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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang, and welcome to a postseason football Friday.

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Speaker 1: Our First on today's show, of course, we got MJ's

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Speaker 1: three keys to victory. What's it going to take for

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals to advance in the divisional round? Betch? Joseph

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Speaker 1: addressed the media. We'll let you know what the defensive

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Speaker 1: coordinator had to say. First though, practice number two for

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Speaker 1: j J Watt. That's right, we're talking about practice. It's

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Covered two, Episode five twenty seven, and it starts now.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two with Craig Griolu and Mike Jarecki.

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two is presented by Hyundai, proud partner of

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Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals, and by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit asy

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Speaker 1: Cardinals dot com, Slash podcasts. Going for Hopkins one hand

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Speaker 1: to catch in a touchdown DeAndre Hopkins. Here's Craig Griolou

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Speaker 1: and Mike Jarecki. Not nearly the buzz like Thursday regarding

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Speaker 1: JJ Watt on the practice field, but he was out there,

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Speaker 1: ninety nine back to back days. Yeah, and you know

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Speaker 1: he mentioned yesterday very limited. I think they know, what

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Speaker 1: so we don't get a chance to see practice, and

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Speaker 1: there hasn't been any setbacks. And you know, according to

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Speaker 1: the national media, Ian Rapports said he was trending. He

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Speaker 1: looked good on the field yesterday. So that's all we

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Speaker 1: can go by. I'm not going by the national media.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go by what we see and what we

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Speaker 1: hear from defensive coordinator Vance Joseph quote, don't be surprised

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Speaker 1: if he's ready to go, and U I understand all

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Speaker 1: that matters, No, I know, but I'm just saying, like

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Speaker 1: yesterday was very limited and then people this morning, you know,

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Speaker 1: they were talking about, well, they're downplaying this again. I

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Speaker 1: you know, I have an idea. The thing is, I

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Speaker 1: just didn't want to have any setbacks going to Monday.

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Speaker 1: Coach Joseph did say that Watt we'll have his workload

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Speaker 1: amped up, ramped up, I should say, later this week

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Speaker 1: meeting Saturday Sunday, so they'll get an idea. And again

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Speaker 1: the anticipation MJ is that we will get an email

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Speaker 1: Monday at some point signaling JJ Watt activated off injured reserve.

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Speaker 1: That is correct, and that's the plan right now, and

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Speaker 1: they've got a couple more practices. They'll have one practice

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Speaker 1: traveled to Los Angeles sometime Sunday afternoon. What we also

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Speaker 1: saw on Friday Zach Allen back on the practice field

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Speaker 1: period of time, a little uneasiness you're missing one of

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Speaker 1: play a little slot. But according to coach Joseph, a

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Speaker 1: family matter has kept Simmons away from the team, but

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Speaker 1: he will be back later on. Rejoined the team on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: so all good in that area now. Offensively, James Connor

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Speaker 1: Rondel Moore, a piece of this offense that hasn't gotten

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, Chase Edmonds, James Connor, but Rondel Moore getting

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Speaker 1: little different dynamic than we've seen over the past several weeks. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: But get Zach Ertz and Christian Kirk a lot of credit.

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Speaker 1: also the future events Joseph. He has confirmed that he

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Speaker 1: for him, he's not going to take any job. Correct.

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Speaker 1: Football Friday, a postseason football Friday. We've got Mike Jarecki's

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Speaker 1: on Friday. Again, usually it's on Thursday, but everything pushed

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Speaker 1: if the Cardinals can somehow defer, maybe they want to

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Speaker 1: put their offense on the field. But if you make

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Speaker 1: a stop that goes a long way, and then you

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Speaker 1: try to double up, maybe you get a score before

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Speaker 1: the half, whether it's a field goal or not, and

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Speaker 1: get the ball in the third quarter, that will goal

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Speaker 1: long way. Number two, the defense needs to get pressure

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Speaker 1: up the middle. Up the middle, I'm not saying that.

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Speaker 1: You know, Chandler Jones and Marcus Golden can't get there

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Speaker 1: from the outside, but I think they got to get

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Speaker 1: pressure up the middle and make Matthew Stafford uncomfortable, make

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Speaker 1: him take him off his spot, and I think that

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Speaker 1: will go a long way. And the reason why quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: don't like to look at the rush, but if somebody

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Speaker 1: are at your feet and knees, they have a tendency

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Speaker 1: to bail out a pocket a little bit earlier than normal,

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Speaker 1: so make him uncomfortable. But you're gonna have to do

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Speaker 1: it up the middle, and we'll see if he's able

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Speaker 1: to roll out to extend the pocket to the right

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Speaker 1: or left, or if he is he under center more

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Speaker 1: than he is in a shotgun, because in a shotgun

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Speaker 1: he gets rid of the ball about two point five.

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Speaker 1: That means he's trying to get rid of it before

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Speaker 1: he gets hit. Marcus Golden eleven sacks, Chandler Jones ten

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Speaker 1: and a half sacks if one or both preferably both

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Speaker 1: have at least one sack. I like how this defense

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Speaker 1: will be playing. And then the wild card and all

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Speaker 1: of this is JJ Watt and what his presence on

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Speaker 1: the football field will mean to the outside rushers. Can

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Speaker 1: he get some pressure up the middle, either in front

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Speaker 1: of the center or the guard or maybe and sometimes

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Speaker 1: in that three technique outside of a tackle. You know,

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Speaker 1: I don't know how many snaps JJ Watt will play,

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Speaker 1: if at all, But even if it is, what fifteen

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Speaker 1: is that sound? I mean, I don't think there would

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Speaker 1: be anything more than twenty or twenty five. And but

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Speaker 1: just accounting four, JJ Watt, if you're Matthew Stafford, regardless

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Speaker 1: of the fact we haven't seen him since late October,

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Speaker 1: number ninety nine, like they're ninety nine. You have to

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Speaker 1: be aware of where he's at. There's no doubt about it.

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Speaker 1: And the fact is, you know, it's gonna be interesting.

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Speaker 1: Who's gonna be up if Watt is active. Jordan Phillips

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Speaker 1: has practiced, you know, Josh Moore obviously he's a rotation guy.

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Speaker 1: He looked at Michael Dogbe, Richard Lawrence, Corey Peters. Maybe

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Speaker 1: I'm missing someone here, but Zach Allen will see if

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Speaker 1: he's up. I mean, so it's going to be interesting

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Speaker 1: because normally they'll address seven to have a really good rotation,

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Speaker 1: and so those guys can be fresh, possibly in the

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Speaker 1: second half. So again, just make him uncomfortable. We know

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Speaker 1: the stats eight interceptions, but he threw forty one touchdowns

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Speaker 1: this year, so let's not you know, he's a good

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Speaker 1: quarterback and there's a reason why they upgraded the position.

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Speaker 1: But I do think he's got the pressure going into

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Speaker 1: this game because they've been to the Super Bowl, Jerk

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Speaker 1: goff and now he's owing three. But as Van said that,

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Speaker 1: it means nothing come Monday night, he's on a different team,

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Speaker 1: different scheme, different personnel. Nothing against Detroit, but the Rams

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Speaker 1: have a much better chance to win based on the

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Speaker 1: skill level they have and the play caller. Stafford's on

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Speaker 1: a streak three consecutive games with multiple turnovers, and he's

486
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Speaker 1: been picked off eight times in the four games since

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Speaker 1: he had zero picks against the Cardinals in Week fourteen.

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Speaker 1: He is going to give you one at least and

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Speaker 1: if you can get him off his spot and he's

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Speaker 1: gotta force that ball. I like the fact that they're

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Speaker 1: getting healthy in the in the secondary with Murphy, Wilson, Peterson,

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Speaker 1: Hamilton and Brelan and then he's throwing Jalen and Buddha Baker.

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Speaker 1: That would be great if you can force a turnover

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Speaker 1: two because that would go a long way, all right,

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Speaker 1: So three keys. Number one is balance run pass to

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Speaker 1: pressure up the middle from that defensive front. What is

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Speaker 1: number three? Cardinals have to contain the Rams defensive line

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Speaker 1: to give Murray a clean pocket. Easier said than done.

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Speaker 1: We know they moved Aaron Donald around and Craig Gotta.

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Speaker 1: I gotta think the offensive line they watched the film,

501
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Speaker 1: it wasn't very good. I think, you know, Humphrey's practicing

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Speaker 1: this week coming off of COVID, he was getting bull rushed,

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Speaker 1: you know. So I anticipate the offensive line's gonna play

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Speaker 1: a lot better than they did a week ago, just

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Speaker 1: like you know, maybe when they were in Dallas where

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Speaker 1: they control the line of scrimmage. But you're gonna have

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Speaker 1: to contain I didn't say the front seven, even though

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Speaker 1: they do have Leonard Floyd von Miller. He's obviously shown

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Speaker 1: up in the stat sheet. And then you got Aaron

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Speaker 1: down and they got some other defensive lineman that can

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Speaker 1: get to the quarterback. So I'm just saying, hopefully you

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Speaker 1: can contain him and Kyler may have to get rid

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Speaker 1: of the ball. I don't want him running backwards throw

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Speaker 1: the ball away into instead of taking the sack. Easier

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Speaker 1: said than done. They're one of the best teams getting

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Speaker 1: to the quarterback when it comes to pressures, hurries, knockdowns,

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Speaker 1: and tackle for losses. In the last game, he had

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Speaker 1: three sacks, three quarterback hits, three tackle for losses referring

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Speaker 1: to Donald, and he had like fourteen or fifteen pressures,

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Speaker 1: So that has to be that has to be the

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Speaker 1: point of emphasis week. Contain the line you're not going

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Speaker 1: to stop him and give Murray your clean pocket, so

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Speaker 1: he has time to throw the ball. First offensive play

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Speaker 1: of the game for the Arizona Cardinals. What happens because

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Speaker 1: the first offensive play last time around, Max Garcia was

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Speaker 1: put on his heels and he was on roller skates

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Speaker 1: because Aaron Donald bull rushed him into Kyle the Murray

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Speaker 1: And do you remember how the game ended and Aaron

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Speaker 1: Donald sack full circle. So as much as we want

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Speaker 1: to talk about everyone else on that Rams defense, for me,

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Speaker 1: it's all about one guy ninety nine. Because you contain him,

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Speaker 1: which the Cardinals did in the first meeting, you have success.

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Speaker 1: You don't, you don't have success like in the second meeting.

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Speaker 1: So it's not just Max Garcia, it's Rodney Hudson, it's

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Speaker 1: justin Pew. We've even seen Donald line up against DJ

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Speaker 1: Humphries in the past, so he moves around and as

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Speaker 1: an offensive line. I think it's a good point that

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Speaker 1: you make. As far as their performance last week against Seattle,

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Speaker 1: it was not good. Humphries had a couple of holding calls.

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Speaker 1: Haven't had a chance to speak with DJ as far

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Speaker 1: as how much of that was rushed. Considering the time

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Speaker 1: he had missed being on the reserve COVID nineteen list.

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Speaker 1: I don't think that Seahawks defense was that much better

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Speaker 1: than the Cardinals offensive line. It was an anomaly in

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Speaker 1: my opinion as far as how poor the offensive line played.

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Speaker 1: So they have something to prove to themselves, not to us,

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00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 1: but to themselves as far as better film than what

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00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,399
Speaker 1: they showed in weeks. Yeah, they put some bad, you

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Speaker 1: know film out there. Now when you look at it

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Speaker 1: from a standpoint of we had Kyle Van den Bosch

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Speaker 1: on here on Tuesday, the Red Sea Report, and I

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Speaker 1: don't know if it was on air or off air,

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Speaker 1: but the fact is, when you don't work out, and

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Speaker 1: he maybe had a gym in his house, but you

555
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Speaker 1: know some guys, that affects a little bit more different

556
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Speaker 1: than in others when it comes to smell and taste.

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna give them to the benefit of the

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Speaker 1: doubt because that was the worst game I've seen DJ

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Speaker 1: Humphrey's playing a lot of years. So I'll give them

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Speaker 1: to give them the benefit of the doubt. But I

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Speaker 1: gotta think when they go back to the film, they

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Speaker 1: know that that's not who they are. And if this

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Speaker 1: team is going to make a run the playoffs. You

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Speaker 1: need to protect Kyler Murray, get the running game going,

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Speaker 1: as I mentioned for the first key, you have to

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Speaker 1: have balance. Again, if they're throwing the ball a ton,

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Speaker 1: that's probably not a good recipe. And as we discussed

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00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 1: earlier here on Cardinals Cover two presented by Hyundai probab

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Speaker 1: partner of the Arizona Cardinals, you get a run game going,

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Speaker 1: which they did in that first and you're running at

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Speaker 1: Aaron Donald, which sounds absurd, but you don't want him chasing.

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Speaker 1: And if you can run at him, maybe a double

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Speaker 1: team him or at least get him out of the

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Speaker 1: way a little bits. That's where they had success finding

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Speaker 1: where he is, and if it's a run play, you

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Speaker 1: run at him. That was the worst game of his career,

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Speaker 1: according to Pro Football Focus, and then he came in.

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Speaker 1: They treated it like a playoff game on that Monday night.

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Speaker 1: They punched the Cardinals in the face and the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: did not respond. So again, physicality trenches, that's gonna go

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Speaker 1: a long way. And again they're a good team. So

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying the Cardinals got to do all this

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Speaker 1: to try to win the game, but you have to

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Speaker 1: have some balance on offense, and score some points when

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Speaker 1: you get in the red zone, not field goals, touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: All right, So let's recap Mike Jarecki's three keys to victory.

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Speaker 1: Balance on offense in terms of the run, pass ratio, defense,

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Speaker 1: Get some pressure up the middle. Knock Matthew Stafford around,

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Speaker 1: literally knock him around, especially make him uncomfortable in the pocket.

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Speaker 1: Number three, I'm just gonna go say, yeah, well, really

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Speaker 1: it's their pass rushers, you know, but he lines up

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Speaker 1: nose tackle, d tackled defensive end. But then you got

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Speaker 1: Von Miller. You know, he probably he looks like he's

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Speaker 1: knocked something that rushed off when he wasn't able to

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Speaker 1: play in Denver. And then Leonard Floyd. I mean, they

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Speaker 1: got three legitimate guys that can get that after the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: All right, So those are your three keys for the

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals to advance into the divisional round. What's your

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Speaker 1: X factor? Because I'm gonna piggyback and give you my

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Speaker 1: own X factor if we're different, But what is your

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Speaker 1: X factor here? Which quarterback plays better? I Mean, it

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Speaker 1: sounds simple. I know it's a team game, but if

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals can get back to what they were doing.

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Speaker 1: And I know that you're gonna say that they haven't

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Speaker 1: shown that in the last couple of weeks. They showed

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Speaker 1: it in Dallas. So there's there's a game to go

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Speaker 1: back to. Is in Matthew Stafford. Yes, forty one touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: he's got weapons, he's flourishing in mcvay's offense. But he

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Speaker 1: also has seventeen interceptions. So I know it comes down

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Speaker 1: to blocking, tackling games one in the trenches. But I

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Speaker 1: think which quarterback plays better is going to have the

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Speaker 1: upper hand when the game is over. And I know

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Speaker 1: you can say that about every single game here in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs, maybe even every single game in the regular season.

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Speaker 1: It's too simple, but it's true. As your quarterback plays,

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Speaker 1: that's how your team plays. Very rarely have we seen

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Speaker 1: the defense really uplift an entire team and carry them

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Speaker 1: into a deep run in the postseason. Well, I mean,

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Speaker 1: let's just look at another matchup. Look at the Eagles

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Speaker 1: and Buccaneers. I don't think anyone's saying, well, you gotta

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Speaker 1: play Tom Brady, right, True, they have to run the ball.

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Speaker 1: I mean, in Philadelphia can run the ball. And do

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Speaker 1: you think anybody's gonna say Josh Allen's gotta outplay Mac Jones. No,

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Speaker 1: I know what you're saying. You can say that for

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Speaker 1: every game, But to me, it's the matchup where he's

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Speaker 1: throwing forty one touchdowns and Kyler Murray can go toe

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Speaker 1: to toe with this guy. So I think it's a

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Speaker 1: little bit different if you're relying on your run game.

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Speaker 1: It's not about the quarterback play. And I gave you

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Speaker 1: two examples, but I just think at the end of

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Speaker 1: the day, it doesn't matter who has the most yards.

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Speaker 1: Touchdowns would help, completion percentage, yards per attempt can go

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Speaker 1: a long way. You got you gotta get better than

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Speaker 1: six or seven. He was at nine, one of the

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Speaker 1: best in the league when this team was rolling. So again,

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Speaker 1: I just think, at the end of the day, which

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Speaker 1: quarterback plays better, And it's probably gonna come down to

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Speaker 1: which quarterback doesn't take as much pressure or doesn't turn

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Speaker 1: the ball over. Kyler twenty four touchdowns, ten interceptions. Those

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Speaker 1: are his season stats compared to Matthew Stafford forty one

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Speaker 1: and seventeen. Kyler one missed three games. He did not

642
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Speaker 1: have DeAndre Hopkins for a period of time, but this

643
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:50,320
Speaker 1: team doesn't throw the ball as much as the Los

644
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Speaker 1: Angeles Friends because they've got James Conner. Yeah. And the

645
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 1: thing is they both have fifty two touchdowns on the year. Teams, yes, teams,

646
00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:01,720
Speaker 1: and they're really similar in yards over six thousand drives.

647
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Speaker 1: One has one eighty one eighty one. Their third down

648
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 1: and red zone are very similar. Even though the Rams

649
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:10,040
Speaker 1: over the last couple of weeks they have scored, they

650
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Speaker 1: were at sixty percent during the year. I want to

651
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 1: see over the last four games we're at sixty eight percent.

652
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Speaker 1: When to get down to the red zone? All Right?

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Speaker 1: My X factor in this the location not specific to

654
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:24,160
Speaker 1: Sofi Stadium, as Buddha Baker pointed out that's where the

655
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl is going to be played this season. The

656
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 1: fact that this game is not in the state of Arizona,

657
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:35,080
Speaker 1: and we know. The reason to be optimistic is this team.

658
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Speaker 1: And I'm not proud of this because I think it's

659
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:42,479
Speaker 1: ridiculous that this team has a five game home losing streak,

660
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Speaker 1: but it is what it is. The Arizona Cardinals in

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00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one were the number one road team in

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00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:51,920
Speaker 1: all of the National Football League eight wins. They ranked

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Speaker 1: number one in turnover differential had the fewest turnovers, ranked

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Speaker 1: number one in forced fumbles, fumble recoveries, number one in

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Speaker 1: points scored, total touchdowns, rushing touchdowns, and passer rating all

666
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 1: on the road and the road home splits. When you

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00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,840
Speaker 1: look at offense or defense, and it's very easy. You

668
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,480
Speaker 1: get up to a lead, you're able to run the

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Speaker 1: ball more effectively. When you're trailing, all of a sudden,

670
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:20,919
Speaker 1: you're passing yards and passing attempts go up. And individually,

671
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray plays much better on the road than he

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Speaker 1: does at home. Fifteen touchdowns, three interceptions on the road

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Speaker 1: versus nine touchdowns seven interceptions at home. His quarterback rating

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Speaker 1: MJ one oh nine point two on the road ninety

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00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 1: three point two at home. And again, it is what

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Speaker 1: it is. This is the reason why, regardless if you're

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00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 1: a Cardinals fan or not. And the fact that they

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Speaker 1: have won at Sofi Stadium, and they did win recently

679
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:57,799
Speaker 1: at the Dallas Cowboys, another playoff team, that you have

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00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 1: to be optimistic that this team can find that sliver

681
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 1: what worked against the Dallas Cowboys that didn't work hardly

682
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,960
Speaker 1: ever during those final five games, that the Arizona Cardinals

683
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:13,279
Speaker 1: can go in and win a ninth road game here

684
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. You know, I was reading some

685
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,120
Speaker 1: stuff today and I really liked the way the offense

686
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 1: ran in Cleveland. Obviously you know it was by collaboration,

687
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,839
Speaker 1: but I read that when you look at the analytics,

688
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,080
Speaker 1: they said that the best game that Kyler Murray's played

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Speaker 1: this year was against the Rams. Best game with the

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Speaker 1: first game yep, okay, twenty four to thirty two, two

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Speaker 1: sixty eight. He was sacked three times, had two touchdowns

692
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:41,239
Speaker 1: long forty one, and he was able to run six

693
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,279
Speaker 1: or thirty nine yards and the difference was them being

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Speaker 1: able to run the football and they won the game

695
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 1: thirty seven twenty but they had forty rushes. But according

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00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 1: to analytics, and I thought the Cleveland game was impressive

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00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:55,360
Speaker 1: just from the standard. They didn't have their head coach

698
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:59,720
Speaker 1: and Spencer Whipple and Colton McCoy, but the corner analytics,

699
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:02,040
Speaker 1: that was his best game. Now, maybe that you can

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Speaker 1: give me a game where he had four touchdowns or

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00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,680
Speaker 1: two rushing touchdowns and two throwing touchdowns, and maybe his

702
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:10,480
Speaker 1: quarterback rating wasn't as high, but based on what they

703
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:12,920
Speaker 1: asked him to do in that game, that really stood out.

704
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 1: Six rushing attempts for thirty nine yards. You had a

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00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:20,360
Speaker 1: healthy James Conner, a healthy Chase Edmonds. They combined for

706
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 1: thirty carries and one hundred and seventy yards plus two touchdowns.

707
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 1: And if you do have both those running backs. Now,

708
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,120
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, the question is, and I've heard

709
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:33,279
Speaker 1: this as far as Kyler Murray, because this offense has

710
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 1: bogged down, which we've detailed here on Cardinals Cover two.

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00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,680
Speaker 1: Does Kyle Murray need to run more? Does he need

712
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 1: to be the spark? Now? How long does he have

713
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 1: to run? As far as? Can he do it a

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00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:45,879
Speaker 1: couple of times? And that gets everyone on track, gets

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00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 1: the Rams thinking, oh wait, we got to account for

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Speaker 1: number one? Or is it something that has to be

717
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 1: sustained throughout the entire ball game. I hope it's not

718
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:54,960
Speaker 1: the ladder, but if it is the ladder, whatever it

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Speaker 1: takes to get this team into the next weekend. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think he's gonna do whatever he needs to do,

721
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:02,960
Speaker 1: and you know, just run straight, don't start running backwards.

722
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,399
Speaker 1: And he knows this, you know, kind of being tongue

723
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 1: in cheek, don't take those sacks. But whatever he has

724
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:09,759
Speaker 1: to do. He's gonna do, and he's gonna be on

725
00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 1: the big stage, and there's no other dynamic quarterback like

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00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,319
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. Yes, you can bring up other names, but

727
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 1: when he gets in the open field, you know how

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00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,880
Speaker 1: I feel, he's divine Devin Hester and he makes grown

729
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,960
Speaker 1: men look silly because they can't tackle him. So I

730
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,239
Speaker 1: hope we see a couple of big runs to where

731
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,239
Speaker 1: that will all of a sudden make the ramps thing

732
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,240
Speaker 1: twice about putting pressure on him. How the season ended

733
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:36,320
Speaker 1: those final five games, Kyler Murray six point six yards

734
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,880
Speaker 1: per pass attempts, not good considering through the first seven

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Speaker 1: games of the season he was leading the league at

736
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 1: almost nine yards per pass attempts twenty nine rushing attempts

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00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: for two hundred and seventeen yards. He averaged seven point

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00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 1: five yards per carry over those final five games, which

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00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:58,440
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray do. We see on Monday nights a dual threat,

740
00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,799
Speaker 1: the dual threat, but you get the running game going,

741
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:06,399
Speaker 1: takes pressure off him, opens up play action again. They

742
00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:09,120
Speaker 1: just can't fall behind because all of a sudden it's

743
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:11,000
Speaker 1: going to take Cliff out of his call sheet, and

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00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,560
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you're pressing, and he said he

745
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:15,040
Speaker 1: doesn't press, but it's this human nature when things aren't

746
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:19,080
Speaker 1: going well. So the X factor yours was here's quarterback

747
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,840
Speaker 1: play better, not kind of piggyback saying, Hey, it's the location,

748
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:26,359
Speaker 1: the fact that this game is not played at State

749
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 1: Farm Stadium, which is unfortunate. And I've made my feelings

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00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,040
Speaker 1: known about that. All right. There's one other aspects, the

751
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:35,399
Speaker 1: intangible here in all of this on this wild Card

752
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 1: Super wild Card weekend. MJ Well, I feel like over

753
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:41,439
Speaker 1: the last couple of days, and we mean gratefully talked

754
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:44,720
Speaker 1: to zach Ertz and you know Kyler Murray and Cliff

755
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 1: Kingsbury about zach Ertz, and I love what he said

756
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,960
Speaker 1: today that you know, in the first quarter he'll run

757
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 1: a different route where in the fourth quarter is going

758
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:54,000
Speaker 1: to be different. He's the most targeted guy. Kyler Murray

759
00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 1: is trusts him. He's opened a lot of different times

760
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,319
Speaker 1: just based on his route running. It's impressive because I

761
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 1: think he said he got here in week eight and

762
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,320
Speaker 1: we recall and then he came to town, he started

763
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 1: learning the playbook and we know Craig just based on

764
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:10,400
Speaker 1: that first year. It's a very complex playbook. All of

765
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 1: it's predicated on the routes and in the coverage. You

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00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:15,799
Speaker 1: have to change your route based on the coverage, and

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00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:19,920
Speaker 1: he's adapted. So I think intangible Ertz could be a

768
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:23,600
Speaker 1: matchup issue for the Rams secondary and Kyler will throw

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00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,080
Speaker 1: it to him. He's not if somebody's open, but he

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00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,399
Speaker 1: claims he's open half the time, even when he throws

771
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:32,920
Speaker 1: to another player. So I like that matchup and to me,

772
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,760
Speaker 1: there's a trust factor there, and I think Kingsbury realizes

773
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: he's a weapon when it comes to this Cardinals offense.

774
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,880
Speaker 1: Zach Ertz has been here three months, he saying that again,

775
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:46,840
Speaker 1: he's been here three months, and again he speaks glowingly

776
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:49,920
Speaker 1: about Kyler Murray. He was asked earlier about learning the

777
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 1: offense and said, yeah, it was tough at first, but

778
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:53,920
Speaker 1: once you get to know it, it makes a ton

779
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 1: of sense and then all of a sudden, it becomes easy.

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00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,320
Speaker 1: So props to him for what he has been able

781
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:02,040
Speaker 1: to do in a short amount of time and a

782
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:06,439
Speaker 1: move that was not anticipated until Max Williams went down.

783
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:08,920
Speaker 1: And don't want to lose sights of the players that

784
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,239
Speaker 1: are we're not going to see on the football field

785
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 1: and Max Williams, who was a large parts of all

786
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Speaker 1: of this. DeAndre Hopkins a large part of all this.

787
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:19,200
Speaker 1: Robert offered a large parts of where this team is

788
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 1: at the moment. So I like it. Zach Ertz does

789
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:26,239
Speaker 1: have playoff experience. He's got a Super Bowl ring he

790
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:30,319
Speaker 1: and Chandler Jones. I think Max Garcia might also have one.

791
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 1: But there are only a handful of players on this

792
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:36,560
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals team know what it takes not to win

793
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:40,400
Speaker 1: a playoff game, but as sustained playoff run in the

794
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:43,680
Speaker 1: National Football League, well, usually when you go to a

795
00:40:43,719 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 1: new team, you're a better off being seen, not heard.

796
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 1: But I was told that, you know, there's time maybe

797
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,800
Speaker 1: after the Colts game where he basically told the guys,

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00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 1: I've never been on a more talented team than this.

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00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,520
Speaker 1: We have to keep on paraphrase, And I wasn't in there. Obviously,

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00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,919
Speaker 1: we cannot keep shooting ourselves in the foot. And so

801
00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 1: for a guy of that caliber who's played in the

802
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:09,879
Speaker 1: big game and has had a great career, the fact

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00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:12,200
Speaker 1: that he's willing to speak up, that's another leader in

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00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:14,319
Speaker 1: the locker room we don't talk about. Because he's been

805
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:16,719
Speaker 1: here long enough and he sees things that maybe can

806
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:18,839
Speaker 1: be better. At the end of the question, he said

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00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:20,480
Speaker 1: it could be a lot better with Kyler er and

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00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 1: I did you notice that I did a little subtle

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00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:28,240
Speaker 1: hint perhaps, But yeah, And they're always working. No great athletes,

810
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 1: no one great at what they do, is ever satisfied

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00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 1: with what they've done. I'm thoroughly impressive with his route running.

812
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,319
Speaker 1: I mean he gets open and again it's not like

813
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:41,920
Speaker 1: he's playing Max Williams and they do miss Max. I mean,

814
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:45,720
Speaker 1: eleven personnel is perfect. He can you know, Chip release,

815
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:48,440
Speaker 1: Kyler trusted him and Dan Arl down the seam. You're

816
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,160
Speaker 1: seeing him move around a little bit more. Sometimes he'll

817
00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:53,520
Speaker 1: line down by my hop side, depending on if Antonio

818
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:55,640
Speaker 1: Wesley's out there. Sometimes they'll line in the slot if

819
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:57,319
Speaker 1: AJ Green's on the right side. And then you got

820
00:41:57,400 --> 00:42:01,279
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk and Rondel Moore. But I'm I've been really

821
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:03,759
Speaker 1: impressed with him, and I hope they can resign him

822
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Speaker 1: in the future. Cardinals Covered two presented by Hunday partner

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Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals Super wild Card Weekend. You want more

824
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Speaker 1: reason to be optimistic, bird Gang, how about this little

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Speaker 1: nugget The road team has won ten of the last

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Speaker 1: fourteen wild card games over the past three seasons, and

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Speaker 1: road teams are twelve and six overall since the twenty

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Speaker 1: seventeen playoffs. Oh, that's a great nugget. Appreciate the National

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Speaker 1: Football League for emailing that out. But yeah, listen, you

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Speaker 1: gotta do the research to find that stuff, all right

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00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:37,759
Speaker 1: before we go. I don't want to give too much,

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00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:42,440
Speaker 1: but really other things. We usually go with three keys, intangible,

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00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:46,240
Speaker 1: and X factor. But it's a playoff game, Cardinals Corners

834
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:49,839
Speaker 1: versus Cooper Cup. That's what we're gonna have to watch

835
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:53,960
Speaker 1: early in the game. Now, he's Murphy one week. The

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00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:57,319
Speaker 1: first going around, second one, you give it to Cooper Cup.

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00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 1: Did the Cardinals play zone? Where do they do there?

838
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,920
Speaker 1: Because we know he's gonna get targeted and he's a

839
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 1: really good route runner. I mean, there's a reason why

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00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: you put up the numbers. So Murph won the first round,

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00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 1: Cooper Cup won the second round. Who wins the third round?

842
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:14,919
Speaker 1: And then you know, the obvious thing is you really

843
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:16,480
Speaker 1: just don't want to turn the ball over and give

844
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 1: him a short field. I mean, I know it's obvious,

845
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:22,480
Speaker 1: but these are little things that will creep up if

846
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:24,880
Speaker 1: you don't win the football game. And again, anytime you

847
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:28,120
Speaker 1: get a special team's touchdown home the team or the opponent,

848
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:32,000
Speaker 1: or a you know, pick six, it really flips in

849
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:36,160
Speaker 1: the posting. It gets magnified. Super wild Card weekend. I

850
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:38,520
Speaker 1: know a lot has been made about this being the

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Speaker 1: first ever playoff game on Monday nights. Whether you like

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Speaker 1: it's or don't like it from a fan perspective, I

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Speaker 1: think you love it because you get three days of football.

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Speaker 1: And personally for me on the back end, yeah, you

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Speaker 1: might suffer as far as prep. Let's hope that is

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Speaker 1: the case. As zach Ertz said, it's a good problem

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Speaker 1: to have. But MJ, We've got all day Saturday, all

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Speaker 1: day Sunday with nothing to do but watch playoff football.

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Speaker 1: We're not getting ready for a game later that day

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Speaker 1: or having to worry about anything. So I like the

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Speaker 1: fact that the Cardinals are the last game. Now you

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Speaker 1: get antsy and all of a sudden, it's like, wow,

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Speaker 1: this is a long, long wait because you see what

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Speaker 1: happens on Saturday, Raiders and Bengals, and then the Patriots

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Speaker 1: and Bills, and then there are three games on Sunday. Eagles,

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Speaker 1: Buccaneers forty nine, Ers at the Cowboys, which I'm really

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Speaker 1: interested in, and then Sunday night, Steelers at Chiefs. You've

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Speaker 1: got to sit through five games if you're a coach, player,

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Speaker 1: a fan before your team before you take the field

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Speaker 1: at six fifteen on Monday. A long wait. But hey,

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Speaker 1: it's better than the alternative and watching all six games

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Speaker 1: because you're not a part of the action here this weekend. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, those are champagne problems. I will worry about

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Speaker 1: that next week. Hopefully we're having a nice conversation Monday

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Speaker 1: night on the postgame show. But I think this is

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Speaker 1: this is probably one of the better matchups because you

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Speaker 1: have a four or five. You know everyone's gonna look at,

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Speaker 1: you know, Cincinnati and the Raiders and just first time

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Speaker 1: Derek Carr's in the postseason, but four or five, and

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Speaker 1: then you start looking at the three six New England

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Speaker 1: and Buffalo. Three six would be Dallas in San Francisco. Here.

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Speaker 1: I'm not expecting Philly to win, but I think this

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Speaker 1: is one of the better matchups on paper, just because

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Speaker 1: as a division game they both split during the regular season.

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Speaker 1: Rams twelve and five, Cardinals eleven and six, five of

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Speaker 1: these six games this weekend rematches from the regular season,

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Speaker 1: and in the case of Cardinals Rams and Patriots Bills

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Speaker 1: third meeting between these two teams. Yet the one game

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Speaker 1: that I'm really interested in, and maybe it's more nostalgia

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Speaker 1: than anything else, but forty nine Ers and Cowboys. How

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Speaker 1: many times have we seen these two teams lock up

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Speaker 1: and the playoffs? And there are a lot of people

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Speaker 1: believe that San Francisco wins on Sunday and advances to

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Speaker 1: the divisional round. All right, so we have Las Vegas

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Speaker 1: and Cincinnati a two thirty five New England Buffalo fifteen.

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Speaker 1: It's supposed to be like zero degrees. Who knows about

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Speaker 1: to win? Maybe they'll throw up more than three times.

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Speaker 1: Sunday eleven o five Philadelphia at Tampa two forty San

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Speaker 1: Francisco at Dallas. That's a primetime game, and then the

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Speaker 1: evening game is Pittsburgh in Kansas City at six to fifteen.

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Speaker 1: And then fast forward Monday night, six to fifteen, Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Rams on Monday Night Football. I Am fired up. Two

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Speaker 1: thirty pregame coverage begins on the Arizona Cardinals radio network.

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Speaker 1: I'm ready, MJ, You're ready. I think Everyone is ready

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Speaker 1: for this because it has been so long, regardless about

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Speaker 1: the regular season ended, Amy six year waits ends on Monday,

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Speaker 1: cannot wait for this matchup. On that notes, we will

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Speaker 1: put a lid on this edition. This postseason edition of

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Speaker 1: Cardinals cover two presented by Hunday, proud partner of the

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. As always, special thanks to our executive producer

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Speaker 1: Jim Almahundro for Mike Drecky, I'm Craig rail Loup. We'll

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Speaker 1: talk to you next time here on Old Scabbed two