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Speaker 1: We made it the first football Friday of the season.

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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang. On today's show, Zach Gershman joins me.

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Speaker 1: We go into preview mode, our thoughts on what to

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Speaker 1: expect week one against the Commanders. Also, we head to Washington,

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Speaker 1: enemy territory and visit with Zach Selby, senior writer for

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Speaker 1: Commanders dot Com. Football is back. It's Cardinals Cover two,

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Speaker 1: episode six seventy and it starts now.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two.

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Speaker 3: Wood to Baker, what Heart? What rent? This guy's unbelievable.

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Speaker 3: He's at the ten half of five. He's it again.

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Speaker 3: So far hurry magic.

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Speaker 2: Whow here's Craig Griolud.

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Speaker 1: So here we are. We have finally made it. Week

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Speaker 1: one is upon us, and yes there is a lot

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Speaker 1: of excitements. Though I'm not exactly sure we got that

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Speaker 1: from the head coach on Friday, Zach, because two days

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Speaker 1: before game day, he still seems like he's in that

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Speaker 1: I don't know if the zone. If you will because

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Speaker 1: I'll give you. I'll give you credit. You try to

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Speaker 1: get him as did others, because it's always been since

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Speaker 1: he was hired back in February, your first time doing

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Speaker 1: this and the excitements and what does this mean? And

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Speaker 1: you've worked so long to get to this point. And

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Speaker 1: you asked, I thought a very reasonable question about before

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Speaker 1: kickoff you walk out on football field, do you just

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Speaker 1: stop and take in the moments to realize where you are?

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Speaker 1: And his response was nop, yeah, no, just gonna win

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Speaker 1: a football game. And that was the end of it.

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Speaker 1: And I just wonder if that's just how he's wired,

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Speaker 1: right before kickoff, there is that little brief moment that

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Speaker 1: he is able to take a deep breath just for himself.

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Speaker 4: Do you think if Washington knows he's going to take

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Speaker 4: a moment to himself, that's a competitive advantage, because I mean,

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna even take a moment when I see the

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Speaker 4: TV theme song playing and we're gonna be ready to go,

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna be like, all right, we're getting ready to go.

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Speaker 3: It's Week one, Game one, We're ready to go.

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Speaker 4: It did not seem like JG was gonna be you know,

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Speaker 4: giving away any secrets as to how he's personally feeling.

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Speaker 4: But I mean we talk a lot about how there

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Speaker 4: are a lot of first but because of it being

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Speaker 4: his position, being the head coach, I think for him,

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Speaker 4: he's always just looked at football as being football, and

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Speaker 4: now he's just in a different role within football. But

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Speaker 4: he's experienced a lot of Week one games. He's taken them, sure,

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Speaker 4: a lot of moments to himself. Unless he's just you know,

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Speaker 4: tunnel vision onto the game, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: And maybe it's because it's on the road. Does it

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Speaker 1: change next week in the home opener against the Giants,

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Speaker 1: who knows. But it was just just kind of matter

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Speaker 1: of fact. Nope, just trying to win a ball game. Okay, well,

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Speaker 4: For JG being such an emotional guy, I was expecting

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Speaker 4: some I'm like, yeah, I'm gonna walk out there, I'm

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Speaker 4: deep breath moments. But no, no, no, Zach.

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Speaker 1: Try and get young man, all right, let's try to

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Speaker 1: change different topics as expected. Despite the news earlier in

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Speaker 1: the week, NFL Networks and rapaport the report that the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals are expected to start Joshua Dobbs at quarterback. The

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Speaker 1: question was asked again to JG. Got a quarterback and

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Speaker 1: the response was same plan, guys, So we're not gonna know.

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Speaker 4: And even in the locker room, Dobbs and Clayton Tune

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Speaker 4: of their secrets as to the status of Chase Young.

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Speaker 4: If Chase Young is going to play. Obviously, Terry McLaurin

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Speaker 1: And a little bit later on, I had a chance

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Speaker 1: Commanders dot Com, and we had that conversation about what

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Speaker 1: But a couple of letter Aler items to get to

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Speaker 1: as far as what to expect on Sunday, and one

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Speaker 4: I do as well, And during the open portions of

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Speaker 4: that is. But I do think that zach Ertz does

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Speaker 4: the game. But Craig, what do you when you say

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I definitely agree, And I think that for an

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Speaker 4: So once again Drew Petsing talked about easing him into

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Speaker 1: And remember, just some background, it was week ten last

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Speaker 4: There's also guys that they could potentially bring up from

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Speaker 4: Jonathan Gannon spoke about how and I put it in

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Speaker 1: The other name on the practice squad Marquise Hayes. I

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Speaker 1: though he just arrived. I'll say this. The four offensive

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Speaker 1: great story if Ishmael gets an opportunity to play on Sunday,

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Speaker 5: Well, they are going to be walking into a stadium

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Speaker 5: I know that there's been quarterbacks they have been here

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Speaker 5: in the past that has had strong arms that can

435
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Speaker 5: sling it forty fifty yards downfield. You know, Carson Wentz

436
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Speaker 5: was was one of those people who have the ability

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Speaker 5: to do so. Uh, when Hassens was another player who

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Speaker 5: had the ability to do so. But you never really

439
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Speaker 5: saw much of that for one reason or another. I

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Speaker 5: think now you're seeing Sam Howe, who is based saying,

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Speaker 5: you know what, I trust my guys. I'm gonna go down.

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Speaker 5: I'm just gonna give him a chance and see what

443
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Speaker 5: he does. And why not do that when I do

444
00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:48,679
Speaker 5: that with one of the players who has been you know,

445
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Speaker 5: the leaders in contested catches pretty much since he was drafted,

446
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Speaker 5: and you have a guy you also have a guy

447
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Speaker 5: in themmy Brown, who is really good at that as well.

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Speaker 5: He's Sam is not afraid to let his players do

449
00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,879
Speaker 5: what they do best, and that's not often that you

450
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,480
Speaker 5: see from from young quarterbacks. At least you don't really

451
00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,440
Speaker 5: see it as much, you know, as they're as they're

452
00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,760
Speaker 5: developing their their skill set. But I think he already

453
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Speaker 5: has that. And that's what gives me such confident about

454
00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,119
Speaker 5: this offense is that it's, like I said, it's not

455
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Speaker 5: going to be completely different. It's not going to be,

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Speaker 5: you know, not gonna be a top ten, not gonna

457
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Speaker 5: be the Kansas City Chiefs. That would just be be crazy.

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Speaker 5: But I do think you're going to see an offensive

459
00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,320
Speaker 5: is definitely more proficient and gonna be able to get

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Speaker 5: more explosive plays down there because of that relationship between

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Speaker 5: Terry and Vams.

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Speaker 1: One more question about the offense here as we talk

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Speaker 1: with Zach Selby, senior writer Commanders dot Com. Ahead of

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals and Commanders Week one on Sunday ten am

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Speaker 1: is the kickoff Arizona Time five thirty Pregame coverage begins

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Speaker 1: here on the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network. The line of scrimmage,

467
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Speaker 1: the Commander's offensive line returns just one starter, and that's

468
00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,840
Speaker 1: left tackle Charles Leno. But you look at the Cardinals

469
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Speaker 1: and their front seven and specifically the pass rush, a

470
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Speaker 1: lot of unknown what has been the talk as far

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Speaker 1: as the offensive players the offensive line when looking at

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals pass rush and really no major name, but

473
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Speaker 1: just a rotation of probably five or even six outside

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Speaker 1: linebackers coming at Sam hallan company.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I think in terms of you said it,

476
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Speaker 5: I mean, the Cardinals don't necessarily have that like that

477
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:27,320
Speaker 5: that name pops out to you, you know, and their

478
00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,040
Speaker 5: pass rusher and even in their front seven, but they

479
00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,480
Speaker 5: do have a bunch of really talented playmakers that that

480
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,840
Speaker 5: can hurt you. I mean, if you give them the chance,

481
00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,560
Speaker 5: they will they will cause problems for you. I think

482
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Speaker 5: it's gonna be very interesting challenge for this for this

483
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Speaker 5: offensive line as they got to go into the Cardinals,

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Speaker 5: because I mean, this is a group, like you said,

485
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Speaker 5: it's largely unproven together. And I mean, you've got you know,

486
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Speaker 5: you've got a new center, You've got a competition at

487
00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,560
Speaker 5: left guardo which seems to be Sadiq Charles. You've got

488
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Speaker 5: Sam Cosny, who was right tackle last year you moved

489
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Speaker 5: over to right guard. And even Andrew Wilie who comes

490
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Speaker 5: you know, to the team from Kansas City with the enemy.

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Speaker 5: And you know, I know that there's been a lot

492
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Speaker 5: of questions about what this offensive line can do. I mean,

493
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Speaker 5: they were one of the top leaders in sacks allowed

494
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Speaker 5: last year. I mean their their their past block win

495
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,119
Speaker 5: rate has not been the best. I think they're in

496
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Speaker 5: I think they're on the bottom third of the league

497
00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,520
Speaker 5: last year. But I would I would say this, I

498
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,160
Speaker 5: would say that their chemistry over the last few weeks

499
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Speaker 5: has gotten much better. And I think that's really what

500
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Speaker 5: you that's a really important asset when you're looking at

501
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,960
Speaker 5: oppositive line play is how well can these guys work together?

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Speaker 5: Because that really can turn a group that is maybe

503
00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,360
Speaker 5: below average or playing a little bit above their skis

504
00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,200
Speaker 5: and turning them into something that's a little bit more average.

505
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Speaker 5: And I think you see, and I've been saying this

506
00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:44,639
Speaker 5: a lot, I think you really see that in the

507
00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:48,680
Speaker 5: relationship between Sam Cosby and Andrew Wiley. They passed off

508
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,240
Speaker 5: blitz and stunts as good as anyone else on that

509
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,080
Speaker 5: commanders offensive line right now, and it's looked really clean

510
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,080
Speaker 5: doing and that can always that can be a little

511
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:57,479
Speaker 5: that can be a little bit of a problem with time,

512
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Speaker 5: especially with guys who haven't really worked together that much,

513
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,560
Speaker 5: but they have really gelled and it seems like they're

514
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 5: always talking on the sideline trying to work on their

515
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,760
Speaker 5: techniques together. And I think by the end of the

516
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,800
Speaker 5: season we'll see an office one that probably isn't as

517
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,199
Speaker 5: bad as people think that they're going to be. But

518
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Speaker 5: then for this or first week, I think this is

519
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:19,120
Speaker 5: going to be a challenge for this commander's opposite line

520
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,560
Speaker 5: to see what they can do against a group that maybe,

521
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Speaker 5: like it said, like I said, doesn't have necessarily have

522
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Speaker 5: like a top ten pass rusher, but they have a

523
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,880
Speaker 5: lot of really just solid guys who can get after

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Speaker 5: you if they give the chance.

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Speaker 1: All Right, I've waited long enough. As we talk about

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Speaker 1: what has been the main topic here in Arizona, the

527
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,119
Speaker 1: quarterback situation. Is it going to be Joshua Dobbs, Is

528
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Speaker 1: it going to be the rookie Clayton Tune reports earlier

529
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Speaker 1: in the week that the Cardinals are expected to start Dobbs.

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Speaker 1: That's been my anticipation. A lot of people believe that's

531
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Speaker 1: the case. Before we talked here, you mentioned that Jack

532
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,080
Speaker 1: del Rio, defensive coordinator, addressed the media there in Washington.

533
00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 1: Who is he preparing to face on Sunday at quarterback?

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Speaker 5: Honestly, that's probably been one of the most fascinating things

535
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,080
Speaker 5: about this entire week, is just saying the Cardinals are

536
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,840
Speaker 5: going to start a quarterback. But uh, del Rio, that

537
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 5: was one of the first thing that del Rio was

538
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,720
Speaker 5: as today and he said, we pray for both because

539
00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:15,400
Speaker 5: we don't know which ones they're going to be out there,

540
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,560
Speaker 5: because they do present, you know, some some different problems, right,

541
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Speaker 5: I mean, you know, you look at you look at

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00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:22,439
Speaker 5: josh Dobbs and he's got that has been a career

543
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,760
Speaker 5: back up and he only got his first starts last

544
00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 5: year with the Tennessee Titans. And if you look, but

545
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,800
Speaker 5: if you look at that last game against the Jacksonville

546
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,040
Speaker 5: Jaguars where the Titans had a chance to win the

547
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:35,720
Speaker 5: AFC South over the Jaguars. He did enough to win

548
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,560
Speaker 5: that game. He did not put them in difficult situations

549
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:42,320
Speaker 5: and it weren't for a fumble that might have been

550
00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:44,359
Speaker 5: an in complete pass might not have been there was

551
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 5: returning for a touchdown, the Titans might have ended up

552
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,480
Speaker 5: winning that game. So just think about that. And also

553
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:53,120
Speaker 5: Josh Dobbs, I know we had some familiarity with that system,

554
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,760
Speaker 5: you know, because he was working with uh the Cardinals

555
00:27:55,760 --> 00:28:00,000
Speaker 5: officer coordinator in Cleveland. But he's a guy who can

556
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,840
Speaker 5: come in and not really have a whole lot of

557
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,280
Speaker 5: like need a whole lot of runway to get himself going.

558
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,000
Speaker 5: He showed that last year in Tennessee. I think he

559
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,000
Speaker 5: could do that again this year. And if you look

560
00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 5: at Clayton Tune, I mean, he's you know, I know,

561
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:13,719
Speaker 5: he still has some things he needs to work on.

562
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,640
Speaker 5: You know, they ran new huddle in Houston, so that's

563
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,680
Speaker 5: kind of a bigger than a bigger issue for him.

564
00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 5: But you know, he showed the ability to I think

565
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 5: hat forty touchdowns in like his last year at Houston,

566
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,719
Speaker 5: So he definitely has like the talent to be a

567
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:29,800
Speaker 5: good pro at some point in his career. I just

568
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,760
Speaker 5: don't think he's very ready yet. But either way, if

569
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 5: they whether they put him out there or not, I mean,

570
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,200
Speaker 5: who knows, who knows what will happen. I think they're

571
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 5: preparing it for for both players that are going to

572
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:41,720
Speaker 5: look back at, you know, what each player has done

573
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:43,719
Speaker 5: in the past or the college or in the pros

574
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 5: and kind of go from there. But they're ready for

575
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:46,640
Speaker 5: just about anything.

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00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,960
Speaker 1: I think, regardless of who the quarterback is. And again,

577
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,440
Speaker 1: I fully expect it to be Dobbs that commander's defense,

578
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 1: and specifically the front four, Allen Payne Sweat and maybe

579
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,880
Speaker 1: even a Chase Young even though he might not be

580
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:02,440
Speaker 1: one hundred percent, but that front four might be one

581
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 1: of the better front four fronts in all of the NFL.

582
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 1: And they're been together for a long period of time.

583
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 1: How much has that played into their success over the

584
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 1: years that now this is what year three or year

585
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:17,840
Speaker 1: four that they've all been together.

586
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, it's year four working well, guess working all together.

587
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,600
Speaker 5: In Jack do Rio's system, and I think that plays

588
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 5: a massive role because you can you could definitely see

589
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,560
Speaker 5: the growth that they've all experienced together. Because remember this,

590
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,280
Speaker 5: these are four first round picks, and if you put

591
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 5: one of those guys and any other front four in

592
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 5: the league, they're the alpha dogs. So you have four

593
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,240
Speaker 5: alpha dogs, they'll all trying to learn how to work

594
00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,120
Speaker 5: off each other. And there had been some growing pains

595
00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:47,640
Speaker 5: through that whole experience. Like you saw in the year

596
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,880
Speaker 5: two of Jack do Rio's system, there's a lot of

597
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 5: freelancing going on between, you know, certain players, and they

598
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 5: weren't early understanding Russia Simons very well. You think you

599
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,120
Speaker 5: saw that in Week two of twenty twenty one against

600
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 5: the Buffalo Bills, where Josh Allen's basically was able to

601
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 5: duck duck by all these guys and just make a

602
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 5: player rush down field because they weren't hitting their assignments properly.

603
00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,960
Speaker 5: Now you're seeing that, You're seeing them say their lanes

604
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,920
Speaker 5: and contain quarterbacks, and that allows them to exercise their

605
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,200
Speaker 5: talents a lot more. I mean, Jonathan Allen is one

606
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,200
Speaker 5: of been one of the best decent talents in the

607
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 5: league of the last two years because of because of

608
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:27,560
Speaker 5: how disciplined he is and how when he when he's

609
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,120
Speaker 5: on his lane, he has this hump move that is

610
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,520
Speaker 5: one of the best in the league, and he's able

611
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 5: to crash the pocket. And then when you have when

612
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 5: you crash the pocket, you have Monte Sweat, who's a

613
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,520
Speaker 5: really good power rusher, able to come in and finish

614
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,360
Speaker 5: it up or clean. Then you have Chase Young, who

615
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,720
Speaker 5: is kind of which is weird to say, he's kind

616
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:46,320
Speaker 5: of a bit of a bit of an X factor

617
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,400
Speaker 5: right now because we don't know exactly what he's going

618
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 5: to be, you know, and by the way he looks

619
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,440
Speaker 5: like he's trending towards playing as well. He said he's

620
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 5: ready to go straight out there, which was waiting on

621
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,600
Speaker 5: a doctor's appointment that he will have over zoom sometime

622
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:02,000
Speaker 5: this week to get some final approvals. But he's been

623
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:05,160
Speaker 5: playing well. You know, I think they're still that once

624
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,160
Speaker 5: they get the approval for the contact, I think that

625
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 5: you're going to see him a little bit more unleashed.

626
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 5: And remember this teave of the line was good without

627
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 5: chasedown for the most of last year anyway. So if

628
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,560
Speaker 5: you at him and you have a motivated Chasedowns who

629
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:21,680
Speaker 5: did not get his contract. Again, it's your option exercise

630
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,760
Speaker 5: this year. You have a guy like that, I think

631
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,240
Speaker 5: you're going to see it. I think the line that

632
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 5: could that could be better than much much better than

633
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 5: it was last year, which is a scary prospect to think.

634
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 1: Of because of that defensive line is so good and

635
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:38,959
Speaker 1: so successful going younger a little bit in that secondary

636
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 1: with the first round draft pick and a second round

637
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: draft pick in Forbes and Martin respectively, was that maybe

638
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,719
Speaker 1: or was it just a position of need when you

639
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 1: look at what the Commanders needed in the secondary.

640
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, if you look at that secondary, it's

641
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,440
Speaker 5: it's an interesting group because, like you said, they are

642
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,040
Speaker 5: all young, and Kim Afoord is the clear veteran of

643
00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 5: that group, but they're all very talented and by now,

644
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,320
Speaker 5: even though they're young, they they've had a lot of

645
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,200
Speaker 5: playing time together because they've also been working in the

646
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 5: fourth year of jack Orio system. And I would honestly

647
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,680
Speaker 5: say that, aside from the defensive line, which has nine

648
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,400
Speaker 5: players on in that group, I always said the secondary

649
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,440
Speaker 5: is one of the deepest positions on the entire roster

650
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 5: because you've got a guy like Benjamin Saint Jus, who's

651
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 5: playing the slide, has some experience working against never one

652
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,640
Speaker 5: receivers last year and proved he could hold his own

653
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:30,040
Speaker 5: because of his size and his quickness, which is why

654
00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 5: they think he's gonna be able to work with it

655
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 5: really well on the slide. And he's got a guy

656
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 5: like Emmanuel Forbes, who is I mean, he's you can

657
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,040
Speaker 5: you can see how small he is on the field,

658
00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:42,040
Speaker 5: Like it's very very apparent just how small I'm smaller

659
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,280
Speaker 5: he is compared to the other players on the field.

660
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:46,840
Speaker 5: But he does not play like he is. He does

661
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 5: not play to his side. He plays like he is

662
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 5: a much bigger, more physical defensive back. And you saw

663
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 5: that a lot in the preseason with a couple of

664
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 5: tackles were lost against the Browns and the Ravens. You know,

665
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:58,720
Speaker 5: one of them was a goal line stand. So you

666
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:00,920
Speaker 5: see that he's not afraid stick his nose in there

667
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 5: and make and make plays if he has to. And

668
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,240
Speaker 5: plus on top of that, he's a ball hawk with

669
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,680
Speaker 5: you know, break the FBS records. And then you've got

670
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,880
Speaker 5: players like Derek Foris and Jamie Reeves and and Cam Curll.

671
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 5: One of those versaal players on the secondary being able

672
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 5: to play multiple different positions. I think because yes they're young,

673
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,000
Speaker 5: but they're also they've also got the versatility and the

674
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:23,080
Speaker 5: experience where you really don't look too much of their

675
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 5: age and more of like, Okay, they've been they've been

676
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 5: working together for a long time. They can handle their business.

677
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:32,320
Speaker 1: Zach, great stuff. Appreciate a couple of minutes in fact,

678
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 1: more than a couple of minutes here on Cardinals Cover

679
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 1: two presented by Hundai, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals.

680
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: But good information looking forward to week one, looking forward

681
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 1: to the start of the regular season, And why don't

682
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 1: you tell everyone where they can find you, either on

683
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 1: social media or online if they want more information on

684
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 1: this matchup on Sunday.

685
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely, I mean you can find me on Twitter,

686
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 5: slash x, whatever it's called these days at Zach SELBWC.

687
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,400
Speaker 5: You can find me on Commanders dot com, where I

688
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:03,840
Speaker 5: put out you know, two or three stories a day.

689
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 5: We're gonna have our training, our practice notes come out

690
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:09,280
Speaker 5: every day around three or four Eastern time to spribe

691
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 5: some updates on the team ahead of the roster or

692
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 5: ahead of the matchup. But yeah, It's going to be

693
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 5: an exciting game and a lot of headlines were out

694
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,000
Speaker 5: of the matchup. But I can't wait to see NFL.

695
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,480
Speaker 5: It feels like we've been waiting for for years for

696
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,280
Speaker 5: this game, but yeah, finally here and I can't wait.

697
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 1: Appreciate it again, Zach, and I'm not traveling, but I

698
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 1: wish you well after Sunday for the rest of this season.

699
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 5: Absolutely, you as well.

700
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:37,720
Speaker 1: Appreciate Zach joining us and from one Zach to another,

701
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 1: Zach Fershman back here on Cardinals Cover two, presented by

702
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 1: a Hundai, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. First things first, though,

703
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:47,960
Speaker 1: the latest weather forecast for Sunday, which I know was

704
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 1: a topic of conversation earlier of the week by two individuals,

705
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 1: Danny Sirek and Paul Calvic because that will be on

706
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 1: the sidelines during pregame and the game itself. But some

707
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:01,560
Speaker 1: good news. Partly cloudy, a high of eighty four in

708
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:06,240
Speaker 1: the early afternoon, chance of showers in the evening, likely

709
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 1: after the game ends, So all good weatherwise.

710
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 4: I know it's gonna be sunny here and there, that's true.

711
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 1: I'm not you and I aren't going, so's too.

712
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:17,160
Speaker 4: I'm not gonna listen. I think it's gonna be interesting though.

713
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 4: If there is rain during the game, although it's not

714
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:23,160
Speaker 4: expected to be the case, it will be very interesting

715
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,920
Speaker 4: because this team is not practiced in any sort of

716
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:28,839
Speaker 4: wet weather so far, there have not been any rain

717
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,719
Speaker 4: practices that they've had to take part in. That is

718
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:33,960
Speaker 4: a challenge when you right away go in and your

719
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,880
Speaker 4: first game you're dealt with the weather conditions that you

720
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,720
Speaker 4: have not practiced for. Those wet ball drills are serious

721
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,160
Speaker 4: drills that the team really has not had the opportunity

722
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,319
Speaker 4: to take part in or has needed to take part in.

723
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:45,600
Speaker 3: So if that were to.

724
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 4: Be the case, I do I will feel bad for

725
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 4: Danny and Paul. That's for sure, not too bad because

726
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 4: we'll be here in the sun. But and you can't

727
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,279
Speaker 4: be too upset about it when you're out here in

728
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,400
Speaker 4: the sun. But it will be an interesting element to consider.

729
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 1: I want to pick up on. Something that Zach Selby

730
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:05,279
Speaker 1: mentioned was the commander's offense, new play caller and Eric

731
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 1: the enemy and a new quarterback. Sam Howe has only

732
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:11,439
Speaker 1: got one start under his belts. But something that Zach

733
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 1: mentioned was playing with a quicker pace a quicker tempo

734
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,040
Speaker 1: and how much because the Cardinals would like to play

735
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:20,960
Speaker 1: at that kind of pace as well. But how quickly

736
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 1: are the commanders able to get on the ball after

737
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 1: a play, because if you don't substitute, if the offense

738
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:32,240
Speaker 1: doesn't substitute, then the defense you can if you want,

739
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,480
Speaker 1: but it's at your own risk because if you don't

740
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 1: get off the field or eleven guys on the field,

741
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,600
Speaker 1: now all of a sudden, there goes a penalty, the

742
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 1: flag goes up in the air, and you run the

743
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:43,759
Speaker 1: risk of having too many men on the field. So

744
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 1: the rotation are you able to have that defensive rotation

745
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 1: that I think Nick Rollis wants to have on the

746
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:54,200
Speaker 1: defensive line and especially at outside linebacker.

747
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,759
Speaker 4: And those haven't been the penalties that have haunted the

748
00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:58,160
Speaker 4: Cardinals during the preseason.

749
00:36:58,280 --> 00:36:58,840
Speaker 3: Fortunately.

750
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 4: I don't believe there was any eleven or twelve minut

751
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 4: on the field penalties that were called or ten men

752
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 4: on the field penalties that were called during the preseason,

753
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,239
Speaker 4: because it seems like that discipline and that rotation is

754
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 4: there when it comes down to it, though, this is

755
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:14,959
Speaker 4: a team that's gonna be the out of the three

756
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,720
Speaker 4: that they played, so far one of the quicker teams

757
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,279
Speaker 4: with the wide receivers. You have Terry mccaurran, Scary Terry,

758
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,799
Speaker 4: you have Johan Dottson, you have Curtis Samuel. Those are

759
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,880
Speaker 4: three speedy, fast, wide receivers that are going to get

760
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:27,400
Speaker 4: back to the line of scrimmage and they're gonna be

761
00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,799
Speaker 4: ready to go. I think an element that's not being

762
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,399
Speaker 4: talked about enough. And I guess it's not being talked

763
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 4: about enough because it just hit me, Craig as you

764
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 4: were brought as you brought up Eric Bienemy. Jonathan Gannon

765
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:40,799
Speaker 4: played against the NFC East a handful of times. Yes

766
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 4: we know that when he was with Philadelphia, but the

767
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,919
Speaker 4: offensive coordinator for Kansas City Chiefs in that Super Bowl

768
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:49,359
Speaker 4: game that Jonathan Gannon coached against was Eric Bienemy. So

769
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,920
Speaker 4: he's going into that knowing the type of style that

770
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:55,359
Speaker 4: Eric Bienemy brings. It's a different Washington team. Every year

771
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 4: is different, but the offensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon has experience

772
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:01,399
Speaker 4: coaching against true so.

773
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: You know what kind of personnel that the enemy likes.

774
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:06,000
Speaker 1: But we really don't know what kind of a play

775
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 1: caller the enemy is because Andy Reid is the one

776
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:11,360
Speaker 1: who's calling the plays as he did Thursday night and

777
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 1: the opener, and a great job by the Detroit Lions

778
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 1: to kind of ruin that Super Bowl celebration that the

779
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 1: Chiefs were holding at Arrowhead Stadium on the first game

780
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,839
Speaker 1: of the regular season. But that's another wrinkle to this,

781
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 1: because you think you know, but do you really And

782
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:29,239
Speaker 1: then you look at how well Sam Howell played in

783
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 1: those final game Week eighteen a year ago against the Cowboys,

784
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:35,600
Speaker 1: but it was Week eighteen, how much did the Cowboys

785
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,440
Speaker 1: really care? And then what do you really show in

786
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:42,319
Speaker 1: the preseason? I did watch Commanders and Baltimore Ravens on

787
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football, and the win by the Commanders to

788
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,919
Speaker 1: end the Baltimore was a twenty four to four game

789
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,479
Speaker 1: game winning streak in the preseason, and I came away

790
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:53,759
Speaker 1: impressed by how a former fifth round draft pick, he

791
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,440
Speaker 1: did have time in the pocket and when he struggled,

792
00:38:56,520 --> 00:39:00,240
Speaker 1: he bounced right back, showed that resiliency and was able

793
00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:04,160
Speaker 1: to rebound and perform and move the play or move

794
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 1: the offense up and down the field. So curious about

795
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,360
Speaker 1: what the Commanders have at quarterback, curious about what the

796
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:14,279
Speaker 1: Cardinals have at quarterback, But to me, Zach, this all

797
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,719
Speaker 1: comes down to the line of scrimmage and whose offensive

798
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 1: line is able to better protect the quarterback. Because as

799
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:26,760
Speaker 1: much as the Cardinals have questions along the front seven,

800
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,279
Speaker 1: we know what the Commanders can do along that defensive

801
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:33,200
Speaker 1: line with those four first round draft picks. As they

802
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 1: joked earlier in the week, it's the law firm of

803
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 1: Allen Payne, Sweat and Young and they are very very good.

804
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:42,279
Speaker 4: I feel like you gotta put pain at the end

805
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 4: of that just for the simple fact of a law

806
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 4: firm name. You want to bring that pain, No, I

807
00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:49,960
Speaker 4: think that. I obviously this is an offensive line as

808
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:53,080
Speaker 4: well for the Arizona Cardinals that has not had much

809
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,719
Speaker 4: experience playing together, especially in the game.

810
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 1: We did see it.

811
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,160
Speaker 4: Against the Kansas City Chiefs for that first drive until

812
00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 4: DJ Humphries stepped out. It's that that's important, that chemistry

813
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:05,680
Speaker 4: along the line. And I was when I was on

814
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,200
Speaker 4: Cardinals Underground. I was on Cardinals Underground with with Paul

815
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 4: and Darren. We spoke about how what I was looking

816
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 4: forward to most for this and it was gonna be

817
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 4: the relationship between Yell Defroholdt and whoever that whoever was

818
00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:19,480
Speaker 4: going to be at quarterback if it is Josh Dobbs,

819
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:23,680
Speaker 4: they do have some familiarity with one another, but that

820
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 4: the chemistry amongst the entire line, especially when you have

821
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:29,280
Speaker 4: a pass rush like the law firm that you mentioned,

822
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:32,319
Speaker 4: They're gonna be ready to go and the Cardinals know

823
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:34,640
Speaker 4: what they're here to expect from the team.

824
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:37,800
Speaker 1: And then on the flip side, as far as another

825
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:40,719
Speaker 1: question mark or something to pay attention to, as you

826
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:43,400
Speaker 1: brought it up already, as far as just those three

827
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,360
Speaker 1: receivers of the Commanders going up against a very young

828
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 1: secondary for the Cardinals. Yeah, Marco Wilson is the veteran,

829
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:52,800
Speaker 1: but he hasn't been here that long. Key Trail Clark

830
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:57,400
Speaker 1: making his debut in the NFL. Christian Matthew, Yeah, he

831
00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:00,680
Speaker 1: played late last season, hasn't played a lot until Hamilton

832
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:04,280
Speaker 1: is your one veteran in that room. There are some others,

833
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 1: but as far as they are too date is concerned,

834
00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:09,359
Speaker 1: those are your top four cornerbacks, at least what we've

835
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 1: seen in training camp in the preseason. So how do

836
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:15,680
Speaker 1: those cornerbacks handle Terry McLaurin, who I expect to be

837
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 1: one hundred percent He was upgraded as you alluded to

838
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:22,800
Speaker 1: to a full participant in practice on Thursday, practice fully

839
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:26,280
Speaker 1: on Friday, so that is something to consider. And then Dotson,

840
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 1: who a year ago maybe a little bit under the radar,

841
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:32,719
Speaker 1: but he finished tied for the league lead as far

842
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,359
Speaker 1: as or the team lead as far as number of

843
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 1: touchdown receptions with seven, So that's something you also have

844
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:40,600
Speaker 1: to keep an eye on as well.

845
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:42,759
Speaker 4: I'll say I spoke with Johan at the when I

846
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:44,160
Speaker 4: was at Penn State this past weekend.

847
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,480
Speaker 1: He was out, opened up the freaking door again. That's

848
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 1: like two weeks in a row.

849
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:51,040
Speaker 4: Craig, you should expect it, but I promise it's relevant

850
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 4: to the conversation. I was talking with Johann a little bit.

851
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:57,000
Speaker 4: He was there with Jesse Lucetta and a bunch of

852
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,719
Speaker 4: the other guys. Micah Parsons was there, Saquon Barkley was there.

853
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,560
Speaker 4: Just funny because Jesse's gonna be playing all three of

854
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:03,279
Speaker 4: the over this.

855
00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:05,279
Speaker 1: Is what we've discovered, so I can already soon we'll

856
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:08,280
Speaker 1: talk about Saquon Barkley next week, and then Michaeh Parsons

857
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:09,080
Speaker 1: the following well.

858
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,239
Speaker 4: We'll definitely have to talk about Michael. We'll have to

859
00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 4: talk about both of them. Regardless in these next couple

860
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:14,640
Speaker 4: of weeks.

861
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 1: When does this Penn State run in let's see forty

862
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:18,240
Speaker 1: nine ers, do they have anyone?

863
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 3: Yeah?

864
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:21,920
Speaker 1: Jay yr Brown, Okay, all right, God, I didn't mean

865
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Speaker 1: to interrupt.

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Speaker 4: Go ahead, No, But what I was saying is that

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Speaker 4: Johan has spoken about how he kind of had to

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Speaker 4: transition a little bit to getting used to playing in

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Speaker 4: an NFL system, and then towards the latter half of

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Speaker 4: the year was a really strong talent on the outside

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Speaker 4: for the Washington Commanders.

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Speaker 3: He is ready to go.

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Speaker 4: But I just think it's an interesting component considering that

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Speaker 4: he wasn't even fully him at that point as he felt,

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Speaker 4: and then he still put up those type of numbers

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Speaker 4: that you mentioned. It's it's gonna be. You can't sleep

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Speaker 4: on any of the wide receivers out there. You put

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Speaker 4: too much of a focus on Terry. That's where Curtis,

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Speaker 4: Samuel and Johan could get you. You focus one on

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Speaker 4: the other, that's how the other two could get you.

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Speaker 3: It's just worth uh.

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Speaker 4: You got to keep eyes open all the way downfield.

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Speaker 4: And that's also where you have to rely on a

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Speaker 4: star like Buddha Baker to help out his cornerback.

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Speaker 1: And as Gannon mentioned on Friday when asked about the

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Speaker 1: three receivers, quote, can't get the ball thrown over your

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Speaker 1: head end.

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Speaker 4: Quote it's your side than done.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And he also said, sometimes you'll have help over

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Speaker 1: the top, and sometimes you won't. You will be out

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Speaker 1: on an island. So, look, we have a lot of

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Speaker 1: questions about this team, as do a lot of people.

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Speaker 1: How many of those questions get answered on Sunday will

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Speaker 1: be fascinating because you're not gonna get all of them answered.

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Speaker 1: But how many of those boxes can you check? How

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Speaker 1: much can you learn from that first game, that first

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Speaker 1: true test to figure out what this team has the

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Speaker 1: potential to do in twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and this is the Week one game is where

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Speaker 4: you really could set the tone for the entire year.

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Speaker 4: I look at the Detroit Lions and I see how

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Speaker 4: excited that team was after knocking off Kansas City on

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Speaker 4: Thursday night. That is the type of momentum that a

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Speaker 4: team needs to push off into the regular season and

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Speaker 4: really build off a strong start. The Cardinals, obviously, the

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Speaker 4: national media is gonna say what they want to say

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Speaker 4: about the Cardinals, and locally they're gonna say what they

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Speaker 4: want to say about the Arizona Cardinals this team, and

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Speaker 4: Buddha Baker alluded to it when he spoke at the

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Speaker 4: press conference on Thursday. He said, we're not paying attention

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Speaker 4: to any of that kind of stuff. Now do they

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Speaker 4: still hear it? I'm sure they still hear it. Everyone

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Speaker 4: still got ears. Everyone's talking about the way that they

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Speaker 4: expect the Cardinals to perform. But if you start off

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Speaker 4: strong in Week one, regardless of a win or a loss,

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Speaker 4: obviously you plan to go. You play the game to win.

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Speaker 4: But if they put out a good effort, a good

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Speaker 4: fight onto the field, I'm not gonna count anything out

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Speaker 4: for this Arizona Cardinals team. I understand the question marks

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Speaker 4: surrounding them, but that week one game, Week one's the

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Speaker 4: week of surprises and there's a possibility.

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Speaker 1: And that's what assistant head coach Special teams coordinator Jeff

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Speaker 1: Rodgers mentioned as one as well. That first week of

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Speaker 1: the regular season always full of surprises for the Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: That begins on Sunday, ten am kickoff from FedEx Field.

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Speaker 1: Cardinals pregame coverage five thirty AM wake Up with Us

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Speaker 1: before kickoff on Sunday and On that notes, we will

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Speaker 1: put a lid on this edition of Cardinals Cover two

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Speaker 1: presented by Hyundai, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As always,

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Speaker 1: special thanks to our executive producer Jim Amhundra, our associate

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Speaker 1: producer Cody Fincher for Zach Gershman. I'm Craig REELLU football

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Speaker 1: is back. Bird Gang. We'll talk to you next time

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Speaker 1: here on Cardinals Cover two.