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Speaker 1: It's award season and we didn't want to feel left out.

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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang. On today's show, Danny Surrek and Zach

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Speaker 1: Gershman join me for the annual Cardinals Year and Awards.

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Speaker 2: Who won?

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Speaker 1: Who should have won? It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode eight

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Speaker 1: forty two, and it starts now.

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Speaker 3: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two.

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Speaker 2: Who to Baker? What Heart? What rent? This guy's unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: He's a the ten half five pas it again, so

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Speaker 1: more hurry magic.

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Speaker 3: Whow Here's Craig Griolo.

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Speaker 1: Let me start here first and foremost. Shout out to everyone,

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Speaker 1: including a lot of people and our department who work

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Speaker 1: through the weekend and will be working Monday nights playoff

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Speaker 1: game rams Vikings at State Farm Stadium. It is just awful, guys,

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Speaker 1: What is happening in Los Angeles? So much devastation, so

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Speaker 1: much loss of life. Want to extend our thoughts and

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Speaker 1: prayers to everyone affected by the wildfires. Just cannot imagine

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Speaker 1: being a part of that and still in the case

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Speaker 1: of football now try to get ready to play a

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Speaker 4: It's pretty crazy and it's horrible everything that's going on

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Speaker 4: so it's going to be a little shocking and probably

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Speaker 4: the owner, Michael Bidwell, giving his approval, working with a

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Speaker 4: and that's really great to see everybody come together.

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Speaker 5: There's so many times that people could say, like, our

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Speaker 5: many cases you'd never think there's nothing really that somebody

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Speaker 5: But the Cardinals doing what they can to say, we

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Speaker 5: And in this case, you have to hope that people

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Speaker 5: And in this case, yes, it is going to be

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Speaker 4: Owner Michael Bidwell sent some Cardinals planes out there to

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Speaker 1: Well said, by the way, this now leaves the Seattle

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Speaker 1: No easy transition, but we'll do our best here on

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two, presented by Hyundai partner the Arizona Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: Now I say Cardinals Cover two. This is kind of unique,

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Speaker 1: Zach put together the voting booth, the voting panel, the

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Speaker 4: Monday, I'm excited for this our year end Awards. It

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Speaker 1: Who should have won. I mean, I've got my choices

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Speaker 4: It's most Valuable Cardinal, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive

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Speaker 1: I think it okay, I wouldn't say Trey McBride.

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Speaker 5: Look with Trey McBride's season one hundred and eleven receptions

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Speaker 5: And I actually included Danny's burb on this one because

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Speaker 4: It's no longer a discussion. Is Trey McBride one of

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Speaker 4: This is McBride's first full season as a starter. Didn't

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Speaker 5: I think the run first is exactly why Trey McBride

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Speaker 4: Absolutely. He is just so reliable and that's what I

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Speaker 4: What's this ends? By the way, I'm gonna have to

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Speaker 1: Now, this one I would think, I would think, and

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Speaker 4: I did give a wildcard. I would honestly be surprised

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Speaker 2: Right now, we're the only person Heck.

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Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, I can't see. Now you get me in

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Speaker 4: Who did you vote for? Budda Baker who was with

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Speaker 5: I mean all pro Buddha Baker going to his seventh

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Speaker 5: But one hundred and sixty four tackles ten tackles, we

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Speaker 5: To see this year, in my opinion, seeing Buddha Baker

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Speaker 1: That's kind of what I wrote a little bit up

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Speaker 4: You look at the league's top tacklers and it's a

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Speaker 4: is also deserving of his eighth Pro Bowl NOD, seventh consecutive,

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Speaker 4: correct All Pro. An incredible season as always, that's that's

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Speaker 4: the expectation for Baker. I do want to clarify though,

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Speaker 2: William voted for that player.

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Speaker 4: Yes, here we go. This was the tough decision given

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Speaker 4: cornerback Garrett Williams deserves high praise for what he showed

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Speaker 4: Williams played clean discipline football, finishing as one of the

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Speaker 4: Williams took the leap many aim for between years one

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Speaker 1: And if you look at a lot of the metrics,

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Speaker 4: Yes so, and that's not just on Garrett Williams. But

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Speaker 5: But I think it's a credit to the fact that

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Speaker 5: That's that truly stands out Pooka. I think is also

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Speaker 5: Let's go a little bit prediction here. Let's stay away

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Speaker 1: The easiest answer is based off of because he didn't

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Speaker 4: That's a really good comparison. Just giving not having a

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Speaker 4: What do you have with Thomas as a pass rusher

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Speaker 1: Two, especially at a position of very high position of

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Speaker 1: looking from the outside in. All right, so we've done

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Speaker 1: Ross again, there's one choice, now, Danny and I here

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Speaker 4: Now cause your wife. Yes, we did last year. Countdown

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Speaker 4: two one, mac wils two for two. We got it.

441
00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:26,399
Speaker 2: That was beautiful. Neither of you one.

442
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,480
Speaker 5: Why was mac Wilson Senior not the newcomer? I didn't

443
00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:32,680
Speaker 5: vote for this. I actually voted for the person that one.

444
00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,200
Speaker 5: I was shocked to see as many people vote.

445
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,840
Speaker 4: For this wait offense or defense special teams.

446
00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:44,359
Speaker 5: Chad Ryland seven votes for new Chad Land. Mac Wilson

447
00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,040
Speaker 5: Senior three votes, two of them in this room right now.

448
00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:52,800
Speaker 5: Marvin Harrison Junior three votes, Chad Ryland seven votes for newcomers.

449
00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,280
Speaker 4: Like the flowers for Ryland? How about that?

450
00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,480
Speaker 5: I thought it was impressive and the reason why he

451
00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,560
Speaker 5: earned my vote was simply the fact of how the

452
00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,480
Speaker 5: situation he came in. You come in, you have to

453
00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,920
Speaker 5: replace a potential Hall of Fame kicker and a guy

454
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,760
Speaker 5: like Matt Prater, an eighteen year veteran after just getting

455
00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:12,680
Speaker 5: released by the team that drafted you.

456
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,440
Speaker 2: And yes, drafted a.

457
00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,200
Speaker 5: Kicker, which is something of important in the New England Patriots.

458
00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,840
Speaker 5: And then you come over here and your first game,

459
00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,359
Speaker 5: you go to San Francisco, you go to the Bay Area,

460
00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:24,720
Speaker 5: and what do you have to do? You just had

461
00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:26,640
Speaker 5: your field goal or you just had a field goal

462
00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,480
Speaker 5: blocked earlier on in the game. The game is on

463
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,480
Speaker 5: the line here in San Francisco against your division rival,

464
00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,040
Speaker 5: and Chad Ryland kicked through the game winning field goal,

465
00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,840
Speaker 5: ending up winning October Special Teams Player.

466
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Speaker 2: Of the Month.

467
00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,680
Speaker 4: I'm not mad about that. Ryland finished with three four

468
00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:41,720
Speaker 4: game winning.

469
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Speaker 1: Three game winners San Francisco, the Chargers and the Dolphins.

470
00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,199
Speaker 4: Absolutely, that is a tough position mentally for all the

471
00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,040
Speaker 4: reasons Zach you just mentioned. To come into this situation,

472
00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,560
Speaker 4: Ryland came to the Cardinals after spending the previous month

473
00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,000
Speaker 4: on the couch. It wasn't like he had just come

474
00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,760
Speaker 4: from New England and was getting back, you know, a

475
00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:01,720
Speaker 4: few days later on the practice field. That was not

476
00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,520
Speaker 4: the case at all. So humble you could tell that

477
00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,040
Speaker 4: he goes about his business the right way. And now

478
00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:12,000
Speaker 4: it gives the Cardinals an interesting opportunity of or decision,

479
00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,160
Speaker 4: I should say, rather than opportunity of Matt Prater's appending

480
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,320
Speaker 4: free agent, So what do you do at that position?

481
00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,040
Speaker 4: I like that props to the people who thought about

482
00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:21,880
Speaker 4: special teams and gave Chad Ryland the vote.

483
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Speaker 1: There props seven seven of the thirteen.

484
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Speaker 4: That is more than I would have expected you.

485
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Speaker 1: Okay, before I'm going to give something away, but I

486
00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,160
Speaker 1: don't want to mention. But I understand. We see this guy,

487
00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:38,760
Speaker 1: he just teases us didn't play a full season. So

488
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,760
Speaker 1: that's you know, that's my only negative thing about.

489
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,840
Speaker 4: Chemically because your wife did not play a full season.

490
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Speaker 1: We voted for him last year that start of the season.

491
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Speaker 4: You know what it might make you feel better is

492
00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,240
Speaker 4: why did you feel Mac Wilson Senior was Newcomer of

493
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Speaker 4: the Year out.

494
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Speaker 1: Of the and what I wrote since it wasn't part

495
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Speaker 1: of Azycardinals dot Com, since it wasn't a winner, I

496
00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:01,880
Speaker 1: don't even know how many times my my submissions were

497
00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,960
Speaker 1: even put on Asycardinals dot com.

498
00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:05,439
Speaker 2: That's a conversation.

499
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:08,719
Speaker 1: This is what I wrote on Mac Wilson Senior. Of

500
00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,720
Speaker 1: the eleven free agents the Cardinals signed in the offseason,

501
00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:13,960
Speaker 1: no player had a better twenty twenty four than Mac

502
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,480
Speaker 1: Wilson senior, he enjoyed his best season as a pro

503
00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:18,640
Speaker 1: since his first year in the league in twenty nineteen.

504
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,880
Speaker 1: More importantly, he became a key piece in the linebacker room,

505
00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,000
Speaker 1: able to bounce from inside to outside, oftentimes within the

506
00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:25,600
Speaker 1: same drive.

507
00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,119
Speaker 4: His mode of play, the grit, the tenacity to fight

508
00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:34,120
Speaker 4: Wilson plays with is never a question. He is absolutely

509
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,560
Speaker 4: a tone setter. The way that he was able to

510
00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:39,399
Speaker 4: come in and make an impact in a way that

511
00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,640
Speaker 4: he hasn't elsewhere in his career. In New England, Wilson

512
00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,320
Speaker 4: was not used in the same way the Cardinals signed

513
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,280
Speaker 4: him because both this front office and coaching staff, as

514
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,040
Speaker 4: well as Wilson himself, knew that he had more to

515
00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:54,119
Speaker 4: give and to prove than what he did with the Patriots.

516
00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,239
Speaker 4: So to have Wilson come into this defense and use

517
00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,480
Speaker 4: him in a completely different way and have that payoff

518
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 4: with his versatility, kudos to everybody involved. Another question mark

519
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:06,760
Speaker 4: of linebacker Kriisier White posted a cryptic message on social

520
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:10,680
Speaker 4: media last week and thanking Arizona, implying that he and

521
00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:12,639
Speaker 4: the team are going to go their separate ways as

522
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,640
Speaker 4: he hits the free agency market. Who do you pair

523
00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:16,879
Speaker 4: up with mac Wilson Senior.

524
00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,600
Speaker 5: One of the reasons why I was torn between Chad

525
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,399
Speaker 5: Rylean and mack Wilson Senior because he was second in

526
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,560
Speaker 5: my mental voting list because it's not like I actually

527
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,359
Speaker 5: put together rankings neither here or there. But I thought

528
00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:31,880
Speaker 5: after the game against the New England Patriots, when mac

529
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,520
Speaker 5: Wilson went out on the fourth play, he got concussion,

530
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,399
Speaker 5: got hit right on the chin, seeing how the team

531
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,680
Speaker 5: rallied around him in the locker room afterwards, I was

532
00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,840
Speaker 5: talking with Kaisier White. He said, that was one of

533
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,280
Speaker 5: the toughest things I've had to see, was my brother

534
00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:47,800
Speaker 5: go down like that. And you think back to when

535
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,840
Speaker 5: mac Wilson first came to Arizona and he was sitting

536
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,080
Speaker 5: down to the person to my right and said, something

537
00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:56,480
Speaker 5: is brewing here. He sent something and when that did

538
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,920
Speaker 5: end up happening, you could start to see what Matt

539
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,879
Speaker 5: Wilson was sensing. Because it ultimately did come to fruition.

540
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,440
Speaker 5: This defense played really well. There's a reason why they

541
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,840
Speaker 5: were still able to go five hundred in the NFC West.

542
00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:10,760
Speaker 2: There's a reason.

543
00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,879
Speaker 5: Why there were so many goal to go opportunities for

544
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,800
Speaker 5: opposing offenses and they got shut down in the red

545
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,760
Speaker 5: zone wherever it was. This defense played their heart out

546
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,760
Speaker 5: and it's because of guys like Mac Wilson. However, I

547
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:23,480
Speaker 5: do want to point out some of the people that

548
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,840
Speaker 5: gave some love to Chad Ryland because you hit on

549
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,040
Speaker 5: the point about the mental side of it. Danny Dave

550
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:32,280
Speaker 5: Pash voted for Chad Ryland and said, Chad Ryland plays

551
00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,960
Speaker 5: one of the toughest positions in sports. There's no gray

552
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,560
Speaker 5: area with a kicker. You're either a hero or you're

553
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,439
Speaker 5: out of a job. And that's something that we were

554
00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,680
Speaker 5: able to see in New England. Paul Calvic, the Pro

555
00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:44,960
Speaker 5: Bowl alternate, not only delivered a game winning field goal

556
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,960
Speaker 5: at San Francisco, which we talked about just four days

557
00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,760
Speaker 5: after signing. Think back to that fifty eight yarder in

558
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,560
Speaker 5: the freezing win in Carolina with Zeros on the clock

559
00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,439
Speaker 5: and how Chad Ryland was able to force overtime and

560
00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,480
Speaker 5: Kent Summers simply said, the Cardinals took a risk by

561
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,960
Speaker 5: signing a guy like Chad Ryland who was just released

562
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,480
Speaker 5: by the New England Patriots, and it ended up paying

563
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 5: off because now he's under contract still, so you have

564
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,919
Speaker 5: the opportunity to write it out with Rylan.

565
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,720
Speaker 1: I can't be upset with that. I'm convinced I'm a

566
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,800
Speaker 1: job everybody I can think the Academy is a did

567
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:18,000
Speaker 1: a fine job with that one.

568
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,040
Speaker 4: So now we have beyond the box Score Player of

569
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:20,400
Speaker 4: the Year.

570
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:24,400
Speaker 5: So this is always the one, yes, every year that

571
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 5: you will get some of the craziest responses for mine's

572
00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,960
Speaker 5: not crazy, yours isn't crazy, but yours is.

573
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,240
Speaker 4: Zach did not like mine when he read my email.

574
00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:35,840
Speaker 4: He had a face to make it mean.

575
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 5: It's I understood it afterwards when you start to think

576
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:40,840
Speaker 5: about it a little bit deeper.

577
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:45,240
Speaker 1: So let me just define beyond the box score position.

578
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:50,840
Speaker 1: That doesn't you can't measure their importance based off statistics.

579
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:51,199
Speaker 2: Yes and no.

580
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,920
Speaker 5: I mean, essentially that's what it comes down to. But

581
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,200
Speaker 5: to Danny's vote of who she picked, I very much

582
00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,480
Speaker 5: understood it because can I spoil your vote absolute It

583
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,119
Speaker 5: was Buddha Baker, and I think that Buddha Baker, what

584
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,960
Speaker 5: he brings to the table goes a lot more than

585
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,440
Speaker 5: just what you see in the statue when you look.

586
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,320
Speaker 4: At the stats. We talked about how strong of a

587
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,520
Speaker 4: tackler he was, and so I know that kind of

588
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,439
Speaker 4: contradicts the whole point of this, But the point I

589
00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,240
Speaker 4: was making was what else we were touching on with

590
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:23,919
Speaker 4: Baker earlier, which is his versatility to play everywhere on

591
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,560
Speaker 4: the field and he just as impactful no matter how

592
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 4: he's being used. He is a tone setter for this defense.

593
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:37,280
Speaker 4: And the fierceness he plays with, the toughness, the preparation,

594
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 4: the tenacity, all of it is unmatched, and that has

595
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,720
Speaker 4: a trickle down effect. That's something Cardinals fans have known

596
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,720
Speaker 4: and seen for years. That's something that was on display

597
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,640
Speaker 4: in Hard Knocks, seeing the passion he has when talking

598
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,200
Speaker 4: to this team in the locker room. How badly Baker

599
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 4: not only wants to win, wants to win here in Arizona.

600
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,800
Speaker 4: That is a trickle down effect. When you have perennial

601
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,280
Speaker 4: roll bowler and all Pro safety in Baker choose to

602
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,160
Speaker 4: sign a contract extension with the Cardinals in the middle

603
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 4: of the season without even wanting to test free agency

604
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,400
Speaker 4: a year and a half after reportedly wanting to not

605
00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,680
Speaker 4: be part of this organization's future. That is telling and

606
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 4: that also has a trickle down effect where if you

607
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,200
Speaker 4: work hard, you make impact plays, you do things the

608
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,120
Speaker 4: right way on a day to day basis and put

609
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,520
Speaker 4: the team ahead of yourself. You can and you will

610
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 4: be rewarded.

611
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 5: I think it also is a credit to just the

612
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 5: type of person and the type of student of the

613
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 5: game Buddha Baker is because there has not been a

614
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:36,920
Speaker 5: press conference with a guy like Max Mellon or Dadrien Taylor, Dummerson, Rabbit,

615
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,160
Speaker 5: or a lot of the guys in the secondary, even

616
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,520
Speaker 5: Garrett Williams where they have not mentioned Buddha Baker's name

617
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,160
Speaker 5: because he has that sort of impact in the meeting room.

618
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,400
Speaker 4: And Baker is not a safety that's going to have

619
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:52,120
Speaker 4: a ton of interceptions or PBUs necessarily, and that's why

620
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,280
Speaker 4: I chose him as beyond the box score players. When

621
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 4: you're looking at other safeties around the league, the numbers

622
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,480
Speaker 4: are going to be different when you're looking at tackles

623
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,600
Speaker 4: compared to those other splash plays you typically see from

624
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:03,080
Speaker 4: a safety.

625
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 2: Now, with that being said, there was only one person

626
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:06,200
Speaker 2: to vote.

627
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 4: It was I got some special love for the dv's Apparently.

628
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,320
Speaker 1: My guess is there's only one person that voted for

629
00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 1: who I selected. That is also correct, Okay, Aaron Brewer.

630
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 4: That's a classic though. That is so important and so

631
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:23,719
Speaker 4: underrated to have the consistency when you're having a change

632
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,760
Speaker 4: in kickers and a change and your punter and all

633
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,240
Speaker 4: of those things. Did I just take your answer, Craig.

634
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 1: Two different punters, two different kickers, and there was not

635
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:38,480
Speaker 1: a single that I can remember. Bad snap correct correct

636
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 1: it says.

637
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:40,360
Speaker 4: It's as simple as that.

638
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,200
Speaker 2: I will say this was a tie.

639
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,960
Speaker 5: Now, granted, there's only thirteen votes and we already have

640
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:48,840
Speaker 5: you know, one in one here, so there's only so

641
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 5: many options for people to choose between. There was a

642
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:55,280
Speaker 5: tie up until the last person to send their ballot it.

643
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,200
Speaker 5: So we'll go through the people that just have one vote.

644
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 5: Kelvin Beacham has vote. Roy Lopez has one vote, Buddha

645
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,760
Speaker 5: Baker has one vote, Aaron Brewer has one vote.

646
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 1: L J.

647
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:10,400
Speaker 5: Klier has a vote, and Mack Wilson Senior has a vote.

648
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 5: So does that leave So there was a three way

649
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:19,200
Speaker 5: tie between Yell Defroholt, Garrett Williams, and Kaisier White.

650
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:21,320
Speaker 2: Who do you think came away with the win?

651
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:24,480
Speaker 1: See for me when I look at it, because when

652
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 1: I see beyond the box score, that's beyond the numbers,

653
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 1: for me, So I would automatically go to the offensive line,

654
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,959
Speaker 1: because once again with the special teams long snapper, there

655
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,760
Speaker 1: are no stats for Yell Defrolt unless it's a penalty,

656
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,040
Speaker 1: and no one wants to be on that list. So

657
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,400
Speaker 1: I would go with Yel Defroholt.

658
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:43,600
Speaker 4: Was that the winner.

659
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:44,440
Speaker 2: That was the winner.

660
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:48,120
Speaker 5: Three people voted for him. It was Rob Frederickson, Paul Calvicy,

661
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:48,920
Speaker 5: and Dave Pash.

662
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 4: That makes sense. And when you've got a center as

663
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 4: consistent as rohol that is what you're looking for. And

664
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:57,040
Speaker 4: beyond the box score player of the Year, somebody who

665
00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:02,520
Speaker 4: consistently keeps the offensive line unquote in check is looking

666
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 4: ahead at what the defense is showing them. Consistent clean snaps,

667
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 4: good strong communication with the quarterback, and this offensive line

668
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 4: blocked for a thousand yard rusher and running back James Connor.

669
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,760
Speaker 4: So to have all of those things work together, especially

670
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 4: with an offensive line where near the end of the

671
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:24,479
Speaker 4: season had so much adversity, especially on the right side,

672
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 4: and for Frohold to kind of be the anchor and

673
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 4: keep everybody in place there, that is a deserving winner.

674
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 1: I'll take partial credit because at least I had the

675
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:35,240
Speaker 1: position like of center, like the long snap on giving

676
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 1: So this guy, okay, this guy play of the year,

677
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 1: play of the year, So the player of the year.

678
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 2: I actually included one of your responses for this, not

679
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 2: mine though.

680
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 4: What was the winner?

681
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 5: Well, should we go through the other plays first?

682
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, well with some of the nominations, So some of

683
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 1: the nominations.

684
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 5: I thought Ken Summers had a wild card one, but

685
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 5: I appreciated it. It was James Connor forcing a fumble

686
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:01,560
Speaker 5: versus the Los Angeles Chargers Monday Night football. Okay, I

687
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:02,560
Speaker 5: appreciated that one.

688
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 4: How Jon Cardinals had already lost the ball, correct, so.

689
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 5: How he was able to go back and you know,

690
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 5: kind of have that defensive end from Pitt mentality that

691
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,600
Speaker 5: that James Connor once possessed obviously though he still has it.

692
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 5: I thought a Mario Demarcado Jody Jackson, I'm pretty sure.

693
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 5: Put Amaro Demrikyla's fifty three yard touchdown versus the Chicago Bears.

694
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,479
Speaker 5: That one received a vote. There was Marvin Harrison Junior's

695
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:29,000
Speaker 5: second touchdown versus the Rams that had a vote, and

696
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:33,200
Speaker 5: then once again another three way tie with the winner. Well,

697
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 5: we'll get to the winner in a second. I put

698
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,720
Speaker 5: Kyler Murray's touchdown to Elijah Higgens versus the Rams had

699
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:39,320
Speaker 5: three votes.

700
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:44,320
Speaker 4: He six different defenders as he was escaping pressure and

701
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 4: was holding onto the ball and he was just making

702
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 4: the defenders look silly. Hell onto the ball, didn't force anything,

703
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,960
Speaker 4: didn't use his legs, and found the tight end.

704
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 1: In the end zones and didn't see the completion because

705
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 1: he turned her around.

706
00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 4: He knew what a baller man.

707
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:03,160
Speaker 5: Or twelve second scrolling was. Scrambling around in the backfield,

708
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,920
Speaker 5: slipped away from Jared Verse, got away from Braden Fist,

709
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 5: stepped up in the pocket and moved to his left

710
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,960
Speaker 5: and was able to find a sliding Elijah Higgins in

711
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,360
Speaker 5: the back of the end zone. It was remarkable, However,

712
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:19,440
Speaker 5: it did not win. Harrison chosen Marvin Harrison Junior's first touchdown.

713
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,919
Speaker 5: Dang it I spoke to Craig Ree would take it away.

714
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 5: With Kyler Murray's fifty yard touchdown run versus the San

715
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:26,520
Speaker 5: Francisco five.

716
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 1: That was another baller move where he basically called his shot.

717
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:34,760
Speaker 1: And that's let me say this because the first play

718
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:39,560
Speaker 1: that came to mind was the DJ Dallas kickoff return,

719
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,239
Speaker 1: the first dynamic return for a touchdown, but then it

720
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,280
Speaker 1: went back like all right, that came in a loss,

721
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 1: So it didn't really tilt the favor in the Cardinals

722
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,480
Speaker 1: direction because that was Week one against the Buffalo Bills.

723
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:51,600
Speaker 1: This one, though, Week five against the forty nine ers,

724
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:55,680
Speaker 1: did contribute to a Cardinals win. And it goes to

725
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,960
Speaker 1: show you which might become more of a part of

726
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,240
Speaker 1: this offense this I mean season. Is Kyler Murray showing

727
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 1: off his legs and the fact that we even heard

728
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,320
Speaker 1: Kyler mention I'd like to do it a little bit more,

729
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 1: meaning Okay, has he been told not to or is

730
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 1: there more of a back and forth When there's an opportunity, Okay,

731
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 1: take your shot. But that one was at the forty

732
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,719
Speaker 1: three yard line. He put his finger up.

733
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 4: In the air five yards away from the line of

734
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 4: scrimmage and there.

735
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:26,400
Speaker 1: Were still a couple of defenders within camera shot TV

736
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 1: shot of Murray. But at that point he knew and

737
00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:32,919
Speaker 1: I think everyone knew, no one was going to get him,

738
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 1: and he went the rest of the way into the

739
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:38,759
Speaker 1: end zone. And top speed of twenty one point two

740
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 1: seven miles per hour according to next Gen Stats, the

741
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 1: fastest by QB as a ball carrier in the past

742
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:46,040
Speaker 1: eight seasons.

743
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,279
Speaker 4: You're gonna have the confidence to point to the end

744
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:50,879
Speaker 4: zone five yards from the line of scrimmage when you've

745
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:53,879
Speaker 4: got defenders to still beat, you better back it up.

746
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:58,400
Speaker 4: Murray did that. Just incredible and incredible display of confidence

747
00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:01,840
Speaker 4: and skill there. I voted for Marvin Harrison Junior's first

748
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 4: career touchdown Week two at home against the Rams. This

749
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 4: is what I wrote. Rookie receiver Marvin Harrison Junior made

750
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,520
Speaker 4: his presence known the first time, playing in front of

751
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,360
Speaker 4: the home crowd. His first career touchdown, the first of

752
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:17,800
Speaker 4: two that game, was spectacular. Harrison ran a post route,

753
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 4: got behind the defender, caught a beautifully thrown ball by

754
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:22,239
Speaker 4: Kyler Murray in the back of the end zone. With

755
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:26,040
Speaker 4: the defender's arm between his Harrison had the awareness to

756
00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:28,760
Speaker 4: make sure he got both feet down just before falling

757
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 4: to the ground. It was the first splash play we

758
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:35,240
Speaker 4: saw from this QB wide receiver duo, giving a glimpse

759
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:37,880
Speaker 4: into the damage that pair can create. It was the

760
00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:41,080
Speaker 4: first of eight receiving touchdowns for Harrison, tying the franchise

761
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 4: record for most by a rookie in a season with

762
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:45,600
Speaker 4: an Kwan Bolden and Larry Fitzgerald.

763
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:47,280
Speaker 2: It was remarkable.

764
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:50,120
Speaker 5: And what happened the next drive, another sixty yard touchdown

765
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:54,000
Speaker 5: by Marvin Harrison Junior. Broken coverage, well, not necessarily broken coverage,

766
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,360
Speaker 5: but Marvin Harrison Junior had the awareness to see that

767
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:59,000
Speaker 5: the Rams were not playing as tight coverage and because

768
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 5: that he was able to find a gap. Kyler Murray

769
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,280
Speaker 5: on the run once again scrambling out of the pocket,

770
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:06,400
Speaker 5: throwing on the move and was able to find Marvin

771
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 5: and then he lunged out from the five yard line

772
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:10,680
Speaker 5: and was able to get into the end.

773
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:13,880
Speaker 4: Zone, which is not something that's typically coached by this

774
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,560
Speaker 4: staff because you want to protect the ball. So I

775
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,560
Speaker 4: would imagine something was said later that day or in

776
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 4: the week, Torookie.

777
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 5: I'm sure it was, but Irving said here about the

778
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 5: fifty yard touchdown run. He said, with that play by

779
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 5: Kyler Murray, it proved why he's one of the most

780
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 5: dynamic players in the league. And by celebrating as early

781
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 5: as he was, he was basically saying, you can't stop me.

782
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 5: And what Kyler Murray did two weeks later against the

783
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,760
Speaker 5: Los Angeles Chargers running along then your other running along

784
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 5: the far sideline right by the Chargers team stuck the

785
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:45,400
Speaker 5: football out as well, was able to run for a

786
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 5: forty yard touchdown then as.

787
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:49,840
Speaker 4: Well, the moment everybody's been waiting for. Mostly what I

788
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:53,759
Speaker 4: would presume to be the least controversial of all the

789
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:55,560
Speaker 4: vote's most Valuable.

790
00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:59,719
Speaker 5: Cardinal hold on a second least controversial. It wasn't controversial,

791
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 5: but definitely not the.

792
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:02,719
Speaker 4: Was it not unanimous?

793
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 2: Not unanimous?

794
00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:04,640
Speaker 4: That is a surprise.

795
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 5: Okay, Most Valuable Cardinal with one vote, Kyler Murray with

796
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:15,120
Speaker 5: three votes, Buddha Baker the winner with six votes. James Connor,

797
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 5: how about it. Trade McBride did have three votes as well.

798
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 5: But I think what James Connor brings to the table,

799
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,440
Speaker 5: you can't you can't deny that he is the true

800
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:26,919
Speaker 5: heart and soul of the Cardinals team as a whole.

801
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:30,000
Speaker 5: Buddha Baker, it definitely is the heartbeat of that defense

802
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:31,719
Speaker 5: and the way he flies around and in all the

803
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:35,480
Speaker 5: ways we talked about Buddha Baker. But John Thagannon described

804
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 5: James Connor as the blueprint in twenty twenty three, and

805
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,879
Speaker 5: it's something that I wrote here. In twenty twenty four,

806
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,560
Speaker 5: he continued to prove why he's worthy of that title

807
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:46,399
Speaker 5: because he's a fighter, he's a workhorse, and truthfully, he's

808
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 5: the ultimate competitor. And I think we saw that towards

809
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:51,279
Speaker 5: the back end of the season. He was banged up

810
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 5: in the game against the Carolina Panthers, he wanted to

811
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 5: be out there. He just wasn't healthy enough to do it.

812
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 5: The following week against the Rams, he tried like he tried,

813
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 5: and and even when he was healthy enough to play

814
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:03,880
Speaker 5: in that game, because the coaching staff would not have

815
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,279
Speaker 5: put him out there if he wasn't clear to play

816
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,440
Speaker 5: in that game. When James tweaked his knee again, he

817
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 5: still wanted to go back out there because that's just

818
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 5: the type of competitor that JC is.

819
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 4: Connor. The rest of that game in LA had his

820
00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:18,160
Speaker 4: helmet on the rest of the first half, the entire

821
00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:20,080
Speaker 4: second half when he was on the sideline, you know,

822
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:22,400
Speaker 4: he wanted to go back in. And it's such a bummer.

823
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:25,479
Speaker 4: He was one game shy of playing in every game

824
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:27,480
Speaker 4: in a season for the first time in his career.

825
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,319
Speaker 4: I am surprised that was not unanimous. This is what

826
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:31,920
Speaker 4: I put for James Connor.

827
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:33,200
Speaker 2: Oh, it's included too.

828
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:37,040
Speaker 4: For Okay, Well, I'm gonna share it for those running

829
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:38,880
Speaker 4: back James Connor will thank you because I think what

830
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:39,520
Speaker 4: I wrote was good.

831
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:41,640
Speaker 5: It was That's why I included running back.

832
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 4: James Connor was the engine of the offense. He surpassed

833
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 4: one thousand yards rushing for the second straight year and

834
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 4: was one of the top backs in the league. In

835
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 4: misstackles force, debunking the theory running backs automatically fade over time.

836
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:56,839
Speaker 4: He is everything you could want in a starting running back,

837
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,279
Speaker 4: a tough downhill runner who wants the ball in his

838
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,960
Speaker 4: hands every chancy gets and makes an impact when he

839
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:05,719
Speaker 4: has the opportunity. Connor's dedication to his craft is top

840
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 4: notch and sets the tone for everyone around him. It's

841
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 4: selling both sides not only wanted to reach a contract agreement,

842
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 4: but we're able to do so before the season even ended.

843
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 4: That says a lot about the mutual respect and desire

844
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:19,200
Speaker 4: for Connor to be part of the future in Arizona.

845
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,879
Speaker 1: When James Connor played well, the Cardinals played well, and

846
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 1: it wasn't just on offense. And what I included in

847
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:30,759
Speaker 1: my response was his teammates feed off his energy, and

848
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:35,040
Speaker 1: not just his offensive teammates but his defensive teammates as one.

849
00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:38,400
Speaker 1: We talk about the heart and soul. Well, the emotional

850
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:41,880
Speaker 1: leader of the Arizona Cardinals for two years running at

851
00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 1: least in my opinion, is James Connor. And the good

852
00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 1: news is you brought it up, Danny. He's going to

853
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:50,359
Speaker 1: be that guy knock on wood stay healthy for the

854
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:51,360
Speaker 1: foreseeable future.

855
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:54,400
Speaker 4: Connor's not the most vocal leader. Now, when he speaks,

856
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:57,320
Speaker 4: you listen because you know what he's saying holds value.

857
00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,480
Speaker 4: He is somebody who leads by example.

858
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,799
Speaker 5: That's the last sentence I included from my vote about

859
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:05,400
Speaker 5: James Connor. He's a player that guys on both sides

860
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:07,719
Speaker 5: of the ball look too. And while he can sometimes

861
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:10,719
Speaker 5: be quiet, when number six speaks, everybody listens. And I

862
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,120
Speaker 5: think you could sometimes see that in the pregame huddles.

863
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 5: You see that when we're on a Wednesday practice when

864
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:17,840
Speaker 5: James Connor will bring them all in and he talks,

865
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 5: the guys are all there around them and they're all

866
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:23,200
Speaker 5: listening to grabbing onto any word that Number six says.

867
00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:25,680
Speaker 5: And I think you can also see the admiration that

868
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:28,279
Speaker 5: a guy like Trey Benson has for that leader in

869
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 5: the room because of this impact when James Connor works

870
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 5: out at one in the morning and he's posting about

871
00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:37,960
Speaker 5: it on social media, that stuff trickles down throughout the

872
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:40,239
Speaker 5: entire team because if your star is putting in the

873
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:42,600
Speaker 5: work and those late hours in the morning, when we

874
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:44,920
Speaker 5: saw him, forget which game it was, I want to

875
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 5: say it was the game against the Chargers. And then

876
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:48,919
Speaker 5: he comes back after a late night game, he comes

877
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,920
Speaker 5: back to the facility, gets his work started. It's how

878
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,440
Speaker 5: he takes care of his body. And at this age,

879
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,560
Speaker 5: this is starting to be the time when running backs

880
00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 5: will start to slow down in their trajectory. For James

881
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:01,160
Speaker 5: Connor seems to be going upwards.

882
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:04,120
Speaker 4: The NFL is a business, so when the Cardinals drafted

883
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:07,600
Speaker 4: running back Tray Benson, Connor didn't have to go out

884
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:10,359
Speaker 4: of his way. However, he did to help Benson grow

885
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 4: because that was going to benefit the team. That's the

886
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:17,879
Speaker 4: team over me mentality that is preached in that locker room.

887
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:21,640
Speaker 4: And whenever Benson was in giving Connor a rest, Connor

888
00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:24,160
Speaker 4: wasn't just sitting on the bench. He was up there

889
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 4: on the sideline cheering Benson on and coaching him when

890
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:29,720
Speaker 4: he came off, really leading the way and that says

891
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:34,320
Speaker 4: everything about Connor. He is just so nasty on the field,

892
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:36,960
Speaker 4: and he gets better the more he touches the ball,

893
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 4: the more he gets hit as he gets warm. He

894
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:43,000
Speaker 4: is not only reliable as a running back to really

895
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:46,000
Speaker 4: set the tone and start wearing down defenses, also as

896
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,840
Speaker 4: a receiver. More times than not this season when the

897
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:50,880
Speaker 4: wide receivers room was not showing up the way you

898
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 4: needed them to, it was not only tied end Trey McBride,

899
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,880
Speaker 4: it was running back James Connor on a lot of checkdowns.

900
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:57,800
Speaker 4: And I think about the game at home, I believe

901
00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:01,520
Speaker 4: it was against Chicago and the car. It was third

902
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:04,319
Speaker 4: down right around midfield. It was a chuck down to

903
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:06,879
Speaker 4: Connor and he turned it into like a thirty three

904
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:10,839
Speaker 4: yard game, ran outside right out of bounds and set

905
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 4: up a game winning field goal. And those are the

906
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,920
Speaker 4: plays that just show you the type of player he

907
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:20,239
Speaker 4: is and how quickly he can flip the script and

908
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:23,000
Speaker 4: make an impact and change the game for this offense.

909
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:24,200
Speaker 2: Well done.

910
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:28,759
Speaker 1: I think that was the one category in which we

911
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:31,240
Speaker 1: were all three of us.

912
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:34,080
Speaker 5: All three of us, yes, and we all yeah, we

913
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:37,800
Speaker 5: all had Trem tre McBride. Okay, the defense was a

914
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:39,040
Speaker 5: little bit different kind to.

915
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:40,960
Speaker 4: Make sure Garret Williams a bit of Baker. No, the

916
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:41,839
Speaker 4: love I gave for.

917
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:43,960
Speaker 5: Them, Yeah, and that was that was really it. So

918
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:47,000
Speaker 5: yes to go through the winners again. Kyler Murray's fifty

919
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 5: yard scramble to against where he called the shot at

920
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:53,360
Speaker 5: the forty four Play of the Year. Chad Ryland Newcomer

921
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:55,480
Speaker 5: of the Year yelled the role for the second year

922
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:58,840
Speaker 5: in a row beyond the box score, Buddha Baker Defensive

923
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:01,080
Speaker 5: Player of the Year, Trey McBride Offensive Player of the Year,

924
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:03,880
Speaker 5: and for the second straight season, the most Valuable Cardinal

925
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:04,920
Speaker 5: is James Connor.

926
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:05,959
Speaker 1: I get four out of six.

927
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:09,360
Speaker 4: I wasn't paying attention. I didn't get that many, and.

928
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 5: He's got one, three, two, two two.

929
00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:19,800
Speaker 4: I stand by with my chest out of the picks

930
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:20,440
Speaker 4: that I made.

931
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:23,480
Speaker 5: Hold on a second just because you said, you know, well,

932
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:26,239
Speaker 5: why are you know not all responses included? Because I

933
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:28,239
Speaker 5: would have felt really bad to include four of your

934
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:30,400
Speaker 5: responses and only to a Danny's. That would have been

935
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:30,919
Speaker 5: pretty mean.

936
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:33,280
Speaker 1: You just came up that right now, Now I gotta.

937
00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:34,839
Speaker 4: Go, I've got to go look on it on asy

938
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:37,000
Speaker 4: Cardinals dot com. Now that we know the winners because

939
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:38,759
Speaker 4: I want to see what everybody wrote. I also want

940
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:40,480
Speaker 4: to see the chart at the bottom to see who

941
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:41,440
Speaker 4: everybody voted for.

942
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:45,399
Speaker 1: Yes, all out there, all available on asycardinals dot com

943
00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:47,759
Speaker 1: for the Cardinals Year end Awards.

944
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:49,080
Speaker 2: Well done, Thank you.

945
00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:50,719
Speaker 4: This was fun, the three of us.

946
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:52,120
Speaker 1: I think we should do it more often.

947
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:52,600
Speaker 2: Cover three.

948
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:56,440
Speaker 1: I think that sounds not special occasions special occasions.

949
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:59,359
Speaker 5: I think the Cardinals are award. The Cardinal Awards are

950
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:00,399
Speaker 5: as special as they come.

951
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:03,360
Speaker 1: So why because you put it together? You put you

952
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:04,239
Speaker 1: did all the leg work.

953
00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:05,359
Speaker 2: We're on to next year.

954
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:08,520
Speaker 4: Okay, everyone else did all the right That is true.

955
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,440
Speaker 2: I just copied and but I did have to.

956
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:12,560
Speaker 1: Did you any of your own submissions?

957
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:13,840
Speaker 2: Only one? James Connor?

958
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:16,440
Speaker 4: Well, here's the important question. How many of your bosses

959
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:23,399
Speaker 4: did you include? Define James, how many Darren?

960
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:28,160
Speaker 5: James Connor got a response from Zach Gershman, a response

961
00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:32,360
Speaker 5: from Danny Surrek, and a response from Darren Urban Hey, those.

962
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,239
Speaker 2: Are the only three? Are those?

963
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,560
Speaker 5: That was also the only one that we got from

964
00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:37,839
Speaker 5: Darren included in this one?

965
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:40,680
Speaker 2: But I think Darren also had four. I want to say.

966
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:45,799
Speaker 5: Darren got Trey James Buddha Chad fifty. So Darren went

967
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:49,360
Speaker 5: five six Wow. He included he made b Jake, he

968
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:52,360
Speaker 5: made l J Kyer his beyond the box score.

969
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:55,160
Speaker 2: And it's rigged. I think so yeah, I think it's rigged.

970
00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:56,319
Speaker 2: I'll know about that.

971
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:58,239
Speaker 4: One was our boss. You can't complain that, true?

972
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:01,279
Speaker 1: Fine, all right, Darren, you're a good guy. Is that better?

973
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:02,440
Speaker 1: If everyone feel good about that?

974
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:03,279
Speaker 4: Tody's going to.

975
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:08,560
Speaker 1: Year well again? Well done, Zach, thank you Dan, and

976
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:13,040
Speaker 1: well done by everyone involved. The thirteen member Academy has spoken,

977
00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:15,239
Speaker 1: and the Cardinals Year and Awards. If you want to

978
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:18,520
Speaker 1: see it, read about it, go to Easycardinals dot com.

979
00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:20,400
Speaker 1: And on that note, we will put a lid on

980
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:22,840
Speaker 1: this edition of Cardinals Cover two, presented by a Hundai,

981
00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:26,000
Speaker 1: proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As always, special thanks

982
00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:29,040
Speaker 1: to our executive producer Jim Mama Hunter, our associate producer

983
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:32,239
Speaker 1: Coddy Fincher for Zach Gershman, Danny Surek, I'm Craig real Lou.

984
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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next time here on Cardinals Cover

985
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Speaker 1: two