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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang, and Welcome to a football Friday, just

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Speaker 1: the second one ahead of a home game this season.

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Speaker 1: On today's show, four and Oh is good, five and

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Speaker 1: Oh is even better? So what needs to happen on Sunday?

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Speaker 1: What must the Cardinals do to beat the forty nine

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Speaker 1: Ers and remain the NFL's only undefeated team. Mike Jarecki

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Speaker 1: has his three keys to victory along with the X factor. First, though,

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Speaker 1: we update the NFC West standings. It's Cardinals Cover two,

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Speaker 1: Episode four seventy nine and it starts now. Welcome to

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

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

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Speaker 1: catch in a touchdown DeAndre Hopkins. Here's Craig Griolu and

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Speaker 1: Mike Jarecki. Full disclosure, MJ. I found myself rooting for

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Speaker 1: the Seahawks last night. I wanted provide of the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: to take care of business on Sunday. A two game

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Speaker 1: lead within the division, and I'm not gonna get it,

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Speaker 1: but that was my hope after watching Thursday night. But

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Speaker 1: I think we were in the same boat because you know,

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Speaker 1: you look at the Rams upcoming schedule, it's gonna it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a little bit easier than maybe the first

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks, and they would have gave them their

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Speaker 1: second loss instead. You know, obviously, when Russell Wilson left

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Speaker 1: the game, and I'll give credit to Geno Smith, I

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Speaker 1: mean he actually moved the ball down the field. They

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Speaker 1: had a chance at the end. But you know the Rams,

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know Matthew Stafford. You know, he threw

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Speaker 1: for three hundred and sixty five yards, but he was

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Speaker 1: also you know, missing receivers. But again that's part of

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Speaker 1: the you know, him being a new quarterback on that system.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I was in the same boat as you.

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Speaker 1: Four half, I had my wish. The Seahawks had a

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Speaker 1: seven three halftime advantage. Then the Rams outscored the Seahawks

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Speaker 1: twenty three ten and the second half. You bring up

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson something to keep an eye on. He hasn't

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Speaker 1: missed a game, starting one hundred and forty nine straight contests,

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Speaker 1: longest active streaked by an active quarterback, but that middle

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Speaker 1: finger on his throwing in hand will kind of pay

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Speaker 1: attention to that. Matthew Stafford had his own finger issue,

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Speaker 1: but that didn't seem to really bother him. But all right,

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Speaker 1: let's we didn't get what we wanted, but this is

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Speaker 1: what we do have, and you know, I'm gonna try

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Speaker 1: we got what we wanted at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: even though I didn't. But if you look at the

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Speaker 1: NFC West standings now, with the Rams at four and one,

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Speaker 1: what they're supposed to do. You'd have both the forty

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Speaker 1: within the division. You'd have the one game lead on

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Speaker 1: the Rams, although head to head you'd have the tiebreaker.

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Speaker 1: There was another game, I understand that, So it becomes

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Speaker 1: You've dismissed the Seahawks, You've dismissed the forty nine Ers

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Speaker 1: and that was why I was rooting for the Seahawks

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Speaker 1: Cardinals have the tiebreaker and they would have a you know,

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Speaker 1: one hundred times if they had their choice. Now, it

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Speaker 1: doesn't really matter who the running back is. Maybe, you know,

429
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Speaker 1: maybe the word in San Francisco is, you know, when

430
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Speaker 1: it comes to their running backs, they don't feel like

431
00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,240
Speaker 1: those guys are Bell Coles. It's more, you know, change

432
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Speaker 1: of pace guys. So I mean to me, don't let

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Speaker 1: them get to the second level. That's where that's where

434
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Speaker 1: in the past, Jeff Wilson Moser, they would get these

435
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Speaker 1: twelve yard runs and run off to the races for

436
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Speaker 1: like forty yards. So don't let these guys. And it's

437
00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:30,080
Speaker 1: happened a few different times. You know, you go back

438
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Speaker 1: to Henderson Robinson and then Delvin Cook so and again

439
00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,680
Speaker 1: it's all about, you know, stopping the run and staying

440
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Speaker 1: in your Gapsum, don't freelance even though you're gonna try

441
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Speaker 1: to make a play. But I think it's important that

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Speaker 1: they don't let these guys get to the second level.

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Speaker 1: And that means the first and second downs are really

444
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Speaker 1: important because they could come out and throw it or

445
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Speaker 1: they can come out and run it. I'm sure they're

446
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Speaker 1: going to give them some easy passes just to get

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Speaker 1: them in rhythm. You know, maybe a quick cause you

448
00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:04,080
Speaker 1: know pas George Kittle, maybe a little in the flat,

449
00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,119
Speaker 1: Kyle Uschek, because he's a guy that runs hard, and

450
00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,439
Speaker 1: you better make sure you're tackling. And I didn't impress

451
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,760
Speaker 1: with the Cardinals tacklers. What Jeff Wilson and the forty

452
00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,280
Speaker 1: nine ers did a year ago still very fresh in

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Speaker 1: my mind. Week sixteen at State Farm Stadium, two hundred

454
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Speaker 1: and twenty seven rushing yards with a backup quarterback and

455
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Speaker 1: literally ran through the Cardinals defense. It was not pretty.

456
00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,160
Speaker 1: It was a game the Cardinals if they had one

457
00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,679
Speaker 1: make the postseason they did not got a new life

458
00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,639
Speaker 1: the next week at the Rams. Unable to close the

459
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Speaker 1: deal on that. But if you look back at last season,

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Speaker 1: as far as all the losses that you know that

461
00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,240
Speaker 1: that hurts, you know, you know, I always go back

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Speaker 1: to what happened earlier with the Lions game, but it

463
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Speaker 1: really was the forty nine ers contest that I think

464
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Speaker 1: sticks and a lot of players minds and even some

465
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Speaker 1: coaches minds as well, because if you don't, if you

466
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Speaker 1: can't stop the run, then all of a sudden, you're

467
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Speaker 1: not making a team one dimensional, and you can't rush

468
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Speaker 1: the pastors and the quarterback just turns and hands the

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Speaker 1: ball left, hands the ball right, and it's very demoralizing

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Speaker 1: to a defense. So stopping the run, we say it

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Speaker 1: every single week. Bench Joseph preaches it, but it doesn't

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Speaker 1: matter who's running the football. Right now, this Cardinals team

473
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Speaker 1: has not been able to stop the run. They are

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Speaker 1: second to last in rushing yards per play. That's got

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Speaker 1: a change, and it's been fortunate enough that this offense

476
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Speaker 1: has scored enough points so where the defense doesn't have

477
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Speaker 1: to face a lot of rushing attacks because you're down

478
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Speaker 1: one or two scores late in a contest and then

479
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,719
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you're the opponent, you're forced to

480
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Speaker 1: throw the football. So we talk about adjustments that perhaps

481
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Speaker 1: coach Joseph has made. It might just be simply that

482
00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,760
Speaker 1: the offense has helped pick up the defense get to

483
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:06,399
Speaker 1: big lead to where Jaguars, Rams, Titans can't throw the

484
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:10,520
Speaker 1: football anymore and that's helped the run defense. Yeah. And

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Speaker 1: last week, you know, playing playing the Rams, and just

486
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,520
Speaker 1: based on the history since McVeigh has been there, my

487
00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 1: number one key was you got to score thirty points.

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying that today. I'm just saying win the game.

489
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Speaker 1: I mean it could come down to a kick. They

490
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Speaker 1: don't have their main kicker he's out or Robbie Gold,

491
00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,680
Speaker 1: so you know, I could come down to the app

492
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Speaker 1: But to me, I think the Cardinals offense is sustainable

493
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Speaker 1: and if they can force some turnovers that will go

494
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Speaker 1: a long way. We'll win field position when it comes

495
00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:39,880
Speaker 1: to you know, kickoff return and punt return. So those

496
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,000
Speaker 1: are the little things. And Cardinals did not turn the

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Speaker 1: ball over last week and that was important just based

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Speaker 1: on you know, how the game went a little bit

499
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Speaker 1: back and forth until the second half. So they know

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Speaker 1: what's at stake here and they know this is a

501
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Speaker 1: different team just from the leadership standpoint, the physicality standpoint.

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Speaker 1: The even hop said we're just taking a one, one

503
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Speaker 1: game at a time. You know, the first quarters over

504
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:03,520
Speaker 1: we went four and oh and now you try to

505
00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,719
Speaker 1: get you know, three or four wins in the second

506
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Speaker 1: in the month of October. So it's just a little things.

507
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Speaker 1: And I think they've they're a different team than last year.

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Speaker 1: I don't see this happening. I would be surprised if

509
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Speaker 1: it happens again like it did last year. Well, I

510
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Speaker 1: want through respects to the run game too. It was

511
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Speaker 1: little things that Marcus Golden pointed to on Friday, saying, quote,

512
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Speaker 1: it's fixable what they're doing. Yet here we are four

513
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Speaker 1: games in and we're still hearing that. So that's somewhat

514
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Speaker 1: of a concern. And you can't expect an offense, the

515
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Speaker 1: Cardinals offense to jump out to a two three score

516
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,240
Speaker 1: lead to where now all of a sudden, a team

517
00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:44,359
Speaker 1: doesn't run the football because they're trying to play catchups.

518
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Speaker 1: So these are not good numbers. With respects to the

519
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,200
Speaker 1: Cardinals defense, they have earned a lot of respect and

520
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,439
Speaker 1: a lot of price, but that ground game is not

521
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,600
Speaker 1: sitting well with us and certainly with those players and

522
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Speaker 1: coaches in the locker room. Yeah, and I'm glad that

523
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,440
Speaker 1: because it is correctable. I mean, just everyone do your job.

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00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 1: It sounds simple, but you know, I'm waiting for JJ

525
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Speaker 1: Watt to have a breakout game. You know, I'm not

526
00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:09,760
Speaker 1: so much in the sacks, but you know, he obviously

527
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,680
Speaker 1: created a pressure on that pick six. He's getting tackle

528
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,040
Speaker 1: for losses. You know, he's getting the quarterback to give

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00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,280
Speaker 1: her to the ball. So I just think, you know,

530
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:20,600
Speaker 1: and then you know it's not only JJ Watt and

531
00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,280
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones. You know, you'd like to see, you know,

532
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 1: Lucky Foe two and Richard Lawrence and Corey Peters make

533
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,520
Speaker 1: some plays, you know, being that you know those run

534
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,119
Speaker 1: stuffers in the middle. And then Michael Dogby has the

535
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 1: athleticism and the speed and the strength that come off

536
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,400
Speaker 1: the edge. So no, I like where they are. It's

537
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,560
Speaker 1: just I think you need some other guys to step

538
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,480
Speaker 1: up besides the obvious guys. Yeah, the defensive line. Pay

539
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:48,000
Speaker 1: attention to those, whether it's three guys with their hand

540
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:51,479
Speaker 1: in the dirt, four guys, two guys. They need to

541
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:56,320
Speaker 1: have their best game this season. It's certainly to stop

542
00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,000
Speaker 1: the run, but also to help the back end as well.

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00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,000
Speaker 1: All right, so we've got two are the three keys,

544
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:06,040
Speaker 1: one pressure, entree, lance, two front seven against that forty

545
00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,680
Speaker 1: nine ers rush offense. What's number three Cardinals passing game

546
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 1: against the nine ers secondary? Now you look at their secondary,

547
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,040
Speaker 1: you know they Josh Norman, I don't know if he's

548
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:18,520
Speaker 1: going to be able to play. He had you know,

549
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 1: he was taken to the hospital. He was bleeding. I

550
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,960
Speaker 1: think like something like that. Hopefully he's okay. But Mosley

551
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:29,200
Speaker 1: is their top corner and he's kind of a scrappy player.

552
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,560
Speaker 1: He likes to get in your face. But I just

553
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,560
Speaker 1: think if the Cardinals really want to spread them out,

554
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:37,359
Speaker 1: they can take advantage of that passing game. Now, again

555
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,960
Speaker 1: we'll get into some of the intangibles because if they

556
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 1: can't stop the pass rush, then it's going to be

557
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,720
Speaker 1: difficult to attack that secondary. Well, you look at that

558
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:48,760
Speaker 1: forty nine or secondary referenced Josh Norman's chest injury. Juan

559
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:52,600
Speaker 1: Williams is dealing with a calf injury. And let's not

560
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 1: forget Mosley. He missed the first two games with the

561
00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,480
Speaker 1: knee injury, so he's still kind of getting back into

562
00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,840
Speaker 1: football shape though he's played very well. Four pass breakups

563
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 1: through two games, and that is tied for the fourteenth

564
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,560
Speaker 1: best in the NFL, So he is capable. But that's

565
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:12,600
Speaker 1: just one guy, right, Cardinals have four wide receivers plus

566
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:16,360
Speaker 1: two running backs plus tied in Max Williams and Drake Kirkpatrick.

567
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,240
Speaker 1: He's also on the roster forms on a Cardinal recently signed. Yeah,

568
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,479
Speaker 1: and you know, if he's out there, I'm gonna think

569
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,560
Speaker 1: they're gonna target him with AJ Green and nothing against him,

570
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 1: it's just you know, he's kind of buried on the

571
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 1: depth chart. He was a late edition, um, you know,

572
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,640
Speaker 1: but I think de Meco Ryan's has a really good

573
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,960
Speaker 1: job at that defense. You could see that those guys

574
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:36,840
Speaker 1: are all on the same page and they play hard

575
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 1: and they play together well. Kirkpatrick started last week, and

576
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Speaker 1: I would think he'd be in line to make a

577
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 1: second straight start for the car because because Norman's more

578
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 1: of a slot guy, you know, he Kirkpatrick's played his

579
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,240
Speaker 1: entire career on the outside and it mostly has a

580
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 1: size to play on the outside. All right, So the

581
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,600
Speaker 1: three keys to a Cardinals win on Sunday, get pressure

582
00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 1: on the quarterback, stop the run, specifically that front seven,

583
00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 1: and I'll even go further. Stay of the defensive line,

584
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,280
Speaker 1: and then of course the Cardinals passing game against the

585
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Speaker 1: forty nine or secondary. And we've chronicled the numbers for

586
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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. I mean he is right now to me

587
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,240
Speaker 1: the odds on favor to be the league MVP, and

588
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 1: he's certainly putting up numbers leading the number one scoring offense.

589
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:22,959
Speaker 1: But just his completion percentage, completions of twenty five or

590
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 1: more yards, second in total touchdowns, rushing touchdowns by a quarterback,

591
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:32,240
Speaker 1: passing yards per attempt third, in passing yards fifth, and

592
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:36,760
Speaker 1: passer rating, tied for fifth in passing touchdowns and tied

593
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Speaker 1: for ninth in completion. So I say all that, yet

594
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Speaker 1: at the same time, you look back at his history.

595
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Speaker 1: Last year, two of his three worst completion percentage performances

596
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,880
Speaker 1: came against the forty nine ers, and in those two games,

597
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:55,360
Speaker 1: he was sacked five times, through just one touchdown, had

598
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Speaker 1: two interceptions. So teams are different. One year doesn't carry

599
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 1: over to the net, but it is a hurdle if

600
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:06,760
Speaker 1: you will Kyler Murray finally beat the Rams. Now can

601
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: he do what he did at home to the forty niners,

602
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,280
Speaker 1: because he hasn't beaten the forty nine ers at home

603
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 1: he's beating them on the road. That would have been

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00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 1: weak one last year. Correct, Even Josh Rosen beat the

605
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,920
Speaker 1: nine Ers twice when he was here. I shouldn't. I

606
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 1: wish I always should I didn't mentioned that it's like

607
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 1: picking a scab. Very well done, Cardinals Cover two presented

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Speaker 1: by Hunday Probab partner of the Arizona Cardinals. All right,

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00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,000
Speaker 1: you're not done yet, MG, there was still some other

610
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: homework for you to do last night. So what's the

611
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:38,760
Speaker 1: X factor and intangible? Well, I listened to Trent Williams. Yes,

612
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: he sounds like a guy that's gonna play. Um, this

613
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 1: is a great matchup. I mean, this is what you

614
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 1: He spoke very highly of Chandler Jones, and so I mean,

615
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 1: I'm I'm looking forward to and he and I don't

616
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 1: think he's one hundred percent. So to me, this can

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Speaker 1: be a week where Chandler and they can move Chandler

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Speaker 1: over to Mike mcclinchy on the right side. O. See,

619
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Speaker 1: they invest at high picks once Joe Staley retired and

620
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 1: they brought it in Williams. He's one of the best

621
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 1: left tackles in football. He's strong if he gets his

622
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 1: hands on you, he can control you. But he was

623
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:15,440
Speaker 1: so complimentary of chand So I'm just thinking this is

624
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 1: the week that maybe Chandler can move around a little bit.

625
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,800
Speaker 1: But I am looking forward to that matchups. That's that's

626
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 1: I R not arring right there. When you look at

627
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:27,720
Speaker 1: Trent Williams and Chandler Jones. Well, the five sacks tied

628
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,960
Speaker 1: for the second most in the NFL Chandler Jones, but

629
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:33,880
Speaker 1: all five of those happened in Week one. He's come

630
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 1: close to getting his hands on a quarterback, whether that

631
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:42,120
Speaker 1: was Kirk Cousins or last week Matthew Stafford. Yet we

632
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,719
Speaker 1: talk about finishing and got to be able to finish.

633
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 1: He is getting pressure, he's getting hits, he's getting quarterback hits,

634
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 1: and he's making quarterbacks uncomfortable. But I would like to

635
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 1: see the quarterback go down this week and Chandler Jones

636
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 1: kind of get the gee off his back if you will,

637
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 1: as far as Hey, you know you haven't had a

638
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:07,680
Speaker 1: sack in three games, and get that talk put aside. Yeah,

639
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Speaker 1: I just like these matchups. I mean, there's a reason

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Speaker 1: why they're paying Trent Williams all that money, and there's

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00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,200
Speaker 1: a reason why Chandler Jones looking for a new contract.

642
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: These this is what this divisions about. It's about pass rushers,

643
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,480
Speaker 1: left tackles, and then the quarterback play and then now

644
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 1: we got so many different wide receivers in this in

645
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 1: this division. So yeah, I look forward to those matchups

646
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 1: because it doesn't happen every week. You know, we you know,

647
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 1: early on in the Week one, you know, Tyler Luan

648
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 1: was struggling and Chandler had that and then you know

649
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 1: we week two, I thought the Vikings did a better

650
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:42,800
Speaker 1: job protecting Kirk Cousins in the first half, and then

651
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 1: in Jacksonville you would think that we're based on nerline.

652
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 1: So I think it's time for Chandler to you know,

653
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Speaker 1: I don't need five sacks. This give me one or two.

654
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Speaker 1: Maybe your forced fumble, maybe where somebody can pick the

655
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Speaker 1: ball up and get the offense a great field position.

656
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Speaker 1: So I'm really looking forward to that matchup, all right,

657
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 1: So that is X factor Chandler Jones. Can he win

658
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 1: some one on one matchups with Trent Williams, who I

659
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,480
Speaker 1: do think is going to play, is dealing with a

660
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,400
Speaker 1: shoulder injury, but he's been a full participant in practice

661
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: since Wednesday when he was limited. So again trending upwards

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Speaker 1: with respects the Cardinals left tackle and not just the

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Speaker 1: excume the forty nine Ers left tackle, who's the highest

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Speaker 1: pay offensive lineman in league history after signing that contract

665
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Speaker 1: in the offseason. He's huge. Okay, intangible this kind of

666
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:34,200
Speaker 1: coincides with everything we just discussed. Cardinals old line against

667
00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:38,960
Speaker 1: the Niners pass rushers, including Bosa, D four, Eric Armstead,

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Speaker 1: and don't fall asleep on Fred Warner because he'll play

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Speaker 1: close to the liner scrimmage. You know, he's one of

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Speaker 1: the best inside linebackers. You may make the case he's

671
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 1: one of the better linebackers in this division. We're so

672
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:54,360
Speaker 1: excited about Isaiah Simmons. Shorten Hicks is playing well, but

673
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 1: he really commands. You know, if they can get pressure

674
00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:02,319
Speaker 1: up up the middle, he'll come in and clean up

675
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Speaker 1: on tackles. He's you can pencilman for twelve or thirteen tackles.

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00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 1: So the intangible Cardinals really how do they How do

677
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 1: they slow these pass rushers down? These guys get paid two.

678
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,239
Speaker 1: Bosa's off to a good start. One health, he's very

679
00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:18,239
Speaker 1: productive DFOD. He can win one on one matchups. That's

680
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:20,759
Speaker 1: why you know, if you got beat him out there,

681
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 1: that can go a long way and getting back to

682
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Speaker 1: your starting five. So it's just not one guy, it's

683
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,360
Speaker 1: multiple guys, and you know that's that they've done a

684
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 1: good job protecting Kyler Murray. But I gotta think they're

685
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Speaker 1: gonna try to go after him, and you got to

686
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Speaker 1: pick your poison there. Now when it comes to Murray,

687
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 1: he's seventeen, eighteen and one. So if he wins on

688
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Speaker 1: Sunday for the first time in his career, he'll have

689
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Speaker 1: a five hundred record. You know who else will have

690
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Speaker 1: a five hundred record. Cliff Kingsbury, he's in the same

691
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:53,279
Speaker 1: boat exactly, tied at the hip, and we're talking about

692
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Speaker 1: what five wins and then eight wins. I mean, you're

693
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Speaker 1: going into season. I'm like, when is he gonna get

694
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Speaker 1: to five hundred? And that's what happens when your first

695
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:06,320
Speaker 1: overall pick and takes time, But clearly the arrow's pointing

696
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Speaker 1: up for both of those guys. I mean, they've been

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Speaker 1: fantastic this year, they really have, and he's playing well

698
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 1: and he's also getting some great protection up front. Those

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Speaker 1: five guys, or if you want to extend it to

700
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Speaker 1: six seven guys because there's been some injuries and some

701
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 1: shuffling offensive line, but they'll be challenged. Talking about that

702
00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:29,880
Speaker 1: Cardinals offensive line this week, you ask people, Yeah, the

703
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 1: forty nine ers, they've got issues, they've got problems that

704
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 1: they need to correct, but they might have the best

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Speaker 1: defensive line as far as four guys that can line

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Speaker 1: up at the line of scrimmage put their hand in

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00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:46,720
Speaker 1: the dirt. Eric Armstead, Javon Kin Laud, DJ Jones, Nick Bosa,

708
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:50,280
Speaker 1: You've got d Ford, Zach Kerry are. They are deep

709
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:54,640
Speaker 1: along the defensive line, and they are very successful on

710
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,960
Speaker 1: the defensive line, though Bosa still looking for his first

711
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: career sack of the arizonas. Yes, and it needed a

712
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:03,839
Speaker 1: really good job on him in previous years and then

713
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:08,879
Speaker 1: obviously got hurt. Now before we sign off, one thing

714
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Speaker 1: that's been impressive to me is the balance. And again,

715
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Speaker 1: the Cardinals are passing thirty three point five times per game,

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Speaker 1: about fifty one point nine percent, rushing one hundred and

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Speaker 1: twenty four attempts, thirty one rushing attempts per game. I

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00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,080
Speaker 1: love that thirty and over and that's forty eight point one.

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Speaker 1: So there is balance in this offense. The narrative would be, well,

720
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 1: they're gonna throw at sixty times, they're gonna runty. That's

721
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Speaker 1: not happening. And that's the beauty of having this offensive

722
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Speaker 1: line and having Kyler's or Luxury. And you got to

723
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Speaker 1: give credit to Chase Emmons and James Connor because they

724
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:48,840
Speaker 1: really have made an impact. When it comes to the

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Speaker 1: rushing game, well, we discussed it earlier here on Cardinals

726
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Speaker 1: Cover two presented by Hyunday, probably partner of the Arizona Cardinals.

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00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:59,080
Speaker 1: That running game. Yes, Kyle the Murray has been a factor,

728
00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:02,959
Speaker 1: but he's been a small factor. He's carried the ball

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Speaker 1: twenty three times, which is nine fewer than a year ago.

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Speaker 1: Through four games, he's rushed for one hundred and nine yards.

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Speaker 1: He had two hundred and sixty five going into Week

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Speaker 1: five last year. But the touchdowns, he still has three

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Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns. Last year at this time he had four.

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Speaker 1: But it's when he's running the football. It's inside the ten,

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Speaker 1: it's inside the five yard line, it's third and long,

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Speaker 1: when he has no one open to throw the ball

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00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:33,400
Speaker 1: and there's been good coverage, so he takes off and runs,

738
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Speaker 1: and that is what we wanted to see when we

739
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Speaker 1: discussed this in the offseason and what he brought up

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Speaker 1: as far as his legs being a luxury run when needed,

741
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 1: not because you have to, as far as the offense

742
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,360
Speaker 1: is bogged down and you're struggling to move the chains

743
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,400
Speaker 1: and Murray feels like he's got to do everything. No,

744
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:55,399
Speaker 1: that can't happen anymore, and it hasn't happened. And it's

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Speaker 1: a credit to one year three in the same offensive

746
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:03,359
Speaker 1: system and then putting pieces around QB one as far

747
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Speaker 1: as AJ Green, James Connor, Rodney Hudson, upgrading certain positions,

748
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Speaker 1: whether it's wide receiver, running back, or offensive line, and

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Speaker 1: now everything is coming together and it has looked outstanding

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00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,759
Speaker 1: through four games here in twenty twenty one. But now

751
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 1: you need to see it continue and continue this week

752
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,320
Speaker 1: against the forty nine ers. Yeah, and we're not seeing

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00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:29,239
Speaker 1: these munised design runs. And you know that at that point,

754
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,719
Speaker 1: you can tell that they're so comfortable with their top

755
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:34,600
Speaker 1: two backs and he could be a luxury And you know,

756
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:36,440
Speaker 1: I do want him to pull the ball down and

757
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 1: run when he has to, not to or playing a

758
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:41,640
Speaker 1: hero ball. And I think he's learned that, you know,

759
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:43,279
Speaker 1: and played for the next down, try to get out

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00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 1: of bounds. But you know those design runs, I mean,

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00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 1: they're they're fun to watch, but you just don't want

762
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 1: to put him in harm's way. Yeah, no unnecessary hits.

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Speaker 1: I do think he does a good job is stepping

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Speaker 1: out of bounds, even though I would prefer him not

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Speaker 1: to step out of bounds behind the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 1: That's still up eve of mine. Although I guess you

767
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 1: had to ask yourself, MJ if if you're Kyler Murray

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Speaker 1: and it's you know, you're scrambling and the only way

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Speaker 1: for you to avoid the hit is to go out

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Speaker 1: of bounds versus trying to move forward for a yard

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Speaker 1: to avoid the sack. But you've got a lineman that's

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Speaker 1: gonna hit you, or a linebacker or a corner coming

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Speaker 1: up to the line of scrimmage. You know, maybe maybe

774
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 1: I got to look at these plays a little different, because, yeah,

775
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Speaker 1: you lose a couple of yards, and yes, the offensive

776
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:26,720
Speaker 1: line all of a sudden gets tagged with the sack,

777
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Speaker 1: though you haven't suffered a hit to your leg, your hit,

778
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Speaker 1: your shoulder, your head, and you're ready for the next play.

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00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 1: So you know, I don't like to see it. But

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Speaker 1: if someone's bearing down on you, like, all right, I'm

781
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,400
Speaker 1: gonna hit the side door and go out of bounds.

782
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Speaker 1: I can live with it. I mean, I mean, honestly,

783
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Speaker 1: it's just I understand it. But he's trying to make

784
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Speaker 1: a play. And yeah, the only the thing is though

785
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Speaker 1: his rookie here, it was frustrating because he was he

786
00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:01,279
Speaker 1: was trying to run around and he figured it out

787
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Speaker 1: that yeah, I'm fast and you know, I'm four to

788
00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 1: three three Devin Hesser in the open field, but this

789
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:09,360
Speaker 1: guy's taking a different angle. So only been sacked eight times,

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00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,480
Speaker 1: okay three in the last game, I want to say, correct,

791
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 1: So it's not been every week. He takes care of

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00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:17,960
Speaker 1: his body and the offensive line does a really good

793
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:20,919
Speaker 1: job and it can't be easy when he's scrambling and

794
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,279
Speaker 1: they still got to continue to block and you've got

795
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 1: to make sure you don't have somebody down the field.

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00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 1: I mean, it's they've gone accustomed to it. They practice

797
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:31,120
Speaker 1: it every day. So there's a reason why this offense

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00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 1: is humming the way it is looking forward to this

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00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 1: matchup on Sunday. Feel confident about this matchup on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: As we said, even going into the Jacksonville game. On paper,

801
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:46,320
Speaker 1: there's no reason for the Cardinals not to win this contest.

802
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 1: But it is a division game. It is a division

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Speaker 1: game against an opponent that has one at State Farm Stadium.

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00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:55,880
Speaker 1: In fact, each of the past two visits to Arizona,

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Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers have left with a W. But

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00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:00,840
Speaker 1: I'll go back to how we begin in this show,

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00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 1: and that is looking at the NFC West standings and

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00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:06,600
Speaker 1: the ability not to get to five and oh, for me, MJ,

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00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:10,399
Speaker 1: it's getting to two n O and maintaining that one

810
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Speaker 1: game lead on the Rams and a two game lead

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Speaker 1: on both the Seahawks and forty nine Ers. That's that's

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Speaker 1: what I want us to be discussing postgame on Cardinal

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Speaker 1: Talk and then when we reconvene here on Cardinals Cover

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Speaker 1: two on Monday. Yeah. I'm looking at Murray's numbers against

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Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers. He's one in three, completing about

816
00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:33,880
Speaker 1: sixty seven percent of his passes, five touchdowns, two interceptions,

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Speaker 1: He's been sacked twelve times, and he hasn't run a

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Speaker 1: ton when it comes to rushing. Actually not bad, I

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Speaker 1: believe it or not. Thirty four times two hundred and

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Speaker 1: sixty seven yards average seven point eight five, and as

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Speaker 1: you pointed out, he hit a couple of rushing touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: But I like the five over two in four games,

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Speaker 1: five touchdowns, two interceptions and a completion percentage up there

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Speaker 1: not the same average per just because he had to

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Speaker 1: throw the ball fifty times last year. Yeah, thirty one

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Speaker 1: for fifty the running totals, I think we're a lot

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Speaker 1: from twenty nineteen. And the fact that, yes, he was

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Speaker 1: still trying to figure out the speed of the NFL game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's exactly right. He had five for thirty four, eight

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Speaker 1: for sixty seven last year. In the first game he

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Speaker 1: was thirteen for ninety one, second game, eight for seventy five,

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Speaker 1: So he has that in his arsenal. But I do

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Speaker 1: like the fact that he has five touchdowns and two

834
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Speaker 1: interceptions to where going against the Rams, those numbers were

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Speaker 1: the opposite. One other notes bird Gang in Speaking of

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Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers, Episode three Cardinals Folk Tales One

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Speaker 1: Time in Mexico, available now on the Cardinals YouTube channel

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Speaker 1: YouTube dot com. Azy Cardinals a look back at two

839
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Speaker 1: thousand and five when the Cardinals in forty nine Ers

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00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:53,920
Speaker 1: played in Mexico City, the first ever NFL regular season

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Speaker 1: game to take place on four and soil again one

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Speaker 1: time in Mexico, episode three of Cardinals Folk Tales on

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Speaker 1: YouTube dot com slash Azy Cardinals, and you can catch

844
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Speaker 1: up on past episodes of Cardinals Folk Tales as well,

845
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Speaker 1: including Pat Tillman and Legendary Locker. I'm looking forward to it.

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Speaker 1: You know, we talked about it briefly over the last

847
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Speaker 1: couple of days, just how the Cardinals are leaving Sundeville

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Speaker 1: Stadium and the Michael Bidwell went to Paul Taglubo and

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Speaker 1: so let's have a game there, And you know, based

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Speaker 1: on COVID and everything else, I do think the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: have nine home games next year, and I think one

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Speaker 1: of those games could be in Mexico City. Oh, we'll

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Speaker 1: have to wait and see, and perhaps that will be

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Speaker 1: on the schedule in twenty twenty two. Again. This Sunday one,

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Speaker 1: twenty five is the kickoff eight thirty am. Pregame coverage begins.

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Speaker 1: Cardinals looking to go to five and oh forty nine

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Speaker 1: ers at two and two stand in their way. On

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

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Speaker 1: of Cardinals Covered two presented by Honday probab partner of

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

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Speaker 1: producer Jim Momahandro for Mike Jarecki. I'm Craig Reel dou Well,

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Speaker 1: Dot you next dot here on Cardinals Cover two.