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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang. I hope everyone had a good weekend.

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Speaker 1: On today's show, we will talk about what we saw

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Speaker 1: this past weekend in the NFL. Of course, it should

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Speaker 1: have been a weekend that included some Cardinals football. Guess

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Speaker 1: it still stings. Want to congratulate both Foodabaker and DeAndre

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Speaker 1: Hopkins both named the twenty twenty All Pro Team, and

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Speaker 1: we should be congratulating Hassan Reddick. Why he wasn't named

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Speaker 1: NFC Defensive Player of the Month for December is a headscratcher.

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Speaker 1: It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode three eighty five, and it

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Speaker 1: starts now. Welcome to Cardinals Cover two with Craig Griga

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Speaker 1: Lew and Mike Jarecki. Cardinals Cover two is presented by Hyundai,

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Speaker 1: proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals, and by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts.

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Speaker 1: Visit acy Cardinals dot Com Slash Podcasts. Murray rolls to

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Speaker 1: the right. It was near sight of Fritz pot that

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Speaker 1: is into the ends after the touchdown. Here's Craig Grielou

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Speaker 1: and Mike Jarecki. It's a podcast, so you can't see

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Speaker 1: me raising my hand, but help me in favor of

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Speaker 1: Super A wild Card weekend three game Saturday, three games Sunday,

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Speaker 1: six games total MJ. We'll discuss each of the matchups

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Speaker 1: a bit later. It was a great weekend of football. Well,

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Speaker 1: we know the NFL and it really it's about, you know,

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Speaker 1: more games and more revenue and this isn't going away.

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Speaker 1: So it was fantastic ten and a half hours on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: ten and a half hours. They were spread out perfectly,

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Speaker 1: where maybe a little bit more in the afternoon and

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Speaker 1: we get to the division round. But yeah, I thought

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Speaker 1: it was a win win for the fan bases and

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Speaker 1: just so happy for the Bills fans and Browns fans

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Speaker 1: because they haven't been there and you know, another sixty

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Speaker 1: I thought it was a big win win situation for

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Speaker 1: the league and just the fan base because it's it's

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Speaker 1: been an awkward year. Some had fans there and we'll

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Speaker 1: see how that materializes over the next week or so.

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Speaker 1: Of course, the next question is going to be can

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Speaker 1: you squeeze in a quadruple header? Can it go to

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Speaker 1: sixteen where half the teams in the league make the postseason,

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Speaker 1: And that would be the argument to where you have

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Speaker 1: the number one and number two seeds each received that

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Speaker 1: first round by we always want more football, but I

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Speaker 1: think we need to pump the brakes on that just

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Speaker 1: for right now and enjoy these two triple headers on

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Speaker 1: Saturday and Sunday of this past weekend. Well we know

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Speaker 1: about you know, more games mean more revenue, and obviously

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Speaker 1: teams in Elite took a bath this year, but they

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Speaker 1: were adamant to play an entire season and so far

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Speaker 1: you can check the first week in a wildcard football

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Speaker 1: and then two hundred and fifty six games. The thing

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Speaker 1: is Craig because of digital and we're gonna, you know,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna get into what Nickelodeon did a little bit

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Speaker 1: later in the show. But you have CBS, you have Fox.

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Speaker 1: I think ABC is willing to possibly put Monday Night

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Speaker 1: football on the Big Daddy, maybe a simulcast. And of

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Speaker 1: course you got the NFL network, you got Nickelodeon, you

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Speaker 1: got Amazon, and then you got YouTube and so you

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Speaker 1: for the most part, if you do have cable and YouTube,

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Speaker 1: which you can get on the internet, I do think

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Speaker 1: it's an option because you have so many different outlets

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Speaker 1: and people are just there's so advanced with technology depending

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Speaker 1: So I wouldn't surprise I. Maybe it's not next year,

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Speaker 1: as it's happening. That was part of the Amazon broadcast

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals and forty nine Ers, there were three different

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Speaker 1: football at its finest, Super wild Card weekend. We'll get

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Speaker 1: Last Friday apparently was Awards and Honors Day. First off

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Speaker 1: from all of us here on Cardinals Cover two. Congratulations

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Speaker 1: to Budda Baker and DeAndre Hopkins. They were both named

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Speaker 1: development and the elevation, the growth as a football player.

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Speaker 1: Buddha Baker. He tied for the team lead and tackles

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Speaker 1: And I think Buddha Baker has certainly earned his place

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Speaker 1: that's the way he plays on game day. I help

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Speaker 1: other guys take that suit, because if you have fifty

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Speaker 1: in and said, we want to see you do it again.

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Speaker 1: You know. So the thing is, you know, it can

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Speaker 1: a team out there that has money off from a

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Speaker 1: one year deal for eight million dollars. Possibly, Yeah, so

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Speaker 1: CAP's going down, But I think the Cardinals, and I'm

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Speaker 1: sure they know just based on their analytics snaps, you know,

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Speaker 1: as Marcus gold In the better in the run support game. Again,

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Speaker 1: you can debate everything, but I can make a case

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Speaker 1: for both guys. But it's all it takes is one team.

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Speaker 1: And he probably feels like that. He that he is

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Speaker 1: an approaching free agency where he had a career year,

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Speaker 1: so you know, props to him. But again, I know

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Speaker 1: he likes being here. Um, he likes playing for Vance

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Speaker 1: and he really excelled this year. So we'll see. But

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Speaker 1: you know, I think when you look at the first

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Speaker 1: five games, as you pointed out, he wasn't a start

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Speaker 1: until channeling went down, but they were starting Kennard and Jones.

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Speaker 1: They didn't have Marcus Golden on the roster. We didn't

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Speaker 1: even see a lot of Dennis card at so they

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Speaker 1: were really going with that. And then we know that

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Speaker 1: that's that jet package they had created was allowing some

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Speaker 1: of those other linebackers get on the field on third downs. Now,

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Speaker 1: when the Cardinals tagged Kenyan Drake a year ago, it

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Speaker 1: was a surprise, at least for me. Now it wasn't

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Speaker 1: the franchise tag. It was a transition tag. But that

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Speaker 1: is all on the table for the Cardinals. They can

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Speaker 1: use one or both, and maybe Reddick is an option

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Speaker 1: for either one. Now you're talking about multimillion dollars. I

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Speaker 1: think the franchise tag would be between thirteen and fifteen

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Speaker 1: million dollars if I remember correctly, although that's a number

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Speaker 1: that could fluctuate depending on where the salary cap ends

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Speaker 1: and comes, you know, when the new league year begins

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Speaker 1: in the middle of March. But it wouldn't surprise me

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Speaker 1: if they went that route again. Said hey, you know what,

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Speaker 1: we just don't have the money right now or the

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Speaker 1: resources to devote you know, two, three, four years, and

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Speaker 1: based off of the quote unquote one year, wonder well,

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Speaker 1: let's see if you can do it again. You brought

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Speaker 1: up Shack Barrett. He did again. He had two great seasons,

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Speaker 1: and now you've got to figure out, okay, he should

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Speaker 1: be getting paid. Reddick might be one of those players

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Speaker 1: that ask gets asked to do it again. But as

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Speaker 1: they say, it only takes one team, and maybe there

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Speaker 1: is a team out there that says, here you go,

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Speaker 1: three four year deal with x x number of dollars

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Speaker 1: guaranteed that the Cardinals just can't match. And there's teams

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Speaker 1: out there, and you know we'll have plenty of time

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Speaker 1: to get into the edge rushers and defensive ends. Now

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Speaker 1: I do know this. At least sixteen teams do play

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Speaker 1: a four to three? Can he play a four? Three?

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Speaker 1: I think he's a little undersides. Can he play a three? Four? Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: So that you know, I'm just thinking out loud, But

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Speaker 1: good coaches will put you in position to make plays.

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Speaker 1: And we know when you when the Cardinals play a

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Speaker 1: three to four, they still have five guys at the

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Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. And we know that he's quick enough

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Speaker 1: to get around some of these left tackles who got

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Speaker 1: really good feet, and he's come up with a couple

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Speaker 1: of different bull rushes. So again, um, it's going to

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Speaker 1: be interesting because you can never have enough pass rushers,

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Speaker 1: and I think they showed it this year. And you

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Speaker 1: know what, after they started rolling, it wasn't a bad

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Speaker 1: situation with sacks by committee and everyone everyone chipped in.

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Speaker 1: One week it was this guy, next week it was

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Speaker 1: that guy. And you know, you'd like to have that

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Speaker 1: one stud where team's got to be aware of it.

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Speaker 1: But hey, they got they gotta defend the entire defense

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Speaker 1: versus worried about just one guy Bird Gang. This will

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Speaker 1: not be the one and only time we bring up

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Speaker 1: Hassan Reddick and his future. It is a topic that

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Speaker 1: will be addressed quite a few times until we get

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Speaker 1: a definitive answer. But he might be the most intriguing

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Speaker 1: of all of the Cardinals free agents. Is trying to

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Speaker 1: figure out is there a way to resign him, what

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Speaker 1: is his value across the market, how to other teams

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Speaker 1: see him with respect to their own defense. So we'd

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Speaker 1: love to see him come back, But I'm never going

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Speaker 1: to apologize players for getting as much as they can

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Speaker 1: because you only have so many years in this league

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Speaker 1: in which you can make your money. As we continue

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Speaker 1: here on this Monday edition of Cardinals Covered two presented

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Speaker 1: by Monday, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. Let's get

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Speaker 1: into it, MJ six games in two days, Wildcard Weekend,

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Speaker 1: Super Wildcard Weekend is what the NFL dubbed it. We

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Speaker 1: told the burg Gang not to bother you at all

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Speaker 1: on Saturday and Sunday. I'm sure you did not move

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Speaker 1: at all. You figured out a way to have the

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Speaker 1: refrigerator on your lefts and basically just you know, stayed

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Speaker 1: in one spot for forty eight hours. But a tremendous

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Speaker 1: two days of football. And I'll began on Saturday with

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Speaker 1: your Bills edging the Colts seven to twenty four, Buffalo's

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Speaker 1: first postseason win in twenty five years. Yeah, and you know,

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Speaker 1: going into that game, you know the Bill's defense. I

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Speaker 1: think they have given up like twenty two or twenty

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Speaker 1: three points, but in the last you know, six five

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Speaker 1: or six games, they only had given up eight. Now,

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Speaker 1: clearly they've been scoring a ton of points, but I

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Speaker 1: didn't know if the Colts can score enough points in

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Speaker 1: that game. And I guess, well, you know, when you

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Speaker 1: get into analytics, I think Frank Wright's gonna have a

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Speaker 1: long offseason. But Buffalo, you know, it was seven three

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Speaker 1: and I give the Colts a lot of credit because

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Speaker 1: they were trying to run the ball and keep Josh

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Speaker 1: Allen on the sidelines. So going into the half, it

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Speaker 1: was fourteen to ten and then Buffalo scored, you know,

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Speaker 1: thirteen points in the second half. The Colts did score

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Speaker 1: fourteen points in the fourth quarter. But I think Frank Wright,

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Speaker 1: it's probably gonna have to talk to the owner into

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Speaker 1: the GM just about you know that stuff works and

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Speaker 1: when you get to the postseason, some times it's going

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Speaker 1: to be by gut. But you know, Josh Allen was

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Speaker 1: very efficient, had a good quarterback rating. One thing that

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Speaker 1: the Colts did is rush of football thirty times for

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Speaker 1: one hundred and sixty three yards. But I noticed towards

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Speaker 1: the end Philip Rivers still looks like he's throwing a

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Speaker 1: shot put, kind of like Cam Newton, and he didn't

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Speaker 1: get that down there on the hail Mary and Buffalo

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Speaker 1: said they realized based on the Hopkins hal Murray, they

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Speaker 1: learned from that and they knocked the ball down. I

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Speaker 1: think it was Michael Hyde. So Buffalo learned from that.

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Speaker 1: And not a surprise that they've been on the cusps

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Speaker 1: the last couple of years and now you're starting to

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Speaker 1: see the upside from the offense. Defense coaching matters when

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Speaker 1: it comes to the Bills. Josh Allen three total touchdowns

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Speaker 1: through for three hundred and twenty four yards, and you

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Speaker 1: bring up the analytics on that fourth down. Now, if

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Speaker 1: you run it accurately or I should say, if you

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Speaker 1: execute it correctly. I mean the past was just off

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Speaker 1: the receiver's fingertips and that goes for a touchdown. Yet

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Speaker 1: there were several people on social media, which is not

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Speaker 1: the b end all and all. But when you get

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Speaker 1: to the postseason and when you're inside the red zone,

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Speaker 1: it's always take the points. Yet I understand if you're

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Speaker 1: going to do it in the regular season, I certainly

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Speaker 1: would expect Cliff Kingsbury, if given that same scenario, would

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Speaker 1: have gone forward in that aspect, especially when you're on

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Speaker 1: the road. Yeah, and you're right. I mean, Michael Pittman

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Speaker 1: was wide open, and you know, you see who was

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Speaker 1: playing right tackle, Jared Valdier. Yeah, I did hear his name,

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Speaker 1: which was a stunner. Even more stunning though that Michael

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Speaker 1: Pittman is the son of Michael Pittman that we all

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Speaker 1: covered when he was playing with the Arizona Cardinals. MJ

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Speaker 1: we're old. Yeah, yeah, And I remember who was coming

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Speaker 1: out in the draft and he had a really good

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Speaker 1: college career. He's got another son that's playing college football,

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Speaker 1: so it must be the Jeans and yeah, and but

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Speaker 1: for Jared, how about Kevin Mintor, he's still playing. There

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Speaker 1: were a lot of familiar faces on that Tampa Bay sideline,

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Speaker 1: and Mentor is one of those players that I think

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Speaker 1: was getting more time because Devin White, but not on

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Speaker 1: the field for Tampa Bay. By the way, the Bills

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Speaker 1: now will play the Ravens in the Divisional Round or

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Speaker 1: the Elite Eight, and the Ravens get by the Titans.

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Speaker 1: That game on Sunday twenty to thirteen is Baltimore rallied

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Speaker 1: from ten down. I found this interesting. That's the first

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Speaker 1: time in twenty two games that the Baltimore franchise, either

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Speaker 1: in the regular season or playoffs, won a game by

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Speaker 1: trailing by ten or more points and a tip of

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Speaker 1: the cap to Lamar Jackson his first postseason win, although

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Speaker 1: it was just his third postseason game and he's what

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Speaker 1: twenty four years old, So I think that narrative kind

588
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 1: of ran a little bit too high as far as

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Speaker 1: the amount of pressure that was placed on him, and

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Speaker 1: he admitted as much at the end of the game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he ran for one hundred and thirty six yards. See

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Speaker 1: that forty eight yeard scamper for touchdown. Very efficient. I

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Speaker 1: mean he was sack five times. But you know, and

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Speaker 1: going too that game, he knew that they're gonna Titans

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Speaker 1: were gonna try to run the football, and they held

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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry the eighteen carries for forty yards two point

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Speaker 1: two is he had a eight yard and I thought

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Speaker 1: play action. You know, you look at a J. Brown,

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Speaker 1: I thought they're tight ends. Because you know one thing

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Speaker 1: about the Titans and I've been saying it all year,

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Speaker 1: is their secondary is not very good. And you could

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Speaker 1: see when it came to Mark Andrews and Hollywood Brown,

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Speaker 1: even the big fullback or Ricard, I mean he's like

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Speaker 1: three hundred pounds it seems like. And then they got Dobbins,

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Speaker 1: but they were able to run behind the Lamar Jackson

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Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty six yards, two rushing touchdowns. And

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Speaker 1: I think we'll have time this week, but I Buffalo

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Speaker 1: is going to face a mobile quarterback, and clearly they

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Speaker 1: did not face that with Philip Rivers. But again, that

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Speaker 1: Colts team is a good team. They're a solid team.

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Speaker 1: I think they're well coached. Just on fortunately though that

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Speaker 1: I think Frank Wright's gonna be questioned the entire offseason

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Speaker 1: and once the future for Philip Rivers. He is very

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Speaker 1: emotional after the game. I still think he can play

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Speaker 1: in this league. But the thing is he's getting up

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Speaker 1: there in age and at some point, if you're Chris Ballard,

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Speaker 1: you have to find that next guy, you know. I

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Speaker 1: do like when they bring in Jacoby Verseett on the

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Speaker 1: short yardish stuff, so because he's usually in the shotgun.

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Speaker 1: So once again, every team's gonna have questions going into

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Speaker 1: the offseason. We're just gonna have to wait for the answers. Well,

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Speaker 1: not only Philip Rivers, Ben Roethlisberger, potentially Drew Brees as well.

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Speaker 1: We know Tom Brady wants to keep playing, but you

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Speaker 1: might very well be losing three huge names out of

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Speaker 1: that quarterback fraternity that we won't see on the field,

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Speaker 1: or maybe we see in different uniforms. I know the Colts,

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Speaker 1: I think, have come out publicly and saying they would

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Speaker 1: like Rivers to return. Don't know about in Pittsburgh and

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Speaker 1: of course, if Drew Brees wants to keep playing, he's

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Speaker 1: not going to play for anyone else but New Orleans

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Speaker 1: and Pittsburgh. They're like twenty twenty five million over the cap.

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00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger's cap numbers next year forty one million. And I

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Speaker 1: was listening to Ed Buchet earlier, who's been there for

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Speaker 1: forty some odd years, and he was talking about how

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Speaker 1: the last couple of playoff games for the Steelers they've

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Speaker 1: given up over forty five points. A matter of fact,

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Speaker 1: that Jacksonville, you know, it's a division around, or AFC,

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Speaker 1: a division around. But he thinks they'll roll with Mason

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Speaker 1: Rudolph because they you know, they're unless they want to

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Speaker 1: draft a quarterback. And Kevin Colbert, I know he's a

641
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,840
Speaker 1: one and man around the league being a general manager

642
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: because of what he's done in pitts Are, especially building

643
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:44,640
Speaker 1: a defense. I think he retires there, so I don't

644
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,200
Speaker 1: think he's going anywhere, but maybe he likes to get

645
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 1: a quarterback for the future. We know the old the

646
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:52,400
Speaker 1: late Ron Wilson, you ushould draft one every year. I mean,

647
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 1: I think you got to take a stab every couple

648
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 1: of years. But it sounds like they're going to be

649
00:34:56,680 --> 00:35:00,520
Speaker 1: in a rebuilding mode. They went all in and disappointing

650
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 1: loss from Mike Thomland and Pittsburgh Steelers. Yeah, the Browns

651
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:07,759
Speaker 1: surprised the Steelers. It was the final game on Sunday night,

652
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 1: forty eight to thirty seven. But that is a misleading

653
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:14,919
Speaker 1: score because it was twenty eight nothing at the end

654
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 1: of the first quarter as Cleveland snapped a seventeen game

655
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:23,880
Speaker 1: losing streak at Hinz Field. I saw this interesting snat stat.

656
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 1: The Browns defense forced four turnovers in the first quarter.

657
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 1: The Steelers offense had four first downs in the first quarter.

658
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,840
Speaker 1: It was ugly and I that was Roethlisberger's final game

659
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:40,839
Speaker 1: in a Steelers uniform. He was picked off four times.

660
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 1: Certainly not the way anyone wants to go out. No,

661
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 1: he attempted sixty eight passes forty seven for sixty eight

662
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 1: for five old one four touchdowns, four interceptions. Now, Juju

663
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:56,960
Speaker 1: Smith Schuster, who's coming under a lot of controversy, and

664
00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: he didn't regret what he said about the Browns or

665
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:02,440
Speaker 1: the same brown I don't see anything different. Target at

666
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,720
Speaker 1: nineteen times thirteen catches, one hundred and fifty seven yards.

667
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,959
Speaker 1: You know, I thought the Browns with that one two

668
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 1: punch and Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt and Kareem Hunt's

669
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:14,720
Speaker 1: going to get a chance to play against his former team.

670
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:18,799
Speaker 1: Obviously didn't end the right way. That's more self inflicted.

671
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:23,279
Speaker 1: And give Baker Mayfield credit because he didn't have Kevin Stefanski.

672
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 1: You know, Alex ben Pelt was the you know, basically

673
00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:29,839
Speaker 1: in his ear and they didn't miss a beat. But

674
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:34,440
Speaker 1: it was interesting where Stefanski was in his cellar and

675
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 1: he was on the feed where it's maybe seven to

676
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,759
Speaker 1: fifteen seconds behind, and he can hear his kids going

677
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 1: bonkers on that first possession. So and he got they

678
00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:48,480
Speaker 1: put him on FaceTime after the game, so he got

679
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 1: a chance to talk to the team. But good for

680
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 1: the Browns, I mean, they haven't been able to beat

681
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:57,040
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger the Steelers for years. And you know, give

682
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 1: John Dorsey a lot of credit because he brought in

683
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:01,920
Speaker 1: a lot of that talent. John Dorsey drafted Patrick Mahomes

684
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 1: and then he went to Cleveland drafted Baker Mayfield and

685
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,600
Speaker 1: a lot of people thought, you know, I see the

686
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 1: best quarterback in the draft. And you know, some of

687
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,839
Speaker 1: the antics in college you know, kind of immature, and

688
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,120
Speaker 1: we probably saw that with Freddy Kitchens, but we didn't

689
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:17,640
Speaker 1: see that with Kevin Stefanski. No Jarvis Landry, who could

690
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:20,920
Speaker 1: be a little toxic at time. So give them a

691
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,360
Speaker 1: ton of card and I think they're going to be

692
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 1: a team defeat with Baltimore with these young quarterbacks for

693
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:30,239
Speaker 1: years to come. So here is the matchups for the

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Speaker 1: AFC Divisional Round next week. On Saturday, the Ravens at

695
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 1: the Bills. On Sunday, the Browns will play the Chiefs,

696
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:40,840
Speaker 1: Kansas City of the number one seed. They did not

697
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:44,719
Speaker 1: play this past weekend. They had the weekend off, and

698
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,439
Speaker 1: we'll dive into those playoff matchups a little bit later

699
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:51,200
Speaker 1: on this week. Let's turn our attention MJ to the NFC.

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00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:56,480
Speaker 1: The first NFC matchup of the weekend on Saturday, Rams

701
00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:01,000
Speaker 1: over the Seahawks thirty to twenty, Rams with the last

702
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:05,399
Speaker 1: laugh after the Seahawks loudly celebrated winning the division at

703
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 1: the Rams expense two weeks ago, quoting Jared Goff two

704
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:12,879
Speaker 1: weeks ago, you saw them smoking cigars and getting all

705
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,640
Speaker 1: excited about beating us and winning the division. And we

706
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:19,080
Speaker 1: were able to come up here and beat them end quote.

707
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 1: So yes, the Rams did not forget and they remembered

708
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:28,560
Speaker 1: what happened and came away with a victory. An interesting

709
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:30,800
Speaker 1: game that I think certainly you can make a case

710
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 1: that it was the Rams defense that really clamped down

711
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:38,440
Speaker 1: on that Seahawks offense. Yeah, Seattle, they ran the ball

712
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:41,040
Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty six hrs five point four. But

713
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:44,760
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson Varry pedestrian eleven or twenty seven hundred seventy

714
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,759
Speaker 1: four hit a couple of touchdowns, an interception. You know,

715
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:51,120
Speaker 1: metcalf had close to one hundred yards. But you know

716
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:55,719
Speaker 1: right now, the Rams they got that recipe to make

717
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 1: a run because you know, offensively they can score point

718
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 1: They're number one in defense when it comes to points allowed,

719
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 1: their number one when it comes to passing yards. And

720
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:09,400
Speaker 1: we know it's a passing league. So if Golf and

721
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:14,000
Speaker 1: if Golf is the guy that looks like Walford, it's

722
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 1: a next stinger. But it look worse than that. And

723
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,359
Speaker 1: glad he was in the locker room after the game

724
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,640
Speaker 1: to celebrate what those guys after being put in an

725
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 1: ambulance with a neck brace and look really scary. So yeah,

726
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,160
Speaker 1: I mean, when you look at the I think the

727
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 1: rams on you know, special teams. We'll see about that.

728
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:32,120
Speaker 1: But they got a defense that can travel. And now

729
00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:34,440
Speaker 1: cam Makers, I mean at the beginning of the season

730
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,399
Speaker 1: it was running back by committee, and you know, they

731
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,600
Speaker 1: utilize their tight ends and they'll go twelve personnel to

732
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:43,560
Speaker 1: get mass protection. So I do think they can make

733
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,440
Speaker 1: a run, you know, winning one game. We'll see if

734
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 1: they're in the NFC Championship game. But you know the

735
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,000
Speaker 1: fact that they've been in the playoffs the last couple

736
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,520
Speaker 1: of years. In Craig, I text you over the weekend,

737
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:58,200
Speaker 1: It's like, how did Seattle to win the division? Now?

738
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:00,200
Speaker 1: I know they wanted in a wins and losses, and

739
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:03,040
Speaker 1: their defense played the lights out the last four weeks.

740
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:06,279
Speaker 1: I mean they beat him thirteen to nine. But that

741
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,040
Speaker 1: and Pete Carroll, I mean he looks like the entire

742
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:11,239
Speaker 1: staff's coming back. And he came out on Monday saying,

743
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 1: I want to run the ball more, not fifty times

744
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:15,440
Speaker 1: a game. And they're paying Russell Wilson thirty five million

745
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:19,439
Speaker 1: a year. And you wonder, you know, between Metcalf, who

746
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:23,000
Speaker 1: was up and down with personality wise and Locket, I

747
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,879
Speaker 1: like the running game their offensive line hasn't been great.

748
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 1: I think Dunlop definitely game a lift. I didn't know

749
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:30,240
Speaker 1: how you play, and then you find out Jamal Adams

750
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,480
Speaker 1: needs double surgery. So I still think they're, you know,

751
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:37,080
Speaker 1: nine to eleven win team, but I was shocked how

752
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,839
Speaker 1: they how they played in the postseason because they've been

753
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:42,680
Speaker 1: battle tested, and you know, the last couple of years,

754
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:45,080
Speaker 1: they really haven't made a run. They've won a playoff game,

755
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,759
Speaker 1: but not make a run to the NFC champions like

756
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:52,439
Speaker 1: the Rams have. Seattle's first postseason home loss since two

757
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 1: thousand and four. Again, the Rams win beat the Seahawks

758
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:59,360
Speaker 1: thirty to twenty. The reward for the Rams a trip

759
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:02,840
Speaker 1: to Green. They will play the Packers in the divisional playoffs.

760
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 1: That game on Saturday at two thirty five. Yeah, that's

761
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:09,479
Speaker 1: gonna be you know Matt Lafleur, who spent some time

762
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:13,680
Speaker 1: with Sean McVeigh. I mean know Aaron Rodgers West Coast

763
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,719
Speaker 1: guy went to Cal, right, and then you look at

764
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:19,000
Speaker 1: Jared Goff went to Cal. But you got two up

765
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:21,880
Speaker 1: and coming head coaches. They're really good at play calling.

766
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 1: They got good teams around him. You know, we'll see

767
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:28,080
Speaker 1: about Aaron Donald looks like he did have maybe possible

768
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:32,279
Speaker 1: fractured ribs, but the cartilage damage is very sore, so

769
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:34,920
Speaker 1: they're probably gonna have to shoot him up now. I

770
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 1: don't know if they shout ut him yesterday, And you

771
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:38,359
Speaker 1: gotta be careful when you do that because you don't

772
00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:40,960
Speaker 1: want to puncture the lung. So he could have decided

773
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:43,600
Speaker 1: not to do that, and there's other ways where you

774
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:47,080
Speaker 1: can numb the cartilage damage. The ribs will heal, but

775
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:49,920
Speaker 1: it's not gonna heal. You can't put hot sauce on

776
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 1: it for five or six days. So I do anticipate

777
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:57,120
Speaker 1: him playing, very similar to Drew Brees. He'll wear a

778
00:41:57,160 --> 00:42:01,399
Speaker 1: device where it's light. I think the police officers wear

779
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:04,480
Speaker 1: it so you can withstand a couple of blows, but

780
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:09,000
Speaker 1: it also keeps you from re injuring, possibly unless somebody

781
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:12,799
Speaker 1: takes a helmet to the abdominal area. But I hope

782
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,480
Speaker 1: he plays because I'd be a great matchup between him

783
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:19,560
Speaker 1: and that offensive line and just terrible news David Doctieri

784
00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:22,760
Speaker 1: towards ACL and non contact, and that's a big loss

785
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 1: when you're left tackle who's been an All Pro player

786
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 1: in the blindside for Aaron Rodgers. But I do think

787
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,360
Speaker 1: it's going to be an entertaining game. We'll see what

788
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:31,759
Speaker 1: the weather is. I don't think it's going to be

789
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,879
Speaker 1: low scoring. The Rams may have to try to outscore them.

790
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:37,799
Speaker 1: We know the Packers can score. I will based on

791
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:39,960
Speaker 1: their chemistry on offense, and they can run the football

792
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:44,600
Speaker 1: now too, So Rams Packers on Saturday. Also on Sunday,

793
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:49,320
Speaker 1: the other NFC Divisional playoff game, Buccaneers at Saints. We

794
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:52,279
Speaker 1: will get into that matchup later this week because it's

795
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:55,120
Speaker 1: Brady versus Breeze for the third time this season. But

796
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:58,200
Speaker 1: how did they get there? The Buccaneers on Saturday night

797
00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:02,120
Speaker 1: defeated Washington at thirty one twenty three, Tampa Bay's first

798
00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:06,080
Speaker 1: postseason wins since two thousand and two. Tom Brady wins

799
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:10,240
Speaker 1: his thirty first career playoff game in his forty second

800
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:15,160
Speaker 1: postseason starts. Yet if you watched that game and even afterwards,

801
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:18,680
Speaker 1: you would have thought that Washington came away with the win.

802
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,720
Speaker 1: Because as much talk and attention was paid to Tyler

803
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:25,320
Speaker 1: Heineke second pro start, first in the playoffs, through for

804
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:28,440
Speaker 1: over three hundred yards, ran for a touchdown, passed for

805
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:33,120
Speaker 1: a touchdown, everyone those watching and certainly those paying attention

806
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:36,560
Speaker 1: to the game very impressed by what Heineke was able

807
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,520
Speaker 1: to do. Yeah, and you wonder if he didn't get

808
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 1: hurt because they're they're moving the football and you know,

809
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:45,320
Speaker 1: he had one hundred and ninety three snaps in his career.

810
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:49,560
Speaker 1: He's been in that system and to me, you know,

811
00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 1: he's going to be a free agent, and I'm sure

812
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:54,200
Speaker 1: some other teams are out there looking because I couldn't

813
00:43:54,239 --> 00:43:56,600
Speaker 1: believe all the different quarterbacks that we saw this weekend

814
00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:59,200
Speaker 1: because normally you think it's going to be the guy

815
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,160
Speaker 1: from week one, but that's not you know, you get

816
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,400
Speaker 1: the week sixteen and seventeen, you're playing guys from the

817
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:06,360
Speaker 1: practice squad. But you know, he's been in that system

818
00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:10,040
Speaker 1: with Scott Turner, he was with Ron Rivera. You know,

819
00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:12,200
Speaker 1: they got to make a decision on Alex Smith if

820
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:14,480
Speaker 1: they want to bring him back. Dwayne Haskins is going

821
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:16,040
Speaker 1: to take a look with the Panthers and then he

822
00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 1: got Kyle Allen there and you would think, with you know,

823
00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:22,080
Speaker 1: them building up that defense, maybe give him some more weapons.

824
00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:27,480
Speaker 1: I do like a kissic and also Gibson, So I

825
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:29,759
Speaker 1: think that's a team up and coming, but it'd be

826
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:31,839
Speaker 1: interesting to see if they say, you know, I don't

827
00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:35,320
Speaker 1: know what his asking price would be, but for him,

828
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:37,640
Speaker 1: they took a shot on him. And he's got a

829
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:43,239
Speaker 1: relationship with Scott Turner norv Turner's son, and we know

830
00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:45,560
Speaker 1: that North Turner knew how to call plays, especially with

831
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:48,319
Speaker 1: that eleven personnel in Dallas and three wide and one

832
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:50,719
Speaker 1: tight and one back, so that I think that I

833
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:53,960
Speaker 1: read Washington football teams on the rise, and it wouldn't

834
00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:56,680
Speaker 1: surprise me if he's a starting quarterback next year. He

835
00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:01,160
Speaker 1: was taking online at math classes at All Dominion earlier

836
00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:04,359
Speaker 1: this season when Washington called and said, hey, we need

837
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 1: a quote quarantine quarterback. Are you with us? And he

838
00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:11,759
Speaker 1: said sure. So that was something that happened because we

839
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 1: were seeing what was going on throughout the league and

840
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:17,799
Speaker 1: specifically what happened to Denver. Some teams reacted and you

841
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:21,520
Speaker 1: needed that emergency in case of an emergency break glass

842
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:24,880
Speaker 1: kind of situation. And with the situation with Dwayne Haskins

843
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,560
Speaker 1: and Alex Smith not being available, Kyle Alan going on

844
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:31,040
Speaker 1: injured reserve, Heineke was the man and nearly came away

845
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:34,480
Speaker 1: with perhaps the biggest upsets not only of the weekend,

846
00:45:34,520 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 1: but maybe in quite some time. If they were able

847
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:39,520
Speaker 1: to beat Tampa Bay even though that was a quote

848
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:42,959
Speaker 1: unquote home game for Washington. Well, they brought in that kid,

849
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:47,640
Speaker 1: Stephen Montess, that's right, and then he only got a snap.

850
00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 1: He was ready to come in, and all of a sudden,

851
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Speaker 1: Heineken comes back out onto the field and we're like, oh, okay, well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: who is this guy? Yeah? You know, I got to

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00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:03,440
Speaker 1: give them credit, man, because you know, having just like

854
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 1: the Browns and you know, the Cardinals benefit of this,

855
00:46:06,520 --> 00:46:08,920
Speaker 1: you know, picking in the top five, getting Patrick Peterson

856
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:12,200
Speaker 1: and obviously Kyler Murray and you know, Larry Fitzgerald. But

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00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:15,520
Speaker 1: they've only done a really good job drafting, and I

858
00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:19,080
Speaker 1: think you look back at some of their gms, I

859
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:21,520
Speaker 1: think they did a good job. But I can see

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Speaker 1: this team on the rise. We'll see about Dallas. Philadelphia

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00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:25,719
Speaker 1: I think is trying to figure out who they are.

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00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:28,400
Speaker 1: And then the Giants, I think they got the right coach.

863
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:31,200
Speaker 1: You get Sae Kwon Backley Barkley back he had some

864
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:35,520
Speaker 1: more weapons. The defense flies around, so that division will

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Speaker 1: be a lot better I think in twenty twenty one.

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Speaker 1: So the Buccaneers advanced, as do the Saints as New

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Speaker 1: Orleans eliminated Chicago twenty one to nine. Drew Brees a

868
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Speaker 1: couple of touchdown tosses, Alvin Kamara welcome back. He had

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Speaker 1: a touchdown run. But what a lot of people are

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Speaker 1: talking about here on this Monday is the Nickelodeon broadcast.

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Speaker 1: It was well received. A different version of NFL football

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00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:04,480
Speaker 1: than the traditional CBS broadcast, but it certainly was at

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Speaker 1: a way to get to a younger demographic, and it certainly,

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Speaker 1: by all accounts, at least based off of social media,

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Speaker 1: it was, as I said, well received and something I

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Speaker 1: think we can see in the future. It wasn't a

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00:47:16,719 --> 00:47:18,799
Speaker 1: great game. It was close early on, but then I

878
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:20,319
Speaker 1: think you eventually you were going to see the New

879
00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:23,239
Speaker 1: Orleans Saints just their talent went out and that's exactly

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00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:26,920
Speaker 1: what happened. Well, you know, Drew Brees, you would think

881
00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:29,720
Speaker 1: he's much healthier than he was. You got Michael Thomas,

882
00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:31,960
Speaker 1: who's got fresh legs. I mean, they got a really

883
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:36,160
Speaker 1: good running game. Tysom Hill. Tysom Hill comes in. That

884
00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:39,880
Speaker 1: defense is battle tested though. That defense it starts up front.

885
00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:43,399
Speaker 1: You know, they get to the quarterback and so yeah,

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00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:47,359
Speaker 1: but Nickelodeon was interesting, the graphics, the slime. I thought

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Speaker 1: Nate Burtilson did a great job. It wouldn't surprise me

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Speaker 1: if we see that in the Super Bowl, because you

889
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:55,640
Speaker 1: pointed out before the show that CBS has the rights,

890
00:47:56,440 --> 00:48:00,120
Speaker 1: and you know, it was it was this interesting and

891
00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:03,720
Speaker 1: like the graphics. And then the slime was the first

892
00:48:03,719 --> 00:48:06,560
Speaker 1: down marker, which we know is inaccurate because it's just

893
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:08,960
Speaker 1: you know, a line. Obviously, that's why they bring out

894
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:11,000
Speaker 1: the chains. And then when the Saints scored a touchdown,

895
00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:14,000
Speaker 1: the slime was coming all over and Sean Payton did

896
00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:18,640
Speaker 1: say it and he manned up. They win, he'll get slimmed.

897
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:21,719
Speaker 1: And they had a little you know makeshift you know,

898
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:26,320
Speaker 1: backdrop with with Nickelodeon on there, and then they dumped

899
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:29,960
Speaker 1: a bucket on him. And you know Larry Fitzgerald did

900
00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:33,959
Speaker 1: that a few years ago. He got slimed. I didn't.

901
00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:37,600
Speaker 1: I do not remember that he allowed someone to dump

902
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:42,520
Speaker 1: a bucket or slime on top of his head of hair. Wow, right, Craig,

903
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:48,279
Speaker 1: there's always a price tag. Now. The girl that was

904
00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:51,920
Speaker 1: working on there, she said, it's part of the indoctor

905
00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:55,440
Speaker 1: nation where you have to get slimmed, and I guess

906
00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:58,120
Speaker 1: she said it took her two hours and she had

907
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:00,799
Speaker 1: longer hair. She said it took two hours hours just

908
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,480
Speaker 1: to get it out. So I don't know if Nate's

909
00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:06,879
Speaker 1: been you know, he's gone through the Gaunt gauntlet when

910
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:10,440
Speaker 1: it comes to being initiated there. But yeah, Larry Fitzgerald

911
00:49:10,520 --> 00:49:14,520
Speaker 1: did do that. And again there's a price tag for everything.

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00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 1: By the way, before we exit here on this Monday

913
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Speaker 1: edition of Cardinals Cover Too, presented by Honday, proud partner

914
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:25,080
Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals, what's the latest on number eleven.

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00:49:26,239 --> 00:49:28,880
Speaker 1: You know, I talked to Larry and he is traveling.

916
00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:31,800
Speaker 1: He's playing a little golf. He said he's going to

917
00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:33,920
Speaker 1: take his time. When he talks about the team, he

918
00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:37,480
Speaker 1: still says we he talked about, you know, they're going

919
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:42,840
Speaker 1: to make some tough decisions. He does have some opportunities

920
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:46,200
Speaker 1: after football, and you know, I didn't think he would

921
00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:49,399
Speaker 1: consider it, but you know, there's people calling for him,

922
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:51,600
Speaker 1: so he's got you got a lot to decide on.

923
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:54,080
Speaker 1: But when I did talk to me, he was at peace.

924
00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:56,359
Speaker 1: He's you know, he's he said, the growing injuries one

925
00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:58,520
Speaker 1: of the worst injuries he's had over the last couple

926
00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:02,080
Speaker 1: of years. He's feeling my better there. But he said,

927
00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:04,320
Speaker 1: I'm I'm just waiting to see, you know, just waiting.

928
00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:08,160
Speaker 1: And again, I don't think he's predicated on Cliff coming

929
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:11,799
Speaker 1: back or you know, them changing the coaching staff or

930
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:15,120
Speaker 1: bringing us some new players. It's about him. Does he

931
00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:18,200
Speaker 1: want to end his career where he wasn't able to play?

932
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:20,080
Speaker 1: And it was a difficult year for a lot of

933
00:50:20,080 --> 00:50:22,520
Speaker 1: guys because we know he wants to get back to

934
00:50:22,560 --> 00:50:26,120
Speaker 1: the postseason. But he sounded free, he was healthy, and

935
00:50:26,239 --> 00:50:28,680
Speaker 1: he just said, I you know, I've gotten some opportunities.

936
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:31,080
Speaker 1: My phone's been ringing, but right now I'm just going

937
00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:34,040
Speaker 1: to take a little time off and I'll decide. Well,

938
00:50:34,080 --> 00:50:37,520
Speaker 1: as we heard Cliff Kingsbury say, there's no timetable, and

939
00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:40,720
Speaker 1: maybe we hear something more later than sooner as opposed

940
00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:43,799
Speaker 1: to the opposite, But we wait and see. Whenever Larry

941
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Speaker 1: Fitzgerald decides to make a decision, we will talk about

942
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Speaker 1: it right here on Cardinals Cover two. Real quick. Need

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Speaker 1: to make mention of this as well. Beginning today Monday,

944
00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:57,040
Speaker 1: State Farm Stadium will serve as a twenty four seven

945
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Speaker 1: vaccination site to expand the availability of COVID nineteen vaccine doses.

946
00:51:02,440 --> 00:51:06,200
Speaker 1: Quoting Cardinals owner Michael Bidwell, every corner of our community

947
00:51:06,239 --> 00:51:09,680
Speaker 1: has been impacted by COVID nineteen, but the availability of

948
00:51:09,760 --> 00:51:13,120
Speaker 1: vaccines is a major development in the fight against it.

949
00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:16,000
Speaker 1: End quote. Go to asy Cardinals dot com for more

950
00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:18,399
Speaker 1: information on that. But it is good to see State

951
00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:20,880
Speaker 1: Farm Stadium. We saw it back in March a number

952
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:24,279
Speaker 1: of blood drives and then in May there was the

953
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:29,200
Speaker 1: Personal Protective Equipment drive and there still is every Wednesday

954
00:51:29,239 --> 00:51:34,359
Speaker 1: and Saturday drive through testing available at State Farm Stadium. Yeah,

955
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:37,040
Speaker 1: this is a game changer. And for you listening to

956
00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:40,279
Speaker 1: this show and you're wondering when you're your parents are

957
00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:41,919
Speaker 1: going to be able to get a vaccine if they're

958
00:51:41,960 --> 00:51:45,360
Speaker 1: seventy five and over, you gotta go to the link

959
00:51:45,719 --> 00:51:49,839
Speaker 1: and you got a register and depending on it's going

960
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:52,359
Speaker 1: to be drive through. But they're giving out free vaccines

961
00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:55,240
Speaker 1: right now. They're taking care of the police officers obviously,

962
00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:59,319
Speaker 1: the first responders, the nurses, the doctors, but if your

963
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:02,799
Speaker 1: parents are over seventy five, it is a free vaccine

964
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:06,160
Speaker 1: and it's open twenty four seven at Stain Firm Stadium,

965
00:52:06,239 --> 00:52:09,719
Speaker 1: So you know, it's just a drive out there, and

966
00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:12,719
Speaker 1: you're gonna have some sense of security when it comes

967
00:52:12,719 --> 00:52:15,520
Speaker 1: to your parents versus catching COVID, but they may be

968
00:52:15,640 --> 00:52:19,480
Speaker 1: dealing with other ailments. So this is a game changer,

969
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:22,239
Speaker 1: and you know, hopefully sooner rather than later, get some

970
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:25,759
Speaker 1: back to some normalcy. But if you know anybody that's

971
00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:29,200
Speaker 1: seventy five or older, tell your friends, you know, if

972
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:32,080
Speaker 1: it's a quick drive, depending on where you live. So

973
00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:36,960
Speaker 1: I'm thrilled at the State of Arizona, the Governor's office

974
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:39,920
Speaker 1: and the Arizona Cardinals have paired up because this is

975
00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:42,520
Speaker 1: something we all need. It's not just for certain people,

976
00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:45,320
Speaker 1: and eventually we'll all be able to get in line

977
00:52:45,680 --> 00:52:48,480
Speaker 1: and getting taken care of. So game changer for me.

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Speaker 1: Here is that link a zhelp dot gov slash find

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00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:59,480
Speaker 1: vaccine again azyhelp dot gov slash find vaccine. We hope

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00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:02,920
Speaker 1: everyone's day safe out there. On that note, we will

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Speaker 1: put a lid on this edition of Cardinals Cover two

982
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Speaker 1: presented by Hunday, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As always,

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00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:13,200
Speaker 1: special thanks to our executive producer Jim Almahundro for Mike Jarecki.

984
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Speaker 1: I'm craig Riel lou we'll talk to you next time

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Speaker 1: there on Cardinals Cover two,