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Speaker 1: Mike Jarecki and Bertrand Berry Well. Did not expect to

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Speaker 1: be here at this moment. Yes, we have a show

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Speaker 1: but did not expect to be talking about the twenty

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Speaker 1: the playoffs the postseason for the first time since twenty fifteen.

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Speaker 1: Of course, everyone knows that has not happened. After two

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Speaker 1: straight losses to close out the regular season losing to

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Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, and then this past Sunday falling

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Speaker 1: A lot of disappointment, a lot of frustration, a lot

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Speaker 1: of anger. Yes, the expectations were raised midway through the

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Speaker 1: season in year two underhead coach Cliff Kingsbury, and those

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Speaker 1: expectations were not mets. If you believe this season was

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Speaker 1: on that, because there were certainly options or opportunities here

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Speaker 1: few and far between, especially in a year in which

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Speaker 1: that we say good morning and welcome both Mike Jarecki

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Speaker 1: and Bertram Berry to the show. Gentlemen, how are things

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Speaker 1: here in twenty twenty one? One? Happy New Year? First

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Speaker 1: and foremost, be trained. When I say twenty twenty Arizona

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Speaker 1: And I think it's going to be a long off

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Speaker 1: the ones that are going to have to explain why

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Speaker 1: and that there's going to be a lot of frustration.

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Speaker 1: we speak to everyone on January fifth, as a turning

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Speaker 1: point within the organization, within the coaching staff, within the

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Speaker 1: players in that locker room, MJ and say, yes, this

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Speaker 1: done for me lately? Well't lately. The Cardinals fell on

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Speaker 1: You can't necessarily skip ahead when you start talking about

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Speaker 1: And I think for this team, they've got the right

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Speaker 1: off for it. And you know, I understand what Cliffs saying,

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Speaker 1: and that is playing this coming weekend. Yeah, it has

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Speaker 1: And once they do that, yes, you're having an off

433
00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,560
Speaker 1: season will go a long way with that, but you

434
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Speaker 1: still have to see that progression throughout the course of

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Speaker 1: the season, and there were times where you just couldn't

436
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Speaker 1: tell what type of offense they wanted to be. Yeah,

437
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,760
Speaker 1: and you know, Kenyan Drake, I thought the Cardinals made

438
00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,280
Speaker 1: the right decision putting the tag on him just because

439
00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:22,959
Speaker 1: he was so effective in that second half of the season.

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Speaker 1: And you know, we talked about predicated running the ball

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Speaker 1: and being able to use the last play action. But

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Speaker 1: you know, this is just my opinion. I don't see

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Speaker 1: Drake on the roster next year. Now the question becomes,

444
00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,879
Speaker 1: can Chase Edmonds take that load? And I was listening

445
00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,560
Speaker 1: to Wolf driving into the show to the hear and

446
00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,880
Speaker 1: he's like, now again, well, plenty of time to talk

447
00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,240
Speaker 1: about it, but he's like, they need a five eleven

448
00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,679
Speaker 1: back about two hundred and thirty two pounds, you know,

449
00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:50,800
Speaker 1: like you need a little bit guys that got some

450
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Speaker 1: meat that can push the pile a little bit. So

451
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Speaker 1: that's stuff that will happen in the off season. And

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Speaker 1: I do think when it comes to the draft, we

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Speaker 1: could see possibly in the mid rounds or running back.

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Speaker 1: But I do think Chase is gonna get every opportunity

455
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Speaker 1: next year to be the guy. Would not surprise me

456
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Speaker 1: one bit if running back becomes a focal point, whether

457
00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,320
Speaker 1: in free agency or in the draft, and Certainly you

458
00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:11,879
Speaker 1: can get guys and we've seen across the league whether

459
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Speaker 1: you're late round picks or undrafted rookie free agents or

460
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Speaker 1: just year two in the league with not a lot

461
00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,440
Speaker 1: of fanfare, and you can have a very successful running game,

462
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Speaker 1: but you need that consistency. Yes, it starts up front

463
00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:25,440
Speaker 1: with the offensive line, but this offense scoring points. There

464
00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,240
Speaker 1: was that five game stretch of thirty plus with four

465
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Speaker 1: hundred plus yards and then while we know how the

466
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Speaker 1: season ended with just nineteen points in the final two weeks.

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Speaker 1: Consistency the word of the day for DJ Humphreys. I

468
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Speaker 1: think we pushed ourselves from being a middle of the

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Speaker 1: offense to being in the mix with some of the

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Speaker 1: best offenses in this league. It's just more short about

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Speaker 1: us being on at all times and not being so inconsistent.

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Speaker 1: So I think for me it showed a lot of optimism.

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Speaker 1: It's just more so finding finding the consistency this offseason

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Speaker 1: and what will help staying ahead of the chains, meaning

475
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Speaker 1: lack of penalties, no negative plays, and not mistakes that

476
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Speaker 1: certainly cost this team, and that stat that we found

477
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,000
Speaker 1: out earlier this year stall drives. The number of stall

478
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Speaker 1: drives due to penalties that this Arizona Cardinals team phased

479
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Speaker 1: here in twenty twenty. That was on the mind of

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray when he addressed the media after the game

481
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Speaker 1: on Sunday. I think part of it is going through it,

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Speaker 1: you know, learning how to win, and you know some

483
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Speaker 1: other reasons that I you know, don't care to break

484
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Speaker 1: down right now, but yeah, we just got we gotta

485
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Speaker 1: be better in all phases. And I hope that this

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Speaker 1: motivates us as an organization, like like I mean, is

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Speaker 1: it's an ugly feeling. Certainly be trans sounded like Murray

488
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Speaker 1: has a lot on his mind, and we're all anxious

489
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Speaker 1: to know exactly what he was referring to when he

490
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Speaker 1: talked about some other things that he did not want

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Speaker 1: to address. Whether those were simple xes and those and

492
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Speaker 1: maybe there are larger issues as a quarterback that he

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Speaker 1: saw and maybe feels going into year three, he's more

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Speaker 1: comfortable and speaking out privately or maybe even publicly. We'll

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Speaker 1: have to wait and see, but that was certainly a

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Speaker 1: telling comments after the game on Sunday. Yeah, and the

497
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Speaker 1: thing you have to keep in mind is that this

498
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Speaker 1: was the worst possible year to have a pandemic come

499
00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,399
Speaker 1: across the globe, and the fact that they didn't have

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Speaker 1: that offseason to really build on what they did in

501
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,359
Speaker 1: the first year. That would have been the time to

502
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Speaker 1: really hone in on what you wanted to do and

503
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Speaker 1: how you wanted to establish your style of play. And

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Speaker 1: so you can make all the excuses in the world,

505
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Speaker 1: but the fact is they just didn't get it done.

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Speaker 1: They weren't consistent enough. And when you're eight and eight,

507
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Speaker 1: your record pretty much indicates what your season was like.

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Speaker 1: And there was lots of ups and downs. There were

509
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Speaker 1: times where the offense look really good. There were times

510
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Speaker 1: where it looked like it wasn't really sure what they

511
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Speaker 1: were trying to accomplish, and yeah, there's gonna be work

512
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Speaker 1: to be done because they didn't achieve any of their goals.

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Speaker 1: And the one thing that they're going to have to

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Speaker 1: do first and foremost in order to get to the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Every coach and every organization always talked about you got

516
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Speaker 1: to win the division first and foremost. If you win

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Speaker 1: a division, then you're in the playoffs. And so you

518
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Speaker 1: look at this division from top to bottom, all four

519
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,600
Speaker 1: teams have the ability to get to the playoffs each

520
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,359
Speaker 1: and every year. Each team has strength, each team has weaknesses,

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Speaker 1: and you have to be able to match up with

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Speaker 1: those guys in your division because if you don't, and

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Speaker 1: those teams continue to get the best of you. When

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Speaker 1: you start getting to the end of the season where

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Speaker 1: you start looking at tipebreakers and conference play and division

526
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Speaker 1: play starts to matter, then you have these situations where

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Speaker 1: you start scoreboard watching it and then it comes out

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Speaker 1: of your control. So if they're able to do what

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Speaker 1: they need to do to match up with these teams

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Speaker 1: in their division, and do that with the personnel, and

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Speaker 1: do that with the scheme that they're going to go

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Speaker 1: forward with, then I think they'll be just fine from

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Speaker 1: now until. Yeah, I think he's made strides in the

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Speaker 1: postgame press conferences, you know, going back to last year.

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Speaker 1: But I like what he's saying though, I mean, emails

536
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,280
Speaker 1: going on, and obviously that's why they need an offseason

537
00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,399
Speaker 1: to you know, they're got to get away for a

538
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,560
Speaker 1: while and then come back. But I like what he's

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00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,680
Speaker 1: saying though you know he knows that, um, it's difficult

540
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Speaker 1: to win in the NFL. I think he's finally you know,

541
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,280
Speaker 1: realize that where snap college and where he's always been

542
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 1: the big guy in high school college is the NFL.

543
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:23,360
Speaker 1: They'll they'll chew you up and spit you out. Always

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00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:26,760
Speaker 1: the spotlight on the quarterback. There might be a bigger

545
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,480
Speaker 1: spotlights next year on Kyle the Murray is. He looks

546
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Speaker 1: to lead this team and this offense into the playoffs,

547
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,680
Speaker 1: because that has to be the goal. In twenty twenty one,

548
00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,760
Speaker 1: we've had halftime here on the Cardinals red Sea report.

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00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 1: When we come back the defensive side of the ball

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00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:54,840
Speaker 1: that's ahead here on the Arizona Cardinals, rightdo networking shot

551
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,439
Speaker 1: guns snapped to. Murray steps up and takes off far

552
00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,679
Speaker 1: side of the twenty. He's got room at the ten cuts,

553
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 1: right of the five jukes the defender ten scores touchdown

554
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,600
Speaker 1: Tyler Murray. That defender is in multiple pieces at the

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Speaker 1: five yard line. Is he tried to break down and

556
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:13,080
Speaker 1: make that play and Kyler broke him down? Murray back

557
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 1: to throw, flushed out, rolling left in trouble, slips of tackle,

558
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,920
Speaker 1: Gotta launch it. He does left side into the end zone,

559
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 1: jump ball and it is Is it caught? Is it caught?

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00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,720
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, it's fun. DeAndre Hopkins fought he caught it.

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00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:31,280
Speaker 1: Bred Duck down one second, Laft, I can't believe that

562
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:35,120
Speaker 1: you've gotta be joking names Cardinals blitz back to throw

563
00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,720
Speaker 1: dont gets hits hand slim to the ground by Budda

564
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,360
Speaker 1: Baker like a torpedo. He came flying into the backfield

565
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:46,760
Speaker 1: and smoked Andy Donton. What a day Budebaker, Kyler Murray,

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, Bode Baker. You're three Bow Bowl players for

567
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Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals and twenty twenty as we welcome you

568
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,520
Speaker 1: back to the Cardinals red see report Greig Rio lou

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Speaker 1: Mike Drecky and Bertram Berry. Putting a little spotlight on

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Speaker 1: those three and specifically Buddha Baker, one of the leaders

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Speaker 1: on that defense. He finished tied with Jordan Hicks for

572
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: the team lead and tackles and going back to the

573
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Speaker 1: Pro Bowl for the second straight year as a safety.

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Speaker 1: This defense overall be trained. What did you like considering

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Speaker 1: all the different pieces that were coming in and out

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00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,880
Speaker 1: seemingly weakly that advance Joseph had a kind of piece

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00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 1: together and put forth on the field. Yeah. I really

578
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,160
Speaker 1: loved what they were able to accomplish. I thought they

579
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 1: overcame a lot of obstacles. There were a lot of

580
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,280
Speaker 1: question mark about this defense even going into the season,

581
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Speaker 1: but I thought they were able to find some hidden gem.

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Speaker 1: You had a Finnis guard that come in and really

583
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Speaker 1: provide a spark who knew he could rush the pass.

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Speaker 1: Or of course Hassan Reddick coming in having the season

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Speaker 1: that he had, and you had so many guys that

586
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,040
Speaker 1: were injured, but yet guys picked up the flacking. You

587
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,120
Speaker 1: talked about next man up, and that's a moniker that's

588
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 1: not only used here locally, but it's something that is

589
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,520
Speaker 1: used about the course of the league. And I thought

590
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:06,040
Speaker 1: a lot of guys took advantage of their opportunities given.

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00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 1: And I think it's only going to vote well where

592
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,000
Speaker 1: the cardinal was going forward, because now you were able

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Speaker 1: to build depth. You hate to have the injury, but

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Speaker 1: you definitely love to have that depth at certain positions,

595
00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,760
Speaker 1: and they needed to have that depth. MJ. Because the

596
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:24,440
Speaker 1: season ends with eight defensive players on injured reserve, four

597
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 1: of them starters Robert Alford, Chandler Jones, Corey Peters and

598
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Speaker 1: Jordan Phillips, the ladder of whom was on injured reserve

599
00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,760
Speaker 1: a couple of different times, the second ultimately ending his season.

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00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 1: And he was a disappointment in his first full year

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00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,640
Speaker 1: with the Arizona Cardinals. But maybe you write that off

602
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:43,040
Speaker 1: because he was hurt so often this past season. But

603
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,320
Speaker 1: what the defense was able to do, we just asked

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Speaker 1: them to be good enough, and I think they were

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Speaker 1: better than that. And we anticipated more from the offense,

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Speaker 1: and I think we were pleasantly surprised by the defense. Yeah,

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00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,480
Speaker 1: you've got to give Vans a lot of credit. I mean,

608
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:57,960
Speaker 1: just when he went with that jet package or the

609
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:01,240
Speaker 1: NASCAR package where he basically brings and six defensive backs

610
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,320
Speaker 1: and we maybe have one or two guys with their

611
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,760
Speaker 1: hand the dirt and a lot of young guys were

612
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 1: playing the main your two defensive tackles between Lucky Foe

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00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 1: two and then Richard Lawrence and then Zack Allen stepped up.

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Speaker 1: But they were you know, you start looking at some

615
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,120
Speaker 1: of their you know, other players. I mean, Kevin Peterson

616
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 1: was playing a little bit more than I thought he would.

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Speaker 1: But you know, I like the fact that they were

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00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 1: to get to the quarterback without Chandler Jones, and it

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00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:28,920
Speaker 1: was by committee and sometimes you know, that's how it works.

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Speaker 1: But give us on Reddick, he was tied for fourth

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Speaker 1: in NFL sacks this year. He also had he had

622
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Speaker 1: six forced fumbles, so where he ranked number two behind

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Speaker 1: Marlon Humphrey who had eight Marcus Golden, and both of

624
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 1: those guys are free agents, so you know, we'll see

625
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,520
Speaker 1: how that all works out. But I do like the

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00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:51,400
Speaker 1: fact that, you know, even though they weren't household names,

627
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 1: some of these guys, they came in and Dennis Gardeck

628
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,080
Speaker 1: and they got to the quarterback and it allowed the

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Speaker 1: secondary to try to force some turnovers. Forty eight sacks

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Speaker 1: by that defense and only two, excuse me, only one

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00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:07,600
Speaker 1: registered by Chandler Jones, who was lost in that game

632
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,320
Speaker 1: at the New York Jets. Speaking of Buddha Bakers, we

633
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:14,000
Speaker 1: heard earlier Baker on where he thinks this defense is

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Speaker 1: right now going into the offseason, for me, kind of

635
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:21,680
Speaker 1: like a perfectionist, you know, so of course you understand

636
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:25,479
Speaker 1: that there's progression, but you also know that there's a

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00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 1: lot more work to be done. There's a lot more

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00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 1: things that you can do and certain players can do

639
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:36,360
Speaker 1: to elevate this team to get more wis Well and Baker,

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00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,240
Speaker 1: when he addressed the media on Monday, put the onus

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00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 1: on himself as well, and he talked perhaps maybe being

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00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,200
Speaker 1: a little bit more vocal out there. Yeah, he's always

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00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 1: vocal when he is wired up for sound. He's very

644
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 1: vocal on the field, but perhaps maybe being more of

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00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 1: that vocal leader to rally the troops, so to speak.

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Speaker 1: Here's more from the Cardinals starting safety. For me personally,

647
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Speaker 1: of course, talking more is that something that you know,

648
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,960
Speaker 1: of course I'm gonna want to do, just because I'm

649
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 1: that guy fifth year and I'm that guy that everybody sees,

650
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:11,480
Speaker 1: you know, so definitely want to talk more. For sure.

651
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 1: There are certainly pieces on that defense, and you can

652
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,160
Speaker 1: start with Buddha Baker there be trained and you can

653
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 1: go inside with Jordan Hicks and then on that defensive

654
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 1: line with Jordan Phillips. Those players we know we'll be

655
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 1: back next season. Corey Peters is due to become a

656
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,160
Speaker 1: free agent. Patrick Peterson due to become a free agent.

657
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,520
Speaker 1: Perhaps that's the biggest question on that defense is what

658
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 1: do you do with Pat pe and the cornerback position.

659
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 1: There are a lot of different questions, and there's always

660
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,360
Speaker 1: going to be questions when you get to the offseason

661
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:42,560
Speaker 1: and when you didn't accomplish your goals, you always look

662
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,000
Speaker 1: at the personnel and you wonder how can you make

663
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:48,479
Speaker 1: it better? And start talking about Patrick Peterson. He's one

664
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,760
Speaker 1: of those guys. For years we lamented who was going

665
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,840
Speaker 1: to be the cornerback opposite Patrick Peterson And now we're

666
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 1: going to have to change and be like, well, it's

667
00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:59,560
Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson going to be here. And when you start

668
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,360
Speaker 1: talking about Isaiah Simmons, is he gonna take that next step?

669
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 1: The first round draft pick of last year's draft, And uh,

670
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 1: you've seen the defensive lines. You've seen the guys step

671
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 1: up and do what they back Allen you know, when

672
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 1: he's healthy, you saw him capable of making plays and

673
00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,239
Speaker 1: doing things that can help this team. So there were

674
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:23,200
Speaker 1: a lot of questions answered, but there were also questions

675
00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 1: that were formed by the eight and eight record of

676
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:29,480
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. And so I think that that side

677
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,000
Speaker 1: of the ball, you're the defensive side, You're gonna have

678
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:35,440
Speaker 1: to figure out how this is going to mention and

679
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 1: which guys you're gonna be able to keep, which guys

680
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:43,080
Speaker 1: are gonna go free agency, And uh, that's that's that's

681
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,200
Speaker 1: every team this time of year. It's the business of

682
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:48,600
Speaker 1: the NFL does not stopped for anybody, and so I

683
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:51,279
Speaker 1: really believe that that Steve Kime and and and the

684
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 1: powers that be have a lot of work to do.

685
00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:58,320
Speaker 1: But I think this is a more positive look going

686
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,799
Speaker 1: into the offseason as we've seen in years back. You know,

687
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,640
Speaker 1: if you look on paper considering, you know, Peterson is

688
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 1: going to be a free agent, and well, I'll just

689
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:08,919
Speaker 1: have to wait and see what they decided to do there.

690
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,840
Speaker 1: They also had the tag. But you know Chandler Jones,

691
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 1: he's going into the final year of his contract. You know,

692
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,799
Speaker 1: it was the first year he played over thirty. So

693
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:20,320
Speaker 1: to me, when you look ahead, this is Buddha Baker's defense.

694
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:25,240
Speaker 1: I mean he hasn't even he's still reaching his peak

695
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,880
Speaker 1: and prime. I mean he's still young. He's attacks the

696
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,200
Speaker 1: Paul you know Van Stoles. A couple of weeks ago,

697
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,439
Speaker 1: he thought he was trying to do too much, and

698
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:34,880
Speaker 1: we saw a little bit different in the last two games.

699
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 1: But this is going to be Buddha Baker's defense. And

700
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 1: you heard him say going into his fifth season that

701
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:43,360
Speaker 1: seems unfathomable. You still see him as a kid. I

702
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 1: can say kid because I'm older than he is, but

703
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 1: that kid out of Washington, who came in with a

704
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:51,520
Speaker 1: bunch of energy and is certainly not stopped since arriving

705
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 1: here with the Arrows on the Cardinals, we talked about

706
00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 1: his son Reddick leaving the team with twelve and a

707
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:59,560
Speaker 1: half sacks, his impending free agency Marcus Golden, who was

708
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:02,680
Speaker 1: acquired during the season. He had three sacks during his

709
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 1: time with the Cardinals. He is due to become a

710
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 1: free agent, though he spoke very highly of the organization

711
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:12,360
Speaker 1: on Sunday though. The disappointment, however, of missing the playoffs.

712
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,440
Speaker 1: To be honest, it's heartbreaking. It's heartbreaking because what you

713
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 1: play the game for now. I always want to get

714
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:18,759
Speaker 1: to the playoffs. Have been to the playoffs since my

715
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 1: rookie year, so you want to get to the playoffs.

716
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:22,440
Speaker 1: We didn't get it this year. So you can't You

717
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: can't wind, you can't complain. You know, you look over

718
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:26,520
Speaker 1: the film again and look at the rest of the

719
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:28,320
Speaker 1: film from the whole year and get better for the

720
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,120
Speaker 1: next year and come back and come back swinging no

721
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:33,120
Speaker 1: matter what. A lot of questions on this team, I think,

722
00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:35,839
Speaker 1: more personnel wise on the defensive side of the ball,

723
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 1: p train the offense. Yeah, they've got personnel questions, but

724
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,600
Speaker 1: there's also scheme questions and other issues on that side

725
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:43,400
Speaker 1: of the ball. I think we all have. But I

726
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 1: like the coaching staff and I do like the pieces

727
00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 1: in place. Now, does Hassan Reddick come back, Does Marcus

728
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,560
Speaker 1: Golden come back? Does Patrick Peterson come back? And then

729
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 1: what do you do if you don't have Pat p

730
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 1: That is where the interesting part of the discussion is

731
00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 1: going to come. Defensively, you love the overall how this

732
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,279
Speaker 1: team is put together right now, but there are going

733
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,279
Speaker 1: to be a few variables that if you change one

734
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,839
Speaker 1: way or the other, it can change the direction of

735
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:12,239
Speaker 1: this team. And so it's going to be imperative that

736
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:15,399
Speaker 1: you keep those positive variables in house and not let

737
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:18,680
Speaker 1: them walk out to the door free agency, because again,

738
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 1: you want to build off of the positives, and there

739
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 1: were a lot of positives to take away, and you

740
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:27,120
Speaker 1: don't want other teams benefiting from those players are starting

741
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,600
Speaker 1: to ascend and really make a difference year in the NFL. Yeah,

742
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:33,279
Speaker 1: dem and Andre Campbell's on a one year deal. I

743
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,440
Speaker 1: anticipate Isaiah Simmons will go in there as a starter

744
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,480
Speaker 1: or a three done linebacker next to Jordan Hicks. The

745
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: goal of every team is you had Marcus Golden say,

746
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 1: make the postseason. We'll talk about the playoffs coming up

747
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:48,400
Speaker 1: this weekend. That's all stread to add. It's the Cardinals.

748
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,200
Speaker 1: Bred c report on the Arizona Cardinals. Right, you're not

749
00:37:51,280 --> 00:38:06,320
Speaker 1: working twelve thousand. They're going crazy inside First Energy Stadium

750
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 1: and wherever you are. This is starting to become very

751
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:14,120
Speaker 1: very real that the Browns are gonna go to the playoffs.

752
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 1: They're in victory formation. D Baker Mayfield takes a knee,

753
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:22,759
Speaker 1: have a clock will wide down and amazing story. The

754
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,640
Speaker 1: Brons will get their eleven twin of the year. They'll

755
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:32,000
Speaker 1: go to eleven in five and they're going to the playoffs. Unbelievable.

756
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 1: What a season, first time since two thousand and two.

757
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:41,080
Speaker 1: Jim Donovan on the Browns Radio Network with the call,

758
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,319
Speaker 1: and yes, the Browns one of the teams that will

759
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 1: be playing this weekend. They are dubbing it Super wild

760
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 1: Card Weekend. Three games on Saturday, three games on Sunday. Remember,

761
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 1: seven teams in each conference make the postseason, but only

762
00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 1: one team gets that coveted first round by and that

763
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:03,760
Speaker 1: belonged to the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs.

764
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 1: So first things for us here is what is ahead

765
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,440
Speaker 1: on Saturday, and then be training. I'll get your thoughts

766
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:13,280
Speaker 1: on maybe where your eyes are going to go on Saturday.

767
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,200
Speaker 1: Three games. It begins with the Colts at the Bills,

768
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:20,520
Speaker 1: then the Rams play at Seattle. The nightcap, the Buccaneers

769
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 1: will be at Washington that is Saturday, and then on

770
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 1: Sunday the early game the Ravens at the Titans, the

771
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:31,560
Speaker 1: Bears will visit the Saints, and then the aforementioned Browns

772
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:34,400
Speaker 1: will play at the Steelers. And news this morning that

773
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 1: Cleveland head coach Kevin Stefanski has tested positive for COVID

774
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,279
Speaker 1: nineteen and will not be on the field on the

775
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:45,360
Speaker 1: sidelines this coming weekend, so that might change things a

776
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 1: little bit. And of course, the Browns and Steelers just

777
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,080
Speaker 1: played one another this past Sunday's reminiscent of when the

778
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:53,360
Speaker 1: Cardinals played the Packers to close out the regular season

779
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,760
Speaker 1: and met in the wild card, and that was certainly

780
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,040
Speaker 1: a fun game to remember. But be trained. Out of

781
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,920
Speaker 1: those six games where you be uh, I know you're

782
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:03,040
Speaker 1: watching all them. I mean it's a no shoes weekend,

783
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:05,440
Speaker 1: but what are you gonna be watching? First and foremost,

784
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,359
Speaker 1: the one game that I want to watch. I want

785
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:11,160
Speaker 1: to watch the Titans and the Ravens because I think

786
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:13,279
Speaker 1: it's a little bit of role reversal. I think the

787
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:17,160
Speaker 1: Ravens come in like last year's Titans were into the playoffs.

788
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 1: I think Lamar Jackson and the Ravens spit this role

789
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,919
Speaker 1: a little bit better than being the hunted and being

790
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:26,399
Speaker 1: the favorites. And so they're playing He's playing really good

791
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:28,840
Speaker 1: ball right now, and the team is playing really good defense,

792
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:31,280
Speaker 1: and hopefully they can get some of their defensive guys

793
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:34,200
Speaker 1: healthy and back again. And if they can do that,

794
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:38,640
Speaker 1: then I think with Derrick Henry and and Ryan Tannehill

795
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 1: and and the weapons that they have on the offensive side,

796
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:44,560
Speaker 1: going up against that Baltimore Raveins defense, that's that's a

797
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 1: fascinating matchup for me. And you know that there's gonna

798
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:49,759
Speaker 1: be a little bit of payback on the mind of

799
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:53,879
Speaker 1: the Ravens trying to get back for what happened last year.

800
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,960
Speaker 1: Of course, they remember that that tasting their mouths very well.

801
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,640
Speaker 1: It was something that they had to stew overall offseason

802
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:02,719
Speaker 1: once the season was over, and now it's their very

803
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,400
Speaker 1: first matchup. I can't wait to see those two go

804
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:08,240
Speaker 1: at it. And I think MJ big game for Lamar Jackson.

805
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:10,959
Speaker 1: We all talk about the progress that he has made

806
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:12,839
Speaker 1: from year one to year two and then this year

807
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 1: maybe a little bit of a drop in production, but

808
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:18,919
Speaker 1: he has not won a playoff game. He's oh and two. Yeah,

809
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,879
Speaker 1: and you know that's that's interesting considering, you know, how

810
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:24,759
Speaker 1: he's won the MVP. M But we know it's a

811
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:28,160
Speaker 1: team game. They really rely on their tight ends. I mean,

812
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 1: their wide receivers have been hit and miss. They have

813
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:34,000
Speaker 1: running back by committee, but hey, this is why you

814
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:36,600
Speaker 1: win the MVP and now you get a chance to

815
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:39,319
Speaker 1: play in the postseason. So yeah, that's going to be

816
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:42,680
Speaker 1: a really physical game when you get to this time

817
00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 1: of the year. Plus it's going to be outdoors. That's

818
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:47,799
Speaker 1: the early game on Sunday. You know, maybe this is

819
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:50,640
Speaker 1: not the sexy game. And I'm not going to talk

820
00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:53,080
Speaker 1: about the Rams and Seahawks because let them just beat

821
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 1: each other up and play for overtime or whatever. But

822
00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:58,319
Speaker 1: and maybe it's my roots, but Indianapolis and Buffalo it's

823
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 1: it's just the Buffaloes may run and the Colts consistently

824
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:05,680
Speaker 1: have done a really good job with Frank Right. I

825
00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:06,920
Speaker 1: don't know if this is going to be a low

826
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:09,080
Speaker 1: scoring game. We know the Bills put up points, but

827
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:12,759
Speaker 1: you know, I'll be curious to see how that Washington

828
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:15,799
Speaker 1: front seven attacks Tom Brady. I just don't know if

829
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:18,120
Speaker 1: they can score enough points to beat the Buccaneers. While

830
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:21,719
Speaker 1: the last team to beat the Bills, the Arizona Cardinals,

831
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:25,400
Speaker 1: Buffalo was not lost since that game at State Farm Stadium,

832
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:28,960
Speaker 1: the Hail Murray on November fifteenth, and of course the

833
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:32,400
Speaker 1: team on Sunday, the Chicago Bears playing at the Saints

834
00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:34,799
Speaker 1: be tran. This is gonna hurt Cardinal fans because the

835
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:36,799
Speaker 1: Bears are in and the Cardinals will be watching that

836
00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:40,399
Speaker 1: game on Sunday. And on paper, yeah, the Cardinals much

837
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 1: better than the Bears, but the Bears won the tiebreaker

838
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:46,160
Speaker 1: because of the record of common opponents the Bears this season.

839
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:48,720
Speaker 1: They beat the Lions, they beat the Panthers, two teams

840
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: the Cardinals could not beat. And that's the difference between

841
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:54,920
Speaker 1: getting into the playoffs and not getting into the playoffs.

842
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:56,759
Speaker 1: And when you get to this point, you start to

843
00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:59,879
Speaker 1: lament the games that you let slip away, in games

844
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:01,840
Speaker 1: you felt like you should have won. Another game that

845
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:04,800
Speaker 1: I'm going to be looking forward to is Tampa Bay

846
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:07,520
Speaker 1: at Washington. And of course you heard Chase Young. There's

847
00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:10,200
Speaker 1: sound bites of him going off the field saying that, hey,

848
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 1: I want Tom Brady. I want him. Well, I'm not

849
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:15,279
Speaker 1: sure if that's exactly what you want. You're talking about

850
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:18,799
Speaker 1: the most accomplished player in NFL history when you start

851
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:22,399
Speaker 1: talking about win super Bowls and everything else. So if

852
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:24,279
Speaker 1: you want him, you're gonna get him right now. And

853
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:26,960
Speaker 1: last I checked, Tom Brady is as petty as they come.

854
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:29,480
Speaker 1: And you know I'm here for the petty. So I

855
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:33,120
Speaker 1: can't wait to see what Tom and and BA has

856
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:36,399
Speaker 1: in store for the young pass rusher. Yeah, be a

857
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:38,880
Speaker 1: compliment at their front seven. But he said, be careful

858
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:41,879
Speaker 1: what you wish for. Yeah, there's not much. Don't poke

859
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:44,640
Speaker 1: the bear exactly because I can't remember what there was

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Speaker 1: a young cornerback and this I might have been a

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Speaker 1: regular season game that said something about Brady when he

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Speaker 1: yeah yeah, And then all of a sudden he just

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Speaker 1: got tott him up like a Christmas tree. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady's the quarterback. On your all Petty team. Is

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Speaker 1: that what I'm hearing? He trained, There's no doubt, and

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Speaker 1: you know he's still got that chip on being a

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Speaker 1: he uses that for motivation. And I love it. I

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Speaker 1: am here for the Petty all day long. Bring it

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Speaker 1: four of the offseason ahead of the Arizona Cardinals and

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