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Speaker 1: Welcome bird Gang. On today's show, Paul Calbasi joins me,

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Speaker 1: we get his sideline perspective from what happened Sunday in

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Speaker 1: La one of the better performances of the year. In

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Speaker 1: all three phases, of course, the main talking points Colt McCoy,

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Speaker 1: Buddha Baker, and a kicker who didn't join the team

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Speaker 1: until the night before. It's Cardinals Cover two, episode six fifteen,

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Speaker 1: and it starts now Welcome to Cardinals Cover two, hitting

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Speaker 1: the backfield and Downey goes for a loss. JJ Watt

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Speaker 1: Nailed It. Cardinals Cover two is presented by Hyunday, proud

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Speaker 1: ten half of five peas in again, so for Harry Magic. WHOA,

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Speaker 1: here's Craig Grielou. Plenty of people to credit for Sunday's

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Speaker 1: twenty seven seventeen win at the Rams. We failed, though,

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Speaker 1: to credit one such person during Cardinal Talk, and I

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Speaker 1: want to correct that right now since that person is

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Speaker 1: literally right in front of me. That's right, Paul, you

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Speaker 1: deserve credit because we're gonna go back to Friday's show,

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Speaker 1: and did we not predict a JJ Watt performance so

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Speaker 1: that we could get calvc v Watts Part two. We

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Speaker 1: got the Watt performance. We did not get the postgame

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Speaker 1: interview unfortunately, but it was your locker room Q and

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Speaker 1: A that I think really propelled not only what but

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Speaker 1: this entire Cardinals team to beat the Rams in Los Angeles. Sure,

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Speaker 1: beat LA. You're right, there was JJ Watt at his

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Speaker 1: locker on Friday. He was salty. He was more salty

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Speaker 1: after the game, I think, even though he had a

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Speaker 1: mean when JJ Watt takes it out on the other team,

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Speaker 1: and that's exactly what he did when he was the

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Speaker 1: best ninety nine in the building. Oh yeah, in your play,

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Speaker 1: Aaron Donald, there's no question he was. And you know

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Speaker 1: our pregame sideline report we cited a few things, and

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Speaker 1: one was how amped up JJ Watt was. How often

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Speaker 1: through history when you see one player. I'll even go

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Speaker 1: back to the great Bertrand Berry. This was two thousand

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Speaker 1: of his jersey saying, I'm the real ninety two. I'm

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Speaker 1: will motivate players and units of teams. How many times

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Speaker 1: have you gone into a game and you hear all

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Speaker 1: a big game. So I think that was all incorporated

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Speaker 1: into JJ Watt's performance, and you know what it could

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Speaker 1: and on Hard Knocks In Season, which we were renamed

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Speaker 1: it's not in season, it's Season on the Brain. That's

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Speaker 1: what it should be named. And J. J. Watt might

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Speaker 1: add like a historic performance considering what the officials robbed

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Speaker 1: Yet at the same time, that's a scoop and score

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Speaker 1: so frustrating. There's no doubt, and it could have been

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Speaker 1: the first thing that Cliff Kingsbury cited going into the

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Speaker 1: One negative play in thirty eight snaps. That's that's what

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Speaker 1: And that's what the Cardinals offense was. It was efficient.

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Speaker 1: Guess what that does hold you accountable? It does mandate

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Speaker 1: that you give your best effort. And so that's what

429
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Speaker 1: I think you saw and the Cardinals win at the

430
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Speaker 1: Rams in week ten. I can only imagine how Buddha

431
00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,760
Speaker 1: is feeling Sunday night, in the Monday morning, maybe even

432
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Speaker 1: into Tuesday and Wednesday, because you mentioned it. He was

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Speaker 1: ruled out by the head coach. National report says he's

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Speaker 1: gonna miss two to three weeks. Even postgame. Speaking with

435
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Speaker 1: Danny Serek on the postgame report on asy Cardinals dot Com,

436
00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,080
Speaker 1: Buddha mentioned that he was told up to four weeks

437
00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,199
Speaker 1: that he was going to have to miss, yet he

438
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,359
Speaker 1: did everything possible to be on that football field and

439
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,200
Speaker 1: went back because I wasn't quite sure in real time

440
00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,160
Speaker 1: on Cardinal Talk, but just how many snaps Buddha Baker

441
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,399
Speaker 1: play because he never comes off the field. He was

442
00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,959
Speaker 1: on the field on Sunday for a season low eighty

443
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:37,680
Speaker 1: percent of the defensive snaps. He missed twelve snaps on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: In the first nine games combined, he had only missed

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Speaker 1: six snaps. Wow, And I'm sure he thought when he

446
00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:49,080
Speaker 1: was told, Hey, let's make sure you're ready for the

447
00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,320
Speaker 1: next play of the next series or in the case

448
00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,400
Speaker 1: of his interception in the fourth quarter, when we need

449
00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,840
Speaker 1: you the most, so you can get that game changing playing.

450
00:23:57,880 --> 00:23:59,920
Speaker 1: A great job by Isais Simmons by getting that ball,

451
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,800
Speaker 1: getting his hand on that football, deflecting it in the

452
00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:06,879
Speaker 1: Baker's hands. But it's it's dark near impossible, almost like

453
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Speaker 1: a DeAndre Hopkins going back to last year against Green

454
00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,440
Speaker 1: Bay where he's running onto the football field to be

455
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,800
Speaker 1: a part of that offensive series. Buddha, Baker, you are

456
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:16,879
Speaker 1: not going to be able to keep him off the field,

457
00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,959
Speaker 1: especially against an NFC West opponent, and especially at that

458
00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,480
Speaker 1: juncture where you need to win. You called it a

459
00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:26,159
Speaker 1: playoff elimination game. They needed that game, Cardinals got it.

460
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,800
Speaker 1: Now it's okay, on to the next And look, was

461
00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:34,439
Speaker 1: Buddha anywhere near what he usually is flying sideline to sideline. No,

462
00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:36,680
Speaker 1: And whether it was on TV or in person you

463
00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:41,320
Speaker 1: could tell. But he's so critical in the alignment and assignment,

464
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Speaker 1: especially against that Sean mcvay's scheme that loves to mess

465
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Speaker 1: with guy's eyes and all the eye candy and everything else.

466
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,240
Speaker 1: And oh, we're coming out with a different personnel package.

467
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,199
Speaker 1: Look at this, Look at this. No, we're gonna hit

468
00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,639
Speaker 1: you over here as you look over there. And so

469
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,960
Speaker 1: Buddha is critical just that football IQ and just I

470
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,280
Speaker 1: think and then sort of like having a quarterback you

471
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,320
Speaker 1: believe in. When you have the quarterback of the defense,

472
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,440
Speaker 1: guys feel that much more confident just that he's out

473
00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:10,159
Speaker 1: there and his communication skills and getting guys set to go.

474
00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,040
Speaker 1: So he had that, but you didn't have Byron Murphy either.

475
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,560
Speaker 1: And so for Cooper Cup to have three catches for

476
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:20,160
Speaker 1: negative one yard before he went out with what look

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00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,440
Speaker 1: to be now that was on the far sideline, It

478
00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,840
Speaker 1: was on the rams sideline. It looked really awkward when

479
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Speaker 1: he fell. It looked bad from the get go. I

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00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,639
Speaker 1: saw it live from a distance. And then he's flat

481
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:35,040
Speaker 1: on his back in anguish for an extended period. So

482
00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:39,000
Speaker 1: that looked bad. The comment from Sean McVay afterwards, and

483
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Speaker 1: I quote I just I just know it didn't look good,

484
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,920
Speaker 1: it didn't sound good. That was Sean McVay when asked

485
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Speaker 1: about the severity of the Cooper Cup right ankle injury.

486
00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,200
Speaker 1: But for all that, you know, guess what. And Tonio

487
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:56,120
Speaker 1: Hamilton played the game of his career. Eleven tackles, two

488
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,760
Speaker 1: passes broken up, should add the pick six. Marco Wilson

489
00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:02,879
Speaker 1: was hot after the Band Jefferson touchdown at the end.

490
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 1: Oh man, he came to the sideline and he went

491
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,199
Speaker 1: to launch his helmet and then he thought twice about it.

492
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 1: Instead he just dropped it and he just walked up

493
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,560
Speaker 1: and down that sideline. He was really mad about that

494
00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:18,080
Speaker 1: final touchdown pass, which of course the defensive coaches, you know,

495
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,720
Speaker 1: they despise that as well, just garbage time touchdowns that

496
00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 1: messed with your overall stats on the season. But it

497
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,760
Speaker 1: was good to see the Cardinals defense at least compete

498
00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 1: until three zeros were on the clock. Marco Wilson, Antonio Hamilton,

499
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,080
Speaker 1: Trayvon Mullen played the most that he has been on

500
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Speaker 1: the football field this season, all because no Byron Murphy. Now,

501
00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 1: how serious is the back issue? That's one thing that's

502
00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:42,399
Speaker 1: something you'd never know like a DJ Humphries. Yeah, it

503
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:44,800
Speaker 1: was on the practice field on Friday. Did not play

504
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,840
Speaker 1: on Sunday. You never know what the back issue. The

505
00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,199
Speaker 1: other defensive player we want to talk about here on

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two presented by Hunday, probably partner of the

507
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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals, is actually the defensive player that you had

508
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Speaker 1: a chance to speak to on post game, and that

509
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,439
Speaker 1: was my J. Sanders, who was on the field for

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00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 1: a season best thirty five percent of the defensive snaps

511
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:09,160
Speaker 1: and all he did for cord a sack, quarterback, hit,

512
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,680
Speaker 1: tackle for lost pass, defense and forced fumble. Of course,

513
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 1: it was that strip sack that really was the highlight play.

514
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:20,359
Speaker 1: But I'm impressed by my J. Sanders and the progress

515
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,560
Speaker 1: that he has made from training camp to early in

516
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,040
Speaker 1: the season to now where we are halfway through this

517
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 1: regular season, and you forget just how long he is.

518
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Speaker 1: Paul pencil Neck interviewing him after the game, I mean,

519
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,480
Speaker 1: he is a He is a similar stature. Dare I

520
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:40,679
Speaker 1: say it to a Chandler Jones. He is tall, he

521
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 1: is long. You saw the reach on the strip sack

522
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:48,440
Speaker 1: that many guys just physically are capable of doing that,

523
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,000
Speaker 1: shoving the offensive lineman into the pocket and then reaching

524
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,760
Speaker 1: across your offensive linemen to get to the football with

525
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 1: that extendo arm reach. And so that's obviously one of

526
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,359
Speaker 1: the things that really attract the Cardinals to My J.

527
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 1: Sanders in round three. Now in a bit of a

528
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,359
Speaker 1: slow run up, he had earned the trust of the coaches.

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00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 1: As he said after the game, you know, he had

530
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,960
Speaker 1: to show the consistency. It kind of reminds me a

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00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,120
Speaker 1: little bit of Isaiah Simmons's rookie year. Yeah, he's prone

532
00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 1: to make the splash play. He's also prone to give

533
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:21,120
Speaker 1: up the big play that might cost you a game,

534
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,320
Speaker 1: hence the hesitation by the coaches. But slowly but surely

535
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,199
Speaker 1: you try and eliminate the mistakes. And if you can

536
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 1: raise the floor, so to speak, raise the floor as

537
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 1: to how low your game can go, they can trust

538
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:36,680
Speaker 1: you to have a certain standard. Then all of a sudden,

539
00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 1: there they'll put you in just because they know the upside.

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00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 1: This ceiling is so huge onto my J. Sanders, and

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00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 1: he was a problem. He was definitely a problem for

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00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 1: those backup offensive linemen and the rams up front. There

543
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,200
Speaker 1: might be something to this when you look at the

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00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:54,400
Speaker 1: stap counts as I did on Monday morning because with

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Speaker 1: my J. Sanders on the field for twenty one snaps,

546
00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 1: Cameron Thomas for twenty snaps, Marcus Golden four seven. Okay,

547
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,520
Speaker 1: who are the odd guys out? Victor d mckagee and

548
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:07,720
Speaker 1: Dennis Gardeck eight snaps and six snaps respectively, and those

549
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 1: were two Victor had been starting for several games in or.

550
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,000
Speaker 1: I wonder now as we hit the halfway point, a

551
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,840
Speaker 1: little beyond the halfway point, that this Cardinals coaching staff

552
00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:20,040
Speaker 1: are seeing enough of the young players and maybe even

553
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:23,400
Speaker 1: more of an upside. All Right, they've worked their tail

554
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 1: off in practice. Let's give him more reps in a game.

555
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,520
Speaker 1: See what they do with those extra reps. And Cameron

556
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:32,880
Speaker 1: Thomas didn't have the splash plays wasn't really noticed immediately,

557
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,280
Speaker 1: but my J. Sanders made the most of his twenty

558
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,920
Speaker 1: one snaps. And you also saw for the second straight game,

559
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 1: at least to my eyes, Samon Collins on the edge

560
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,120
Speaker 1: a lot more so that's interesting. I'd be curious how

561
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,320
Speaker 1: he grades out. He's been hard on himself saving Collins,

562
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,800
Speaker 1: you know, on the edge, and that's one of the

563
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 1: things some of the veterans sited going into this game,

564
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 1: we have to be really sound effected, was JJ watted

565
00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 1: his locker. We're gonna be sounding in the run defense.

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00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,120
Speaker 1: And the first thing he sighted was setting the edge

567
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 1: because when Marcus Golden hasn't been in there, that has

568
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,000
Speaker 1: been a brahm with some of the young guys. And

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00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,120
Speaker 1: was Zavan learning the position? And I know against Seattle

570
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,640
Speaker 1: he got sucked in a little bit and the week

571
00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 1: before and so, but they like Xavan on the edge,

572
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 1: and let's face it, they need more production. If there's

573
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 1: one position group on this team where you need more production,

574
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,440
Speaker 1: you went into that game and you're leading edge guy

575
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,960
Speaker 1: at a sack and a half. So obviously they're looking

576
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,480
Speaker 1: for an answer out there in the absence of a

577
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 1: dominant edge rusher. They're trying to throw some numbers and

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00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 1: see if different guys, you know, I mean, if can

579
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,120
Speaker 1: Zavan Collins have sort of a Micah Parsons effect. Right,

580
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:40,120
Speaker 1: he was the next linebacker off the board after Michael

581
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:43,200
Speaker 1: Parsons two years ago. And he's got the size, he's

582
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,960
Speaker 1: got the burst. Now he's definitely a little heavier. In fact,

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Speaker 1: I'd say he's probably even closer to two seventy, right,

584
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,680
Speaker 1: now than he is two sixty. So he's capable of

585
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,920
Speaker 1: playing physically, you know, And so I'm curious how much

586
00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:57,120
Speaker 1: that continues. But when you say see a Ben Nieman inside,

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Speaker 1: I don't know how many snaps ben Nieman got. Seemingly

588
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 1: he was an inside linebacker a lot him and Tanner Vallejo,

589
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 1: and a lot of that was because Zaman Collins was

590
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,160
Speaker 1: on the edge quite a bit. Nieman played forty one

591
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,400
Speaker 1: snaps sixty eight percent of the defensive snaps. So yeah,

592
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 1: and he started the game as well. Valejo not on

593
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,920
Speaker 1: the field at all for defense. But yeah, you're seeing more.

594
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:24,560
Speaker 1: They list three inside linebackers, Colins, Simmons, and Nieman, but

595
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 1: it's more Nieman who's the true inside linebacker, with Collins

596
00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,480
Speaker 1: maybe on the edge and Simmons, you know, whether it's

597
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 1: a slot or playing deep safety. So three inside linebackers,

598
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:38,120
Speaker 1: one outside linebacker. But really it's where are those guys

599
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 1: doing their best for that particular player, that particular series. Yep,

600
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 1: And so you know there was that. You also saw

601
00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:51,240
Speaker 1: the rotation of the new defensive lineman whose name escapes me,

602
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:57,040
Speaker 1: Tristan Hill from Dallas. You saw ninety eight out there.

603
00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:01,120
Speaker 1: I mean they are down to a number of guys

604
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,640
Speaker 1: who have been added here just in the last couple

605
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 1: of weeks, and they're trying to make it work. And

606
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,240
Speaker 1: so I will say this about the ramzo on that

607
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,160
Speaker 1: offensive line. Whoa. I mean, you watch the Rams and

608
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 1: you're saying their first pick and they're tracking to have

609
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,840
Speaker 1: a top ten pick should be a left tackle. Here's

610
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,360
Speaker 1: the problem. When's the next time the Rams actually have

611
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 1: a first round pick because they've traded them away. I mean,

612
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh was really frustrated over there at times in

613
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 1: that sideline. I kept a half an eye on him,

614
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,720
Speaker 1: and it sort of reminds me of Pete Carroll a

615
00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:36,440
Speaker 1: year ago when the Cardinals went to Seattle and Colt

616
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,960
Speaker 1: McCoy and the Cardinals beat the Seahawks and it basically

617
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:44,440
Speaker 1: was their playoff elimination game, and Pete Carroll was despondent.

618
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 1: He was in despair after the game. Fan the twelves

619
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:52,320
Speaker 1: were booing. You know, you're like, what is Seattle gonna do? Now?

620
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:56,080
Speaker 1: They've done a miraculous job of writing that ship, But

621
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,520
Speaker 1: at that moment in time, things look really bleak the

622
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:04,280
Speaker 1: future for Seattle. Now they got Denver obviously to bite

623
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 1: on a franchise changing trade for the Seahawks, But like,

624
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,800
Speaker 1: what are the Rams gonna do right now? Obviously they're

625
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:14,440
Speaker 1: gonna get Matthew Stafford back, but they have some serious

626
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 1: issues and guess what, they don't have the picks or

627
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:20,240
Speaker 1: the assets to really address a lot of their big

628
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,560
Speaker 1: picture issues going forward. They went all in on the

629
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:27,800
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, won this championship, but that was the consequences

630
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,880
Speaker 1: to go all in, give up those draft picks for

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00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 1: a title. Okay, you've got it now, Now you're left

632
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,240
Speaker 1: with this, and how do you overcome when you don't

633
00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:38,560
Speaker 1: have these draft picks? How do you rebuild? How do

634
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 1: you restock? The only thing out there that had a

635
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:44,040
Speaker 1: worse week than the Rams was cryptocurrency. So if that

636
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 1: was about the only thing that was worse on the

637
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 1: landscape across America was cryptocurrency and the La Rams, your

638
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 1: future is bleak in both cases. How about the weekend

639
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 1: for brand new kicker Tristan Vscano, who joined the team

640
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 1: on Saturday night, the fourth different kicker, and I believe,

641
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 1: as I heard Dave Pasha on the broadcast, the third

642
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 1: different kicker to wear number fifteen for the Cardinals this season.

643
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,640
Speaker 1: But Cardinals Senior VP of Media Relations Mark Dalton twitted

644
00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:15,720
Speaker 1: this out Monday morning. Vskano Ubert to the team hotel

645
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:20,440
Speaker 1: from Irvine, California after signing on Saturday afternoon, so literally

646
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,799
Speaker 1: the first time that he met anyone might have been

647
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 1: Saturday night, more likely Sunday morning as he's about to

648
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 1: go and kick the ball off. You know, a guy

649
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:31,759
Speaker 1: walked into the team hotel on Saturday evening, and because

650
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 1: he was walking with Aaron Brewer, I'm like, well, i

651
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,840
Speaker 1: haven't seen Matt Prader on this trip, so I'm guessing

652
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,759
Speaker 1: that's the Cardinals kicker. And yeah, we were talking about

653
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:43,000
Speaker 1: that pregame on your fourth kicker this season? What uh?

654
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 1: And I will say this, Vaskano was cool and calm.

655
00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:49,839
Speaker 1: He was smiling on the bench. You know, just looking

656
00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:52,799
Speaker 1: at him, You're like, okay, because great. If there's one

657
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,799
Speaker 1: thing you know as a sideline pencil neck reporter, and

658
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,879
Speaker 1: that is the kickers and the pontners and the long

659
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 1: snappers because you're you're kind of in their space a

660
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:03,480
Speaker 1: lot of times in the sidelines, so you can tell

661
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,640
Speaker 1: whether guy's cool, calm and collected, hers the guy gripping

662
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 1: is are the boxer's bunging? Is this guy? Oh boy,

663
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 1: he's a little nervous. Hold onto yourself right now. I've

664
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 1: seen kickers, backup kickers get signed by the Cardinals and

665
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,480
Speaker 1: they run out to attempt their first kick and they

666
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:21,920
Speaker 1: don't have their helmet. That's a bad sign. That's a

667
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,360
Speaker 1: bad sign when they're so rattled going out there for

668
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:26,720
Speaker 1: their first attempt and guys are young, No, no no, where's

669
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 1: your helmet? Where's your helmet in there? And they're looking

670
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,520
Speaker 1: under the bench or by the kicking net. That's a

671
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,400
Speaker 1: bad sign. That wasn't Viscano. He was cool and he

672
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:36,840
Speaker 1: was talking and he was relaxed. I'm like, okay, you

673
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,759
Speaker 1: know what this is? Like his ninth different team. Where

674
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:42,360
Speaker 1: did I have that? He's on his night eared his

675
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 1: his ninth team in his career. He came in nine

676
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 1: of ten on field goals twelve is seventeen on pats.

677
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 1: And don't call him this Guyino like some sort of

678
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,759
Speaker 1: middle infield or in baseball, or as your head coach

679
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 1: called you in the postgame locker room. It's Vscano apparently

680
00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 1: is the correct pronunciation. Kay, you pronounced the k in there,

681
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 1: And don't add an extra syllable. But he made all

682
00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 1: five of his kicks, two field goals, three pats and

683
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 1: who knows what this means going forward. But what we

684
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,759
Speaker 1: do know moving forward is that the Cardinals still are

685
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,799
Speaker 1: in this at four and six. Yes, it's still a

686
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:16,920
Speaker 1: steep hill to climb, but you're one and three in

687
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,359
Speaker 1: the division. And just looking at the rest of the NFC, Paul,

688
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,960
Speaker 1: there are six teams in the conference with a winning record.

689
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:27,080
Speaker 1: Seven If you conclude Tampa Bay at at or above

690
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 1: five Buccaneers or five and five, this thing is still

691
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:34,279
Speaker 1: wide open. But it dal means you have to win

692
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:36,799
Speaker 1: next week in Mexico City against the forty nine ers.

693
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 1: And guess what would Colt McCoy do Last year He

694
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:43,160
Speaker 1: went to the forty nine ers and engineer to win.

695
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,239
Speaker 1: So I have no idea what the status of Kyler is.

696
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 1: I have no idea what the status of Colt McCoy is.

697
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 1: It's good clip as of this Monday morning, you're him.

698
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:56,239
Speaker 1: In our postgame radio interview. I asked him about I

699
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,919
Speaker 1: was in knee and he said, well, adrenaline got me through,

700
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:04,239
Speaker 1: So that wasn't exactly a bullish statement about I'll even

701
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,080
Speaker 1: say this, and I meant to say this on the broadcast,

702
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:07,640
Speaker 1: and it ran out of time because the Rams were

703
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 1: stinking breaking the huddle quickly, and I had wrapped my

704
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 1: sideline report. But I wanted to conclude an update on

705
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,279
Speaker 1: Colt McCoy by saying, if it was his other leg,

706
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 1: his plant leg, I'm not so sure he would have

707
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,479
Speaker 1: been back in that game. I think the good news,

708
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 1: the good fortune for the Cardinals was it was his

709
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: left leg and not his back leg, his right leg,

710
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:30,359
Speaker 1: his plant leg, because on the sideline, you know, he

711
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,839
Speaker 1: was taking his drops. He came out of the medical tent,

712
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,080
Speaker 1: he immediately grabbed a football. He wanted to see if

713
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:38,480
Speaker 1: he could throw, and he did his three step drops

714
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 1: and he threw. But it's that right leg that you

715
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,080
Speaker 1: end up on and you push off of. If it

716
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:45,399
Speaker 1: would have been the reverse, m not so sure. Went

717
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:48,320
Speaker 1: back to the bench. Trainer Tom Reid worked on the

718
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: leg a little bit. He's bend in it while Colt

719
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,880
Speaker 1: was sitting down, and Colt sort of nodded, grabbed his helmet,

720
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,800
Speaker 1: went up and down the sideline, fist bumps all the receivers,

721
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,239
Speaker 1: all the offensive line, like, okay, he's going back in

722
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:03,000
Speaker 1: the game, and he finished that game. But what did

723
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 1: he feel like Monday morning waking up, what's the aftermath?

724
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:11,200
Speaker 1: What exactly was the injury? You know, initially grabbed the knee.

725
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:13,880
Speaker 1: Later he's sort of grabbed behind the knee, sort of

726
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:16,640
Speaker 1: the upper lower lego almost as if it was the

727
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,800
Speaker 1: calf or maybe even the hamstring area above the knee

728
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 1: grabbed that. It's all. I don't know. He's smart enough that. Honestly,

729
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 1: I think he grabbed different parts of his life to

730
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:29,000
Speaker 1: throw everyone off. Honestly, I mean, that's how savvy he

731
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:31,280
Speaker 1: is at thirty six years of age. The other injury

732
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:34,000
Speaker 1: that we're keeping an eye on this week is zach Ertz.

733
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 1: His one catches one target and immediately as he gets

734
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:40,800
Speaker 1: tackled down to the ground, he grabs his left knee

735
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:44,360
Speaker 1: and no update as we speak here on this Monday morning.

736
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 1: Cardinals covered two. But that certainly is something that you

737
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:50,879
Speaker 1: hope is not as serious as what it potentially could be,

738
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:54,800
Speaker 1: considering how well Ertz had been playing this season. Yeah,

739
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:57,680
Speaker 1: and considering the look on his face, the emotion, his

740
00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:00,360
Speaker 1: near tears. He might even had a couple of tears

741
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 1: on that face, and he grabbed it immediately. I tell you,

742
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:06,920
Speaker 1: on Saturday, there was a big movement by a lot

743
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:09,880
Speaker 1: of players across the NFL about the state of the

744
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:16,000
Speaker 1: turf and and that building. You know, apparently according to

745
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 1: the players studies and just opinion and sentiment. You know,

746
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:23,480
Speaker 1: there are those venues that have the slit film turf,

747
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 1: which honestly, I wasn't all that for someone who's been

748
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 1: down on those, I mean, I wasn't really that, you know,

749
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:34,719
Speaker 1: cognizant of the difference in those in like detroits Ford

750
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:36,960
Speaker 1: Field is one of the most underrated venues in buildings.

751
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,239
Speaker 1: I didn't know that among players it doesn't have a

752
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:42,320
Speaker 1: high opinion as to the turf and the potential for injury.

753
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 1: But honestly, if the Cardinals are playing at home, and

754
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:49,680
Speaker 1: that was arguably the best playing surface in the NFL

755
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:52,000
Speaker 1: State Farm Stadium, and it's been voted as such by

756
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,919
Speaker 1: the players for many years, I don't know. If zach

757
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:57,799
Speaker 1: Ertz suffers that knee injury, does he is he able

758
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:00,080
Speaker 1: to get his foot out from under him so the

759
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,600
Speaker 1: knee doesn't bend awkwardly like that? Does A Cole McCoy

760
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:07,920
Speaker 1: not suffer his knee injury because that turf, although much

761
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:11,279
Speaker 1: better than the nineties than what we saw back in

762
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:13,759
Speaker 1: the day. For example, you know the Pontiac's Silver Dome,

763
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 1: which I think is one of the reasons Barry Sanders retired.

764
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,600
Speaker 1: I honestly do. That's how bad that plane surface was.

765
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:23,440
Speaker 1: For example. You know, for everything that they've done to

766
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 1: improve the plane surface, the artificial turf isn't anywhere near

767
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:31,680
Speaker 1: close to being asked for giving as real grass, and

768
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:34,239
Speaker 1: especially in so far you spend six billion dollars on

769
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:37,040
Speaker 1: that stadium and you have this translucent roof where the

770
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:40,960
Speaker 1: sun is coming through. I ain't no grass expert around here,

771
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 1: a field turf person, but I'm wondering do you have

772
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:47,359
Speaker 1: the ability to grow real grass inside there? Because if

773
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 1: I'm the Rams and I have all this money invested

774
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 1: in all those guys, I would think seriously about playing

775
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:57,000
Speaker 1: ten home games on real grass. Good news for the

776
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,759
Speaker 1: Cardinals is that they are done for the Rams. Are

777
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,440
Speaker 1: done with the Rams this season. Two games left with

778
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:05,759
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, and yeah, first one will come

779
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:09,120
Speaker 1: up on Monday in Mexico City, and again there's a

780
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:11,439
Speaker 1: lot of questions going into this matchup as far as

781
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:15,920
Speaker 1: the health status. And then obviously plane surface in Mexico

782
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:19,279
Speaker 1: City and whether guys are able to go or not.

783
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,560
Speaker 1: But it should be a lot of fun. And I'm

784
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:24,560
Speaker 1: guessing the passport is good. Paul. You're all you're all

785
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 1: caught up in everything. You're not gonna get left at

786
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:28,920
Speaker 1: the border. They tried to idioproof it for everyone. We

787
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:30,799
Speaker 1: had to turn on our passport like two months ago,

788
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:33,480
Speaker 1: so you know they want to make dang sure. They

789
00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:35,400
Speaker 1: learned that the hard way in two thousand and five.

790
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:39,879
Speaker 1: So Football Americano, here we go. Here we Monday Night

791
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:43,759
Speaker 1: Football Cardinals and the forty nine ers. Much more on

792
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 1: this as the week progresses. By the way, before we

793
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,120
Speaker 1: head on out of here, I'd be remiss if I

794
00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 1: didn't ask, either did you see or meet Blake Shelton

795
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 1: when Stefani who were up with Michael Bidwell and the

796
00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:00,400
Speaker 1: owner's suite somehow I was down in the field miss

797
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:04,880
Speaker 1: Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, um and and and what

798
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,279
Speaker 1: really hurts, you know, really just sort of rubs the

799
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:09,759
Speaker 1: salt in the wound is there. I was postgame with

800
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:12,479
Speaker 1: cam Cox from Channel twelve, so there's always a cam

801
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:15,400
Speaker 1: Cox reference here. It can always get worse. So Cam

802
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:18,280
Speaker 1: pain contrast, you know, having to spend time with Cam

803
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:21,200
Speaker 1: and not actually running into Blake and Gwen, so that

804
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,399
Speaker 1: that was disappointing. There's no doubt about it. I gotta

805
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:25,440
Speaker 1: be better. I gotta keep my head in a swivel,

806
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 1: lookout for the celebrities and uh, you know, leave the

807
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 1: lesser people behind Cam And so no, Cam always asked

808
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 1: me these sawt off questions after the game, so you know,

809
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:39,040
Speaker 1: there there we are. I just but no, I missed it.

810
00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 1: I did love his comment though, on the Cardinal social

811
00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 1: media where he said in a quote I wrote it down.

812
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:45,960
Speaker 1: I don't want to brag, says Blake Shelton, but I've

813
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,600
Speaker 1: been to three games in person, and we've won all

814
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:52,360
Speaker 1: three games. So there's that might be an extra body

815
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:56,400
Speaker 1: on that team flight to Mexico City this weekend because

816
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 1: at this rate, I'm bringing him and whomever else. By

817
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:02,839
Speaker 1: the way, did you see the scene in Germany? I did,

818
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:06,319
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, even Moost seventy thousand in attendance, but

819
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:10,320
Speaker 1: just the massive humanity and the fans all around that stadium.

820
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:12,359
Speaker 1: We were talking because I had seen in the off

821
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,200
Speaker 1: season when they sold tickets for that there was a

822
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:17,120
Speaker 1: Sports Business journal report that there were over a million

823
00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:21,759
Speaker 1: people in Q on Ticketmaster. The NFL came out this

824
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,040
Speaker 1: past week and said they could have sold more than

825
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:29,400
Speaker 1: three million tickets for that game in Germany. And Roger Goodell,

826
00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:31,759
Speaker 1: I think on the Friday or Saturday, met with the

827
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 1: media and he said, oh, yeah, we've got more games

828
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:38,160
Speaker 1: to come. You bet you're behind. We were going to

829
00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:40,439
Speaker 1: play more games here. In fact, he said we might

830
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:43,080
Speaker 1: on the fly. Instead of playing four games in four years,

831
00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:46,439
Speaker 1: which was the original, we might double that because that

832
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:51,080
Speaker 1: is what the demand is such in Munich Frankfurt they

833
00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:55,320
Speaker 1: say that Germany has become Europe's top market, even beyond

834
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:59,359
Speaker 1: London in the UK. So the Cardinals last home game,

835
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,239
Speaker 1: I was walking in and the German bird gang there

836
00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:04,320
Speaker 1: were a bunch of people with a banner taking pictures

837
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:06,480
Speaker 1: to see that in front of state from stand walked

838
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:09,120
Speaker 1: by those people. It's just the fact that there was

839
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:12,400
Speaker 1: an NFL network is doing their postgame show and everyone's

840
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:16,560
Speaker 1: singing Sweet Caroline in Munich, and and and John Denver songs.

841
00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:19,840
Speaker 1: Apparently John Denver is huge in Germany. Who knew? I

842
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:23,799
Speaker 1: thought it was David hasselha that's great. I don't know,

843
00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:28,680
Speaker 1: but it's funny because four teams have the rights in Germany,

844
00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:32,120
Speaker 1: the Bucks, the Chiefs of Patriots in Carolina, and apparently

845
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,759
Speaker 1: the Chiefs and Patriots were all hacked off. They didn't

846
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:38,759
Speaker 1: get that game. Like there's a real arms race to

847
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:41,960
Speaker 1: expand to Germany right now for the NFL. Well, that's

848
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:43,520
Speaker 1: a good thing. You get your passport at all set

849
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:45,800
Speaker 1: from Mexico City because maybe you'll be heading to Germany

850
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:49,520
Speaker 1: next season or in the seasons to come. Mexico City

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Speaker 1: was really cool in two thousand and five, and I

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Speaker 1: expected to be bigger and better and an even more

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Speaker 1: glorious scene. One hundred and twenty thousand people in that stadium.

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Speaker 1: I've been to the Big House in ann Arbor for

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Speaker 1: a Michigan Notre Dame. I've been down on that field.

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Speaker 1: It is impressive when there's one hundred and ten thousand,

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Speaker 1: but that's minus the upper decks that you get at

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Speaker 1: stadium as Teca. It's really cool, and then the fact

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Speaker 1: that it's seventy five hundred plus feet. I was talking

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Speaker 1: to Andy Lee, who was in that game as the

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Speaker 1: forty nine ers punter. In two thousand, Jeff Rogers was

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Speaker 1: on the forty nine Ers coaching staff that year too.

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Speaker 1: That's good to know. And so I tell you what,

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Speaker 1: the kickers and punders love it because it's even thinner

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Speaker 1: air than Flagstaff. And Neil Rackers, I've told the story

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Speaker 1: wanted to shot at a seventy yard fuel goal back

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Speaker 1: in two thousand and five. He was hitting him in

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Speaker 1: pregame and he never got that shot. So I tell you,

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Speaker 1: if this is one game Matt Prater wants to be

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Speaker 1: healthy for, it's Mexico City. If not, hey, I like

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Speaker 1: what I saw at at Tristan Vscano. So perhaps maybe

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Speaker 1: that record breaker comes on Monday when the Cardinals play

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Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers. Much more on that game, though,

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Speaker 1: it's I'm looking forward to it down outside of the

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Speaker 1: fact that it is again another must win game from

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals and because it's such a soccer crazy fan base.

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Speaker 1: The most popular players on either team are the kickers.

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Speaker 1: Anyone who kicks a football, punter, kicker, you are beloved

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Speaker 1: by the locals in Mexico City. They go They went

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Speaker 1: nuts for Neil Rackers and Andy Lee back in two

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Speaker 1: thousand and five. It was it was amazing to see,

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Speaker 1: but it made a lot of sense because you know,

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Speaker 1: they just love putting a foot to the pigskin. It's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of fun. Much more on that

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Speaker 1: game as the week progresses. Obviously the question marks on

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Speaker 1: Kyle the Murray and Coote McCoy plus zach Ertz as well.

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Speaker 1: But the good news is Paul's got that passport all

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Speaker 1: set so we don't have to worry about him at all.

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Speaker 1: And on that note, we will put a lid on

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Speaker 1: this edition of Cardinals Cover two presented by Hunday, proud

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Speaker 1: partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As always, special thanks to

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Speaker 1: our executive producer Jim hud For Paul Calvisi, I'm Craig

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Speaker 1: rail Loup. We'll talk to you next time here on

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Covered two.