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Speaker 1: four four teams remain in the playoffs. We'll look back

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Speaker 1: at the divisional round our colleague from Asy Cardinals dot Com.

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Speaker 1: Kyle Dagar joins us once again. This time is to

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Speaker 1: help count down the top plays on offense in twenty twenty.

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Speaker 1: By the way, the ider Hopkins is featured quite prominently.

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Speaker 1: But first a note about that other Cardinals wide receiver,

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Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald. It's Cardinals Cover two, episode three eighty 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 Fritz Bob.

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Speaker 1: He's into the up to the touchdown. Here's Craig Griolou

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Speaker 1: and Mike Jarecki. So we are officially on Larry Fitzgerald watch.

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Speaker 1: And here's why I say this now. Last Friday the

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Speaker 1: fifteenth marked the one year anniversary in which Fits announced

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Speaker 1: the twenty third, marks the two year anniversary in which

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Speaker 1: Fits announced he would return to play a sixteenth season.

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Speaker 1: In other words, we would appear MJ to be nearing

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Speaker 1: a decision. Of course, if you look back at twenty

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Speaker 1: he was coming back. So maybe we're not close to

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Speaker 1: a decision. Bottom line is we're all anxious to know

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Speaker 1: what number eleven is going to do. Yeah, And you know,

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Speaker 1: when Cliff met with the media after the final game

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Speaker 1: I've talked to Larry last week on the phone and

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Speaker 1: he I don't think he's in our any hurry. I

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Speaker 1: think he's going to take his time again. I don't

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Speaker 1: and see. You normally just don't bring back all your coaches.

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Speaker 1: Some guy's contracts expire, some retire, some obviously you know,

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Speaker 1: to fill up. But I don't think he's in a hurry.

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Speaker 1: And I always looked at the Phoenix open and then

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Speaker 1: he always didn't want to have to answer that question.

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Speaker 1: But he'll I believe he'll be a super Bowl working

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Speaker 1: for Westwood One with his good friend Jim Gray, And

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Speaker 1: I don't know if we're going to have a decision

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Speaker 1: I think he's going to let it play out and

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Speaker 1: to have a good roster next year. Yeah, Fits one

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Speaker 1: All right back by popular demand, Kyle rejoining us here

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Speaker 1: on Cardinals Covered two to discuss the top five plays

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Speaker 1: Number five, DeAndre Hopkins is catch in double coverage at

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Speaker 1: of that game a thirty seven yard pass from Kyler

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Speaker 1: And I think it was a good example of showing

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Speaker 1: It's like you're watching Navy tape from twenty sixteen. Of

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Speaker 1: he did. He you know, a better catch by I

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Speaker 1: is also seared into my memory from that, but it

432
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Speaker 1: was It was an incredible play I think for both

433
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Speaker 1: of those guys where we all remember the catch, but

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Speaker 1: to me, the ability by Kyler Murray to get out

435
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Speaker 1: of the pocket and run opposite his natural way for

436
00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:59,440
Speaker 1: what against his body perfectly accurate on a line like that,

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Speaker 1: that throw was incredible. I don't think more than two

438
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,639
Speaker 1: or three other quarterbacks in the NFL can do that.

439
00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,399
Speaker 1: I think Patrick Mahomes can do it, Aaron Rodgers can

440
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Speaker 1: do it, probably Russell Wilson and Josh Allen, but beyond that,

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Speaker 1: I don't know how many how many quarterbacks have the

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Speaker 1: combination of mobility and arm strength and arm accuracy to

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Speaker 1: make that throw. And I thought it was a fantastic throw.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, just looking back, like what that meant for

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Speaker 1: the season, Clearly that was the peak of the year.

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Speaker 1: Where you make that play, You're six and three, you're

447
00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:34,040
Speaker 1: leading the NFC West, everything was going so well, and

448
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:36,399
Speaker 1: if you stopped the season there, it's one of the

449
00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,520
Speaker 1: best seasons in Cardinal's history because of the way that happened.

450
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Speaker 1: Obviously it kind of went down from there, but snapshot

451
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Speaker 1: in time, the DeAndre Hopkins Hail Murray catch is just unforgettable. Yeah,

452
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Speaker 1: and you know you when you look at it, we

453
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Speaker 1: started a little we stirred it up a little bit, Kyle,

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Speaker 1: because we threw it out. There was it a better

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Speaker 1: catch or a better throw? And there's no answer, yeah,

456
00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,960
Speaker 1: because I mean Murray, I mean hot pass to run

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Speaker 1: that route. And then obviously you know he was putting

458
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Speaker 1: his hand up, but Murray's getting flushed out of the

459
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Speaker 1: pockies almost to the sidelines. And and like you said,

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Speaker 1: it wasn't a moonshot. It was a throw that he

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Speaker 1: thought he was, you know, going to be able to

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Speaker 1: throw it. So who would you give the edge too?

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Speaker 1: I say throw? I thought, hey, it's trifecta. We all

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Speaker 1: say throw ye, yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean yeah. And

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Speaker 1: it's it's hard doing that because of I know, you

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Speaker 1: catch a pass from three in front of three guys

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Speaker 1: from fifty yards out to time you're jump perfectly is

468
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Speaker 1: not easy to do. To not get that ball rattled out,

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Speaker 1: it's so hard to do. So it was an absolutely

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Speaker 1: incredible catch from DeAndre Hawkins, but I think the degree

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Speaker 1: of difficulty on the throw was harder. And I think

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Speaker 1: what Kyler Murray did on that play was just special.

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Speaker 1: And the Bills learned from them because last week day

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Speaker 1: they actually actually knocked the ball down. Yeah, because Micah

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Speaker 1: hiking kind of in late and I'm sure that's what

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Speaker 1: you're taught now. It's hard to uh, you know, duplicate

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Speaker 1: in practice because you want anybody getting injured. But the

478
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Speaker 1: fact is that you know the throw, but you know

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Speaker 1: the fact that he had three guys draped down him,

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Speaker 1: he had the highest peak when the ball was at

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Speaker 1: his highest peak and he was able to come down

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Speaker 1: to his Craig mentioned the gloves and then just him

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Speaker 1: holding the ball on the ground. It was just like

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Speaker 1: he caught it. That's what passed. He caught it. So yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: this is a great moment. But give props to both

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Speaker 1: guys because that you know, they went out a losing

487
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Speaker 1: streak after that, and one said if you didn't get

488
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Speaker 1: the helm aret, you could be on a longer losing streak.

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Speaker 1: Without question, the play of the year, and Kyle you

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Speaker 1: alluded to it, I think the quote of the year.

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Speaker 1: They were in position. It was just a better catch

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Speaker 1: by I DeAndre Hopkins post game. The man is amazing

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Speaker 1: on the field and certainly has given us some great

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Speaker 1: material off the field as well, and at the end

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Speaker 1: of the day, who cares if he practices. But that's

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Speaker 1: a different story for another time. Here on Cardinals cover

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

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Speaker 1: One other note as far as plays that I had

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Speaker 1: included that didn't make it, and it was more so

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Speaker 1: because well, there was just a lot of DeAndre Hopkins

501
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:17,520
Speaker 1: on here, and for good reason. But I kind of

502
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Speaker 1: like to spread things around a little bit. That's why

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Speaker 1: I included the fits catch against the Eagles. I also

504
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,840
Speaker 1: added the Kyle Murray twenty one yard touchdown run week

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Speaker 1: two against Washington just because of how athletic, how the

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Speaker 1: play call won by Pash and Wolfley, and then just

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Speaker 1: the reaction nationally the next day when people saw what

508
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Speaker 1: Murray was able to do out in open space, and

509
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Speaker 1: like the Washington defenders just look absolutely ridiculous. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: I had Chase Sevens at twenty nine touchdown round with

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Speaker 1: the Jets, And you know, we always talk about the Cardinals,

512
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,120
Speaker 1: you know, trying to at least Drake trying to bounce outside,

513
00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,760
Speaker 1: I mean run up the middle, and we've seen him

514
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Speaker 1: do that a few different times at the Metal Lands,

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Speaker 1: whether against the Jets or Giants. So I just thought

516
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Speaker 1: that was a huge play and obviously they were able

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Speaker 1: to win that football game. And one of the best

518
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Speaker 1: plays that didn't count this season was I think it

519
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,399
Speaker 1: was a holding call that brought it back, but Kyler

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00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:12,359
Speaker 1: Murray running for a touchdown when he kind of did

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Speaker 1: the skip to my lou against the defender, I think

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Speaker 1: it was Washington and he that just encapsulated how he

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Speaker 1: can toy with defenders. This is a quarterback that is

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Speaker 1: just doing this sort of thing in the open field

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Speaker 1: against the defensive back when no other quarterback besides Lamar

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Speaker 1: Jackson can do that sort of thing. So, yeah, we

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Speaker 1: didn't really get Kyler Murray's mobility into the top five plays,

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Speaker 1: but clearly that was such a critical component of what

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals do on offense. Yeah, and when he was

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Speaker 1: you know, had put up MVP numbers. I mean, he

531
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,480
Speaker 1: was making grown men look silly on the football field,

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Speaker 1: and I think that Larry said he's probably the most

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Speaker 1: dynamic player in the NFL because of the dual threat,

534
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,680
Speaker 1: but he grown men making them look silly, and that's

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Speaker 1: what we talked about after that game. So looking back

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Speaker 1: now over the top plays of twenty twenty offense, defense,

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Speaker 1: and special teams. Four happened in Week seven on Sunday

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Speaker 1: Night Football against the Seahawks. Three in Week fifteen against

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Speaker 1: the Eagles. So you're talking about seven of the fifteen

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Speaker 1: plays that we've discussed here happened in those two games.

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Speaker 1: What does it mean. I don't know. I just threw

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Speaker 1: it out there. I just found it interesting, that's all.

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Speaker 1: I mean. You're talking about, you know, sixteen games that

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Speaker 1: were boiling it down to douce those two specifically, and

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Speaker 1: the Seattle game for me, was the game of the

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Speaker 1: year in totality, considering the opponent and the stage that

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Speaker 1: it was on, a game that was not scheduled for

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Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football but got flexed into primetime. Well, Craig,

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Speaker 1: if they can win more than eight games last year,

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Speaker 1: we'll spread it out a little bit more. Mc kyle

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00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,480
Speaker 1: work a little bit, make them do a top ten

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00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:57,480
Speaker 1: plays instead of top five. I mean, there were definitely

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Speaker 1: a lot of good plays, and people, you know, kind

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Speaker 1: of split it up and there are a lot of

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Speaker 1: different candidates and people thought other players should have made it.

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Speaker 1: We just kind of tabulated the votes and these were

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Speaker 1: the top five. But clearly a season that I think

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00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball, there were easily ten

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Speaker 1: fifteen you could point to as very impressive plays, and

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Speaker 1: maybe Hop would have only been nine of the ten

561
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Speaker 1: or fourteen of the fifteen, but he, I mean, he

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Speaker 1: was amazing. I think he deserves to be up there

563
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 1: every every time you needed a play on offense this season,

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Speaker 1: it was it seemed like it was Kyler to Hop,

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Speaker 1: so yeah, and just look where he landed. And when

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Speaker 1: it comes to the NFL, I mean, you know, second

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Speaker 1: most in targets, I mean receiving yards, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I like to see more touchdowns and I think that

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Speaker 1: will happen. Just to get get on the same page.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean it's just one of those situations

571
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Speaker 1: when you got a number one receiver like that. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna make these remarkable and you know, caption receptions

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Speaker 1: and so that's something they can build on it in

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Speaker 1: the future. I think it would be better next year.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you'll put up fifteen hundred yards

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Speaker 1: you hope somebody else, but I think, you know, double

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Speaker 1: digit one it comes to touchdowns, great work as always, Kyle,

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Speaker 1: and I think it's important because we're all disappointed on

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Speaker 1: how the season ended, and we kind of lose sight

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Speaker 1: of the journey that we had in twenty twenty in

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Speaker 1: these top five plays certainly allow us to look back

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Speaker 1: at some of the better moments and hopefully we see

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Speaker 1: more of those moving into twenty twenty one. Kyle, when

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Speaker 1: you do this, I mean, is there every Do you

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Speaker 1: do it like an update every September? Are you using

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Speaker 1: your memory looking back at the season. Yeah, I just

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Speaker 1: kind of go back and try to make sure I

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Speaker 1: didn't miss any big ones. I mean, a lot of

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Speaker 1: the scoring players are going to be involved, and then

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Speaker 1: you kind of remember certain ones off the top of

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Speaker 1: your head. But yeah, there's no easy process too. It's

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Speaker 1: just kind of coming through the games and remembering the highlights.

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Speaker 1: But it's and I think Craig to your point, I

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Speaker 1: think this season obviously turned out poorly, but it was

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Speaker 1: one of the seasons where the high points were higher

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Speaker 1: than the Cardinals have had in a long time, probably

597
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:06,000
Speaker 1: going back to twenty fifteen, because twenty sixteen started with

598
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,040
Speaker 1: so much height, But the Cardinals never got above five

599
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Speaker 1: hundred that season, and you could never really get that

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Speaker 1: train rolling, even though people expected them to be in

601
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl hunt it never really came together this

602
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Speaker 1: season to get to six and three and to play

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Speaker 1: the way they're playing early. I think it got people

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Speaker 1: really excited, and the way it ended, people are, you know,

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Speaker 1: fairly disappointed and mad about it. And it's interesting, what's

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Speaker 1: going to happen next season? Can they continue on this

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Speaker 1: trajectory and get to double digit wins and say we're

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Speaker 1: continuing to make progress or are there issues where they're

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Speaker 1: not going to get there? So I think it's I

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Speaker 1: think it's a very pivotal offseason for the Cardinals to

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Speaker 1: continue to go on that track and say the team

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Speaker 1: we were in the first nine games is the team

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Speaker 1: we can be consistently for an entire season. Yeah, And

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Speaker 1: I got to think, you know, when it comes to

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Speaker 1: penalties and you know, play calling, more execution and clock management,

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Speaker 1: those of those things they have to work on because

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Speaker 1: those little things, you know, when you win, they get overlooked.

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Speaker 1: And you know, my question is is this offense sustainable?

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Speaker 1: Can you win eight games with this offense because of

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray's attributes and some of the weapons they have,

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Speaker 1: or can you get to nine or ten or eleven wins?

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Speaker 1: Would you know, going back and being a you know,

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Speaker 1: a team that can pound the football. So I'm curious

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Speaker 1: to see if it's sustainable over a period of time

625
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 1: where Eagles more wins. The thing that stands out to

626
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Speaker 1: me is they lacked an intermediate passing game this season,

627
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Speaker 1: and I think in the NFL to be efficient regularly,

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Speaker 1: I think you need to get that ten to twenty

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Speaker 1: yard range of passes going more efficiently. If you can

630
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Speaker 1: do that, then you're gonna be able to get the

631
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Speaker 1: get the runs from Kyler Murray that are naturally going

632
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Speaker 1: to be there because of his athletic ability. That's always

633
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Speaker 1: going to be built into the offense because of the

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Speaker 1: player he is. But I think the passing game needs

635
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Speaker 1: to be less hit or miss and more efficient in

636
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Speaker 1: the like they had deep shots that hit this season

637
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Speaker 1: when they obviously did a lot of that short stuff.

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Speaker 1: But when you don't have the ten to twenty yard

639
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Speaker 1: mini chunks, I think that hurts an offense. I think

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Speaker 1: if they can get there, then their offense will be fine.

641
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Speaker 1: And I think Kyler Murray is going to continue to progress.

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00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 1: I mean, we have huge expectations for him. He's still

643
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Speaker 1: only going into his third season. He saw a lot

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Speaker 1: again this year, he's going to see more next year.

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Speaker 1: It's just collecting that information and getting to the process

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Speaker 1: mentally where you're completely comfortable with what defenses are doing

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Speaker 1: to you. And I think that's going to benefit the

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Speaker 1: passing game. So I think once they can get there,

649
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Speaker 1: then yeah, I think we are talking about a ten

650
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Speaker 1: win team. But you have to be able to pass

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Speaker 1: the ball efficiently in the NFL in order to have

652
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Speaker 1: a good offense. Yeah, and let's be honest. I mean

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Speaker 1: we always talk about two, eight and eights. You know,

654
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Speaker 1: the team was five and two and then six and three,

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Speaker 1: but then the team that made a lot of progress.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the offensive numbers are night and day from

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Speaker 1: a sixteen games schedule. But yeah, I do I'm encouraged

658
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Speaker 1: in the third year. I think we are hoping to

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Speaker 1: see a jump in year number two. I don't think

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Speaker 1: there was a sophomore slump. But when you're talking about

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Speaker 1: some of these plays we you know, Kurt Warner always

662
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Speaker 1: said it's tough to go on ten and twelve play

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00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:16,800
Speaker 1: drives because you're gonna get you're gonna get a penalty.

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Speaker 1: But I want to see more vertical passes than horizontal passes.

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Speaker 1: You know, I get it where you want to get

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Speaker 1: rid of the ball and you're looking for a guy

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Speaker 1: to block down on that bubble screen. But you know

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Speaker 1: those those twelve to fifteen eighteen year plays, that's how

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Speaker 1: you're gonna move the change and you avoid staying in

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Speaker 1: those third and long situations. More Christian Kirk eighty yard

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Speaker 1: touchdowns against the Dallas Cowboys. I think we'd all be

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Speaker 1: happy with about that because those are one play drives.

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Speaker 1: You get off the field and make get the defense

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Speaker 1: back on as soon as possible. Bird Gang. If you

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Speaker 1: want to see all of these plays, go to asy

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Speaker 1: Cardinals dot com. Kyle has done a great job of

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Speaker 1: looking back at twenty twenty, looking at offense, defense and

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Speaker 1: special teams. And certainly appreciate your time, Kyle, and well

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Speaker 1: we'll have you on at some points. I'm guessing again

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Speaker 1: real soon here on Cardinals Cover two sounds good and

681
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Speaker 1: I think you're onto something, Craig. One play eighty yard

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Speaker 1: touchdown drives. That's the way to win in the NFL,

683
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,879
Speaker 1: Guaranteed to win games. And you get about the other

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Speaker 1: twenty nine minutes and the other sixty four plays got

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Speaker 1: you You score it quick, get on your defense, got

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Speaker 1: to go back on the field. Now appreciate it, Kyle,

687
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Speaker 1: no problem. Subscribe to Arizona Cardinals podcasts on Apple Podcasts,

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Speaker 1: Big Red Rage, The Cardinals Red c Report, and of

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Speaker 1: course this show Cardinals Cover two. Visit Easy Cardinals dot

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Speaker 1: com Slash podcast for more information. All right, let's talk

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Speaker 1: playoffs MJ the divisional round. We now have four teams

694
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Speaker 1: left in this twenty twenty postseason. Obviously here in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty one, but let's begin in the NFC and be

696
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 1: again with the fact that the NFC West has officially

697
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Speaker 1: been eliminated completely as the Rams lost on Saturday to

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Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers thirty two to eighteen. And we

699
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Speaker 1: talked about this late last week. The storyline number one

700
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:19,440
Speaker 1: offense against number one defense, and in this case, with

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00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 1: all apologies to bertrand Berry, the offense proved to be

702
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:26,359
Speaker 1: not just a little bit a lot better than that

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00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:29,240
Speaker 1: Rams defense is. Green Bay had four hundred and eighty

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Speaker 1: four yards up offense, the most allowed by the Rams

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00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:36,279
Speaker 1: this season, with one hundred and eighty eight yards on

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Speaker 1: the ground. Yeah, and you know, we think Aaron Donald's

707
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,920
Speaker 1: you know, he's not human. I think he only may

708
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,920
Speaker 1: have played fifty four percent of the snaps and you're

709
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Speaker 1: watching the game and he's not out there, and give

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Speaker 1: him credit for playing. He did have a device ign

711
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,400
Speaker 1: work and protect the ribs, but it's more cartilage, so

712
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:54,880
Speaker 1: that's not going to help you when you get in

713
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 1: that push in the middle. But they got out to

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Speaker 1: a sixteen to three lead and then all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: you know, you look at their twenty eight first downs,

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Speaker 1: they're eight for twelve on third down, which is close

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Speaker 1: to sixty seven percent. They possessed the ball for thirty

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Speaker 1: six minutes. You know, you look at it, and clearly

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Speaker 1: the Rams wanted to run the football and cam Akers

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Speaker 1: did get to ninety yards and they did rush for

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Speaker 1: ninety six. However, they gave up one hundred and eighty

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Speaker 1: eight yards. And as you mentioned, you know, Davante Adams,

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Speaker 1: he's some matchup issue. He didn't go over one hundred yards,

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Speaker 1: but he did have a touchdown. Lazard had a touchdown

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Speaker 1: and Aaron Rodgers, if you're open, he's gonna throw it

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Speaker 1: to you. So we thought, can the Rams stay in

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Speaker 1: the game, keeping keeping the game close? And I just

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00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:40,799
Speaker 1: didn't think they can score enough points. And you know,

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Speaker 1: give Golf cardit that he did play through an injury.

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Speaker 1: Somebody asked him how long those pins are going to

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Speaker 1: be in your in your thumb and he said until

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Speaker 1: I'm in the grave, like they're not coming out. So

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Speaker 1: that's interesting. But yeah, you know, being interesting to see

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Speaker 1: is Golf the starting quarterback next year? They got some

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Speaker 1: decisions to make. Clearly he does. You know, for the

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Speaker 1: most part, he's got a good win loss record in

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Speaker 1: the regular season. Now can he get you to that

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Speaker 1: next level? And I think that's the question if you're

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Speaker 1: less sneat than Sean mcvayh Yeah, Golf sacked four times,

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Speaker 1: but it was just too much of that Packers offense.

741
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 1: They scored on each of their first five possessions. And

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Speaker 1: you bring up Aaron Rodgers two hundred and ninety six

743
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Speaker 1: yards and two touchdowns plus rushed for a touchdown as well.

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Speaker 1: And if the Rams could have kept the game close,

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00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:29,320
Speaker 1: then you don't need to get to that thirty two

746
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Speaker 1: point mark. But I think anything over twenty five, and

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Speaker 1: I think the Rams were not going to be able

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Speaker 1: to get by. Forget the fact that it was on

749
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Speaker 1: the road and a little cold. I just think that

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Speaker 1: you needed to be able to hold down that Packers

751
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,560
Speaker 1: offense as opposed to if you're golf and that Rams

752
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Speaker 1: offense get the ball into the end zone a lot

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Speaker 1: of times. I just didn't think that they were going

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Speaker 1: to be able to do that against Green Bay's defense.

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Speaker 1: But if the Rams defense could have held up it's end,

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Speaker 1: then maybe we might have seen the Rams advanced the

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Speaker 1: NFC Championship game. Yeah, according to the game, summery thirty

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Speaker 1: five degrees, humidity was sixty nine percent, wind chill twenty

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00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:09,319
Speaker 1: six thirteen miles an hour. And we're gonna get into

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Speaker 1: the AFC game because that seemed like a tornado at

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Speaker 1: least when the flags were blown in Buffalo. All right,

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Speaker 1: So green Bay hosting the title game for the first

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Speaker 1: time since two thousand and seven. That NFC Championship Game

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Speaker 1: will all be the first game on Sunday one oh five,

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Speaker 1: and the Packers will host the Buccaneers, who defeated the

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Speaker 1: Saints thirty to twenty. More defense here is Tampa Bay

767
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:37,040
Speaker 1: converted three of four Saints turnovers into touchdowns. Devin White

768
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Speaker 1: the Big game. Eleven tackles, a tackle for loss, a

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Speaker 1: quarterback hit, a pass breakup, a fumble recovery, and an interception.

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Speaker 1: Defense is the story. But the storyline going in was

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Speaker 1: Brady and Brees. Neither one played particularly well. Brady a

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Speaker 1: little bit better, his team won, didn't turn the ball over,

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Speaker 1: but Drew Brees and what we think is his final

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00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:01,960
Speaker 1: game in a Saints uniform, maybe in an NFL uniform period,

775
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:08,439
Speaker 1: had three interceptions and his last pass attempts an interception. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you hate to go out like that. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I picked the Saints in this game just because I

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Speaker 1: thought they were battle tested and they've been knocking on

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Speaker 1: the door. But you know, give Todd bowls and you know, uh,

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Speaker 1: the defense of the Buccaneers. I mean, Devin White was

781
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:24,920
Speaker 1: a fifth overall pick in the draft, so you could

782
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Speaker 1: see the upside there. You know, they definitely missed him.

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Speaker 1: Kevin Minner was in there. But what I'm shocked is

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Speaker 1: Michael Thomas targeted four times zero yards. I know he

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Speaker 1: missed a lot of time this year, but when you

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Speaker 1: just look at the weapons they have between you know,

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Speaker 1: breeze meaning he can make the throws. And then you

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Speaker 1: throw in Kamara and you know he had eighty five

789
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:47,919
Speaker 1: yards rushing but nothing to where you know, he did

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Speaker 1: have a couple of receptions for twenty yards. But and

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Speaker 1: then you throw on Mike Thomas, you have like one

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Speaker 1: of the best at each position there. And the fact

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Speaker 1: is they like in muster twenty points. But the turnovers,

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Speaker 1: turnovers that I mean when you when you turn the

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00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,600
Speaker 1: ball or we know, you know, I was listening to

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Speaker 1: the serious radio this morning and they were like, turnovers

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00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:09,760
Speaker 1: are bad any week, but when you get to the postseason,

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00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,480
Speaker 1: we always talk to get magnified because you know, teams

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Speaker 1: get a little more conservative in the second half if

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Speaker 1: they got a lead. But I you know, hopefully for Breeze.

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Speaker 1: And it was interesting to see that the video of

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Speaker 1: Drew Brees and Tom Brady on the field and you know,

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Speaker 1: one's going to go to the next round and the

804
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:29,319
Speaker 1: other guy's going to throw footballs to his kids. And

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Speaker 1: he does have a job waiting for him. I don't

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Speaker 1: know if he wants to go out like this, but

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Speaker 1: he's I think he's been thinking about it in the

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00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:36,399
Speaker 1: last couple of years, and I th that's out there

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Speaker 1: last night. I think Jamis Winston will be the starting

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Speaker 1: quarterback next year. I think Tyson Hill is still what

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Speaker 1: they wanted him to be. But I do think Winston

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Speaker 1: being in that system now, somebody could money with him.

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Speaker 1: But I do get the impression that they really like

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Speaker 1: him and he got a chance to come in and

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Speaker 1: run a gadget play. So I think I think they're

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00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,719
Speaker 1: in good hands. And if Tyson Hill has to play

817
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:00,040
Speaker 1: in a pinch, and he can do it, but I

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00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:01,879
Speaker 1: think they want to use him as a utility guy.

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Speaker 1: And then Winston. You know, he did have the thirty touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: thirty interceptions. I mean, you can't have those in December

821
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Speaker 1: and January, but they have more talent than maybe he

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Speaker 1: had in Tampa. Now he did have Evans and Godwin,

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Speaker 1: but again, you know, four Nette, he was kind of

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Speaker 1: the guy yesterday there. He led the team in receptions.

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00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:26,480
Speaker 1: I mean, so Antonio Brown one catch for ten yards

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Speaker 1: and Mike Evans would have matchup there. He only had

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00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:31,360
Speaker 1: one catch to three yards and it was a touchdown.

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Speaker 1: It was pretty dominant. And when you talk about those turnovers,

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Speaker 1: it was what the Bucks defense did returning those takeaways.

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Speaker 1: Whether it was a fumble recover or the interceptions as

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Speaker 1: far as the run back, because then all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: you're setting up your offense with short fields. And that's why,

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Speaker 1: I mean, Brady's numbers not great, yet he was able

834
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Speaker 1: to find ways to get into the end zone, whether

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Speaker 1: his own rushing touchdown or passing touchdowns. And now Brady

836
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Speaker 1: in the conference championship game for the fourteenth time, second

837
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Speaker 1: closest Joe Montana seven, Brady has doubled his nearest competitor. Yeah,

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00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:16,640
Speaker 1: and that's why he's playing until he's what forty two

839
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Speaker 1: or forty three right now? Forty three? So I mean

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Speaker 1: Jerry Rice played twenty years, and that's why I don't,

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Speaker 1: you know, I don't think Larry can catch him. I

842
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:28,239
Speaker 1: know I can't, even if you just played another year. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Drew Brees one hundred and thirty four yards, three interceptions,

844
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Speaker 1: quarterback rating thirty eight one, Brady one hundred ninety nine yards.

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Speaker 1: He was sacked once, two touchdowns, quarterback raiding right around

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Speaker 1: ninety three. But again Cameron Brad stepped up. I know

847
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:45,879
Speaker 1: teams are put Gronk only had one catch, so they're

848
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:47,960
Speaker 1: gonna they're gonna have to score more points if they're

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Speaker 1: gonna be in that Packers game, and you talk about

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Speaker 1: a team that plays in the South going to Green

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Speaker 1: Bay in the month of January. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: weather we will play a factor, but I think it

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00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:01,640
Speaker 1: will play a role. And we know that Brady's played

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Speaker 1: in a lot of cold games in New England throughout

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Speaker 1: the postseason, so I don't know if that would be

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00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:07,840
Speaker 1: a factor, but just taking a team from the South,

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Speaker 1: not that they play indoors, but they play outdoors, but

858
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Speaker 1: we could be hot and humid there, so we'll see. Maybe.

859
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:15,839
Speaker 1: I usually think you go on on a Friday, maybe

860
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:18,120
Speaker 1: with COVID, maybe it's a Saturday because you got all

861
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:21,040
Speaker 1: the media sessions to go through. But I definitely am

862
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:23,640
Speaker 1: looking forward to this game because you know, Aaron Rodgers

863
00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:29,920
Speaker 1: only has one one and two would look good considering

864
00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:32,440
Speaker 1: he's going to play for five six more years and

865
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:35,640
Speaker 1: the way he takes care of his body. So yeah,

866
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:39,839
Speaker 1: it's both games are gonna be entertaining. Bucks at the

867
00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 1: Packers that is the first game on Sunday, the NFC

868
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:48,080
Speaker 1: Championship game on Fox. The second game, the AFC Championship game,

869
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:52,879
Speaker 1: Bills at the Chiefs four forty on CBS, and how

870
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:55,480
Speaker 1: did we get to this point. Let's talk about your

871
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:59,239
Speaker 1: Bills team that Let's face it, bird Gang. If we

872
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:05,480
Speaker 1: all remember the Mike Jarecki prediction, he fought Baltimore would win,

873
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:08,239
Speaker 1: but he is rooting for his Bills, and they do

874
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:10,839
Speaker 1: advance the SEC Championship game for the first time since

875
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:14,960
Speaker 1: nineteen ninety three. They beat the Ravens seventeen to three.

876
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,640
Speaker 1: Josh Allen once again not great, but we're seeing a

877
00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:21,160
Speaker 1: lot of defense here. When you get further and further

878
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:25,040
Speaker 1: into the postseason, and when you can hold Lamar Jackson

879
00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:27,400
Speaker 1: to just one hundred and sixty two passing yards and

880
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:30,160
Speaker 1: thirty four rushing yards, I like your chances. Of course,

881
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:32,400
Speaker 1: he was knocked out of this game with the percussion,

882
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:35,000
Speaker 1: did not play in that fourth quarter, and then perhaps

883
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 1: the play of the game, Terren Johnson's one hundred and

884
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:41,600
Speaker 1: one yard pick six that really tilted this game in

885
00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:44,920
Speaker 1: the Bill's favor. Yeah, you know, the Bills get on

886
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:47,200
Speaker 1: the board early to three three, and you're looking, okay,

887
00:45:47,239 --> 00:45:49,879
Speaker 1: it's three three at halftime that the game we anticipated,

888
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:52,960
Speaker 1: and then the Bills come out and Stefan Diggs caught

889
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,319
Speaker 1: a three yard pass from Josh Allen's ten and three

890
00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:57,799
Speaker 1: and then eventually you mentioned the one hundred and one

891
00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,480
Speaker 1: yard was returned by Johnson. Made it seven team three.

892
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:03,560
Speaker 1: Now the Bills, I'd have to look at the numbers.

893
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:05,400
Speaker 1: I mean, they only ran the ball sixteen times for

894
00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:09,120
Speaker 1: thirty two yards. But again that that turnover at once

895
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:14,120
Speaker 1: special teams. Turnovers can flip everything. And you know, I

896
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:16,799
Speaker 1: thought Baltimore the reason why I picked the Ravens. I

897
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:18,440
Speaker 1: thought they were going to be able to run the football.

898
00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:21,640
Speaker 1: And now you know, Jackson got hurt and as you mentioned,

899
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:23,840
Speaker 1: thirty four yards, they ran for one hundred and fifty

900
00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:26,799
Speaker 1: and he looks like he took a big hit, and

901
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,000
Speaker 1: so you know, and then I don't know where r

902
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 1: G three was. He must have been inactive because they

903
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:35,279
Speaker 1: the guy they brought in there. I felt sorry for him.

904
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:39,000
Speaker 1: And that's something Craigy that backup quarterbacks. We'll get into

905
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,680
Speaker 1: it throughout the course of the week. But wow, yeah

906
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:44,800
Speaker 1: that and again I'm happy for the Bills, but I

907
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:47,479
Speaker 1: just thought they wouldn't be able to stop the run,

908
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:51,520
Speaker 1: and that was really predicated on Lamar Jackson. Give them credit,

909
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:54,919
Speaker 1: you know, they don't beat themselves. They do a little

910
00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:58,160
Speaker 1: bit of everything. Josh Allen's kind of the guy that

911
00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:02,239
Speaker 1: can run it. He only had three yards, but it's

912
00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:04,600
Speaker 1: he's a weapon though in the open field, and he

913
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:07,160
Speaker 1: throws on the run. So John Brown had a good game.

914
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 1: Good to see him. Diggs went over one hundred yards

915
00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:13,520
Speaker 1: and John Brown sixty two. So give the Bills credit.

916
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:16,279
Speaker 1: But I just thought Baltimore was going to be able

917
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:18,000
Speaker 1: to run the football. I was two and two this week,

918
00:47:18,040 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 1: and you know what that means. Five Diggs, by the way,

919
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:25,320
Speaker 1: that acquisition looking better and better every single week. Fifth

920
00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:28,760
Speaker 1: time in six games. He went over one hundred receiving

921
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:31,719
Speaker 1: yards and did just enough to get the Bills into

922
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,800
Speaker 1: the AFC Championship Game. They will travel to Kansas City

923
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:38,880
Speaker 1: to play the Chiefs, who beat the Brown twenty two seventeen.

924
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:42,959
Speaker 1: Kansas City hosting the conference championship game for the third

925
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:45,719
Speaker 1: straight season. Of course, the big storyline, and it's gonna

926
00:47:45,719 --> 00:47:47,600
Speaker 1: be one that we're gonna be following all week long,

927
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:51,160
Speaker 1: is the health of Patrick Mahomes suffered a concussion and

928
00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:54,240
Speaker 1: the third quarter chat Henny came in rallied the troops.

929
00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:56,560
Speaker 1: If you will. More on that in a moment. But

930
00:47:56,680 --> 00:48:00,640
Speaker 1: the latest on Mahomes is, according to Andy Reeve, quote

931
00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:03,759
Speaker 1: feeling pretty good and the fact, I'll give you two

932
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:07,760
Speaker 1: points why I think it is likely more than likely

933
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:11,879
Speaker 1: that Mahomes will play this weekend. One, he sprinted down

934
00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:14,000
Speaker 1: the tunnel into the locker room after he left that

935
00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:20,600
Speaker 1: ball game, and then afterwards he tweeted hashtag anything is possible,

936
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:23,799
Speaker 1: which I thought was phenomenal, and then responded to a

937
00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:26,560
Speaker 1: tweet from Mac Wilson, who was the one who hit

938
00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:32,080
Speaker 1: Mahomes with quote all good brother, exclamation point. So there

939
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:35,000
Speaker 1: is a process, there are protocols in place, but I

940
00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:37,840
Speaker 1: do think that Mahomes is trending in that direction to

941
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:41,080
Speaker 1: be available this week. Yeah, and for those that are

942
00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:44,200
Speaker 1: not familiar with that, we talked about COVID protocols this year.

943
00:48:44,239 --> 00:48:48,280
Speaker 1: They concussion protocols. Don't think he'll do anything Monday, Tuesday,

944
00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:50,960
Speaker 1: or Wednesday that they're not flying, so that's a plus.

945
00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:54,239
Speaker 1: And then you know, we'll see Thursday and Friday. But

946
00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:56,319
Speaker 1: he's gonna have to take a memory test, and a

947
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:59,000
Speaker 1: memory test is stuff that he was asked in training

948
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:02,719
Speaker 1: camp and how it sinks up to see, you know,

949
00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:05,600
Speaker 1: how does the light affect him. Is he having any

950
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:10,120
Speaker 1: lingering headache? So, but I'm with you, bring any setbacks,

951
00:49:10,160 --> 00:49:12,439
Speaker 1: but there is a process to it, and he knows

952
00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:14,799
Speaker 1: the offense they you know, I was wondering because you

953
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:17,000
Speaker 1: brought it up last week about them being off twenty

954
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:19,440
Speaker 1: days in a row. Are they gonna be rustier or

955
00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:21,880
Speaker 1: are they gonna be ready, ready to go? And clearly

956
00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:25,120
Speaker 1: you know didn't didn't get touchdowns, but they were able

957
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:28,680
Speaker 1: to get some field goals early. But for the most part,

958
00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:30,839
Speaker 1: I agree with you, and that's gonna be a really

959
00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:34,200
Speaker 1: good matchup, you know, Josh Allen versus Patrick Mahomes. I'll

960
00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:37,000
Speaker 1: say this though, the fact that Mahomes did not play

961
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:40,560
Speaker 1: in Week seventeen, Chad Henny did and it certainly I

962
00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:42,759
Speaker 1: think benefit of the Chiefs. You never like to see

963
00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:45,799
Speaker 1: your starting quarterback go out. Yet Henny comes in and

964
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:48,200
Speaker 1: the two plays everyone is going to talk about, and

965
00:49:48,239 --> 00:49:51,000
Speaker 1: it deserves to be talked about. He rushed for thirteen

966
00:49:51,080 --> 00:49:54,080
Speaker 1: yards on third and fourteen, took an ill advised sack

967
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:57,360
Speaker 1: to get into that position, and then the game's ceiling

968
00:49:57,480 --> 00:50:00,480
Speaker 1: first down on fourth and one, a five yard completion

969
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:03,239
Speaker 1: and Tyreek Hill. And it's always good when you can

970
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:06,200
Speaker 1: fool the broadcast. Everyone makes a big deal about how

971
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:08,759
Speaker 1: well Tony Romo sees the game, and he is phenomenal.

972
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:12,520
Speaker 1: Yet quote, no play, everybody, there's no play. Just look

973
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:17,200
Speaker 1: at the body language. You're in shotgun, empty backfield, fourth

974
00:50:17,239 --> 00:50:20,120
Speaker 1: and one. I'm thinking, sure, go for it. You want

975
00:50:20,120 --> 00:50:23,160
Speaker 1: to win the ball game, not hope to lose the game.

976
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:26,319
Speaker 1: Go under center, run the football. What do they do? No?

977
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:29,040
Speaker 1: Hen he goes out of the shotgun, rolls out, fires

978
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:31,239
Speaker 1: a pass the hill for the first down, and they're

979
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:33,239
Speaker 1: able to milk the clock and seal the twenty two

980
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:37,080
Speaker 1: seventeen win. Phenomenal. Yeah, and not that I was listening

981
00:50:37,080 --> 00:50:40,040
Speaker 1: to Romo, but you're just watching him. And then play

982
00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:42,200
Speaker 1: clock's going down, and then all of a sudden, you

983
00:50:42,239 --> 00:50:44,040
Speaker 1: see a guy you know, go from the left side

984
00:50:44,080 --> 00:50:46,279
Speaker 1: to the right side. Now, Craig, I don't know why

985
00:50:46,320 --> 00:50:49,880
Speaker 1: teams don't run that play. It's one hundred percent again,

986
00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:53,080
Speaker 1: and it's called a straight right, so you basically he

987
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:57,000
Speaker 1: rolls out a little bit and the receiver can face

988
00:50:57,080 --> 00:50:59,440
Speaker 1: the defensive back where the back can't get in front

989
00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:01,959
Speaker 1: of I don't know why more teams don't run that play.

990
00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:03,920
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's it's I hate to say it's

991
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:06,240
Speaker 1: automatic because you don't want to have a false start penalty.

992
00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:08,200
Speaker 1: You got to make sure you guys are blocking in

993
00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:11,400
Speaker 1: the right spots where the quarterback can get out. And

994
00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:15,440
Speaker 1: you know, give the Chiefs credit because you know they

995
00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:18,759
Speaker 1: really probably they didn't have their top running back, but

996
00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:21,480
Speaker 1: Williams was out there running. They run those those bubble

997
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:24,520
Speaker 1: screens with Tyreek Hills, and to me, I thought they

998
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:26,000
Speaker 1: were going to try to draw them off sides and

999
00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:28,080
Speaker 1: punt the ball. I really And then but you don't

1000
00:51:28,080 --> 00:51:30,239
Speaker 1: want to give the ball back. The whole idea is

1001
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:31,839
Speaker 1: you don't want the other team to touch the ball

1002
00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:34,239
Speaker 1: at that And then you know, when you look at

1003
00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:38,359
Speaker 1: um some of Stefanski's time outs, it costs them. I mean,

1004
00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:40,719
Speaker 1: I get these challenges. Stuff that was bad. That was

1005
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:43,840
Speaker 1: a bad challenge. Yeah, there's someone upstairs. He's got to

1006
00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:45,960
Speaker 1: tell them that though. That is you don't want to

1007
00:51:46,040 --> 00:51:49,239
Speaker 1: challenge in that situation to lose a time out. Here,

1008
00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:52,640
Speaker 1: we are applauding Andy Reid for that play call. Now

1009
00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:55,080
Speaker 1: if it goes against them and the Browns come away

1010
00:51:55,120 --> 00:51:57,200
Speaker 1: with the win, then it's like, you know, hindsight being

1011
00:51:57,280 --> 00:52:00,280
Speaker 1: twenty twenty, but that is the mo That's what Andy

1012
00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:02,759
Speaker 1: Reid has done in Kansas City. Didn't always do it

1013
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:04,799
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia, but that is what he has done with

1014
00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:07,080
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. And if that is your background and that

1015
00:52:07,160 --> 00:52:09,600
Speaker 1: is your m then that is what you do in

1016
00:52:09,640 --> 00:52:12,640
Speaker 1: that situation, you go for it. I like the decision

1017
00:52:12,640 --> 00:52:14,319
Speaker 1: to go for it. I don't know if I could

1018
00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:17,239
Speaker 1: have run that play. I would prefer the quarterback to

1019
00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:19,680
Speaker 1: be under center and to run the ball or sneak it.

1020
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:23,040
Speaker 1: Alah tom Brady as opposed to a pass play, especially

1021
00:52:23,080 --> 00:52:26,320
Speaker 1: with the backup quarterback in there. And nothing against Chad Henny,

1022
00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:28,760
Speaker 1: he's a veteran in this league. Yet that is certainly

1023
00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:30,759
Speaker 1: a play that you could have looked at and said,

1024
00:52:31,080 --> 00:52:33,879
Speaker 1: you know what the risk, let's go with something more

1025
00:52:34,239 --> 00:52:38,040
Speaker 1: prevention parvative in that fourth ound situation, especially to keep

1026
00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:40,120
Speaker 1: the clock rolling, you throw it a complete there and

1027
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:42,560
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden you've got more time that

1028
00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:45,840
Speaker 1: the Browns can use to go and perhaps get the victory.

1029
00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:48,080
Speaker 1: And I thought the Chiefs players did a really good job.

1030
00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:50,160
Speaker 1: When you're getting into the sidelines, they were staying in

1031
00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:53,799
Speaker 1: bounds because at that point when Stevansky blue those two

1032
00:52:53,840 --> 00:52:56,919
Speaker 1: time outs and they I just thought they're playing against

1033
00:52:56,960 --> 00:52:58,920
Speaker 1: the clock. Here. They were five for ten out third down,

1034
00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:02,239
Speaker 1: two for two on four down. It was pretty even

1035
00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:04,840
Speaker 1: a time of possession. But you know, a handy that

1036
00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:07,719
Speaker 1: thirteen yard run. I mean he had two carries for

1037
00:53:07,800 --> 00:53:10,200
Speaker 1: twelve yards, but that thirteen yard run, I don't think

1038
00:53:10,239 --> 00:53:13,239
Speaker 1: anybody thought that would happen. And he almost got it too,

1039
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:16,000
Speaker 1: stopped just a bitch short. He'd go head first, so

1040
00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:17,919
Speaker 1: it's not like you slide and that's where you get

1041
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:20,319
Speaker 1: marked down. So it heads up play on him. So

1042
00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:24,800
Speaker 1: the top two seeds reached the AFC Championship game Bills

1043
00:53:24,920 --> 00:53:27,840
Speaker 1: at Chiefs. Again, the NFC Championship game, you got the

1044
00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:31,359
Speaker 1: number one seed Packers and the fifth seed Buccaneers. And

1045
00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:34,319
Speaker 1: we'll have more on that later on this week here

1046
00:53:34,360 --> 00:53:38,640
Speaker 1: on Cardinals cover two. But so far, I've enjoyed postseason

1047
00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:42,040
Speaker 1: football minus the Cardinals. But it has been a fun

1048
00:53:42,160 --> 00:53:45,919
Speaker 1: couple of weeks here. Yeah, And we always talk about,

1049
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:48,239
Speaker 1: you know, teams run the ball, you know, thirty times

1050
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:50,440
Speaker 1: or more, not so much of back and you look

1051
00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:53,800
Speaker 1: at some of these Baker Mayfield, you know, through for

1052
00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:56,239
Speaker 1: two hundred and four yards, Brady and Breeze less than

1053
00:53:56,239 --> 00:53:59,520
Speaker 1: two hundred yards. And again once you get to the

1054
00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:03,800
Speaker 1: postseeds and it's different, and you know, every possession counts,

1055
00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:06,360
Speaker 1: and when you get a defensive pick six or you

1056
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:08,440
Speaker 1: get to kick off return for a touchdown, it just

1057
00:54:08,480 --> 00:54:12,600
Speaker 1: flips it. And so it's to me, I always said,

1058
00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:15,400
Speaker 1: it gets magnified in the playoffs. It's never good to

1059
00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:17,160
Speaker 1: turn the ball out in the regular season, but when

1060
00:54:17,239 --> 00:54:20,520
Speaker 1: here you got everyone watching and it gets magnified. Can

1061
00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:24,680
Speaker 1: they overcome this? And you know, you know, if Lamar

1062
00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:26,319
Speaker 1: Jackson doesn't go out of that game, I don't know

1063
00:54:26,320 --> 00:54:28,840
Speaker 1: if they win though, because they were containing him. And

1064
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:31,680
Speaker 1: you know, if you're Baltimore, get him some receivers. I mean,

1065
00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:34,799
Speaker 1: besides Hollywood Brown and Mark Andrews, what weapons does he have?

1066
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:38,239
Speaker 1: Get him some receivers. I mean, you're wasting him right there.

1067
00:54:38,440 --> 00:54:41,960
Speaker 1: And listen, I think he's made improvements or making decisions

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Speaker 1: he's got to make tight throws and some of those

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Speaker 1: guys are not getting open. So get him some weapons.

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Speaker 1: And I like Baltimore's defense, That's why I was I

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Speaker 1: thought they would be able to shut down Buffalo's run game.

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Speaker 1: But clearly Buffalo doesn't make mistakes, they don't beat themselves,

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Speaker 1: played complimentary football, and that's I think everyone's aiming for

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Speaker 1: offense gets you into the postseason. Once you reach the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: it's defense and special teams that get magnified to use

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Speaker 1: your term, and all of a sudden, everything else gets

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Speaker 1: elevated to where that is where you really make your marks,

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Speaker 1: whether whether you advance or you go home. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: it's it's so different. And you know, we knew that

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Speaker 1: during the season. The officials weren't calling as many holding calls,

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Speaker 1: but penalties, some of these dumb penalties these teams had.

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Speaker 1: And then analytics played a role with Frank Wright and

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Speaker 1: Mike Rabel, you know, but they've been consistent throughout the

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Speaker 1: season about going for it on fourth down. It doesn't work.

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Speaker 1: At least at least Michael Pittman was open. They just

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Speaker 1: couldn't connect on that pass. But yeah, it's it's teams

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Speaker 1: to do a deep dive and they self evaluate because

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Speaker 1: analytics are good. But I think you gotta go with

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Speaker 1: the guts sometimes, like if you're going three and out,

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Speaker 1: three and out and you think you're gonna think you're

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Speaker 1: gonna pick up a fourth and two. That's probably not best.

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Speaker 1: If you're having the ball on the field and getting

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Speaker 1: positive yards in first and second down, well, we're going

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Speaker 1: to be aggressive here. But you know, to me, it's

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Speaker 1: about gut, because one thing analytics doesn't know about is

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Speaker 1: the brain and the heart and the flow of the game. Yes,

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Speaker 1: and I'm sure there's numbers where you know, guys play

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Speaker 1: better in the fourth quarter than others, but again down

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Speaker 1: in distance the flow of the game. To me, go

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Speaker 1: with gut, over with the with the and everyone was criticizing,

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Speaker 1: you know, Stefanski for going for the extra point. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you don't want to chase points in the end of

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Speaker 1: the third quarter. Yeah, I know that it was a

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Speaker 1: two score one sign you're down by nine or eight

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Speaker 1: and then it's eleven. But again people just think, oh,

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Speaker 1: go off the sheet. No, he knew I need two

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Speaker 1: points here because we're gonna get to a two possession

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Speaker 1: game than a three possession game. Three games remain here

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Speaker 1: in this twenty twenty postseason two coming up this Sunday,

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Speaker 1: and we'll get more into that later on this week.

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Speaker 1: And on that note, we'll put a lid on this

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Speaker 1: edition of Cardinals Covered two, presented by Hunday, proud partner

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Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals. Once again special thanks to Kyle

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Speaker 1: Utgard joining us earlier in the show to talk about

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Speaker 1: the top plays on offense here in this just completed

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty regular season special. Thanks as always to our

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Speaker 1: executive producer Jim Almahundro For Mike Jarecki, I'm preig Rayel Loup.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next time you're on Cardinals Covered

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