennis Card. Listen, 369 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 1: they could use anybody in that game. But you know, 370 00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 1: you go to that first quarter, in that first drive, Craig, 371 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: Now they weren't able to punch it in, but they 372 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: went eleven play seventy four yards, shoot up four or 373 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 1: fifty of the clock, and you're thinking, all right, you know, 374 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: when you get down to the red zone, you got 375 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: to score touchdowns. But at the end of the day, 376 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 1: they only had one touchdown and I as you mentioned, 377 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 1: that was Kenyan Drake. You look at that first drive 378 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,880 Speaker 1: and it just didn't seem to materialize after that. As 379 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:23,199 Speaker 1: effective as that first drive was with the run and 380 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 1: the pass. Kingsbury asked about that after game. After the 381 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: game on Saturday, you know, we had some opportunities. There 382 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,679 Speaker 1: had a few penalties on some third and two to 383 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 1: threes that put it in third and seven to eight, 384 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: eight to nine, and that's when those guys are really 385 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: tough because they didn't pen their ears back in rush, 386 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: and so I got to give them a lot of credit. 387 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,199 Speaker 1: We didn't execute as well as we probably could. I 388 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: didn't call as good a play as I could have, 389 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 1: but I got to, you know, give them a ton 390 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: of credit. I thought they were phenomenal defensively with the 391 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: effort and their execution. And because we saw Kingsbury roll 392 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 1: the dice so often on four down there were four 393 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: of six it's because they were so unsuccessful on third down, 394 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 1: only four of sixteen on third down. And if you 395 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 1: want to get keep that offense on the field b training, 396 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:13,199 Speaker 1: you got to be able to move the chains, and 397 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: the Cardinals very difficult against a depleted forty nine ers front. 398 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: And that's the thing when you can't open up your 399 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: entire playbook, when you feel like you're just scrambling and 400 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: trying to find calls that are going to work. Not 401 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: having that element of the run. That's a big part 402 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: of this offense, and that's what they've used to have 403 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: so much success this year. And when that's not going, 404 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: it puts so much more pressure on the offensive line 405 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: as well as the skilled position players to be perfect 406 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 1: and to run the perfect route and to catch every 407 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: single team that's thrown your way in for Kyler to 408 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 1: deliver the ball exactly where it needs to be in 409 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 1: it just seemed like they could never get going on 410 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: the offensive side and running the ball. It was one 411 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:54,919 Speaker 1: of those things where they were able to do it 412 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:59,400 Speaker 1: and we couldn't. And consequently, that's basically what the ball 413 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 1: game was. And until they can figure that out, and 414 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: they're going to have another good front here this next weekend, 415 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,880 Speaker 1: they've got to make sure that they show up those 416 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 1: those areas of concerning and make sure that we don't 417 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 1: have a repeat performance of what we saw. This passed 418 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 1: out of me. Yeah, Craig, you mentioned Cardinals eighty offensive 419 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: plays average four point four, the Niners fifty five, seven 420 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: point two I mean four point four, I mean. And 421 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: the Cardinals did a decent job on the Niners on 422 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: third down two for nine for twenty two percent, but 423 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: a lot of their positive plays run first and second down, 424 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: so they didn't have to find, you know, them behind 425 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 1: the sticks. So again it's this was more about quality 426 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 1: versus quantity when it came to the Niners offense. Well, 427 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: you look at the Cardinals run game one hundred and 428 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 1: twenty yards. That looks great, but then you factor in 429 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: Kyle Murray accounted for seventy five of those and Kenyan 430 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: Drake only had forty five and Chase Edmonds didn't get 431 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 1: a carry at all. You need Drake and Edmonds to 432 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: run the football, and yeah, you need Murray two as well. 433 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 1: But this doesn't need to be a dynamic running offense, 434 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,880 Speaker 1: but you do need that aspect to kind of set 435 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: up the pass, and that was not happening. And the 436 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: forty nine ers were able to adjust and put more 437 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:14,199 Speaker 1: guys into coverage because they were so effective stopping the 438 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 1: run with just six seven eight in the box. Christian 439 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: Kirk thought the game plan was great heading in, but 440 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: of course the mistakes during the game cost the team. 441 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: We do a great job, you know, throughout the week, 442 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: you know, during practice executing the game plan. Uh, you know, 443 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: it's just you know, when it comes to Sundays, you know, 444 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 1: we we just have those minor mishaps and you know 445 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: some some you know technical you know errors when it 446 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 1: comes to penalties and you know, just missassignments and whatnot. 447 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 1: So now that's just the frustrating part is you know 448 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: there's there's you know, things that we can clean up 449 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 1: that would that would definitely help us out. Certainly doesn't 450 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 1: seem like it takes much to knock this team off 451 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 1: its balanced beam, if you will, be trained, because little 452 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,919 Speaker 1: things tend to become big things and then they're just 453 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 1: never able to get back on track. This is the 454 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,400 Speaker 1: part of the season where everybody knows what everybody's trying 455 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: to do. Francisco forty nine ers know the Airs and 456 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 1: the Cardinals. The Cardinals know the San Francisco forty nine ers. 457 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: Now if it becomes execution and who can execute the 458 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: details that you just talked about the best and overall, yeah, 459 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,040 Speaker 1: they know how they want to win and they know 460 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: how to defend them. But then it becomes it comes 461 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:26,160 Speaker 1: down to those details and help. And I thought in 462 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 1: that game, the details are where the Cardinals lost the game, 463 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 1: and health was really not a big issue because the 464 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 1: forty nine ers, quite frankly, we're banged up just like 465 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: the Cardinals were, and both teams needed to execute the 466 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: game plan, and the forty nine ers did. There's just 467 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: a little bit better, So you tip your hat to them. 468 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: It's a bad loss, you take it for what it is, 469 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 1: and you move on. You don't throw away the whole 470 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: season because of the one bad game. You've got to 471 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 1: be able to compartmentalize, You've got to be able to 472 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:57,159 Speaker 1: move on, because the Rams are absolutely not going to 473 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 1: feel any type of sympathy where the Cardinals comes. Tounday 474 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: a week ago, the Cardinals had eight passing plays of 475 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 1: twenty or more yards, helped in large part because of 476 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,439 Speaker 1: that running game, and that passing attack just did not 477 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: get going against the forty nine ers. Case in point, 478 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins. Yeah, eight catches, but just forty eight yards receiving. 479 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 1: Here's Christian Kirk. You know, it all starts with the 480 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 1: run game, and uh, you know at times when you know, 481 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: if we're not running the ball successfully, you know, it's 482 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 1: a little harder to to to get the offense back going. 483 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 1: And you know this this offense, you know, prides itself 484 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: on explosive plays, and you know we just you know, 485 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: lacked those at times, and you know we were unable 486 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: to get into our tempo stuff. So, uh, you know, 487 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,199 Speaker 1: I think that's where we run some issues. It's just 488 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 1: you know, when whenever our run games a little unsuccessful, 489 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 1: their top splash plays Murray to Keyshawn Johnson for forty 490 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 1: five Murray to Christian Kirk for thirty eight and then 491 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray ran for thirty yards. After that, he had 492 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: to pass from to DeAndre Hopkins from twenty two. But 493 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,879 Speaker 1: but in fairness to Cliff and Hi there in the offense, 494 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,959 Speaker 1: they did move Hopkins around. He wasn't a slot. He 495 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 1: had an opportunity for a slam past that was deflected. 496 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,920 Speaker 1: So they are moving him around where they just need 497 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 1: other receivers to step up, Christian Kirk and Larry Fitzgerald 498 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: more targets and Keyshawn Johnson. But again, he missing Chase 499 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:22,120 Speaker 1: Evans for the entire half really affected the running game, 500 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: and we know how valuable he is in the passing game. 501 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:29,120 Speaker 1: Cardinals leading receiver Christian Kirk had seven catches for seventy 502 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 1: six yards, so good to see him get on track, 503 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:33,159 Speaker 1: but you certainly would like to see it in the 504 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 1: course of a drive or an offense in which they're 505 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,640 Speaker 1: scoring points and not relying on the field goal. Yes, 506 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 1: Mike Nugent remains perfect on the season as far as 507 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: kicking field goals and pats, but you can't have your 508 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 1: first touchdown scored in the fourth quarter, and that is 509 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,880 Speaker 1: something that needs to be corrected, and certainly I would 510 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 1: not expect a shoot outcome this weekend be trained against 511 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:58,880 Speaker 1: the Rams given their offensive issues, especially at the quarterback position. 512 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 1: But all point to the Cardinals. It's on them to 513 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,640 Speaker 1: get the job done, not trying to figure out what 514 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: may or may not Sean McVay do offensively against them. 515 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: You gotta put your best foot forward. This is winner, 516 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: go home. There is no time to try to feel 517 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,879 Speaker 1: out in the first half. You've gotta unload the chamber. 518 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: You've gotta whatever bullets you have left, you've got to 519 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 1: fire them this game because there is no tomorrow. If 520 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: you don't win, there is no next week to try 521 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 1: to work on which you didn't do well. You've got 522 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 1: to figure out what is gonna be successful, and once 523 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:32,719 Speaker 1: you do, you've got to ride it to the wheels 524 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:36,879 Speaker 1: fall off. And for the schedule makers, I love the 525 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 1: fact that every most teams are going to play division 526 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: opponents in week seventeen, so these games are gonna matter. 527 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 1: I love this because now everybody stays engaged all feason long. 528 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,840 Speaker 1: And for the Cardinals to go through the Rams, a 529 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: team that they've had a lot of misfortune against the 530 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,920 Speaker 1: last couple of years, this would be the perfect team 531 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: to break through against with everything on the line in 532 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: Week seventeen. I just think you couldn't have written a 533 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 1: script any better than what we have at the port. 534 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 1: To your point, Batran on how the schedule sets up 535 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: on Sunday, Yeah, the Cardinals win and they're in. They 536 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: could also reach the postseason with a Bears loss to 537 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 1: the Packers as long as the Cardinals and Rams tie. 538 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,919 Speaker 1: Cardinals don't want that to happen. The Packers and Bears 539 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 1: will be going on at the exact same time as 540 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 1: Cardinals and Rams. And yeah, you can control your own destiny. 541 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: Don't look for a tie, you look for the win, 542 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:35,880 Speaker 1: and we will talk about what it's going to take 543 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: to get that first win over a Sean McVay led 544 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: Rams team. As we continue here on the Cardinals Red 545 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: Sea Report, we have hit a halftime every Tuesday eleven 546 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: to noon year round, and right now close it in 547 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: on the end of the twenty twenty regular season. Craig 548 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 1: Rayel Lou Mike Grecky, and Bertram Berry. It is the 549 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: Cardinals Red Sea Report on the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network. 550 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:10,159 Speaker 1: Here's the best formation in football, the victory formation. That's it. 551 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: Eighteen seconds left and the Seahawks start to head in 552 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 1: the middle of the field. The Rams do the same 553 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,919 Speaker 1: won a game here at Louman Field today. Two defenses 554 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 1: held bet for leather and the Seahawks played better. The 555 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 1: Seahawks feeding the Rams here in Seattle to win the 556 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 1: NFC West title by a score of twenty to nine. 557 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: First time that I can remember, gentlemen, that I was 558 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: actually rooting a lot for the Seattle Seahawks. That's just me. 559 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 1: Just one day. Yeah, okay, there you go, just one day, 560 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: the only day of twenty twenty. Because with that win, 561 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 1: not only do the Seahawks clinch the NFC West, but 562 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: they prevent the Rams from clinching a playoff spot. This 563 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 1: Rams team B train has lost two games in a row, 564 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 1: first time all season. They have lost back to back 565 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 1: games and have now failed twice to clinch a playoff spot. 566 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 1: And they'll get an out of their opportunity, of course, 567 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: the Cardinals standing in the way on Sunday. They can 568 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: also back into the postseason as long as the Packers 569 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 1: beat the Bears. But for the Cardinals there one way 570 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 1: is to win and not worry about anyone else and 571 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 1: of course the Rams feel the same way. But yes, 572 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 1: as you said earlier in the last segment, you could 573 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:32,280 Speaker 1: not have written a better script to close out twenty twenty. 574 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 1: And the thing that you guys just said it made 575 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 1: me throw up in my mouth. A little bit of 576 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 1: rooting for the Seahawks that sho's not going to happen. 577 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 1: I'm not sure. I don't care what the scenario is. 578 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: I just can't do it. I can't bring myself to 579 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,720 Speaker 1: root for those guys. But when you start breaking down 580 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 1: the lost angelous Rams, this is a team that I 581 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: felt was really held back by their quarterback. I thought 582 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 1: he has really put them in a tough spot and 583 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: the fact that he's not playing that that kind of 584 00:29:58,120 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 1: makes me sad because I would have loved to have 585 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 1: seen if in the lineup because it would have given 586 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 1: us a much better chance to win. And I know 587 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 1: that seems kind of harsh to say, but that's just 588 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: the cold reality. When you've seen Jared Goff play the 589 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,560 Speaker 1: majority of this year, it has not been Steller. It's 590 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: been up and down and recently has been mostly down, 591 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:16,920 Speaker 1: and I think he's really been the one thing that's 592 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 1: held this team back because as the announcer said, both 593 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: both teams on defense have played really, really well, and 594 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Rams have as well. So you want 595 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 1: to keep them playing the way that they have it. 596 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 1: You don't want them to get out of that funk. 597 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:36,520 Speaker 1: And with this winner go home scenario, we definitely want 598 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,240 Speaker 1: to be the better defense on the field. We want 599 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 1: to be the better offense on the field, and we 600 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: ultimately want to get out of that stadium with a 601 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,240 Speaker 1: hard earned win that's probably going to be as low 602 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 1: scoring as everybody anticipates. See. I agree with you, be 603 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:53,800 Speaker 1: trained on an assessment. However, when Jared Goff plays the Cardinals, 604 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 1: he plays very very well. We have not seen that 605 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 1: inconsistent Jared Goff that the other teams have seen, that 606 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 1: turnover prone Jared Goff. We've seen the one that's gone 607 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:08,480 Speaker 1: seven and one with eleven touchdowns, three interceptions in eight games. 608 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 1: But I understand your points. I would much rather see 609 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: him on the field than at John Walford. I always 610 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:18,040 Speaker 1: go with the known rather than the unknown. I mean 611 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 1: with John Walford, look, we know who he is, or 612 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 1: we really don't know who he is because he's had 613 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 1: zero starts and really zero rest in the NFL. But again, 614 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 1: I don't care who they play. I care about how 615 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 1: the Ras or the Cardinals go about their business. If 616 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 1: we handle our own business and not get so caught 617 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 1: up in names on the other side of the ball, 618 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 1: and this team will be just fine. Keep in mind, 619 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 1: they've they've exceeded to win expectations, they've exceeded what people 620 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,080 Speaker 1: thought that they were going to do, and and the 621 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 1: fact that they have an opportunity to still accomplish something else. 622 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 1: Yet still, I think that that's all the motivation that 623 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 1: the aras on the Cardinals team needs, and if they 624 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 1: go out of him to their business comes un they 625 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 1: would have realized a major goal that they set out 626 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:06,200 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the season, a ninth win, clinching 627 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:09,480 Speaker 1: a winning record and clinching a playoff spot for the 628 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 1: first time since twenty fifteen. Here's head coach Cliff Kingsbury. 629 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,400 Speaker 1: As a competitor, you want to be in big games 630 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 1: and you want to have an opportunity to play in 631 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:21,520 Speaker 1: the postseason, and you get both in this matchup. So 632 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 1: it'll be a heck of a game. And the Cardinals, 633 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 1: certainly earlier on Saturday, didn't think they would have that 634 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 1: chance they would need to win and it also get 635 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,360 Speaker 1: some help. But that was corrected by as we heard 636 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:35,680 Speaker 1: coming into this segment, the Seahawks beating the Rams, and 637 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,960 Speaker 1: you would think, MJ that motivation this week, you wouldn't 638 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: need to find anything more than hey, do you want 639 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,600 Speaker 1: to play in the postseason or not? Do you want 640 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:45,760 Speaker 1: to go home or not? And that should be the 641 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,720 Speaker 1: only thing that needs to be said in the locker room. 642 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 1: It's real simple. You win or you lose, you go home. 643 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,480 Speaker 1: And you know, listen, we know that the Rams have 644 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,560 Speaker 1: been the hammer and the Cardinals have been the nail 645 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:59,160 Speaker 1: since Sean mcvay's been there. You beat him on Sunday, 646 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 1: all the that goes away because now you're in the postseason. 647 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 1: Rams have won seven straights. Cardinals have not beaten Sean 648 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 1: McVay since he was hired in twenty seventeen. The other 649 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 1: side of this, though, is how does this team respond 650 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:16,600 Speaker 1: after a lackluster effort against the forty nine ers. Son 651 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,720 Speaker 1: Reddick was asked that after the game, we'll see at 652 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: a starting practice, We'll see what guys' attitudes look like 653 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 1: when we see what the intensity and energy look like 654 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 1: in practice. If it's not there, then you know the 655 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:33,240 Speaker 1: goal is to you know, flesh this one out, you 656 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:35,520 Speaker 1: know it is what it is now, and get ready 657 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:37,960 Speaker 1: for the next one. We got one more guarantee and 658 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:40,480 Speaker 1: try to go ahead and bring that w home. I 659 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: think I know the answer to this be trained as 660 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:45,560 Speaker 1: a former player, But I asked this again, or ask 661 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:49,120 Speaker 1: it anyway? Does this fall on the coaches this week 662 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:52,680 Speaker 1: or the players this week to make sure that we 663 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 1: see a different team on Saturday rather than what we 664 00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:00,280 Speaker 1: saw on Saturday. This is all about the players. Their 665 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:03,560 Speaker 1: legacy is their career. These coaches are going to play 666 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,240 Speaker 1: and coach and other games, but these players only have 667 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,040 Speaker 1: a finite amount of games that they're going to play. 668 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,480 Speaker 1: So it is one hundred percent on them. If they 669 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:14,680 Speaker 1: want to continue to play football past twenty twenty into 670 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,120 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, then they're going to have to go 671 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,200 Speaker 1: out there and earn it. They're gonna have to prove it, 672 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,040 Speaker 1: and there's nobody that's going to be blamed other than 673 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 1: themselves if they fall short. So regardless of what the 674 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,359 Speaker 1: coaches are going to say, and there shouldn't be much 675 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,200 Speaker 1: said from the coaches, they understand that this is a 676 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:34,719 Speaker 1: players game. They've got to go out and win this 677 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:38,759 Speaker 1: game between between the Stripes, and if they do that 678 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,840 Speaker 1: then they will get all the credit, and rightfully so. 679 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,239 Speaker 1: But yeah, one hundred percent, this is on the players 680 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:48,040 Speaker 1: and if they don't get it done, they'll have no 681 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:50,200 Speaker 1: one to blame but themselves. And they've been given new 682 00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 1: life so to speak here m J. Another opportunity, gifted 683 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 1: an opportunity here, and now it is what do they 684 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 1: do with this opportunity? Yeah, I mean it seems like 685 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,960 Speaker 1: we've been talking about, you know, getting to a nine 686 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,439 Speaker 1: or ten wins for the last month and so they've 687 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,400 Speaker 1: really been in playoff mode. It's just they, you know, 688 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 1: are going to get a break because the Seahawks beat 689 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,439 Speaker 1: the Rams and so it's right there in front of them. 690 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,560 Speaker 1: It's not like they need help. It's real simple. You 691 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,360 Speaker 1: win and you move on. You lose, you go home. 692 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,440 Speaker 1: So there's not really a lot to debate. And if 693 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,239 Speaker 1: this team wants to show up and let everyone know 694 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: that they're a playoff team, and I think they have 695 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:31,120 Speaker 1: shown flashes of that. You went on Sunday and you're 696 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,799 Speaker 1: in the postseason and people will not talk about, you know, 697 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:36,120 Speaker 1: the ups and downs, will do that in the end 698 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,279 Speaker 1: in the offseason, but you get in the postseason. That's 699 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,800 Speaker 1: a big goal for anybody, like a head coach and 700 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,400 Speaker 1: a quarterback in their second year. What kind of effort 701 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,480 Speaker 1: will we see on Sunday? That is the question that 702 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:51,600 Speaker 1: we all are interested in finding out. Head coach Cliff Kingsbury, 703 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 1: we have to figure out how we get better in 704 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 1: a hurry and how we improve what we did on Saturday. 705 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,600 Speaker 1: And that's on me to figure out how to make 706 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,120 Speaker 1: those and get it rolling in the right direction in 707 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:05,400 Speaker 1: a hurry. And so that's been my focus, regardless of 708 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,279 Speaker 1: outcome of other games. I know that we have to 709 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 1: come along way in a short time to be able 710 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,719 Speaker 1: to compete with the Rams this week. Kingsbury Batran has 711 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,360 Speaker 1: taken a lot of the arrows or has fallen on 712 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,000 Speaker 1: the sword, I guess is the better way to say 713 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,719 Speaker 1: a lot of the time, especially after losses. But I 714 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,680 Speaker 1: like what you had to say with respects to players legacy. 715 00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:24,719 Speaker 1: Do you want to be known as a team that 716 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:28,000 Speaker 1: made the postseason and put the Cardinals back on the 717 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,960 Speaker 1: map or part of a team that let another one 718 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:35,600 Speaker 1: slip away? It's really that simple, and they're the ones 719 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,200 Speaker 1: that are gonna this is gonna hang with them for 720 00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:41,239 Speaker 1: the rest of their lives. And quite frankly, coaches, they're 721 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,480 Speaker 1: gonna have this a job and they're gonna have other 722 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:46,080 Speaker 1: jobs to do. But for a player, when you're on 723 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,520 Speaker 1: the field, you have to own this. And this is 724 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:50,839 Speaker 1: what you're going to remember. This is what you're going 725 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:52,719 Speaker 1: to tell your grandkids. You're either going to tell them 726 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:54,880 Speaker 1: you know what we feel short, don't do it like 727 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:58,279 Speaker 1: Grandpa did, and and and leaves them in the chamber. No, 728 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,520 Speaker 1: you want to be able to tell grand is, Hey, 729 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:02,600 Speaker 1: I left it all out there in the field. I 730 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:05,160 Speaker 1: did everything that I could. I was exhausted, but you 731 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:06,920 Speaker 1: know what, it was worth it in the end because 732 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,160 Speaker 1: we achieved what we wanted to achieve, and that was 733 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,160 Speaker 1: playing extra football. In January, we heard from Justin Pugh 734 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:15,439 Speaker 1: earlier today, quote there's more on the line here than 735 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 1: just us feeling bad. People won't have jobs if we 736 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:23,440 Speaker 1: don't make the playoffs. We know what's at stake end quote. 737 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:27,040 Speaker 1: So at least from Hugh, from Jordan Hicks and the 738 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:30,359 Speaker 1: players that we have heard, Christian kirk Son, Reddick, they 739 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:33,040 Speaker 1: are all seeing the right things. And Jay, now it's 740 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:36,520 Speaker 1: about doing the right thing. Yeah, and you expect that, 741 00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:38,520 Speaker 1: you know, have a good week of practice. We hear 742 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:40,640 Speaker 1: over the last couple of weeks there's been an energy 743 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:43,520 Speaker 1: out there. I mean it sounds like, you know, Buddha 744 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:46,880 Speaker 1: or Kyler Murray, you know, had some conversation to where 745 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,640 Speaker 1: you know, it's time. There's nothing like the present time 746 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,480 Speaker 1: and you can't really worry about what's happening over the 747 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:55,759 Speaker 1: last fifteen sixteen weeks. This is week seventeen. It's your 748 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:59,279 Speaker 1: sixteenth games. So again, you know, if you're if you're 749 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 1: the Rams and he got beat by the Jets, that 750 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,120 Speaker 1: was two weeks ago, and here they lose to a 751 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,319 Speaker 1: team that you know has obviously been the you know, 752 00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:09,720 Speaker 1: the team to beat in the division with Russell Wilson 753 00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:12,399 Speaker 1: and Pete Carroll. So they've got to be questioning their 754 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,960 Speaker 1: confidence also. So it's again it's all comes down to 755 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,319 Speaker 1: one game. We can just forget about the pass and 756 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,840 Speaker 1: whoever plays and who executes. And you know, the turnovers 757 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:23,840 Speaker 1: have been an issue in the last couple of games. 758 00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,759 Speaker 1: It didn't really affect them in the game prior to that, 759 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,560 Speaker 1: but the Cardinals got to force more turnovers. But again 760 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,160 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, just go out there 761 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:36,280 Speaker 1: and play. You know, I wouldn't say air free football 762 00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:38,239 Speaker 1: because we haven't seen a perfect game. But go out 763 00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:40,759 Speaker 1: there and execute and make plays when you have to. 764 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:43,480 Speaker 1: And really, let's let's be honest and bottom line it. 765 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,360 Speaker 1: They're five star players, have to play like five star players. 766 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:50,080 Speaker 1: How big is this game? Well, it's on CBS for 767 00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:54,359 Speaker 1: one two. Jim Nance, Tony Romo will be on the call. 768 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:58,080 Speaker 1: The number one crew of CBS will have the action 769 00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:02,399 Speaker 1: on television and a course Dave hash Ron Wolfley on 770 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:06,560 Speaker 1: Radio nine thirty am. The pregame coverage begins to twenty 771 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,440 Speaker 1: five is the kickoff from Sofi Stadium. Cardinals looking to 772 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,800 Speaker 1: do something that they have not done since twenty sixteen 773 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:18,560 Speaker 1: win in LA They did then forty four to six. 774 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:23,680 Speaker 1: Subscribe Arizona Cardinals podcasts on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher, 775 00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:26,319 Speaker 1: and SoundCloud. Listen to your favorite shows on the go, 776 00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:29,080 Speaker 1: like Cardinals Underground, The Big Red Raging of course this show, 777 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,920 Speaker 1: the Cardinals Red c Report. Visit Easy Cardinals dot com 778 00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:35,640 Speaker 1: Slash podcast for more information. When we come back the 779 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,839 Speaker 1: last time the Cardinals and Rams Mets, we'll get into 780 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,600 Speaker 1: that on the other side. Here on the Arizona Cardinals 781 00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:49,600 Speaker 1: Radio network, Quick Snap Golf drops back to throw fires 782 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,520 Speaker 1: nearside Everett wide open caught of the thirty, thirty five, 783 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,160 Speaker 1: forty and up to the forty five. What happened there? 784 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:59,560 Speaker 1: Gate of over twenty on third down and eleven, Boy, 785 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:03,800 Speaker 1: that could be a killer right there. That is absolutely brutal. 786 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:08,200 Speaker 1: Somebody blew an assignment. I have no idea who it was. 787 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:12,239 Speaker 1: The Cardinals were playing zone, but boy, Pat b is 788 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:15,880 Speaker 1: fired off about it. That's terrible. Third and eleven. You 789 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:17,560 Speaker 1: have a chance to get off the field, to get 790 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:20,880 Speaker 1: all kinds of momentum, and now they get a first 791 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:22,920 Speaker 1: down and they get to milk the clock with eleven 792 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:27,320 Speaker 1: and a half to go, leading by three. Brutal they passed. 793 00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:31,719 Speaker 1: Ron will play flashback to week thirteen when the Cardinals 794 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:36,360 Speaker 1: hosted the Rams and lost thirty eight twenty eight. But 795 00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,640 Speaker 1: that player there third and eleven. The twenty two yard 796 00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:43,600 Speaker 1: gain kept the Rams on the field and Daryl Henderson 797 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:47,120 Speaker 1: would score a touchdown and make it thirty one twenty one. 798 00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:50,160 Speaker 1: This immediately after the Cardinals had cut the deficit to 799 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:53,000 Speaker 1: three on a Kenyan Drake four yard touchdown run twenty 800 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,840 Speaker 1: four twenty one, So we know what is at stake, 801 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:58,200 Speaker 1: and we know the Cardinals have had their problems with 802 00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:01,320 Speaker 1: the Rams over the year, at least since Sean McVay 803 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:03,440 Speaker 1: has been the head coach. And we also know that 804 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:07,080 Speaker 1: John Walford will be the Rams starting quarterback. Jared Goff 805 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:10,799 Speaker 1: underwent thumb surgery, hopes to return for the postseason, but 806 00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,680 Speaker 1: will not be on the field this week. Walford will 807 00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:16,960 Speaker 1: get the start. Has never appeared in a regular season 808 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:21,239 Speaker 1: NFL game. Former college player out of Wake Forest and 809 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:24,480 Speaker 1: in the aaf The errors on a hot shots though 810 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,440 Speaker 1: the film now trying to figure out how to defend 811 00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:30,279 Speaker 1: and prepare for a John Walford. Here's head coach Cliff 812 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:34,040 Speaker 1: Kingsbury as best you can some of that AFL tape. 813 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,640 Speaker 1: You know, he played at a high level there his 814 00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:40,000 Speaker 1: college stuff. You know, he's a guy who move around, 815 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:42,400 Speaker 1: makes plays with his feet, and so Sean, I have 816 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,120 Speaker 1: him well coached and he'll be operating at a high 817 00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:47,440 Speaker 1: level and we'll have to be ready for everything. I'll 818 00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:49,880 Speaker 1: go back, though, something that you said betrayed that it 819 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,520 Speaker 1: doesn't matter who's under center for the Rams because it's 820 00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:56,880 Speaker 1: on the Cardinals to get over this hurdle, if you 821 00:41:56,920 --> 00:42:01,000 Speaker 1: will known as the Los Angeles Rams. Anytime you start 822 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:04,840 Speaker 1: worrying about personnel and different players, you lose sight of 823 00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,399 Speaker 1: what's really important. What's important is that you play good 824 00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,719 Speaker 1: team defense, that everybody's assignment conscious, and that you do 825 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,040 Speaker 1: what you're supposed to do. And if you do that, 826 00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:16,359 Speaker 1: then it doesn't matter whose name is on the back 827 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:19,040 Speaker 1: of that uniform. You just know that there's a guy 828 00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:21,239 Speaker 1: that's that's on the other side and you've got to 829 00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:24,000 Speaker 1: go and tackle him or defeat him if he's trying 830 00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:27,240 Speaker 1: to block you. It really is not about the different 831 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:29,520 Speaker 1: guys that are on the field and what name and 832 00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:31,680 Speaker 1: how much experience they do or don't have. I think 833 00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:33,640 Speaker 1: it actually makes it a little tougher because you're not 834 00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,440 Speaker 1: quite sure what Sean mcvayh is going to do with 835 00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:38,920 Speaker 1: the waferd. I mean, at this point, you'd rather have 836 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:42,040 Speaker 1: somebody that's known as opposed to somebody who's not known. 837 00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:45,839 Speaker 1: But all that doesn't matter. Just go out and play 838 00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:47,839 Speaker 1: the game as hard and as fast and as smart 839 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:51,200 Speaker 1: as you can and let everything else take care of yourself. Now, 840 00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:55,200 Speaker 1: the last time the Cardinals play the Rams, as you pointed, out. 841 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,279 Speaker 1: The Rams are nine to fifteen on third down, which 842 00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:01,440 Speaker 1: is sixty four hundred three yards. The Cardinals only had 843 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:04,439 Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty two yards total offense average three 844 00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,480 Speaker 1: point seven yards per play, And really the matchup's going 845 00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:11,040 Speaker 1: to be the Cardinals offense against the Rams defense, and 846 00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:16,319 Speaker 1: that Rams defense, after allowing a opening drive touchdown, got 847 00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:19,960 Speaker 1: the Cardinals off the field fourth straight three and outs 848 00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:23,600 Speaker 1: and forced to turnovers. The time of possession certainly stood 849 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,080 Speaker 1: out almost thirty nine minutes for the Rams, twenty one 850 00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:29,520 Speaker 1: minutes for the Cardinals. But a chance to correct that's 851 00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:32,480 Speaker 1: and a lot of things in fact that we're talking 852 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:35,239 Speaker 1: about a win or go home. The other storyline as 853 00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:38,239 Speaker 1: we talked about going into last week's contest, MJ, could 854 00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:42,759 Speaker 1: this be the final game period for a Larry Fitzgerald, 855 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:46,719 Speaker 1: who's first catch came against the Los Angeles Rams. Yeah, 856 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,920 Speaker 1: Josh McCown, As Jimmy M hundred pointed out to us, 857 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,560 Speaker 1: one percent correct. It was a flea flicker from Emmitt 858 00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:57,600 Speaker 1: Smith and Larry caught the pass on Anius Williams. I 859 00:43:57,680 --> 00:43:59,640 Speaker 1: need to correct myself. They were still in Saint Louis 860 00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:02,680 Speaker 1: back and that's how long ago fitz made his debut better. 861 00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:06,200 Speaker 1: We're at all white for young Larry Fitzgerald, say it 862 00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:08,040 Speaker 1: ain't still be train. We still have another year of 863 00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:12,480 Speaker 1: number eleven, right, I'd love to say that. I don't know. 864 00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:16,040 Speaker 1: I haven't spoken with DIDs and I definitely wouldn't ask 865 00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:18,960 Speaker 1: him about that because that's a personal decision that everybody 866 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:21,480 Speaker 1: has to come to on their own. I don't know 867 00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:24,440 Speaker 1: if he really even knows if his last year, I 868 00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:27,879 Speaker 1: would think that he would want to come back and play. 869 00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:31,480 Speaker 1: But sometime father Time, well all the time, father Time 870 00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:33,480 Speaker 1: is undefeated, and it's just a matter of when you 871 00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:36,959 Speaker 1: want to compete that and call it today. The only 872 00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:40,560 Speaker 1: thing he's missing besides the numbers, getting a chance to 873 00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:42,960 Speaker 1: get back to the postseason. I think Dad beat the 874 00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:46,239 Speaker 1: cherry on the Sunday for Larry Fitzgerald and an opportunity 875 00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:49,480 Speaker 1: coming up this Sunday again, two twenty five is the 876 00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:53,200 Speaker 1: Kickop nine thirty AM. Pregame coverage begins on the Eros 877 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:55,920 Speaker 1: and the Cardinals Radio Network, and we will join you 878 00:44:56,080 --> 00:45:00,239 Speaker 1: next week fingers crossed talking about a post c An 879 00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:04,239 Speaker 1: appearance for Larry Fitzgerald and the Arizona Cardinals. On that note, 880 00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:06,839 Speaker 1: special thanks to our senior broadcast Manager and producer, Jim 881 00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:10,480 Speaker 1: Momohundro Technical Director Cody Pitcher for Bertram Barry, Mike Jarecki. 882 00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:13,200 Speaker 1: I'm Craig riel Low. This has been the Arizona Cardinals 883 00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:23,879 Speaker 1: Red Sea Report on the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network. You've 884 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:26,440 Speaker 1: been listening to the Cardinals Red Sea Report. Middle of 885 00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:28,680 Speaker 1: the field, of the end zone. Kirk, he got it, 886 00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:33,160 Speaker 1: He's in touchdown. Who the baker with the sack stripped 887 00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:37,239 Speaker 1: the ball? Her He's gonna score touchdown? Oh baby. The 888 00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:39,920 Speaker 1: Cardinals Red Sea Report is brought to you by the 889 00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:43,840 Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals mobile app visit Asy Cardinals dot com, slash 890 00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:48,640 Speaker 1: app Tocksdown Cardinals, where this has been an exclusive presentation 891 00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:50,919 Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals football Club.