1 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: Do you believe this is happening? No. I cannot remember 2 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: Denny ever being that out of sources. It's one of 3 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: those things that's going to go down in history, is 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: I mean, everyone's gonna remember, you know what I mean? 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: We just the bears of what we thought they were. 6 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: I said to my wife on the drive home, what 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,120 Speaker 1: the hell did he mean by that? It was going 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: really really well for us. Boy, the Cardinals are flying 9 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: around on defense until it wasn't UT's down Chicago. Unbelievable. 10 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: There are no words. It was deflating. We felt like 11 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 1: we had done enough to win. The meltdown is complete 12 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 1: for the Cardinal Or was it because the most memorable 13 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 1: meltdown was still to come After the game, Coach Dennis 14 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 1: Green has got to be absolutely beside himself. You could 15 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: say that. Then again, Denny Green did say that a 16 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: postgame press conrence that beer commercials are made up. Literally, 17 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: they think they are. They are who we thought they were, 18 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: They are who you thought they were. A rand with 19 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: a life of its own that's still has legs today. 20 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: I was I was next up on the podium, and 21 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,119 Speaker 1: I was like, oh my god, what am I walking into? 22 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: Who the hell takes a third game in the preseason. 23 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 1: It was beautiful from the beginning to the end to 24 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 1: the MIC's laugh. If you want to crown them, they 25 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: crown your ass. It was a thing of beauty. It 26 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: started before you all even saw it, though, Like it 27 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: started off in the locker room, because when my ass 28 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 1: gets in there, I'm gonna go eight, And I was like, 29 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: whoa what it wasn't oh what the moment to be sure. 30 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: Welcome in to Cardinal's Folk Tales Thanks Coach, presented by Ziki, 31 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: where we go in depth into Cardinal's history, all time anecdotes, 32 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: to the recollections and memories of those who lived it or, 33 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: in my case, those who covered it. My name is 34 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: Paul Calvic, Cardinal's sideline reporter. It was October two thousand 35 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: and six, Monday Night football where the Cardinals led the 36 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: undefeated Bears Swanty to nothing at the half. Yet Coach 37 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: Green had good reason to be angry, frustrated, exasperated Mount 38 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 1: Saint Denny. I'm telling you, when that clot went triple zero, 39 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: something snapped in Dennian. I don't think he ever recovered. 40 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: He did it in a special way that only Dennis 41 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 1: been could do it. But they are what we thought 42 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: they were and we led him on the Thanks coach. Now, 43 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: before we get to the pounding of the podium, it's 44 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: important to understand the stage and the stakes. Two thousand 45 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: and six was the debut season for University of Phoenix Stadium, 46 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: state of the art. In fact, the roof was open 47 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: and the lights were bright for the building's first regular 48 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: season game in primetime, and the cameras loved themselves. Matt Liner, 49 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: the Cardinals rookie quarterback, transcended sports. Heck, he made People 50 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: Magazine's one hundred most Beautiful list, and as host of 51 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: Matt Liner's weekly radio show, I used to marvel at 52 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: how USC fans would make the drive to Phoenix just 53 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: to hang out in the sports bar for a one 54 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: hour radio show. And the star qube brought out the 55 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: stars as well. Here's Darren Irban from Azy Cardinals dot Com. 56 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore were at the game. On 57 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 1: the sideline before the game, Matt how excited he is 58 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: Monday night for you? He might be excited too, though, 59 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: if you had Ashton Kutcher at Demi Moore chaered for you, 60 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: David might be fired up. That's kind of cool, you know, yeah, yeah, Demmi, 61 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: how you done? Charles Barkley showed up and he ended 62 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: up making an appearance in the booth during Monday Night Football, 63 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: and there was just there was a vibe to it. 64 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: Everything involved just seemed like a height level. People were 65 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: thinking Matt Liner was going to be the next great quarterback. 66 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: There was just so much involved. It is the first 67 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: round draft pick, Matt Leinert, who was making a second 68 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: star up and now on national TV against a very 69 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: formidable and vaunted Chicago defense. So yeah, it was. There 70 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: was a lot on display and a lot of unique 71 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 1: variables that went into that game. That's Cardinal's VP of 72 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: media relations, Markedal and he's right. All the pregame talk 73 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: all week was all about the five and oh Bears. 74 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 1: The Chicago Bears are going to the super Bowl. It's 75 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: the best defense in the NFL in the history of 76 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: this league. Oh wait, it's Week six, But if you 77 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 1: talk to everybody associated with the NFL, including ESPN's Joe Thisman, 78 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears are on their way to the super Bowl. 79 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: That's voice of the Cardinals Dave Pass, who certainly was 80 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: not ready to crown the Bears not in Week six, 81 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: neither was Cardinals Pro Bowl pass rusher bertram Barry, who 82 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 1: wanted the world to know that the A Z played 83 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 1: some d Everybody was talking about how this is going 84 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: to be a non competitive Monday night football game, and 85 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: we took that to heart, and I know from a 86 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 1: defense this perspective, we wanted to go out and show 87 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,919 Speaker 1: that Chicago Bears had a really good defense, but we 88 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: were no slouches either, and we felt like this is 89 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: our opportunity to make a big statement. Yeah, you really 90 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: can't understand the post game or the game without broadening 91 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: lens a little bit to the season and the preseason 92 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: as a whole. The backstory is we played Chicago in 93 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,559 Speaker 1: Chicago in the third preseason game and the Ones versus 94 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: Ones held our own and outplayed the Bears first team. 95 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: That was in the back of Denny's mind the whole 96 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: time coming up into that game. And then we got 97 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 1: Lovey Smith on our conference call that week and Lovey 98 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: Smith said it was a glorified practice. We haven't really 99 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 1: played them yet. They were able to have some success 100 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: against us back then, but it's a totally different mindset. 101 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: The preseason games are important They're glorified practices to me, 102 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: and I think that God under Danny's skin a little bit. 103 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: I think that's important to know and to understand that 104 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: that Danny was probably a little disappointed when Coach Smith said, yeah, 105 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: that preseason getting didn't mean as much to us as 106 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: it seemingly did to you. The game started, and it 107 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: started well. Matt Leiner had two touchdown passes in the 108 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 1: first quarter. Cardinals beat writer Kent Summers covered the game 109 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: for the Arizona Republic. The Cardinals dominated them in the 110 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: first half. I mean dominant. Matt Leiner was so sharp, 111 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: and you could tell the Cardinals had a game plan 112 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,239 Speaker 1: that put the Bears on their heels. I mean, Leoner 113 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: was hitting short passes everywhere, and they were moving a 114 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: ball and the Bears, you know, Rex Grossman was turning 115 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,479 Speaker 1: the ball over all the time. And I thought they're 116 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: going to win this game, you know, and I think 117 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 1: everybody did at halftime. That's how good they were in 118 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: the first half and how bad the Bears were. The 119 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: Cardinals defensive, you had a young Darnell Docket, a young 120 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: Harlow Stansby, a young Entrell role. You had Bertram Berry 121 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: playing really well, you had Adrian Wilson in the prime 122 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: of his career. It was a pretty good defense that 123 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: was starting to find its way, and they just made 124 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: the Bears offense look like a disaster. They had Rex 125 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: Grossman at quarterback, and Rex wasn't the most talented quarterback. 126 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: He didn't have the best arm, he didn't make the 127 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: best decisions. So we felt like we could get a 128 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: few balls from him, like he would throw us a 129 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: few and maybe we could get some turnovers and go 130 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: for the ball because he was a guy that was 131 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: pretty loose with the ball. He had really small hands. 132 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: Play fake. Grossman steps up, hit the balls out, he 133 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: got sacked of the balls loose at the thirty two 134 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: yard line. It was Bertrand Berry that came around against 135 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: his first sack of the year and a forced bumble. Again, 136 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: they're still wrestling board. It's cardinal ball. Berry comes up 137 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: with the formal recovery as well. He did it all 138 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: on that play. We felt like if we could get 139 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: him the turn the ball over and worn than what 140 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: he had, that we could as an offense score enough 141 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: points in order to get that win home. And it 142 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: almost worked. Almost as mentioned. The defense did its part 143 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: Rex Grossman finished with six turnovers, four picks, two lost bumbles, 144 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: his passer rating and a half time seventeen point two. 145 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: In fact, it was twenty to nothing Cardinals getting ready 146 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: for the second half, and Dave Pash was still uneasy 147 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: when the Cardinals were up big. Yeah, we were surprised, 148 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: but I think just because we had been snake bitten before. 149 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: I think there was a little concern, like, you got 150 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 1: another half and then it all started to unravel. Denny 151 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,680 Speaker 1: kind of got a little cautious, didn't want Matt Lennert 152 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: making any any mistakes. They started handing the ball off 153 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: to Edrin James time after time after time, and he 154 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: wasn't going anywhere. He ended up with fifty five yards 155 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: on thirty six carries. That was ridiculous. That's one point 156 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: five yards per carry, and it was carry after carry 157 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: thirty six times. Edrin James ran the ball and got nowhere. 158 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 1: And it was by design a halftime adjustment to make 159 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: darn sure the rookie QB didn't throw the game away 160 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: literally once again, Ken Summers. I think Denny Green went 161 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: to offensive coordinator Keith Rowan and said back off run 162 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: the ball drained the clock and that's what they did. 163 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: Bryan or Lacker finished with like one hundred nineteen tackles 164 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 1: in that game. He had Edgar and James so often 165 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: it was an unbelieving I've never seen one player hit 166 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: another player so often in any game. They ought to 167 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: name er Lacker Skycamp because he's everywhere. He is making 168 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: plays sideline to sideline. Even though the Cardinals got conservative 169 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 1: and stunk, the Bear still had to have four things 170 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: go exactly right for him to win that game. Commencing 171 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: countdown to meltdown, ignition to implosion. In three two one 172 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: high formation behind line of three step dropper comes Anderson 173 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: of the balls ball loose on the far side of 174 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: the Bears. Mike Brown picks it up and he walks 175 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: in fresh Chicago touchdown and the Bears have new life 176 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,199 Speaker 1: with two seconds to go in the third quarter. The 177 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: one thing they can't do is turn the ball over 178 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 1: in that situation, and that's exactly what happens. Given the 179 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,679 Speaker 1: Bears life. Wolf gives me grief all the time that 180 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 1: somehow I'm the human Jinks for the Cardinals. He calls 181 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: it the pash factor. I say something and the next 182 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: play the opposite happens. Well, he did it to Edron 183 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 1: Edrin James. Thank goodness, he's not a fumbler very next 184 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:39,199 Speaker 1: play fumbling the Cardinals really protecting the football right now. 185 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 1: And that's the great thing about having Edron James too. 186 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: The guy's not a fumbler, David. He doesn't put it 187 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: on the ground very often. Five twenty five to go 188 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: on the port twenty three to ten Arizona. They're out 189 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: of the eye with James, the deep man. He gets 190 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 1: it off the right side, cut it back to the left, 191 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: and he gets stuck right in the legs at the 192 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: forty one yard line and the ball's loose. It's fumbled 193 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 1: the pick by the Bears far side Tilmot at the 194 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: twenty the ten to five touchdown Chicago. Did I just 195 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: say that? Oh my goodness, a thirty six yard fumble 196 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: recovery for the touchdown by the Chicago Bears, and with 197 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: five minutes to go there within one touchdown, Another unforgettable, 198 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:26,199 Speaker 1: regretable moment. Forget the Pash factor, the Wolf factor. Jing 199 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 1: seemingly spoke the fumble into existence. But wait, there's more now, 200 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: time for the Bears special teams to score. Devin Hester 201 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: when Devin Hester caught the punt work. I'll never forget 202 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 1: as soon as he caught the ball on the return, 203 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: like he made one move and you saw it. Pastor 204 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: waits for it at the eighteen yard line, backs up, 205 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: and our runs right into the twenty twenty five leg 206 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: out thirty nearside, forty at midfield forty five forty with 207 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 1: a kicker to be thirty twenty fifteen ten five touchdown 208 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:03,079 Speaker 1: Chicago and the Bears. Unbelievably, it tied this football game. 209 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: You gotta be kidding me. No way, no way, unbelievable. 210 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: There are no works. The meltdown is complete for the 211 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:22,959 Speaker 1: Cardinals offensively and in transition hunting the ball straight to 212 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 1: Devin Hester. That that wasn't the best idea. So it 213 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: just it was deflating. It really was, because we felt 214 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: like we had done enough to win, and to see 215 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: him return that punt for a touchdown, it just it 216 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,680 Speaker 1: took a lot to win out of ourselves. But as 217 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: devastating as that may have been, rookie Devin Hester with 218 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: his second career return for touchdown, the Cardinals still had 219 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 1: two fifty eight left down one twenty four twenty three, 220 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: with one last chance at redemption. What everybody forgets is 221 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: that they fell behind after the part return by Devin Hester, 222 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 1: and Matt Leiner played like the quarterback of the future. 223 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:08,439 Speaker 1: He came on the field, he led them down the 224 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: field into field goal range for a game winning field 225 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 1: goal from forty yards. I mean, that's completely doable. And 226 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: then Neil Rackers blows it. The snap's good, balls down, 227 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: Rackers kick is up, it has the live. Rackers kick 228 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: is no good. Rockers hooked it and he just missed 229 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:31,719 Speaker 1: it to the left, and the Bears takeover, leading by one. Unbelievable. 230 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: Never ever seen anything like it. We don't make it. 231 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: Had we made it history? Who had judged the next 232 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: half hour forty five minutes much differently than than it 233 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:51,479 Speaker 1: does now? Coach Dennis Green has got to be absolutely 234 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: beside himself. So your team just lost in gut wrenching fashion, 235 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 1: a Shakespearean tragedy on national TV. You're the VP of 236 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 1: media relations. What do you do? What do you say 237 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: to your head Coach Denny wouldn't talk a ton um. 238 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's a professional, he's he knows, he 239 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 1: knows what he's got to do. And but no, there 240 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: was no harbinger of overwhelming sentiment that was any different 241 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: than you would have expected in that situation. So yeah, 242 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: we made our way to the interview room and proceeded 243 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: to address the media. I was literally in the first 244 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: row right in front of the podium. I mean, I 245 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: was bracing myself because I'm thinking, here's a guy who's 246 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: going to give us two word answers. He's going to 247 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 1: be super ticked off. And he wasn't. He came out 248 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: and people started asking questions about hard stuff and he 249 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: answered like it was any other game. And then came 250 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: the question and things changed. Four picks against Gross' been 251 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: in two funnels? What do you see about the Bears 252 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: of shut him down that way? Now, you know? I mean, 253 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: we just the Bears are what we thought they were, 254 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: what we thought they were. The question was nothing about that. 255 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: It was Mark Brown, a freelancer, asking him about Rex 256 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 1: Grossmith's turnovers. It's like, that's what I remember. It's like 257 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: what questions set him off? And it was typical Denny. 258 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: It's like, yeah, it had nothing to do with that's 259 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: not what set him off. He had what he was 260 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: going to say, and it was coming out. By god, 261 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: we played him in preseason. Who the hell takes the 262 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: third game in the preseason? Like us both book, we 263 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: played him at the third game. Everybody played three quarters 264 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: the Bears or who we thought they were. That's why 265 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 1: we took the damn field. Now, if you want to 266 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: drown him, they crowned her ass. But they are who 267 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: we thought they were, and we let him out the hook. 268 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: And again the media member who set him off was 269 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 1: freelance writer Mark Brown, who that evening was writing for 270 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 1: the Chicago Sun Times. In this particular case, I was 271 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: surprised by Dennis's response because coaches are normally much more 272 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: professional and much more subdue answering questions. But his comments 273 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: were toward the nature of the game itself and not 274 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: directed toward me, who asked the question, or any of 275 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: the media representatives who were in the room that day. 276 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: It was just venting in just a level of frustration 277 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: that he probably felt that he had to exhibit at 278 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: a certain time, and it was delivered to the moment, 279 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: and it wasn't delivered specifically to an individual. It's interesting 280 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: the way it started was fairly calm, and when it 281 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: was over, it was over. It was just that a 282 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: minute and a half in between that it was not 283 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: what was interesting to me about that whole moment, as 284 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: if you covered that team. His rant made sense because 285 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: they had played the Bears in the third preseason game. 286 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: The Cardinals had played their starters into the third quarter, 287 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: the Cardinals had played well against the Bears. They were 288 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: very confident. That's where the whole the Bears are who 289 00:16:57,880 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: we thought they were. You know, we led him off 290 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: the hook. We played them in preseason. Who the hell 291 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: takes a third game in a preseason make us both book. 292 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: The rare use of both back to back was just 293 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: you don't see that in a press conference. Very off. Frankly, 294 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: the way the game was trending for three quarters was 295 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 1: was bearing out what Denny was preaching, which was, hey, 296 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: don't let don't listen to anybody else. You're every bit 297 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: the equal of this Chicago Bears team. Even another five 298 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: and oh and for three quarters he was one hundred 299 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:27,400 Speaker 1: percent right and should have been standing at that podium 300 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: with great pride. And I think that is probably all 301 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,919 Speaker 1: the things happening with him and what led to what 302 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: it led to the Bears or who we thought they were. 303 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 1: That's why we took the damn field. Now if you 304 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 1: want to crown them, they've crowned her ass. You know, 305 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 1: you decide, all right, I better get in there and 306 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,919 Speaker 1: cut this off so we don't have another question and 307 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,640 Speaker 1: keep this going. And there's different ways you can do that, right, 308 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 1: So one of the ones is to just okay, I'll 309 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: interject and thank the coach for his time. As I 310 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: think back, we probably weren't going to get another question 311 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 1: because he's just looking around the room. There are a 312 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 1: lot of jaws on the floor, and people were a 313 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 1: little like okay, So as you read the room, I 314 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: thought it would be appropriate, in hindsight, perhaps not to 315 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: just pay nothing to see here. We're moving on with 316 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 1: the rest of our program. Here, thank you, coach Green. 317 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:24,640 Speaker 1: They are who we thought they were, and we got 318 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 1: about the hook. Thanks coach. Yeah, that that did generate 319 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 1: a little bit of attention. It was beautiful from the 320 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: beginning to the end, to the mic slap to Mark 321 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: Dalton coming in and breaking it off. It was a 322 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 1: thing of beauty. When I closed my eyes and I 323 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: think about it, I always think of Mark Dalton because 324 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: Mark was the one that had to say thank you, Denny. 325 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: And you know, at that point. I think Mark was 326 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 1: literally afraid to say anything, and you know, Denny heard him, 327 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: and he just walked off, and he walked straight to 328 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,479 Speaker 1: Paul cal Beasy and Paul had to interview him right 329 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: after that. Not having a clue what did it happened. 330 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: We were waiting, as we normally do for the postgame 331 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 1: interview with Paul, so we're waiting for Denny and we 332 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: see on the JumboTron Denny hit the microphone, say what 333 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: he said, and Jim Momohundro, the producer, gets in Paul's 334 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: here and goes, Paul, here comes coach, and he's pissed. 335 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: And then I think Denny said the exact same thing 336 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 1: to Paul the whole third preseason game. They are who 337 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 1: we thought they were. The last question head coach Dennis Screen, 338 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 1: what do you think he'll stick with your most from 339 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:39,679 Speaker 1: this one? Well, I just think that we you know, 340 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: the Bears are what we thought they were. We played 341 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 1: him the third preseason the game they played their first 342 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:46,959 Speaker 1: team for three quarters. We played arts the first three quarters. 343 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: They are what we thought they were. If you want 344 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: to make them more than that, everybody can. The Bears 345 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 1: are exactly like we thought they were, and if they're 346 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 1: the consensus number one coach, was it say about the 347 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: potential of the Cardinals Number one's at the end of 348 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: the year. Not now there you go, head coach Dennis Screen, guys, 349 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:02,360 Speaker 1: we will throw it back to you. Thanks a lot, 350 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,360 Speaker 1: Paul and Dennis Green obviously fired up. As a matter 351 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: of fact, before Paul spoke with him, he had his 352 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: press conference which was played here in the stadium, and well, 353 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:13,919 Speaker 1: let's put it this way, he was a lot more 354 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:15,880 Speaker 1: calm with Paul than he was with the media, as 355 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: he was very upset visibly. What I always tell people 356 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: is that if you remember, when Dennis S. Green exits 357 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: the press conference room, he goes through that door right well, 358 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 1: on the other side of that door was yours. Truly 359 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: totally unaware I was of what had just gone down, 360 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: what was about to go viral. In fact, the wheels 361 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 1: were already in motion. Press conference ended and I walked 362 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 1: into the locker room where another member of our staff, 363 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: Chris Melvin, was and he said, as he always does, 364 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: you know, hey, how was coach? I pause, and I thought, 365 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 1: I'm not sure how to succinctly describe it, And he goes, 366 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 1: what do you mean, I'm like, I think you'll you'll 367 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 1: see it soon enough, and as it turns out, often enough. 368 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,120 Speaker 1: The immediate aftermath was you know, all over the place. 369 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,439 Speaker 1: I mean, ESPN was playing it like every six seconds. 370 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 1: I felt like that night. You know today that those moments, 371 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: you know, as soon as they happened, it's like going 372 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 1: to be iconic. But even back then, I just knew, 373 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,640 Speaker 1: you know, they had those famous Coors Light commercials back 374 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: then where they took real moments in history, the Jim 375 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: Mora playoffs and those things, And I remember thinking, Denny 376 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:30,159 Speaker 1: just got himself a Coors Light commercial. Those guys just 377 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: took off with all your cold refreshing Coors Light. Who 378 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: do they think they are? They are who we thought 379 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 1: they were. They are who you thought they were? Well, 380 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: who do you think they were? They are who we 381 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: thought they were. Okay, well if you knew who they were, 382 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: why didn't you stop them? But yet, about the hook, 383 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: I think there are some people that felt that that 384 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: was a little staged, like it was coming the whole. 385 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:53,880 Speaker 1: They are who we thought they were, But who cares? Right? 386 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: I mean, it didn't have to be completely off the cuff. 387 00:21:58,280 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: So what if he thought about a little bit before 388 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 1: he went in there. I mean, that's what Hollywood's all about. 389 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: You know, Denny could have made it in Hollywood. Yeah, 390 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 1: Dave Pash is onto something there, because, as we learned 391 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: years later, Dennis Green had a post game plan. In fact, 392 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 1: we're here from Gabe Watson and Matt Leiner. But first 393 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: here's Bertrand Berry taking us back inside that Monday night 394 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,640 Speaker 1: locker room where coach Green called his shot. His shirt 395 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 1: was untucked, he didn't have a hat on, and those 396 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: were two things that you never saw with Denny. You 397 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: never saw him without a hat, and you never saw 398 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 1: his shirt untucked. And he was kicking this this green 399 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: Gatorade cup, you know those green Gatorade paper cups. He 400 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 1: just was kicking this one, you know, on the ground. 401 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 1: Wasn't saying anything. It was just it was early quiet, 402 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: like I'll never forget it. And I can't even repeat 403 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: all the things that he said, but the basic crux 404 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 1: of the matter was he said, I don't want anybody 405 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: saying anything to the media because when I get in there, 406 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: I'm going off. You didn't see it quite like that, 407 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 1: but you can kind of guess how colorful it got. 408 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:10,359 Speaker 1: He came there, heated, and the first thing he said was, 409 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: I don't want anyone saying anything to the media because 410 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 1: when my I can't say the next word going there, 411 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go eight. I can't say the next world. Yeah, 412 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: so you called it. He said he was gonna go off. Yeah, 413 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: this a little pre premeditated. I can't quite get up 414 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: that high. Men. I don't want anybody saying anything to 415 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:36,919 Speaker 1: the media when I get in there, because when my 416 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:41,400 Speaker 1: ass gets in there, I'm gonna go eight. And I 417 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: was like, whoa what? It just was the weirdest thing 418 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 1: that I could ever remember. I cannot remember Denny ever 419 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 1: being that out of sorts, like it just something snapped, 420 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: I'm telling you, when that clock went triple zero, something 421 00:23:58,119 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: snapped in Denny. And I don't think he ever recovered. 422 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: Everybody remembers where they were when it went down. When 423 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 1: Danny Green went off, you were where I was. I 424 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: was next up on the podium, so I remember I 425 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: was just kind of standing there. I actually caught the 426 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 1: tail end of it. And then uh and then Mark 427 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,439 Speaker 1: comes up and says, okay, next up, Matt Liner and 428 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: I and I was like, oh my god, what am 429 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: I walking into you know, and I was I was 430 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 1: upset obviously the last two. But I mean it's it's 431 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: one of those one of those things that's gonna go 432 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 1: down in history. Is I mean, everyone's gonna remember, you know, 433 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: there's there's more coach, more playoffs. Don't talk about the playoffs, 434 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: Oklahoma State coach. I'm a man, I'm forty. There's a 435 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: Denny Bears who we thought they were. There's there's a 436 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 1: handful of guys you know that are forever gonna be 437 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 1: a go down in history as some of the best 438 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: one liners. I guess you know, so to speak. Come on, 439 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 1: give me a few lines. What do you remember from 440 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 1: and how to go? They are who we thought they were. 441 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: It doesn't off the hook. Players would joke about it 442 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:55,440 Speaker 1: in the locker room. I was one of the guys 443 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: to joke abroad, and sometimes I'll say, you know, do 444 00:24:57,920 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 1: the voice and whatever to the media. Give us a 445 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:03,640 Speaker 1: drum and a reenactment, if you will. They were who 446 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: we thought they were, and we let them off the hook. 447 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: Players like, man, what are you doing? And I'm like, 448 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 1: what's wrong? I'm just being me, you know, I'm a 449 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 1: clown sometimes, you know. And then they were here, were 450 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: that they were? They they were here, We talked they were, 451 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, and that's how we took the 452 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: dawn field. And if they want to crown them and 453 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 1: crown they're at they were we thought they were, and 454 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: we allowed them off the hook. The Bears who we 455 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: thought they were. They were who we thought they weren't. 456 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: The Bears are who we thought they were, and we 457 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,120 Speaker 1: let them off the hook. Do you want to crown them? 458 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: Crown them? Do you watch the third preseason game? For 459 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: the third preseason game, Arry, that's a regular season game. 460 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, it wasn't funny after the loss after 461 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,360 Speaker 1: a few years being removed and like seeing this commercial 462 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: pop up and it's, you know, the same deal, and 463 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 1: it's like, man, it's hilarious. You know you didn't like 464 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: laugh and joke with guy's body and the impersonations definitely 465 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: weren't limited to the Cardinals locker room. On Fox NFL Sunday, 466 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 1: for instance, Hall of famers Terry Bradshaw and Jimmy Johnson 467 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: channeled there enter Denny. Can the Cardinals recover from a 468 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: lost Like, well, I think they can't. She, I think 469 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: they can't. You try We are who we think we are. 470 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 1: You just cry all you can do it, Jimmy Crowl. 471 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: I don't care. I don't think they can. They got 472 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 1: a good quarterback all right now. Not even a year later, 473 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 1: even the cardinals next head coach waited for the perfect 474 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 1: opportunity to drop his own Denny inspired quote. Here's Ken 475 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: Wizzenut cracking himself up. I mean, I think a lot 476 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 1: of people outside of the team or outside maybe at 477 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 1: this conference, don't really know a lot about an Quin. 478 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 1: But when you study him on taping you and you 479 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: see him, it's pretty apparent that he's a good football player. 480 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: So he is what we thought he was. Just kind 481 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 1: of just I couldn't decide whether I could go with that. 482 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: That was great. I've been I've been waiting for so 483 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:10,439 Speaker 1: long for that one. Okay, honestly, that's probably the most 484 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: or at least the hardest we ever heard. Ken Wison 485 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,959 Speaker 1: ont laugh as the Cardinals head coach from two thousand 486 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: and seven to two twelve, because no doubt, Dennis Green 487 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: was a tough act to follow. In more ways than one, 488 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: every day was an adventure. You never knew what you 489 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: were going to get. I always, I always felt like 490 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: sometimes I needed a Denny Green interpreter. You felt like 491 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: you were covering maybe one of the last true characters 492 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,919 Speaker 1: in the NFL. And in some ways maybe we should 493 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: have seen the Monday night meltdown coming, because, for example, 494 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 1: on his radio show one week we asked about the 495 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,439 Speaker 1: old line and the whole boy, did we get an answer. 496 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 1: I know during training camp some of the offensive linemensighted, 497 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 1: you know, just the constant media discussion of the offensive line, 498 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 1: you know as the week link and just saying all 499 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 1: point they need to putting wine and so much those 500 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 1: that half those guys are making over three million dollars 501 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: a year. They need to just get off their butts 502 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,120 Speaker 1: and start doing a job. You know what, I don't 503 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,119 Speaker 1: like to feel sorry for guys. There's no rum for 504 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 1: cry babies, no no rum for soft side. When your 505 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: offensive a linement, you're getting paid big money, then do 506 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: your job. You can go watch Mason High School play 507 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 1: and you can tell if the lineman or doing a 508 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: job or not. A seventy five year old woman in 509 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:24,399 Speaker 1: the stands can tell if you're doing a job or not, 510 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 1: because what happens is the guy got blocked or he 511 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: didn't all right, that was a doozy. And then a 512 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 1: couple of weeks before the Monday night meltdown in Atlanta, 513 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 1: after Coach Green had pulled starting quarterback Kurt Warner for 514 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 1: rookie Matt Liner, we had one last question in the 515 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 1: locker room for Liner when Coach Green blitzed us from 516 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 1: behind and answered in person, what do you know about 517 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 1: the quarterback situation going forward? Now? Oh, I don't know anything. 518 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna be ready to play whenever I can 519 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 1: mat to start next week. Match done. Yeah, that was 520 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: a real time alrighty, then a moment for sure, But 521 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: for all we heard, Danny Green had an eye for 522 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 1: talent his two thousand and four draft class Larry Fitzgerald, 523 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: Carlos Stansby, Darnell Dockett in the first three rounds in 524 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: all timer. In fact, Denny's players formed the backbone of 525 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: that two thousand and eight Super Bowl team. Former third 526 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: round pick Darnell Dockett. We'll always remember the man who 527 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 1: saw what Docket could become, maybe even before he did. 528 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: Everybody will always remember him because of the they were, 529 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: who we thought they were. Everybody that speech will be 530 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 1: forever him. But the thing that stands out to me, 531 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: was I brought you here not to be a backup. 532 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 1: I brought you here to be a starter. Now get 533 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 1: out damn work like DA's my speech from that day on. 534 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 1: I never looked back, and that's our look back at 535 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: Dennis Green and who we thought he was in that 536 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:52,200 Speaker 1: very memorable moment. We hope you enjoyed. Cardinals Folk Tales 537 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:56,720 Speaker 1: Thanks Coach, presented by Sike for producer Jim Almahundro. I'm 538 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: Paul calvic as we leave you with a final word 539 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 1: from Cardinals VP Mark Dalton, who spent as much time 540 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 1: as anyone with Dennis Green. Sadly, Danny passed away in 541 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen and a number of us went to San 542 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 1: Diego to his funeral service. And the program of the 543 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 1: funeral service was really well done, and like many, it 544 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,360 Speaker 1: had his picture on the front and the program and 545 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 1: the songs and the scripture readings. But on the back 546 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 1: page of the program it had famous Danny Green quotations 547 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,480 Speaker 1: and I think there were eight to ten, but the 548 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: very first one in the program his funeral was they 549 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 1: are who we thought they were.