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Speaker 1: Welcome, bird Gang. We've got good news on today's show.

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Speaker 1: If you haven't heard by now, someone returned to practice.

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Speaker 1: There was a number eleven side him. Mike Direcki was

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Speaker 1: at practice, and we'll give us a full report. Now

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Speaker 1: that Larry Fitzgerald is back, what does that mean for

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Speaker 1: the team and for this offense, Plus would begin to

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Speaker 1: look at the Giants, specifically their defense, which has been very,

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Speaker 1: very good in recent weeks. It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode

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Speaker 1: three sixty seven, and it starts now. Welcome to Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Cover two with Craig Griga, lew and Mike Jarecki. Cardinals

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Speaker 1: dot Com, Slash Podcasts. Murray rolls to the right, throws

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Speaker 1: near side of Fritz Bob He he's into the ensode

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Speaker 1: for the touchdowns Craig Grielu and Mike Jarecki. So full

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Speaker 1: disclosure here, bird Gang, because of what we're in and

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Speaker 1: what we're dealing with right now. In twenty twenty, the

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Speaker 1: NFL has different protocols not only on game day but

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Speaker 1: during the week of practice, and they are limiting the

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Speaker 1: number of people that can attend the open portion of practice,

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Speaker 1: not just the Cardinals but every team. So in typical

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Speaker 1: years there would be what MJ, what fifteen people at most,

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Speaker 1: maybe eighteen nineteen and obviously as Cardinals dot Com well

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Speaker 1: represented this year though that's a little bit different. We're

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Speaker 1: all social distancing, we're all working from home, so to speak,

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Speaker 1: so they are limiting the number of medium members that

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Speaker 1: about a week, week and a half. So I was nuts.

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Speaker 1: What I'm getting to is, I was not at today's practice,

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Speaker 1: and it was a very big deal at practice today

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Speaker 1: because Larry Fitzgerald is back. So in a roundabout ways,

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Speaker 1: I digress here, MJ. We are asking you to paint

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Speaker 1: the pictures since you were at practice firsthand knowledge of

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Speaker 1: what number eleven looked like and what he did all right. Normally,

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Speaker 1: on a Wednesday, that's the first day where the official

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Speaker 1: injury report comes out. Normally comes out in the afternoon,

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Speaker 1: so you do have a heavy load on previous years

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Speaker 1: when it comes to the Wednesday practice. Normally, Larry is

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Speaker 1: limited on Wednesdays because from being in the league so long,

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Speaker 1: but he did practice today and that was good news.

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Speaker 1: And we got a chance to listen to a couple

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Speaker 1: of Cardinal players earlier, and the word they use just

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Speaker 1: brings a calming presence, not only on the field but

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Speaker 1: also in the locker room, and both Dan and Kyler

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Speaker 1: Murray said they're definitely excited about Fits being back. He

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Speaker 1: looked like he had his energy now. To me, it's

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Speaker 1: talk to him, possibly tomorrow, normally his day and you

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Speaker 1: know he was quarantine. He's got a nice house in

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Speaker 1: of being in football shape. But he's mentally ready to go.

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Speaker 1: And I spoke to him exchange messages and he couldn't

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks. He said it was hard to watch

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Speaker 1: the games on game day, but I do think having

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Speaker 1: Larry's a voice of reason. He's not a rob rock guy.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna have to approach him. But if he sees

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Speaker 1: the locker room. Yeah, there's no question Larry Fitzgerald his

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Speaker 1: the field. The question is just how much do we

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Speaker 1: early in the week. We're talking on a Wednesday, so

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Speaker 1: I've got a couple of days until game day on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: You know, obviously DeAndre Hopkins plays the moority the snaps

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Speaker 1: in particular, Devon Kennard, we talked yesterday during Cardinal's Cover

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Speaker 1: eleven nineteen and eleven in a three games since his return.

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Speaker 1: and teams are tackling better, and the Cardinals are not

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Speaker 1: getting separation and they're not getting yards after catch, and

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00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,879
Speaker 1: that's big part of the air raid offense, creating matchups

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Speaker 1: to where you play in space, and that's why you

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Speaker 1: have a speed guy like Andy Isabelle out there. The

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Speaker 1: third down passing right now, Craig, it wasn't an issue

435
00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,840
Speaker 1: in the first part of this season, but has really

436
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,760
Speaker 1: hasn't looked as good as it was early on. Murray

437
00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,560
Speaker 1: currently is twenty eighth and epaight per play on third down.

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Speaker 1: That's a twenty sixth success rate. So third down passing

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00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:22,679
Speaker 1: because of third and eight, third and nine, third and eleven,

440
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,320
Speaker 1: third and twelve, teams are teeing off trying to keep

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Speaker 1: them in the box at least journal losing streaks. So

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Speaker 1: third down passing you got to get it manageable down

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Speaker 1: so you can't shoot yourself in a foot on pre

444
00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:38,119
Speaker 1: snap penalties or you know, delay a game, or you know,

445
00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,400
Speaker 1: just pre and post snap penalties. So third down passing

446
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,600
Speaker 1: and get it more manageable, and that could be fixed

447
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,760
Speaker 1: in a hartpeat while you look at the ebb and

448
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,000
Speaker 1: flow of a season with respects to what we're seeing

449
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:55,480
Speaker 1: from this Cardinals offense, and Justin Pugh brought that up

450
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Speaker 1: with respects to how the offensive line has been playing,

451
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Speaker 1: because the passing game is a reflection perhaps of how

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Speaker 1: well or not well the offensive line is playing. And Q,

453
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Speaker 1: to his credit, said, the offensive line has not played

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Speaker 1: well enough past three games, but that's the nature of

455
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,119
Speaker 1: the NFL. The ebbs and flows things happen. And then

456
00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,040
Speaker 1: he brought up the fact that, you know, the media

457
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,080
Speaker 1: was so high on the offensive line early in the season,

458
00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:20,880
Speaker 1: and now maybe the rest of the league has caught

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00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,200
Speaker 1: up to them, or it's just that natural progression. As

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00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:28,480
Speaker 1: a season goes on, everything seems to balance itself out

461
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,480
Speaker 1: and there becomes more of a level playing field. Does

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray have the time to complete these passes on

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Speaker 1: third down? Does he have the time to allow the

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00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:41,679
Speaker 1: wide receivers to run their routes? And that becomes all right,

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Speaker 1: is the offensive line doing its job, or is Kyler

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Speaker 1: Murray rushing and not allowing the wide receivers he's hitting

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Speaker 1: them too soon with the balls. So that's one of

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00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,520
Speaker 1: those things that only the coaches, when you look at

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Speaker 1: the film, can figure out. But it is worth asking

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Speaker 1: because when something's not right, you're searching for something, and

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00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,200
Speaker 1: right now we're searching for something. Yeah, you know, and

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00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:10,359
Speaker 1: usually you know, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, during the open portion,

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Speaker 1: they have a couple of drills and Cliffs on them.

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Speaker 1: Cliff is on them get rid of the ball. And

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Speaker 1: I think you know, people are gonna say, well, they

476
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Speaker 1: score twenty one points in the second half. Well, Kyler

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00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:24,880
Speaker 1: was holding onto the ball a little bit too long

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Speaker 1: in the first half, so they you know, adjustments. That's great,

479
00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,800
Speaker 1: but getting rid of the ball went a long way

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Speaker 1: for this team to move down the field and score

481
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Speaker 1: twenty one points against that Rams defense, which ranked top

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Speaker 1: five in every single category. And that's why you know

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Speaker 1: they head the record they have. And we'll see what

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Speaker 1: happens on Thursday night. But yeah, I mean, and I

485
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Speaker 1: know a lot of people are making a lot of

486
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Speaker 1: big deal about you know, some some next gen stats

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Speaker 1: and we're Hopkins lines up. My point all along is

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Speaker 1: I understand in the air raid the X receiver his

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Speaker 1: job as a lineup on the left or right side.

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Speaker 1: My point over the last couple of weeks is I

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Speaker 1: want to see them move him around a little bit more.

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Speaker 1: I want to see a slant pass and I want

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00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,720
Speaker 1: to see some crossing routes. And that's where yards yards

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00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,359
Speaker 1: after catch come. And we can say run after catch,

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00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,680
Speaker 1: so that's you know, rack run after catch versus yards

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Speaker 1: after catch. And so here's here's something I read from

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Speaker 1: the USA Today writer Steve Ruise air ray guys like

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Speaker 1: to keep wide receivers on the one side so they

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Speaker 1: can go faster in theory and a double up your

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Speaker 1: stud if things open up for others. But there is

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Speaker 1: such a drop off from Hopkins to other Arizona wide receivers.

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Speaker 1: He says, Cliff needs to do a much better job

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Speaker 1: in moving around. I have Cliffs about it earlier in

504
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Speaker 1: the week, and he said, we're basically paraphrasing that because

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Speaker 1: I said, I did notice him in the slot, and

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Speaker 1: he said, we're always going to wear we find ways

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Speaker 1: to move him or find ways to get him the football.

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Speaker 1: So I don't know if it's going to happen, but

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Speaker 1: you know, you look at who Leo Jones, that chart

510
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:06,159
Speaker 1: will be the similar to DeAndre Hopkins. You look at

511
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,439
Speaker 1: a guy like Michael Thomas and that offense, they move

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Speaker 1: around a little bit more. You know, Tyreek Hill, they

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Speaker 1: move around. So each team is different. And nobody was

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Speaker 1: complaining in the first half of the season that he

515
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Speaker 1: was lining up on the same side every week. Give

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Speaker 1: defense his credit, but also this is a part about football.

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Speaker 1: It's adjustments and again, just tweak a little things. I'm

518
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Speaker 1: not panicking at all because I know they have enough talent. Now,

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00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,960
Speaker 1: Talent doesn't win on game day. Execution wins on game day. Well,

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00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,440
Speaker 1: when you don't huddle up and you're doing this up tempo,

521
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 1: typically you kind of stay where you're supposed to be

522
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,480
Speaker 1: lined up. That's why you see Hopkins either close to

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Speaker 1: the huddle or just staying out to the left side.

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Speaker 1: So that is why he's typically lining up on the

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Speaker 1: left side so often. But as far as moving him around,

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Speaker 1: how about just move him around once the ball is snapped,

527
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Speaker 1: bring him inside, don't just let him go five yards

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Speaker 1: and look for the football. Have him run a deep route.

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Speaker 1: Which we've seen this season. His average yards after catch

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Speaker 1: ranks eighty fifth in the NFL. Four and a half

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Speaker 1: yards after he gets the football. That is not good

532
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Speaker 1: when you have a weapon as dynamic as the DeAndre Hopkins.

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Speaker 1: It also comes back to Kyler Murray. His average yards

534
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Speaker 1: after catch as far as throwing the football to receivers

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Speaker 1: ranks twenty fifth, four and a half yards per completion.

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Speaker 1: Get these guys moving, don't run arout and stop and

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Speaker 1: if you get that scramble drill or you're rolling Murray

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00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,880
Speaker 1: to the left or to the rights. And some of

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Speaker 1: this will come with experience, because guys are still learning

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Speaker 1: how to play with Kyler Murray in year two. Where

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Speaker 1: does he like the football? Where does he like me

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00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:53,840
Speaker 1: to be when he's running and the play breaks down?

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00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,719
Speaker 1: All of this is a process. Yet we're having this

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Speaker 1: discussion in the midst of a one in four stretch

545
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,240
Speaker 1: and fans want to hear it. They just want to

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00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:05,720
Speaker 1: see results, right. Let me this finished this part here

547
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: from Steve or Use USA. Today, Hopkins has rarely straight

548
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Speaker 1: from his spot on the outside to the slot, which

549
00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 1: it makes it far easier for defense to defend him,

550
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 1: mostly because they know exactly where he's going to be

551
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,200
Speaker 1: and don't have to address the structure of the defense

552
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 1: or coverage to account for different alignments. That makes total sense. Yes,

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00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:32,240
Speaker 1: So again we'll see how much they moved him around again.

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Speaker 1: Last week was the first time that I saw him.

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00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 1: He was in the slot, and you know, we'll just

556
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,200
Speaker 1: have to wait and see. But I'm more of a

557
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:44,800
Speaker 1: fan of the wide receiver corps, slant passed crossing routes,

558
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:48,320
Speaker 1: and that will help you when you talk about yards

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00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 1: after catch or run after catch, and a five to

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Speaker 1: ten yard catch becomes an eighteen yard pickup where you

561
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,440
Speaker 1: didn't have to throw the ball eighteen yards to get

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Speaker 1: the catch. Yeah, and that is something that has not

563
00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:03,160
Speaker 1: been opening recently for the Cardinals. By the way, one

564
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,600
Speaker 1: of the notes on Kyler Murray with respects to his

565
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,680
Speaker 1: running and maybe that shoulder is why we haven't seen

566
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Speaker 1: him take off on some many designed runs, he said, quote,

567
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,400
Speaker 1: my shoulder is fine, so that's not an issue. Should

568
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,520
Speaker 1: not be an issue. So defenses are taking the ball

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Speaker 1: out of his hands, which he has said repeatedly, and

570
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 1: if that's the case, then that's okay. As the quarterback.

571
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Speaker 1: They can't take away everything so you need to figure

572
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,040
Speaker 1: out what you can get away with. Now. The question

573
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,920
Speaker 1: is this week, what can you get away with against

574
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,960
Speaker 1: this Giants defense, which is very strong against the run

575
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 1: and about average when it comes to defending the pass.

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00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 1: That's overall this season, MJ. But this Giants team during

577
00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,680
Speaker 1: what has become a great turnaround and a great story,

578
00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,440
Speaker 1: they are five and two over their last seven games,

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Speaker 1: and it's because of their defense allowing less than nineteen

580
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Speaker 1: points per game, but getting after quarterbacks. An example A

581
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,320
Speaker 1: and it's a capital A, is what the Giants did

582
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:08,640
Speaker 1: last Sunday to Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks sacked

583
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:13,240
Speaker 1: him five times, hit him an additional ten times. Wilson

584
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:17,920
Speaker 1: admitted to being confused because of what the Giants defensively

585
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:20,200
Speaker 1: we're doing, and that's a credit to their defensive coordinator

586
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:24,400
Speaker 1: Patrick Graham. So you wonder this blueprint as far as

587
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:28,720
Speaker 1: throwing different defenses at a Kyler Murray or a mobile quarterback,

588
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,800
Speaker 1: what do the Giants have in store for Murray? Because

589
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 1: if Wilson was confused and surprised, you can only imagine

590
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,840
Speaker 1: what a young quarterback in year two about ready to

591
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:43,760
Speaker 1: play his thirtieth game, in the NFL might experience. Yeah,

592
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 1: I think he's going to go down to check Tree

593
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 1: mat Patricia Brian Flores. You look at and Bill Belichick

594
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:56,479
Speaker 1: obviously you know which. I'm glad you brought up. Their

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Speaker 1: points allowed, their ninth overall only twenty two point one.

596
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:05,640
Speaker 1: Cardinals are currently fourteenth at about twenty five. Now, again,

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00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 1: when I look at this team, they don't score a

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00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:12,720
Speaker 1: lot of points. Okay, just and I made this comment

599
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Speaker 1: last week. I was surprised when I saw the Cardinals

600
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,360
Speaker 1: had more touchdowns than the Rams. Touchdowns scored for the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals forty one, tied for fifth, Giants twenty two thirty first. Okay, Now,

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00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 1: rushing and passing Cardinals are much better, but they keep

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00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 1: it close to the vest. They don't beat themselves. So

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00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:35,440
Speaker 1: this could be a twelve seventeen to fourteen game. It

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00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 1: was seventeen twelve last week. But we know this offense

606
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 1: has to score over you say thirty, but twenty to twenty,

607
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:47,480
Speaker 1: twenty to twenty five, twenty eight to me. But I

608
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 1: really like their front four, and I think that them

609
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: in the Washington football team are building something, and that's

610
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:55,719
Speaker 1: the NFC East. They're building a really good front seven.

611
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 1: It's his first year in the system. He's changed the culture.

612
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,480
Speaker 1: He was hiring the guys. But now they're buying in

613
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 1: and so this is not going to be a walk

614
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 1: in the park. And they got some momentum right now.

615
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: They started off one and seven, and you know, people

616
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: were wondering, you know, how high have a pick would

617
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 1: they have? They got to find out. Their quarterback situation

618
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 1: is see the future. But give them credit. Cardinals loved

619
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 1: Andrew Thomas. He was one of the highest rated players

620
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,480
Speaker 1: last week. And then Cam Irving on the right side,

621
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Speaker 1: he was highly rated. They had over one hundred percent

622
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Speaker 1: rate when it came to pressure on the quarterback, and

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Speaker 1: so they weren't able to get to the pressure on

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Speaker 1: the quarterback. And so this team, they don't beat themselves.

625
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,720
Speaker 1: They may not have household names, but they got two

626
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:42,640
Speaker 1: really good corners and James Bradberry and Logan Ryan. The

627
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,880
Speaker 1: Cardinals had interest in Ryan when Alfred went down. He

628
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,280
Speaker 1: won twelve million a year and that was a little

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00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,600
Speaker 1: steep for everyone out there. And finally, you know, he

630
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,080
Speaker 1: decided to sign up and go to the Giants. So

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Speaker 1: and they got some linebackers, you know, between Julius Peppers,

632
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:03,520
Speaker 1: I'm sorry to Bill Peppers, and you look at some

633
00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:07,320
Speaker 1: of the other guys the safety so there are like

634
00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:10,399
Speaker 1: an imprompt two defense. I mean, they're fast, but they're

635
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:15,479
Speaker 1: also physical, very physical, specifically defensive end. Leonard Williams, who

636
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:18,640
Speaker 1: has eight and a half sacks, a career high fourth

637
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,680
Speaker 1: most in the NFL, also has twenty four quarterback hits.

638
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,919
Speaker 1: So if you're DJ Humphreys or if you're Kelvin Beach

639
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 1: and pay attention to where Leonard Williams is lining up

640
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 1: big number ninety nine on that defensive line. And then

641
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 1: James Bradberry sixteen passes defense tied for the most in

642
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:39,319
Speaker 1: the league. Money well spence if you're the Giants, who

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Speaker 1: forked over forty five million dollars over three years. So

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Speaker 1: this defense is getting hot at the right time in

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Speaker 1: the month of December late November when this four game

646
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Speaker 1: winning streak started. So if you're Kyler Murn, you're looking

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Speaker 1: at this defense, not a household name defense like it

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Speaker 1: was against the Rams, but a defense that will come

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Speaker 1: after you. And as we saw against the Seahawks, they

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Speaker 1: will form a spider web, as Williams pointed out post game,

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Speaker 1: to keep the quarterback contained and in Williams words, with

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Speaker 1: respects to Russell Wilson, just not letting him out of

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Speaker 1: the pocket, not letting him run around freely doing what

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Speaker 1: he wants. End quote. You can make the same argument

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Speaker 1: or the same case for Kyle the Murray, and you

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Speaker 1: can make the same game plan even though he's a

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Speaker 1: little bit quicker or he's faster. Blake Martinez, he's very

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Speaker 1: summar to Jordan Hicks. You know, he's a tackling machine.

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Speaker 1: He ranks third with one hundred and eleven tackles, his

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Speaker 1: fourth straight season with over one hundred tackles. He had

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Speaker 1: ten tackles in his only game against the Cardinals when

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00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:46,000
Speaker 1: he was with the Packers in twenty eighteen. He has

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Speaker 1: nine plus tackles four of his five home games this year.

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Speaker 1: Leonard Williams. That was a career high two and a

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Speaker 1: half sacks last week. He has four of five sacks

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Speaker 1: this season. Career high eight point five sacks this season

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Speaker 1: ames for third in a row out of sack So

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Speaker 1: Leonard Williams was a guy that you know, he was

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Speaker 1: out there for possible trade. A lot of teams are

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Speaker 1: concerned that you're going to put the franchise tag at him.

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Speaker 1: The Giants made a decision and he's really panned out. Well,

672
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,880
Speaker 1: it's amazing what they have done. And a lot of

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Speaker 1: credit to head coach Joe Judge his first season and

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Speaker 1: everyone at oo and five and then one and seven,

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Speaker 1: and he maintained, this is what we do, this is

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Speaker 1: who we are. It will come as long as we

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Speaker 1: see progress. It wasn't resulting in wins early on in

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Speaker 1: the season, but now it has to the point where, yeah,

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Speaker 1: the Giants lead the NFC East. They're the four seed,

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00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 1: but they're playing good football right now. And it's not like, well,

681
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 1: someone's got to win that division. No, it's this Giants

682
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:50,000
Speaker 1: team right now. They're on a roll. They have the

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Speaker 1: second longest current winning streak in the NFC. The Saints

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Speaker 1: I think are at eight or nine in a row.

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Speaker 1: But the second best are the New York Giants, or

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Speaker 1: I should we say the New York Football Giants, like

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Speaker 1: Chris Berman always used to say, probably still does. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure if he called the office, that's what they

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Speaker 1: how they answered, The New York Football Giants. They don't

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00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:15,399
Speaker 1: beat themselves. They play complimentary football. The apple doesn't fall

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00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:20,839
Speaker 1: from the tree and that's Bill Belichick. So again, they

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Speaker 1: don't beat themselves, and they play all three facets and

693
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 1: they're a team that's only getting better. I mean, you

694
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 1: could see it now. I have a lot of respect

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Speaker 1: for Ron Rivera. That was a great win for him.

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00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:34,920
Speaker 1: He's gone through a lot this year, and he actually

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00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,960
Speaker 1: admitted when he got fired, within one week he met

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Speaker 1: with Daniel Snyder and that's when the process started. I'm

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Speaker 1: a big Ron Rivera fan, just from a distance when

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Speaker 1: he was in Carolina. But I'm going to make a

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Speaker 1: claim right now, in the next couple of years, Joe

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Speaker 1: Judge will be that best head coach in that division.

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00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:57,960
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson right now is going through a lot. Mike McCarthy,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure there are people question that higher obviously, Camp

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Speaker 1: bring Aaron Rodgers. They've had a ton of injuries, and

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Speaker 1: I don't want to say that right now because it

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00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,920
Speaker 1: got too much respect for Rivera. Brought his team to

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, he has been Coach of the Year.

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Speaker 1: That's the biggest win and this year. But I'm telling

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Speaker 1: you Joe Judge will be the best head coach in

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Speaker 1: that division and it's only a matter of time. Well,

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Speaker 1: Sunday's win at Seattle would have been the biggest win

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Speaker 1: of Week thirteen if it wasn't for Ron Rivera and

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Speaker 1: Washington beating the Steelers, which happened to be on a Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: so it kind of got lost in the shuffle. But

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Speaker 1: that was the biggest win of Week thirteen. Second biggest

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Speaker 1: was the Giants win in Seattle against the Seahawks. And

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Speaker 1: these two NFC East teams that are peaking right now,

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Speaker 1: and that's where you want the Cardinals to be at

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Speaker 1: right now. The NFC West got off to a hot start.

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Speaker 1: Everyone is starting to cool down. Every single team within

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Speaker 1: the NFC West had its down period forty nine Ers

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Speaker 1: early in the season. Maybe they're coming back to another

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00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,400
Speaker 1: down point right now. Seahawks midway through the point and

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00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:07,439
Speaker 1: can credit the Cardinals for putting the first dent into

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Speaker 1: that armor. The Rams as well, what we were talking

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Speaker 1: about all they can only beat teams in the NFC East.

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Speaker 1: They haven't beaten anyone with a winning record. Well now

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Speaker 1: they lead the division and then the Cardinals after a

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00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:21,760
Speaker 1: hot start, they have cooled off. So it's the onus

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Speaker 1: is on these teams and these coaches and these players

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Speaker 1: to get that trajectory going back up the roller coaster.

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Speaker 1: All right, you've hit bottom and perhaps and hopefully this

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Speaker 1: is rock bottom. You're at the bottom of the roller coaster.

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Speaker 1: Now you've got to make your way up and hopefully

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Speaker 1: you don't get to the top until the end of January.

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00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:41,839
Speaker 1: Day is dare I say February? But right now, just

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Speaker 1: making sure that you're playing to the point where you

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Speaker 1: can get into the postseason and hopefully this season continues.

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Speaker 1: I'm glad Justin Pew used that word about eb and

741
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:57,880
Speaker 1: flow because to me, it's really how teams play throughout

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Speaker 1: the season. Eb flow. Cardinals, we're obviously peaking, and then

743
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 1: they add some law and now they're on a three

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Speaker 1: game losing streak where we don't see the same offense.

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Speaker 1: But there's still four games to go here. I'm not panicking.

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Speaker 1: They're not panicking. It's just a matter of, you know,

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Speaker 1: it sounds simple, but make some adjustments, you know, tweet

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Speaker 1: some things that you think can work, because you don't

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Speaker 1: want to be sitting in your office in January saying

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Speaker 1: we should have tried this, This is the time to

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Speaker 1: do it so again. Right now, the only thing it's

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Speaker 1: important is practice, Like you should the next three days,

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Speaker 1: take the flight out there, go through your walkthrough on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: and come back with a win. That's the only thing

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Speaker 1: right now that I'm not worried about next week and

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Speaker 1: how many games they canna win. You know, we talk

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Speaker 1: about looking ahead because that's what we do in December,

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00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:50,480
Speaker 1: playing meaningful football. Where do they stand? Just win? Just

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Speaker 1: win this week and I think it will go a

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Speaker 1: long way. But there's a lot of negativity out there.

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Speaker 1: I understand that. But you know, Cliff and Kyler are

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Speaker 1: so young. This is this is not a product, far

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Speaker 1: from it. So they're growing, but there's going to be

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Speaker 1: growing pains on that negativity or the pressure on a quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray quote, I don't listen to outsiders. None of

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Speaker 1: this affects me. I understand what is going to happen

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Speaker 1: inside those lines. You prepare for the worst, but I'm

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Speaker 1: not tripping over it. Quote Cardinals quarterback second year quarterback

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray well said third Gang. If you enjoy Cardinals

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Speaker 1: The further removed you are from a game day Sunday

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Speaker 1: and getting closer to the following week on how sometimes

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Speaker 1: perspectives change and not that we have forgotten what has happened,

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Speaker 1: but you get to win day, which is quote unquote

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Speaker 1: the start of a new week in the NFL because

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Speaker 1: you're on the practice field Wednesday. Things go forward from there.

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Speaker 1: But not that I would accept a three nothing win

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Speaker 1: because then we'd be talking about the offense still. But

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Speaker 1: just come away with a win, get twenty points, get

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Speaker 1: a couple of touchdowns, just make everyone feel good about

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Speaker 1: the outcome and the performance, and then we can focus on, well,

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Speaker 1: what happened and then how is this team getting better?

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Speaker 1: Because these next two games Giants and Eagles. You have

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Speaker 1: to win these two games, no ifs ands or butts

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Speaker 1: about it. Yeah, and it all starts on Sunday against

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Speaker 1: the New York Football Giants. I don't know, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I care how it happens. But at the end of

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Speaker 1: the day. It's all about the w and we will

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Speaker 1: continue to break down this week fourteen matchup tomorrow. Hopefully

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Speaker 1: we will hear from Larry Fitz jailed a little Fits

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Speaker 1: Friday on a Fitz Thursday, and of course we'll look

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Speaker 1: at this Giants offense as how the Cardinals might be

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Speaker 1: able to attack Daniel Jones should he play or if

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Speaker 1: it will be Colt McCoy for the second straight week

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Speaker 1: for the New York Football Giants. And on that note,

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Speaker 1: we will put a lid on this edition of Cardinals

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