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Speaker 1: talk about feeding off energy. I mean James Connor, Matt Goodness,

426
00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:46,679
Speaker 1: he had that first touchdown run at the Niners. He

427
00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:49,040
Speaker 1: comes to the sideline and he's just yelling at anybody

428
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Speaker 1: who would listen, y'all with me, y'all with me, sort

429
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,560
Speaker 1: of like, you know, I'm putting it out there and

430
00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,800
Speaker 1: I expect everyone to follow. He really is a catalyst

431
00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:00,520
Speaker 1: on game day, isn't he? You know? Yes, he's very

432
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:04,360
Speaker 1: vocal on the sideline and he's very positive. Um. He's

433
00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,080
Speaker 1: always trying to get the best out of anyone who

434
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Speaker 1: he comes in contact with, whether that mean whether that

435
00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:13,359
Speaker 1: may be him hitting you, him just motivating you, him

436
00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,400
Speaker 1: yelling at you, or anything. James is always a guy

437
00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,200
Speaker 1: who comes with high energy. He calls it. He calls

438
00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:23,040
Speaker 1: it will bullyball, bulleyball. And here's what he had to

439
00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:25,679
Speaker 1: say this week about you know, Benjamin and just his

440
00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,760
Speaker 1: work ethic. You know, is uh this special talent Like

441
00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,600
Speaker 1: we see some of the jump cuts that he makes,

442
00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,760
Speaker 1: some practices and his acceleration. You know, he has all

443
00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,480
Speaker 1: the talent in the world. So UM, putting it together,

444
00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,720
Speaker 1: being a complete player, that's what he's doing. You know.

445
00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:40,440
Speaker 1: That's why I feel like I'm helping him with that

446
00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,800
Speaker 1: all the other rbs. You know, you can you can

447
00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,800
Speaker 1: see the potential in him. How important is it to

448
00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:48,960
Speaker 1: have different type running backs for a defense? That can

449
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:53,639
Speaker 1: present different challenges. You know, Um, I think, um it

450
00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,640
Speaker 1: leaves the defense not knowing what to do when you've

451
00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,880
Speaker 1: got two different I guess you would say skill set

452
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,440
Speaker 1: types of backs that you've got to work with. So

453
00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,400
Speaker 1: just being able to have a change of pace like that,

454
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,200
Speaker 1: I would say always keeps the defense on their heels.

455
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,480
Speaker 1: Look at this offense in the National Football League and

456
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,640
Speaker 1: compare it to the offense that you knew in college.

457
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:21,840
Speaker 1: How difficult was the transition coming from college? Honestly, I

458
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:26,480
Speaker 1: would tell you it's very much similar, just as far

459
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,880
Speaker 1: as the spread and the uniqueness of the offense as

460
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,520
Speaker 1: to kind of the Texas high school football thing that

461
00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:36,080
Speaker 1: I was seeing there and then that going into college

462
00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:39,320
Speaker 1: as well and now seeing it here at a NFL level,

463
00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,719
Speaker 1: It's it's a bit similar. It's definitely different, but it's

464
00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,600
Speaker 1: a bit similar, and I think that as well has

465
00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,040
Speaker 1: kind of helped me progress on the field. You look

466
00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:51,200
Speaker 1: at Enos high school numbers wolf the ridiculous, I mean

467
00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,280
Speaker 1: almost absurd, like it's a typo. Okay, and Kyla Mari

468
00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,720
Speaker 1: said this week that he followed you know, Benjamin's career

469
00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:00,359
Speaker 1: through Texas high school football will continue with a Cardinals

470
00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 1: running back as we keep going here on the big

471
00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:12,720
Speaker 1: red rage presented by Satan forward in Gilbert hand off

472
00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,320
Speaker 1: Connor off the right side, he breaks the tackle at

473
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Speaker 1: the ten to the five and end of the end

474
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Speaker 1: zone for the touchdown James Conner from thirteen yards out

475
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Speaker 1: and the Cardinals strike first here in Santa Clara. A

476
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:29,480
Speaker 1: great bread by James Connor, touchdown and the bloody nose

477
00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,840
Speaker 1: snapped the McCoy and off Connor up the middle plows

478
00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,320
Speaker 1: forward into the end zone for the touchdown. Second of

479
00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:39,520
Speaker 1: the day for James Conner. Lower the plow and hit

480
00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,280
Speaker 1: the gasp baby snap to McCoy in trouble as he

481
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,480
Speaker 1: backs up and it's a screen to the right to Connery.

482
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Speaker 1: Cottered at the forty, turns right to the thirty back

483
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,359
Speaker 1: to the left of the twenty Connor to the ten

484
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Speaker 1: to the five and end of the end zone of

485
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Speaker 1: the touchdown. James Connor with his third touchdown of the day,

486
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Speaker 1: this one through the air, and the Cardinals leaded three

487
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,440
Speaker 1: to seven and a much later will be thirty one

488
00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,960
Speaker 1: seven at the forty nine ers Cardinals complete the season

489
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:11,439
Speaker 1: sweep of their division rival. That would be your NFL

490
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:15,560
Speaker 1: leader in touchdowns James Conner, he has eleven Now Wolf

491
00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,880
Speaker 1: after a three touchdown game one hundred and seventy three

492
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,280
Speaker 1: yards from scrimmage. And this is just more of an observation. Wolf,

493
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,199
Speaker 1: as two guys who have seen every snap of every game,

494
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,080
Speaker 1: and we've been on the road with the Cardinals this year.

495
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Speaker 1: There's probably an analytic out there, but I don't feel

496
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Speaker 1: like looking it up hashtag no math. Has James Conner

497
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Speaker 1: gone down on first contact all season? Man? Really, Paul,

498
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,359
Speaker 1: that is a great question to ask right there. I

499
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Speaker 1: my goodness, I have no idea. I'm sure you know

500
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:43,920
Speaker 1: the answer you asked it. No, you know what, let's

501
00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,840
Speaker 1: the thirty you know, Benjamin, Let's let's bring back in

502
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,479
Speaker 1: the guy who's in the running back room. You know

503
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:52,119
Speaker 1: what says you about that James Conner question. Honestly, I'm wondering.

504
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,199
Speaker 1: And you know what, the offensive lineman they love that

505
00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:58,560
Speaker 1: when a guy doesn't go down on first contact, I

506
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:02,120
Speaker 1: would say, would say his percentage is very high. Um,

507
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,360
Speaker 1: he's a guy who likes contact and he initiates contact

508
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,439
Speaker 1: as well. Um, so there's a very little chance that

509
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:12,480
Speaker 1: James Connor is going down on first contact. And so

510
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,359
Speaker 1: You know, when you look at the Carolina Panthers and

511
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,000
Speaker 1: you watch these guys on tay, but what are you

512
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:21,520
Speaker 1: seeing from their defense? Generally speaking? When I say the

513
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:26,119
Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers defense, what do you think of? They are

514
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:31,399
Speaker 1: a very physical, fast team up front. They have Derek

515
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,560
Speaker 1: Brown's Brian Brown's day. They also even have Hassan Riddick now,

516
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,040
Speaker 1: so they have a more than capable group of guys

517
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:42,040
Speaker 1: who are love getting after and getting in the backfield.

518
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,359
Speaker 1: How much could you guys take from last year's loss

519
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,800
Speaker 1: at Carolina, especially when Kyler said this week you know

520
00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,119
Speaker 1: what the real problem there is we had no energy,

521
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 1: no juice, and it's just a weird game a year ago.

522
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Speaker 1: Do you take much from that film? I think um

523
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:02,240
Speaker 1: Kyler said said it, and I think now just more

524
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,719
Speaker 1: so's our focus moving forward and just finding the right

525
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,280
Speaker 1: pieces and getting the job done when it comes to

526
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,360
Speaker 1: this weekend, you know, can you give us a scouting

527
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:16,199
Speaker 1: report on this defense? Schematically? As a guy that no

528
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,639
Speaker 1: longer gets the opportunity to sit in a meeting room

529
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,800
Speaker 1: and listen to people talk about the beautiful blood sport

530
00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,880
Speaker 1: and the schemes that happened right now, can you give

531
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Speaker 1: us a scouting group board on the Carolina Panthers in

532
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 1: what kind of defense are run? They're a four down

533
00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:37,159
Speaker 1: team front. They also could get NF five down and

534
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,080
Speaker 1: staying that and play that very well. And they also

535
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 1: love bringing down a low safety and so so that's

536
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,720
Speaker 1: one thing just as far as running the ball and

537
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 1: even in pass detection that you've got to be looking

538
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,400
Speaker 1: out for. You know, the Cardinals just ran for a

539
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,200
Speaker 1: buck sixty three at the forty nine ers. That's over

540
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,840
Speaker 1: four yards a carry. I think it's six times now

541
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 1: in a cliff Kingsbury and it's two and a half

542
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,600
Speaker 1: seasons the Cardinals have run for two hundred plus yards.

543
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,080
Speaker 1: Are you guys getting more respecting our teams loading the

544
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:09,360
Speaker 1: box against the Cardinals offense or are they load to

545
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,960
Speaker 1: do that with all the weapons on the outside. I

546
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 1: think you said it's there. Um, I think with loading

547
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:19,120
Speaker 1: the box and leaves too many people on the receiving

548
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:23,480
Speaker 1: and with a very high opportunity of making reception one

549
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 1: on one. You know, do you expect them to play

550
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:31,160
Speaker 1: with two safeties high in this situation if in fact

551
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 1: you've got you've got DeAndre Hopkins, if he's gonna play

552
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 1: and maybe a J. Green, Now is he going to

553
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,000
Speaker 1: play as well? If in fact, you have your stable

554
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,480
Speaker 1: of receivers out there, would you expect them to play

555
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:48,400
Speaker 1: more too? Safeties high I honestly can tell you that

556
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,360
Speaker 1: I think they are a team that they're gonna do

557
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:55,320
Speaker 1: what they do schematically and what they do best, not

558
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,440
Speaker 1: necessarily change it up too much too as far as

559
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:00,600
Speaker 1: what we're doing. But they're gonna go ahead and go

560
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,240
Speaker 1: with their game clack well. And here's the thing. That

561
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,520
Speaker 1: offensive line, we know, it's a deep room, and it's

562
00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:09,400
Speaker 1: a good thing because you're tracking to have your seventh

563
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:13,080
Speaker 1: different starting offensive line combination on Sunday based on how

564
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 1: the injuries go. And you tell us, I mean you're

565
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,240
Speaker 1: running behind these guys. What do you make of just

566
00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:21,960
Speaker 1: the depth and all the moving parts up front? So

567
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,000
Speaker 1: far this year, um I think they're doing a very

568
00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 1: good job filling in. Um I was running with a

569
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,160
Speaker 1: lot of those guys during the preseason and even in

570
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,480
Speaker 1: training camp, and so um I was able to get

571
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,480
Speaker 1: a good fill on those guys. And just the fact

572
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 1: now that they're they've moved up and they've been able

573
00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,640
Speaker 1: to keep that and keep it going and help us

574
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,720
Speaker 1: win some games is a great feeling because after the

575
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,520
Speaker 1: win at the Niners, guys, here's Cliff Kingsbury talking about

576
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 1: the return of Rodney Hudson Wolf. If you want xs

577
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,040
Speaker 1: and oaths, you want Rodney Hudson. And here was the

578
00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:54,760
Speaker 1: head coach, Cliff Kingsbury getting Rodney back the way he

579
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,600
Speaker 1: leads that that offensive line group in the push, how

580
00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:00,520
Speaker 1: stout he isn't up front, you know, had some other

581
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 1: guys go down in that line and the usual suspects

582
00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,200
Speaker 1: step back up and kept a Roland. So it was

583
00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,480
Speaker 1: a total group effort. That group up front really played well.

584
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 1: I mean, well, if they just keep shuffling the cards

585
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,960
Speaker 1: up front and they keep producing, Yeah, you know, that

586
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 1: really is not too easy. That's not an easy thing

587
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,720
Speaker 1: to do because so much of the time you're trying

588
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 1: to create the chemistry between five guys up there, and

589
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:27,680
Speaker 1: when the pieces keep changing. It really is a testament

590
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 1: to the job that Sean Coogler is really done with

591
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,320
Speaker 1: that offensive line. Yeah, that I would say, And also

592
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,680
Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson as well really helps out right here. As

593
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,440
Speaker 1: far as Hassan Riddick goes, you know, what are you

594
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:44,880
Speaker 1: seeing from Hassan specifically on tape. He's playing at a

595
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 1: high level right now. He's getting in the backfill again

596
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 1: into the quarterback. I also see him dropping out and

597
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:56,760
Speaker 1: covering receivers. So he's playing at all high level currently

598
00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 1: and I think Carolina was a great place round. Yeah,

599
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 1: he's in the top six right now and Saxon the

600
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 1: NFL is right behind Marcus Colton. He has eight and

601
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 1: a half. Anything you read about the Panzers, they call

602
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:10,480
Speaker 1: Hassan Reddick the most consistent playmaker on defense for Carolina

603
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 1: all year long. Um, you know what about this week

604
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 1: and you guys had the walkthrough on Wednesday and we're

605
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 1: on board with you know, Benjamin Cardinals running back. You know,

606
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 1: tell us about how Cliff Kingsbury is approaching practice this week.

607
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,840
Speaker 1: He mentioned that that's a change from twenty twenty, that

608
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 1: they looked at the way things went in two thou twenty.

609
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 1: They said, you know what, those Wednesday practices, Maybe we're

610
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 1: a little too intense. Maybe it had something to do

611
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 1: with the second half of last season, and so he's

612
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,720
Speaker 1: changed things up this year. You tell us how that's

613
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 1: gone from the player's perspective. Um, yeah, I'm not sure

614
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:45,120
Speaker 1: exactly what I was the thought process behind it, But

615
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:50,480
Speaker 1: I feel like speaking for players, it's very more comforting

616
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 1: on the body. I would say like there's a lot

617
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,320
Speaker 1: of people down, there's a lot of people not able

618
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,760
Speaker 1: to go currently, and so injuries have been playing a

619
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,160
Speaker 1: huge part in that. And so I think, um, just

620
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,680
Speaker 1: that Wednesday, just kind of just getting back into the

621
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,960
Speaker 1: groups of things that's helping people recover and get their

622
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:08,960
Speaker 1: bodies back. You know, do you watch any other running

623
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,560
Speaker 1: backs across the league? Do you try to pick up

624
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,800
Speaker 1: some do you do you glean or glistening to anything

625
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,920
Speaker 1: from watching tape on other backs? Because Christian McCaffrey to me,

626
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 1: i'd look to get your thoughts on what you see

627
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 1: with McCaffrey. Um, I love Christian McCaffrey. I've been I've

628
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,480
Speaker 1: been watching instant who's that stand for it? UM, And

629
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:33,400
Speaker 1: he's a very ver versatile guy who's able to run

630
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,120
Speaker 1: in between the tackles and I also line up and

631
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 1: uh as a slot receiver and even come out of

632
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 1: the backfield running routes. UM. So he's a guy who

633
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,560
Speaker 1: could do it all, UM, and a guy who is

634
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 1: a very talented weapon on the sales. What's your preference

635
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:49,440
Speaker 1: would you rather joke somebody out, leave him in the dust,

636
00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:53,560
Speaker 1: or just run right over them? Um? I think I

637
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,880
Speaker 1: think it's it all depends on the scenario in which

638
00:33:55,960 --> 00:34:00,120
Speaker 1: fits best at the timing as well. You know, let

639
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Speaker 1: me ask you. I mean, you've gotten a lot of

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Speaker 1: buzz this week, and rightfully so. But I think it's

641
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 1: also one hasked obviously by your ASU career. So how

642
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,239
Speaker 1: has that been in you know, is that ever get overwhelming?

643
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: Just your popularity in the valley? UM, you would say popularity,

644
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Speaker 1: but I think Arizona, since I was at Arizona State

645
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Speaker 1: UM has done a really good job of just I

646
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 1: guess you would say a metropolitan area going on, and

647
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 1: so there's not too many people just you know, fanning

648
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:34,480
Speaker 1: out and going out and just I would say looking

649
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,919
Speaker 1: for attention to the autograph stuff like that. So it's

650
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,040
Speaker 1: been pretty cool here my time in the valley. I'm

651
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:42,400
Speaker 1: a smooth going guy who just likes to keep keep it,

652
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 1: even kill and that's exactly what I've been getting here.

653
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 1: And I would say your popularity with your teammates too.

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Speaker 1: Wolf I mentioned on the air the sideline erupted when

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Speaker 1: he scored, and then we saw the video on the

656
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Speaker 1: locker room of the game ball presentation. He got a

657
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:56,800
Speaker 1: big roar there too, And I asked James Connor about

658
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:58,400
Speaker 1: that today, you know, and he he just said, I

659
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Speaker 1: think everybody respects the progress you've made from year one

660
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Speaker 1: to year two. Is that the sense you get? UM?

661
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: I definitely, I'm a lot uh in and around the

662
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,440
Speaker 1: locker room. UM, I think I've I've got their trust. UM.

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Speaker 1: Just I mean just even on the defense, I'm just

664
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Speaker 1: by running for them, just how hard I try to

665
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Speaker 1: run for them and give them a look at times

666
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 1: and stuff like that. UM has kind of been helping

667
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,839
Speaker 1: me around the locker room. UM, in the facility as well.

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Speaker 1: You know, if the Arizona Cardinals are going to get

669
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Speaker 1: to nine and one on the season, what do you

670
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:34,319
Speaker 1: think you have to do this Sunday to beat the Bantoms. Um.

671
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:36,759
Speaker 1: I think we've got to come out and play our

672
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:39,959
Speaker 1: most physical game yet. UM, Like I said, on their

673
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 1: very physical team, especially we especially defensively and upfront. UM.

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Speaker 1: And so that's kind of one of the thing that

675
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 1: we've got to come out and play our most physical

676
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 1: game all year. Funny, James Connor said the same thing

677
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 1: similar and then he added today to the media, he said,

678
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,600
Speaker 1: and that's the kind of game we like. And he

679
00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:00,799
Speaker 1: just left that hang so that that was good because

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Speaker 1: of the run Raid, Paul run Raid. Hey, you know,

681
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Speaker 1: we really appreciate the time and the insight. It was

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Speaker 1: a real treat to have you on tonight. Thanks for

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Speaker 1: the time. Thank you guys for having me. There you

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Speaker 1: go the guy Kyler Murray called a baller. It's Texas

685
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Speaker 1: guy Eno Benjamin. As we continue and wrap up this

686
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Speaker 1: edition next to the Big Red Rage presented by Satan

687
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 1: Ford in Gilbert drop straight back to throw in trouble,

688
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:34,319
Speaker 1: steps up and sacked by Golden at the forty six

689
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 1: yard line. Marcus Golden having a heck of a season

690
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:42,399
Speaker 1: shotgun snap Garoppolo three step drop steps up, gets hit

691
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 1: and sack back at about the thirteen yard line by

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Speaker 1: Marcus Golden. When you need a play, forty four is

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Speaker 1: there for the takedown on a five yard loss, Garoppolo

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00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,799
Speaker 1: takes the shotgun snap short set in the pocket, gets

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00:36:56,880 --> 00:37:00,920
Speaker 1: hit by Golden, sacked again at the four yard line.

696
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Speaker 1: Have a day, Marcus Golden three sacks as he takes

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00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:13,720
Speaker 1: down Garoppolo or start Marcus Golden once again junk yard Dog.

698
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Speaker 1: And think about it. At three SAT game, He's now

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Speaker 1: number three in the NFL. Ron Wolfley in sacks, you

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Speaker 1: have Miles Garrett, T. J. Watt, Marcus Golden as. You

701
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: have a Cardinals team, a defense that is number three

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00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:30,080
Speaker 1: in scoring d and you have a team that for

703
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 1: the third time this year, they have come away with

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00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:37,120
Speaker 1: three takeaways and five or more sacks and a single game. Yeah,

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00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:39,640
Speaker 1: you know, on the offensive line is a complete mass

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00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: right now, Paul. They lost their starting center of course,

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00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 1: or left tackle. And it's not like their offensive line

708
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 1: has been great the entire year. So that's going to

709
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 1: be a matchup to watch. No doubt. Carolina is hurting,

710
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,319
Speaker 1: and especially on offense. It is the Big Red Rage

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00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 1: presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. We are santan Ford.

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00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 1: I mean, think about it. You have a Caroline offense

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00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,839
Speaker 1: Ron Wolfley that has one touchdown in three games. They

714
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Speaker 1: have one touchdown in the last thirty six possessions. Oh

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00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:10,160
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold, And honestly, I think it might be their

716
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Speaker 1: benefit that Sam Darnold is injured at this point. I'm

717
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:15,840
Speaker 1: not sure it would have been a coach's decision. You

718
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 1: got Sam Darnold with ten interceptions in the last six games.

719
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:22,080
Speaker 1: Here's a guy they traded three picks four and then

720
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:26,359
Speaker 1: picked up his nineteen million dollar guaranteed contract option for

721
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:29,279
Speaker 1: next year without ever having seen him play a game.

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Speaker 1: You think they have Fire's remorse on that one. I

723
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:35,600
Speaker 1: think possibly, Paul. I think that's a possibility right there. Honestly,

724
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 1: right now, the Panthers are, boy, They're they're struggling. You

725
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:42,240
Speaker 1: mentioned at Polly, they lost five other last six games,

726
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:46,439
Speaker 1: and they beat themselves, Paul. They're very, very undisciplined. Right now.

727
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:50,799
Speaker 1: They're tied with the Houston Texas as the most penalized

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Speaker 1: team in the National Football League. And Paully, they have

729
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Speaker 1: fifteen giveaways on the season. Right now, there are only

730
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 1: three teams in the league that give the ball away

731
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Speaker 1: more than the Carolina Panthers. You put those two things

732
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:07,799
Speaker 1: together right now, man, it's it's getting bad in Carolina Ball.

733
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,839
Speaker 1: And now they have PJ Walker. Who's PJ Walker? He's

734
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:14,120
Speaker 1: an XFL star. The question is he an upgrade over

735
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold. Honestly, he's gonna be making his second career

736
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 1: start in his other NFL action. He has a touchdown

737
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 1: in five picks. Cliff Kingsbury said, though the Cardinals were

738
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Speaker 1: intrigued by p J. Walker enough, they did research on

739
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 1: him in the off season and they actually thought about

740
00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:31,399
Speaker 1: maybe bringing him in, and so we'll see what he's

741
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,920
Speaker 1: all about. At the very you talk about a porous

742
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:36,880
Speaker 1: offensive line, he definitely has the ability to extend plays

743
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:41,000
Speaker 1: a lot more than Sam Darnold. Correct, well, not really, Paul.

744
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 1: That's the thing about it right here. When you watch PJ.

745
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 1: Walker on tape, I mean PAULI a forty two acute,

746
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Speaker 1: a quarterback rating of forty two. Paul in seventy one attempts,

747
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 1: seventy one pass attempts. As you said already, he's thrown

748
00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 1: five picks to one touchdown, Paul, and he's ran the

749
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:03,719
Speaker 1: ball se times for ten yards. When you watch him

750
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,279
Speaker 1: on tape, he doesn't really have a burst. And when

751
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,640
Speaker 1: you do a little research, you see that he came

752
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:11,680
Speaker 1: out of college running a four seven five. That's not

753
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,319
Speaker 1: lights out for the most part. Right there, he had

754
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:17,200
Speaker 1: a vertical of twenty nine point five. Paul I had

755
00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:19,960
Speaker 1: a vertical of thirty three. I'm just telling you that

756
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: right now. Okay, you know, he just it's not like

757
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:29,480
Speaker 1: you see somebody that you're very, very impressed with. Again,

758
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,839
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to disparage the man in any way,

759
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,880
Speaker 1: shape or form. But he's a backup quarterback for a reason.

760
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:36,919
Speaker 1: Ball And there's a reason they went on got Cam

761
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:39,919
Speaker 1: Newton today. There's a reason they gave Cam Newton four

762
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 1: point five million guaranteed with the possibility of making ten

763
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:46,439
Speaker 1: million this year. So you know, and by the way,

764
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Speaker 1: I disagree with Matt Rule when he said today, a

765
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Speaker 1: healthy Cam Newton is a special player quote unquote, No,

766
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Speaker 1: not anymore, not based on what we saw Cardinals in

767
00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:57,359
Speaker 1: New England a year ago. I mean in that game

768
00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,880
Speaker 1: year he was terrible against the Cardinals. He had a

769
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,640
Speaker 1: passer rating at twenty four. To me, that was the

770
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:05,040
Speaker 1: most miserable loss of last season when the Cardinals lost

771
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 1: to Cam Newton and a passerating a twenty four in

772
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 1: that game at New England. Yeah, but Paul, if we're

773
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 1: talking Carolina Panthers quarterbacks right here, what are you going

774
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,719
Speaker 1: to do with Sam Darnold? What are you going to

775
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:17,880
Speaker 1: do with a Paul You owe him nineteen million dollars

776
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:22,680
Speaker 1: next year? Oh yeah, Paul's seventeen and thirty in his

777
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:26,719
Speaker 1: career as a starter, he's thrown fifty two touchdowns to

778
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:31,239
Speaker 1: fifty interceptions. You know, I think Sam Listen, I like

779
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:34,080
Speaker 1: Sam Donald as a backup. I really do think he's

780
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 1: going to be one of these guys that will be

781
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,040
Speaker 1: a backup quarterback and have a career doing that. But

782
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 1: he's not a franchise guy in my opinion. I think

783
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 1: there's a large enough sample sives to actually prove that.

784
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:47,440
Speaker 1: And now all of a sudden, you're on the record

785
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:52,240
Speaker 1: for paying him nineteen million next year guaranteed. Yeah. Man, Yeah,

786
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:55,520
Speaker 1: it's a really tough deal. And then what happens when

787
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,720
Speaker 1: he comes back this season? Out does Cam Newton react

788
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,720
Speaker 1: because we know Cam Newton leaving New England admitted later, Yeah,

789
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:03,160
Speaker 1: I would have been a distraction with Mac Jones, which

790
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 1: is the reason he got cut by Bell Belichick. So

791
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:09,000
Speaker 1: we'll see how that all plays out. But to your point,

792
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:12,440
Speaker 1: their offensive line was bad. Now they're really injured, no

793
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:16,359
Speaker 1: left tackle, no starting center. So Marcus Golden he might

794
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,719
Speaker 1: be poised for another big game. And here he was

795
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:21,440
Speaker 1: when he was asked about his sack dance at the

796
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Speaker 1: forty nine ers. That's my first time in dance and

797
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:25,759
Speaker 1: the little step I did. That's my first time in dance.

798
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:29,120
Speaker 1: I usually run off stumped the ground, Yale pointed the crowd.

799
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:31,640
Speaker 1: But I was feeling a little juicy day. I had

800
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:33,759
Speaker 1: to bring out in this way. I had to bring

801
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:35,440
Speaker 1: a lit way I got that day. It felt good.

802
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:37,319
Speaker 1: My mom and my dad, they liked it the last

803
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:39,760
Speaker 1: so I might I might bring a little more out

804
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,840
Speaker 1: next time, he said, yall, I tweeted that out and

805
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 1: his dad actually replied, he said, you're darn tooting, You're

806
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:48,200
Speaker 1: darn touton. We enjoyed it so and I loved his

807
00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:51,200
Speaker 1: Twitter handle at Marcus Golden's dad at no joke moke.

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00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 1: So that was a that's a great Twitter handle right

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00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 1: there now. But here's the thing to your point, and

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00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:59,040
Speaker 1: that was a great question to you know, Benjamin Christian McCaffrey.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if the Panthers all fences firing, it goes

812
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:04,040
Speaker 1: through Christian McCaffrey, both on the ground and through the

813
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:07,360
Speaker 1: air to a large degree. Here's Vans Joseph on that challenge.

814
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:10,279
Speaker 1: The little guys many they had holes in They can

815
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:12,920
Speaker 1: make big plays that at least the touchdowns, and that's

816
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:16,200
Speaker 1: a problem with those guys and also with Christian the

817
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:18,520
Speaker 1: pass game is it's one of his best, you know,

818
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:20,960
Speaker 1: pluts of his game. You know. So he's a guy

819
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:24,000
Speaker 1: in about areas winning game in pass game on every down.

820
00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:26,719
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be a challenge to stop the run

821
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:29,080
Speaker 1: game always, you know, with their old line in their backs.

822
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:30,759
Speaker 1: But the pass game for a second and third down

823
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:33,600
Speaker 1: with Christian that becomes a problem. And Wolf here's the thing.

824
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:36,400
Speaker 1: Not only did they lose in their most lackluster loss

825
00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:40,440
Speaker 1: of the year a year ago at Carolina with Teddy Bridgewater, okay,

826
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:43,680
Speaker 1: but two years earlier they lost to Kyle Allen in

827
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Speaker 1: their own building. There is and you know what Cliff

828
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:48,440
Speaker 1: Kingsbury told us this week on Game Playing his TV show.

829
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Speaker 1: What has he been telling his team all week in

830
00:43:50,239 --> 00:43:53,760
Speaker 1: the locker room? That Carolina owns a five game winning

831
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,560
Speaker 1: streak against the Cardinals. Yeah, you know, PAULI this is

832
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:58,840
Speaker 1: this is the great thing about it. This is where

833
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 1: my confidence of all sores. I don't think we're gonna

834
00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:05,360
Speaker 1: see any kind of letdown on Sunday. I don't, Paul,

835
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Speaker 1: And that makes me. I mean, you're sitting here at

836
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:11,400
Speaker 1: eight in one right now. I don't expect the Arizona

837
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:14,880
Speaker 1: Cardinals to take their foot off the gas one iota.

838
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:17,799
Speaker 1: And it's because of the people they have inside of

839
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:21,000
Speaker 1: that locker room. It's because of the culture that they

840
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:24,640
Speaker 1: have inside of that locker room in Paul, Wow, that,

841
00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 1: I mean, that's a weird feeling for me to feel

842
00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:30,200
Speaker 1: that way, knowing that you've got eight games left. It's

843
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:33,799
Speaker 1: been it's being regulated from the inside out. Yes, yes, hey.

844
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Speaker 1: By the way, Vance Joseph is a guest this week

845
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Speaker 1: in the Day Pash Podcast. Wherever you get your podcast.

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Speaker 1: For Jim Mohundro and Jeff darg Ron Wolf Film Paul KELVC.

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Speaker 1: I'm about a shout out here on Veterans Day. Not

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