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Speaker 1: and be able to be in the hole almost from

427
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Speaker 1: the two to the sixth hole pretty much. You know

428
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Speaker 1: he he gets in there, and so I would probably

429
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Speaker 1: say you know him Cardinals starting guard Will Hernandez our

430
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,520
Speaker 1: guest in the Big Red Rage. Look, JJ Watt has

431
00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,479
Speaker 1: been that guy most of his career. When you think

432
00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,440
Speaker 1: of JJ and his final game on Sunday, what do

433
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Speaker 1: you think, what are you gonna tell your grandkids about

434
00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:29,080
Speaker 1: playing with number ninety nine? Um? Yeah, I mean the

435
00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,120
Speaker 1: first thing you can expect from what is he's gonna

436
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,480
Speaker 1: just emptied the tank completely. So I'm excited to see that. Um.

437
00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:38,199
Speaker 1: And you know, I'm gonna tell my kids, you know,

438
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:43,679
Speaker 1: I you know, we I get, I get along with

439
00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:47,960
Speaker 1: what but you know, hey, you guys, see that guy.

440
00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,360
Speaker 1: I fought that guy one day. I was gonna say

441
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,440
Speaker 1: that wasn't the case in camp this year, there was

442
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,680
Speaker 1: a little Okay, now that the season pretty much over,

443
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Speaker 1: tell us about the dust up with JJ Watt in

444
00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,720
Speaker 1: the dog days of camp. Oh no, man, Um, there's

445
00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,359
Speaker 1: there's no bad blood there. He's complete professional and you know,

446
00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:07,480
Speaker 1: if you could even call that a fight. You know,

447
00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,520
Speaker 1: I would say it was a pillow fight on my endum,

448
00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,679
Speaker 1: but no, he I've been learning from j j Y

449
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,040
Speaker 1: ever since I got here. You know, we talk a lot,

450
00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,640
Speaker 1: you know, we we we're all in the hot tub

451
00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,040
Speaker 1: together before practice every day, so we get to we

452
00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:23,720
Speaker 1: get to talk in a lot. And he's taught me

453
00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,960
Speaker 1: so much just about his experiences and what he's gone

454
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,480
Speaker 1: through throughout his years, and I just apply it to

455
00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:31,399
Speaker 1: my own career and to my own life. You know,

456
00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,560
Speaker 1: there's a little nuggets here there you could take, even

457
00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:37,159
Speaker 1: though he's a completely different position. Um, but no, Jesu

458
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,840
Speaker 1: Wat's a you know, a great leader, a great teammate,

459
00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,440
Speaker 1: and he's definitely taught me a lot. So from your perspective,

460
00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:45,919
Speaker 1: how difficult has it been to be a player on

461
00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,840
Speaker 1: a four and twelve team? And what do you focus

462
00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,080
Speaker 1: on to get motivated for this last game off of

463
00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:55,760
Speaker 1: the season. Yeah, you know, so when you're talking about

464
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Speaker 1: four and twelve, you know, you every everything's out of

465
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Speaker 1: the picture for you. You know at this point, the

466
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,719
Speaker 1: way I see as you're playing for your for your character,

467
00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,760
Speaker 1: for your pride, You're you're playing just to basically show everybody,

468
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,159
Speaker 1: you know, what kind of mentality you have and what

469
00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,399
Speaker 1: kind of person you are, and it shows through a

470
00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,840
Speaker 1: football game, you know, and it shows how you go

471
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,480
Speaker 1: out there and you're still playing, like if you're you know,

472
00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:19,240
Speaker 1: trying to make the playoffs or if you're already eating

473
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Speaker 1: the playoffs but you're trying to get the first year

474
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Speaker 1: or whatever. And so it's it's all about, you know,

475
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:28,280
Speaker 1: the mindset, the pride and just having respect for yourself

476
00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,520
Speaker 1: to go out there and you know, not just laid

477
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Speaker 1: down for anybody, especially when you have a guy across

478
00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:33,920
Speaker 1: from you that's going to try to take your head

479
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:35,880
Speaker 1: off either way, like he doesn't feel sorry for you.

480
00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:40,120
Speaker 1: So um, yeah, going out there playing just as hard

481
00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,360
Speaker 1: as out I would if it was any other game,

482
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,720
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, ended with on a good note

483
00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:48,760
Speaker 1: for whatever, for whatever that means. Well, if I know

484
00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:52,040
Speaker 1: you love Will's mentality. It's similar to James Connor. James

485
00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:53,440
Speaker 1: Connors ask a couple of weeks ago, what are you

486
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,119
Speaker 1: playing for? What are you hoping to gain at this

487
00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,000
Speaker 1: point between now and the end of the season out

488
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Speaker 1: of the playoffs, and his answer was some respect. So

489
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,480
Speaker 1: you know, I like that answer, and I know it's

490
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,920
Speaker 1: a it's a four win season. But someday you're gonna

491
00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,280
Speaker 1: look back at this season, and I'm guessing you're gonna

492
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,679
Speaker 1: remember really fondly your trip to Mexico City. Your grandparents

493
00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:14,280
Speaker 1: hailed from Mexico City. Before we get into it a

494
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,159
Speaker 1: little bit, um the grasshoppers that you had hard Knocks

495
00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,840
Speaker 1: documented at dinner that one night. Um, you know, tell

496
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:21,520
Speaker 1: us what is for those of us who have not

497
00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,159
Speaker 1: experienced grasshoppers is part of a meal? What does it

498
00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,160
Speaker 1: taste like? Can you compare it to anything? Yes? First

499
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:32,120
Speaker 1: of all, for all my health health heads out there, Uh,

500
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,440
Speaker 1: they're very rich in protein, so you know you don't

501
00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:36,800
Speaker 1: even have to eat many of them to get a

502
00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,920
Speaker 1: good protein source. But you know, it's just the thing

503
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,600
Speaker 1: out there, especially in Mexico City. They're big, they've been

504
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:46,720
Speaker 1: around forever, and you know it's just uh, you know,

505
00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:50,280
Speaker 1: part of you know, who I am, my parents, where

506
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:54,240
Speaker 1: we came from. So um, you know that was actually

507
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:59,239
Speaker 1: my second time ever ever eating them, and uh, you know,

508
00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:01,399
Speaker 1: they they do it right. They put the you know,

509
00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,000
Speaker 1: the chili the line on them. They don't just give

510
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:06,119
Speaker 1: him to your rout. So they're they're pretty good. So

511
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,399
Speaker 1: will I want to make up for asking you the

512
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,120
Speaker 1: tough question of who the past forty nine ers defensive

513
00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,919
Speaker 1: tackle is. Okay, so now I want to lob you

514
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:21,040
Speaker 1: a big softball. It's Fred Warner. Good. Yes, yes, for sure.

515
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,639
Speaker 1: You know. Actually Fred, Fred and Knight train together before

516
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,480
Speaker 1: the combine and uh, you know we were we signed

517
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,600
Speaker 1: with the same agency, and uh, you know, we trained

518
00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,879
Speaker 1: together all throughout the process before the draft, and so

519
00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:35,560
Speaker 1: I got to know him very well. And it doesn't

520
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,520
Speaker 1: honestly doesn't surprise me to see him where he's at

521
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:41,159
Speaker 1: because I've seen his mindset, you know since uh since

522
00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,919
Speaker 1: before he was even ever in the NFL, and uh,

523
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,239
Speaker 1: you know, to be able to see it, you know,

524
00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:51,000
Speaker 1: personally and be able to train with that guy every day, Um,

525
00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,919
Speaker 1: you know, I it's no surprise. Is he a talker?

526
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,520
Speaker 1: Does Does he yell out your name at the line

527
00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,720
Speaker 1: of scrimmage? You guys trade a little back and forth?

528
00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,120
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, there's a little bit of that everywhere. But uh,

529
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,800
Speaker 1: you know, no, man, we we uh friends. Not not

530
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,400
Speaker 1: much of a talker, or at least since since I

531
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,399
Speaker 1: remember him. But you know, he will, you know, if

532
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,760
Speaker 1: he feels like he needs to or or whatever, but um,

533
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,159
Speaker 1: you know we we we get along pretty good, but

534
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,760
Speaker 1: we won't we won't be getting along during those three

535
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,119
Speaker 1: hours on Sunday. Well, well, once upon a time, you know,

536
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:24,879
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna tell this story. Once upon a

537
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,760
Speaker 1: time I saw Will Hernandez and J. J. Watt square

538
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,560
Speaker 1: off there camp practice. No, I get it. Here was great.

539
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:33,080
Speaker 1: But it's good to hear you guys, are you know,

540
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,160
Speaker 1: sitting in the hotel before practice and so forth. That's good.

541
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 1: We uh, we enjoyed it. We've enjoyed you. And I

542
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 1: know you're one of the what the thirty plus pending

543
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 1: free agents. So man, I know, Wolf and I both

544
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,960
Speaker 1: hope in your back next season. All the best on

545
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,520
Speaker 1: Sunday in this offseason. We hope to talk to you soon. Okay,

546
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,600
Speaker 1: I appreciate that, guys, Thanks for having me. There you go,

547
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 1: Will Hernandez on the Big Red Rage presented by santan

548
00:27:54,640 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 1: Ford and Gilbert back right after this. Alright, goals are

549
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:07,520
Speaker 1: now four and twelve. It's another loss, but they played

550
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,520
Speaker 1: well today, in particular the quarterback David Blow. But another

551
00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:17,240
Speaker 1: defeat twenty to nineteenth. Just heartbreaking right now for the

552
00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:24,720
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. They play well. David Blow plays extremely well.

553
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,359
Speaker 1: David will start last week. He didn't get the full process,

554
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,160
Speaker 1: you know, he just really practice Friday. So I want

555
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,320
Speaker 1: to see what he can do the full process and

556
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,560
Speaker 1: see kind of how he plays against really good defense.

557
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 1: That was Cliff Kingsbury earlier today naming David Blow the

558
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Speaker 1: starter here for the season finale, Week eighteen Cardinals at

559
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Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers. It is the Big Red Rage

560
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:47,600
Speaker 1: presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert. We are santan Ford,

561
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,680
Speaker 1: Paul kelvc Ron Wolfley's special thanks again to Will Hernandez,

562
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,920
Speaker 1: a starting right guard blocking for David Blow, who threw

563
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,000
Speaker 1: it forty times in the game. He had a Friday

564
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 1: practice Wolf He came out slinging it from the get go.

565
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:01,719
Speaker 1: There was that third and four team on the opening possession. Boom,

566
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,960
Speaker 1: he it's Hollywood Brown for sixteen. Everyone in the sidelines

567
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,200
Speaker 1: sort of like, whoa, Okay, wait a minute, maybe we

568
00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:11,480
Speaker 1: have something here. And there were enough instances where he

569
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,240
Speaker 1: was going to the right place at the right time,

570
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 1: and what he told the media after the game, that

571
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,040
Speaker 1: was exactly his main objective, that he could make the

572
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,040
Speaker 1: right decisions and prove he knew what he was looking at,

573
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,200
Speaker 1: and at times it looked like he was even going

574
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,520
Speaker 1: through his progressions a second, third, even fourth read when

575
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:29,840
Speaker 1: he had time in that pocket. Now, you're right, Pauline,

576
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 1: no doubt he ran the offense like it wasn't his

577
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:38,560
Speaker 1: first rodeo, and guess what it wasn't. He protected the

578
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,520
Speaker 1: ball above all else. He made some great throws, some

579
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:45,160
Speaker 1: great reads as well, for a guy that didn't get

580
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:51,560
Speaker 1: serious practice raps on Friday, you know, or until Friday,

581
00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,320
Speaker 1: I should say, I don't know what more you could

582
00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 1: have asked of David Blow he went out there. Paul

583
00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:00,400
Speaker 1: I think I could count how many bad players I

584
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,320
Speaker 1: thought he had on one hand. Yeah, I really do.

585
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 1: And I'm talking about bad reads, I'm talking about bad throws.

586
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:14,200
Speaker 1: I'm talking about physically mentally bad plays, bad decisions. You

587
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,760
Speaker 1: know what, you could count him on one hand. I

588
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,760
Speaker 1: mean there was one on a key third down late

589
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,200
Speaker 1: in the game where Greg Dortch tripped right out of

590
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,480
Speaker 1: the turf Monster got him. I'm not exactly sure to

591
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,280
Speaker 1: have maybe his feet got caught up with the dB,

592
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,360
Speaker 1: but that ball was right on the money for a

593
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,520
Speaker 1: first down. There was another one down the seam to

594
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,280
Speaker 1: Tray McBride. He didn't get turned around in time. Maybe

595
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 1: the ball could have been in a better place, but

596
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 1: they were Yeah, when he missed, he didn't miss by much.

597
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 1: And again for a guy who'd been in the building

598
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 1: for less than three weeks, just the operation, that's what

599
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,840
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury said at halftime, not only ball security. To

600
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,480
Speaker 1: your point, that was a number one. Number two was

601
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:52,520
Speaker 1: just the operation of the offense. Will Hernandez talked about

602
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 1: how I will he was able to communicate and calm

603
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,200
Speaker 1: everyone in the huddle. How many times have you said that, Well,

604
00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,960
Speaker 1: if that's the first challenge, right, if a backup quarter

605
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:01,960
Speaker 1: back you can get the rest of the team to

606
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: trust him and believe in him. And it looked like

607
00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:08,480
Speaker 1: David Blau did just that. Yeah, No, there's there's no doubt, Paul,

608
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:12,960
Speaker 1: that's what he did. And especially talking to Will Hernandez,

609
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 1: who backed that up right there. You know what I loved.

610
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,960
Speaker 1: I loved the impact that it had on Cliff Kingsbury

611
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 1: because Cliff Kingsbury as the play caller of course, and

612
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:24,960
Speaker 1: as the guy that was coming up with the game plan,

613
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:29,240
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury really had one of the more balanced attacks

614
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 1: of the season. And I'm I'm talking about schematically, I'm

615
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:38,840
Speaker 1: talking about from a quarterback placement perspective. We saw David

616
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:42,320
Speaker 1: Blow take snaps from under center. We saw it. It It

617
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 1: was into the teens, fifteen sixteen snaps from under center.

618
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,000
Speaker 1: We saw him in the gun, of course, we saw

619
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:53,120
Speaker 1: him in the pistol. We saw twelve personnel. We saw

620
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:56,920
Speaker 1: a mix of personnel groups out on the field as well.

621
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Speaker 1: Paul I absolutely love that. We aw James Connor putting

622
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 1: his toes at six and a half seven yards and

623
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:09,000
Speaker 1: running the tackle zone. We saw David Blow running the

624
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 1: boot and the waggle and play action off of that

625
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 1: seven step drop and being able to throw the ball

626
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,280
Speaker 1: down the field because of it. PAULI. I was so

627
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:26,200
Speaker 1: impressed with the offense. And it just goes to show

628
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 1: you that Cliff Kingsbury is not dogmatic. It's not about

629
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,160
Speaker 1: saying this is going to be my offense and it's

630
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 1: going to be this way or it's no way, it's

631
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 1: the highway. No, that's not what Cliff is all about.

632
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,600
Speaker 1: And he tailored a game plan that I thought was

633
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 1: built for David Blow. And I loved what I saw

634
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 1: schematically and You're right, the balance was there. They ran

635
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,800
Speaker 1: at twenty seven times for a buck twenty six nearly

636
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:55,080
Speaker 1: five yards of carry, James Connor five yards of carry.

637
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,480
Speaker 1: So and now now they get a nine ers defense

638
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Speaker 1: that is ranked number one in most metrics. Now the

639
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Speaker 1: Falcons were had the second few of sacks coming into

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Speaker 1: the game, nineteen as a team. Nick Bosa himself has

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Speaker 1: seventeen and a half. So it's gonna be a different challenge. Okay,

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Speaker 1: here's Cliff Kingsbury and the opportunity at the Niners for

643
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Speaker 1: David Blow. Anytime you're in his position and you know

644
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Speaker 1: you get a chance to go in real games and

645
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Speaker 1: show what you can do, it's it's huge, and particularly

646
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Speaker 1: against you know, the best team in the NFC, in

647
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Speaker 1: the best defense in the league. It's gonna be a

648
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Speaker 1: great challenge. But yeah, I'm excited for him to see,

649
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Speaker 1: you know, how he handles that. But it's it's a

650
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Speaker 1: tall task ess for sure, and we talked about it

651
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Speaker 1: going into the game. They know what they have in

652
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Speaker 1: Cole McCoy, they know what they have in Trace McSorley.

653
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Speaker 1: David Blow definitely has a chance to earn himself a

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Speaker 1: spot at least a chance to compete next season, don't

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Speaker 1: you think I would think so, I mean, PAULI, especially

656
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Speaker 1: based on how he played last week, I would think so.

657
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Speaker 1: If he goes out there and he he repeats that

658
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Speaker 1: performance the consistency thereof, and goes out and makes good decisions,

659
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Speaker 1: makes good reads and good throws, I have no idea

660
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Speaker 1: why in the world you would not be bringing him

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Speaker 1: back going into training camp next year. That is, if,

662
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Speaker 1: in fact, he goes out and he plays well again

663
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Speaker 1: in this game coming up here, Hey, Paul, there there

664
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Speaker 1: might be another team that is looking at David Blaw saying,

665
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:20,480
Speaker 1: you know what, there might be a little something something

666
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 1: right there with this Blow guy. So listen, this is

667
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Speaker 1: going to be a tough challenge. We know at the

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Speaker 1: forty nine ers Paul lights out, especially inside that front seven,

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Speaker 1: and especially when they're playing for something. They have a shot.

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Speaker 1: With a win, they wrap up the number two seed,

671
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Speaker 1: and if some things work out in their favor, namely

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Speaker 1: Philly losing, then guess what, they can end up the

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Speaker 1: number one seed with a buy. So there's plenty on

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Speaker 1: the line for the forty nine ers, So we'll see

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Speaker 1: how that goes. We know last season Colt McCoy and

676
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Speaker 1: company went up there, gotta win at Levi Stadium. The

677
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Speaker 1: Cardinals are six and two all time in Santa Clara. Okay,

678
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Speaker 1: much different Niners team, much different Cardinals team at this point,

679
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 1: and we know that Kyler Murray once again will not

680
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Speaker 1: be there at the Niners. He had acl reconstruction to

681
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Speaker 1: start this week. In fact, if you saw the picture

682
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Speaker 1: he tweeted out from his hospital bed with the words successful.

683
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Speaker 1: So there you go. And Cliff Kingsbury was asked about

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Speaker 1: whether he had contacted and communicated with Kyler Murray. Yeah,

685
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Speaker 1: it takes from yesterday went well and so now starts three.

686
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Speaker 1: Having though, he was excited to get it done and

687
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Speaker 1: get moving forward. And by the way, the NFL network

688
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Speaker 1: said they also quote stitched up the meniscus in his knees,

689
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Speaker 1: so that might push his return back a little bit

690
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Speaker 1: more based on some of the medical opinions out there.

691
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Speaker 1: In any case, it's uncertain as to exactly what the

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Speaker 1: timetable is. That's right, Paula. You know, once again I

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Speaker 1: said this before, it's pure speculation. There is no guaranteed

694
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Speaker 1: timetable right now, there is none, But as a ballpark,

695
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Speaker 1: I think you can use nine months. You can look

696
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Speaker 1: at that and say nine months is a ballpark picture

697
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Speaker 1: right now, and that means typically you're going to be

698
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Speaker 1: in September before you're reaping it a start evaluating as

699
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Speaker 1: to whether or not Kyler Murray's gonna go or not.

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Speaker 1: I just don't see him playing before that, Paul, That's

701
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Speaker 1: just me. He could, but we'll see. And it's one

702
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Speaker 1: of the reasons Cliff Kingsbury today talked about holding Colt

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Speaker 1: McCoy out not only just coming off a concussion. Want

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Speaker 1: to air on the side of being cautious with anyone's

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Speaker 1: health and well being, but you're talking about a Colt

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Speaker 1: McCoy who could be your starting quarterback for a good

707
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Speaker 1: month or two next year. Speaking of joined the season

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Speaker 1: ticket priority list and select your seats before the general

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Speaker 1: the Bengals all going to visit State Farm Stadium. But

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Speaker 1: That's Azy Cardinals dot com slash Priority list all right.

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Speaker 1: More on the Niners. More thoughts from Wolf on what

715
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Speaker 1: the challenge is gonna be. We'll talk about that next

716
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Speaker 1: than the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford. In

717
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Speaker 1: Gilbert Garoppolo waiting for the shotgun snap, he's got it

718
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Speaker 1: back to pass and in trouble steps up lobs a

719
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Speaker 1: deep right side cut by Kindle, the fifteen things left

720
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Speaker 1: to the ten to the buckown. Great play by Garoppolo

721
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Speaker 1: steps up and then he stepped up. They lost Kittle

722
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Speaker 1: on the back end. It's a thirty nine yard touchdown.

723
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Speaker 1: Here's a pitch the Samuel on an end around far

724
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Speaker 1: side of the forty thirty five cuts right thirty twenty

725
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Speaker 1: five twenty far side, fifteen ten five touchdown. Great execution, Baba,

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Speaker 1: forty nine ers. They ran it, They ran it, They

727
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Speaker 1: ran it. There comes this direction up play action and

728
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Speaker 1: deebo Samuel on the end of rum. Here's play action.

729
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,279
Speaker 1: Garoppolo throws to Kittle up side cut at the thirty

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Speaker 1: twenty fifteen ten five touchdown sorts. Kittle puts it away

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Speaker 1: thirty seven to ten with ten minutes to go. Yeah,

732
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,759
Speaker 1: that last play right there was as easy as it

733
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Speaker 1: sounded from the voice of the Cardinals, Dave Pass. Not

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Speaker 1: a lot of tackling. Not a lot of want to

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Speaker 1: on that one. That's where it starts with the forty

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Speaker 1: nine ers. They're gonna make a tackle. And look, I

737
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Speaker 1: can bust out all the stats we want from that

738
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Speaker 1: first meeting in Mexico City, Wolf, but we know everything

739
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 1: changed at halftime when the Niners came out to start

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Speaker 1: that second half. And what exactly did they do? They

741
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Speaker 1: basically put the plow down, did they done. No, that's

742
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Speaker 1: what they did, Polly, no doubt. They came out and

743
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:19,960
Speaker 1: they said, we're going to run the ball and you're

744
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Speaker 1: going to have to stop us right now. And that's

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Speaker 1: what they did. They lined up and they ran the ball.

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Speaker 1: You know what this is the San Francisco forty nine Ers,

747
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Speaker 1: though it really is in particular under Kyle Shanahan and

748
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Speaker 1: John Lynch. These guys believe in the line of scrimmage

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Speaker 1: and building your strength on the line of scrimmage. You

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Speaker 1: got to think about it right now, Pally. This is

751
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Speaker 1: a team that isn't the top ten in rushing defense

752
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,800
Speaker 1: in terms of rushing yards per game allowed and rushing

753
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Speaker 1: yards per play allowed. They're in the top ten in

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Speaker 1: rush offense in terms of rushing yards per game and

755
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Speaker 1: rushing yards per play, Polly, there's very few teams. I

756
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Speaker 1: think there's one other team that actually can claim that

757
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Speaker 1: they have that, that their defense and their offense is

758
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Speaker 1: in the top ten in the National Football League and

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Speaker 1: rushing stats. Yeah, they have a seventh round rookie brock Purty,

760
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Speaker 1: last pick in the draft, and their offense hasn't missed

761
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Speaker 1: a beat. I mean, whether it's the run game, whether

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Speaker 1: it's the scheme, whether it's brock Purty himself. He just

763
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Speaker 1: joined Kurt Warner as the only QB since nineteen fifty

764
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Speaker 1: to win their first three starts while they're owing multiple

765
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Speaker 1: touchdown passes in every game. He's been sharp. There's no doubt.

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Speaker 1: He was the twenty seventeen Arizona Cardinals High School Player

767
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Speaker 1: of the Year from Perry High School in Gilbert and

768
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Speaker 1: then Wolf. They have the number one ranked defense in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. So, and you made the point with Cliff Kingsbury.

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Speaker 1: They're not exactly going to dial it up, Damiko. Ryan's

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Speaker 1: their defensive coordinator. He's more app to rush three or four,

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Speaker 1: isn't he. No No dial Paulie, That's what they do

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Speaker 1: right there. They don't have to bring five to get pressure.

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Speaker 1: Five is a pressure package, and that really is in

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Speaker 1: the National Football League, that is the scheme a lot

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Speaker 1: of the time on third down, they're gonna bring five.

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Speaker 1: You just don't know which five are actually gonna come.

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Speaker 1: A lot of people like to play blitz bail. The

779
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Speaker 1: defensive coordinators, they'll play that blitz bail. They'll line six

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Speaker 1: guys up on the line and all of a sudden

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Speaker 1: bail one on the snap or vice or whatever it

782
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Speaker 1: may be. They're going to try to do things to

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Speaker 1: confuse your protection schemes. The forty nine ers don't have

784
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Speaker 1: to do any of that. They have to line their

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Speaker 1: four guys up. I talk about this all the time,

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Speaker 1: but there are basically three ways you can generate pressure

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Speaker 1: on a quarterback, and the forty nine ers do that

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Speaker 1: via the better than and that is just we got

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Speaker 1: four guys that are better than your five guys that

790
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Speaker 1: are trying to block us. Are four are better than

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Speaker 1: and that's what they have. They rush for and they

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Speaker 1: drop seven and that is who the forty nine ers are.

793
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Speaker 1: But it all starts with stuffing you in a pine

794
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Speaker 1: box metaphorically speaking, and rundown situation. Yeah, they've won nine

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Speaker 1: in a row. The first eight wins in that streak,

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Speaker 1: they allowed twenty or fewer points in every game. Now

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Speaker 1: the Raiders somehow and Jared stood him, hit him for

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Speaker 1: thirty four and he had three touchdown passes. The only

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Speaker 1: other quarterback to do that against the Niners defense all

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Speaker 1: year was Patrick Mahomes. So you have that Niners of

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Speaker 1: the division champ Cardinals. That's huelor chasing in the off season.

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Speaker 1: And Cliff Kingsbury was asked about this four win campaign

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Speaker 1: so far, it's a year you learn from. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's one of those deals where perspective wise, it's like

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Speaker 1: things either happen four year or two you and I

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Speaker 1: choose to see him as happening for us and lessons

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Speaker 1: that we got to learn and be better moving forward.

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Speaker 1: And sometimes you have to face adversity and you have

809
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Speaker 1: to have a season like this to find the things

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Speaker 1: you really got to get face and get corrected. And

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Speaker 1: so I think organizationally we have a chance to get

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Speaker 1: it right and move forward and try to be better.

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Speaker 1: Look Ever, since the Cardinals were ten and two last year, Wolf,

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00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:58,840
Speaker 1: they've lost seventeen to twenty two. So whether that was

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Speaker 1: losing their eye on the fastball at the end of

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Speaker 1: last season and not, you know, concerned as much about

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Speaker 1: the details, whether it's been all the injuries this season.

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Speaker 1: They need to assess the situation and implement some solutions, right,

819
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Speaker 1: They need to put solution into New Year's resolution. And

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Speaker 1: for a league where once again, every year since nineteen

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Speaker 1: ninety there have been at least four different playoff teams,

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Speaker 1: you can ascend or you can descend every single year.

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Speaker 1: It can happen quickly, but it can go either direction. Yeah, Poly,

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Speaker 1: you know again, I agree with what Cliff is saying

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Speaker 1: right now. It is you can learn from it. This

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Speaker 1: is where you find out who's really tough. This is

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Speaker 1: where you find that out. And I'm not just talking

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Speaker 1: about players. I'm talking about people when you go through

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Speaker 1: a season like this. I've been through a lot of

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Speaker 1: four and twelve seasons, Paul. Okay, maybe not a lot

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Speaker 1: more than one. Let's put it that way. Four and

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Speaker 1: twelve season, five and eleven season. I've been there. I've

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Speaker 1: been through that, and you've got to walk through it, Polly.

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Speaker 1: This is something I've been talking about a lot this week,

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Speaker 1: but it's the truth. There's an old saying in football

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Speaker 1: just walk through it. That's what you do. It doesn't

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Speaker 1: matter what comes your way. Walk through it. Don't lose

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Speaker 1: your mind. You don't have to run through it. You

839
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Speaker 1: don't have to swing your way through it. You have

840
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:17,040
Speaker 1: to walk through it. You have to be consistent. You

841
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 1: have to have the eyes down and the chin squared

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00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:22,320
Speaker 1: and the shoulders back, and you have to walk through it,

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00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:26,080
Speaker 1: whatever it is. And if you'll look, if you'll look around,

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Speaker 1: you you can learn more when you're walking through a

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00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:35,520
Speaker 1: dark period then you'll ever learn when you're walking in

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Speaker 1: the sunlight metaphorically speeding. There will be change. Look, we

847
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Speaker 1: know that much. It might start Monday for all we know.

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Speaker 1: Nobody truly knows. But there's thirty two plus pending free

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Speaker 1: fall as low as six. Right now, they're currently slotted forth.

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Speaker 1: So there's a lot and who exactly is making some

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Speaker 1: of those personnel decisions in the off season. So this

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Speaker 1: is going to be a very proactive offseason. If There's

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Speaker 1: go about trying to correct whatever issues they just went through.

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Speaker 1: We saw it after twenty eighteen. They were ultra aggressive.

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Speaker 1: I fully expect that sort of offseason again this year. Yeah, Paula,

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Speaker 1: you talked about the over thirty free agents that are

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Speaker 1: period coming up. Man, that is a mass exodus, so

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Speaker 1: a lot of change is coming towards the Arizona Cardinals,

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Speaker 1: and I think they need to rebuild from a personnel

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Speaker 1: perspective on the line of scrimmage offensively and defensively. Totally agree.

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Speaker 1: Episode fifty four The Daypash Podcast, by the way, is out.

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Speaker 1: It's U of A men's basketball coach Tommy Lloyd Special

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Speaker 1: thanks to Will Hernandez. Our special guest here tonight Jim

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Speaker 1: l mondro Zach Larson for Ron Wolfley on Paul KELBC.

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