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Speaker 1: and thirteen year NFL veteran Drew Stanton. So this is

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Speaker 1: the week many former players and Drew. You might be

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Speaker 1: in this group where you wish one of two things.

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Speaker 1: You were born later in life, or maybe you should

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Speaker 1: have played a different position, like I don't know wide

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Speaker 1: So are you okay with where things stand? It's good

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Speaker 1: for the players, but is there some oh bitter suite

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Speaker 1: that you know, I wouldn't mind making fifty million a

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Speaker 1: signing bonus like reported league Christian Kirk has just done. Yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you're happy for guys like that, especially in the locker room,

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Speaker 1: the brotherhood that exists within this league. And I was

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Speaker 1: fortunate enough to scratch it out. For as many years

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Speaker 1: value of that of going out and getting Colt back

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Speaker 1: under contract because the continuity, again everything that we don't

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Speaker 1: I did think that the Arizona Cardinals did a fantastic job.

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Speaker 1: kept their main thing the main thing. Now, officially the

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Speaker 1: but you can sign your own your own free agents

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Speaker 1: and then the legal tampering period. That's why you're seeing

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Speaker 1: March sixteen. Yeah, if you go to the NFL dot Com,

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Speaker 1: is exactly what you're looking for of this illegal tampering

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Speaker 1: I'm sure the fan base wants a nice, new shiny toy.

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Speaker 1: next opponent we were playing, geared towards how we can

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Speaker 1: be better. But I look forward to just continue to

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Speaker 1: grow as friends. Obviously, I think he's a great friend

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Speaker 1: to me. He's he's someone that I've loved playing with

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Speaker 1: and for the past eleven games, and I think we're

435
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Speaker 1: just really scratching the surface with our chemistry level on

436
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Speaker 1: the football field, and so I'm excited to see where

437
00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:56,040
Speaker 1: that goes in year two. Eleven games for Art's last

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Speaker 1: season with the Cardinals, and in those eleven games, we

439
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Speaker 1: gave you the numbers, but he was also the third

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Speaker 1: most targeted pass catcher as well eighty one targets. In

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Speaker 1: those eleven games. He became I wouldn't say the safety

442
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Speaker 1: net with the hop on the field, but he certainly

443
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Speaker 1: was the number one choice of Kyler without DeAndre Hopkins

444
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Speaker 1: on the football field. So you can see him as

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Speaker 1: a tight drew and also maybe a little bit more

446
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Speaker 1: as a wide receiver because he is that type of

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Speaker 1: tight end that does stand up in the slot, whether

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Speaker 1: it's on left side or the right side. Yeah, He's

449
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Speaker 1: extremely savvy, right, he understands how to get open. He

450
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Speaker 1: understands the nuances of playing the game and being able

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Speaker 1: to do it and find space. You know, understands when

452
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Speaker 1: to sit in his own like you just watched the

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Speaker 1: feel in which he plays the game with and again

454
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Speaker 1: to be able to pick the offense up as he

455
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Speaker 1: got here and hit the ground running into the touchdown

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Speaker 1: that we heard about on the way and from Dave passion,

457
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Speaker 1: you see that that's not by mistake, the level of

458
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Speaker 1: professionalism that he has, how he approaches it, and look,

459
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Speaker 1: he's again he is a leader. He's won a championship.

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Speaker 1: He knows what it looks like and getting as many

461
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Speaker 1: of those guys in the building, keeping them in the building,

462
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Speaker 1: especially surrounding them around a rookie quarterback, right or not

463
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Speaker 1: a rookie quarterback quarterback on his rookie deal. As Steve

464
00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:11,320
Speaker 1: kind of talked about, you can take these luxuries right

465
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Speaker 1: now because you're going out and you're getting guys and

466
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Speaker 1: it is a learning process each and every year. You

467
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Speaker 1: should be able to look back and say, Okay, this

468
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Speaker 1: is the direction that we want ahead and we need

469
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Speaker 1: to do it together. And when everybody's pulling in the

470
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Speaker 1: same direction. You can learn from one another, and there's

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Speaker 1: a lot to be learned from zach Ertz. His ability

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Speaker 1: to find open space MJ is impressive. And he even

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Speaker 1: made a comment when he addressed the media on Monday

474
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Speaker 1: about he didn't think that this offense has had a

475
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Speaker 1: tight end like him for a full season, And that's

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Speaker 1: very true. Now it's a matter of, all, right, what's

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Speaker 1: it going to look like? Yeah, I mean, we'd have

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Speaker 1: to go back, but since they moved here, I know

479
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Speaker 1: they had Jay Novacheck and some mothers, Robert Awall, but

480
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Speaker 1: I think on paper and just more of a pass

481
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Speaker 1: catching tight end versus a blockers. So sky's the limit

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Speaker 1: for a guy like zach Ertz and this offense. And again,

483
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Speaker 1: the Cardinals last season at least one time in on

484
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Speaker 1: the football field fifty six percent of the offensive snaps

485
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Speaker 1: hash pot. We've hit halftime here on the Cardinals Red

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Speaker 1: Seat Report presented by seat Geek. Get your seats any

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Speaker 1: seats on the other side. Well, the other priority in

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Speaker 1: the offseason. James Connor is back. We'll touch on that

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Speaker 1: next here on the Arizona Cardinals Radio network run play

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Speaker 1: to the left for Connor to the forty five, drags

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Speaker 1: defenders down to the forty two, gain of nine for

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Speaker 1: James Conner off the left side. David, do you hear

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Speaker 1: that muffled beat right now? That is the telltale heart

497
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Speaker 1: well for Cleveland Browns, and it's beating faintly. John gun snapped, Murray,

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Speaker 1: give the Connor again off left side. He's got a

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Speaker 1: crease at the thirty down to the twenty five and

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Speaker 1: tackled out the twenty four. Fifteen carries sixteen yards and

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Speaker 1: they're pulling the hearts out of the Cleveland Browns now

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Speaker 1: inside seven minutes to go, leading thirty to fourteen. It's

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Speaker 1: a run play up the middle inside the twenty and

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Speaker 1: Connor keeps the feet moving and he gets a first

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Speaker 1: down inside the fifteen to the fourteen. They cannot tackle

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Speaker 1: James Connor. Maybe they don't want to. Oh my goodness,

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Speaker 1: James Connor, he's running the ball like he's judged Brett

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Speaker 1: out here. David certainly ruled and found the Cleveland Browns

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Speaker 1: to be guilty hammering down sixteen carries, seventy seven rushing

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Speaker 1: yards for James Connor and that thirty seven fourteen win

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Speaker 1: in Cleveland, and you'll be able to hear Dave Pash

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Speaker 1: and Ron Wilfley discuss James Connor hammering opposing defenses not

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Speaker 1: only this season, but the next three season. Says James

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Speaker 1: Connor has agreed to term to return running back number

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Speaker 1: one if you will, Yes, Chase Edmonds is gone going

516
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Speaker 1: to the Miami Dolphins. It was going to be hard

517
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Speaker 1: to retain both, but at least for me, Drew, it

518
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Speaker 1: was if you had to choose one or the other,

519
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Speaker 1: and it says nothing against who you do not choose.

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Speaker 1: I'm leaning more towards James Connor because of his not

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Speaker 1: only ability to catch the ball out of the backfield,

522
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Speaker 1: but just the toughness that he showed and able to

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Speaker 1: get those tough, hard yards, whether on third and short

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Speaker 1: and certainly near the goal line. Yeah, I mean, take

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Speaker 1: position out of it. He would have been my number

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Speaker 1: one priority period. I mean of guys that I want

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Speaker 1: to resign that I saw throughout the course of this

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Speaker 1: season that were leaders that were you know guys that

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Speaker 1: you want to build around. James Connor proved as much

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Speaker 1: as anything. He came here on a one year deal

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Speaker 1: and gave everything he had to this organization each and

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Speaker 1: every week. And so those are the guys that you

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Speaker 1: want to be around. Again, all of these names are great.

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Speaker 1: I think zach Ertz is huge. To be able to

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Speaker 1: get him, Colt getting back all these guys that are

536
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Speaker 1: under contract, James conn would have been my number one priority,

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Speaker 1: and they went out there and they made it happen.

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Speaker 1: And so I'm losing a guy like Chase is difficult

539
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Speaker 1: because he was a draft pick. Losing a guy like

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Speaker 1: Christian Kirk difficult because he's a draft pick. Guys that

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Speaker 1: you want to see and keep around. But again, to

542
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Speaker 1: be able to get a taste of what James Connor

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Speaker 1: brings to close out games, to be able to get

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Speaker 1: in your face, to have that mentality, it's it's instrumental

545
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Speaker 1: because for this team to reach the heights that they

546
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Speaker 1: want to, you need as many of those guys around

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Speaker 1: as possible. Going back to that Browns game that was

548
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Speaker 1: a Spencer Whipple game and Kyler Murray twenty thirty two

549
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Speaker 1: twenty nine yards four touchdowns, Hop had a couple, Kirk

550
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Speaker 1: had won, and an aj Green, So that's why I

551
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Speaker 1: think Kyler was improvising a little bit and then coming

552
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Speaker 1: to the sidelines obviously get a chance to talk to Colt.

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Speaker 1: But that was an impressive performance considering the Browns were

554
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Speaker 1: kind of kind of real and at that point and

555
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,520
Speaker 1: they put their foot on him. Yeah. Well, you look

556
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Speaker 1: to it at the amount of success this team had

557
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 1: early on for the first portion of the season, it

558
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Speaker 1: was because the ground game. It was the commitment to

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Speaker 1: that run game, and for whatever reason, wasn't the same

560
00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:02,879
Speaker 1: success in the latter half of the season. But the

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Speaker 1: guy that was producing all of those run games because

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Speaker 1: Chase was out for some of that, was James Connor,

563
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,679
Speaker 1: and he was the lead dog. Now he's excited to

564
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Speaker 1: have some of these young guys and give them more opportunity,

565
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:13,919
Speaker 1: and you feel the roster and where you can, but

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Speaker 1: James is going to be out there and everybody was

567
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Speaker 1: shocked to see his catching radius and ability and all

568
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Speaker 1: of these things. He's at a dynamic back that fits

569
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Speaker 1: in this system better than anybody could have ever predicted

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Speaker 1: the catching ability of one James Connor. Something that I

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Speaker 1: don't think people talked enough about unless you were at

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Speaker 1: training camp and were able to watch him. But the

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Speaker 1: game in Chicago, the one handed grab in the bad weather,

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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, it was another dimension to

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Speaker 1: where you didn't need to say, all right, James is

576
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Speaker 1: going to be our running back and then Chase Edmonds

577
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,840
Speaker 1: is going to be our pass catching running back. You

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00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,119
Speaker 1: saw you found one guy to do both and it

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00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 1: did open things up offensively. Yeah, I know, it completely did.

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Speaker 1: And when you can leave that on the field, you

581
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Speaker 1: see what an asset it is. And that's why he

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Speaker 1: was rewarded and compensated accordingly, because he can do all

583
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Speaker 1: of those things. He is a three down back and

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Speaker 1: being able to play in this offense, and he knows that.

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Speaker 1: That's why he wanted to probably sign this deal as

586
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 1: quickly as possible. He didn't have to go shop this deal.

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Speaker 1: I think another portion of that is his training regiment.

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Speaker 1: You look at being able to be on grass, to

589
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Speaker 1: play on natural grass, working out with Buddy Morris, all

590
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,160
Speaker 1: of these things play into that. The training staff that's

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Speaker 1: in place here. There's so many things that I think

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Speaker 1: as a veteran player that you look at the bigger

593
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Speaker 1: picture of it, and so it's extremely fortunate to be

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Speaker 1: able to get this deal done before free agency comes about,

595
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Speaker 1: because had he hit the open market, there would have

596
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Speaker 1: been a lot of people coming. Yeah. And one thing

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00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 1: you know bout Connor is you know, it's just the

598
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 1: physicality and the awareness. And you could see guys really

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Speaker 1: appreciated him when he comes to the sidelines, like you

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00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,280
Speaker 1: when you play that ball sort of wall and that

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00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,160
Speaker 1: physical Guys look at it and say, Wow, this guy's

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Speaker 1: he's playing a one hundred percent and I'm only playing

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Speaker 1: any percent of speak. So I just I think it's

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Speaker 1: more than what just he does on the field. It's

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Speaker 1: what he does in practice. He's always practicing, and I

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00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 1: think he could be the bell cow in this offense.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I clearly you don't want to run him

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00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 1: in the ground because he was dealing with some rib

609
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Speaker 1: injury s towards the end of the year. But you know,

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Speaker 1: eighteen to twenty carries and maybe five to seven targets

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Speaker 1: in the passing game, and then when you can get

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Speaker 1: to that magic number of running the ball thirty times,

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Speaker 1: you're probably gonna win the majority of the game. He

614
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Speaker 1: had over two hundred rushing attempts last season two two

615
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Speaker 1: to be exact, you think that could go up to

616
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Speaker 1: two fifty to seventy five or even hit that three

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Speaker 1: hundred yard mark or three hundred mark. No, I mean again,

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Speaker 1: if you if you get a lead in the game,

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Speaker 1: clearly I'm kind of intrigued with the wild card is

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Speaker 1: a Jaylen Samuels. He's got forty five starts, he's looked

621
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Speaker 1: six feet about two oh five. He was a freatress contract,

622
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:51,640
Speaker 1: so we'll see. I think he's the wild card. But

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Speaker 1: you also have Jonathan Warren and you know Benjamin. But

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Speaker 1: I think you know, if you get that lead in

625
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Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, I don't think you have to use

626
00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 1: him if you got a two possession or a three

627
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Speaker 1: possession lead. Be interesting to see what they do now

628
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,520
Speaker 1: in that running back room with four guys, whether they

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Speaker 1: add someone a veteran or perhaps draft someone. But we're

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Speaker 1: waiting to see what. You know, Benjamin potentially could do

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Speaker 1: more of We've seen glimpses, certainly in the running game,

632
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,440
Speaker 1: and also his ability to catch the ball. Jonathan Ward

633
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,160
Speaker 1: special teams guy more than running, but certainly someone that

634
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,080
Speaker 1: has flashed at times when given the opportunity. Does it

635
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,360
Speaker 1: become natural jujus to have one of those two or

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Speaker 1: maybe both just step up and go from you know, third,

637
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,680
Speaker 1: fourth guy to maybe two three. Yeah, they need to

638
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,240
Speaker 1: make that jump if they're going to be able to

639
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,520
Speaker 1: be on this roster. You know, this is a competitive roster,

640
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,280
Speaker 1: that's the championship type of a roster. But again, my

641
00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:41,959
Speaker 1: belief is you draft the running back each and every

642
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 1: year because you find that diamond in the rough, fifth,

643
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Speaker 1: sixth round, maybe undrafted free agent, who knows. But you

644
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,320
Speaker 1: can also be an asset to the team, like you

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Speaker 1: said with Jonathan Ward, of playing special teams, being able

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Speaker 1: to contribute that way. It's so important because you're so

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Speaker 1: limited on who you can get to the game and

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Speaker 1: you want to be able to make sure that a

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Speaker 1: you have a very good backup running back, but also

650
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Speaker 1: a guy that can mix and match and do some

651
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 1: different things for you. So it's very intriguing with the

652
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,520
Speaker 1: different things these guys bring to the table. But maybe

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Speaker 1: there's somebody in the draft that just falls in your

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Speaker 1: lap and say, okay, like we're willing to take a

655
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Speaker 1: chance on this here and you may be able to

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Speaker 1: have lightning strike at that point as well. Do you

657
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:18,480
Speaker 1: when you look at you know Benjamin and we know

658
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 1: that he trucked tray Ker Patrick, But I also think

659
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Speaker 1: he's gotten better in past protect Do you think he

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Speaker 1: has a similar skill set to Chase Edmons similar some way?

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not a huge fan of comparing players.

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Speaker 1: I think he does a lot of things well. And

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Speaker 1: I think, if we're completely honest from the rum wins

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Speaker 1: of what I heard, it took him a while to

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Speaker 1: kind of get in shape and to show what he

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Speaker 1: was able to. You know, it's difficult being a rookie,

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Speaker 1: and you know, especially as a running back, learning protections

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00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 1: is extremely difficult. You've got to be able to see

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Speaker 1: the bigger picture and things happen very fast and it's

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Speaker 1: not necessarily even diagnosing it, and then it's then going

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Speaker 1: out and physically performing what you need to execute. So

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Speaker 1: he has the skill set that would lead you to believe, yes,

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Speaker 1: he could be a great third down back. He's powerful,

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Speaker 1: he has all those things. He catches the ball well.

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Speaker 1: People are very familiar with him since he's local here

676
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Speaker 1: from Arizona State, so he will get every opportunity out

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Speaker 1: with thinking. And I would first start and look within

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Speaker 1: maybe those two guys can step up and you give

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Speaker 1: them the opportunities. I'm sure when they step on the grass,

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Speaker 1: even if they draft somebody, they're going to get opportunities.

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Speaker 1: That's the beauty of training camp, right of having these

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Speaker 1: preseason games, but also training camp there's only so many

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Speaker 1: running backs and there's a huge emphasis on running the football,

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Speaker 1: and if somebody gets hurt or something gets tweaks or

685
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 1: something like that, those guys all of a sudden, they

686
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Speaker 1: move up quick and they'd better be ready to roll

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00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,840
Speaker 1: size wise, you know, and Chase very similar, you know,

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Speaker 1: Benjamin five nine two oh seven, Chase Edmonds five nine

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Speaker 1: two oh five. And I do think we saw enough

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Speaker 1: out of you know, Benjamin last season thirty four carries

691
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Speaker 1: six catches, so did not play a lot of offense.

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Speaker 1: But someone I think maybe has a bigger role here

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two. And we know Drew that this team,

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Speaker 1: when it's rolling offensively, needs to be able to run

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Speaker 1: the football. Maybe not so much in total yards, but

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Speaker 1: if the Russian attempts and the stats the MJ likes

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Speaker 1: last season nine and oh, when this team had thirty

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Speaker 1: or more rushing attempts in a game. Yeah, let's you know,

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Speaker 1: you're controlling the clock, but also at that point, what's

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Speaker 1: the you know, the average per attempt as well. That's

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Speaker 1: what I would lean on because depending on the flow

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Speaker 1: of the game, your quick pass game can lead up

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Speaker 1: you know, take some of that and alleviate some of

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Speaker 1: that for you. But those attempts are huge, and that

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Speaker 1: stretch that he was you know that Chase Edmonds was out,

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Speaker 1: James was carrying the workload big time. Why they didn't

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Speaker 1: they give more to you know, we don't know. Maybe

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Speaker 1: he wasn't comfortable, maybe they weren't comfortable, But all that

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Speaker 1: will be answered now because exit Chase Edmonds, insert you know,

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Speaker 1: Benjamin Jonathan Ward, and then you know, anybody else that

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Speaker 1: gets add to that mixture. A running back room and

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Speaker 1: how that structured is very important because there is some

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Speaker 1: attrition that's going to go on throughout the course of

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Speaker 1: the year. There tenth best rushing offense last season, twenty

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Speaker 1: second best as far as yards per attempts four point two,

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Speaker 1: which not too bad, it's been above five in years previously,

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Speaker 1: but four point two with James Conner leaving the charge,

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Speaker 1: and we'll see what happens the rest of free agency

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Speaker 1: and of course the draft as well. Check out Season

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Speaker 1: one of Cardinals Folk Tales on your official YouTube channel,

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Red Sea Report presented by Get Your Seats in

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Speaker 1: a Seat, Could McCoy is back. Didn't play a lot,

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Speaker 1: but when he did he was very, very successful. This

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Speaker 1: is the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network snapped the McCoy straight dropback,

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Speaker 1: looking left all the way that dumps it off across

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Speaker 1: the middle of the Connor brought of the fifteen ranks

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Speaker 1: at tackle. First down boy, Colt McCoy looked left the

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Speaker 1: entire time and at the last second shifted his eyes

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Speaker 1: to the right, Connor to the ten, to the five

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Speaker 1: and end of the ends up of the touchdown. Colt McCoy,

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Speaker 1: the cool veteran, went ahead, bought himself a little bit

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Speaker 1: of time. That split second, McCoy takes the snap off

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Speaker 1: fake to the right, throws over the middle. It's caught

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Speaker 1: inside the ten yard line by Arts down at the five,

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Speaker 1: perfectly executed, great read by Cope McCoy. Gorgeous tossed by

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Speaker 1: Colt McCoy. Oh, that is a greasy throw by col McCoy.

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00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:40,360
Speaker 1: Right there, spin that pig. Colts shotguns snapped McCoy balls

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Speaker 1: loose on the ground, he picks it up, throws over

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Speaker 1: the middle. Hey, it's caught for a touchdown by Arts.

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00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,600
Speaker 1: Up by Colt McCoy picking up a loose ball on

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Speaker 1: the turf and throwing a pass over the middle for

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Speaker 1: a big touchdown. Here before we asked Drew Stanton about

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00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 1: his comments about Colt McCoy coming back, I gotta ask this,

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Speaker 1: have you ever thrown a greasy pig? Hopefully not. I

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Speaker 1: don't think I have the word smith. That is Ron

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00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:12,920
Speaker 1: Wolfley Cole McCoy two and one as a starter. More

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Speaker 1: impressed by what he did filling in for Kyle the

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00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:17,840
Speaker 1: Murray drew or the fact that he was that sounding

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Speaker 1: board off the field, on the sidelines in the classroom

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00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 1: for Kyle the Murray. It's all about winning football games.

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Speaker 1: That's how you do it, and especially two division opponents,

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00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 1: two division opponents on the road, I believe, wasn't it. So?

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Speaker 1: I mean, you look at that, and that's how we're

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Speaker 1: measured as backup quarterbacks to the outside world and the

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00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,600
Speaker 1: perception of that, which is which is important because that

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00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 1: matters of keeping a fan base alive, keeping people engaged.

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00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:45,799
Speaker 1: You know, injuries happen. So for Colt to be able

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00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,520
Speaker 1: to do that kind of betting on himself again a

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00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,920
Speaker 1: one year deal minimum deal, I believe, so for him

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Speaker 1: to be able to be rewarded by this organization and say, hey,

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Speaker 1: we're putting our faith in you is huge because you

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00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,759
Speaker 1: want to keep that continuity with Kyler. You want to

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Speaker 1: make sure that everybody is pulling in the same direction

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Speaker 1: to make sure that your franchise quarterback is growing each

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Speaker 1: and every year. And that growth came because Colt was

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Speaker 1: a part of that. And keeping that continue in the

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Speaker 1: quarterback room, much like when I was here with Carson,

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00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,920
Speaker 1: that matters because you don't have as many moving pieces.

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00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,760
Speaker 1: You don't have to worry about, you know, earning trust

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00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:20,959
Speaker 1: and earning respect of the guy. There is an open

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00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,440
Speaker 1: line of communication on how you watch film, how you

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Speaker 1: do stuff together, how you work out together all of

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00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 1: those little things, and it just keeps heading in the

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00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 1: right direction and everybody is pulling along together. So to

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Speaker 1: have Colt back, I think is instrumental for not only

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Speaker 1: this organization, but for Kyler. And I'm sure at some

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00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:41,120
Speaker 1: point Kyler probably made a phone call to people and

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Speaker 1: the powers that maybe and said, you can't let him

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Speaker 1: get away, because I know that's how I would have

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Speaker 1: been if I was in his situation. And so now

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Speaker 1: you see what Colt is able to do. Sign a

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Speaker 1: two year deal. You know, it's really a one year deal,

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00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: but with the guaranteed money. Yeah, they all are because

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00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:01,359
Speaker 1: once the guaranteed money's gone all open, it's all open game.

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00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,880
Speaker 1: But great for Cole to be able to do that again,

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Speaker 1: to be able to come back here and just knowing

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00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 1: of what that looks like, that calming force. I think

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Speaker 1: there's not enough teams that place emphasis on that quarterback room,

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Speaker 1: on that backup quarterback. They say, well, you know, we'll

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Speaker 1: get away with paying this guy minimum, and then all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden, that guy that's on a minimum deal

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00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:20,840
Speaker 1: doesn't feel appreciated. He doesn't know if he's going to

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Speaker 1: be there because it's on a one year deal. All

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Speaker 1: of those things play into it. His comfort level is

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00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:27,960
Speaker 1: going to grow what he's able to do within this organization,

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00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:29,880
Speaker 1: in the reach that he has not only to Kyler,

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00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:34,239
Speaker 1: but to Cliff Kingsbury. You know, to everybody. He is

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00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:37,080
Speaker 1: just more comfortable because of the year experience that he

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Speaker 1: had within this system. I can tell you this. You know,

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00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:41,480
Speaker 1: once the deal got done, there was a lot of

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00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:44,840
Speaker 1: excitement in the building, including you know guys that he

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00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:48,800
Speaker 1: basically coaches with and or plays under, you know, Cam Turner.

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Speaker 1: And then obviously you look at Cliff Kingsbury so and

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00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 1: you go back to Cope McCoy in that forty nine

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Speaker 1: Ers game and we talk about Connor. I loved how

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Speaker 1: he baited those guys and he got that screen game

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00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 1: going and he I mean really impressive to go on

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00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,960
Speaker 1: the road against two division opponents and get the victory. Obviously,

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00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,239
Speaker 1: the Panthers game kind of got out of hand real quick.

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Speaker 1: Completed almost seventy five percent of his past attempts in

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Speaker 1: those three starts filling in for Kyler Murray. And yes,

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Speaker 1: you don't expect the backup quarterback to come along and

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Speaker 1: play six seven games, but if you just need him

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Speaker 1: for a couple of games, and that's what Colton McCoy

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Speaker 1: move last offseason to get that veteran backup, and even

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Speaker 1: bigger this offseason to retain that veteran backup behind Kyle

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Speaker 1: the Murray. Colton McCoy this season on his relationship with

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Speaker 1: Kyle the Murray and just the overall need for a

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Speaker 1: strong quarterback room. I understand the importance of having a

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Speaker 1: gonna be supportive, he's going to be an extension of

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Speaker 1: kind of like what I see and how I talked

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Speaker 1: to and communicate to the coaches, to the receivers, and

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Speaker 1: Cold around. UM. A guy that's you know, he's a

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00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,080
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Speaker 1: know he obviously has a great you know, i Q

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Speaker 1: and understanding for the game. So a guy that can

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Speaker 1: you know, give me a little things here and there.

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Speaker 1: Just having him in the room. Great dude on and

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Speaker 1: off the field for me. Colt McCoy with Dave Pass

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Speaker 1: on the Day Pass podcast at the end of the season.

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Speaker 1: And then you heard Kyler Murray talking about the relationship

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Speaker 1: that he has with another Texas legend as far as

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Speaker 1: quarterback is concerned. Colt McCoy, well, I was impressive that

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Speaker 1: he says that he helps him. You know, obviously when

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Speaker 1: it comes to watching film and a lot of times

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Speaker 1: is hey, you know, we have this great relationship. Keep

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Speaker 1: where we hear and now you hear from Kyler Murray

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Speaker 1: and it makes total sense why they brought him back

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Speaker 1: and because we've got Drew Stanton this week here on

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals Red Sea Report, presented by a seat geek,

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Speaker 1: get your seats in a seats It would have been

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Speaker 1: interested to get your real time reaction. It was a

855
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:57,200
Speaker 1: week ago that the news broke that Russell Wilson was

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Speaker 1: headed to the Denver Broncos. But there's been a lot

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Speaker 1: of quarterbacks, Drew one your thoughts on Wilson leaving the

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Speaker 1: NFC West and then Tom Brady, former teammate, coming back

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Speaker 1: after a forty day retirement you like that former team, Yeah, exactly,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't matter how long still former teammate. He was

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Speaker 1: retired shorter than we were teammates, though, So you know,

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Speaker 1: I think that there's some merit there now that we

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Speaker 1: can go off of that. I think the writing was

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00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 1: on the wall for Russell Wilson. He wanted out. He

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Speaker 1: made it known he wanted out. He's looking for that

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Speaker 1: Cinderella story, similar to Matthew Stafford, and they kind of

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Speaker 1: run his course. Whether it was going to be Pete

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Speaker 1: or him or both of them, you know, they had

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Speaker 1: to change direction. Everybody can take a collective deep breath

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Speaker 1: right now, and the NFC West because Bobby Wagoner has gone.

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Speaker 1: I know that he hit me as hard as I've

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Speaker 1: ever been hit in my life. So if I was

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Speaker 1: still part of this, I would feel good about it

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00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,480
Speaker 1: because Bobby's still planning at a high level. And you

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Speaker 1: talk about a leader of men, and Bobby does all

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Speaker 1: those things. He encompasses everything you want as far as

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00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:57,799
Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl Hall of Fame middle linebacker that can

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Speaker 1: carry the load. So those are two huge voids the

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Speaker 1: Seahawks are gonna have to fill. And as Cardinals fans

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00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:05,640
Speaker 1: around here. Everybody should be happy to see that Tom

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00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:08,840
Speaker 1: Brady's retirement. I'm still at a loss for words of it,

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Speaker 1: to be honest with you. I mean, who knows what

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Speaker 1: he was thinking. It's always hard to walk away, and

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00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:16,799
Speaker 1: so maybe he felt like a piece of him wasn't

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00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:20,320
Speaker 1: really ready to fully give up and headed into free agency,

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00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:22,359
Speaker 1: wanted to let the team know so they could build

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Speaker 1: accordingly around that. And whether he was trying to play

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Speaker 1: stuff or do stuff, it's all it's all speculation from

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00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:30,960
Speaker 1: our end, right, and that's what a lot of this

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Speaker 1: is about. But if Tom still felt like he had

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Speaker 1: enough left in the tank to go out there and

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Speaker 1: the desire to be great, then then so be it.

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Speaker 1: You know, you hope it ends in success for him.

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Speaker 1: But except when he plays us coming up and during

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Speaker 1: the season, yeah, I mean I don't care. Yeah, it

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00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:50,680
Speaker 1: doesn't affect me anymore. But again, the continuity portion of it, right,

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Speaker 1: it's not like he's going to a new team where

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Speaker 1: he's doing anything differently. He's stepping back into the same offense.

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Speaker 1: He's stepping back into the exact same situation. His kids,

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Speaker 1: his wife, all of those things probably had to be

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00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:05,880
Speaker 1: on board because once football's away, you know, do you

902
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:07,359
Speaker 1: want to be able to make sure that you're making

903
00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 1: the decisions based on what's best for your family? And

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00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:12,400
Speaker 1: he said that initially, So hopefully he got their blessing,

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Speaker 1: because if not, it's going to be pretty quiet dinners

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Speaker 1: in the Brady household. Speaking of the NFC, but Andrew

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Speaker 1: Whitworth announced his retirement sixteen years, probably a Hall of famer,

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Speaker 1: he won the way we get his teammates Aaron Donald

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Speaker 1: Donald to retire as well? Can they go out together

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Speaker 1: on That's that's what I really want. I mean, this

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Speaker 1: guy played at a high level of considering he's four.

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Speaker 1: I think he's spent eleven years and since and then

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Speaker 1: five with the Rams, I mean forty years old. And

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Speaker 1: when's the Walter Payton. So I don't know if you

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Speaker 1: can write off the like the sunset what he's doing

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Speaker 1: right now. The Cardinals again busy so far in this

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Speaker 1: legal tamp rain period, retaining five of their own unrestricted

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Speaker 1: free agents, or to say four Michael Dogby was a

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Speaker 1: restricted free agent. But there is still work to be done.

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Speaker 1: In our final moments here on the Cardinals Red Sea

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Speaker 1: What do you want to see the Cardinals do now

923
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Speaker 1: or a position to address? Well, I mean pass rusher,

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Speaker 1: but again they're not growing on trees and it's gonna

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Speaker 1: cost you a penny. And maybe they look at the draft.

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Speaker 1: Obviously you're relying on a rookie, but wide receiver or

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Speaker 1: a corner, maybe a defensive lineman tackle to go with

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Speaker 1: JJ Watt and everyone else. So I mean there's there's

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Speaker 1: some needs and what they don't do here they'll address

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Speaker 1: in the draft. What about you, Drew, offensive lineman, offensive

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Speaker 1: linement of playmakers? I think that you know how guys

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Speaker 1: fit in there and what you can do. Right. You

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Speaker 1: need somebody to help take the heat off of the

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Speaker 1: Andre and the easiest way to do that is protecting Kyler,

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Speaker 1: so giving him some time. So I would look to

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Speaker 1: solidify that middle portion. We know Rodney's backboot, go go,

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Speaker 1: try to find some guards to help. Who cares about defense? Right? Yeah? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: score more points? You will. Special thanks behind the scenes

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Speaker 1: What other moves have the Cardinals made in just six

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