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Speaker 1: Paul Calvic with me berg Gang. Darren Irman from San

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Speaker 1: Francisco joins us as well. Together we talk Larry Fitzgerald

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Speaker 1: getting voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Also,

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Speaker 1: we relive some of Fitz's greatest moments via the radio

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Speaker 1: play by play calls of Dave Pash and Ron Wolfley

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Speaker 1: at Cardinals Cover two, Episode nine seventy five, a Hall

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Speaker 1: of Fame edition, and it starts now.

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Speaker 3: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two.

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Speaker 4: POA Baker, What Heart? What rent? This guy's unbelievable.

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Speaker 4: Right up the five, hit to the end zone for

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Speaker 4: the Cardinal touchdown. Drey McBride, He's been an absolute monster.

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Speaker 1: So was never a matter of if, but when. And

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Speaker 1: the win is twenty twenty six, his first year of eligibility.

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Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald voted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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Speaker 1: Certainly Paul well deserved, and maybe more importantly, well earned.

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Speaker 5: You know what, the guy who's on a first name

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Speaker 1: All seventeen seasons with the Arizona Cardinals. You mentioned it,

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Speaker 1: Paul Fishley voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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Speaker 1: The announcement made last night at NFL honors by Kurt Warner.

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Speaker 1: You and I, Paul not in attendance, but our boss

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Speaker 1: Cardinals cover too. Darren, how are you you really.

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Speaker 2: Like talking about me as your boss?

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Speaker 1: I've noticed that I'm just being accurate with the Bird Gang.

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Speaker 2: This might be the moment where that really hits the hardest,

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Speaker 1: Fitting by the way, that the announcement of Roger Craig

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Speaker 5: Just stop, just stop, you know, I mean, I'm going

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Speaker 2: I loved it, but I was looking at him last night.

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Speaker 1: Is there a moment during his seventeen year career, Darren

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Speaker 1: a single postseason in NFL history, and Darren did a

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Speaker 1: good job of re looking back at that Darren's oral

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Speaker 1: history of that period fits his Fantastic four. You can

436
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Speaker 1: go to Azycardinals dot com slash Fits two thousand and

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Speaker 1: eight to read all about that incredible not just the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl, but that entire run, because I think Paul

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Speaker 1: and you were on the sideline for that entire run,

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Speaker 1: carried or at least had a large portion of the

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Speaker 1: team on his back during that run.

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Speaker 5: There aren't many players in NFL history who have carried

443
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Speaker 5: an entire team to the brink of a Super Bowl

444
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Speaker 5: title that won quarterbacks. Fits is one of those select

445
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Speaker 5: few guys, at least in my following of the game,

446
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Speaker 5: that was so unstoppable at his position, non quarterback, to

447
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Speaker 5: actually bring a team to the brink of a title.

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Speaker 5: The Ray Lewis is the Derrick Henry's. I mean, just

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Speaker 5: guys who were so good, so dominant at the position

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Speaker 5: they played, they ended up altering the game, tilting the

451
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Speaker 5: game in their team's favor, despite the fact they weren't

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Speaker 5: a quarterback. You're reliant on the quarterback, and you were

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Speaker 5: still dominant and so yes that every time I hear

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Speaker 5: that call, I'm transported back to the sideline there's the

455
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Speaker 5: sideline scrambling for the football. Oh that's a keeper, get

456
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Speaker 5: that ball, and just the exhilaration and then the devastation

457
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Speaker 5: of when the clock hit triple zero and the Steelers won.

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Speaker 5: And I'll never ever forget Todd Haley staring at his

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Speaker 5: shoe tops the last guy to lead the sideline to

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Speaker 5: go to midfield. And later Toddaya would say, if only

461
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Speaker 5: I had opened up the game plan and the play

462
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Speaker 5: calling in the first half to feature Larry like we

463
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Speaker 5: did in the second half, we'd probably all have rings.

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Speaker 1: Unfortunately it did not happen, Darren, because you kind of

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Speaker 1: know more than most nothing official, but the Hall of

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Speaker 1: Fame game. Is there a possibility that the Cardinals get

467
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Speaker 1: selected in that contest? Now you look at the rest

468
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Speaker 1: of that Hall of Fame class, You've got the Saints,

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Speaker 1: the Panthers, the Patriots. The Cardinals do play the Saints

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Speaker 1: in the regular season. Cardinals don't play the Panthers in

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Speaker 1: the regular season. Seemingly always play the Panthers, though at

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Speaker 1: some point during the course of a year. Odds that

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals are playing a fourth preseason game. In twenty twenty.

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Speaker 2: Six, I would say this, I have no inside information.

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Speaker 2: I have not been told anything concrete, but in my head,

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Speaker 2: I am planning on us going to training camp a

477
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Speaker 2: week earlier because they're going to have an extra preseason game.

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Speaker 2: That's that's my thought process.

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Speaker 3: I think.

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Speaker 2: I think Fits is a big enough name. I just

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Speaker 2: in my for whatever reason, I think, yes, the Cardinals

482
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Speaker 2: are going to end up with that that Hall of

483
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Speaker 2: same game.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, plan accordingly there over that, Paul, I'm

485
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Speaker 1: counting on it as well.

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Speaker 5: To U Darren's point, I mean, Larry just has that

487
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Speaker 5: drawing power, that star power. So yes, we've been there before.

488
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Speaker 5: I think we're headed there again, and you know it's

489
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Speaker 5: it's but it's going to be totally different when Larry

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Speaker 5: Fitzgerald is going to be the marquee attraction all week

491
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Speaker 5: and h and deservedly so. I mean, once again, you

492
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Speaker 5: couldn't you know, he's the face of this franchise in

493
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Speaker 5: so many different ways, right and you know he just

494
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:59,120
Speaker 5: didn't catch footballs. I've said this before. He caught our

495
00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:03,359
Speaker 5: fascination as a fan base. You know the state of Arizona.

496
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Speaker 5: I mean at his height, I mean just some of

497
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Speaker 5: the big red rage radio shows he would show up

498
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Speaker 5: to it was staggering how he moved the meter. With

499
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Speaker 5: a fan base you'd have to have extra security. I mean,

500
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Speaker 5: our crowd size would triple. It was just amazing. And

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Speaker 5: you guys know that. I mean at the height of it,

502
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Speaker 5: I mean he was not only you know, I mean

503
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Speaker 5: obviously he was a national figure. And then and he

504
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Speaker 5: found out just how popular he became, where his Q

505
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Speaker 5: rating went through the roof after that two thousand and

506
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Speaker 5: eight postseason because the national you know, he got a

507
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Speaker 5: national following like he did a local following. But because

508
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Speaker 5: of that, Yeah, it's just once again, first name basis

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Speaker 5: and first ballot Hall of Famer.

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Speaker 1: Darren in San Francisco. Now what his plan for the

511
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Speaker 1: next or today in the days to come, at least

512
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Speaker 1: immediately for you the content team chronicling Larry Fitzgerald and

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Speaker 1: his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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Speaker 2: Well, today we have the Hall of Fame lunch and

515
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Speaker 2: I don't know if Larry's actually gonna be there, but

516
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Speaker 2: we're going to try and go and talk to a

517
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Speaker 2: couple of different Hall of famers about Larry getting in.

518
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Speaker 2: That is an annual thing at the Super Bowl where

519
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 2: a lot of Hall of Famers show up, and then Saturday,

520
00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:24,520
Speaker 2: the hope is that we will be there as this

521
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Speaker 2: Hall of Fame class, including Larry Fitzgerald, gets sized for

522
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Speaker 2: their gold jackets and kind of gets the low down

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Speaker 2: of what's going to happen this summer. I know there's

524
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Speaker 2: at least one other trip that the Hall of Famers

525
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Speaker 2: go take the Canton at some point as they kind

526
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Speaker 2: of get a tour of the Hall and what's going

527
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Speaker 2: to happen later, and we hope to be there for that.

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Speaker 2: And then, of course, whether or not the Cardinals are

529
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Speaker 2: in the Hall of Fame game, we will absolutely have

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Speaker 2: full coverage of Larry's induction in August. I've been fortunate

531
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Speaker 2: enough to be there for a couple of different inductions.

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Speaker 2: I went when Anias Williams went in, I went when

533
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Speaker 2: Kurt Warner went in, and I certainly planned to be

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Speaker 2: part of the team when Larry Fitzgerald goes in.

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Speaker 1: Darren, great work last Night's look forward to the work

536
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Speaker 1: to come, and appreciate you carving out a little time

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Speaker 1: as you enjoy Super Bowl Week for us here on

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Speaker 1: Cardinals cover two.

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Speaker 2: Well, I miss you, guys. You know you don't tough

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Speaker 2: not being in the office, but hopefully I will see you.

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Speaker 1: Soon first thing Monday morning.

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Speaker 2: All right, sound be good?

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Speaker 1: All right, thanks Darren. Appreciate Darren urban all the coverage

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Speaker 1: on Azycardinals dot com. And yes, it is going to

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Speaker 1: be the summer of fits or the off season of fits. Yeah,

546
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Speaker 1: you've got a new head coach and we'll see what

547
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Speaker 1: the roster looks like. But there are going to be

548
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Speaker 1: a lot of points in this off season. Yes, there's

549
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Speaker 1: free agency, there's the draft, but different mile posts, mile markings,

550
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Speaker 1: if you will, chronicling not only Thursday night, but August eighth,

551
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Speaker 1: when that gold jacket is finally placed across or around

552
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Speaker 1: the shoulders of Larry Fitzgerald. And then good point by Darren.

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Speaker 5: Yes, you would think TikTok that you're going to get

554
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Speaker 5: the Ring of Honor ceremony in conjunction with the Hall

555
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 5: of Fame recognition at State Farms Stadium for a home

556
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Speaker 5: game coming up. You know soon, I would guess at

557
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Speaker 5: some point this season, and then yes, it can all

558
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,360
Speaker 5: come to fruition, come full circle, and then maybe at

559
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Speaker 5: that point it'll actually be officially official. There will be

560
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Speaker 5: a retirement announced and we can go ahead and release

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Speaker 5: a lot of the content that we had formulated and

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Speaker 5: put together for many years.

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Speaker 1: You're just gonna have to update that. So well, I'm

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Speaker 1: used to doing that.

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Speaker 5: So there were three or four off seasons in a

566
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Speaker 5: row we didn't know the future of Larry Fitzgerald, and

567
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Speaker 5: so we had it ready to go. But once again,

568
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Speaker 5: it just so gratifying to see them roll out the

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Speaker 5: big red carpet and there's Fits and all the other luminaries,

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Speaker 5: because yes, he belongs, obviously belongs with every other member

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Speaker 5: of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. And the next

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Speaker 5: step to me, I'm really just looking forward to whomever

573
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Speaker 5: is going to put that gold jacket on Fits, who

574
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 5: presents him, who presents him, What is that going to

575
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Speaker 5: be all about? And you know what, to Darren's point about,

576
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Speaker 5: he isn't always the most eager to maybe grab the

577
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Speaker 5: microphone and address the crowd. And if you go back

578
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Speaker 5: to really early in his career when he was really young,

579
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Speaker 5: came into the league as a twenty year old. I

580
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 5: remember they drafted Matt Liner two three years later, and

581
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Speaker 5: he was still younger than Matt Liner, and so you know,

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Speaker 5: but he's really evolved. I mean as a public speaker,

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Speaker 5: and now he's at business seminars a drought speaker.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: I mean, he's phenomenal, just like everything. When he puts

586
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Speaker 5: his mind to it and he wants to do it,

587
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Speaker 5: he wins it life. And so I'm guessing he's going

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Speaker 5: to have an exceptional speech by the time we hit Canton,

589
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Speaker 5: Ohio in August.

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Speaker 1: Saturday, August eighth is the day will the Cardinals be

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Speaker 1: playing a couple of days before then in the Hall

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Speaker 1: of Fame Game. The last time the Cardinals did play

593
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Speaker 1: in that game twenty seventeen when Kurt Warner was inducted

594
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Speaker 1: or yeah, I inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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Speaker 1: So perhaps again you return trip to Kent.

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Speaker 5: And you know what, some guys sort of dread that

597
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Speaker 5: extra preseason game, But the Hall of Fame game is

598
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Speaker 5: so different in so many ways. The last time we

599
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Speaker 5: were there, sideline, it's late fourth quarter and it's the

600
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Speaker 5: epitome of garbage time at this point, and the play

601
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Speaker 5: is down, the ball had moved to the far end

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Speaker 5: of the field, and at this point I'm like, Okay,

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Speaker 5: I'm just gonna stay right here. And then all of

604
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Speaker 5: a sudden, I know someone's kicking into the net. And

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Speaker 5: I'm like, well, wait a minute, I can see the

606
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,440
Speaker 5: Cardinals kickers are down there. Who's kicking into the net?

607
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Speaker 5: And I turn around. It's Lawrence Taylor kicking into the

608
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Speaker 5: Cardinals net. He's got a cigar in one hand, a

609
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Speaker 5: beverage in the other, and he's teeing up the ball

610
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Speaker 5: and just kicking it in the net, having a good

611
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Speaker 5: time as we all waited for the game to end.

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Speaker 5: So you never quite know who you're gonna into Hall

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Speaker 5: of Fame weekend in kend Ohio.

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Speaker 4: And of course you.

615
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Speaker 1: Stayed far enough away from LT. Right, he didn't drop

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Speaker 1: Ron Wolfley's name, say hey.

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Speaker 5: At no point did I say the words Ron Wolfley,

618
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Speaker 5: because you know what, LT might have sacked me on

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Speaker 5: the spot, or at least beat me four sack.

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Speaker 1: Before we get into some of the numbers of Larry Fitzgerald,

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Speaker 1: those that we know of, some of that we might

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Speaker 1: have forgotten. We did play that moment in the Super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: the touchdown that gave the Cardinals the lead. There were

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Speaker 1: a couple other moments as well in the postseason. How

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Speaker 1: about we flash back twenty fifteen Green Bay at State

626
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Speaker 1: Farm Stadium as the Cardinals win an incredible walk off fashion.

627
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Speaker 6: Palmer takes the snap play action past Palmer's setting up.

628
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Speaker 4: He's in trouble. He's hit, gets out of there, rolls right,

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Speaker 4: grows back to the left fences, wind on fit.

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Speaker 6: Fun of the thirty five movities there, he's in the

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Speaker 6: forty at the fifty, turns up the field of the forty.

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Speaker 4: Five, cut in the morning, thirty.

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Speaker 8: Five step gons thirty curenty five, twenty fens of an

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Speaker 8: air side tw five and tackle there.

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Speaker 6: Parson Palmer somehow got out of trouble.

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Speaker 7: Oh baby, Carson Palmer doing a whirly bird in the

637
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Speaker 7: pocket and saw Larry.

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Speaker 4: Fitzgerald on the other.

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Speaker 7: Side of the field, and then Larry Fitzgerald, the legend,

640
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:21,880
Speaker 7: took over and did the rest.

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Speaker 6: Second down and go with the five. They can win

642
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Speaker 6: it with a touchdown snapped the Palmer rolls out.

643
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 4: Hey, it's a pitch to fitz Runnicks right ahead, head.

644
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Speaker 8: Of the hands down the shovel pas touchdown of the.

645
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Speaker 6: Wind But Cardinals a dance to the NFC Championship game

646
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Speaker 6: on a shovel pass, of all things, and one of.

647
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Speaker 4: The craziest games ever.

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Speaker 6: Cardinals winning in overtime twenty six to twenty eight.

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Speaker 7: Put your heads in the air and step away from

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Speaker 7: the football. Larry Fitzgerald on the shuttle pass, what an

651
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 7: incredible gold.

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Speaker 1: Big question, How was Fits so wide open to get

653
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Speaker 1: down inside the ten yard line? I know, Paul, you

654
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,120
Speaker 1: always talk about the stiff arm, but let's not. Let's

655
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,719
Speaker 1: not gloss over the other athletic part of that play,

656
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: and that was Carson Palmer's spin move as he ran

657
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:18,759
Speaker 1: into his own offensive lineman. Was it Deuce Latuia? I

658
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:23,120
Speaker 1: believe Bobby Massy he ran into thank you Omo, but yeah,

659
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 1: buying more time which maybe allowed Fits to become so

660
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 1: wide open.

661
00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:30,440
Speaker 5: Yeah, let's not dismiss or minimize the whirlly bird by

662
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 5: Carson Palmer, the escapability, the mobility, the sensibility to get

663
00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 5: that ball out, to see in his peripheral vision the

664
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:40,480
Speaker 5: side view mirror. Wait a minute, there's Larry Fitzgerald in

665
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,839
Speaker 5: the flat, all by his lonesome in getting that ball

666
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:47,640
Speaker 5: out and then Larry doing the rest and not unlike

667
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:51,240
Speaker 5: Super Bowl forty three, look, was Larry a burner?

668
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:51,840
Speaker 1: No?

669
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,280
Speaker 5: But the game, speed, the game and a Kwan Bolton

670
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,319
Speaker 5: used to give Larry a hard time about his lack

671
00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 5: of you know, he's not the four to three guy.

672
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,960
Speaker 5: Bo But I didn't see many guys closing on Larry Fitzgerald.

673
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:04,920
Speaker 5: Nobody closed on him in the sixty four yard or

674
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 5: in the Super Bowl. There he was, and again the boom,

675
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:09,239
Speaker 5: No look, Steff Farm that got him down inside the

676
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:12,279
Speaker 5: five yard line. And then the play call the shovel pass,

677
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 5: a play that we found out later they'd been working

678
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,320
Speaker 5: on every Friday for two years. And wasn't that the

679
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,320
Speaker 5: moment in All or Nothing where Carson comes over to

680
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:23,160
Speaker 5: the sideline and they got him micd up.

681
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:26,960
Speaker 1: We'll drink of water, very casual conversation with Ba like, Okay,

682
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:27,600
Speaker 1: what do you want.

683
00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 4: To do here? All that sounds good, Let's do it.

684
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 2: Yeah.

685
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:31,759
Speaker 5: It was like okie shovel or something like that. They

686
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 5: ripped it off from I don't shovel okie, you know,

687
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 5: And so all of a sudden, boom and Carson just

688
00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:40,680
Speaker 5: saunters back over there like he's Clint Eastwood in some Western.

689
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 1: Movie and cool as can be. And then boom, and then.

690
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:49,040
Speaker 5: You know, just the wherewithal and the realization that in

691
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 5: some of the biggest moments Larry Fitzgerald was at his

692
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:56,600
Speaker 5: all time best. And the best players in any sport,

693
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,880
Speaker 5: what do they do? They transcend the pressure and magnitude

694
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 5: the moment to just be that star player. That's what's

695
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,320
Speaker 5: involved in being a Hall of Famer. And so for

696
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:11,640
Speaker 5: Larry to meet the moment, do it consistently, always be there?

697
00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 5: And then how many times did the Cardinals win a

698
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,920
Speaker 5: game or make a play in a game? And the

699
00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:20,279
Speaker 5: pride with which the Red Sea the Bird Gang would say, yep,

700
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:22,120
Speaker 5: We've got Larry.

701
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:23,160
Speaker 1: And you don't.

702
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,960
Speaker 5: And so many times that was the difference in games,

703
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,840
Speaker 5: was Fits just making the big play? Because of NFL

704
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,680
Speaker 5: games come down to one, two, three, a handful of plays.

705
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:35,920
Speaker 5: How many times was Larry making that play? And ultimately

706
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,560
Speaker 5: the difference in that game stick with us Bird Gang.

707
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:42,080
Speaker 1: At the end of the show, here a montage of

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00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,839
Speaker 1: Fits his entire two thousand and eight playoff run, as

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Speaker 1: produced by our executive producer.

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Speaker 4: Jim On Mahunter.

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Speaker 1: So we look forward to that, But you brought up

712
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:55,960
Speaker 1: something earlier, Paul mentioning that fitz wasn't the fastest. Look,

713
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,719
Speaker 1: he wasn't the biggest, the strongest, or the fastest. But

714
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Speaker 1: what set if it's a part One was his work ethic. Two,

715
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:06,480
Speaker 1: when you're talking about on the field, the route running,

716
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Speaker 1: because how many times have we heard coaches say, you

717
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:10,440
Speaker 1: don't need to be the fastest, but if you can

718
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,360
Speaker 1: get off the line of scrimmage a step quicker or

719
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:17,239
Speaker 1: have the proper technique, it doesn't matter how fast or

720
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,600
Speaker 1: slow you are, the dB is not going to be

721
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:23,160
Speaker 1: able to cover you. And then what really set fits

722
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:27,440
Speaker 1: apart is his hands. And yes, there have been a

723
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: tremendous amount of catches that we've seen regular season, postseason,

724
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 1: but what about the catches that we just heard about,

725
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:39,440
Speaker 1: meaning they happened in practice, closed portion of practice, a

726
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:43,080
Speaker 1: Friday practice where it's supposed to be a walkthrough, yet

727
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:45,960
Speaker 1: you hear, hey, number eleven just dove for a pass,

728
00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:49,839
Speaker 1: an incredible play that no one ever saw.

729
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,160
Speaker 5: It was that work ethic in practice. It was the

730
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:57,960
Speaker 5: ability to try and win in practice and compete in practice.

731
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Speaker 5: That's where he really l elevated a team. If you

732
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:03,880
Speaker 5: listen to the coaches, you know, if your best players

733
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Speaker 5: are your hardest workers, are the guys out there who

734
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:11,799
Speaker 5: are setting that example that's invaluable that you know there

735
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:16,960
Speaker 5: have been certain leading receivers in recent Cardinals memory who

736
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:21,839
Speaker 5: weren't the biggest practice players, and that was very detrimental.

737
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:24,680
Speaker 5: It's it was not great. It was not a great

738
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:27,480
Speaker 5: vibe or dynamic in the locker room. Well, Larry was

739
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 5: exactly the opposite. When new players, rookies would come in

740
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:33,719
Speaker 5: and they look at number eleven with reverence and awe,

741
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,480
Speaker 5: and then they realized, wait a minute, he's busting his

742
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 5: tail at practice. That just sort of set a standard

743
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,200
Speaker 5: that everyone else had to follow. And there's no doubt

744
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 5: that would elevate the team in so many different ways

745
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 5: that I only came to truly appreciate as Larry's career

746
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 5: went forward. And then in terms of his ability to produce.

747
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:56,640
Speaker 5: I mean, a guy who led the NFL and catches

748
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Speaker 5: at age twenty two, led the NFL and catches at

749
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Speaker 5: age three three. Think about that in the consistency over

750
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:07,319
Speaker 5: seventeen seasons to end up number two and catches number

751
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:10,839
Speaker 5: two in receiving yards, only second to Jerry Rice, who

752
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 5: played twenty years. The difference is Jerry Rice caught two

753
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,440
Speaker 5: thirds of his passes from two Hall of famers and

754
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:21,080
Speaker 5: Joe Montana and Steve Young. Larry had twenty two different quarterbacks,

755
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 5: and don't grill me on.

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00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,640
Speaker 1: Are you play a little game here? Can you name

757
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:27,920
Speaker 1: all twenty two? Are how many of the twenty two

758
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:32,520
Speaker 1: different quarterbacks not pass because for Jerry Rice there was

759
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:37,279
Speaker 1: twenty three, but twenty quarterbacks because there were three. There

760
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:40,320
Speaker 1: were two running backs and another fellow wide receiver, John Taylor,

761
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,440
Speaker 1: that threw passes to fit or to Jerry Rice. But

762
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,839
Speaker 1: twenty two different quarterbacks? Can you name?

763
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:47,759
Speaker 2: You know?

764
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:49,399
Speaker 1: Twenty need any help?

765
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:52,919
Speaker 5: And sounding like an idiot or being embarrassed? You know, Look,

766
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,160
Speaker 5: you can just go through it all the way from

767
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:55,799
Speaker 5: beginning to end?

768
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:56,239
Speaker 1: Can you can?

769
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:56,320
Speaker 7: You?

770
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Speaker 1: Can you name them? Who's the top two? I mean

771
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Speaker 1: give us the top two?

772
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:01,279
Speaker 4: Uh?

773
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:03,320
Speaker 5: In terms, it would have to be Carson Palmer and

774
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,800
Speaker 5: Kurt Warner. There you go, okay, right, and then there's Kyler,

775
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:08,400
Speaker 5: and there's everyone in between. There's the Kevin Cobbs and

776
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,520
Speaker 5: the Josh mccowns and you know, and then there's the

777
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 5: the everyone from I mean John Skelton, uh, you know,

778
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 5: Derek Anderson. I mean, you can go through them all

779
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,239
Speaker 5: and it'll take me a while and I'll fumble through

780
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:24,080
Speaker 5: him and eventually I'll probably get him want you rattle

781
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,359
Speaker 5: them on. It's not really a who's who, but it's

782
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:28,839
Speaker 5: not good radio when I'm struggling to remember the names.

783
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Speaker 1: Brian Saint, Pierre Brett Hunley each threw one touchdown top

784
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:38,680
Speaker 1: pass Brett Hunley in Seattle. I believe anyway, go ahead,

785
00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:46,040
Speaker 1: Mike Glennon, Tim Rite, Sure, Brian Hoyer, Rich Bartel, John Navarre,

786
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:49,360
Speaker 1: Cardinals draft pick was going to be the heir apparent

787
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:51,239
Speaker 1: at some point. I was probably one hundred miles an

788
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:56,640
Speaker 1: hour fastball, Sean King, Sam Bradford, Sam Bradford, Max Hall,

789
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Speaker 1: Max Hall, who was the star of that training camp

790
00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:02,359
Speaker 1: up in flight. Because you didn't want to lose Max Hollis,

791
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:03,800
Speaker 1: you were going to not play a much in the

792
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,319
Speaker 1: preseas until he nearly lost his head at the goal

793
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:09,920
Speaker 1: line against the Saints. Ryan Linley, Ryan Lee, oh Boy,

794
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:16,279
Speaker 1: Plaine Gabbert, Derek Anderson. You mentioned Josh Rosen, Sure, Drew Sten.

795
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:20,400
Speaker 1: Can't forget about Drew Kevin Cobb, Matt Lioner, John Skelton,

796
00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 1: Josh McCown, Kyler, Murray, Kirk Warner, and Carson Palmer. That's

797
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 1: the order from bottom to top. As far as the

798
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Speaker 1: numbers are concerned, and.

799
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Speaker 5: You know what, the one consistent was, Look, Larry's the

800
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 5: nicest guy you'll meet off the field, but if that

801
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:38,319
Speaker 5: ball's in the air, Larry is the most competitive human

802
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 5: you'll ever meet. And that was something that I think

803
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 5: rubbed off on a lot of receivers. I was talking

804
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:48,719
Speaker 5: to Trent Sherfield the end of this year and Sherfield

805
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:56,480
Speaker 5: was comparing Michael Wilson's emergence to Larry Fitzgerald. His words,

806
00:43:56,560 --> 00:44:00,279
Speaker 5: not mine, and I said, really, I said, elaborate down

807
00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:03,480
Speaker 5: that a little bit. He said, Michael Wilson is such

808
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:05,880
Speaker 5: a dog once that ball is in the air, the

809
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:10,680
Speaker 5: ability to make that contested catch, it's Larry Fitzgerald esque.

810
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 5: And I'm like, those are high words of praise right there.

811
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:16,960
Speaker 5: And Trent Noddy said, you know what, I still talk

812
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,919
Speaker 5: to Larry. This is just two months ago, and he said,

813
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:23,480
Speaker 5: Larry has brought up Michael Wilson because you know, Michael

814
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 5: Wilson is not a burner, but he's got good size,

815
00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:30,120
Speaker 5: he's got a good frame, great route runner, but he

816
00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:32,560
Speaker 5: competes and when that ball is in the air, he's

817
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,400
Speaker 5: making the contest to catch. And that was Fits at

818
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,759
Speaker 5: his best you know he had they had ability so

819
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:41,279
Speaker 5: like in basketball to keep the defender on his hip

820
00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:44,680
Speaker 5: and just get himself between the defender and the ball

821
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 5: and then get those hands out there. And what did

822
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 5: Michael Wilson say. The big improvement he made especially this

823
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:52,920
Speaker 5: year was after his rookie season, he watched his own

824
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:54,400
Speaker 5: film and said, you know what, I'm too much of

825
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:57,239
Speaker 5: a body catcher. I'm not that ball getting and no

826
00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:00,120
Speaker 5: one was better at Larry getting those hands extended. You

827
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:04,479
Speaker 5: remember after training camp practices the drills of Larry would

828
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:06,479
Speaker 5: do and he would get some of the equipment guys

829
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 5: and he would have his back to the equipment guy.

830
00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:10,879
Speaker 5: They throw the ball over his head and he would

831
00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:11,880
Speaker 5: just have to stab and.

832
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:12,480
Speaker 4: Grab the ball.

833
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:16,080
Speaker 5: Michael Wilson plays ping pong and he does that for

834
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:18,640
Speaker 5: the hand eye and the ability to stab the football.

835
00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:21,160
Speaker 5: And we saw that number one and fourth down play

836
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:23,880
Speaker 5: at home middle of the season and there was Michael

837
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 5: Wilson just out of nowhere, the ball's on him and

838
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:28,880
Speaker 5: he just stabbed it. Just had those innate reflexes that

839
00:45:29,239 --> 00:45:31,359
Speaker 5: according to Michael Wilson, he is home with ping pong

840
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:33,040
Speaker 5: because he loves the hand eye. Well, Fitz would do

841
00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:35,880
Speaker 5: a lot of that same stuff. And so once again,

842
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:39,600
Speaker 5: when you're competing for the football, especially against most dbs

843
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:42,400
Speaker 5: who can't catch, Larry just had such a distinct and

844
00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:46,440
Speaker 5: significant competitive advantage. That's how he ended up leading the

845
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:49,040
Speaker 5: league and catches at age twenty two and age thirty three.

846
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Speaker 1: Maybe we can get Michael and Fits at the ping

847
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:56,239
Speaker 1: pong table. Now we know how competitive Fits is. He

848
00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:59,120
Speaker 1: would probably want at least a week maybe two weeks

849
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:02,200
Speaker 1: of practice if he doesn't play ping pong, right, But

850
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 1: to get those two mic him up and then let

851
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 1: them have a conversation about ping pong in the game

852
00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:08,040
Speaker 1: of football.

853
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:10,200
Speaker 5: That's got Emmy Award winner written all over it.

854
00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:11,399
Speaker 1: That's a great idea there, Craig.

855
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:13,560
Speaker 5: Get those two guys and they don't have to actually play,

856
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:15,640
Speaker 5: you know, I mean they can just sort of volley

857
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:18,600
Speaker 5: back and forth and talk ball. That would be That

858
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:21,160
Speaker 5: would be a great, great story because think about it,

859
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:23,200
Speaker 5: and this is one of the all time great stats

860
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:26,600
Speaker 5: about Larry. He had more tackles in his career than

861
00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 5: he did drop passes. Let that resonate whenever Larry did

862
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:33,719
Speaker 5: drop a pass, and I can't remember many, but I

863
00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:36,920
Speaker 5: mean literally the whole you get the record scratch and

864
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:40,200
Speaker 5: everything would stop because wait a minute, Fits didn't complete

865
00:46:40,239 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 5: the catch. And to your point, how many great catches

866
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 5: did he make in the preseason back when the preseason

867
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:48,120
Speaker 5: was four games, and you know, catches that never counted,

868
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:50,839
Speaker 5: They never win on a ledger or on his all

869
00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:54,800
Speaker 5: time stats. Some of those you could break out some

870
00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:56,600
Speaker 5: of those highlights and they'd be right up there with

871
00:46:56,680 --> 00:46:58,200
Speaker 5: any other catches made in his career.

872
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:02,240
Speaker 1: Forty one tackles, thirty five drop passes.

873
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:02,840
Speaker 4: Hilarious.

874
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:04,360
Speaker 1: That's what you need to know about Fits.

875
00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 5: And you know what towards the end of his career

876
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:08,920
Speaker 5: when he got moved from the outside receiver and they

877
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:11,320
Speaker 5: brought him inside a little bit more, and you know,

878
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:13,719
Speaker 5: and that was Bruce Arians who just told him, look,

879
00:47:14,040 --> 00:47:16,800
Speaker 5: this is how we're gonna use you. And Larry resisted initially,

880
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:17,480
Speaker 5: He's the first.

881
00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 1: One to tell you that.

882
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:21,239
Speaker 5: But it did, actually, you know, at that point in

883
00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:23,759
Speaker 5: his career, make him that much more productive, get him

884
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:25,919
Speaker 5: that many more targets. But he also had to become

885
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:28,520
Speaker 5: more of a blocking receiver. And I remember we had

886
00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:31,040
Speaker 5: him on a big Red rage and Wolf called him

887
00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:32,560
Speaker 5: the best blocking receiver in the game.

888
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:35,680
Speaker 1: Fitz did not like that. It's one of the few.

889
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:37,759
Speaker 5: Know how many times do you call someone the best

890
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:40,320
Speaker 5: in the biz at a certain aspect, and he just

891
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:42,719
Speaker 5: did not like. He did not want that label on

892
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:46,920
Speaker 5: his on his all time ledger Fits his resume seventeen

893
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:50,640
Speaker 5: seasons all with the Cardinals franchise leader in games played, receptions,

894
00:47:50,719 --> 00:47:54,920
Speaker 5: receiving yards, receiving touchdowns, eleven Pro Bowl, second most by

895
00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:58,200
Speaker 5: a wide receiver, second most career reception, second most career

896
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:02,600
Speaker 5: receiving yards, trails only Jerry Rice in both categories, sixth

897
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:07,440
Speaker 5: most career receiving touchdowns. Was the twenty sixteen Walter Payton

898
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:10,279
Speaker 5: Man of the Year, named the NFL one hundred All

899
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:13,480
Speaker 5: Time Team and the All Decade Team for the twenty tens.

900
00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:17,319
Speaker 5: And then we talked about the playoff run. And then

901
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:17,800
Speaker 5: here's this.

902
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:22,400
Speaker 1: Now the we talk about a distinct class or a

903
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:26,280
Speaker 1: distinct club. Yes, Pro Football Hall of Fame, but first

904
00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:30,360
Speaker 1: ballot Hall of Famer among wide receivers, Fits is the

905
00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:35,000
Speaker 1: eighth selected in their first year of eligibility. Raymond Berry,

906
00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:40,360
Speaker 1: Lance Alworth, Paul Warfield, Steve Largent, Jerry Rice, Randy Moss,

907
00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:42,680
Speaker 1: Calvin Johnson, Wow.

908
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:46,239
Speaker 5: Wow, I did not realize it was that exclusive first

909
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:47,840
Speaker 5: ballot Hall of Fame receivers.

910
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:50,560
Speaker 1: That is quite a list, that really is.

911
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:54,880
Speaker 5: And what an honor, what an absolute honor, and for

912
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:59,640
Speaker 5: Larry and everything he poured into his career and for

913
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:02,080
Speaker 5: Larry over the course of his career, he evolved, you

914
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:05,600
Speaker 5: don't play seventeen seasons without being more than one player.

915
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:08,879
Speaker 5: And we all remember, and we haven't brought it up yet,

916
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:12,760
Speaker 5: but it does bear repeating. Todd Haley and Ken Wisenon

917
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:15,920
Speaker 5: calling him a one trick pony. Where's the yak? Where's

918
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:18,839
Speaker 5: the yards after catch? You're a big dude. And by

919
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 5: the time he got into the final two or three

920
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:23,839
Speaker 5: years of his career, remember when he trucked kJ Wright

921
00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:27,160
Speaker 5: at the goal line in Seattle. I mean, think about

922
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:29,160
Speaker 5: Larry his first couple of years, and think about Larry

923
00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:30,840
Speaker 5: in the last couple of years. And I remember he

924
00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:33,080
Speaker 5: got that ball and he was about the seven yard line.

925
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:35,400
Speaker 5: He turned around and there's one dude between him and

926
00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:37,320
Speaker 5: the end zone and it was a linebacker by the

927
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:39,759
Speaker 5: name of kaj Wright who was a fierce bad dude.

928
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:42,640
Speaker 5: And Larry said, sorry me or you, and it's gonna

929
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:44,440
Speaker 5: be me into the end zone and he took him out.

930
00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:47,800
Speaker 5: And that was such a contrast to his style of

931
00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:50,840
Speaker 5: play in his early days, when he would catch the

932
00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:52,759
Speaker 5: ball and maybe get as much yards as he could

933
00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:54,920
Speaker 5: and then he would live to survive another down and

934
00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:57,640
Speaker 5: he would get down, and then Todd Haley and Ken

935
00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:01,920
Speaker 5: Wizenu said, hey, man, you know what, use the stiff arm,

936
00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:04,840
Speaker 5: use your big body, you know. And then by the

937
00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:06,920
Speaker 5: time he got to two thousand and eight in the postseason,

938
00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:09,680
Speaker 5: think of how many not only countested catches he made,

939
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:11,879
Speaker 5: but how many catches he finished in the end zone,

940
00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:15,400
Speaker 5: like in Carolina, diving for the pylon and extending that

941
00:50:15,560 --> 00:50:18,520
Speaker 5: ball out and he just he got to that mindset

942
00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:21,440
Speaker 5: where he would not be denied and it would seemingly

943
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:23,799
Speaker 5: take two or three defenders to bring him down.

944
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:28,360
Speaker 1: How many Angry Run Awards, how many scepters do you

945
00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:32,239
Speaker 1: think fitz might have won if Kyle Brandt had done

946
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:35,839
Speaker 1: that at the Heights and the prime of Larry Fitzgerald's

947
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:39,840
Speaker 1: career just based off the physicality that he when he

948
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:42,480
Speaker 1: had the ball. You talk about it going up for

949
00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:46,560
Speaker 1: the contested catch, the physicality that fits played going after

950
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:49,080
Speaker 1: the football. Well, once the football was in his arm.

951
00:50:49,560 --> 00:50:53,000
Speaker 1: He was not going to be denied and it took

952
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:56,399
Speaker 1: often more than a tackler or two to bring him down.

953
00:50:56,920 --> 00:50:59,080
Speaker 5: And then there was the block where he spring Michael

954
00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:01,880
Speaker 5: Floyd for a big chunk throw touchdown where they were

955
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:04,120
Speaker 5: both in the same area of the field, like over

956
00:51:04,239 --> 00:51:06,960
Speaker 5: on the far flat, and somebody had screwed up the

957
00:51:07,080 --> 00:51:09,600
Speaker 5: route because there were two receivers there instead of one.

958
00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:12,680
Speaker 5: Could have been Michael Floyd, because I remember Larry giving

959
00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:15,839
Speaker 5: Floyd our time afterwards. That could have been my touchdown catch.

960
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:17,160
Speaker 1: But it was the two of them.

961
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:19,440
Speaker 5: And then when Larry realized Floyd had the ball, he

962
00:51:19,560 --> 00:51:22,800
Speaker 5: got out in front and he absolutely plowed over a

963
00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:26,680
Speaker 5: poor dB and then boom, here gone Floyd finished it.

964
00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:30,440
Speaker 5: And that was Larry when the game started. And it

965
00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:33,759
Speaker 5: was amazing to be on the sideline with Larry all

966
00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:34,319
Speaker 5: those years.

967
00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:36,399
Speaker 1: He was so calm.

968
00:51:36,520 --> 00:51:38,680
Speaker 5: There was a lot of trade McBride and you know

969
00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:41,719
Speaker 5: the whole Trey McBride. I compared Michael Wilson to Larry

970
00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:44,319
Speaker 5: Well on the sidelines. Trey McBride is similar to Larry,

971
00:51:44,440 --> 00:51:48,120
Speaker 5: smile on his face walking around, casual wins. The TV

972
00:51:48,280 --> 00:51:51,440
Speaker 5: timeout going to be over, talking with the linesman, talking

973
00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:53,640
Speaker 5: with the ball boys, in particular because Larry was a

974
00:51:53,719 --> 00:51:56,040
Speaker 5: ball boy, and to see the kid's beam and light

975
00:51:56,160 --> 00:51:58,160
Speaker 5: up and smile when Larry fitzgerw would come over and

976
00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:00,440
Speaker 5: talk to him during a TV timeout, sort of like

977
00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:03,200
Speaker 5: the Carson Palmer, Yeah, give me a swig of water.

978
00:52:03,560 --> 00:52:05,440
Speaker 5: But then when it was time when he crossed those

979
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:07,960
Speaker 5: white lines to go onto the field, look out, sort

980
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:11,280
Speaker 5: of like Trey McBride. Totally different, dude, when you snap

981
00:52:11,320 --> 00:52:12,120
Speaker 5: the football.

982
00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:14,920
Speaker 1: There's another aspect fits in. Again, There'll be a lot

983
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:18,160
Speaker 1: of time between now and August to talk about Larry Fitzgerald.

984
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:19,799
Speaker 1: But I also want to bring this up because yeah,

985
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:23,000
Speaker 1: there's a bunch of numbers and everything, but it's also

986
00:52:23,160 --> 00:52:27,840
Speaker 1: the football IQ and how smart Fits was on the field,

987
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:32,399
Speaker 1: knowing down in distance, knowing time of game, meaning at

988
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:35,399
Speaker 1: the end of game, how many times did Fits get

989
00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:39,399
Speaker 1: the ball? And you're always taught one he gets into

990
00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:41,320
Speaker 1: the end zone, hand the ball of the official. I

991
00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:43,360
Speaker 1: think what he spiked spiked the ball once.

992
00:52:43,239 --> 00:52:43,759
Speaker 4: In his career.

993
00:52:44,160 --> 00:52:47,120
Speaker 1: One So, but it's all right, two minutes to go,

994
00:52:47,360 --> 00:52:50,719
Speaker 1: first half, second half and no timeouts. You're trying to

995
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:54,000
Speaker 1: conserve timeouts, and how many times fits would make the catch,

996
00:52:54,120 --> 00:52:57,279
Speaker 1: get tackled, immediately, pop up, run to the middle of

997
00:52:57,360 --> 00:52:59,959
Speaker 1: the field, find the umpire so the umpire could spot

998
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:03,399
Speaker 1: the football to save time. And how many times we've

999
00:53:03,480 --> 00:53:08,120
Speaker 1: seen players just lose track of that moment and then

1000
00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:13,400
Speaker 1: cost their team precious seconds in crucial late game situations.

1001
00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:17,279
Speaker 1: Fitz was a master at that to save time for

1002
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:18,880
Speaker 1: his team, and he.

1003
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:21,399
Speaker 5: Just had that ability in those biggest moments. We talked

1004
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:24,320
Speaker 5: about him making the best plays of his career, but

1005
00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:27,680
Speaker 5: he also knew where to be. And any quarterback will

1006
00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:31,440
Speaker 5: tell you that. You know, not every play is going

1007
00:53:31,480 --> 00:53:36,000
Speaker 5: to come off as designed, and sometimes a defense is

1008
00:53:36,120 --> 00:53:38,320
Speaker 5: going to win with a look they give you you've

1009
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:40,720
Speaker 5: never seen before, and you have to have the ability

1010
00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:45,120
Speaker 5: to adjust accordingly. And Jacoby Brissett talked a lot about

1011
00:53:45,160 --> 00:53:47,879
Speaker 5: that this year, especially when the Cardinals had to throw

1012
00:53:47,920 --> 00:53:50,640
Speaker 5: the ball fifty times a game, that Michael Wilson had

1013
00:53:50,680 --> 00:53:53,600
Speaker 5: that ability just read a defense, find the open place,

1014
00:53:54,040 --> 00:53:57,400
Speaker 5: you know, and it sounds really simple, it's not, because

1015
00:53:57,880 --> 00:54:01,360
Speaker 5: it's all about disguising these coverages, and so Larry had

1016
00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:04,160
Speaker 5: the ability to look and know exactly and especially when

1017
00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:07,000
Speaker 5: they went against Seattle, and Larry would tell you that

1018
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:09,719
Speaker 5: Seattle would play that cover three and they would keep

1019
00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:13,280
Speaker 5: it pretty simple. But they did that because they wanted

1020
00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:16,000
Speaker 5: to play fast. And so when Larry had some when

1021
00:54:16,040 --> 00:54:18,320
Speaker 5: the Cardinals had some of those big wins against some

1022
00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:21,920
Speaker 5: of those great Legion of Boom defenses, especially up in Seattle,

1023
00:54:22,320 --> 00:54:24,040
Speaker 5: that to me was when Larry was at his best

1024
00:54:24,080 --> 00:54:26,800
Speaker 5: in terms of that football IQ that you mentioned, because

1025
00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:30,600
Speaker 5: they prided themselves on having everyone covered all the time,

1026
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:33,200
Speaker 5: but Larry always found a way, especially in those key

1027
00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:36,080
Speaker 5: third downs, especially in the red zone. He had something

1028
00:54:36,120 --> 00:54:37,759
Speaker 5: in his bag and he was saving it for that

1029
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:41,080
Speaker 5: moment and he had a move or a route that

1030
00:54:41,480 --> 00:54:44,959
Speaker 5: he would run, and more often than not it would

1031
00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:46,840
Speaker 5: be a catch for a first down or a touchdown.

1032
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:51,600
Speaker 1: Class of twenty twenty six Larry Fitzgerald, Drew Brees, Luke Keigley,

1033
00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:56,800
Speaker 1: Adam Vanity, and Roger Craig Paul anything fits related. Before

1034
00:54:56,920 --> 00:55:01,400
Speaker 1: we kind of sign off on here again, there's gonna

1035
00:55:01,400 --> 00:55:05,800
Speaker 1: be a lot on Easycardinals dot Com, not only today

1036
00:55:06,120 --> 00:55:09,000
Speaker 1: but this weekend, but over the next several days, weeks,

1037
00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:11,840
Speaker 1: and months to come, because we are going to chronicle

1038
00:55:12,320 --> 00:55:16,440
Speaker 1: this journey We've chronicled fits his journey from being the

1039
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:19,759
Speaker 1: third overall pick to Hall of Fame status, and it's

1040
00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:22,200
Speaker 1: only fitting that we continue that to when he gets

1041
00:55:22,239 --> 00:55:23,480
Speaker 1: inducted August eighth.

1042
00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:25,080
Speaker 5: You know, I'll just say on behalf of the media,

1043
00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:27,040
Speaker 5: and when I'm talking about the media, I'm really talking

1044
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:29,560
Speaker 5: about the fans, because what does the media do. It

1045
00:55:29,640 --> 00:55:32,719
Speaker 5: serves the fans. It's an extension of the fans. Larry

1046
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:36,000
Speaker 5: always met the media, win or lose, and you know,

1047
00:55:36,239 --> 00:55:38,960
Speaker 5: not every guy does that, especially over his seventeen year career,

1048
00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:41,960
Speaker 5: and the Cardinals had some tough years in between quarterbacks,

1049
00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:45,240
Speaker 5: and Larry was always there every week during the season

1050
00:55:45,320 --> 00:55:49,200
Speaker 5: at his locker, meeting the media, fielding all questions. I

1051
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:51,400
Speaker 5: can tell you there were times where, you know, we

1052
00:55:51,440 --> 00:55:53,239
Speaker 5: would do a postgame interview and we'd be in the

1053
00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:55,480
Speaker 5: commercial break and I'd say something like, all right, I'm

1054
00:55:55,480 --> 00:55:57,400
Speaker 5: going to start with this or ask you that. Just

1055
00:55:57,440 --> 00:55:59,920
Speaker 5: set a team up, and I guess sometimes it's a

1056
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:02,040
Speaker 5: courtesy thing. He led a guy, especially coming off a

1057
00:56:02,080 --> 00:56:04,040
Speaker 5: game and they're emotional, let him sort of think how

1058
00:56:04,040 --> 00:56:07,200
Speaker 5: they're going to formulate an answer. Every single time I did.

1059
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:09,439
Speaker 5: Then I learned not to do this. He would say, Paul,

1060
00:56:09,680 --> 00:56:13,279
Speaker 5: ask me whatever you want, you know, And so he

1061
00:56:13,440 --> 00:56:15,200
Speaker 5: was just great with the media, maybe because his dad

1062
00:56:15,280 --> 00:56:19,239
Speaker 5: was a media member, but I respected that that no

1063
00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:22,560
Speaker 5: matter how tough the loss, he would be one of

1064
00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:24,600
Speaker 5: those guys who would come out and meet the media.

1065
00:56:24,680 --> 00:56:27,160
Speaker 5: And that's what team leaders and team captains did, a

1066
00:56:27,280 --> 00:56:30,920
Speaker 5: face of the franchise did. And it was that sensibility

1067
00:56:31,560 --> 00:56:35,360
Speaker 5: and just that rational approach. And he always kept at football.

1068
00:56:35,440 --> 00:56:37,440
Speaker 5: Yes it was the most important thing, but it was

1069
00:56:37,520 --> 00:56:40,280
Speaker 5: also just his profession. Football was never head of family,

1070
00:56:40,520 --> 00:56:44,320
Speaker 5: and it was just that priority had in his life

1071
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:47,239
Speaker 5: that set an example for so many guys in that

1072
00:56:47,360 --> 00:56:49,879
Speaker 5: locker room. I and you know, Craig, how many young guys, Hey,

1073
00:56:50,080 --> 00:56:52,160
Speaker 5: Larry told me to do this. Hey, Larry has a

1074
00:56:52,239 --> 00:56:55,560
Speaker 5: guy for that financial advisor, those kind of things, Like

1075
00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:58,399
Speaker 5: Larry knew how to set guys up so they could

1076
00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:01,920
Speaker 5: focus and be all ball because he had everything handled

1077
00:57:01,960 --> 00:57:05,600
Speaker 5: once again, winning life Cliff Kingsbury's line. And it was

1078
00:57:05,640 --> 00:57:07,799
Speaker 5: amazing how willing he was to share with the other

1079
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:09,560
Speaker 5: guys his formula.

1080
00:57:09,239 --> 00:57:09,800
Speaker 4: To do just that.

1081
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:13,040
Speaker 1: You're always gracious with his time, certainly for us, but

1082
00:57:13,120 --> 00:57:15,720
Speaker 1: more importantly those guys in the locker room to uplift

1083
00:57:15,880 --> 00:57:18,960
Speaker 1: them not only on the field, but off the field

1084
00:57:19,160 --> 00:57:22,080
Speaker 1: as well. That might have been Fitz's greatest gift as

1085
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:24,840
Speaker 1: an NFL player, is what he meant to others in

1086
00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:27,600
Speaker 1: that locker room. Again, there's going to be a lot

1087
00:57:27,760 --> 00:57:31,240
Speaker 1: more on. Larry Fitzgerald voted into the bro Football Hall

1088
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:36,720
Speaker 1: of Fame. His induction ceremony Saturday, August eighth. Again, congratulations

1089
00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:41,680
Speaker 1: to Larry Fitzgerald. Well deserved and certainly well earned. We

1090
00:57:41,880 --> 00:57:47,360
Speaker 1: leave you with this bird Gang, a montage Fitz's magical,

1091
00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:50,280
Speaker 1: memorable two thousand and eight playoff run.

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00:57:52,120 --> 00:57:53,280
Speaker 4: They're going nuts here.

1093
00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:56,720
Speaker 6: At the University of Phoenix Stadium as the Cardinals get

1094
00:57:56,840 --> 00:58:00,800
Speaker 6: ready to take on the Atlanta Falcons and their playoff

1095
00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:03,040
Speaker 6: game at University of Phoenix Stadium.

1096
00:58:03,160 --> 00:58:04,960
Speaker 4: Keeping on the ground with James, it's a fleet flicker.

1097
00:58:05,120 --> 00:58:08,040
Speaker 4: Warner gonna throw deep near side, going for fits. He's

1098
00:58:08,080 --> 00:58:08,880
Speaker 4: in double coverage.

1099
00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:13,360
Speaker 8: It doesn't matter. He caught it anyway, touchdown, Cardinals. You

1100
00:58:13,600 --> 00:58:14,880
Speaker 8: can't stop that guy.

1101
00:58:15,880 --> 00:58:23,480
Speaker 7: I'm the flee flicker. Whoa whoa play Larry Fitzgerald stabs

1102
00:58:23,560 --> 00:58:24,680
Speaker 7: the ball out of the air.

1103
00:58:25,160 --> 00:58:29,240
Speaker 6: Larry Fitzgerald led the NFL with twelve receiving touchdowns during

1104
00:58:29,320 --> 00:58:30,200
Speaker 6: the regular season.

1105
00:58:30,280 --> 00:58:32,520
Speaker 4: He catches his first postseason.

1106
00:58:32,080 --> 00:58:39,560
Speaker 6: Touchdown the flee flicker. Oh my gosh, it does not matter.

1107
00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:41,640
Speaker 6: You can put five guys on him, you gonna catch it.

1108
00:58:41,760 --> 00:58:44,280
Speaker 6: Welcome to the Bank of America Stadium for the Arizona

1109
00:58:44,360 --> 00:58:46,080
Speaker 6: Cardinals and the Carolina Panthers.

1110
00:58:46,120 --> 00:58:47,520
Speaker 4: Were just a few minutes away.

1111
00:58:47,280 --> 00:58:50,439
Speaker 6: From kickoff to start this divisional playoff game. Warner takes

1112
00:58:50,520 --> 00:58:53,520
Speaker 6: makes the pitch, stands in the pocket looking deep, airing

1113
00:58:53,600 --> 00:58:56,400
Speaker 6: it out farside for Fitzgerald and a leaf being a

1114
00:58:56,520 --> 00:58:59,880
Speaker 6: temp and it's caught up a tenth what a grab by.

1115
00:59:00,160 --> 00:59:02,520
Speaker 6: Fits throws over the middle. Fits wide open, caught a

1116
00:59:02,600 --> 00:59:06,040
Speaker 6: midfield near side forty thirty five thirty hited the twenty

1117
00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:07,160
Speaker 6: five and knocked.

1118
00:59:06,840 --> 00:59:07,560
Speaker 4: Out of bounds.

1119
00:59:07,880 --> 00:59:11,480
Speaker 6: Wow, Fitzgerald somehow got wide open across the middle of

1120
00:59:11,520 --> 00:59:14,160
Speaker 6: the field. Hump theay going deep. Fits is open far side.

1121
00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:16,240
Speaker 6: He's got it at the forty yard line and he's

1122
00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:20,440
Speaker 6: tackled there. Boy, was Fitzgerald wide open down the far sideline.

1123
00:59:20,720 --> 00:59:22,640
Speaker 4: Warner with a ton of time throwing.

1124
00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:24,840
Speaker 6: Right side, Fits open, caught at the five.

1125
00:59:24,760 --> 00:59:28,200
Speaker 8: Heading for the pylon, and he is gonna be ruled

1126
00:59:28,720 --> 00:59:32,560
Speaker 8: ew Tornal Warry Fitzgerald.

1127
00:59:33,240 --> 00:59:34,120
Speaker 4: Do you believe it?

1128
00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:37,240
Speaker 7: Larry Fitzgerald cramps it down their throat.

1129
00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:43,720
Speaker 6: Larry fitz Gerald, you are absolutely ridiculous. Oh my goodness,

1130
00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:46,440
Speaker 6: just look at those NFC Championship logos on the field.

1131
00:59:46,440 --> 00:59:49,680
Speaker 6: Do you believe it that Cardinal's hosting the NFC Championship

1132
00:59:49,720 --> 00:59:52,960
Speaker 6: game winner to the Super Bowl. Warner takes short set

1133
00:59:53,160 --> 00:59:54,400
Speaker 6: as time looks left.

1134
00:59:54,280 --> 00:59:56,200
Speaker 4: Throws over the middle of the Fits caught inside the

1135
00:59:56,280 --> 00:59:57,960
Speaker 4: five breaks a tackle.

1136
00:59:57,840 --> 01:00:01,960
Speaker 8: Had Fits is in touchdown car on the opening run.

1137
01:00:02,280 --> 01:00:03,960
Speaker 8: They take it the length of the field.

1138
01:00:04,680 --> 01:00:08,040
Speaker 4: How's that for making some bacon in a short pan?

1139
01:00:08,760 --> 01:00:12,680
Speaker 4: That was huge, absolutely huge. On the opening drive, Orner

1140
01:00:12,720 --> 01:00:14,600
Speaker 4: takes it's a pitch at Arrington. He's gonna throw. He's

1141
01:00:14,600 --> 01:00:16,240
Speaker 4: gonna throw it back to Kurt far side of the

1142
01:00:16,320 --> 01:00:19,280
Speaker 4: twenty five. Now Warner going deep, hairing it out middle

1143
01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:21,080
Speaker 4: of the field. Fits is Arry Carter to the.

1144
01:00:21,160 --> 01:00:27,760
Speaker 8: Town hut, the farm put down, Larry Fitzgerald, the triggery

1145
01:00:27,880 --> 01:00:29,440
Speaker 8: in the Arizona Cardinals.

1146
01:00:30,320 --> 01:00:34,360
Speaker 7: Yes, Sir, Larry Fitzgerald is literally trying to will this

1147
01:00:34,600 --> 01:00:36,160
Speaker 7: team to victory. Right now.

1148
01:00:36,440 --> 01:00:39,800
Speaker 4: Warner takes back to throw faith left side. Fitzgaryld's pig

1149
01:00:39,880 --> 01:00:43,240
Speaker 4: got it cut down his third of the day. It's

1150
01:00:43,360 --> 01:00:44,840
Speaker 4: twenty to six, Arizona.

1151
01:00:45,800 --> 01:00:50,160
Speaker 7: There's no dirt like Peydart, and there's no pay dirt

1152
01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:52,040
Speaker 7: like playoff Peyter.

1153
01:00:52,920 --> 01:01:04,480
Speaker 4: Super Bowl forty three. Here we come. Welcome to the

1154
01:01:04,560 --> 01:01:06,080
Speaker 4: biggest sporting event.

1155
01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:10,120
Speaker 6: In the world, the Super Bowl from Tampa, Florida, the

1156
01:01:10,320 --> 01:01:16,720
Speaker 6: forty third edition. Your Arizona Cardinals. They're Pittsburgh Steelers. Warner

1157
01:01:16,840 --> 01:01:19,760
Speaker 6: takes gonna throw a fade right side Fitzgerald.

1158
01:01:19,840 --> 01:01:25,600
Speaker 4: He got on touchdown. Larry Fitzgerald and the Cardinals are

1159
01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:28,360
Speaker 4: back within a score midway through.

1160
01:01:28,320 --> 01:01:29,080
Speaker 2: The fourth quarter.

1161
01:01:29,480 --> 01:01:34,400
Speaker 7: Oh oh baby, flow the whistle and send in the kicker.

1162
01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:37,960
Speaker 7: The scurge of the red zone is done it again.

1163
01:01:38,280 --> 01:01:41,320
Speaker 6: Larry caught his first Super Bowl touchdown. Warner a pass

1164
01:01:41,440 --> 01:01:42,520
Speaker 6: with time Fyers over the.

1165
01:01:42,520 --> 01:01:44,400
Speaker 4: Middle of the Fens. Caught it the forty five fifth day,

1166
01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:46,120
Speaker 4: but this was morning thirty.

1167
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:52,920
Speaker 8: Goodbye, good bye Cardos. Lead touch down, Larry Fitzgerald.

1168
01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:59,680
Speaker 7: You've gotta me could be Larry Fitzgerald running the post.

1169
01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:02,080
Speaker 2: He turned off.

1170
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:05,520
Speaker 8: Field and ran at home to the house.

1171
01:02:06,320 --> 01:02:11,160
Speaker 6: Larry Fitzgerald a sixty four yard touchdown. Passed by Warner,

1172
01:02:11,240 --> 01:02:15,720
Speaker 6: De Fitzgerald and the Cardinals lead Super Bowl forty three win,

1173
01:02:15,800 --> 01:02:17,400
Speaker 6: two thirty seven to Gold