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Speaker 1: Oh Baby Hield. Here's Craig Griolu, Mike Jarecki and thirteen

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Speaker 1: year NFL veteran Drew Stanton. Eleven games in six more

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Speaker 1: to go. As we talk about the twenty twenty one

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals, they have put themselves in excellent position, gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: through the first eleven weeks of the regular season. In twelve,

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Speaker 1: because the Cardinals coming off there by nine and two,

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Speaker 1: no one has a better record. They are six to

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Speaker 1: oh on the road, four n O in the division. Yes,

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Speaker 1: it looks very good on paper. Drew but we know

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Speaker 1: that these finals six games are really going to tell

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Speaker 1: the story because, as we've heard from coaches and players,

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Speaker 1: this team hasn't accomplished anything yet. Yeah, it's after Thanksgiving

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Speaker 1: and we're getting ready to roll now. I think this

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Speaker 1: is where you start jockeying for the positions as you

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Speaker 1: see and teams really identities have been formed at this point,

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Speaker 1: and I think the Cardinals have a great one. They're

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Speaker 1: getting healthy at the right time. They were able to survive,

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Speaker 1: and it shows the depth of this team to be

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Speaker 1: able to come away in the division with two really

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Speaker 1: good wins headed into the bye with some guys, some

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Speaker 1: marquee guys in this league, let alone this team not

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Speaker 1: being able to perform. So it's only going to help

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Speaker 1: this team for the long haul as they get prepared

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Speaker 1: to try and play some great football in January. A

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Speaker 1: half game lead MJ on the Packers, a full game

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Speaker 1: seven and four, So there's gonna be a lot of

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Speaker 1: jockeying at that top. But I focus on the division

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Speaker 1: and winning the division because that guarantees you at least

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Speaker 1: one home playoff game. Well, if my Niagara falls math

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Speaker 1: clinch the division. They would wrap it up, and then

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Speaker 1: you worry about seatings. Now three home game, three road games.

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Speaker 1: Obviously this team has taken the one game approach, but

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Speaker 1: just getting you know, you're starting quarterback back, you're number

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Speaker 1: one wide receiver, getting the offensive lineback, and to where

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Speaker 1: you're playing your best five guys, you know, and then

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Ward on special teams, Pars Charles, Charles Washington maybe

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Speaker 1: And that was the plan. If you look back, if

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Speaker 1: they could have won a couple of games, and they

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Speaker 1: did with Colton McCoy going two and one, this allowed

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Speaker 1: them the rest of their top players and as he

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Speaker 1: pointed out, Drew pointed out that this is the time

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Speaker 1: to make a run. Yeah, nine and two. No one

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Speaker 1: has a better record, no one has more wins than

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Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. Before this team went into its Thanksgiving

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Speaker 1: slash by week, Chayler Jones on what it means having

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Speaker 1: with the best record in the NFL, I mean, it's

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Speaker 1: none of the work goes in vain that we put

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Speaker 1: goes to show you the strength of our deaths. You know,

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Speaker 1: next man up, and that all reflects to our our

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Speaker 1: front office and our coaches. That's exactly what you were

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Speaker 1: talking about, Drew, because without Kyler Murray, without DeAndre Hopkins,

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Speaker 1: the division. Exactly, it's so hard to win on the road.

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Speaker 1: And we went into this season saying this division was

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Speaker 1: where can we be better with communication? All of those

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Speaker 1: by came at a perfect time. Without stating the obvious

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Speaker 1: Talk about that break? If you do get that top seat,

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Speaker 1: you get refreshed. And I think the nice thing is

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Speaker 1: but it'll be an adjustment period for them now. Again,

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Speaker 1: Kingsbury acknowledged that there's nothing definitive about Murray or Hopkins

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Speaker 1: These guys are professionals. You've seen the culture that exists

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Speaker 1: I think more than anything, Cliffs just trying to be humble,

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Speaker 1: pay attention to is just how the Cardinals start the

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Speaker 1: a lot more on defense than they play complimentary football. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they can start dictating both offensively and defensively. We have

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Speaker 1: not seen Kyler Murray on the football field on game day.

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Speaker 1: We have seen him during the week in practice. His

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Speaker 1: as he appeared this week on the Day Patch podcast.

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Speaker 1: I know how bad Kyler wants to be out there.

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Speaker 1: nice edition but right now you've got to roll with

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Speaker 1: you have. But I liked that front seven. I feel

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Speaker 1: like they're they're winning at the line of scrimmage and

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Speaker 1: it allows their safeties and they're in their corners to

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Speaker 1: make plays in the secondary. And the news that Richard

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Speaker 1: Lawrence has been designated to return, he can get back

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Speaker 1: on the practice field whether he gets activated officially this

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Speaker 1: week or next week, but that twenty one day window

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Speaker 1: has opened up. The Cardinals have missed him because of

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Speaker 1: a calf injury, so that should help along the defensive

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Speaker 1: line and maybe allow Chandler Jones or Marcus Golden even

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Speaker 1: more options or opportunities to get after the quarterback. We

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Speaker 1: know Chandler Jones, as it mentioned, has eight quarterback sacks.

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Speaker 1: He was awesome against the Seattle Seahawks, specifically on Chandler Jones.

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Speaker 1: And then venturing into what he wants to see from

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Speaker 1: this defense, here's defensive coordinator Vans Joseph Chandler. I mean

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Speaker 1: he is he has hitting his stride, you know, and

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Speaker 1: he's had a couple of weeks where he won quickly,

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Speaker 1: you know, and the ball was coming out, you know,

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Speaker 1: fairly fast. But you know, if he's one on one guys,

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Speaker 1: he's going to win. It's one on ones. But for

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Speaker 1: our defense, winning winning first down, winning second down, and

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Speaker 1: keeping the third downs longer to allow chance to rush,

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Speaker 1: to allow you know, jump to rush. That's the key

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Speaker 1: for our defense. You know, we have to always win

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Speaker 1: first down and win second downs so we can dictate

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Speaker 1: third downs. We always look at the end of a game,

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Speaker 1: what did the opponent do on third down? But it

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Speaker 1: comes back to first and second down. And you mentioned

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Speaker 1: the Panthers game and the Packers game, and I've kept

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Speaker 1: these numbers because those are the two losses. And we

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Speaker 1: hear vanch Joseph mentioned winning on first down. Packers they

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Speaker 1: had four and a half yards on first down, the

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Speaker 1: Panthers five point four yards on first down. That's not

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Speaker 1: dictating third down because now all of a sudden, the

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Speaker 1: opponent is dictating de vance Joseph, what to be done? Yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 1: And you have the whole offense at your disposal. I mean,

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Speaker 1: those are teams that want to run the football, and

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Speaker 1: when you're in a four or less situation on third down,

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Speaker 1: you feel very comfortable running the football. I think that

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Speaker 1: that allows you the capability, especially when you have backs

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Speaker 1: like that. You look at Christian McCaffrey and how many

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Speaker 1: catches he had coming out of the backfield, but also

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Speaker 1: rushing for on third down. AJ Dillon did you know.

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Speaker 1: He's a workhorse for them for a reason, so he

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Speaker 1: can do all those things. Same with Aaron Jones. You

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Speaker 1: just have to find ways to play great defensive football

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Speaker 1: and they've been doing that. And going back to MJ's point,

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Speaker 1: defensive lineman stats don't show up, but Jordan Phillips the

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Speaker 1: way he was even influencing that Thursday night game being

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Speaker 1: back on the field, I mean, he stood out to

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Speaker 1: me right away because he was so disruptive. And sometimes

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Speaker 1: we don't see these stats because they're not showing up.

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Speaker 1: There's no way to quantify unless it's PFT, which who

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Speaker 1: knows what his rating is on that. But within that,

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Speaker 1: you see the way that he can affect the game.

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Speaker 1: And when you start rotating guys in there and you

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Speaker 1: see all these things, even how multiple they are at linebacker.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Jordan Hicks was a guy that was talking

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Speaker 1: about wanting to get out of here and get traded.

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Speaker 1: Thank god he didn't because the impact he's had not

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Speaker 1: only being able to get everybody lined up. But the

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Speaker 1: X factor he's had in some of these games, of

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Speaker 1: the emotional plays or big plays that he've had, has

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Speaker 1: really turned the onset of some of these games in

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Speaker 1: our favor and allowed us to win some close football games. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean the fact that he came into shape. I

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Speaker 1: mean you could see he was motivated whether he's going

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Speaker 1: to play here or somewhere else. I mean, according to

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Speaker 1: Cliff after training camp, Chandler Jones and Jordan Hicks were

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Speaker 1: the best players. And it's not a surprise that he's

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Speaker 1: plays a ton of snaps because he knows the defense

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Speaker 1: like the back of his hand. He's been in this

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Speaker 1: defense for three years and he gets guys lined up

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Speaker 1: and that's not a knock on Zaven Collins, but it

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Speaker 1: takes a lot of pressure off Isaiah Simmons and other guys. So,

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's the perfect inside linebacker for the team

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Speaker 1: Undervans Joseph because literally, I just assume they can finish

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Speaker 1: each other sentence. This is based on knowledge, reps and

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Speaker 1: being in the same meetings with him. Well, and there's

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Speaker 1: something to be said about continuity. Maintaining the same defensive coordinator,

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Speaker 1: defensive staff, defensive scheme can make the same claim on

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Speaker 1: the offensive end as well. Now, the one knock on

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Speaker 1: this defense is the run defense and specifically yards per

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Speaker 1: carry four point seven yards per carry that this defense allows.

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Speaker 1: But you look at the Bears, Rams, Lions, Colts, Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: and Seahawks. These next six games, the final six games,

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Speaker 1: the one that sticks out to me the most is

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Speaker 1: Christmas Day with Jonathan Taylor coming to town and we

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Speaker 1: know what he's been able to do this season, certainly

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Speaker 1: with Derrick Henry now on the shelf, but that is

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Speaker 1: a game, maybe Ezekiel Elliott that would really dictate or

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Speaker 1: really tell us how this defense has gotten better, maybe

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Speaker 1: getting back to that consistency, especially with the Colts and

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Speaker 1: Cowboys and back to back games. Yeah, well, I think

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Speaker 1: vance And was very open about it. What he cares

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Speaker 1: about is how many points they're putting up on the board.

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Speaker 1: We get enamored with stats, and that is a big

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Speaker 1: stat right. If you're averaging over four and a half

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Speaker 1: yards to carry, that that's a big problem because three

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Speaker 1: rushes and it's a first down and the chains are moving,

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Speaker 1: and you are going up against some elite level talent

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Speaker 1: later on in the season. But at the same time,

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Speaker 1: when you're not giving up points and you're allowing those

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Speaker 1: great rushing stats, they're breaking off big runs very rarely

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Speaker 1: besides the Vikings game when he was you know, when

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Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook was charging off ten twelve yards a pop.

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Speaker 1: You don't see that. Usually the average goes up because

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Speaker 1: you have one long run and if you can mitigate that,

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Speaker 1: if you can. Really again, it's about being gap sound

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Speaker 1: and making sure that you don't get pushed out of it.

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Speaker 1: And that's what teams want to do. And the vast

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Speaker 1: majority of this league is built on trying to establish

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Speaker 1: the run. And when you can do that, then you're

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Speaker 1: going to see it keep coming and keep coming, and

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Speaker 1: you start trying to press as a defensive coordinator, whether

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Speaker 1: it's blitzing or adding more guys to the box, all

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Speaker 1: of those things. So if you can shut down their

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Speaker 1: main priority, which again that's what Indianapolis wants to do.

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Speaker 1: They have committed to that wholeheartedly because they're have an

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Speaker 1: elite level back. But again, you can take him out

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Speaker 1: of the game and make Carson wentzpeat to you. I

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Speaker 1: like those odds a lot Yeah, and the Cardinals right

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Speaker 1: now ranked fourth and points allout eighteen point four. They're

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Speaker 1: given up only two hundred and four yards through the air,

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Speaker 1: and yeah, the numbers average per carry, but they're only

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Speaker 1: given up rushing yards one hundred and thirteen. Sound like

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Speaker 1: it's given up one sixty a game. That would be

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Speaker 1: an issue. So and then red zone and third down

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Speaker 1: conversion and to me, teams can go from the twenty

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Speaker 1: to twenty is true? Pointed out you force them to

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Speaker 1: kick field goals and that's the reason why right now

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Speaker 1: they're eighteen only given up eighteen point four points per game.

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Speaker 1: That's really impressive. And that's when we've seen that defense

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Speaker 1: really locked down. When they get to the twenty yard line,

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Speaker 1: and inside the twenty yard line, then all those numbers

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Speaker 1: don't matter. Are you keeping them out of the end zone.

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Speaker 1: The Cardinals defensively have done that. To Day Pash Podcast,

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Speaker 1: Episode eighteen available now featuring Cardinals quarterback Colt McCoy. You

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Speaker 1: can go to the Day Pash Podcast follow via Twitter

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Speaker 1: at Pash pod. We've had halftime here on the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Red Sea Reports here on the Arizona Cardinals Radio network.

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Speaker 1: Murray takes the shotguns, Sam's great drop back, steps up,

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Speaker 1: moves to his left, throws left into the end zone. Hey,

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Speaker 1: it's caught bread touchdown. Want to throw at Christian Kurt

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Speaker 1: for six. Kyler Murray steps off, extends to play with

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Speaker 1: his legs and drops a dime to Christian Kirk. Quick

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Speaker 1: throw to the left side, caught by Hopkins, hit the tent,

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Speaker 1: slips a tackle, runs left to the five into the

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Speaker 1: end zone for the touchdown. Well, how DeAndre Hopkins broke

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Speaker 1: a tackle. It looked like he was dead to rights,

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Speaker 1: but he spun out of there. Hits Padert straight dropped

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Speaker 1: back for Kyler, steps up, wobs it back of the

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Speaker 1: end zone, quite open his Hopkins and a touchdown. Kyler

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Speaker 1: back to throw, fires to the end zone on the

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Speaker 1: right side for a J. Green and caught it. Touchdown

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Speaker 1: AJ Green one on one of fade and it's dropped

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Speaker 1: in a bucket for Kyler Murray's four touchdown pass of

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Speaker 1: the day. And the Cardinals just put the steak in

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Speaker 1: the grounds. You dropped the twinkie into the toaster, Kyler Murray.

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Speaker 1: It's been a little while since we've heard Dave Pash

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Speaker 1: and Ron Wilfley talk about Kyler Murray on the football field.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully they will have that opportunity this week when the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals visit the Chicago Bears. As we continue here on

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals Red Sea Report, Craig rail and Drew Stanton

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Speaker 1: and Mike Jarecki, Kyler Murray has missed each of the

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Speaker 1: past three games. Cardinals, though went two and one with

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Speaker 1: Quote McCoy as the starting QB. But you look at

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Speaker 1: what Kyler has been able to do in those games,

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Speaker 1: or those highlights from the game against the Cleveland Browns

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Speaker 1: when the Cardinals won thirty seven four team without their

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Speaker 1: head coach and without several other players, specifically on the

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Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball. But Kyle Murray this season

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Speaker 1: drew seventeen touchdowns seven interceptions. He's completing nearly seventy three

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Speaker 1: percent of his past attempts. That is number one in

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Speaker 1: the National Football League. Yeah, I mean, he was having

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Speaker 1: an MVB caliber of season for a reason. You know,

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Speaker 1: he was in there and some of those interceptions, I

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Speaker 1: think he just started getting a little bit too greedy,

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Speaker 1: to be honest, it could be even lower. Or you

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Speaker 1: look at what he's capable to do when he gets

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Speaker 1: the ball in his hands. He's the most electrifying player

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Speaker 1: in the league for a reason. He's been in the

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Speaker 1: MVP conversation for a reason, and we hope to have

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Speaker 1: that back on the field Sunday, unless you know, it's

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Speaker 1: been a month away now, unless he's an NBA player

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Speaker 1: and needs more time off, you know, waiting for the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: But at this time, I think, you know, we're excited

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Speaker 1: to see that, and Colt did a tremendous job of

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Speaker 1: holding down the fort doing exactly what's needed, you know,

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Speaker 1: as a backup. I've said before, we're only measured by

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Speaker 1: wins and losses, and to be two and one and

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Speaker 1: have two division wins is huge, and I think that

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Speaker 1: that kind of you know, you're a placeholder, and Colt

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Speaker 1: talked about it before you know you're in this weird

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Speaker 1: predicament of saying, yeah, I want to play. But at

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Speaker 1: the same time, I know him the backup, and he

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Speaker 1: was brought here for many reasons, one of which was

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Speaker 1: to go out and win football games, but the other

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Speaker 1: is to have an impact behind the scenes with Kyler,

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Speaker 1: and we've also seen that come to fruition. So Colt

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Speaker 1: has earned his money in spades this year. And hopefully

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Speaker 1: they'll extend him and he'll be able to be here

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Speaker 1: for a while because he's been a huge addition to

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Speaker 1: this team. You know, it was interesting, you know, going

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Speaker 1: back to that Packers game where hop Pole he played

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Speaker 1: fifteen snaps and he had that one catch and then

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Speaker 1: obviously he had the penalty there. But I want to say,

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Speaker 1: and I've looked at so I want to see all

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Speaker 1: seven of his touchdown stuff come in the red zone.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's missed three games and he still leads

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Speaker 1: a team as a receiver. Christian Kirk has four, Ron

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Speaker 1: del Moore has won. AJ Green has three, Zach Ertz

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Speaker 1: has three already. So and I noticed that maybe in

643
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Speaker 1: the Panthers game, they really weren't getting a lot of separation.

644
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Speaker 1: Now they want to say a J. Green was out

645
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Speaker 1: for that game was at COVID. I think I believe

646
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Speaker 1: that was the game because in other words, we got

647
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:27,680
Speaker 1: a chance to see Greg Doorge and Andy Isabella, but

648
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,680
Speaker 1: just haven't hop on the field. I mean in the

649
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Speaker 1: way Adrian Green's playing now, and Ron del Moore looks

650
00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,400
Speaker 1: more comfortable, and Christian Kirk and then you get the

651
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Speaker 1: running game going, you know, I know the Cardinals, and

652
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:43,240
Speaker 1: we talk about inconsistency, this team is nine and two. Yes,

653
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Speaker 1: I mean you throw away the Minnesota game. That happens.

654
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,200
Speaker 1: We've been on the other side of this stick. Yes,

655
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Speaker 1: every team has it done. But I think the Cardinals

656
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Speaker 1: are one of the most consistent teams in the entire league,

657
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Speaker 1: and I don't think they get credit for it. I

658
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Speaker 1: think now thinking back of that the AJ Green miss

659
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Speaker 1: was at San Francisco, I could say that they were

660
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Speaker 1: without their number one, number two wide receivers plus Kyle

661
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Speaker 1: the Murray in that game is still able to win

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Speaker 1: thirty one seventeen. But when you look at the number

663
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Speaker 1: of offensive options that Kyler Murray has with you mentioned

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Speaker 1: all of them when Rondel Moore and then you throw

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Speaker 1: in James Connor and Chase Edmonds. This is now, hopefully

666
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Speaker 1: with Kyle Murray coming back. Drew an opportunity for Kyle

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Speaker 1: the Murray as he was watching from the sidelines to

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Speaker 1: kind of maybe get a better idea of what he

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Speaker 1: has at his disposal, and maybe you can learn a

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Speaker 1: little bit from the sidelines, not a long time sitting

671
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Speaker 1: and watching. They know he doesn't want to do that,

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Speaker 1: but make use of that time not only to rest

673
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,800
Speaker 1: but also get better. Yeah, you have it from a

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Speaker 1: different vantage point. And I think also when you go

675
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 1: out there and you see the way that Colt was

676
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 1: able to hit some of the checkdowns or get different

677
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 1: second third options in the read when you're in the

678
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,080
Speaker 1: same framework of this offense, but you see somebody operated

679
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:56,040
Speaker 1: a little differently because their mindsets differently and their skill

680
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,160
Speaker 1: sets different Right, Colt's not going to scramble around and

681
00:31:58,240 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 1: extend plays and throw it down the field and do

682
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Speaker 1: all these things that we're accustomed to with Kyler. So

683
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,320
Speaker 1: when you see that, you're saying, oh, man, like he's

684
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Speaker 1: getting to the fifth reading this option, he's kicking the

685
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Speaker 1: ball out and Kyler has done a good job with that.

686
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Speaker 1: But the other beautiful thing that we've seen from Kyler

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Speaker 1: this year is throwing inside the hashes. And we're talking

688
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Speaker 1: a lot a little bit about it. Off airs, he

689
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Speaker 1: had a tendency to kind of move or scramble or

690
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Speaker 1: run or expose himself to more injury when he didn't

691
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Speaker 1: need to. And Max Williams was doing a phenomenal job

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Speaker 1: of filling that void. And he goes down and boom,

693
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Speaker 1: you're able to go out and get zach Ertz and

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Speaker 1: not make sure or make sure there's not any drop

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Speaker 1: off there, which is a huge asset to have. And yes,

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Speaker 1: I do think DeAndre Hopkins is going to explode the

697
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Speaker 1: second half of this season as he comes back from injury.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we saw it a little bit, but those

699
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Speaker 1: Thursday night night games are such an anomaly, right of

700
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,240
Speaker 1: trying to get prepared, trying to form a game plan,

701
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 1: they don't know what exactly they have healthwise from DeAndre,

702
00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 1: so Kyler wants to get him the ball. I mean

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00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:52,720
Speaker 1: we saw it. He forced fed him that long touchdown

704
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 1: that should have been a touchdown besides the face mask

705
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 1: type of thing, and then we didn't see him anymore.

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Speaker 1: So how that plays out, that's a security that you're

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Speaker 1: never going to get rid of because he is so

708
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,760
Speaker 1: talented and having him back at full strength, full speed

709
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 1: makes everybody else better around him. And really, like you said,

710
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,320
Speaker 1: this offense has become bulletproof because of it. They've had

711
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:14,920
Speaker 1: to overcome everything you've needed to and everybody is going

712
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 1: to be back in the equation, hopefully for the remainder

713
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Speaker 1: of the season, and that's what's going to allow this

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Speaker 1: offense to propel even further and get back to the

715
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Speaker 1: point where we're talking about for the first month of man.

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Speaker 1: These guys are so good, how can they be stopped?

717
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,760
Speaker 1: And they can't be stopped. They can only stop themselves.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned where you have seen Kyler improve. How about

719
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Speaker 1: Coote McCoy, where has he seen the cardinal starting quarterback

720
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Speaker 1: get better? As he talked with the day talked with

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Speaker 1: day Patch on the day Patch podcast. Kyler is so

722
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Speaker 1: unique in how he sees the game like it's It's

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Speaker 1: very impressive. He's very smart, he plays with feel. Some

724
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:52,200
Speaker 1: of the guys I've played with are just very routine

725
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 1: instructure and they know the game so well. They're great

726
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:59,640
Speaker 1: situational football. They study it. They and Kyler is at

727
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 1: the time of the list on a lot of those things.

728
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,480
Speaker 1: He sees it right. He plays the field, he knows

729
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 1: the coverages and structures, and he knows how Cliffs wants

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00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 1: to the offense to be run. And this is the

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Speaker 1: jump that we anticipated or hope what we would see

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Speaker 1: MJ from Kyler Murray from year two to year three,

733
00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:18,799
Speaker 1: and again it goes back to the continuity, same head coach,

734
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:22,759
Speaker 1: same off defensive system. He knows this offense, and we're

735
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Speaker 1: now seeing why he knows his offense so well, and

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Speaker 1: more talent around him. I mean, you bring in a

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Speaker 1: guy like Rodney Hudson, and then the fact is you

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Speaker 1: bring in James Conner, who's obviously been your short yardage guy,

739
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Speaker 1: and then you bring in AJ Green, you draft Rondel Moore,

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's not a fluke. Then there's a reason

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Speaker 1: why this team was scoring over thirty points a game

742
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,680
Speaker 1: and putting up four hundred yards and they were playing

743
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Speaker 1: complimentary football. You were right. He was out for that

744
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 1: game against the forty yards and the next game he

745
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 1: only had one catch for four yards. And that's when

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00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 1: I thought Rondel Moore and AJ Green probably could have

747
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,520
Speaker 1: done a lot more. But now when you got all

748
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Speaker 1: your weapons back, I mean, just whoever's open. I mean, listen,

749
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:01,799
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, they just want to win.

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00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:04,480
Speaker 1: And Cliff kind of tongue in cheeks said, just give

751
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,680
Speaker 1: hop a touched on every game, he'll be fine. Yeah,

752
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,120
Speaker 1: just make sure those stars make sure that they get

753
00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:14,759
Speaker 1: their attempts. The good news is in that locker room,

754
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 1: they all have that one common goal, and that's to

755
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 1: win on Sunday and make a postseason run along extended

756
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 1: postseason run. The other good thing in that locker room

757
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,640
Speaker 1: is everyone's willing to help each other out. Colt McCoy

758
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,400
Speaker 1: being that mentor to Kyle the Murray. Here's more from

759
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 1: the Cardinals quarterback on the Day Pash podcast. Yeah, we

760
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 1: are in two totally different places, but it's very healthy.

761
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,319
Speaker 1: Funny conversations go on. And he never changed the diaper

762
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,720
Speaker 1: in his life. He doesn't know what I'm talking about.

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00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 1: You know. He still goes home and plays video games

764
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:47,320
Speaker 1: and is still young, right, but his maturity and his

765
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,400
Speaker 1: wisdom in the game is very high, and we have

766
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,320
Speaker 1: lots of great conversations. You know, he's captain on the

767
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:56,440
Speaker 1: football team. I think there's ways that we've been able

768
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 1: to talk through things. How do you see this? What

769
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 1: do you think I should do? How should I handle this?

770
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 1: All those things that Again, I just think it's been

771
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:09,399
Speaker 1: very healthy and productive. Obviously in different parts of their

772
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 1: live Colt McCoy and Kyle the Murray and Cold even

773
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,959
Speaker 1: mentioned on that Day Patch podcast joking that Kyle Murray

774
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,759
Speaker 1: should do some babysitting for the cult McCoy family and

775
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,040
Speaker 1: that would be awesome together that cameras he would have

776
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 1: to change diapers. That, yeah, unbelievable. But the one common

777
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,839
Speaker 1: ground is their position and their love for the game,

778
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,279
Speaker 1: and that's where you can find that common ground to

779
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,640
Speaker 1: get those conversations going. Yeah, and they're both Texas guys

780
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 1: and that all Texas guys think they're better than everybody else.

781
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,680
Speaker 1: But that's a whole different conversation. Oh no. But honestly,

782
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,759
Speaker 1: I mean that's the beauty of Colt McCoy bringing in

783
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 1: a guy like that and the common allies that you

784
00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 1: have that you touched on, but only also it's just

785
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,320
Speaker 1: time spent together. There's a mutual respect that was already

786
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 1: established because as Kyler talked about, he grew up watching

787
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 1: Cold you know, the folklore of him at Texas and

788
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:57,440
Speaker 1: all of those things that that matters. But there's got

789
00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,239
Speaker 1: to be a trust that's built over time as well.

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00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:01,840
Speaker 1: And I think that's something that we're seeing now on

791
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,719
Speaker 1: the outside that was already established in training camp. That's

792
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 1: being talked through in film rooms. It's being talked through

793
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 1: when you have downtime and you get to go out

794
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 1: to dinner on the road or you do all of

795
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 1: these things and you invest as an older guy and

796
00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,839
Speaker 1: a younger guy to help speed up that learning curve

797
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,120
Speaker 1: and to do all those things. But also, you know,

798
00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:21,560
Speaker 1: Kyler's done things his own way for a long time,

799
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,440
Speaker 1: but feeling like you have somebody in your corner, a

800
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,439
Speaker 1: confidant that can help you out, that can do things

801
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 1: behind the scenes to maybe say, okay, well you know

802
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 1: this is the way that we need to identify this

803
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 1: coverage or to your point, going through the progression, not

804
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,319
Speaker 1: force feeding it to hop, Okay, go one to two

805
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 1: to three, but kind of eliminate two pretty quick because

806
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:40,440
Speaker 1: you know three is going to be wide open. Or hey,

807
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,279
Speaker 1: we know we've got pressure coming in right here. We're

808
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 1: gonna lose our back, so make sure you get to

809
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,799
Speaker 1: this or all of these things that really matter, because

810
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:50,320
Speaker 1: Colt's seeing the game from that lens for over a decade,

811
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 1: but then relaying in a way that Kyler can digest it,

812
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 1: go out there and actually play to his skill set

813
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:58,240
Speaker 1: because Colt touched on it right. He has this balance

814
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:01,400
Speaker 1: that he's found this year of the preparedness that Cliff

815
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 1: really wanted to see out of him as a starting quarterback,

816
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,480
Speaker 1: along with the freestyle capabilities that he has to extend

817
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,439
Speaker 1: plays and make things happen that you can't take away,

818
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:11,759
Speaker 1: and you mesh those two together, and that has the

819
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:15,400
Speaker 1: potential to present winning football that is really unstoppable. And

820
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 1: that's what we have become accustomed to seeing from him.

821
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,160
Speaker 1: And a lot of it has to do with because

822
00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:22,319
Speaker 1: not only cot I mean, Cols done a tremendous job,

823
00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 1: but you look at that entire collective offense and the

824
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,840
Speaker 1: continuity that you said that exists within the framework of

825
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,480
Speaker 1: this offense. It allows him to deviate a little bit

826
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 1: and add his own flavor too, but he's still playing

827
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Speaker 1: within the confines of the offense. I don't know if

828
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 1: they could have got a better backup quarterback than Colton

829
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:39,560
Speaker 1: McCoy for Kyler Murray where he was in his career.

830
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 1: I mean he hit a home run here, the fact

831
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 1: that he won two road games, I mean that's sort

832
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:47,359
Speaker 1: of back was supposed to do him. You called upon

833
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:50,880
Speaker 1: and you did it when Carson Palmer went down. So again,

834
00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:53,960
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor was out there r G three. I mean

835
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,640
Speaker 1: he's doing television not I mean, I don't know if

836
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:58,759
Speaker 1: you could have made a better signing when it came

837
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:01,479
Speaker 1: to Colton McCoy based on what he's doing with Kyler Murray.

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00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 1: new team, This is a whole new year. You guys

847
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:39,880
Speaker 1: are going to get the best of us. It's a

848
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:44,839
Speaker 1: long season, figure shot. It's the journeyman. Positive energy is infectious.

849
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:48,960
Speaker 1: It's infectious, and it's going to permeate throughout the building

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00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:55,400
Speaker 1: and then permeate throughout the value. When your expectation is

851
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 1: that high and you don't play as well as you

852
00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:00,520
Speaker 1: can plan two on Sunday, it hurts to be able

853
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,920
Speaker 1: to embrace the pressure and respond. There's no chance who

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Speaker 1: an't winning that game. I feel like I just lead

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Speaker 1: by example honor obviously, I mean the guys being with

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Speaker 1: the guys and exceeded in my expectations. We were ready

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Speaker 1: to hit somebody before the game started. There's no disrespect

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Speaker 1: for the other team, just so we are. Maybe we'll

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Speaker 1: just get better. A tremendous look back at the eleven

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Speaker 1: games the Cardinals have played thus far this season. Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Flight Plan Ready to Rise available now on the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: YouTube channel. Go to YouTube dot com slash asy Cardinals

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Speaker 1: game by game with exclusive interviews and behind the scenes

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Speaker 1: footage and the best parts Marcus Golden interviewed in a whirlpool. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but it's also what it's like to be a GM

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Speaker 1: when you're on the field in Minnesota's line up for

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Speaker 1: a field goal. That was fascinating. That was great content,

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Speaker 1: and I love the teaser. But this is like forty

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Speaker 1: five minutes of just week one and just a journey

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Speaker 1: to the kitchen the nine and two. But times you

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00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:18,399
Speaker 1: can just see that, you mean, you're in a spot

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Speaker 1: to where it's you win or lose, and everything changes

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Speaker 1: perception wise. It's a great look back. YouTube dot com

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875
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:32,359
Speaker 1: The Cardinals, now entering their second phase or second half

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Speaker 1: of the season, really post bye week with the nine

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Speaker 1: and two record, four and oz in the division. Everything

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00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:41,880
Speaker 1: has gone right for this team here in year three

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Speaker 1: under head coach Cliff Kingsbury. Before the bye week, he

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00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:49,680
Speaker 1: was asked if he gets any personal satisfaction on proving

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00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,719
Speaker 1: all those that doubted him. The only thing, you know,

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00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:56,279
Speaker 1: I like his family members, people that believed in me

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00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:00,120
Speaker 1: forever of them to actually not. You know, here he

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00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,200
Speaker 1: called a dumbass all the time, So that's kind of

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Speaker 1: the biggest positive I take away from all of it.

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Speaker 1: That was a great response from Kingsbury, who I think

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Speaker 1: is more comfortable being a head coach here in year three,

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Speaker 1: And of course winning helps being more comfortable when you

889
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Speaker 1: have to address the media on a daily basis. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And I think he also hit the nail on the

891
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Speaker 1: head of it's not just him, there's other people that

892
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 1: have been along on the journey with him that we

893
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Speaker 1: have family members, we have loved ones that are as

894
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:29,359
Speaker 1: invested in as we are. But to his point two,

895
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Speaker 1: as he's talked about it, and as we're all aware of,

896
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Speaker 1: the regular season is going to come and go. It's

897
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Speaker 1: what you do in the playoffs is how you're going

898
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Speaker 1: to be remembered and he's a very cognizant of that.

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Speaker 1: I think this offense has made their own luck, This

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00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,239
Speaker 1: defense has made their own luck. We haven't relied on

901
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,440
Speaker 1: special teams too much, but I think we have a

902
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:47,239
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl kicker that when it comes down to it,

903
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Speaker 1: he can perform. So, yes, we're in a great position,

904
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Speaker 1: but it doesn't just happen by dumb luck. We're not

905
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Speaker 1: nine and two sitting here saying, man like, we really

906
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Speaker 1: lucked out one of those football games. They have imposed

907
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Speaker 1: their will on each eye to the ball and a

908
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:04,120
Speaker 1: lot of these games and taken away what these teams

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Speaker 1: do best. And as you've talked about before, the schedule

910
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:10,040
Speaker 1: is what the schedule is as we move forward, and

911
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:12,239
Speaker 1: there's a lot of winnable games, and there's a reason

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Speaker 1: for optimism, but again that's only going to take you

913
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Speaker 1: so far. You have to go out and produce each

914
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Speaker 1: and every week, and then come playoff time, you have

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Speaker 1: to be playing your best football. Certainly winnable on paper.

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Speaker 1: This week's matchup at the Chicago Bears eleven am is

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Speaker 1: the kickoffs six thirty am. Pregame coverage begins on the

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals Radio network. Then you look, the Rams host

919
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Speaker 1: the Jaguars, the Packers are off this week, the Buccaneers

920
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Speaker 1: travel to the Falcons, the Cowboys are at New Orleans.

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Speaker 1: So this is the favorite parts of the show in

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Speaker 1: which we put Drew Stanton on. Notice that even as

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Speaker 1: a player, maybe you couldn't do this, but your scoreboard watching,

924
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:50,719
Speaker 1: you're looking because now it becomes all right, each week,

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Speaker 1: do we move up, do we move down? Are we

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Speaker 1: staying the same? And there is a little bit of

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Speaker 1: an eye towards what everyone else is doing within the

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Speaker 1: NFC West and the rest of the conference. Oh, without

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Speaker 1: a doubt. And you know who those teams are. I

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Speaker 1: mean you talked about the Packers in the Bucks. It's

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Speaker 1: a three man race to me in my opinion, and

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Speaker 1: you see that, and each and every week it kind

933
00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:09,719
Speaker 1: of takes care of itself. Be come that final week

934
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Speaker 1: when everybody's going to be there and there's that closter

935
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Speaker 1: at the top because you want that home field advantage,

936
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Speaker 1: that's when there's going to be even more scoreboard watching.

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Speaker 1: There's going to be even more of this. Hey guys,

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Speaker 1: we've got to make sure that we keep pace and

939
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Speaker 1: you just keep going, you keep plugging away. Each and

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Speaker 1: every week, and it's going to start with going into

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Speaker 1: Chicago this week and coming away with a win that

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Speaker 1: you're supposed to win. And the Cardinals have some distance

943
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Speaker 1: over the Rams in that division. Rams have lost three

944
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:37,000
Speaker 1: in a row. Let's go Saints, Falcons and Jaguars. We

945
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Speaker 1: will see what materializes this weekend and then talk about

946
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Speaker 1: it with you in one week's time when we reconvene

947
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:47,759
Speaker 1: here on the Cardinals Red See Report again. Cardinals at

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Speaker 1: the Bears. Eleven am is the kickoff from Soldier Field Special.

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Speaker 1: Thanks those behind the scenes, see your broadcast manager and

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Speaker 1: producer Jim Amindro, Technical director Goody Ventcher for Drew Stanton,

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Speaker 1: Mike Drecky, I'm Greg Rio Lou talk to you next week.

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Speaker 1: We do it every Tuesday at eleven am year round.

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