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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang on today's show, Football Players on a

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Speaker 1: Football Field. It's something we did not see a year

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Speaker 1: ago at this time. Day one of outcas is in

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Speaker 1: the books. We've got a complete recap, or as complete

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Speaker 1: as can be possible given the limited viewing. But what

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Speaker 1: we did see should be encouraging to everyone, even more

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Speaker 1: so what we heard after first though. How about we

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Speaker 1: welcome ourselves back. It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode four twenty seven,

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Speaker 1: and it starts now. Welcome to Cardinals Cover two with

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Speaker 1: Craig Grigolew and Mike Jarecki. Cardinals Cover two is presented

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Speaker 1: Murray rolls to the right, throws near sight of Fitts

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Speaker 1: parts into the ends of for the touchdown. Here's Craig

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Speaker 1: Grielou and Mike Jarecki. So this is strangely familiar. For

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Speaker 1: the first time since March eleven, twenty almost fifteen months ago. MJ.

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Speaker 1: We are back in studio here at the Dignity Health

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals Training Center doing Cardinals Cover two presented by

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Speaker 1: Hyunday probab partner of the Arizona Cardinals. We've been seeing

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Speaker 1: each other through our computer screens. It is nice to

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Speaker 1: see you in person in the same room. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: we're getting close to being back at the facility one

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Speaker 1: hundred percent. They've done a really good job when it

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Speaker 1: comes to vaccination, and you know, there's social distancing. We

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Speaker 1: don't have to wear masks, so that's good making progress.

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Speaker 1: But let's not bury the lead. It was nice to

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Speaker 1: see players. Yes, they didn't have shoulder pads or shells on,

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Speaker 1: no helmets. It's basically, you know, they want to make

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Speaker 1: was really encouraging to be out there. It was hot,

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Speaker 1: but it was nice to see some new faces and

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Speaker 1: you know, obviously some players that were on the roster

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Speaker 1: the last couple of years. Yeah, not only are you

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Speaker 1: of OTA's organized team activities. It is voluntary, but I'll

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Speaker 1: say this, it was darn near perfect attendance out there

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Speaker 1: in the upper eighties. Now it's a ninety one man

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Speaker 1: rosterberg game, remember that, Yes, ninety but the ninety first

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Speaker 1: Bernhard Psychovis, so keep that in mind. But it was

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Speaker 1: close to a full capacity. In fact, head coach Cliff

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Speaker 1: Kingsbury called a majority of the team was in attendance,

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Speaker 1: So that was very good to see. But before we

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Speaker 1: about an hour and we were able to watch the

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Speaker 1: first twenty minutes. I'm gonna say this, and I might

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Speaker 1: be saying this a lot MJ. Just because well, you've

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Speaker 1: Chase Edmonds worring number two. It is going to take

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Speaker 1: running back, at safety, at linebacker. Isaiah Simmons announced that

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Speaker 1: and now it's your starting running back, Chase Edmonds and

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Speaker 1: know that, hey, you know what I'm going to give

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Speaker 1: him twenty four hours forty eight hours and then regroup

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Speaker 1: and then figure out, hey, let's get on the same

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Speaker 1: page or what's going on? How can I help you?

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Speaker 1: And I think that more than anything those hours that

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Speaker 1: the field, what goes on in that locker room, Yes,

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Speaker 1: it helps. Come the regular season, you can't measure leadership.

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Speaker 1: And I think Steve Kime when he when they signed J. J. Watton,

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Speaker 1: he had the inductory press conference. I mean they wanted

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Speaker 1: to get more physical, physicality and leadership. You know, obviously

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Speaker 1: we'll wait and see what happens with Larry and Patrick

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Speaker 1: was a captain. But you know, some guys, you know,

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Speaker 1: beat two different drums and not saying they weren't good

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Speaker 1: captains because they were part of the core over the

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Speaker 1: last ten and fifteen years for Larry. But here you're

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Speaker 1: going to see the passion and the energy and how

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Speaker 1: he's going to be able to help other players. The

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Speaker 1: fact that he won't get double team thirty six percent

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Speaker 1: of the time like he did last year, I mean,

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Speaker 1: sky's a limit for him. And you know b Tran

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Speaker 1: said that, you know, wouldn't surprise him if both Chandler

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Speaker 1: Jones and J. J. Watt get double digits in sacks.

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Speaker 1: If I recall Marcus Golden had twelve and a half

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Speaker 1: to one year and Chandler had ten or ten and

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Speaker 1: a half. So you know, you want to see guys

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Speaker 1: a double digits. But you know, again, I'm not so

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Speaker 1: much fixated on sacks. Hurry's pressure's knocked down, tackle for losses,

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Speaker 1: get the quarterback off the spot to get some turnovers.

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Speaker 1: And I think it's important to mention and remember bird

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Speaker 1: by Hunday probably partner of the Arizona Cardinals. Yes, it's

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Speaker 1: a new team for what but it's not a new defense.

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Speaker 1: As he said, he's not starting from page zero. He's

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Speaker 1: very familiar with what coach vanch Joseph wants to do.

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Speaker 1: It's a defense that he played in his first three

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Speaker 1: seasons with the Texans when Joseph was the defensive backs

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Speaker 1: coach under then defensive coordinator of Wade Phillips. So as

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Speaker 1: what described it, it's like riding a bike. You get

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Speaker 1: back the terminology, you get on the field, you hear

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Speaker 1: the play calls, and all of a sudden it comes

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Speaker 1: rushing back to you and you never forget how to

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Speaker 1: learn how to ride a bike. You never forget how

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Speaker 1: to play within this defense. And I think as far

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Speaker 1: as starting from scratch, yes, it's a fresh starts with

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Speaker 1: a new team, a new conference, a new States, but

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Speaker 1: it's not a fresh start within this defense. And that

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Speaker 1: is where I think the Cardinals we'll see a great

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Speaker 1: benefit early on. I'm talking week one against the Titans.

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Speaker 1: As far as JJ Watt on the field and another

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Speaker 1: guy that we probably we talked about when they signed him,

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Speaker 1: and clearly it's an upgrade over Mason Cole and what

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Speaker 1: they had at center. But Rodney Hudson is going to

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Speaker 1: bring a lot of leadership here. And we got a

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Speaker 1: chance to talk to be Train on the Red Sea

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Speaker 1: Report and he just talked about making the calls, taking

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Speaker 1: all the pressure off of Kyler Murray being able to

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Speaker 1: step up in the pocket. So when you look at

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Speaker 1: one the offensive line and DJ Humphries is a captain,

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Speaker 1: we know Pugh Steddy, Eddie Hudson, we'll see if he's

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Speaker 1: a captain. But the physicality and the leadership he's going

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Speaker 1: to help Murray. We'll see what happens at Raigard Calvin

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Speaker 1: Beecham was here today. He didn't have to be here.

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Speaker 1: He's a veteran. He's got a lot going on with

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Speaker 1: the player of coalation off the field, he's raising, you know,

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Speaker 1: his family in the valley. He was out there and

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Speaker 1: he started all sixteen games. So I think physicality and

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Speaker 1: leadership was one of the of things since Steve's mentioned

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Speaker 1: it multiple times in this offseason, DJ Humphries, Justin Pugh,

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Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson, whether it's Brian Winters or Justin Murray or

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Speaker 1: Josh Jones at right guard and Kelvin Beecham at right tackle.

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Speaker 1: All five of those guys are four of those five

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Speaker 1: projected starters one. They're all veterans. They don't need to

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Speaker 1: be here, yet they were all here working with Sean Coogler,

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Speaker 1: and I do think it speaks volumes for those guys

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Speaker 1: that are here, maybe not individually, but collectively as a group,

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Speaker 1: because if you look at the offensive line individually, they

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Speaker 1: might not be the best at their respective positions outside

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Speaker 1: of maybe Hudson, who was number one according to Pro

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Speaker 1: Football Focus, But as a unit, how do they operate

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Speaker 1: together as a units? Not within the offense, but just

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Speaker 1: those five guys working in tandem, and then how did

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Speaker 1: that play out as far as the rest of the

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Speaker 1: offense is concerned, because Kyle Murray can't be Kyle the

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Speaker 1: Murray without those five guys up front. Yeah, and I

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Speaker 1: didn't know what you know, Hudson. I mean, JJ said

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Speaker 1: that he's been doing virtual but it's not the same

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Speaker 1: where you got to find out where your meeting room

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Speaker 1: is and you know where you're gonna park your car.

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Speaker 1: But you know, I didn't know if Utson was going

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Speaker 1: to be here. He was out there number sixty one,

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Speaker 1: and I have a video of it I posted on Twitter,

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Speaker 1: So I was like, okay, and all the veteran guys

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Speaker 1: were here, and then you look at Josh Jones looked

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Speaker 1: like he got a little bit bigger, maybe stronger winners.

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Speaker 1: I didn't really get a chance at zero on him.

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Speaker 1: Justin Murray looks the part. You know, again, you can

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Speaker 1: never have enough lineman and they're looking for the top

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Speaker 1: eight and then we'll see how the other two spots

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Speaker 1: shake out. Likely a practice squad guy could be the

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Speaker 1: seventh round pick. Mike Manette and those offensive linemen I

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Speaker 1: think are going to be key. We always talk about

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray and entering year three and how big it

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Speaker 1: is for him. But yes, you need those five guys

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Speaker 1: and maybe even six or seven to get through a season.

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Speaker 1: Max Garcia, I saw him out there on the field.

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Speaker 1: I know he was kind of itching to get on

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Speaker 1: the offensive side last year. Played a lot on special

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Speaker 1: teams with someone that the Cardinals signed a couple of

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Speaker 1: years back, because the familiarity with John Coogler. So I

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Speaker 1: do think that this offensive line right now, and I'll

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Speaker 1: say it on paper, looks very, very good going into

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Speaker 1: training camp. Yeah, you know, we'll see if Josh Jones starts,

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Speaker 1: if he if they want competition or right guard, but

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Speaker 1: they're not relying on young players. That's the difference. You know,

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Speaker 1: he threw Mason Cole in there, and you know, obviously,

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Speaker 1: you know he tried to play hard. Obviously, was just

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Speaker 1: overpowered with physicality and going against the NFC West, you're

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Speaker 1: going to face it not only Aaron Down, a lot

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Speaker 1: of good defensive tackles, including the Niners, the Seahawks, and

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Speaker 1: the Rams. But yeah, for the most part, I just

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Speaker 1: think it's you know where I don't know if the

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Speaker 1: identity of this offense is going to be the offensive line.

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Speaker 1: But if it is, I'll sign me up right now

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Speaker 1: because I know that they want to score points. I

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Speaker 1: know they want to run the football, but it all

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Speaker 1: starts with the protection and getting up and getting to

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Speaker 1: the second layer where these running backs can take a

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Speaker 1: five yard run and get to a nine or ten

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Speaker 1: yard run. So if that's the identity of the offense,

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Speaker 1: I know they want to score points, but I'll hang

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Speaker 1: my hat on that because I think that's where the

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Speaker 1: game is going to be one and that's how you

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Speaker 1: of Emmy Award winning Kyler Murray two years in this league,

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Speaker 1: an All Rookie player and then a Pro Bowl player

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Speaker 1: in year two, and it was interesting to hear him

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Speaker 1: speaking of the offense and head coach Cliff Kingsbury asked

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Speaker 1: about Kyler Murray and there's gonna be a lot of

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Speaker 1: questions asked about Kyler just because he is the quarterback

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Speaker 1: and everyone is intrigued by him. But apologies to bertrand Berry.

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Speaker 1: As Kyler Murray goes go the Arizona Cardinals. That's just

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Speaker 1: the way it is in this day and age. If

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Speaker 1: you have a quarterback, you have a chance. And Kingsbury

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Speaker 1: was asked about year three four Murray and taking that

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Speaker 1: next step, and he mentioned that Murray is quote very

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Speaker 1: confident right now, He's mastered our system. You can see

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Speaker 1: leadership qualities continue to emerge. End quote year three is

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Speaker 1: going to be big. You know, I was reading some stats.

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Speaker 1: You know, usually in the off season I'll store some

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Speaker 1: stats as if we get closer to the season. So

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Speaker 1: here's the complete list of players with forty five touchdown

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Speaker 1: passes and fifteen rushing touchdowns through his first two seasons.

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Speaker 1: One guy Kyler Murray. That's the list, and I want

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Speaker 1: to see that. You know, what was the twenty seven

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Speaker 1: touchdowns last year passing touchdowning touchdown, I want to say,

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Speaker 1: give or take, and then eleven rushing touchdown. So he

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Speaker 1: had a hand at least thirty eight to forty touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: twenty six passing touchdowns, and you're correct on the eleven

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Speaker 1: rushing touch day. So but that's and you know it

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Speaker 1: was touched on today. You know, do they need Murray

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Speaker 1: to run? And Chase brought up a really good point,

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Speaker 1: I thought, he said, if he wants to, you know,

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Speaker 1: obviously the last couple of years, he's you know, had

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Speaker 1: the shoulder injury, and he had the hamstring and growing injury,

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Speaker 1: and he works hard enough to withstand in an NFL season.

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Speaker 1: He knows what it's like now. But Chase said, you know, yeah,

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Speaker 1: when Kyler's when this offense is clicking, Kyler's running and

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Speaker 1: that's the beauty of the RPOs and his own read

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Speaker 1: and a dual threat. But maybe we don't see Kyler Murray.

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Speaker 1: You know, last year he was on pace for four

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Speaker 1: thousand yards and he was on pace for one thousand

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Speaker 1: rushing yards. I'd rather have Chase in Connor get fifteen

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Speaker 1: hundred yards or twelve fifty to fifteen hundred yards as

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Speaker 1: a tandem, a one two punch. And what we're hearing

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Speaker 1: a lot from players and we hope it continues. Our

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Speaker 1: gang is the fact that it's team success versus individual success.

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Speaker 1: We all get caught up in numbers and players do

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Speaker 1: as well. And we know certain players are going to

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Speaker 1: get their numbers. Kyle Murray is going to get his

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins is going to get his, Chandler Jones, JJ Watt,

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Speaker 1: those guys are going to get theirs. But the bigger

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Speaker 1: number is how many points do you have compared to

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Speaker 1: your opponent on Sunday And at the end of the

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Speaker 1: day do you walk off that field with the w

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Speaker 1: as opposed to a loss. This Cardinals team can't have

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Speaker 1: eight wins, nine wins. It might take, and it probably

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Speaker 1: will take double digit wins, maybe even upwards of eleven

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Speaker 1: or twelve to be a playoff team. And I think

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Speaker 1: that's what the expectation is for a lot of fans.

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Speaker 1: I'll include myself that year three under head coach Cliff

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Speaker 1: Kingsbury has to be the postseason. Yeah, I mean, I

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Speaker 1: think we got to let a play out. If you mean,

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Speaker 1: knock on wood, you don't lose your starting quarterback because

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Speaker 1: then I'll bets are off nothing against Colt McCoy or

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Speaker 1: whoever they're gonna have there. I mean, it's Colt McCoy

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Speaker 1: like to be the backup, and I like the move

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Speaker 1: in the Officely you can get at a veteran guy.

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Speaker 1: But injuries are part of it. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: Chandler got off to a slow start. He missed eleven

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Speaker 1: games last year. We talked about Jordan Phillips. So the

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Speaker 1: one thing I do like is I think they they

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Speaker 1: are too deep at every single position. Now, again, who's

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Speaker 1: the third and fourth receiver. We can make a case

643
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,960
Speaker 1: Rondel Moore, Christian Kirk. Who's the third and fourth corner?

644
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:25,920
Speaker 1: We could say Robert Oliver, possibly markol Wilson or Tay Gowan.

645
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 1: Who's the you know, the backup safeties? Is it Dean

646
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,920
Speaker 1: Tay Thompson, is it Williams? Is a Wiggins? So I

647
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,080
Speaker 1: think they're too deep at a lot of positions. Now

648
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 1: the question becomes we always know, like last year it

649
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 1: was the outside linebacker position because Dennis Garde got hurt,

650
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:44,040
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones went down, so you gotta make sure you're

651
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,840
Speaker 1: you're covered there. But again, you know, certain areas you're

652
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:48,400
Speaker 1: going to have a little bit more depth. In other

653
00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 1: areas you're gonna try to show it up based on injuries.

654
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: And there's always a surprise or two or even three

655
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 1: or four guys that will, you know, do the work

656
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 1: and be consistent and know where they're supposed to be.

657
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,400
Speaker 1: Maybe they're not the most talented, but in a pinch

658
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,800
Speaker 1: when someone goes down. Last year it was Dennis Gardek

659
00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: got the opportunity and excelled at it. It happens every

660
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,160
Speaker 1: single year and you hope that you don't need it.

661
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,400
Speaker 1: But to your point about depth, you need to have

662
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 1: a plan BCND, especially the further along you go in

663
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 1: the regular season. And I think that's what Steve's trying

664
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,920
Speaker 1: to do because you know, we've heard it over and over.

665
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,160
Speaker 1: Don't mean to be redundant, but your needs and you

666
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: know after the season between like March, April and May,

667
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 1: they're a lot different. We get to October November and

668
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,720
Speaker 1: you know so but I still think they want to

669
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,440
Speaker 1: add to the roster, and you know, nothing against some

670
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:38,720
Speaker 1: of these draft picks and Marco Wilson, which I think

671
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 1: if he's he's on the roster, he'll play on special teams.

672
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,120
Speaker 1: Take Gwen, We'll see. But I still think you got

673
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 1: to bring some veteran guys in there just to kind

674
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 1: of short things up. The regular season will be here

675
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,200
Speaker 1: before we know it. In fact, we're inside of one

676
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:56,680
Speaker 1: hundred days. And no we're we're one hundred days inside

677
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 1: of one hundred days from the start of the regular season.

678
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:03,239
Speaker 1: Patriot's and Cowboys, but the Arizona Cardinals just above one

679
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:05,920
Speaker 1: hundred days before the starts of the regular season. And

680
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Speaker 1: if you're interested, bird Gang single game tickets as Cardinals

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Speaker 1: game t i X, and yes, it's a few short

683
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:18,880
Speaker 1: months away. That's why I think it was important to

684
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:23,759
Speaker 1: see upwards of eighty five plus players, and it might

685
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:26,400
Speaker 1: have been closer about eighty six eighty seven players of

686
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:29,040
Speaker 1: the ninety one on the roster that we're out on

687
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,280
Speaker 1: the field here today at the Dignity Health Arizona Cardinals

688
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:34,919
Speaker 1: Training Center. Well, I mean, you know how I feel.

689
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:36,920
Speaker 1: I want to enjoy some of my offseason, you know,

690
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,840
Speaker 1: get out of the heat and go visit my family.

691
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:42,239
Speaker 1: But so it looks like the NFL they could now.

692
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 1: Usually if you're playing in the Hall of Fame game,

693
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:45,680
Speaker 1: you probably get there a little bit earlier. But it

694
00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:47,680
Speaker 1: looks like the NFL wants open up on the twenty

695
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,120
Speaker 1: seventh of July across the league. Now, I don't know,

696
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,080
Speaker 1: it's like midnight madness where but they want to open up.

697
00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:56,399
Speaker 1: So we're we're at fifty semid days. To me, that's

698
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 1: first and then everything else will take care of itself.

699
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,399
Speaker 1: You know, three preseason games. We haven't heard about any

700
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:05,319
Speaker 1: joint practices. They do have a couple, you know, they

701
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 1: got to travel. But once we get to that point,

702
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,080
Speaker 1: then I'll be looking forward to a regular season because

703
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:13,080
Speaker 1: right now it's the process, and they have to respect

704
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,160
Speaker 1: the process moving forward, where you got to put the

705
00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:17,239
Speaker 1: work in. You love this game, We'll go out there

706
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,319
Speaker 1: and work hard every single day because the guy behind

707
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,439
Speaker 1: you is trying to take your job. We have seen

708
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 1: the NFL make a complete day out of the release

709
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 1: of the schedule, and I think that's what their hope

710
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,040
Speaker 1: is and we'll see how it materializes. But the opening

711
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: of training camp for all thirty two teams everyone. You

712
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 1: open up the gates, if you will, and everyone comes

713
00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 1: pouring through and gets a running start at the exact

714
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,320
Speaker 1: same time. So it's gonna be interesting because there is

715
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,719
Speaker 1: a lot of buzz about that come the end of July,

716
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 1: so it will be fascinating, it'll be exciting, and of course,

717
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:51,360
Speaker 1: you know everyone looks forward to the starts of the

718
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,960
Speaker 1: National Football League season. Yeah, I mean JJ Watches said

719
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 1: he's focused on Game one against the Titans. Obviously it's

720
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:00,359
Speaker 1: going to be a blood bath there, physicality on both

721
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,759
Speaker 1: sides of the ball. And I need to recant a

722
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:04,640
Speaker 1: little bit here because he was asked about when the

723
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,400
Speaker 1: schedule came out and he said, you look at your

724
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 1: you know when your bye week is, how many back

725
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:10,839
Speaker 1: to back world games do you have? Who you open

726
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 1: up with? And then they asked him, did you circle

727
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 1: to the schedule on the calendar about the Houston Texans,

728
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:19,800
Speaker 1: And he spoke very nicely about the organization. You know,

729
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:21,919
Speaker 1: he went in there and they did him a favor

730
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 1: by releasing him, allowing him to go out and test

731
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:27,120
Speaker 1: the water. So no revenge for J. J. Watt And

732
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,800
Speaker 1: that's probably I'm not surprised. I don't know how it

733
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:32,560
Speaker 1: feels because Bill, as you always point out in your right,

734
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:35,279
Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien's no longer there. They moved on from him.

735
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 1: But but he no revenge game for him. It's more

736
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:40,160
Speaker 1: about going out there and trying to get a win. Yeah,

737
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,920
Speaker 1: he wanted no parts of that storyline, which you know

738
00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:45,400
Speaker 1: is going to be a storyline people are going to

739
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:48,000
Speaker 1: ask and that's what they're going to build it as

740
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:52,040
Speaker 1: and the revenge factor. But yeah, that was not a

741
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:54,200
Speaker 1: word that he wanted to discuss at all. It doesn't

742
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:56,879
Speaker 1: seem like asis in his vocabulary now what he did

743
00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:59,279
Speaker 1: want to discuss and I think there were a lot

744
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 1: of people that still want to discuss it, and we

745
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 1: will hear on Cardinals cover two. How about we give

746
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,279
Speaker 1: a shout out to the Phoenix Suns and what they're

747
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 1: doing right now against the Los Angeles Lakers in the

748
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 1: first round of the NBA Playoffs. And perhaps maybe the

749
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: biggest takeaway of the day had nothing to do with

750
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:22,040
Speaker 1: who was here who wasn't here. How about Kingsbury admitting

751
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:25,800
Speaker 1: to the public that quotes, I have a man crush

752
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 1: on Chris Paul end quotes Kingsbury at the game last night,

753
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:33,279
Speaker 1: JJ Watt at the game, Kyle the Murray at the game.

754
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:36,360
Speaker 1: But Kingsbury and not a surprise. I mean, let's do

755
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:40,919
Speaker 1: you look at the position that Kingsbury played, quarterback, Well,

756
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 1: what is the quarterback equivalents in the NBA or on

757
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 1: the basketball court, it's the point guard. The ball is

758
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 1: in their hand at ninety nine percent of the time,

759
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 1: So it would not be a surprise. You just sometimes

760
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,080
Speaker 1: Kingsbury will open the door a little bit for you.

761
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 1: Other times he keeps that door closed and doesn't let

762
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 1: anyone in as far as what's on his mind or

763
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:03,960
Speaker 1: getting to know him as a person. But that was interesting.

764
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,880
Speaker 1: It was I wouldn't say breaking news, but about as

765
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:10,399
Speaker 1: close as news that you could have on day one

766
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:14,600
Speaker 1: of OTA. Yeah, I mean you're right. Obviously we want

767
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 1: to talk about a ton of all other things, but

768
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:19,840
Speaker 1: you're exactly right, and was interesting. You know, Kingsbury recently

769
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:23,040
Speaker 1: did a podcast with Peter Schreger and Sean mcve Schreger's

770
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,520
Speaker 1: the host McVeigh. It's looked like a coaching podcast, and

771
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:29,799
Speaker 1: he just talked about you know, Sean said, you took

772
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,040
Speaker 1: a lot of heat when you talked about cell phone breaks.

773
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,560
Speaker 1: We haven't had that conversation about the fruit plates and

774
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 1: all that. He said, he took a lot of heat

775
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:38,799
Speaker 1: for us, but we think the same way. And he said,

776
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,560
Speaker 1: my time at Texas Tech, it wasn't like they I'm

777
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,200
Speaker 1: going to let him out for five minutes. It's just

778
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:46,000
Speaker 1: take a break. You want to look at your phone,

779
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:49,680
Speaker 1: go do something else. But Sean McVeigh was really complimentary.

780
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: So you took a lot of heat for us. And

781
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:52,879
Speaker 1: I'm telling you, I've talked to coaches around the league

782
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:54,680
Speaker 1: and they couldn't agree more with you because of the

783
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:57,919
Speaker 1: attention span he knew in college when he's recruiting six

784
00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:00,719
Speaker 1: or seventeen and eighteen year old kids, and we know that,

785
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:02,920
Speaker 1: you know, phones are more prevalent than they ever been,

786
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,719
Speaker 1: you know. So, but Sean was really complimentary or saying

787
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:10,320
Speaker 1: hey maybe yeah. I mean no, nobody's talking about that now. No,

788
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,279
Speaker 1: And it's I think it got a little bit he said,

789
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:14,839
Speaker 1: I know it was going to take heat for it well,

790
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:16,400
Speaker 1: and I think people kind of took it out of

791
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:19,360
Speaker 1: context like that, like the meeting was going to be stopped,

792
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,919
Speaker 1: you know, fifteen minutes in because everyone needed to check

793
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 1: their phone. No, I think it was more of an

794
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:27,759
Speaker 1: analogy to say, our meetings aren't going to go more

795
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: than ten fifteen minutes because of the attentions brands. And

796
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 1: that's something brand new. That's this next generation, this new

797
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 1: generation of not player but just people kids as far

798
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:41,680
Speaker 1: as where their eyes and where their minds go. No

799
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 1: one is sitting there and listening to anything for an hour,

800
00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 1: hour and a half because you get tired, you get bored.

801
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:49,839
Speaker 1: You want your mind engaged. And that's why the more

802
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 1: things you can have stimulated at different ports, you want

803
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,680
Speaker 1: to keep things interesting. And that was the point of

804
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 1: the cell phone breaks. Look, our meetings aren't going to

805
00:39:57,920 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 1: be very long. So while i've got you in here,

806
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 1: all eyes on me, make sure I get your undivided attention,

807
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:06,880
Speaker 1: and then if I am satisfied, then you can have

808
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:09,840
Speaker 1: your break. But while I've got you your mind. And

809
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:12,880
Speaker 1: McVay said they did it with their players too, and

810
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:14,920
Speaker 1: they have you know, they had a veteran roster for

811
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:17,480
Speaker 1: the most part. You know, you're always they haven't had

812
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:19,560
Speaker 1: a lot of draft picks, but they got veteran players there.

813
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 1: He said, they did the same thing, and nobody better

814
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: than I. But because Kingsbury said it where he didn't

815
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 1: have a winning record in college all of a sudden, Okay,

816
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:32,480
Speaker 1: it's football, but you're right. The perception was nobody wants

817
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:34,080
Speaker 1: to be in a meeting for two hours. I mean,

818
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Speaker 1: you get you start, you know, you're looking at your phone,

819
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 1: but I don't think they're bringing phones in there. I

820
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:40,319
Speaker 1: think you go back to your locker because you don't

821
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:41,840
Speaker 1: want that happening. You don't want guys sitting in the

822
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:45,680
Speaker 1: back not paying attention. So but I was interesting that

823
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 1: that was the first time I've heard that where McVay

824
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:51,279
Speaker 1: was like, he was very compliment me, and so you

825
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:52,719
Speaker 1: took a lot of heat for us. It's been the

826
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:56,280
Speaker 1: first time I think I've heard McVeigh publicly compliments Kingsbury.

827
00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:58,520
Speaker 1: Usually they you know, the good natured ribbing between the

828
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:01,520
Speaker 1: two coaches within the division. Well we've heard the stories.

829
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,920
Speaker 1: You know. They were out to dinner with Patrick Mahomes

830
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,760
Speaker 1: and Cliff and a friend and McVeigh had his buddy

831
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 1: changed his phone to Roger Goodell and still one of

832
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,919
Speaker 1: the best pranks I've ever heard, and he's Sean said,

833
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:16,919
Speaker 1: I wish I would have dragged it on a little

834
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,640
Speaker 1: bit were but you were getting really worried because you know,

835
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:23,800
Speaker 1: Goodell said. Goodell actually said McVeigh, you're in trouble and

836
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:26,560
Speaker 1: we're gonna take draft picks, which is all facetious, that

837
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:31,200
Speaker 1: wasn't true. But Cliff's Cliff. On this podcast, he comes

838
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,200
Speaker 1: out firing like McVeigh, you're the guy that took your

839
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:37,279
Speaker 1: shirt off on a reality show. So you're saying there's

840
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:40,440
Speaker 1: a different side to Kingsbury that sometimes we don't always

841
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:43,160
Speaker 1: get to see. Yes, and I think he's comfortable talking

842
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:47,800
Speaker 1: to Schreger McVeigh. Jordan Schultz is another guy that obviously

843
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:52,760
Speaker 1: his father owned Starbucks, so you know he was actually

844
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:56,880
Speaker 1: mocking him from drinking rose wine. He goes, where was

845
00:41:56,920 --> 00:42:01,120
Speaker 1: the vodka? And he started he's throwing the ball to

846
00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:03,719
Speaker 1: his dog. He went at him. He goes, let's just

847
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:05,400
Speaker 1: get the south of the way because this people want

848
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:07,759
Speaker 1: to hear this well, and I think it will come

849
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:11,920
Speaker 1: probably back out on in front once those two teams

850
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,479
Speaker 1: are facing each other twice a year this season. Okay,

851
00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:18,160
Speaker 1: another thing he brought up, We know Cliff five wins,

852
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:20,880
Speaker 1: eight wins. He said, he stands there at the podium,

853
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:23,160
Speaker 1: takes responsibility, goes that goes a long way in the

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Speaker 1: locker room. Now, we don't like it sometimes where we

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Speaker 1: know he's not controversy confrontational. He doesn't like drama. But

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Speaker 1: Sean said, you know that's the way how you gained

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Speaker 1: a locker room and respecting the locker You don't go

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Speaker 1: out there and rip players. They know how how they played.

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Speaker 1: They can watch the film. Your position coaches are going

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Speaker 1: to put a greade on you. So he said, the

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Speaker 1: fact that you know they haven't turned a corner yet,

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Speaker 1: I give him a lot of credit for taking responsibility

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Speaker 1: because not so much with the fans or the media

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Speaker 1: say about Kingsbury a players coach. He will go to

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Speaker 1: bat for them and almost to a fault, stand up

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Speaker 1: for them and take the heat even when I think

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Speaker 1: people realize and want to hear something different, and that

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Speaker 1: would include us as well. But he's not going to

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Speaker 1: be one of those coaches that calls out his players.

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Speaker 1: As we continue here on Cardinals cover two presented by Honday,

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Speaker 1: proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals, let's wrap on this

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Speaker 1: notes dates that we want the bird gang to write

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Speaker 1: down save the dates if you will. Sunday, February twelve,

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, it has been announced that is the

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Speaker 1: dates for Super Bowl fifty seven at State Farm Stadium. Yes,

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Speaker 1: it sounds like it's a long ways away, but it's

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Speaker 1: inside two years. You blink and it will be here.

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Speaker 1: And yes, State Farm Stadium for the third time, fourth

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Speaker 1: time here in the state of Arizona. The biggest game

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Speaker 1: and the National Football League will be played in State

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Speaker 1: Farm Stadium. All right, So you told me to save

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Speaker 1: the date and mark the date and all that. Let's

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Speaker 1: just say hypothetically, you know, the Cardinals, the Buccaneers got

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Speaker 1: a chance to play in their stadium in this previous year.

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Speaker 1: You know, if this team continues to show upside over

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Speaker 1: the next couple of years, I would love to see

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Speaker 1: them playing in that game. Oh. I don't think there's

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Speaker 1: any question. I mean, every team would love that home

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Speaker 1: field advantage if you are at least the home field

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Speaker 1: with respects to the locker room and they field itself.

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Speaker 1: Whether you get the home field advantage with the fans,

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Speaker 1: that's another story. But I do think there's something to

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Speaker 1: be said. And we saw a year ago with Tampa Bay,

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Speaker 1: even in the midst of a pandemic, you don't have

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Speaker 1: to travel, you know where everything is, there's no there's

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Speaker 1: no extra activities and it's just you're basically at home.

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Speaker 1: It's not a it's not a road game for you.

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Speaker 1: And for every other year it's always been a road

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Speaker 1: game for both teams. That's exactly what Todd bol said.

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Speaker 1: We just treat you like a regular week. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they didn't have you know, they didn't have to stay

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Speaker 1: at a hotel. They went back to their homes. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so it's it's you know, or a long ways away.

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Speaker 1: But I'm glad that you know, what is it Sofi

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Speaker 1: Stadium this year and then Vegas correct so next obviously

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Speaker 1: Tampa head of last year. So it's going on the

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Speaker 1: West coast. But yeah, I'm fascinated to see where this

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Speaker 1: team is going into that season. But again, it's going

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Speaker 1: to take some time, but I like what the direction

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Speaker 1: they're headed in. Well, let's first focus on twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: one before we fast over two seasons. No I know,

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Speaker 1: but it's the Arizona's host committee send out the email

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Speaker 1: and then obviously Governor Doug Doug Doocy and it's I mean,

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Speaker 1: we talk about the game and you know, hopefully the

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Speaker 1: festivities are great, but it's what it brings you the economy.

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Speaker 1: I can't tell you how many NFL writers wives when

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Speaker 1: they would go to the biltmore. They always want to

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Speaker 1: stay there. But there's so much to do around there.

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Speaker 1: So it brings a lot of money to the economy.

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Speaker 1: Let alone having a host teams for you know, and

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Speaker 1: maybe it's going to change where you're going on a

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Speaker 1: Monday or Wednesday versus going on a Saturday because of

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Speaker 1: the last year. Again, the dates Sunday, February twelve, twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty three, Super Bowl fifty seven at State Farm Stadium

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Speaker 1: and let's hope fingers cross the Arizona Cardinals are playing

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Speaker 1: in that game. You know what they say, Griolo, dreaming

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Speaker 1: is free, absolutely and we'll dream here always on Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Cover two presented by Hunday, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: And on that note, we will put a lid on

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Speaker 1: this edition as always, special thanks to our executive producer

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Speaker 1: Joe Mamahundro or Mike Jarecki. I'm Craig riol Lout. Yes,

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Speaker 1: we are back inside the dignity of the Arizona Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Training Center. We'll talk to you next time here on

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two.