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Speaker 2: So the fifteen of the tener He's Gonna score touchdown.

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Speaker 2: Slam to the ground by Puda Baker Like a torpedo.

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Speaker 2: Here we go, one handed catching a touchdown?

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Speaker 3: Oh baby, how's that fail?

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Speaker 1: Here's Craig Griolou, Paul Calvic, and three time pro bowler

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Speaker 1: Kyle Vandenbosch.

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Speaker 4: So it is the last week of the offseason for

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Speaker 4: coaches and players, and it might be the week in

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Speaker 4: which the most eyeballs are on the offseason. Welcome to

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Speaker 4: Mandatory mini camp. In other words, your presence is required,

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Speaker 4: and that is where we are here because every Tuesday

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Speaker 4: at eleven am, your presence is required here on the

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Speaker 4: Cardinals Red Seat Report, presented by see Geek your ticket

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Speaker 4: to Great Seats. Cardinals Coaches and players Paul as we

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Speaker 4: speak on the football field just behind Kylevin and Bosh

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Speaker 4: for mandatory mini camp. Not everyone on the field, but

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Speaker 4: I dare say that everyone is at somewhere in this building,

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Speaker 4: whether in the training room, weight room, or football field.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, this is a room with a view. Well done,

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Speaker 2: Craig Graelou. I mean, my goodness, you spend a big bucks.

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Speaker 2: We got the upper floor with a nice view of

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Speaker 2: both practice fields and a Cardinal's mandatory mini camp going

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Speaker 2: on as we speak or are fresh off that practice field.

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Speaker 2: There are plenty of takeaways and sites to see. I

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Speaker 2: know we'll get into all of that, but I tell you,

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Speaker 2: among other things, when a Cole mc James Connor and

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Speaker 2: a DJ Humphries and Will Hernandez say that we're going

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Speaker 2: to run the ball more, believe them. Believe them based

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Speaker 2: on what we've seen.

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Speaker 4: This is something that Kyle, You've always talked about that

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Speaker 4: all off season activities, at least for you, especially when

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Speaker 4: you were a player, was mandatory. But this is the

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Speaker 4: week that everyone points to because it is that last

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Speaker 4: week before you basically say goodbye for five and a

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Speaker 4: half weeks until the start of training camp.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it would be nice to know that everybody is

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Speaker 5: here because everybody's moving forward at the same page, and

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Speaker 5: everybody wants to, you know, get everything worked out, to

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Speaker 5: get the offense in the defense, in prepare mentally physically

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Speaker 5: for training camp, find out where we're at, what we

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Speaker 5: need to continue to work on once training camp starts.

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Speaker 5: But I mean, the fact is some players just don't

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Speaker 5: want to be fine, so that's why they're here. But

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Speaker 5: you know, whatever you got to do to get people

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Speaker 5: in the building. But you know, I love the energy,

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Speaker 5: I love the vibe that I've seen up to this

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Speaker 5: point in the offseason, and you can expect that this

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Speaker 5: mini camp will those things will continue, that you'll hear

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Speaker 5: the excitement in the player's voices, that you'll hear the

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Speaker 5: vision from the coaches, and and you know it's it's

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Speaker 5: gonna feel like six months before training camp because you know,

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Speaker 5: to me as a player, you know, you after that

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Speaker 5: last mini camp, you get to kind of catch your breath,

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Speaker 5: you get to assess where you're at, figure out what

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Speaker 5: you need to do before training camp. But as a

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Speaker 5: analyst and a broadcaster and doing radio, it seems like

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Speaker 5: this is the worst part of the off season because

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Speaker 5: there's just no football to talk about in front of you.

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Speaker 4: It's no pads, not full speed. But it is offense

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Speaker 4: phase three of off season strength and conditioning program. But

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Speaker 4: let's not talk any more around it. Let's just dive

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Speaker 4: right in. Buddha Baker number three. We were told by

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Speaker 4: twelve Sports, that he would be in attendance during mandatory

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Speaker 4: He would be here because he had not been a

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Speaker 4: According to reports, he's asked for a trade. Well, the

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Speaker 4: latest on that was just twenty four hours earlier. Gem

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Speaker 6: Buddha was here. You know, we expected Buddha to be

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Speaker 4: The rest of the week in the building, but as

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Speaker 4: we did not see Buddha Baker, but if you go

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Speaker 4: buy what the general manager told Wolf and the Luk

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Speaker 3: We just might not see him on the football field.

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Speaker 2: And now what's part of that interview filling in for

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Speaker 2: Luke and I can just I bring that up because

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Speaker 2: it was the tone of the answers from the GM.

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Speaker 2: It was all positive. It was optimistic. Buddha wants to

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Speaker 2: be with the Cardinals. The Cardinals want Buddha to be

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Speaker 2: part of the future. He is part of the future.

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Speaker 2: He's part of the solution, not part of the problem.

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Speaker 2: They just have to figure it out. It's gonna come

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Speaker 2: down to the negotiations and where they're going to land

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Speaker 2: other particulars. I'm guessing how much of it is guaranteed,

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Speaker 2: what are they going to do to renegotiate it. It's

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Speaker 2: sort of that fine line between if you're the GM

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Speaker 2: down this situation by a franchise player, how do you

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Speaker 2: decide between a player who's worthy versus setting a precedent

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Speaker 2: once again, there aren't many players like Buddha Baker in

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Speaker 4: Buddha is under contract for this season and next season.

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Speaker 4: None of those years have any guaranteed money on it.

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Speaker 4: Although let's let's point out the obvious. You're not going

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Speaker 4: what he is owed in twenty twenty three. Once he's

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Speaker 4: it's you've got two years. Typically, this is a conversation

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Speaker 4: I'm very curious what the team decides to do, if anything,

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Speaker 4: based off of we all love and respect Budda Baker

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Speaker 5: Yeah, something's gonna happen. I mean, when you hear Manteasin

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Speaker 5: Fortz say that negotiations are progressing and moving forward, these

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Speaker 5: conversations wouldn't be occurring and there wouldn't be progress. And look,

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Speaker 5: you know, we talked so much about this culture that

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Speaker 5: Jonathan Gannon has brought in. Buddha Baker is your culture.

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Speaker 5: I mean he is you know. I remember playing for

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Speaker 5: Coach Swartz and Detroit and he consistently said to be

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Speaker 5: a good team, your best players have to be your

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Speaker 5: hardest workers and your best leaders. And that is Buddha Baker.

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Speaker 5: He is your hardest worker. He is your best leader.

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Speaker 5: I mean he is a pro bowler, he is an

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Speaker 5: All Pro he is a captain, and just the fact, look,

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Speaker 5: he's not out on the football field. In an ideal world,

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Speaker 5: he would be out there with his teammates. But just

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Speaker 5: seeing him in the building, it lifts up everybody in

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Speaker 5: this roster's favorite teammate and just having him around shows

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Speaker 5: you know, look, he's in. We just got to get

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Speaker 5: some of these things ironed out. Look, players, you understand

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Speaker 5: this process, the players in that locker room. You don't

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Speaker 5: love it, you know, you don't always agree with some

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Speaker 5: when push comes to shove, your dogs are gonna be there.

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Speaker 5: And Buddha Baker is a dog and he will be

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Speaker 5: a part of this team in the fall one way

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Speaker 5: or another. And you know this is what this window

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Speaker 5: after mini camps, look, Mani Assinford has in Jonathan Gannon

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Speaker 5: since they've been hired, have had a whirlwind of things

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Speaker 4: Buddha has been made the example whether it was the

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Speaker 4: general manager or the head coach, as far as this

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Speaker 4: is what this is the type of player, this is

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Speaker 4: the type of person that we want in the building.

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Speaker 4: We hope to hear more about Buddha Baker and not

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Speaker 4: Head coach Jonathan Gannon will address reporters once practice ends again.

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Speaker 4: Mini can't practice currently still in progress as we speak

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Speaker 4: here on this Tuesday morning. But Kyle, you bring up culture, Well,

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Speaker 4: that was a subject that was brought up when DJ

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Speaker 7: You got to get off the pot. If you don't

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Speaker 7: buy in, you're gonna be gone. So it's like, you

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Speaker 7: know what I mean, that's the mentality. It's it's pretty simple.

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Speaker 7: Guys can smell it and it happened. It's clear, very clear.

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Speaker 7: It ain't a lot of like baby in and showing favoritism.

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Speaker 7: If you don't want to do it, you don't gotta

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Speaker 7: and you're just gonna be sad about it after because

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Speaker 7: that's that's the mentality. So I think guys are seeing

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Speaker 7: that and the understanding that this you do it or

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Speaker 7: you don't. Ever you can tell everything matters, and it

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Speaker 7: is for me, being an older guys, I love to

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Speaker 4: I'm guessing Kyle, that's a message that you understand. You've

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Speaker 4: probably heard several times over your career, because if it's you,

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, That's part of the message of culture. But look,

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Speaker 5: if you're going to have a good team, you can't

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Speaker 5: just assemble talent. You can't just bring in coaching geniuses.

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Speaker 5: Culture alone can win and lose games for you. If

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Speaker 5: you have a good culture, if you buy in, if

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Speaker 5: you dial into the fundamentals and the game plan and

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Speaker 5: that's your culture. If your culture is work, if your

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Speaker 5: culture is being physical, those things alone can win you

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Speaker 5: a game in week eight, in week thirteen, whereas more

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Speaker 5: talented teams will take the field, they didn't practice hard,

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Speaker 5: they didn't dial in, they didn't they don't have this

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Speaker 5: type of culture it takes to be consistent. The culture

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Speaker 5: that's where this team is moving forward. Look, we're going

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Speaker 5: to continue to assemble talent on this team. I believe

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Speaker 2: And guys, we've talked about this. There was mistake Leyden

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Speaker 6: Network, Detroit. Hey, okay, so so twelve go ahead, twelve

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Speaker 4: Who was not on the edge of their seats watching

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Speaker 4: Paul Monni needs a nickname, and there's a number of

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Speaker 2: I mean more than a month later, just watching it

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Speaker 2: He's gonna put his game on display for everyone. He

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Speaker 2: Let's make a decision. But this is something that was

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Speaker 4: It's rare, Kyle, to know what happened and then still

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Speaker 5: Oh, this is no question. I rewatched it again this

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Speaker 6: You know, we had a few things that we were juggling.

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Speaker 5: rolling and have the people in place doing the things

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Speaker 5: he wants them to do. So you know, this was

436
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Speaker 5: kind of a it was a trial balloon with a

437
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Speaker 5: mixture of the two systems. When he's got his scouting

438
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Speaker 5: department doing it the way he wants to do it

439
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Speaker 5: next year, it will be run even smoother than it

440
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Speaker 5: looked on flight plan this year.

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Speaker 3: And again, this is a first time general manager.

442
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Speaker 4: It's not like it's the first time that he's been

443
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Speaker 4: in a draft room, but the first time in which

444
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Speaker 4: all eyes are on you, and that that's a different

445
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Speaker 4: kind of feeling internally, when the spotlight is shine and

446
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Speaker 4: all of a sudden, it's like, okay, here are the keys,

447
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Speaker 4: It's on you.

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Speaker 2: And look, all the attention goes on Paris Johnson Junior,

449
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Speaker 2: and I fully expect him to contend for a starting

450
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Speaker 2: spot on this offensive line from day one. But if

451
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Speaker 2: you really want to build a team and a roster,

452
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Speaker 2: it's day two and three. And I would say, and

453
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Speaker 2: you guys can agree or disagree based on everything we've

454
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Speaker 2: seen in the OTAs and now today in mini camp,

455
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Speaker 2: players like Dante Stills, the d Lyman out of West

456
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Speaker 2: Virginia in round six, the corner key Troll Clark out

457
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Speaker 2: of Louisville in round six as well. These guys, these

458
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Speaker 2: guys are are factors, I think, and those are two

459
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Speaker 2: position groups of need, but I think they're going to

460
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Speaker 2: be part of the rotation and really threatening.

461
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Speaker 4: Camp nine player draft class in twenty twenty three all

462
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Speaker 4: can be contributors this season.

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Speaker 3: This is the Arizona Cardinals Rightio Network ten thirty, ten twenty.

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Speaker 2: And the fifteen to ten cut down. Kyler Murray, you

465
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Speaker 2: are ridiculous, Urry Madgick. Nasty is as nasty does.

466
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Speaker 3: And we all know that Kyler Murray is nasty.

467
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Speaker 4: The stuff you see in dreams and in video games.

468
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we're gonna have a great relationship.

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Speaker 8: You know. He's he's a direct reflection of me. The

470
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Speaker 8: vision that we have for him is to maximize his

471
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Speaker 8: skill set. You say, well, that's kind of general.

472
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Speaker 2: No, it's not.

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Speaker 8: He can throw it over your head. He can beat

474
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Speaker 8: you on first, second, and third level throwing it, and

475
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Speaker 8: he can beat you on the first, second, third level

476
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Speaker 8: running it.

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Speaker 4: Question again, though, is when we will see that happen

478
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Speaker 4: in twenty twenty three Kyle the Murray head coach Jonathan Gannon. Yeah,

479
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,760
Speaker 4: that relationship is happening, but it is happening away from

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Speaker 4: the field of play here this offseason, as we say,

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Speaker 4: welcome to the second half of the Cardinals Red Sea

482
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Speaker 4: Report presented by seat Geek your ticket to Great Seats,

483
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Speaker 4: Craig Reyolu, Paul Calvici, and Kyle Vinnenbosch. The second half

484
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Speaker 4: here talking about the offense, also with an eye on

485
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Speaker 4: head coach Jonathan Gannon as the first mini camp practice

486
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Speaker 4: has wrapped up, so.

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Speaker 3: We'll see if we get any updates i e.

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Speaker 4: Buddha Baker or anything else that the head coach might

489
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Speaker 4: have to say when he speaks with reporters. But just

490
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Speaker 4: that conversation between quarterback and head coach, Kyle, that's the

491
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Speaker 4: relationship that is the utmost of a importance, regardless of

492
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Speaker 4: whether it's an offensive minded head coach or a defensive

493
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Speaker 4: minded head coach, because your success and failure as a

494
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Speaker 4: head coach rests on the shoulders of whoever is taking snaps.

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Speaker 5: Oh, you're absolutely right, and that relationship needs to there

496
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Speaker 5: needs to be respect that flows both ways. And I

497
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Speaker 5: think you can hear that when you hear Kyler talker.

498
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Speaker 5: You can hear that when here Jonathan Gannon. They respect

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Speaker 5: each other. And I think you know when when you

500
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Speaker 5: look at the two the thing, the common thread is

501
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Speaker 5: they are both ultra competitive, like all they want to

502
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Speaker 5: do is whatever it takes to win. And you know,

503
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Speaker 5: Kyler Murray, you can see how much of a competitor

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Speaker 5: he is, how hard he's worked this offseason to try

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Speaker 5: to get back. Now saying that, like you know, I

506
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Speaker 5: know it's going to be a common constant refrain talking

507
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Speaker 5: about his health. When is he going to be back?

508
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Speaker 5: When is he going to be back? When is he

509
00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,080
Speaker 5: going to be back? The most important thing and you

510
00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:59,000
Speaker 5: win a as a player. Again, I've talked about this

511
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Speaker 5: with coach Gannon, and you need to know that your

512
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Speaker 5: head coach, that your coordinator and your position coach have

513
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Speaker 5: your best interest in heart and They've never rushed this process.

514
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Speaker 5: You've never heard a sense of urgency in their voices, like,

515
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,120
Speaker 5: you know, we just need to get him out there

516
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,920
Speaker 5: and get him out on the field as soon as possible.

517
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Speaker 5: They care about the player, and in turn, the player

518
00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:28,080
Speaker 5: is invested, like you will do what it takes for

519
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Speaker 5: your coach and for your team when you know that

520
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Speaker 5: everybody around you wants the best for you, and in turn,

521
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:36,840
Speaker 5: you will invest back in the team. And I love

522
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Speaker 5: their relationship. I love how you know. One of the

523
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Speaker 5: first things at Jonathan Gannon's introductory press conference talked about,

524
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Speaker 5: you know, the reason I took this job was because

525
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Speaker 5: of Kyler Murray. It wasn't I took this job and

526
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Speaker 5: I inherited Kyler Murray. It is I wanted to be

527
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Speaker 5: here because of him and just the support that they've

528
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Speaker 5: shown him through this process, because look, you know, I've

529
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Speaker 5: been there. Injuries and rehab is a long, lonely process

530
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 5: and you feel like you're not a part of the team.

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Speaker 5: But they've done everything they can to involve him, to

532
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 5: engage him, to let him know that when you return,

533
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Speaker 5: this is You've got the keys to the car, and

534
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Speaker 5: we're gonna be there. And we're gonna support you.

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Speaker 4: Surgery was January third, so we're a little bit more

536
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,760
Speaker 4: than five months into that rehab host surgery. And we've

537
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Speaker 4: seen Kyleer Murray spotted on the football field. Haven't seen

538
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:27,639
Speaker 4: him do anything, but he does have the walkie talking

539
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,520
Speaker 4: in hand, meaning he is listening to whether it's the

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Speaker 4: head coach or offensive coordinator Drew Petsing relay in the

541
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Speaker 4: calls to the quarterbacks that are healthy enough and throwing

542
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Speaker 4: on the field. So you're getting those, as we say,

543
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Speaker 4: the mental reps versus the physical reps.

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Speaker 2: We don't know. We don't know. Will he be back

545
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Speaker 2: in September, Will he be back after Halloween. We're not sure.

546
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Speaker 2: What we do know is that when he comes back,

547
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,200
Speaker 2: he still has one of the most unique skill sets

548
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 2: in the NFL. NFL Network the other day had to

549
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,639
Speaker 2: replay at Cardinals Seahawks Week nine State Farm Stadium from

550
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Speaker 2: this past season. I'm not exactly sure why, but that

551
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,160
Speaker 2: was the game where the Cardinals finally had a touchdown

552
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,600
Speaker 2: drive in their very first possession and as part of

553
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,679
Speaker 2: that drive, it was third and long and Kyler ripped

554
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Speaker 2: off a big old chunk run right play broke down,

555
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,600
Speaker 2: he took off. He's one of the few quarterbacks, one

556
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,680
Speaker 2: of the few players in the NFL who can do that.

557
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,439
Speaker 2: And just the frustration in the Seattle defense where you

558
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,439
Speaker 2: think you've got everything covered and then the Q takes

559
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,600
Speaker 2: off and reaches the chains and then boom, continues the

560
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Speaker 2: drive and ended up with the DeAndre Hopkins touchdown, catch

561
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Speaker 2: and run. It just I'm very curious to see what

562
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Speaker 2: Drew Petson and Jonathan Gannon have in mind, especially gain

563
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Speaker 2: in the last two years with the Jalen Hurts, Drew Petson,

564
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Speaker 2: what is able to do with the Jacoby Brissett and

565
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,560
Speaker 2: the Deshaun Watson and then the run game. You know

566
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,120
Speaker 2: what a Nick Chubb and we've heard those comparisons to

567
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:53,480
Speaker 2: a James Connor, just everything blending into one. But this offense,

568
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Speaker 2: once you get Kyler Murray back, will be very, very

569
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Speaker 2: unique because there's only one Kyler Murray on this Until

570
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Speaker 2: you get them back, you can maximize what you're going

571
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Speaker 2: to do offensively.

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Speaker 4: You brought up Drew Petsing. Let's hear from the Cardinals

573
00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 4: offensive coordinator on his quarterback absorbing the offense, but just

574
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:12,760
Speaker 4: not on the football field.

575
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Speaker 9: It's a language, So he's got to learn to speak

576
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,920
Speaker 9: the language and understand the language to make sure that

577
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,239
Speaker 9: when he does hit the field, he's not thinking about that,

578
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,920
Speaker 9: because if he's thinking about that and performance, the performance

579
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Speaker 9: will struggle. Whereas if he can get the language down

580
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Speaker 9: and the understanding of the reads and the footwork and

581
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Speaker 9: what we're asking him to do, his physical talent's there.

582
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Speaker 9: I think we've all seen that, So we got to

583
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Speaker 9: be able to let that take over, and I think

584
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Speaker 9: he's really embraced that. You know, it's not always the

585
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:37,760
Speaker 9: called the sexy work, but it's really important to go

586
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Speaker 9: out there and perform on Sunday, and he's done a

587
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Speaker 9: great job of it.

588
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Speaker 4: So until Kyler returns, you've got Colt McCoy, you've got

589
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Speaker 4: Jeff driscoll, you've got David Bloud, you've got Clayton Tone.

590
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,280
Speaker 4: You fit the round draft pick from this past draft.

591
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Speaker 4: So you have four healthy quarterbacks. The question is what

592
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Speaker 4: do you do with those four healthy quarterbacks. We all

593
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 4: assume that if Kyler is not going to be ready,

594
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Speaker 4: then it would be the veteran in that room, Colt

595
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Speaker 4: McCoy as your Week one starter. So it's a cumbent

596
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Speaker 4: upon him and everyone else to learn the offense. Here's

597
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Speaker 4: Colts on what he is doing here as he gets

598
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Speaker 4: ready to enter year fourteen in the National Football League.

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Speaker 10: You know, my number one priority is learning the system, right,

600
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Speaker 10: It's it's new, it's different. There's things as a quarterback

601
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Speaker 10: that you got to know that other people don't. So

602
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:27,600
Speaker 10: there's a lot of thinking going on out on the

603
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Speaker 10: field and a lot of like, first time I'm seeing

604
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Speaker 10: play is okay, like you know, understanding and processing it,

605
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Speaker 10: and then in my mind, like I don't know if

606
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Speaker 10: Kyler's gonna be healthy or not. You know, I think

607
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Speaker 10: we all certainly hope that he is, but if he's not,

608
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Speaker 10: I'm one hundred percent gonna be ready to go.

609
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Speaker 4: You hear Colt mentioned that he's doing things that maybe

610
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Speaker 4: he hasn't done in a while, Kyle, or hasn't done

611
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Speaker 4: in a long time. But he has been on so

612
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 4: many different teams, been a part of so many different systems.

613
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Speaker 4: But just listening to hear him speak, yeah, he'll be

614
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Speaker 4: thirty seven when the season begins, but he's sounds like

615
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 4: a youngster because this is all new, and he almost

616
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 4: feels like there's a renewed energy within himself that yeah,

617
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 4: I perhaps maybe could have walked away at the end

618
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 4: of last season, but no, I still love this game.

619
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Speaker 3: I love to play. I want to be on the

620
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Speaker 3: football field.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and you just love I love hearing Colt McCoy

622
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:21,880
Speaker 5: talk like he If you could write down a list

623
00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 5: of characteristics of what you want your backup quarterback to

624
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:28,520
Speaker 5: look like, sound like, and how to carry himself, it

625
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 5: is Colt McCoy. I mean, he shows support for the starter. Look,

626
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,800
Speaker 5: he knows his role. His role is to be ready

627
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 5: at the drop of a hat, any moment, anytime during

628
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:40,880
Speaker 5: the season. He needs to be ready. And you can

629
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:44,520
Speaker 5: be confident that if Kyler Murray were healthy and he

630
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Speaker 5: were starting Game one, Colt McCoy would not prepare any

631
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 5: different than he's preparing now. And again, I know we've

632
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 5: talked about this, We talked about this last week. He

633
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 5: has done everything and he has seen everything. He's been

634
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:02,360
Speaker 5: in the league long enough, and that's that's not the

635
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:06,880
Speaker 5: case with every veteran backup. You know, it's he is

636
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:12,000
Speaker 5: a smart, smart quarterback, like he knows every in and

637
00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:14,800
Speaker 5: out of the game. And just hearing him talk about

638
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 5: how you know, I need to see more than any

639
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 5: other player on the football field. I need to know

640
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 5: what my ex Y and Z receiver, how they line up,

641
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,960
Speaker 5: what their motions are, what they're doing versus various coverages

642
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 5: on every single play. And you could be confident again

643
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 5: that if it's Colt McCoy week one, he will be

644
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:37,880
Speaker 5: fully prepared. And again, the thing I love about listening

645
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 5: to him, it doesn't matter if if he was told

646
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,160
Speaker 5: you're going to be the backup game one, he's going

647
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,800
Speaker 5: to prepare the same. And so just as a coach

648
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,680
Speaker 5: and as a coaching staff, you have that security blanket

649
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,320
Speaker 5: knowing that your number two will always be dialed into

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Speaker 5: the game play and your number two will always be

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Speaker 5: ready whenever called upon.

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Speaker 2: Think about it, Kyler Murray from day one was QB one,

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Speaker 2: never had a chance to actually sit behind a veteran

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Speaker 2: watch learn. Do you guys think there's value in that?

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Speaker 2: If Colt is the starter week one, first month, Kyler

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Speaker 2: gets to sit and watch a little bit. And I wonder,

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Speaker 2: especially in a more complex offense, theoretically, then I wonder

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Speaker 2: if that's a benefit to Kyler Murray learning.

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Speaker 4: In the classroom and then taking what you learn out

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Speaker 8: The vision of how I want to play defense and

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Speaker 8: how I want the defensive players to act and the

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Speaker 8: coaches to serve the players. He had that vision. He

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Speaker 8: shared that vision with me. Very high capacity, very high character,

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Speaker 8: which where those were the two most important part of

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Speaker 8: pieces for me hiring coaches. And he has those and

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Speaker 8: complete faith in Nick to run the defense.

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Speaker 4: The nick is Nick rawlis new Cardinals defensive coordinator and

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Speaker 4: why he was hired, according to head coach Jonathan Gannon.

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Speaker 4: As we continue here on the Cardinals Red Sea Report

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Speaker 4: presented by seed Geek, your ticket to great seats before

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Speaker 4: we get into rawless and what we anticipate that this

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Speaker 4: defense might look like. We did say at the onset

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Speaker 4: that we would give you any updates. When JG addressed

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Speaker 4: the media concerning Buddha Baker and the news is this, Yes,

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Speaker 4: Buddha is in the building with quote a smile on

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Speaker 4: his face.

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Speaker 3: Not on the field.

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Speaker 4: Don't know if he'll be on the field on Wednesday,

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Speaker 4: because in the words of the head coach, the team

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Speaker 4: and Buddha are quote working on some things. And that

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Speaker 4: is from the social media accounts of our colleague Darren

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Speaker 4: urban at cards chatter as far as where things stand

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Speaker 4: between team and player. But when we talk about the

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Speaker 4: player Buddha Baker within this defense, Kyle, we know what

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Speaker 4: we've seen.

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Speaker 3: From Buddha Baker.

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Speaker 4: Regardless of who the defensive coordinator is, You're gonna find

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Speaker 4: somewhere to put him on this football field and utilize

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Speaker 4: his skill sets, whether that's in the back end or

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Speaker 4: maybe closer to the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you don't find a place for Buddha Baker. You

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Speaker 5: build your defense around a player like Buddha Baker. I mean,

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Speaker 5: he is your You know, through the history of the league,

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Speaker 5: there's been a handful of safeties that the quarterback has

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Speaker 5: to account for pre snap every single play. You got

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Speaker 5: to find out where he is and with a player

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Speaker 5: like Buddha Baker, the way he plays and the way

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Speaker 5: he closes, it doesn't really matter if you know where

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Speaker 5: he is pre snap, because as soon as the ball

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Speaker 5: is snapped, he can go sidelined a sideline in the

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Speaker 5: blink of an eye. And and so you know, I again,

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Speaker 5: you know, look, this is all the business side of it.

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Speaker 5: This team knows how important a player like Buddha Baker

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Speaker 5: is not just to this defense, but is to any defense.

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Speaker 5: Like you could drop him on the field on any

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Speaker 5: defense in the NFL and he will be a difference maker.

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Speaker 5: So you know, it's all encouraging. It's it's good news

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Speaker 5: that he's here. It's good news that these conversations are continuing.

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Speaker 5: It's good news that it seems again Jonathan Gannon has

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Speaker 5: a good relationship with him, that they're able to talk

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Speaker 5: through things and that things are moving forward.

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Speaker 2: Really intrigued by how Nick Rolis and Jonathan Gannon are

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Speaker 2: going to utilize a Buddha Baker and Isaiah Simmons a

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Speaker 2: Zaban Collins. These are all playmakers, difference makers, at least

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Speaker 2: theoretically the latter two should be. How are they going

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Speaker 2: to be utilized? What did these coaches see in those players.

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Speaker 2: Where will they build their scheme around those guys in

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Speaker 2: what manner? What will be their job description? These are

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Speaker 2: all things that we're really curious to see. Jonathan Annon

728
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Speaker 2: has to say an adapt or die. He ran an

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Speaker 2: Eagles defense last year that led the NFL in sacks

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Speaker 2: by a wide margin. They had seventy sacks, fifteen more

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Speaker 2: than any other team, and by his own admission, we

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Speaker 2: didn't blitz because we didn't need to. Now eighteen year,

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Speaker 2: thirty six sacks walked out the door and JJ Wadden

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Speaker 2: Zach Allen, So what does that mean? Are they gonna

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Speaker 2: have to use a blitz heavy scheme to get to

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Speaker 2: the quarterback again? Adapt or die? This is a totally

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Speaker 2: different roster on the defensive side of things. They don't

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Speaker 2: have nearly the front defensive line talent that the Eagles

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Speaker 2: had last year. So what does that mean? What's it

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Speaker 2: going to look like? How are they gonna call the defense?

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Speaker 2: These are all things we're waiting to find out.

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Speaker 4: Then we're asking anyone and everyone to give us kind

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Speaker 4: of an update, including JT. Thompson as far as what

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Speaker 4: this team might look like. Jalen Thompson on the Nick

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Speaker 4: Rolis defense.

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Speaker 5: I like it.

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Speaker 11: It's a little different than last year, you know what

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Speaker 11: I mean. I feel like this year it's kind of

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Speaker 11: a little bit more. He lets the players be a

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Speaker 11: little more free out there, you know what I mean,

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Speaker 11: maybe not so robody, I feel like, And I feel

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Speaker 11: like that's gonna lead to more plays being made.

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Speaker 4: When you hear that, Kyle, allowing the players to be free,

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Speaker 4: maybe more in control once they know what they're supposed

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Speaker 4: to do, what their assignment is, but maybe a little

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Speaker 4: bit more reacting as opposed to thinking and all of

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Speaker 4: a sudden, the wait a second, no, according to this

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Speaker 4: I'm supposed to be over here. But if you're playing

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Speaker 4: within the play, maybe all of a sudden, to Jalen's point,

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Speaker 4: more plays are being made as opposed to watching them

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Speaker 4: behind you.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: And I don't know what that looks like, but you know,

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Speaker 5: from things we've heard, it seems like roles are more

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Speaker 5: clearly defined and your responsibilities are a little bit simpler,

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Speaker 5: like you've only got, you know, a couple of keys,

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Speaker 5: and you just go. And that's when, particularly on defense,

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Speaker 5: when you stop thinking and you just let your playmakers

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Speaker 5: go make plays and and you know, a lot of

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Speaker 5: it is the attitude, the tone you said again, the

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Speaker 5: culture of Look, I just want you to play fast,

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Speaker 5: be violent, play hard, and if you make a mistake,

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Speaker 5: you make it one hundred miles per hour. Because if

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Speaker 5: you're sitting on your heels and you're hesitating and you're

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Speaker 5: trying to you know, always analyze things before you go,

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Speaker 5: you're not going to be a good defense. You need

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Speaker 5: to just let your players go. And it sounds like

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Speaker 5: that's again hearing we've heard things like this before, but

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Speaker 5: hearing this from Jalen Thompson about this defense because offense

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Speaker 5: is different than defense. Like offense, everybody has to do

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Speaker 5: exactly the right thing in order for a play to work.

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Speaker 2: Defense.

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Speaker 5: Quite frankly, look, there can be breakdowns and you might

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Speaker 5: not see it, but if your guys are playing fast

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Speaker 5: and they're playing hard, players will make up for other players'

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Speaker 5: mistakes at times. So that's a good attitude and a

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Speaker 5: good culture. And that's what makes a good defense, is

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Speaker 5: being fast and aggressive.

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Speaker 2: When I hear Jailen Thompson say letting the players be

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Speaker 2: a little more, I read that as less is more

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Speaker 2: in terms of the scheme, in terms of different as

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Speaker 2: sign and space to what an offense does. I just

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Speaker 2: think on both sides of the ball, you're gonna see

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Speaker 2: a coaching staff that's gonna try and simplify things. Is

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Speaker 2: it new? Is there a learning curve?

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Speaker 3: Yes?

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Speaker 2: But once they master the scheme and the playbook on

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Speaker 2: both sides of the ball, I just get the sense

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Speaker 2: reading between the lines talking to different players and coaches

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Speaker 2: that less is more as a mantra that they're going

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Speaker 2: to try and simplify things for everyone on either side

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Speaker 2: of the ball.

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Speaker 4: Well, that one player that maybe needs everything simplified the

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Speaker 4: most considering everything he's done in the past, and that

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Speaker 4: within the defense is Isaiah Simmons.

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Speaker 3: What the plan is for him? Here?

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Speaker 4: Is Nick Rolis on with Wolf and Luke as far

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Speaker 4: as the idea behind letting Isaiah just master one position first.

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Speaker 12: When you first rob, you say, oh my god, this

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Speaker 12: guy can do this, this guy can do this, this

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Speaker 12: guy can do this, this guy can do this, and

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Speaker 12: it's a hang on. Is that fair to the player? Right,

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Speaker 12: Let's make sure that whatever we ask him to do first,

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Speaker 12: he masters it. Yes, But every guy, especially with a

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Speaker 12: new scheme, needs a chance to get really comfortable with

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Speaker 12: what is that one assignment in this call, in this call,

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Speaker 12: in this call, I think if you try to master

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Speaker 12: too many things initially at once, you don't master any

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Speaker 12: of them.

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Speaker 3: And what is that one position? First? In real time?

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Speaker 4: Isaiah Simmons addressing reporters post practice and our colleague Danny

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Speaker 4: Sirek on social media, saying, Simmons confirms he is going

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Speaker 4: to be a defensive back this season. Master that first

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Speaker 4: and then utilize his.

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Speaker 3: Skill set elsewhere.

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Speaker 4: But we've seen it now for more than a year,

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Speaker 4: Kyle Simmons has been working with the safety position and

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Speaker 4: that has not changed since the new coaching staff has arrived. Now,

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Speaker 4: master the back end before we see you, maybe more

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Speaker 4: closer to the line of scrimmage or maybe back inside

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Speaker 4: the box.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and I think that's the right approach really for

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Speaker 5: any player. But a player with you know, so many

834
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Speaker 5: physical skills, like Isaiah Simmons, you don't want to hand

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Speaker 5: him a playbook and say no, all of these positions.

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Speaker 5: You know you you want to again just reiterating what

837
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Speaker 5: he was talking about, get him to master one thing,

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Speaker 5: and once he gets it, you can add this, add

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Speaker 5: another thing. Add Okay, now we're going to put you

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Speaker 5: up on the line of scrimmage, playing bump and run

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Speaker 5: on the slot, or now we can blitz you off

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Speaker 5: the edge, or now we can at times in certain

843
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:30,000
Speaker 5: packages put you back at inside linebacker, or you know,

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Speaker 5: it's it seemed like, you know, he last year he

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00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:37,560
Speaker 5: was sold to us as a solution to all of

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Speaker 5: the problems of the defense. And you know, that's a

847
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Speaker 5: lot to put on any player, let alone a young player.

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Speaker 5: And I don't know that, you know, looking at what

849
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:47,600
Speaker 5: he did in college and looking at what he did

850
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:49,960
Speaker 5: the first couple of years in the league, he was

851
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 5: never really put at one position and said learn this,

852
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Speaker 5: perfect this, get your footwork, get your eyes in the

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00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:58,160
Speaker 5: right place, use your hands like this. He's just always been,

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Speaker 5: you know, because sometimes coaches look at a player and say, man,

855
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:05,239
Speaker 5: this kid can do so much, but they don't ever

856
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,520
Speaker 5: get really good at one thing. And you know, I

857
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:10,719
Speaker 5: love this approach. Let's take a step back, Let's get excellent.

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00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:14,880
Speaker 5: You know, learn this position, study other players at this position,

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00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,120
Speaker 5: and once you get that, then we can start to

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Speaker 5: add some more things to his plate.

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Speaker 4: And within that position, whether it's maybe sometimes rushing as

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00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:27,040
Speaker 4: we've seen Buddha Baker corner blitz or whatever. But we've

863
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Speaker 4: seen now for the better part of two seasons, Isaiah

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Speaker 4: Simmons predominantly play more in the back end or covering

865
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Speaker 4: someone that's coming across the middle.

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Speaker 2: And covering the tight end. Obviously, he has the size,

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Speaker 2: he has the speed. You know, we remember the famous words.

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Speaker 2: He was drafted to cover the tight end by the

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Speaker 2: decision makers at the time, and in a lot of weeks,

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Speaker 2: you know that's gonna be one of the top receiving threats.

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Speaker 2: If it's a game of matchups, Isaiah Simmons needs to

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Speaker 2: be that guy they can consistently put on the opposing

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Speaker 2: tight end. So but look, you know I fall into

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Speaker 2: that group of guilty parties when his first couple of

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Speaker 2: years in the league, you're thinking, man, ideally, Isaiah Simmons,

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Speaker 2: he's the guy the quarterback looks for first once he

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Speaker 2: breaks the huddle. Where's number nine lined up? Now? Is

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Speaker 2: he off the edge? Is he playing center field? Is

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Speaker 2: he coming between the A gaps? So what we've seen

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Speaker 2: is guess what. That has rendered him a less than

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Speaker 2: effective player at times. See if he can just be

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Speaker 2: that one guy at one position, a six.

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Speaker 4: Foot four to two hundred and thirty eight pound defensive back.

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Speaker 4: That's that that's intimidating. If you're a wide receiver or

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Speaker 4: a running back coming across the middle.

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Speaker 5: There's not many of those. And we've seen how physical

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Speaker 5: he can be. Man. When he gets a shout on players, he'll.

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Speaker 3: Take it well.

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Speaker 4: We will see what happens as the weeks progress. Next

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Speaker 4: stop training camp, but not for us. We will be

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Speaker 4: Greg Real Lou. This is the Cardinals Red Sea Report

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