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Speaker 1: middle part of the season, do you think the Saints

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Speaker 1: are going to roll? I think that's a winnable game.

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Speaker 1: The Minnesota Vikings, I think that's a winnable game. The

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Speaker 1: Seattlecahawks at home. I think that's winnable. Here is the

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Speaker 1: monster to me, the November thirteenth on the road, so

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Speaker 1: FI game. As you said, against the Rams, that's difficult.

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Speaker 1: Who knows what's going to happen with the forty nine

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Speaker 1: ers this year. I don't expect the forty nine ers, PAULI,

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Speaker 1: to be as good. I just don't. At some point

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Speaker 1: in time, they have to play Trey Lance. They have

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Speaker 1: to play him, and at some point that's going to happen. Correct,

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Speaker 1: You're gonna have to at some point throw him out there,

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Speaker 1: whether you think he's ready or not. And I think

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Speaker 1: it's going to be more not. Yeah, Niners are about

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Speaker 1: to take a big step back. They might not know

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Speaker 1: it yet, they might not realize it themselves yet, but

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Speaker 1: I agree with you, they're about to take a big

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Speaker 1: step back. And so you have those three straight NFC

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Speaker 1: West games, and you have a better chance than not

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Speaker 1: of getting wins in two of those three. And then

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Speaker 1: you come home and from Mexico City and you get

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Speaker 1: the La Chargers to I mean, Kyler Murray against Justin Herbert. Hello,

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Speaker 1: there gonna be a lot of fireworks in that one.

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Speaker 1: That's gonna be I really think the Chargers are going

447
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Speaker 1: to be a team that will I don't even want

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Speaker 1: to say surprise because I don't think that's accurate. I

449
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Speaker 1: think that is a team that is going to take

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Speaker 1: a big step forward in the AFC, the Chargers. And

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Speaker 1: it's because of Herbert and how well he played last year.

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Speaker 1: Just watching him grow as a quarterback, a franchise quarterback,

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Speaker 1: it was truly impressive. It's interesting. I saw an interview

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Speaker 1: recently with Brandon Staley, their second year head coach. He's

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Speaker 1: known as an analytics guy, right, and he's the guy

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Speaker 1: who went for it on fourth down, all that kind

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Speaker 1: of stuff. But Wolf he said, and I quote I

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Speaker 1: want to be known as a rugged, tough football team

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Speaker 1: that can beat you any way, imaginable offense, defense, kicking game.

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Speaker 1: He said. I think we're a lot closer to that

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Speaker 1: because remember they went out and got Khalil Mack in

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Speaker 1: the trade. They signed J. C. Jackson, the standout corner.

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Speaker 1: They got Kyle van Noy also from the Patriots. They

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Speaker 1: brought him Bryce Callahan, an experienced corner from Denver. I'm

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Speaker 1: looking at this. And then they went after Zion Johnson,

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Speaker 1: number seventeen overall. Right, that maller and brawler of a

467
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Speaker 1: guard out of Boston College. And of course they hit

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Speaker 1: it big. Rashaun Slater last year as a rookie was

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Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl left tackle. So they are building in

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Speaker 1: the trenches for everything else they do. And with Justin Herbert,

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Speaker 1: they come in and they try and beat you up

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Speaker 1: as well. Polly, that is a great observation, it really is.

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Speaker 1: It's one of the reasons why I love the Chargers

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Speaker 1: too as a team. They are a team that is

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Speaker 1: blending the old and the new. They're blending it together.

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Speaker 1: Brandon Staley would just say he's a young crunk coach.

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Speaker 1: There's no doubt about it. He's one of those young

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Speaker 1: crunks right there. Brandon Staley, do you remember the big

479
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Speaker 1: Red rage where I actually brought up what he was

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Speaker 1: saying about twelve personnel paul one back, two tight ends.

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Speaker 1: He was saying, how difficult that is to actually defend

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Speaker 1: when you do it right, when you attack the gaps,

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Speaker 1: when you attack the line of scrimmage, you have multiple

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Speaker 1: tight ends guys that are capable of blocking, and then

485
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Speaker 1: you use play action to throw the ball. Again, it's

486
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Speaker 1: a blending of the two. It's something that Tennessee Titans

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Speaker 1: do very well, it's something Chargers do very well, and

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Speaker 1: it's something that I'm really hoping the Arizona Cardinals will

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Speaker 1: do too. Polly, by the way, Wolf, did you not

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Speaker 1: interview four rookies today, including Tray McBride. I did, as

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Speaker 1: a matter of fact, that I like that McBride kid.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if he told you what he told

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Speaker 1: the media, but he said to the media, and I'm

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Speaker 1: loosely quoting that Cliff Kingsbury wants to disguise the offense

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Speaker 1: more this season. For a minute, try get over here.

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Speaker 1: Let that hang for a minute, And I think it's

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Speaker 1: further evidence as to why they went after Tray McBride

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Speaker 1: in round two because they really covet these tight ends

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Speaker 1: that aren't a tell that can be part of the

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Speaker 1: run game and the pass game. Oh Polly, it is.

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Speaker 1: It is. It's something that's been around for a long

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Speaker 1: long time. When you watch the Tennessee Titans. One of

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Speaker 1: the reasons why the people people felt like the Tennessee

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Speaker 1: Titans going into last year that we're going to be

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Speaker 1: rock solid maybe the best offense in the league was

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Speaker 1: how they blend three wide receiver sets with of course

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Speaker 1: two tight end sets. Eleven personnel and twelve personnel. That's

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Speaker 1: what they blend. They've got a back that you line

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Speaker 1: his toes up at seven and he attacks the line

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Speaker 1: of scrimmage downhill and then they use play action. Then

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Speaker 1: they'll jump into a shotgun. They'll jump at a shotgun

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Speaker 1: and here we go. Oh, it's the zone read with

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Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill and Derrick Henry. Guess what. That's exactly what

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Speaker 1: I could see the Arizona Cardinals and Kyler Murray doing.

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Speaker 1: By the way, the Cardinals are going to Tennessee. Will

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Speaker 1: get you the full preseason schedule at the end of

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Speaker 1: this edition. To the Big Red Rage. But they are

518
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Speaker 1: going to Tennessee. It'll be the preseason finale Week three.

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Speaker 1: Remember there's only three preseason games. Now. My understanding is

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals will be in Nashville for a full five

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Speaker 1: or six days. Ron Wilfley, Oh, let the round the

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Speaker 1: queue begin. I mean, well, if you better start losing

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Speaker 1: weight now to compensate that you're going to add in

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Speaker 1: late August. I'm just saying that right now, you better

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Speaker 1: bring the flex of pants. That's that's all I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: Uh Azy Cardinals dot com slash tickets, that's where you go.

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Speaker 1: Single game tickets are on sale now. Asy Cardinals dot

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Speaker 1: com slash tickets. Once again, have you seen this schedule?

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Speaker 1: This home schedule absolutely loaded. We just went through the Saints,

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Speaker 1: the Vikings, the Seahawks, the Rams, and the Niners, and

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Speaker 1: the Chargers will get to the final stretch of this

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Speaker 1: schedule when we come back on the Big Red Rage

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Speaker 1: presented by satan Ford in gilbert A, Seattle. We gotta do.

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Speaker 1: Go Hawks, Go Hawks. I'm gonna see y'all in the morning.

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Speaker 1: You can go to see the morning. Russell Wilson SIRA,

536
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Speaker 1: by the way, Wolf have already made themselves at home

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Speaker 1: in Denver in a twenty five million dollar mansion that

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Speaker 1: is a whopping twenty thousand square feet plus none but

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Speaker 1: twenty five million. So Russell Wilson once again, he is

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Speaker 1: firmly entrenched already in Denver, in the Mile High City,

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Speaker 1: and his challenge now is after leading the Seahawks to

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Speaker 1: the playoffs eight of ten seasons, he now has to

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Speaker 1: do something about the Broncos nasty skid of missing the

544
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Speaker 1: playoffs six straight years ever since Peyton Manning retired after

545
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Speaker 1: winning Super Bowl fifty and they're coming off their fifth

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Speaker 1: straight losing season overall. So Russell Wilson up in Denver,

547
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Speaker 1: and that's where the Cardinals are going after the buy

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Speaker 1: in Week fifteen. I really think the Denver Broncos have

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Speaker 1: a chance of winning the AFC Ball really, I yes,

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Speaker 1: I do. I think they have a chance of doing it,

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Speaker 1: especially with their defense. I love the combination of that

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Speaker 1: defense and Russell Wilson. I think that's gonna be a

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Speaker 1: winning combination. We shall see, Paulie, but I like it.

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Speaker 1: You don't think they're gonna be good, No, they'll be good.

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00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: They're obviously in the most brutal division I'm not real

556
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Speaker 1: fond of having a rookie head coach, a forty two

557
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Speaker 1: year old rookie head coach, Nathaniel Hackett. We'll see, you know, boy,

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Speaker 1: here it comes the Green Bay Packers offense, Paul, Yeah,

559
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Speaker 1: here it comes, you know, and look, you know they

560
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Speaker 1: they are loaded from all accounts. I mean, they really

561
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Speaker 1: don't have many weaknesses, if any. And so with Russell Wilson,

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Speaker 1: and you know when you're going to Denver and by

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Speaker 1: the way, that is that's the one that stands out

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Speaker 1: on the old schedule when you're the sideline reporter right

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Speaker 1: December eighteenth in Denver, ru. Yeah. In fact, here's Drew Stanton.

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Speaker 1: Check this out. It's not just me Wolf. On the

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Speaker 1: Red Sea Report, Drew Stanton was asked by Craig Griolu,

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Speaker 1: you know, okay, when you look at a schedule, and

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Speaker 1: remember he's not speaking Median as you like to say,

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Speaker 1: here Wolf, Okay, he's in the trust tree and so

571
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Speaker 1: he gives he gives an all access look and how

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Speaker 1: a player really looks at the schedule. Drew Stanton as

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Speaker 1: fast as I could, especially when we were here, I

574
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Speaker 1: was like, do we have any gold games? No? I

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Speaker 1: think you what you look at right, first of all

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Speaker 1: is primetime games who it's against division opponents, and then

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Speaker 1: December football. Those division games are so important and those

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Speaker 1: are vital right on top of the primetime because the

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Speaker 1: primetime games throws you on your schedule. When's the Thursday

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Speaker 1: night game? Do we have a Sunday night game? Are

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Speaker 1: you on the road Sunday night? Because that stinks. It

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Speaker 1: throws your whole week for a loop. Yeah for me, Polly,

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Speaker 1: you know again, I'm gonna I look immediately where the

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Speaker 1: bye week is. That's what I do. I look where

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Speaker 1: the bye week is. Bye week is the December fourth,

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Speaker 1: the thirteenth week of the season. That's where I start.

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Speaker 1: After that, I look for where the blood bath is.

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Speaker 1: Where is the blood bath? Listen? You could look at

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Speaker 1: week one, two, and three, and you could build a

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Speaker 1: case where there's a three or four week period where

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Speaker 1: you're gonna play four or three really really good teams.

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Speaker 1: I think the first three weeks of the season Kansas City,

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Speaker 1: the Raiders, and the Rams. That's going to be difficult,

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Speaker 1: very very physical as well. You're playing two of those

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Speaker 1: games at home. I think starting in week thirteen minus

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Speaker 1: the bye of course, you got the Patriots, you got

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Speaker 1: the Broncos, you got the Buccaneers, the Falcons, and the

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Speaker 1: forty nine ers. I think the four weeks from week twelve,

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Speaker 1: that being the Chargers Paul to Tampa Bay. That's a

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Speaker 1: four week period, four team period. Even though the buy

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Speaker 1: is in there, that that's going to be brutal, and

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Speaker 1: it includes coming out of the buy with the money

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Speaker 1: Night game against New England. Yes, Cliff Kingsbury going against

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Speaker 1: the team and the head coach that drafted him once

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Speaker 1: upon a time in the sixth round where he's in

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Speaker 1: the same quarterback room with Tom Brady. Now you're gonna

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Speaker 1: get Mac Jones and you're gonna get that New England team.

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Speaker 1: And look, even when they're not that talented two years

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Speaker 1: ago when the Cardinals went to New England and somehow

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Speaker 1: lost to Cam Newton and his passer rating of like

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Speaker 1: thirty three, it's just amazing how we'll prepare those Belichick

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Speaker 1: teams are and how many different ways they can potentially

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Speaker 1: beat you if you're going out there with unforeced errors

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Speaker 1: in your own game. Yeah, bully, and once again there's

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Speaker 1: no doubt he will exploit any weakness that you have

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Speaker 1: he will exploit it. He will find it, and he

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Speaker 1: will exploit it. It's what he does. That's going to

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Speaker 1: be an excellent test on a Monday night right there,

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Speaker 1: and then again following that up on the short week

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Speaker 1: playing at Denver, that's going to be very difficult. And

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Speaker 1: as you said, that could be a cold weather game.

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Speaker 1: How about the fact that over the last six weeks

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Speaker 1: of the season you only have one division game. Think

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Speaker 1: about that, only one NSCUS game over the last month

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Speaker 1: and a half of this season, and three or your

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Speaker 1: last four or on the road. So guess what the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals right now, and we said it before, their true

628
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Speaker 1: test this season is going to be what happens with

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Speaker 1: December football forward, and and they're gonna have a lot

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Speaker 1: of games on the road. And guess what, They're gonna

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Speaker 1: have a lot of opponents they're not necessarily that familiar with.

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Speaker 1: So I don't know if that's an advantage or a disadvantage. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And also Pauli too, I think that bye, it's it's

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Speaker 1: precariously placed Week thirteen right there, that bye, because we

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Speaker 1: all know the Arizona Cardinals, after playing twelve weeks of football,

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00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,959
Speaker 1: they were ten and two and they were ten and two, Paul,

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00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:39,840
Speaker 1: that happened. Ten and two was real, and that happened.

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Speaker 1: So the bye suddenly is right there, and you know, everybody,

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Speaker 1: even if the Arizona Cardinals somehow, some way got to

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Speaker 1: ten and two going into the bye, you know what,

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Speaker 1: there'd be a lot of people out there saying a

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Speaker 1: lot of analysts would be out there saying, well, let's

643
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Speaker 1: see if this is gonna be the collapse. Let see

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Speaker 1: if they collapse like they have the last two years

645
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Speaker 1: in this six week period. So you got the buying week, thirteam,

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Speaker 1: you come out with a Monday night game, so you're

647
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,919
Speaker 1: gonna have an extra day, you have New England at home. Then,

648
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:15,960
Speaker 1: as you mentioned, the short week, you're going to Denver

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Speaker 1: potential cold weather game, and then you're getting into Christmas

650
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Speaker 1: Week and on Christmas Night for the second straight year,

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals will be in primetime Sunday night football against

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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay. Not only Tom Brady obviously he's gonna be

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Speaker 1: playing in his twenty third season hashtag no comprendo on

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Speaker 1: that one, but Todd Bowls as the head coach. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and if every team somehow is a representation of the

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Speaker 1: personality of the head coach. How do you expect the

657
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 1: Buccaneers to maybe evolved this year under Todd? Yeah, I

658
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,320
Speaker 1: don't really think there's gonna be a lot of evolving, Paul,

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Speaker 1: I don't. Todd is going to run the defense that

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Speaker 1: he's gonna run, and he's going to run the defense

661
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Speaker 1: he ran under Bruce Arians and Bruce Arians offense I

662
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:02,840
Speaker 1: think is very, very similar to what Tom Brady does.

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00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 1: It's one of the reasons why they actually won a

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl. It's because of the attack the line of scrimmage,

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Speaker 1: the bashion bomb offense of Bruce Arians. That's who Tom

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Speaker 1: Brady is. It's who he's always been, attack the line

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Speaker 1: of scrimmage and use play action. He's got some of

668
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Speaker 1: the best play action mechanics in the history of the game,

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Speaker 1: the history of the game, Tom Brady. So you know what,

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Speaker 1: why would you change any of that? I just don't

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Speaker 1: see it, Paul, No, it's a great observation. In fact,

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Speaker 1: I'm looking here to quote from Jason light the GM right,

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Speaker 1: former assistant to Steve Kaim, and he said, quote, We've

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Speaker 1: got the ultimate cheat code with Tom, so we're going

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Speaker 1: to take advantage of it while we have it. Says

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Speaker 1: Jason Light And by the way, Tom Brady making his

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Speaker 1: regular season debut at State Farm Stadium. Remember he's played

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Speaker 1: in two Super Bowls there, but he hasn't played the

679
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,359
Speaker 1: Cardinals in their home stadium in the regular season. So

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00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 1: you have that in week sixteen, and then weeks seventeen

681
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:01,640
Speaker 1: you go to it La and you take on a

682
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:04,840
Speaker 1: rebuilding Falcons team and whether it's going to be Marcus

683
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 1: Mariota or Desmond Ritter, the rookie third round Rookieota Cincinnati,

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00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,839
Speaker 1: who knows at that point Week seventeen. Yeah, Paul, it's

685
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:15,719
Speaker 1: really interesting, especially the last two opponents of the Arizona

686
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 1: Cardinals two away games of course, the Atlanta Falcons as

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Speaker 1: you said, and then the forty nine Ers in week eighteen,

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Speaker 1: January eighth. Those two teams right there, they have recently,

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Speaker 1: and I would say Kyle Shanahan when they drafted Trey Lance,

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Speaker 1: recently they have tried to blend the old and the new,

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Speaker 1: PAULI they haven't had a ton of success. The forty

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Speaker 1: nine Ers haven't. The Atlanta Falcons they had Matt Ryan

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Speaker 1: as their quarterback for how many years, Paul, They have

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Speaker 1: not really been able to tap into the whole zone

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Speaker 1: read RPO New Age era. We're gonna throw the ball

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Speaker 1: here it comes. They haven't been able to scratch that itch,

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Speaker 1: so to speak. Now all of a sudden with Marcus Mariota,

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Speaker 1: they're gonna do it. Paul, You know what I always

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Speaker 1: think of with Matt Ryan, his rookie year was the

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Speaker 1: two thousand and eight season, because that's when the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: beat the Falcons and round one of the playoffs en

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Speaker 1: route two super Bowl forty three. He was rookie, yes

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Speaker 1: that season. So and by the way, at Atlanta, that's

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Speaker 1: gonna be on New Year's Day, Wolf, So you'll be

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Speaker 1: in the atl on New Year's Eve, just to let

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Speaker 1: you know you can plan. According to my goodness, I

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Speaker 1: didn't even think about that right there. Yeah, okay, thank you,

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Speaker 1: Paul Man. And then why don't you just give me

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Speaker 1: the protective cop before you actually say that ball? You know,

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Speaker 1: if only this was like a fake video. Did you

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Speaker 1: see what the Seahawks what they did on the video

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Speaker 1: and they faked out their own players and it was

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Speaker 1: it was a fake schedule release, and it had all

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Speaker 1: the worst of the worst possible games and dates and

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Speaker 1: holidays and all the possible worst possible road trips, and

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Speaker 1: then the locker rooms start freaking out and then they

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Speaker 1: let them know that it was just a prank and

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Speaker 1: it was a fake schedule. So but no, well this

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Speaker 1: this this is reality, you know, another reality. And here's

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Speaker 1: another home game you're gonna mark down for the Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: People forget that at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. The

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Speaker 1: Cardinals have won six of their eight all time games

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Speaker 1: at the forty nine ers new home stadium, Scalmas. No,

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Speaker 1: I know exactly. So they're gonna go in And by

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Speaker 1: the way, to your point about the forty nine Ers

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Speaker 1: and Kyle Shanahan, I had this out with Darren Urban

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Speaker 1: on Cardinals Underground this week. Oh, is that the underrated

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Speaker 1: concern for the Cardinals this year, at least to me,

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Speaker 1: is you got to fix the inconsistent run defense, because

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Speaker 1: especially now in this division, do you think the Seahawks

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Speaker 1: are gonna come out and they're gonna try and run

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Speaker 1: the ball. They're gonna try to turn it back, Paul.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they just drafted two tackles right in the

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Speaker 1: first and third round, and in the second round they

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00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:39,560
Speaker 1: went after a running back. They're gonna try and run

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Speaker 1: the ball. Does Kyle Shanahan test you and make you

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Speaker 1: stop the run before he does anything else in the playbook?

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Speaker 1: Yes he does, Yes he does, Yes he does. You

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00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:53,319
Speaker 1: had me though with a Seattle Seahawks. But I'm just

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00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:56,400
Speaker 1: saying that the Cardinals are gonna have and and Sean

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00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 1: McVay has gone back to a more balanced offense. That

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Speaker 1: will the adjustment he made after losing Robert Woods last

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Speaker 1: year and losing three in a row, including that Cardinals

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00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,880
Speaker 1: beat down and four. So you know, I know we

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00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:11,600
Speaker 1: can argue that as a passing league. And you know,

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Speaker 1: five times last year the Cardinals gave up one hundred

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Speaker 1: and fifty rushing yards or more. And if you're some

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00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 1: of these lesser teams can pull out a win and

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Speaker 1: control the game by running the football. And so to me,

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Speaker 1: that is something I'm going to keep an eye on

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00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:29,200
Speaker 1: from the get go with this Cardinals team twenty total,

752
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 1: the pendulum was swinging towards the New Age offense. It

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Speaker 1: really has for the last five years. Now it's swinging

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Speaker 1: day the roadmap comes into focus. Fair warning it won't

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Speaker 1: be for the faint of heart. The twenty twenty two

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinal schedule passes through a football gauntlet, the familiar

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Speaker 1: faces and new places, a date with a goat, and

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Speaker 1: the toughest divisions in both commons. But when did anything

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Speaker 1: ever come easy for us? Here's a thing, no matter

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Speaker 1: where the map takes us home is the finish line,

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00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:44,440
Speaker 1: because this season all roads lead back to bird City.

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Speaker 1: Nine games against playoff teams from a year ago, eight

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Speaker 1: against teams that had ten or more wins a year ago,

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Speaker 1: four primetime games. Once again, you have a Thursday Night

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Speaker 1: at home against the Saints, so you have Monday Night

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Speaker 1: in Week fourteen at home against the Patriots. You have

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Speaker 1: Christmas Night on Sunday Night football against saw Me in

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Speaker 1: the Bucks, and then of course you have Monday Night

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Speaker 1: in Mexico City against the forty nine ers in week eleven.

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Speaker 1: It is the twenty twenty two Arizona Cardinals schedule, and

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Speaker 1: you know what tickets are available right now? As they

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Speaker 1: foisted this on you with with no fore warning whatsoever,

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Speaker 1: what is the game you are looking forward to the most?

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Speaker 1: What is the best, the biggest tilt on this schedule?

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Speaker 1: What is the one that you know what, you looked

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Speaker 1: at the schedule on since you don't have to worry

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Speaker 1: about the weather any of the kind of stuff up

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00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:50,520
Speaker 1: there in your booth, you just circled and said, you

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Speaker 1: know what, that one? You're putting that atop my power rankings.

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Speaker 1: So for me, Paul, it's got to be the Sunday

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Speaker 1: night game. It has to be the Sunday night game

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Speaker 1: there Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That could be a battle provided

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Speaker 1: how well the Arizona Cardinals are playing. How well are

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Speaker 1: they a playoff caliber team coming out of the bye week?

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Speaker 1: Of course, and your December now, all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: December twenty fifth, on Christmas Day, you're playing the Tampa

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Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers. Could you see the Tampa Bay Buccaneers being

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Speaker 1: a team that could possibly be in the running for

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Speaker 1: the number one seed in the NFC. I could see

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Speaker 1: that with Tom Brady, of course, a Sunday night game

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Speaker 1: at home. Yeah, if I had to pick one, Balie,

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Speaker 1: it would definitely be the Buccaneers game. I'll tell you

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Speaker 1: what though, the Chiefs at home against Patrick Mahomes. That's

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Speaker 1: a start. It's a you know, if it wasn't Week one,

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00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:45,560
Speaker 1: I'd probably make that number one. Just what a great

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Speaker 1: way to come out of the gate, and just everything

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Speaker 1: that's gonna be surrounding that game, and just the fact

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Speaker 1: it is at home. I mean, think about it, and

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Speaker 1: you know this better than anyone, Wolf because it was

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Speaker 1: your era when you played for the Arizona Cardinals in

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Speaker 1: eighteen seasons at sun Double Stadium. The Cardinals never played

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Speaker 1: at home in Week one. Yeah, think about that, and

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Speaker 1: now this is gonna be a ten time since two

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Speaker 1: thousand and six when that stadium opens. So you have

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Speaker 1: that it's gonna go. Yeah, I can tell you right now,

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Speaker 1: nobody was crying about the fact that we weren't playing

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Speaker 1: at home. Let me just say this quickly, is as well, Paul,

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Speaker 1: the by coming late I like as well for the Cardinals,

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Speaker 1: especially if you're a good team. If they're a good team,

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Speaker 1: I love the fact that By is late. And look,

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Speaker 1: three of the last four on the road and once

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Speaker 1: again the four primetime games Thursday night against New Orleans

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Speaker 1: at the New England game you and Monday night as well,

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Speaker 1: and then of course Tampa on Christmas Night, and that

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