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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang. On today's show three Cadam three players

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Speaker 1: were named the Pro Bowl, but should there have been more?

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Speaker 1: Maybe one more? Byron Murphy may one day make the

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Speaker 1: Pro Bowl. He's certainly trending in that direction here in

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Speaker 1: year two plus. What does the NFC playoff picture look like? Now?

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Speaker 1: It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode three seventy six, and it

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Speaker 1: starts now. Welcome to Cardinals Cover two with Craig Griolu

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Speaker 1: and Mike Jarecki. Cardinals Cover two is presented by Hyundai,

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Speaker 1: Visit Acy Cardinals dot com, Slash Podcasts. Murray rolls to

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Speaker 1: the right, throws near site of Fitz Bob PTIs into

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Speaker 1: the end zone for the touchdown. Here's Craig Griolou and

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Speaker 1: Mike Jarecki. So I started my pro work last night

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Speaker 1: looking at this matchup against the forty nine ers here

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Speaker 1: in week sixteen. We'll dive into the matchup specifically later

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Speaker 1: on this week, but specifically, I was kind of going

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Speaker 1: through some numbers, some individual numbers and where a person

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Speaker 1: ranks within the division, within the conference, and I stumbled

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Speaker 1: upon this for Hassan Reddick, who we have constantly talked

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Speaker 1: about here over the course now of a couple of weeks.

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Speaker 1: I need your first reaction when I tell you Reddick

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Speaker 1: other numbers for Reddick. Six sacks in the past two

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Speaker 1: Eleven sacks extends his single season career high. His previous

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Speaker 1: edition of Cardinals cover two presented by Hunday, probably partner

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Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals. Three Pro Bowlers DeAndre Hopkins, Buddha Baker,

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Speaker 1: That offensive line is only allowed twenty two sacks. Remember

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Speaker 1: last year the number was forty eights, and they wanted

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Speaker 1: to cut that in half. They've done exactly that with

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Speaker 1: three games left to go. And when you are the

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Speaker 1: left tackle and you protect the blindside, although you could

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Speaker 1: argue that maybe Murray doesn't have a blind side because

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Speaker 1: he's able to go back and forth and up and

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Speaker 1: down north and southeast and west. He's that elusive. But

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Speaker 1: I do think Humphreys is right there amongst the best

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Speaker 1: at his position and that his left tackle. It's unfortunate

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Speaker 1: that he didn't get in this year, but I do

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Speaker 1: think next year should be the goal and the time

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Speaker 1: that you hear his name amongst the Pro bowlers. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and I'm just you know, I'm thrilled that we're having

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Speaker 1: this conversation versus you know, you know, some other position

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Speaker 1: where somebody feels like they're getting snubbed. But the good

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Speaker 1: news is he's he hasn't peaked yet. He's a perfect

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Speaker 1: age to be the blindside quarterback, regardless of Murray runs

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Speaker 1: or not. And you know he's to me, he's settling

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Speaker 1: in is a leader now and so that that goes

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Speaker 1: along way in the locker room because there's no panic

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Speaker 1: with these guys. You know, they go out there and

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Speaker 1: they play, but not a lot of panic. So I

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Speaker 1: like where they're at. But it all starts, you know,

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Speaker 1: winning up front. You can certainly see the growth that

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Speaker 1: Humphreys has made since spending that entire first season as

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Speaker 1: an inactive player to now where yeah, he should be

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Speaker 1: deserving and perhaps probably should have made the Pro Bowl

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Speaker 1: here in twenty twenty. Now the Pro Bowl will be

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Speaker 1: held again virtually thanks to EA Sports Madden NFL twenty one,

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Speaker 1: so there will be no replacements. You don't get subbed

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Speaker 1: out if you make this Super Bowl, nothing like that.

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Speaker 1: It's a unique year. But well that's what they say

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Speaker 1: about twenty twenty. By the way, the Pro bowlers within

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Speaker 1: the division Cardinals had three forty nine ers had three rams,

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Speaker 1: two Seahawks had seven. Twenty seven teams had at least

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Speaker 1: one player in the twenty twenty win Pro Bowl roster.

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Speaker 1: Twenty five clubs had multiple players chosen. Four teams, Ravens, Packers, Chiefs,

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Speaker 1: and Seahawks all placed a league best seven players on

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Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl seven. Let's see, Hawks are a playoff team.

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Speaker 1: But I just don't know if you count them amongst

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Speaker 1: the elite as far as seven Pro Bowlers. Yeah, but

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Speaker 1: I think you know DK Metcalf, Russell Wilson, you know

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Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner. Again, these guys household knees not Makecalf, but

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson and Bobby Wagner. So for the most party,

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Speaker 1: I was a little surprised they had seven, to be

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Speaker 1: honest with you. Cardinals with three, we'll see if we

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Speaker 1: can't get that number up to four and years to come,

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Speaker 1: especially next year with DJ Humphres will keep stumping it

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Speaker 1: Nine thirty am. Pregame coverage begins on the Arizona Cardinals

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals and the Niners. You can always go to

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Speaker 1: the social media accounts of all of us here with

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Speaker 1: as the Cardinals look for a third straight win when

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Speaker 1: the forty nine ers come to State Farm Stadium. One

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Speaker 1: other note before we look as we typically do here

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Speaker 1: on Tuesdays when we look at the division and we

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Speaker 1: look at the NFC playoff picture. We did have a

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Speaker 1: chance earlier today to hear from Byron Murphy the first

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Speaker 1: time since he missed some games earlier this season because

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Speaker 1: of COVID nineteen. But we tend to forget, and I

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Speaker 1: admit I'll be in that category. But this is Murphy's

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Speaker 1: second season and we always talk about that jump from

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Speaker 1: year one to year two, and we focus on Kyle

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Speaker 1: the Murray. Well, there were other players in that draft class,

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Speaker 1: including Murphy, who I think has made that jump from

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Speaker 1: year one to year two. He was picked on heavily

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Speaker 1: as a rookie. Not nearly as much here this season

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Speaker 1: because Patrick Peterson is around, but he has certainly made

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Speaker 1: the most of his opportunity and a lot of the

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Speaker 1: times shined in his opportunity. Yeah, I mean, you talk

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Speaker 1: about going back to Week one, he had a pass

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Speaker 1: defense against the Niners, kind of secured the victory for

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Speaker 1: the red Birds. He looked at what happened in the

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Speaker 1: previous game against the Eagles. He had passed three passes defense.

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Speaker 1: He's playing his natural position. And I got a chance

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Speaker 1: to talk to him on a zoom interview and I

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Speaker 1: asked him, I mean, usually you see players make a

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Speaker 1: jump from one year to the next, but they didn't

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Speaker 1: have their normal off season, no preseason games, and he

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Speaker 1: was targeted a ton last year. Opposing quarterbacks were completing

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Speaker 1: a lot of passes in an unfairness to him. He

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Speaker 1: was covering guys like Julie old Jones. He gave nine

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Speaker 1: touchdowns last year, a lot of to tight ends because

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Speaker 1: that's the assignment. He drew this year only two, so

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Speaker 1: you could see and the Cardinals was thrilled when they

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Speaker 1: had that first pick in the second round at thirty

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Speaker 1: three overall, and they had some other options and it

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Speaker 1: could have won offensive line, but they felt, you know,

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Speaker 1: with Coogler's you know, tutelage, they were good there. But

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Speaker 1: the fact as you have a guy that can play physical.

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Speaker 1: I like the way he attacks the ball. He's not afraid.

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Speaker 1: I think he's just playing with a lot of confidence

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Speaker 1: and it helps when you're on the field and you

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Speaker 1: don't worry about making mistakes. And I think he's got

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Speaker 1: a bright future playing that position. We'll see if they

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Speaker 1: decided to put him outside, but right now, we know

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Speaker 1: how talented these slot receivers are, and he's done a

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Speaker 1: really good job. He's not thinking nearly as much as

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Speaker 1: he was a year ago, and he's much more comfortable

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Speaker 1: and that's why he's able to play as he is

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Speaker 1: right now. According to Pro Football Reference, he's only allowing

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Speaker 1: sixty four percent completion percentage. And you touched on that

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Speaker 1: the two touchdowns compared to nine a year ago. But

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Speaker 1: let's look back to Week one. It was him on

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Speaker 1: the coverage of Trent Taylor on that fourth and five

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Speaker 1: at the sixteen yard line, the forty nine ers with

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to win the ball game and the forty

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Speaker 1: and the Cardinals get off the field. Well. This past

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Speaker 1: Sunday against the Eagles, Byron Murphy and the coverage on

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Speaker 1: third and ten, final play of the ball game, Jalen

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Speaker 1: Hurts throws it into the end zone and Murphy comes

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Speaker 1: up with the defense the pass breakup. I'm not exactly

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Speaker 1: sure if he did get credit for the past defense

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Speaker 1: on that play, but he was right there to knock

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Speaker 1: the ball out of the hands of the receiver. Cardinals win.

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Speaker 1: So you can make the argument and that it's a

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Speaker 1: it's a realistic argument that Byron Murphy has has had

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Speaker 1: a hand literally in two wins this season, Week one

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Speaker 1: and Week fifteen. Yeah, and that's the difference from a

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Speaker 1: year ago. And again you can just see he's he's

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Speaker 1: you pointed it out, And it's always a case when

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Speaker 1: you're thinking, you can't react. When you're playing free and

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Speaker 1: you're confident in your technique and your skills, then you

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Speaker 1: can go out there and just ball. And I think

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Speaker 1: that's he's now in that area to where there's no

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Speaker 1: more thinking. He you know, he can line up against

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Speaker 1: anybody you know, and they put against him and he'll

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Speaker 1: be successful. Again, good quarterbacks will try to find some

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Speaker 1: tight throws. So it's not going to be perfect. But

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Speaker 1: you gotta give him a lot of credit because he

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Speaker 1: basically was thrown to the wolf's last year and now

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Speaker 1: he's on the other side making plays, helping this team

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Speaker 1: win games on game day, and they're asking him to

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Speaker 1: do a little bit more as far as getting to

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Speaker 1: the quarterback as well. He's got two sacks, did not

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Speaker 1: have any a year ago, and he's got four pressures

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Speaker 1: this year, did not have any a year ago. So

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Speaker 1: with time in this league, teams and coaches are able

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Speaker 1: to put more on the young players, and I think

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Speaker 1: you're seeing that with Byron Murphy now. It's unfortunate because

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Speaker 1: in year one he was look he was put into

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Speaker 1: a very difficult position. Patrick Peterson suspended the first six games,

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Speaker 1: Robert Alford loss for the season because of injury, and

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Speaker 1: the last man standing literally was Spyron Murphy. So he

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Speaker 1: had to start and he did all six team games

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Speaker 1: here this season, he's only started six. But you do

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Speaker 1: have a Peterson, you do have a Drake Kirkpatrick. You're

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Speaker 1: able to utilize Murphy maybe a little bit more and

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Speaker 1: suitable to his strengths. Now we'll see what the next

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Speaker 1: step is for him in year three, four or five

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Speaker 1: and down the road. Well, getting some interceptions, getting your

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Speaker 1: hands on more balls, meaning he's close. I mean you're

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Speaker 1: talking about tight coverage. He's able to get the past defense.

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Speaker 1: That was a great play at the end of the game.

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Speaker 1: And maybe on the third down play where he looked

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Speaker 1: like the receiver or the tight end was going to

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Speaker 1: possess the ball to ball move when it hit the ground.

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Speaker 1: But now it's time to get some interceptions. And nothing

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Speaker 1: better than the next game. I'll say this, he does

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Speaker 1: lead the team and passes defense. He and Patrick Peterson

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Speaker 1: each with eights on the season. Kirkpatrick has seven. So

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Speaker 1: he's getting his hand somewhat on the football. Now he

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Speaker 1: needs to get both hands on the football unless your

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Speaker 1: Buddha Baker and you just intercept the ball with one

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Speaker 1: hand because the other hands at the cast. That is something.

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Speaker 1: Now you're right, it's okay, you've done this much. Now

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Speaker 1: let's see if you can't fill up that stat sheet

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Speaker 1: and become maybe a pro bowler in the future. Because

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Speaker 1: we know that stats are what gets a lot of

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Speaker 1: these guys regular season and postseason honors, and he's got

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Speaker 1: he's got a decisive speed. I don't know if people

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Speaker 1: realize how athletic he is, how physical as he is

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Speaker 1: in the tackling game. But I think if he gets

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Speaker 1: his hand on a ball, he's got an opportunity to

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Speaker 1: take it up for a pick six. I really do well.

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Speaker 1: He certainly is that dynamic playmaker he was in high school,

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Speaker 1: he was in college, and he could in a pinch

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Speaker 1: return kicks or return punts for this team because he

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Speaker 1: has done that, and you know, you don't want to

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Speaker 1: risk it. But I would think that he would be

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Speaker 1: a viable option in the case of an emergency as

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00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,520
Speaker 1: well as a Patrick Peterson. But yeah, if you get

643
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,800
Speaker 1: the football in his hands, I would love to see

644
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 1: what he's able to do and maybe not get caught

645
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 1: from behind like a Buddha Baker exactly. And that's something

646
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:59,120
Speaker 1: that you know it happens. I mean, not too many

647
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 1: guys or dcame Metcap that's going to track you down.

648
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 1: But I do like the fact that he's around the

649
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,120
Speaker 1: ball and now it's a matter of them getting some

650
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,400
Speaker 1: pressure up front. You know how I feel about sacks

651
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 1: that can be overrated. Hurries, pressures and knockdowns lead to turnovers.

652
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,760
Speaker 1: So get that quarterback off a spot and hopefully he

653
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 1: gets an opportunity to get his ball a couple of

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Speaker 1: balls in his hands. Over the next couple of weeks,

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Speaker 1: Bird Gang, make sure you update if you haven't already,

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Speaker 1: continue here this Tuesday edition Cardinals Covered two presented by Hunday,

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Speaker 1: proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. We do it every Tuesday,

661
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 1: looking at the division and over the last couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks looking at the conference as far as playoff seatings

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Speaker 1: are concerned. And let's do that right now, because as

664
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,520
Speaker 1: we've been talking about the Cardinals right there, there are

665
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 1: seven teams that make the postseason, and the Cardinals are

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00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:57,200
Speaker 1: the number seven team right now, and there is a

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00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 1: possibility that the Cardinals can clench a playoff spots this week.

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00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 1: It's gonna take some things. One, it's gonna take the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals to beat the forty nine ers and it's also

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00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 1: going to take the Bears to lose at Jacksonville, or

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Speaker 1: maybe the Bears and Jaguars finish in a tie. Now,

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00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: the other scenario is Cardinals and forty nine ers finish

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00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:21,759
Speaker 1: in a tie and the Bears Jaguars finish in a tie.

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Speaker 1: That would also get the Cardinals into the playoffs. But

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00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:28,680
Speaker 1: I think more and more people believe that no playoff

676
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 1: will be clinched this week, just because I don't think

677
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 1: anyone anticipates the Bears going into Jacksonville and losing. Yeah,

678
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,879
Speaker 1: according to Doug Morrone though, and they're they're gonna play

679
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,359
Speaker 1: to win. You know that the Jets won a game,

680
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 1: and so all of a sudden, you know, Jacksonville as

681
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,640
Speaker 1: a tiebreaker, and I don't think it will change unless

682
00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 1: they winning game. But to Doug Marrone, you know, he's

683
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,279
Speaker 1: he's the head coach. Now we know that they're gonna

684
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,279
Speaker 1: have to go out and get a GM and they're

685
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 1: gonna have to high pick in the draft. So we'll

686
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:57,920
Speaker 1: see um. But you know you're gonna give miss r

687
00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,040
Speaker 1: biscuity credit. And they've been going back and forth with

688
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,360
Speaker 1: Nick Foles. We know one thing you can count in

689
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 1: the Bears or defense. And now they're getting running, the

690
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:09,920
Speaker 1: running game going with Montgomery, Trubisky's putting up points. So

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00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,399
Speaker 1: I'm rooting for Jacksonville clearly, But I think the Bears

692
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,640
Speaker 1: are the better team going in there. Hard to believe

693
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Speaker 1: that they're in this position, considering at one point they

694
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Speaker 1: were in the midst of a six game losing streak

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00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: and everyone had written them off. And here they are

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00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:26,600
Speaker 1: at seven and seven, and if they finished tied with

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00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:30,280
Speaker 1: the Cardinals, they have the tiebreaker over the Arizona Cardinals.

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00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:34,320
Speaker 1: The Cardinals must finish ahead of the Bears, otherwise the

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Speaker 1: Bears will be in the postseason, the Cardinals will be

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00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 1: watching from home. Yeah, and you look at mix Trubisky

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00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,719
Speaker 1: seven starts, the Bears have put up twenty four points

702
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 1: or more. And then you look at in all of

703
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:49,800
Speaker 1: Nick Foles seven starts, they never reached that figure. So

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00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 1: do the math. I mean, it's it's pretty impressive. I

705
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,640
Speaker 1: mean you start looking at what they've done over the

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00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,200
Speaker 1: last couple of games. I mean, they're scoring points, and

707
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:00,239
Speaker 1: that's the big difference now that Trubisky's in there. And

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00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:04,320
Speaker 1: you know, I'm sure you know the Masters are probably

709
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 1: common down because you wonder it is Matt Naggy going

710
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,480
Speaker 1: to survive Ryan Pace. I mean every night he goes

711
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,520
Speaker 1: to bed thinking I could have had Sean Watson or

712
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes. But you got to move on and so

713
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:16,560
Speaker 1: you know. But one thing about the Bears, and you

714
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 1: get to this time of the year, they have a

715
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,200
Speaker 1: really good defense and teams don't like to go there

716
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 1: and playing that cold weather. Don't forget about the Vikings.

717
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 1: They're still alive as while though they are two games

718
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,880
Speaker 1: behind the Cardinals at eight and six. However, the Vikings

719
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:32,680
Speaker 1: also have the tiebreaker over the Cardinals, and we've been

720
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:36,240
Speaker 1: talking about this for several weeks. It's because of record

721
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 1: of common opponents. First tiebreaker is head to head, while

722
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,319
Speaker 1: the Cardinals didn't play the Bears or the Vikings. Then

723
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:45,879
Speaker 1: it's conference record. Well, there's a possibility that the Cardinals, Bears,

724
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Speaker 1: and Vikings all finished with the same conference record. Then

725
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,840
Speaker 1: you go to record of common opponents, and this is

726
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 1: where the Cardinals get dinged because they lost to the Lions.

727
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: They lost to the Panthers, while the Bears beat the Lions,

728
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:02,799
Speaker 1: they beat the Panthers, The Vikings beat the Lions, beat

729
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 1: the Panthers, So you cannot finish tied with the Bears

730
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 1: or Vikings. If you're the Cardinals, you must finish one

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00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:13,919
Speaker 1: game ahead. Well, just win this week and then we'll

732
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 1: know going into the game where they stand. And the

733
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,640
Speaker 1: whole ideas. You know, the team goal at the start

734
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Speaker 1: of the year for every team is winning the division.

735
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,399
Speaker 1: That means you're hosting a playoff game. But what's next,

736
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:26,759
Speaker 1: Just get in the postseason. And I'm telling you, the

737
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 1: feeling in the building is if this team can get

738
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 1: in the postseason, they feel like and they're gonna have

739
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:33,359
Speaker 1: to go on the road, probably against a really good

740
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:35,880
Speaker 1: quarterback and a team with a better record, but they

741
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 1: feel if this offense can start clicking even more, that

742
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:40,920
Speaker 1: they feel like they have a chance when they get

743
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 1: to the postseason. It's all you gotta do is get

744
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 1: to the dance and then tee it up. Because you know,

745
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 1: I wouldn't want to go to Green Bay, but maybe

746
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: New Orleans. It's indoors. I mean, there's a lot of

747
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,800
Speaker 1: different factors, but I don't think home field advantage is

748
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,839
Speaker 1: going to matter as much as it did in previous years. Yeah,

749
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:57,960
Speaker 1: win out and you don't have to worry about anyone

750
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,280
Speaker 1: behind you, and you take care of your own business.

751
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:03,399
Speaker 1: You control your own destiny. If you do need help, though,

752
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,400
Speaker 1: that is where things become tricky. The Bears have games

753
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:10,279
Speaker 1: at Jacksonville and then they'll host the Packers. Now Green

754
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 1: Bay the number one seed, they haven't locked anything up,

755
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 1: and if the Seahawks are able to win this week

756
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,920
Speaker 1: against the Rams, not only would they well they've already

757
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:22,319
Speaker 1: clinched a playoff spot, but that would mean they win

758
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:25,919
Speaker 1: the division. And if the Packers somehow stumble that week

759
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:30,000
Speaker 1: seventeen game Packers and Bears, the Green Bay Packers might

760
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,760
Speaker 1: have to play hard. They might be playing for something,

761
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,000
Speaker 1: and they might just be playing for something regardless, just

762
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,920
Speaker 1: because of the Packers Bears rivalry. But you don't want

763
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 1: to rely on someone else to get into the postseason.

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Speaker 1: You want to be able to go in that door

765
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,759
Speaker 1: on your own, not have someone open it up and

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00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:49,399
Speaker 1: push you through. Yeah, green Bay clinches a first run

767
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,840
Speaker 1: by with you know, their eleven and three and they

768
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:55,400
Speaker 1: got to play Tennessee Titans on Sunday night on an NBC.

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00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:58,439
Speaker 1: But if the Green Bay wins in Seattle loser tie,

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Speaker 1: they're likely to be the number one seed unless they falter.

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Speaker 1: And then you got the Saints that are ten and four,

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00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,040
Speaker 1: where the Packers are eleven and three, and you got

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00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:10,719
Speaker 1: to like their chances with that quarterback and what they're

774
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 1: doing with Davante Adams, and of course the running game

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Speaker 1: with Aaron Jones. Here's how the NFC playoff picture looks. Packers, Saints, Seahawks,

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Speaker 1: Washington Rams, Buccaneers, and Cardinals. There is a way for

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals to get the sixth seed, but we'll talk

778
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,879
Speaker 1: more about that following this week. To say, to see

779
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 1: what happens between the Cardinals and the Buccaneers, and you

780
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:33,160
Speaker 1: would look at the NFC West is concerned. Rams and Seahawks.

781
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:36,359
Speaker 1: Is the big game this week. Seahawks win, they win

782
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 1: the division. Rams win, they'll clinch a playoff spot. They

783
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:43,200
Speaker 1: don't clinch the division, but they would get into the postseason.

784
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 1: Should have gotten into the postseason last week, but they

785
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:49,840
Speaker 1: were embarrassed, in the words Sean McVay at home to

786
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Speaker 1: the Jets, losing twenty three to twenty of the consistency

787
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 1: of the Rams is something that has baffled them all

788
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:59,160
Speaker 1: season long. Yeah, I did not see that coming, and

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Speaker 1: you know, I think you have a team that's real

790
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:03,719
Speaker 1: and you get off to a good start, but they

791
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:06,919
Speaker 1: were not in that football game, and that could cost

792
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,640
Speaker 1: him going on the road versus challenging for the division title.

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00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:12,799
Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's going to be difficult to play

794
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:15,800
Speaker 1: in Los Angeles. But we know the Rams. You know

795
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 1: they're they're probably a more complete team than people get

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00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,280
Speaker 1: them credit for, from special teams to defense and offense.

797
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:24,239
Speaker 1: But once again, Craig Jerikoff turn the ball over a

798
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:26,839
Speaker 1: few times, and you know that's the recipe when they

799
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:28,879
Speaker 1: don't win, is he turns it over and he gets

800
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,680
Speaker 1: a little gun shy, and I think Sean McVay, you know,

801
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 1: he called him out a few weeks ago, and then

802
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 1: he played really well against the Cardinals. But just like

803
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,600
Speaker 1: to me, Jimmy Garoppolo, he's gonna throw you a couple

804
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:40,719
Speaker 1: and you just gotta hope you can take advantage of it. Now,

805
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,240
Speaker 1: he was picked off one special teams had a punt

806
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:46,760
Speaker 1: blocks and the offense also laws running back Cam Akers

807
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:49,279
Speaker 1: a high ankle spraying. He will not play this week.

808
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Speaker 1: So now you're looking at Daryl Henderson and Malcolm Brown

809
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Speaker 1: in the backfield for the Rams. With respects to the Seahawks.

810
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,920
Speaker 1: Some good news bad news. They laws running back DJ

811
00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 1: Dallas hurt his ankle, but Josh Gordon is back the

812
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:07,000
Speaker 1: wide receiver reinstated following an indefinite suspension, and Greg Olsen,

813
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:10,200
Speaker 1: the tight end who hurt himself in Week eleven against

814
00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:12,799
Speaker 1: the Cardinals. He has a chance to play this week.

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Speaker 1: So the Seahawks getting some healthier players, at least skilled

816
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 1: position players for their game against the Rams. And that's right,

817
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,319
Speaker 1: he returned less past week, so he'll be get more

818
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:25,479
Speaker 1: of a workload. Yeah. And you know when they brought

819
00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 1: back Chris Carson and I thought, oh man, they got

820
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:31,120
Speaker 1: Chris Carson, Carlos Hide, now Rashott Penny, who obviously has

821
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 1: been injured high picked for them. Um, that's a three

822
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 1: headed monster right there, and probably ride them are out

823
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 1: of hot hand. Then you've got DK Metcalf and you know,

824
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:42,360
Speaker 1: you look at Tyler Lockett and you know, yeah, I

825
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 1: mean it's a situation where, um, you could see them

826
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:49,520
Speaker 1: making a run if everything falls into place. Yeah, cilentaly Uh.

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Speaker 1: The Seahawks were the team to beat and then people

828
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:53,880
Speaker 1: kind of maybe not this year, and now they're the

829
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:55,719
Speaker 1: team of beat. And they've been going back and forth

830
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:57,320
Speaker 1: with the Rams as far as who's the head of

831
00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:00,160
Speaker 1: the class, as far as the NFC West is are

832
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:03,640
Speaker 1: in Seahawks, Rams, Cardinals forty nine Ers. Those the two

833
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 1: games within the division this week, and of course all

834
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:09,280
Speaker 1: eyes on State Farm Stadium with respects to the Cardinals

835
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,279
Speaker 1: and forty nine Ers. Remember if you are in the

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00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:14,719
Speaker 1: local market, if you are in America, Pac County, if

837
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:17,799
Speaker 1: you're in the state of Arizona, Fox ten, the game

838
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 1: will be televised. If you are out of market, out

839
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 1: of states, out of the country, bird Gang, Yes, we

840
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:27,320
Speaker 1: are aware that we have fans everywhere around the world.

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00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:29,759
Speaker 1: If you want to watch this game. If you're not

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00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 1: and I think that's the future. It's just you know,

846
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 1: but locally, you're good just watching on Fox ten. You

847
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:52,560
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848
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Speaker 1: follow all of us on Twitter. We do everything good

849
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:56,839
Speaker 1: job keeping you inform what's going on during the game.

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Speaker 1: We got the pre and postgame show, so we look

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

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Speaker 1: special thanks to our executive producer Jim I'm a Hundre

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Speaker 1: for Mike Jarecki, I'm Craig Riel Loup. We'll talk to

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