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Speaker 1: page to Week two. The Minnesota Vikings are in town.

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Speaker 1: It's the home opener. Be good to have a full

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Speaker 1: house again. Also good to see Kyle the Murray begin

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Speaker 1: to take that next step something we talked about all offseason.

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Speaker 1: But first one gifts as to who won NFC Defensive

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Speaker 1: Player of the Week honors. It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode

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Speaker 1: four sixty six, and it starts now. Welcome to Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Cover two with Craig Grigolou and Mike Jarecki. Cardinals Cover

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Speaker 1: a touchdown DeAndre Hopkins. Here's Craig Griolou and Mike Jarecki.

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Speaker 1: No surprise. The press release hit my email at five

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Speaker 1: thirty one this morning. Chandler Jones named NFC Defensive Player

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Speaker 1: of the Week. All he did on Sunday MJ six

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Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think anybody put up, you know,

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Speaker 1: But no, you're right, I mean, is he capable of

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Speaker 1: see a fullback against Chandler Jones, who won for the

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Speaker 1: fifth time in his career, fourth with the Cardinals, which

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Speaker 1: Let the record show that that was Mike Jarecki, not

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Speaker 1: starts to feel better, and of course you just start

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Speaker 1: over again next week. But I just like the makeup

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Speaker 1: of this team. You could see they're all pulling for

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Speaker 1: each other, and it's a team in that locker room,

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Speaker 1: not individuals. And you can go faster as an office

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Speaker 1: as long as you're having success on first and second down,

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Speaker 1: because once you have that penalty or the incomplete pass

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Speaker 1: or tackle for loss, and then all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: you have to slow it down. And I think after

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Speaker 1: those first couple of possessions against the Titans, this offense

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Speaker 1: really started to click. Remember there were five penalties called

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Speaker 1: four accepted on those first two drives, and then after

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Speaker 1: that there were hardly any issues offensively. Everyone was on

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Speaker 1: the same page and as a result, you put up

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Speaker 1: thirty eight points on the score board. And I do

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Speaker 1: think thirty points, maybe even thirty five, has to be

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Speaker 1: the goal each and every week, regardless of what defense

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Speaker 1: you're facing. Yeah, and you know, I'm nitpicking here because

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Speaker 1: it really didn't come into the equation. Just like the

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Speaker 1: penalties early on, they are able to overcome. That didn't

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Speaker 1: affect them down the stretch or on the scoreboard. But

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Speaker 1: if Matt Prater makes that field goal, that would they

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Speaker 1: would have had forty points. And I'd have to go

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Speaker 1: book back and look. And I don't know if the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals offense has scored forty points under Kingsbury in the

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Speaker 1: last three years. Well, they did not last season because

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Speaker 1: those thirty eight points matched what they totalled last year.

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Speaker 1: I believe it was against the Dolphins, or I think

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Speaker 1: it was against the Dolphins if I remember correctly, that

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Speaker 1: might be wrong. But to your point, yeah, it's this

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Speaker 1: offense for one game. Now you got to do it again,

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Speaker 1: and it's stacking performances hoping that the performance equals a W.

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Speaker 1: Craig Another thing, and I notice it in training camp

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Speaker 1: and it really stood out when I watched the shortcut

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Speaker 1: version on Monday morning, just how much speed they've added

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Speaker 1: to this team in the off season. You look at

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Speaker 1: Rondel Moore, you look at Zavin Collins. You look at

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Speaker 1: Marco Wilson. You know, last year they added a guy

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Speaker 1: like Isaiah Simmons, and then you're throwing AJ Green, And

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Speaker 1: I thought Kyler brought up a good point the fact that,

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Speaker 1: you know, AJ Green and Rondel Moore haven't been here

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Speaker 1: for a long time, so it's going to be an adjustment.

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Speaker 1: Even though we know how good and how much those

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Speaker 1: guys flashed, it basically couldn't cover him the first a

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Speaker 1: couple of days of camp. So maybe in like Drew

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Speaker 1: Staton said, he assumes that, you know, AJ Green will

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Speaker 1: have a bigger role. You know, Collins played twenty snaps.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm sure they want to watch what he's

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Speaker 1: doing on special teams. But I just like the speed

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Speaker 1: on this team, and they played physical. They played physical,

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Speaker 1: and I like the way that Jalen Thompson He's got

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Speaker 1: to stay healthy. I like the wade that he came

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Speaker 1: up and made some open field tackles because you know,

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Speaker 1: if teams are going to try to get to the outside,

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Speaker 1: that's where your corners and your secondary is gonna have

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Speaker 1: to be, you know, more physical and stopping the run

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Speaker 1: and obviously trying to get the team off their spot

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Speaker 1: quick update. Always good to do some research here, even

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Speaker 1: in of the show the Dallas Cowboys. Last year on

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Speaker 1: Monday Night Football, the Cardinals scored thirty eight points. Twenty nineteen,

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Speaker 1: they scored thirty eight points in the win over the

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Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns. So the Cardinals offense has not hit that

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Speaker 1: forty point mark under Cliff Kingsbury. And again, it would

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Speaker 1: have happened. I got no issue that guy's been clutch.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna win some games for the Cardinals this year.

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying hypothetically, if he would have made that,

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Speaker 1: that would have been the first time. And again, I

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Speaker 1: do think they had the capability. I knew we were

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Speaker 1: going to hear this based on what you hear in

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Speaker 1: the press conferences and listen to players. They left some

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Speaker 1: points on the field, and every team can say that,

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Speaker 1: but they can go back and go if we can

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Speaker 1: do this, And last year I'm sure when they watched

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Speaker 1: film there were more than a few plays that they

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Speaker 1: left on the field because you can see the disappointment

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Speaker 1: where the offense was kind of bogged down. Here They're like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: yes we put out thirty eight, but we left points

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Speaker 1: on the field and that's how you get better, where

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Speaker 1: you go back and correct things. All right, it is

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Speaker 1: forty points doable this week against Mike Zimmer and the

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Speaker 1: Vikings defense. It's a good question. I mean, if Kyler

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Speaker 1: can protect the football and he did have the interception

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Speaker 1: that I'd give the Cardinals defense credit because there we

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Speaker 1: get the ball back and it really didn't affect him

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Speaker 1: at that. I mean, it's really going to come down

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Speaker 1: to can they run on that defense and can they

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Speaker 1: utilize play action. I definitely think they can put points

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Speaker 1: on the board. Is a thirty five or thirty eight?

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Speaker 1: You know, again, you want to win. It's not about

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Speaker 1: style points. But I do think this offense is clicking,

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Speaker 1: and we'll see if anybody can slow them down. You know,

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Speaker 1: I was reading some stuff nationally and they said rather

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Speaker 1: you know, when it comes to the Cardinals, now it's

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Speaker 1: must see TV based on one game because how they

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Speaker 1: came out defensively and how they scored and everything looks

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Speaker 1: so fast. And you know, again, Clifforldman never get the

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Speaker 1: credits as an air raid offense. Well, it's got concepts,

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Speaker 1: but it's kind of a different offense which he's been

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Speaker 1: able to build with Sean Coogler and Cam Turner. But

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Speaker 1: I read that if you get a chance, it's must

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Speaker 1: see TV just because of how dynamic caller Murray plays

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Speaker 1: on game day. Well, now the pressure is on to

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Speaker 1: do it. What happens to this team offensively after all

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Speaker 1: of this praise, after having so much success on the

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Speaker 1: road against a Titans team that many believe not only

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Speaker 1: playoff contenders but Super Bowl contenders. Now, defensively, they weren't

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Speaker 1: good a year ago. This Vikings team a year ago

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Speaker 1: not good defensively. How much have they improved in the

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Speaker 1: offseason to give the Cardinals a little bit more of

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Speaker 1: a challenge. But the bar has been raised, The bar

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Speaker 1: has been sets, I should say. Now there is an

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Speaker 1: expectation for this offense to move the football up and

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Speaker 1: down the field, get into the end zone four out

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Speaker 1: of five times inside the twenty yard line on Sunday

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Speaker 1: to where Yeah, thirty points that should be the norm

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Speaker 1: this season, and occasionally maybe you do get that forty

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Speaker 1: point mark. Who knows, maybe it is this week. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And obviously, injuries are going to affect any football team

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Speaker 1: certain positions. You may have another guy behind them, next

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Speaker 1: man up. But this offense is sustainable in the National

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Speaker 1: Football League based on their talent and how physical they

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Speaker 1: are at the point of attack. Well, Kingsbury asked, what

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Speaker 1: is it going to take to sustain their Week one performance? Quote,

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Speaker 1: gotta stay healthy and that's all he said. Gotta stay healthy.

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Speaker 1: And to a certain extent, that's kind of goes with everyone.

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Speaker 1: And it's not so much, and we've talked about it.

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Speaker 1: It's not the most talented team that wins at the end.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes you gotta be a little lucky with injuries and

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Speaker 1: these past two seasons, including this year COVID nineteen, you

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Speaker 1: have to be able to send your best out on

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Speaker 1: the field and not lose anyone, whether that's to injury

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Speaker 1: or because you tested positive. I think we'll Cliff's saying there,

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Speaker 1: we got a really good football team. We've got to

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Speaker 1: stay healthy. Is that was not a mirage. I believe

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Speaker 1: that what they did in Week one was not a mirage.

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Speaker 1: Now we'll find out in the next four or five

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Speaker 1: weeks how good the Titans are. But when the schedule

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Speaker 1: came out, everyone was propping them up, possibly a super

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Speaker 1: Bowl team. They were in the playoffs last year. They

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Speaker 1: made some additions, so we'll see how good they are,

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Speaker 1: but that was not a mirage in Week one Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Cover two presented by Hunday, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: Let's get into defensively what the Vikings do. We mentioned

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Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer on his defense in twenty twenty called them

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Speaker 1: quote worst one I've ever had. The numbers for the

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Speaker 1: Vikings defensively in twenty twenty not good. They ranked twenty

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Speaker 1: ninth in scoring defense, twenty seventh in total defense, twenty

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Speaker 1: eighth in sacks. And this is a defensive unit that

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Speaker 1: had ranked in the top four in total defense for

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Speaker 1: three straight seasons up until twenty nineteen when they finished

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Speaker 1: twenty four excuse me when they finished fourteenth. So much

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Speaker 1: like a week ago, when you examine the Titans defensively,

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Speaker 1: there are some holes with this Vikings defense. Now, they

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Speaker 1: did add defensive tackle Dalvin Tomlinson in free agency. Michael Pierce,

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Speaker 1: their defensive tackle opted out of last season. He is back.

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Speaker 1: Daniel Hunter is healthy after missing much of last season

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Speaker 1: with a neck injury. In fact, all of last season

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Speaker 1: with the neck injury. Anthony Barr Eric Kendricks both hurt

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Speaker 1: last year. They missed considerable amount of time. So this

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Speaker 1: was a Vikings defense last season that was missing a

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Speaker 1: lot of pieces. They hope now with the addition of

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Speaker 1: Dalvin Tomlinson and no, I haven't forgotten about Patrick Peterson,

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Speaker 1: but they can only go up from where they were

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Speaker 1: a year ago. Yeah, and I thought, you know, Drew

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Speaker 1: Stanton brought up some great points how the Cardinals are

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Speaker 1: going to try to have to attack Mike Zimmer's type

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Speaker 1: of defense. I would recommend going to easy Cardinals dot Com.

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Speaker 1: It was the Red Sea Report yesterdays. It was fantastic

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Speaker 1: and I'm great insight. So they like to run that

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Speaker 1: double a Gaplitz, So they'll have two linebackers come up

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Speaker 1: and line up between the center and the guard, and

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Speaker 1: sometime they'll drop back into coverage. Anthony Barr, I don't

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Speaker 1: believe he played. I think he's still nursing the injury.

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Speaker 1: He had a shoulder injury last season. Yeah. So, and

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Speaker 1: then the fact is that they do have some good

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Speaker 1: players Hunter Pierce, Tomlinson, Kendricks. I'll tell you what. I

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Speaker 1: watched some of the highlights of the Vikings and the

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Speaker 1: Bengals game. They targeted Brillon like it seemed like he

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Speaker 1: was the guy that had the target on his back. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson he got twisted and coverage, but Chase did

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Speaker 1: not score on that. Jamar Chase did not score on

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Speaker 1: that play. But I based on Joe Burrow and I

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Speaker 1: talked to a scout that was at the game. He

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Speaker 1: said he wasn't as mobile. He's still a really good quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Burrow said today his knee was a little sore, but

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Speaker 1: he feels good. So my point is Burrow didn't have

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Speaker 1: to run. They threw the ball down the field and

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Speaker 1: Jamar Chase that was his coming out party, and he

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Speaker 1: mentioned he was hoping the Vikings would put Patrick Peterson

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Speaker 1: before the game because he wanted to put him on

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Speaker 1: his high highway highlight reel. Yeah, and it's probably something

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Speaker 1: that the Cardinals looked at, as did everyone else. And

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Speaker 1: when you have something on film, that is what is

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Speaker 1: going to be attacked until it gets corrected. And you

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Speaker 1: look at what the Vikings unable to do against the Bengals.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't a lot of points allowed. And I think

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Speaker 1: if you're the Vikings, you can just say, well, we

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Speaker 1: heard ourselves offensively, We're weren't able to do much as

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Speaker 1: far as putting points on the scoreboard. But defensively, I

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Speaker 1: do think there is ways to attack them, might be

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Speaker 1: over the middle of the field if bar is still

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Speaker 1: not quite ready to get back on the football field. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so going back to your question, yes, I definitely think

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Speaker 1: they can score thirty five or more, just based on

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Speaker 1: them being able to run the football, Kyler staying in

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Speaker 1: the pocket a little bit more based on Rodney Hudson

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Speaker 1: and the offensive line. So I do think they're going

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Speaker 1: to take some shots down the field, and I think

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Speaker 1: that was everyone was impressive. It wasn't a lot of

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Speaker 1: bubble screens, it wasn't a lot of slant passes. They

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Speaker 1: took shots down the field. And we all know, you know,

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Speaker 1: when you're going a ten twelve play drive, you have

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Speaker 1: to get at least three or four first downs. You

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Speaker 1: hope you don't get a penalty. So we talk about

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Speaker 1: splash pays and chunk plays to avoid it from the opponent.

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Speaker 1: The Cardinals took care of business on Sunday in Tennessee. Well,

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Speaker 1: you look at the number of scoring or number of

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Speaker 1: plays it took on the scoring drives for the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: on Sunday and minus that first scoring drive. As far

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Speaker 1: as that ended, in a touchdown because it was three plays.

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Speaker 1: They had the ball at the Tennessee one. So you

649
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:36,880
Speaker 1: look at the scoring drives the next touchdowns, nine plays,

650
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 1: twelve plays, six plays, four plays. So if there are

651
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Speaker 1: deep shots to be had, the Cardinals will take it.

652
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,720
Speaker 1: And I think the offensive line held up to allow

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray the time to wait for his pass catchers

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Speaker 1: to get down field. And then there were some other

655
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Speaker 1: times where you grounded it out, you pounded it between

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Speaker 1: the tackles with the run game, mixing a little bit

657
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 1: of a pass and it was creative, more creative than

658
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Speaker 1: a year ago. And I think not that you're going

659
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Speaker 1: to go with the exact same game plan from last week,

660
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 1: but until it's stopped, you can sit there and go,

661
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Speaker 1: you know what, this worked, We like this, Let's try this.

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Speaker 1: You know what. We left this on the call sheet

663
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Speaker 1: because we didn't need it. Let's put it in this

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Speaker 1: week against the Vikings. And you move forward until someone

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Speaker 1: says you can't do that anymore because we have found

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Speaker 1: a solution to what you want to do offensively. But

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Speaker 1: I don't think the Titans found that answer, and I

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Speaker 1: don't know if the Vikings will be able to find

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Speaker 1: that answer this week. Yeah, And the good news is

670
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Speaker 1: the Cardinals aren't just one dimensional. They can line up

671
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Speaker 1: and run the football, and then they can utilize Kyler

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Speaker 1: when it comes to scrambling, and then they can throw

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Speaker 1: the ball on the field. They have enough weapons. And

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Speaker 1: that's why I've been banging the drums saying this the

675
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Speaker 1: first time under Kingsbury where literally they can roll out

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Speaker 1: four or five wide receivers. Now, Cardinals big splash plays

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00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,840
Speaker 1: over twenty yards or more. Thirty eight that was to

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Speaker 1: Hopkins and then they had a thirty six to Chase Emmons,

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00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:04,759
Speaker 1: twenty nine to pass short to Rondo Moore, twenty six,

680
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:07,160
Speaker 1: twenty two, twenty one. Now as for the Titans, they

681
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,879
Speaker 1: had one play over twenty yards and now was Ryan

682
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:14,000
Speaker 1: Tannehill deep to Rogers for thirty nine yards. Everything else

683
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 1: was eighteen or nineteen including a Derrek Henry run. So

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Speaker 1: we look at that game, Cardinals had at least five

685
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,839
Speaker 1: or six over twenty yards. The Titans had won. And

686
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:27,120
Speaker 1: the bottom line for this Cardinals offense, you keep Kyler

687
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Speaker 1: Murray upright, and he is going to be able to

688
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:34,120
Speaker 1: I think pick apart defenses and that might go for

689
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Speaker 1: a lot of different quarterbacks with given the time, but

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Speaker 1: the difference now with Kyler Murray it's year three, not

691
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:42,960
Speaker 1: that he's seen everything, because I do think even the

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Speaker 1: greats to Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, there are certain things

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Speaker 1: that you're always learning. But it is a much wiser

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray now in the huddle under center, out of

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Speaker 1: the shotgun, and then he's got the help, as we

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Speaker 1: referenced earlier of a Rodney Hudson who is also has

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Speaker 1: the experience as well, and then can let everyone else

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Speaker 1: know what is going to be needed on that particular play.

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Speaker 1: So yes, you have ever right to be encouraged about

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Speaker 1: what you saw on Sunday until something different happens. That's

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Speaker 1: what the National Football League is. If you go week

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00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,400
Speaker 1: by week and don't look too far ahead, feel good

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Speaker 1: going into this week, have the expectation of winning. The

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Speaker 1: players do, the coaches do. I mean they said it

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Speaker 1: all on Sunday and then the next day on Tuesday

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Speaker 1: when they address the media as well, there is an

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Speaker 1: expectation weekend and week out that this what we saw

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Speaker 1: in week one is the norm, not the exception. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and on paper and just based on names, I do

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Speaker 1: think the Vikings defense is better than the Titans. Titans again,

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Speaker 1: Bud Duprez coming off an injury, their first round pick.

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Speaker 1: He wasn't able to play, you know. Obviously Genoras Jenkins

713
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Speaker 1: was disappointing in New Orleans, but he's their top corner.

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Speaker 1: At the Fulton, I thought played well better than Jenkins.

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Speaker 1: They really didn't get any kind of pass rush here.

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Speaker 1: It's just Mike Zimmer has been around forever, so there's

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Speaker 1: there's things that he can throw at Kyler. But I'm

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00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:13,799
Speaker 1: sure Rodney Hudson has seen it all. So they're gonna

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Speaker 1: try to disrupt him and get him off his spots.

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Speaker 1: Stuff we always talk about. But I and Harrison Smith's

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Speaker 1: a really good safety. Kendricks can get to the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Hunter can win one on one matchups. Michael Pierce, as

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Speaker 1: you mentioned, opted out. He had his two sacks in

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Speaker 1: his first game. Thomlinson was a great pickup from the

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Speaker 1: New York Giants so on paper, and that's the reason

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Speaker 1: why Craig you started the Vikings breakdown is they were

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Speaker 1: twenty nine and scoring defense, twenty seven and total defense

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Speaker 1: and twentieth and sacks. So they went out and got

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Speaker 1: better players to add to it. It may take some time,

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Speaker 1: but they I think going into this game they have

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Speaker 1: a better defense than the Titans. They did get after

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Speaker 1: the quarterback on Sunday, Harrison had Harrison Smith had a sack,

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Speaker 1: Daniel Hunter had a sack. Pierce had two sacks, the

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Speaker 1: first two career sack game of his career. So they

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Speaker 1: might have gotten better rushing the quarterback and getting to

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Speaker 1: Joe Burrow on Sunday. And then Eric Kendricks in the

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Speaker 1: middle of that defense. Not just a team best or

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Speaker 1: game high, but how about the most tackles by anyone

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Speaker 1: and the entire National Football League. He had fifteen tackles

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Speaker 1: against the Bengals. And this is someone who a year

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Speaker 1: ago was not on the field for the final five

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Speaker 1: games because of a cap injury. So Kendricks is healthy,

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00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:36,200
Speaker 1: bar not healthy, at least he was not on Sunday.

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00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:39,480
Speaker 1: He did not play, But there is I do think

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00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:42,800
Speaker 1: an upgrade defensively when you look at what the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: are facing here in week two versus what they faced

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Speaker 1: in Week one. Yeah, you know, Kendricks reminds me of

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00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:51,520
Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks or every year they're gonna go get over

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Speaker 1: one hundred tackles. And you know he's a you know,

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Speaker 1: you look at kJ Wright. One thing about you know,

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Speaker 1: playing that linebackerition passes defense, he has eighteen and kJ

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00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 1: Wright had twenty one, So he's not a guy that

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Speaker 1: just rushed the passer. He's very effective going from sideline

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Speaker 1: to sideline. I think he's been a really good player

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Speaker 1: for the Minnesota Vikings. So you definitely have to make

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Speaker 1: sure you find out where he's at because you know,

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Speaker 1: if you go back two fifty to twenty twenty one,

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Speaker 1: I mean he's had six hundred and fifty four tackles. Now,

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Speaker 1: you know, obviously you know Jordan Hicks hasn't played that

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Speaker 1: much when when he was in Philadelphia, but Bobby Wagner

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Speaker 1: at eight sixty two, So this guy's a tackling machine.

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Speaker 1: But he also couldn't deflect passes going over the middle.

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Speaker 1: One name that we briefly touched on, and that would

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00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 1: be the addition of Patrick Peterson wearing number seven the

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Speaker 1: Vikings colors. Yes, it's going to be weird seeing him

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Speaker 1: on the opposite sideline, but how much of an improvement

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Speaker 1: can he make defensively to this team. I know there's

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Speaker 1: videos circulated on social media that he did not look

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Speaker 1: good and your reference Jamar Chase, how successful he was

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Speaker 1: week one. Curious on how they go about with Peterson

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Speaker 1: this week. Does he cover someone, does he shadow of

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins and aj Green? Or do they not move

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Speaker 1: him around and they just play his zone and just say, Patrick,

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Speaker 1: you cover this area of the field. Yeah, and then

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Speaker 1: I'm taking my running back, so I'm going to run

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Speaker 1: it outside the field because he's gonna have to tackle now.

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Speaker 1: He did not give up a touchdown to Jamar Chase.

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Speaker 1: It was just the route that that was just what

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Speaker 1: he got twisted. The ball did not get thrown to

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Speaker 1: him on that place, so he didn't give up any touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: He did have one tackle, So they are targeting the

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Speaker 1: other quarter in Brilon. So again I Joe Borrow throw

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00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:05,120
Speaker 1: the ball well down the field. So but based on

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Speaker 1: the video that he did not give up a touch

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Speaker 1: on that video. Kingsbury was asked specifically about the Peterson

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Speaker 1: storyline as far as do you go and change things

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Speaker 1: or do you go about and figuring out can you

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Speaker 1: attack one player specifically based off of what they have

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Speaker 1: on a defense and regarding Patrick Peterson, Kingsbury quote, I

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00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:29,759
Speaker 1: try to just attack a defense schematically the best way

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Speaker 1: I can and get our best matchups out there. End quote.

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Speaker 1: But if there is a team MJ that knows more

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Speaker 1: about a player than anyone else, it's going to be

801
00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:41,440
Speaker 1: the Cardinals offensive coaches knowing about Patrick Peterson based off

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Speaker 1: what they had the previous three seasons. Excoose me previous

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Speaker 1: two seasons. This year now he's wearing Vikings colors, But

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Speaker 1: it would not surprise me if they look to try

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Speaker 1: to find number seven just to see what he's got.

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Speaker 1: Is it the Patrick Peterson of old or is it

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00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:59,919
Speaker 1: the Patrick Peterson that we saw the past two seasons. Well,

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you this. You know, I know a lot

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Speaker 1: of has been said, how Patrick you can't forget about

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Speaker 1: being in Arizona. But I'll tell you what, Craig, He's

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Speaker 1: a smart guy. He studies a lot of film. He

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Speaker 1: knows some of the tendencies of Kyler Murray. Let's be honest.

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Speaker 1: He was able to pick him off in practice, just

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Speaker 1: like you know the other quarterbacks and cornerbacks were. So

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Speaker 1: he just doesn't have the foot speed, but he has

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Speaker 1: it between the years. He watches a lot of film

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Speaker 1: and he knows some of these tendencies. It's just a

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Speaker 1: matter is he in position to make the play, that's

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Speaker 1: the question. So I do think that he's going to

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Speaker 1: play his zone. But again, if you want to run

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Speaker 1: the football to his side, is he going to stick

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Speaker 1: his nose in there and make the tackle? That's going

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Speaker 1: to be interesting too. But I know that he watches

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Speaker 1: a ton of film and he would have more insight

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Speaker 1: on Kyler Murray than any other defensive back in the

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Speaker 1: National Football League right now. True, it's one thing to

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Speaker 1: have that intil and know what Kyler Murray can do.

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Speaker 1: It's another thing to be on the field when Kyler

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Speaker 1: Murray is doing those things that you know he can do,

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Speaker 1: so well, try to stop him in the open field,

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Speaker 1: keep him in the pocket, keep him contained much easier

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00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,360
Speaker 1: said than done. And you can diagram as many different

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Speaker 1: schemes as you want, but Kyler Murray makes it very

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Speaker 1: difficult on defenses. And do you put an additional player

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Speaker 1: in the box to try to spy Kyler Murray to

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Speaker 1: make sure he doesn't get out and get those ten

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Speaker 1: fifteen twenty yard runs. He had three runs of eight

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Speaker 1: or more yards called back because of penalties last week

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Speaker 1: against the Titans. I don't know how many of those

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Speaker 1: were design runs. There might have been a handful of

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Speaker 1: design runs for him, but he's running when he has

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Speaker 1: no other option, and that's what we want to see,

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Speaker 1: use his legs as a weapon when it becomes this

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Speaker 1: play is not working, My option B or C is

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Speaker 1: for me to get out of the pocket and scramble

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Speaker 1: and run for the first down. Yeah, what I'm gonna

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00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:47,560
Speaker 1: say here is easier said than done. They probably want

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Speaker 1: to keep murraying the pocket and hit him. Now we

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Speaker 1: haven't talked about and I don't want to not include

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00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:55,239
Speaker 1: his name, Everson Griffin. You know, he's a local guy.

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Speaker 1: He's on the depth chair there, so he's another guy

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00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:00,720
Speaker 1: that can rush a passant. But they do have guys

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00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:02,680
Speaker 1: that can win some one on one matchups and that's

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Speaker 1: going to put the offensive line. I'm sure they're looking

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Speaker 1: forward to a challenge. But again, they want to hit

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. They want to slow him down. And it

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Speaker 1: should be noted Kelvin Beacham exiting Sunday's game with a

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Speaker 1: rib injury. He was seen walking off the field as

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Speaker 1: the start of practice began, and according to Kingsbury, Beacham

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Speaker 1: remains day to day and something to keep an eye on,

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Speaker 1: although Justin Murray I thought performed well at right tackle

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Speaker 1: on Sunday the last half of that Week one contest,

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Speaker 1: So just something to keep an eye on. But for

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Speaker 1: the most part, I think the Cardinals are going in

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Speaker 1: one knock on Wood pretty healthy and then number two

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Speaker 1: and better than anything else. Confident because here in Week two,

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Speaker 1: it's not so much about the opponent as it is

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Speaker 1: what the Cardinals do well and fixing them orstakes ie

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Speaker 1: the penalties that happened, especially early in the contest. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and the Cardinals have you know, they Sean Cooler maintained

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Speaker 1: that they want to be able to go too deep.

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Speaker 1: You know, when you get the nine and ten, probably

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Speaker 1: more guys that you're looking to in the future. But

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Speaker 1: they they're top eight guys. I mean they can start,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm sure they can start for other teams

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Speaker 1: or be that swing tackle, so they're comfortable there. You

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Speaker 1: want to have your starters. But we watched in Week

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Speaker 1: one that Brian Winters got a chance to play a

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Speaker 1: little left guard. Obviously, you know Justin Murray came in

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Speaker 1: and played right tackle. He can play a lot of

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Speaker 1: different positions. So you'd like to have your five same starters.

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Speaker 1: But it appears that Coogler's gonna go with the hot

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Speaker 1: hand if somebody's struggling. He has no problem rotating. And

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Speaker 1: it's it's not conventional. But at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: I trust Sean Coogler. He knows that more than anyone else.

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Speaker 1: When it comes to the run game and this offense,

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Speaker 1: well not the offense, it's just the running game. Week

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Speaker 1: two Cardinals hosts the Minnesota Vikings. The game at State

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Speaker 1: Farm Stadium kicks off at one oh five pm eight

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Speaker 1: thirty am. The pregame coverage begins on the Arizona Cardinals

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Speaker 1: radio network Hard MJ. Did we do a good enough

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Speaker 1: job to your satisfaction of turning the complete page to

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Speaker 1: Week two and put now the Tennessee Titans game in

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Speaker 1: the rearview mirror. Yes, when when you start mentioning names

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Speaker 1: and what they can do in their upside and how

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Speaker 1: are you going to attack this defense? And again I

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Speaker 1: thought Joe Burrow did a nice job at me and

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Speaker 1: not thrown for a ton of yards, but they were

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Speaker 1: able to throw the ball on the field. I think

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Speaker 1: that's something the Cardinals have definitely put an emphasis on

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Speaker 1: this year. So yes, when you start talking about names

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Speaker 1: and how are you going to match up with them, Yes,

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Speaker 1: we definitely, And today we talked about the defense, and

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Speaker 1: tomorrow we'll talk about the offense because quite frankly, you know,

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Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook was kind of held in check, but they

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Speaker 1: had an opportunity in overtime he fumbled the football they

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Speaker 1: would have got in field goal range, and maybe they

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Speaker 1: were having a different conversation where Cincinnati wouldn't have got

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Speaker 1: that first win. Quick tease regarding our next show, This

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Speaker 1: Viking offense, not that they look very similar, but as

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Speaker 1: far as the positions where they the deepest and have

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Speaker 1: the biggest name value, very similar to the Titans offense.

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Speaker 1: When you look at quarterback, running back, wide receiver. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you take the quarterback, you take the running back, and

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Speaker 1: you take the two top wide receivers. Very similar to

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Speaker 1: a j. Brown and obviously Julio Jones. Adam Feenland's more

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Speaker 1: of a slot guy. Kind of reminds me of Cooper

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Speaker 1: Cup Cole Beasley. He gets open, he finds seems so

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Speaker 1: as Byn Murphy on there, I think Marco Wilson can

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Speaker 1: hold his own. Justin Jefferson just a great, fantastic story.

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Speaker 1: Obviously a rookie last year. You know, he's a guy

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Speaker 1: that Minnesota invested it in. So that's a good analogy,

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Speaker 1: good comparison because it's similar. Obviously they're all have a

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Speaker 1: little bit different skill sets, but if you're looking at

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Speaker 1: the top two receivers, quarterback and running back, it's very

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Speaker 1: similar to the Titans Vans Joseph speaks to the media

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Speaker 1: on Thursday, the Cardinals defensive coordinator. We will get into

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Speaker 1: how the defense of the Cardinals might try to match

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Speaker 1: or at least move ahead to what they were able

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Speaker 1: to do in Week one too, perhaps equal or best

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Speaker 1: their performance in Week two against the Vikings offense. That's

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Speaker 1: still to come this week. And on that note, let's

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Speaker 1: put a lid on this edition of Cardinals Cover two

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Speaker 1: presented by Hunday, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As always,

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Speaker 1: special thanks to our executive producer Jim Momahundro for Mike Jarecki,

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Speaker 1: I'm Craig Riel Loop. We'll talk to you next time

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Speaker 1: here on Cardinals Cover two