1
00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:09,440
Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang. On today's show, it is the business

2
00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,760
Speaker 1: side of the National Football League. Moving on from players

3
00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,440
Speaker 1: not always easy. The ten year relationship between the Cardinals

4
00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,320
Speaker 1: and Patrick Peterson is officially over. What Pat meant to

5
00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:23,239
Speaker 1: the team both on and off the field. We gave

6
00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:27,600
Speaker 1: our thoughts, also the thoughts of aj Greene. Though soft spoken,

7
00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:32,520
Speaker 1: the man sounds motivated. It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode four

8
00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:39,800
Speaker 1: O six, and it starts now. Welcome to Cardinals Cover

9
00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,880
Speaker 1: two with Craig grigolew and Mike Jarecki. Cardinals Cover two

10
00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,400
Speaker 1: is presented by Hyundai, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals,

11
00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:53,400
Speaker 1: and by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit Easy Cardinals dot com

12
00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,600
Speaker 1: Slash podcasts. Murray rolls to the right, throws near sight

13
00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,400
Speaker 1: of Fitz pot Penis into the enside for the touchdown.

14
00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,600
Speaker 1: Here's Craig Grielou and Mike Jarecki. Well, you knew this

15
00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,720
Speaker 1: was bound to happen at some point this month. M Jay.

16
00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,800
Speaker 1: You finish the show and then some breaking news occurs.

17
00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:15,600
Speaker 1: That's the Beauty Free Agency. The reported news yesterday following

18
00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:21,319
Speaker 1: our show became official earlier today, Patrick Peterson agreeing to

19
00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,800
Speaker 1: terms with the Minnesota Vikings a one year contract worth

20
00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:28,960
Speaker 1: a reported ten million dollars. First, before we get into

21
00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,600
Speaker 1: this and whether you think it was inevitable or not,

22
00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,760
Speaker 1: but just your initial reaction to Peterson and the Vikings,

23
00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,360
Speaker 1: it wasn't one of those teams that we had heard,

24
00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,320
Speaker 1: you know, Tampa Bay, Kansas City, a team that was

25
00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:46,480
Speaker 1: not just playoff bound, but a deep playoff run for

26
00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,880
Speaker 1: a chance to get to the super Bowl. You know,

27
00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:50,880
Speaker 1: when I look at you know, what kind of mark

28
00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,560
Speaker 1: was out there? And again we Patrick's admitted that he

29
00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,360
Speaker 1: doesn't have the same foot speed, and so I thought

30
00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,040
Speaker 1: maybe his own team. And you know, I have a

31
00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,440
Speaker 1: lot of respect from Mike Zimmer and what he does

32
00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,640
Speaker 1: does on defense. I mean, there was a reason why,

33
00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:07,919
Speaker 1: you know, he finally got a head coaching gig because

34
00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,000
Speaker 1: he was in Dallas as their defensive quartering. He was

35
00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,120
Speaker 1: in Cincinnati and you know, now he you know, obviously

36
00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,240
Speaker 1: they got to get more production on the Kirk Cousins.

37
00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,880
Speaker 1: But you know, Patrick talked about the process he was

38
00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:20,880
Speaker 1: He said it was important to go with the team

39
00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,200
Speaker 1: with a quarterback. Now, maybe they're the team that offered

40
00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:26,640
Speaker 1: the most money. It's it's a really eight million dollars.

41
00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,760
Speaker 1: He's got some incentatives there. He could make ten. You know,

42
00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,560
Speaker 1: they're indoors. You know, he's gonna have to go against

43
00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,640
Speaker 1: some quarterbacks in that division. Clearly, we'll see what shakes

44
00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,320
Speaker 1: out with Andy Dalton. Now with the Bears, I obviously

45
00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:43,280
Speaker 1: got Aaron Rodgers and then Jared Goffs, So you know,

46
00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,640
Speaker 1: you know, I just feel like maybe a change of scenery.

47
00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:56,080
Speaker 1: It's probably good because listen, I respect Patrick Peterson. I

48
00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,880
Speaker 1: like Patrick Peterson. I mean I know that it's a

49
00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,520
Speaker 1: production business. In the last couple of years, he hasn't

50
00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,960
Speaker 1: been the same guy, but he was one of the

51
00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:09,400
Speaker 1: best draft picks, especially in that secondary, in that corner position.

52
00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,440
Speaker 1: You know, probably since they got here. I know Nus

53
00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,600
Speaker 1: Williams was on the roster when they moved and then

54
00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,679
Speaker 1: he ended up getting traded. But Patrick, being the fifth

55
00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,280
Speaker 1: overall pick in the draft, he lived up to all

56
00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:26,440
Speaker 1: the expectations. And just like any great athlete. I mean, again,

57
00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,720
Speaker 1: some happens earlier than other where you're just not the

58
00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,360
Speaker 1: same player. But he's so savvying. You know, I wanted

59
00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,960
Speaker 1: to see him come back. I really did. I think

60
00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,400
Speaker 1: they got some good things going considering what they've done

61
00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,080
Speaker 1: here in frequency. I thought he was the perfect guy to,

62
00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,320
Speaker 1: you know, line up, but again, I don't know if

63
00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,160
Speaker 1: they're going to play his own more than man, and

64
00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,200
Speaker 1: that would be a big factor if he was going

65
00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,520
Speaker 1: to come back, in my opinion, And I'm glad you

66
00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:53,040
Speaker 1: brought that up as far as your respect of Patrick Peterson,

67
00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,160
Speaker 1: because I think that's what I want this show here

68
00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,120
Speaker 1: on Cardinal's cover two presented by Hunday Probab, partner of

69
00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,000
Speaker 1: the Aros On a Cardinal to be about, because I

70
00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,720
Speaker 1: think we get caught up in what have you done

71
00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:09,640
Speaker 1: for me lately, the recency bias and people today, and

72
00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,320
Speaker 1: for maybe the next couple of days and weeks ahead,

73
00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,040
Speaker 1: I think are going to focus on the past two seasons,

74
00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,400
Speaker 1: and that's part of the story. I get it, but

75
00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:21,080
Speaker 1: it does not tell the entire picture of a Patrick

76
00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,719
Speaker 1: Peterson in an Arizona Cardinals uniform. Like yourself, I hoped

77
00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,320
Speaker 1: he would come back. I felt like I was out

78
00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,919
Speaker 1: on an island saying the Cardinals needed to retain Patrick

79
00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,440
Speaker 1: Peterson's services because of the fact that there is no

80
00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,160
Speaker 1: one in that cornerback's room, which we'll get into a

81
00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,280
Speaker 1: little bit later. On. I'm not going to faul to

82
00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,159
Speaker 1: him for leaving, not going to fault to him for

83
00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,680
Speaker 1: taking the money if that was one of the reasons. Hey,

84
00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,800
Speaker 1: you know what're you only have a finite amount of

85
00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,280
Speaker 1: time in this profession talking about pro football, so earn

86
00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,719
Speaker 1: as much as you can. But let's focus on where

87
00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,400
Speaker 1: you began. And the fifth overall pick in the twenty

88
00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:00,800
Speaker 1: eleven NFL draft, the story of Patrick Peterson. He was

89
00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:05,159
Speaker 1: incredible his first eight seasons a Pro bowler, the last

90
00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,680
Speaker 1: seven as a corner two times. He was an All

91
00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:12,320
Speaker 1: Pro at that position three times overall. Let's not forget

92
00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,159
Speaker 1: he cut his teeth, if you will, on special teams

93
00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,080
Speaker 1: and that fabulous run in twenty eleven, where as a

94
00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:22,880
Speaker 1: rookie four punt return touchdowns, tying an NFL record, And

95
00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,039
Speaker 1: let's be honest and he'll say the same thing. Probably

96
00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,240
Speaker 1: should have had a couple of more that season because

97
00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,680
Speaker 1: he was inches close to breaking off another a couple

98
00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,440
Speaker 1: of scores, and that was the new thing. If you

99
00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,000
Speaker 1: remember early in his career, you know, wizzen Hunt didn't

100
00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,919
Speaker 1: like playing young players. He didn't like playing rookies right away.

101
00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,600
Speaker 1: But you know, obviously when you draft the guy fifth overall,

102
00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:46,880
Speaker 1: and you know what he did in college, and you

103
00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,480
Speaker 1: know the fact that he had return skills. You know,

104
00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,200
Speaker 1: I thought, you know, maybe in the second and third

105
00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:54,520
Speaker 1: year he was always trying to break them a little

106
00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,240
Speaker 1: bit more. And then once you become that number one corner.

107
00:05:57,279 --> 00:05:59,520
Speaker 1: I mean, I think the only guy that ever got

108
00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,680
Speaker 1: hurt doing and that was Jason Shorn, So I think

109
00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,880
Speaker 1: a lot of people are hesitant. And I always thought

110
00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:07,120
Speaker 1: that he had the Dion Sanders slash Patrick Peterson rules,

111
00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:11,320
Speaker 1: meaning if you needed a late field position before half

112
00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:12,680
Speaker 1: or at the end of the game to get into

113
00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,760
Speaker 1: field goal position, I wanted him out there. One of

114
00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,960
Speaker 1: the biggest miss cues though, was that NFC Championship game.

115
00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,320
Speaker 1: The Cardinals are down seventeen seven, and he took his

116
00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,039
Speaker 1: eye off the ball. In worst case scenario, they could

117
00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:27,040
Speaker 1: have got a field goal there. Now it's seventeen ten.

118
00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,040
Speaker 1: Now we know the game got out a hand that

119
00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,440
Speaker 1: all their five star players didn't play well, including a quarterback.

120
00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:37,160
Speaker 1: Larry dropped two first downs, Rashad Johnson couldn't cover Philly Brown.

121
00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:40,520
Speaker 1: So you could see as he got a little bit older,

122
00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,640
Speaker 1: maybe a little bit more savvy, he tried to break

123
00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:48,520
Speaker 1: him a little bit more. But again you mentioned it,

124
00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,320
Speaker 1: eight time Pro Bowl selection. I mean, you know, you

125
00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:57,680
Speaker 1: look at durability, you take away the six games that

126
00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,520
Speaker 1: he missed. I mean he was he was a durable

127
00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,719
Speaker 1: player when he played for the Cardinals. And when you

128
00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,880
Speaker 1: look at some of the other names, you know, when

129
00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,920
Speaker 1: you look at you know, Hall of Famer's Champ Bailey,

130
00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,400
Speaker 1: Willie Brown, Mike Hayes, in all Peterson, they all had

131
00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,440
Speaker 1: sixteen games of nine of their ten seasons. So you

132
00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:18,840
Speaker 1: take away the sixth game. He was very durable and

133
00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,680
Speaker 1: he was exciting. You know, some people thought he was

134
00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,440
Speaker 1: arrogance and cocky, but that's kind of what the that's

135
00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,760
Speaker 1: what made him who he was. I mean, he grew

136
00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:31,400
Speaker 1: up a great player in different sports. So, like I said,

137
00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,520
Speaker 1: it's just sad because you know, sometimes you want to

138
00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,760
Speaker 1: see a guy wear one uniform. I know that's not

139
00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,600
Speaker 1: happening in this day and age because you want to

140
00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,800
Speaker 1: extend your career. But I have a lot of respect

141
00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:47,400
Speaker 1: for Patrick. He was always accountable. He was approachable. You know,

142
00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,440
Speaker 1: I know fans and you know we're in the locker

143
00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,880
Speaker 1: room when he asked for that trade. He didn't like

144
00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:55,600
Speaker 1: the defense, and I think that turned a lot of

145
00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,000
Speaker 1: people off. Like in other words, he had one foot

146
00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,760
Speaker 1: and one foot out and Craig I, I can't tell

147
00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,640
Speaker 1: you how motivated he was coming into last season and

148
00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,400
Speaker 1: how much he worked out with Robert Alter, and we

149
00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,240
Speaker 1: just didn't see it on the field though. It was

150
00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:13,520
Speaker 1: the tail end of that twenty nineteen season as they

151
00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,520
Speaker 1: ended the year in Los Angeles and that month of December,

152
00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,680
Speaker 1: you kind of really saw Peterson regain his footing. He

153
00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,800
Speaker 1: was highland motivated coming back from that six game suspension

154
00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,120
Speaker 1: and said all the riot things, but really he was

155
00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,760
Speaker 1: not ready for football. It took him a while, took

156
00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,679
Speaker 1: him until those final three or four games, and then

157
00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,320
Speaker 1: you're right, he felt without saying anything or admitting that

158
00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,000
Speaker 1: he had something to prove, he said, watch out, twenty

159
00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,960
Speaker 1: twenty is going to be my year. And there were

160
00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,400
Speaker 1: some flashes. I mean the matchups with DK Metcalf. You know,

161
00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,280
Speaker 1: if that first meet him, he shut down Metcalf, which

162
00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,800
Speaker 1: was hard to do for a lot of teams last year.

163
00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:55,120
Speaker 1: It just wasn't consistent enough. And when you set the

164
00:08:55,160 --> 00:09:00,160
Speaker 1: bar so high and people expect a certain amount out

165
00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,760
Speaker 1: of production, out of you, and then you don't reach

166
00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,520
Speaker 1: that level, you're going to get criticized, and rightfully so,

167
00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,880
Speaker 1: people are going to question you. They're gonna wonder why,

168
00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,200
Speaker 1: what's going on? It just wasn't there. Did he lose

169
00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,840
Speaker 1: a step? What was it? You mentioned the defense? He

170
00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,599
Speaker 1: admitted a couple of times that teams were doing a

171
00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,240
Speaker 1: lot of crossing routes and he was getting caught in traffic.

172
00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:24,199
Speaker 1: So maybe he wasn't where he once was. But still

173
00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:28,000
Speaker 1: to me, he was very capable and very productive as

174
00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,560
Speaker 1: a football player. Even at this quote unquote advanced age

175
00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,320
Speaker 1: for an NFL player, He's still very young. He has

176
00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:38,760
Speaker 1: his entire life to live. But as far as football years,

177
00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,199
Speaker 1: he says he wants to play another five six years.

178
00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:45,640
Speaker 1: I don't know, probably now more year by year. But

179
00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,559
Speaker 1: you could always count on number twenty one, one hundred

180
00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:52,360
Speaker 1: and fifty four games played, never missed a game because

181
00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:56,839
Speaker 1: of injury. He was the one constant on that field defensively,

182
00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,680
Speaker 1: year in year out, game in game out, you could

183
00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,400
Speaker 1: always know that one side of the field Patrick Peterson

184
00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,839
Speaker 1: had it locked down. Man. You just kind of had

185
00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:08,920
Speaker 1: to worry about the other side of the field. But

186
00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,680
Speaker 1: you knew either left side or the right side. That

187
00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:14,160
Speaker 1: was Patrick Peterson's territory and no one was going to

188
00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,000
Speaker 1: take advantage of him, well said. And I had a

189
00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,719
Speaker 1: conversation with Patrick maybe maybe it was seems like a

190
00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:22,720
Speaker 1: long time since we haven't been in the locker room.

191
00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:24,760
Speaker 1: It was a couple of years ago, and I said,

192
00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,080
Speaker 1: do you ever think see yourself playing safety? And he said,

193
00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:30,440
Speaker 1: I want to play thirteen years and then you know

194
00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:34,280
Speaker 1: he'll be thirty one on July eleventh, and right now

195
00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:36,959
Speaker 1: he's on a one year deal. But you do hear that,

196
00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,320
Speaker 1: you know, like Cleveland's playing three safeties just based on

197
00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,680
Speaker 1: their personnel. And as I mentioned earlier, I'm a big

198
00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,960
Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer fan from a defensive standpoint. I mean, clearly

199
00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,720
Speaker 1: he's the head coach, but we could see him play

200
00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:51,880
Speaker 1: a little safety. Now we know sometimes you got to

201
00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,200
Speaker 1: go in the box. And you know, Patrick, I think

202
00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:56,400
Speaker 1: he improved in his tackling, but he's not a guy

203
00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,280
Speaker 1: that's gonna go down there. But I think Mike Zimmer

204
00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:00,920
Speaker 1: is going to try to move around a little bit.

205
00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,280
Speaker 1: I mean, clearly he'll play corner, but it wouldn't surprise

206
00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,760
Speaker 1: him if they slide him over because he can read

207
00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:11,240
Speaker 1: the quarterback's eyes. He knows what a screen pass is

208
00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,760
Speaker 1: going to look like, he knows when you're going in motion.

209
00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,840
Speaker 1: So you get some extra eyes out there in your secondary.

210
00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:20,080
Speaker 1: And they obviously had some young corners there, so I

211
00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,200
Speaker 1: do think he could slide over. His natural positions are

212
00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,160
Speaker 1: going to be corner. But yeah, that that was you know,

213
00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,240
Speaker 1: over the last couple of years. But he was a

214
00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:32,680
Speaker 1: highlight reel. I mean, and I think I've told the

215
00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:34,760
Speaker 1: story before, but I want to mention it again just

216
00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,760
Speaker 1: because now the Cardinals do have AJ Green. So let's

217
00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:41,080
Speaker 1: go back to that draft, and uh, you know, a

218
00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,040
Speaker 1: lot of a lot of that was a really good draft.

219
00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:48,000
Speaker 1: Of course, Patrick went fifth overall, but AJ Green when

220
00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,680
Speaker 1: the Cincinnati goes on the clock, and if you look

221
00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,560
Speaker 1: at their history, they always draft corners. It's just maybe

222
00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,160
Speaker 1: it's the division they played in. But you know, corner

223
00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,920
Speaker 1: was an option, and you know, obviously they you know,

224
00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,720
Speaker 1: have used a couple picks on quarterbacks over the years

225
00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:05,439
Speaker 1: with Carson and Joe Burrow. But the rumor was, and

226
00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:09,160
Speaker 1: I was able to confirm it afterwards, that the Cardinals

227
00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,360
Speaker 1: were concerned that Cincinnati was going to take Patrick Peterson,

228
00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:17,199
Speaker 1: you know, get an outside weapon that can help them.

229
00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:19,920
Speaker 1: You know, obviously you try to show half the field down.

230
00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:27,320
Speaker 1: And so what happened was Cincinnati decided to draft AJ

231
00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,800
Speaker 1: Green and I was told after the draft that if

232
00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,319
Speaker 1: they able have taken Patrick Peterson, the Cardinals would have

233
00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,720
Speaker 1: drafted AJ Green, And as they say, the rest is

234
00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:40,840
Speaker 1: history and fifth overall out of LSU, and he certainly

235
00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,600
Speaker 1: did live up to the expectations, or as Darren Urban,

236
00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:48,360
Speaker 1: as Cardinals dot Com wrote today, lived up to the hype,

237
00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,800
Speaker 1: and a lot of that hype was Peterson's own doing.

238
00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,160
Speaker 1: But that was how he played the game. It's how

239
00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,280
Speaker 1: he stayed and motivated. That's how he got up for

240
00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:00,400
Speaker 1: games on Sunday. And yeah, a lot of track talking,

241
00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:05,760
Speaker 1: a lot of chatter. It wasn't he wasn't bragging, especially

242
00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:08,200
Speaker 1: if you can back it up, and for a long

243
00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,320
Speaker 1: period of time he could back it up. And his

244
00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:16,400
Speaker 1: matchups with Julio Jones Megatron, just those battles individually, one

245
00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,080
Speaker 1: on one. Yeah, I'm gonna get beat a couple of times,

246
00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:20,960
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna get back up and then I'm gonna

247
00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,680
Speaker 1: shut you down. And you like to see that and

248
00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,280
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you start focusing on action away

249
00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:28,920
Speaker 1: from the ball. How Peterson matches up with some of

250
00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:33,320
Speaker 1: the more maybe more physical, taller wide receivers in the game.

251
00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:37,320
Speaker 1: But for me, Patrick Peterson is the guy who was

252
00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:43,160
Speaker 1: always smiling and was always willing to talk postgame, win,

253
00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,800
Speaker 1: lose or draw. And then during the week he would

254
00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,240
Speaker 1: always hold court. But then you could always talk to

255
00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,320
Speaker 1: him MJ about non football stuff. He was big into golf,

256
00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:57,160
Speaker 1: and family became part of him later on in his

257
00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,800
Speaker 1: Cardinal's career, getting married, being a father, and then all

258
00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:02,840
Speaker 1: of a sudden, the conversations took a different turn. But

259
00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:07,080
Speaker 1: he was always accountable and maybe maybe fans wanted him

260
00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:10,000
Speaker 1: to be more accountable. But as a professional athlete, you're

261
00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,960
Speaker 1: gonna have your good days, you're gonna have your bad days.

262
00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,840
Speaker 1: And I'll say this, bird Gang, Patrick Peterson had a

263
00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,000
Speaker 1: lot more good days dare I say great days in

264
00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:22,000
Speaker 1: an Arizona Cardinals uniform than he did bad days. Peterson

265
00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,000
Speaker 1: is one of three players with twenty five plus interceptions

266
00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:29,440
Speaker 1: five total touchdowns since two thousand and eleven, also Marcus Peterson,

267
00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,400
Speaker 1: Generus Jenkins. There now, if you go back to two

268
00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:36,440
Speaker 1: thousand and sixteen, when you look at the Pro Football grades,

269
00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:40,440
Speaker 1: he had an eighty point one two. Seventeen he was

270
00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:44,040
Speaker 1: sixty eight point four two eighteen eighty three point seven.

271
00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:46,800
Speaker 1: Of course, the year he served the suspense is sixty

272
00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,640
Speaker 1: four point three. In this most previous year fifty three

273
00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,960
Speaker 1: point one, he was ranked one hundred and seventh out

274
00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,480
Speaker 1: of one hundred and sixty six cornerbacks with one hundred

275
00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,880
Speaker 1: rating there and if you look at what he gave

276
00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:05,880
Speaker 1: about fifty passes for six hundred between fifty and seventy

277
00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,440
Speaker 1: five pass yards for six hundred and seventy seven yards,

278
00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:13,160
Speaker 1: So clearly he didn't have, you know, a good season,

279
00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,080
Speaker 1: but he did show some flashes. I was just thinking,

280
00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:17,880
Speaker 1: how you know he had that chip on his shoulder,

281
00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,200
Speaker 1: knowing he was going in the final year of his contract,

282
00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,280
Speaker 1: and it didn't help losing Alford right away because I

283
00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:26,920
Speaker 1: think that would have settled things down, and then losing Chandler,

284
00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,240
Speaker 1: but hey, we know it's football. You're not going to

285
00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,720
Speaker 1: have your starters out there every single week based on injuries. Well,

286
00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:36,960
Speaker 1: he never had a corner opposite him for back to

287
00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:40,680
Speaker 1: back seasons, and that was the constant question going into

288
00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:45,760
Speaker 1: each offseason. Each training camp who's the cornerback opposite Patrick Peterson,

289
00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,160
Speaker 1: And we never really got a definitive answer for an

290
00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:51,600
Speaker 1: extended period of time. We thought it was going to

291
00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,480
Speaker 1: be offered, but then back to back seasons he's on

292
00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,120
Speaker 1: the shelf because of injuries, so and that did make

293
00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,400
Speaker 1: Peterson's job a lot more difficult because as all of

294
00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,920
Speaker 1: a sudden, yeah, you can take away one side of

295
00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,960
Speaker 1: the field, but sometimes, you know, he admitted, he can

296
00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,600
Speaker 1: get bored a little bit if they're not throwing your way.

297
00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:10,880
Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, how do I know

298
00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,680
Speaker 1: if I'm actually good at my job? Because at the

299
00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:15,760
Speaker 1: end of the season, when you're voting for Pro Bowl,

300
00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,520
Speaker 1: All Pro and all those stats, it's you're looking at

301
00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,800
Speaker 1: the statistics and then sometimes the numbers dropped for Peterson,

302
00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,520
Speaker 1: but that's because he wasn't targeted as much changed in

303
00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,160
Speaker 1: the last year and a half or so. But for me,

304
00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,440
Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson, not only is he one of the best

305
00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:36,120
Speaker 1: Cardinals defensive backs and franchise history, going back to Saint Louis,

306
00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,920
Speaker 1: going back to Chicago, he is one of the better

307
00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:44,400
Speaker 1: players to ever put on a Cardinals uniform, regardless of position.

308
00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,480
Speaker 1: And I hope that doesn't get lost just because maybe

309
00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:50,400
Speaker 1: we didn't see that each and every Sunday the past

310
00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:54,160
Speaker 1: couple of years. Well, when you say the air is over,

311
00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,680
Speaker 1: I mean, you know his career is over with the

312
00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:00,760
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. You can't forget about the first eight years

313
00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,040
Speaker 1: where you're you know, you go to the stadium people

314
00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,400
Speaker 1: were in twenty one and yeah, I mean body of work.

315
00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,400
Speaker 1: I mean the fact that Peterson was the only quarterback

316
00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,640
Speaker 1: in NFL history to make the Pro Bowl in each

317
00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,080
Speaker 1: of his first NFL seasons. Now, as you note it,

318
00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,400
Speaker 1: first career of Pro Bowl in two eleven was as

319
00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,640
Speaker 1: a kick returner. Peterson eight career Pro Bowl selections are

320
00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:25,159
Speaker 1: tied fourth all time at the cornerback position. And we

321
00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,960
Speaker 1: mentioned that, you know, nine out of ten seasons he

322
00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,719
Speaker 1: played all sixteen games, and you got Hall of Famer's

323
00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:34,280
Speaker 1: Champ Bailey, Willie Brown, and Mike Haines Brown did it.

324
00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,760
Speaker 1: Champabilly did at twelve times, Willie Brown nine and Mike

325
00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,639
Speaker 1: Haines nine and Patrick's in that conversation. So yeah, listen,

326
00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,560
Speaker 1: every every athlete, I mean, Larry Fitzgerald hasn't been the

327
00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:46,399
Speaker 1: same player for the last couple of years. I mean,

328
00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:49,160
Speaker 1: how much separation does he get, But he's still brings

329
00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,760
Speaker 1: value to that locker room and on the field. So listen,

330
00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,119
Speaker 1: I'm not here to stick up for Patrick Peterson. You

331
00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:58,159
Speaker 1: can have your own thoughts, but just remember all the

332
00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,040
Speaker 1: great moments he had verse what happened over the last

333
00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:04,080
Speaker 1: couple of years. Cardinals don't win some of those games

334
00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:07,960
Speaker 1: because he made chain game changing plays, those pick sixes

335
00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:12,159
Speaker 1: in you know, important times. Listen, No, he's perfect. He

336
00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:17,880
Speaker 1: never you know, thought of himself. Is you know, elite

337
00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:19,720
Speaker 1: to where he's going to be a Hall of Famer.

338
00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,080
Speaker 1: He's he's got to play a little longer, but what

339
00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,720
Speaker 1: he did in the Cardinal uniform, it's gonna be hard

340
00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,840
Speaker 1: to be duplicated at that position for the next decade.

341
00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:32,600
Speaker 1: Without question deserving a Ring of Honor status. The question

342
00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:35,760
Speaker 1: is win And obviously you'll have to wait until he

343
00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,600
Speaker 1: ends his playing career and then maybe a couple of

344
00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:41,080
Speaker 1: years after that, but there is no question in my mind,

345
00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:44,640
Speaker 1: MJ that number twenty one and his name will be

346
00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,359
Speaker 1: in that Ring of Honor at State Farm Stadium. But

347
00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,160
Speaker 1: that is what he did on the field. Now let's

348
00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,840
Speaker 1: bring up what he did off the field. And the

349
00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:57,879
Speaker 1: community events, some public, some not public, much like fits

350
00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,080
Speaker 1: but shop with a jock. That was something that he

351
00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,520
Speaker 1: kind of took over and became his thing. Patrick's Corner,

352
00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:08,600
Speaker 1: reading to kids and making sure kids had books to

353
00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:13,360
Speaker 1: read in their elementary schools. He did a lot for

354
00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:17,120
Speaker 1: this community. And one of those quote unquote big name players,

355
00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,480
Speaker 1: sometimes that's not what they do. They kind of shy

356
00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:24,600
Speaker 1: away from that. Peterson never shied away and adopted Arizona

357
00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,600
Speaker 1: and this americupa county community if you will, and even

358
00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,359
Speaker 1: the entire state of Arizona as his home. And I

359
00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:35,200
Speaker 1: hope that continues even though he'll be playing in Minnesota

360
00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,239
Speaker 1: for this pat this coming season and maybe even for

361
00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:42,360
Speaker 1: years down the road. Pat's Corner if you're not familiar

362
00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:47,040
Speaker 1: with to. He ended up his foundation connected with a

363
00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,080
Speaker 1: lot of schools and they were able to get Pat's

364
00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:51,640
Speaker 1: Corner and he provided the books there. And there were

365
00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:55,199
Speaker 1: times when Cardinals players ago read Milk and Cookies Day

366
00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:58,399
Speaker 1: on Tuesday, some of the guys on the roster that

367
00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:02,119
Speaker 1: were rehabbing or possibly you know, backups, but he and

368
00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,760
Speaker 1: he was so proud of that because you know, education

369
00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,240
Speaker 1: and he just when hecame a father. I think he

370
00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:10,480
Speaker 1: had a different mindset. But there were times on Thanksgiving

371
00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:13,359
Speaker 1: where he would go to the small school I was there,

372
00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:16,880
Speaker 1: and he would donate turkeys the entire meal. That's all

373
00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:18,960
Speaker 1: he had to do. His show upbe he did it

374
00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:21,919
Speaker 1: last year. It was virtual, so he made sure it

375
00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,200
Speaker 1: happened and he showed up and the kids go nuts.

376
00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,840
Speaker 1: And he had a couple of players there and he

377
00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,760
Speaker 1: actually was helping hand out the food and all that.

378
00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:34,400
Speaker 1: So he's got a big heart. And you know, I think,

379
00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:36,119
Speaker 1: you know, for people that I had it maybe a

380
00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,960
Speaker 1: chance to meet him at different settings or maybe he

381
00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:43,720
Speaker 1: was at training camp. He's a classy guy. He's a

382
00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:46,400
Speaker 1: family guy. And uh, like I said, I'm gonna miss

383
00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,000
Speaker 1: him honestly, just from a you know, from a covering

384
00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,200
Speaker 1: the team standpoint, because when you when you watch the Cardinals,

385
00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:55,880
Speaker 1: twenty one was always out there, I mean every game

386
00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:59,520
Speaker 1: until you know, six games of suspension. Shouldn't stay in

387
00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,159
Speaker 1: his entire career with the Cardinals. I don't feel that way.

388
00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,359
Speaker 1: It is going to be very odd to see him

389
00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:09,760
Speaker 1: wearing a different color uniform, and maybe even more odd

390
00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,760
Speaker 1: because the Vikings visit the Cardinals coming up in twenty

391
00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,639
Speaker 1: twenty one. So I hope there are fans in the

392
00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,840
Speaker 1: stands at that point and we can actually give the

393
00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:25,520
Speaker 1: proper respects and proper appreciation to Patrick Peterson when he

394
00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,959
Speaker 1: gets introduced at State Farm Stadium. I hope that is

395
00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,399
Speaker 1: a possibility. Because of COVID nineteen, haven't been a lot

396
00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,280
Speaker 1: of fans, if any, at a lot of stadiums around

397
00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:37,679
Speaker 1: the NFL. But that is certainly going to be a

398
00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,600
Speaker 1: moment that I look forward to. And then also look

399
00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:45,200
Speaker 1: down and go, that's you know, Minnesota purple. I just

400
00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,800
Speaker 1: you know, does it? I don't know, he's back in

401
00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,920
Speaker 1: his L shoe colors. Yeah that's true, but you know

402
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,000
Speaker 1: they we're talking a decade removed from those days. And yeah,

403
00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,159
Speaker 1: maybe you're a good point. I didn't think of it

404
00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,080
Speaker 1: that way, but yeah, you're right. I don't think he

405
00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:01,960
Speaker 1: picked it because of that. No, no, no, no no, no, no.

406
00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,280
Speaker 1: I mean and listen, what's going to be the talk

407
00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:09,760
Speaker 1: all week? Okay, how's Patrick playing? Clearly you know that's

408
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:14,520
Speaker 1: and he's going to cover DeAndre Hopkins, right, you would assume, Yeah,

409
00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,840
Speaker 1: just like they did in practice Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and

410
00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,520
Speaker 1: maybe we see him the lineup against AJ Green, But yeah,

411
00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,680
Speaker 1: we're we're gonna We're gonna see hopefully and I hope

412
00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,439
Speaker 1: this happens. Yeah whatever, you know that Sunday afternoon. That

413
00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:31,240
Speaker 1: what we were sometimes not able to see during the

414
00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:34,960
Speaker 1: week of practice, we now see on game day where

415
00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,520
Speaker 1: Hopkins lines up opposite Peterson and they'll there'll be several

416
00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:42,080
Speaker 1: cameras and maybe even some flashbabs going off. And I

417
00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,119
Speaker 1: can't tell you because we didn't watch it every single

418
00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,880
Speaker 1: practice in training camp, but Patrick Peterson dick pick off

419
00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,959
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray a few times, and he made sure to

420
00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,959
Speaker 1: let us know that he picked off ky one, especially

421
00:22:56,040 --> 00:23:00,440
Speaker 1: in that first training camp, because it became a we

422
00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,639
Speaker 1: had to figure out, all right, who got him this time?

423
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:08,560
Speaker 1: And I think, yeah, there was. That's the That's the

424
00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,879
Speaker 1: other thing that will be missed. And you know, I

425
00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:13,320
Speaker 1: apologize bird game because we're opening up the door here

426
00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,440
Speaker 1: and this is something that fans don't get to see.

427
00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:20,960
Speaker 1: But where Patrick Peterson's locker is is literally directly um

428
00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:27,520
Speaker 1: across from where Larry Fitzgerald's locker is, and without either

429
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,840
Speaker 1: one of them, we might not have either of them

430
00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,760
Speaker 1: coming up in twenty twenty one. But the banter between

431
00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:38,160
Speaker 1: those two with the media in in in the presence,

432
00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:42,359
Speaker 1: sometimes even without the media, but those two good friends

433
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,359
Speaker 1: but always able to rib one another as well. Yeah,

434
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:49,640
Speaker 1: and when Patrick was drafted, I mean between Nan Kuan. Yeah,

435
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,879
Speaker 1: when Larry came on, and you know, he he he

436
00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,879
Speaker 1: wanted to cover Larry in practice. He wanted to coverment

437
00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,800
Speaker 1: training camp because you know Iron Sharpern's Iron. I mean,

438
00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,960
Speaker 1: he knew how good Larry he was, and Larry obviously

439
00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,680
Speaker 1: has a really good catch radius and it made him better.

440
00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,600
Speaker 1: So there were some great matchups just watching those two

441
00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:11,040
Speaker 1: go at it in practice. Yeah. I remember when they

442
00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:16,720
Speaker 1: still trained in Flagstaff, those early practices with Fits and Peterson,

443
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,080
Speaker 1: and you had the fans sitting on the bleachers so

444
00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,280
Speaker 1: close to the sideline that you could really really get

445
00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,879
Speaker 1: a sense of how physical and how much there was

446
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:31,560
Speaker 1: this rivalry developing between the sage veteran and this young

447
00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:35,359
Speaker 1: pup trying to outdo each other. So, yeah, I am

448
00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,040
Speaker 1: certainly going to miss number twenty one. I was on

449
00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:41,400
Speaker 1: record saying I hope he would come back, and for

450
00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:44,280
Speaker 1: whatever reason, maybe we'll find out, maybe we don't. I'll

451
00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,840
Speaker 1: say this though. I went on Vikings dot Com earlier

452
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,520
Speaker 1: today MJ and they are thrilled to land Patrick Peterson.

453
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:56,800
Speaker 1: The first sentence on the story announcing Peterson's agreeing to terms.

454
00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:01,399
Speaker 1: The Vikings have upgraded their secondary in a big way.

455
00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,960
Speaker 1: They have a very young cornerback room, and I think

456
00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:09,120
Speaker 1: first and foremost they want Peterson to be a mentor

457
00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:12,159
Speaker 1: and then obviously do well on Sundays and help the

458
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,920
Speaker 1: team win. But I think he is entering that other

459
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,120
Speaker 1: stage that players get too when they get a little

460
00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,640
Speaker 1: bit older. Yeah, you still want to compete, you still

461
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,880
Speaker 1: want to do your best. Yet at the same time,

462
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,280
Speaker 1: now it's about bringing up the guys who where you

463
00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:29,720
Speaker 1: were once upon a time up to your level. And

464
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,520
Speaker 1: I think that is what the Vikings are looking for

465
00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:37,119
Speaker 1: for Patrick Peterson. You know, when you're talking about you

466
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:41,160
Speaker 1: know what they're saying in Minnesota. It's like we sat

467
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:44,359
Speaker 1: here and talked about JJ Watt and then nationally, well

468
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,639
Speaker 1: what has he done in the last two years? And

469
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,000
Speaker 1: we talked to AJ Green this morning and I asked,

470
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,119
Speaker 1: the momas you have left in the tank. He'll be

471
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,480
Speaker 1: thirty three, and we're talking about his last two years.

472
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,600
Speaker 1: He was he wasn't healthy in twenty nineteen, Now the

473
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,639
Speaker 1: good is Patrick played all sixteen games. You look at Hudson,

474
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:07,439
Speaker 1: he played all sixteen games, Watt played all sixteen games.

475
00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 1: Green played all sixteen. But it's interesting because when when

476
00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,520
Speaker 1: the media talks to Patrick Peterson and they introduced him,

477
00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:17,399
Speaker 1: and they're gonna say eight career Pro Bowl selections tied

478
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,480
Speaker 1: forth all time, and then they're gonna get into he's

479
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 1: only missed, you know, six games with a suspension, and

480
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,720
Speaker 1: what about the last two years. And we've had this

481
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:31,719
Speaker 1: same conversation. But we know body of work and you know,

482
00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:35,720
Speaker 1: change the scenery. Maybe he's here's the noise. I mean

483
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 1: he said that. You know, people thinks he's lost a step.

484
00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:40,840
Speaker 1: I think he still could run a nice forty if

485
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,239
Speaker 1: he had to run straight north and south. It's more

486
00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,800
Speaker 1: about stopping on the dime, cutting and turn your hips.

487
00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:52,120
Speaker 1: But it's just fascinating how we talked about the Cardinals acquisitions,

488
00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,639
Speaker 1: and really it's about the last two years, not so

489
00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:59,840
Speaker 1: much with Hudson, Matt Prador, etc. But it's this interranks guy.

490
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,680
Speaker 1: I want to listen to that press conference and because

491
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 1: he's going to tell them, you know, I'm still a

492
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,040
Speaker 1: really quality player and a lot of it's between the years.

493
00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,560
Speaker 1: You may lose some of the physical attributes, the foot speed,

494
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,000
Speaker 1: but he knows what quarterbacks do. People don't give him

495
00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 1: enough credit for that. He is smart and he really

496
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 1: helped the development of Byron Murphy. And now we'll wait

497
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:27,240
Speaker 1: to see what happens in that cornerback room without Patrick Peterson,

498
00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:28,720
Speaker 1: and I want to get into that next year on

499
00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,520
Speaker 1: Cardinals cover Too, presented by Hunday Proud partner of the

500
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:35,800
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. First though, the team took to social media

501
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 1: today thanking Patrick Peterson quote for all the incredible moments,

502
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,760
Speaker 1: for all of the amazing memories, for all that you've

503
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:46,240
Speaker 1: done for our community, for all that you mean to

504
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:50,680
Speaker 1: our organization. Thank you, Patrick Peterson. There was a video

505
00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:55,000
Speaker 1: as well put together. I hope Patrick Peterson appreciates what

506
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,680
Speaker 1: he is leaving behind because he did impact so many

507
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:03,359
Speaker 1: people fans and then that people that weren't fans just

508
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:06,359
Speaker 1: know him as someone who came to their school, to

509
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:10,480
Speaker 1: their community center to help out those that were less fortunate.

510
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,440
Speaker 1: And I think that should be what we remember out

511
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:16,359
Speaker 1: of Patrick Peterson. As you say, the body of work

512
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:21,760
Speaker 1: all ten years, not just twenty nineteen twenty twenty, and

513
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,960
Speaker 1: I'll say this to bottom line this. You know, we

514
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,520
Speaker 1: didn't get a chance to be in a locker room,

515
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,680
Speaker 1: but we're in that locker room for nine years. He

516
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,879
Speaker 1: was a leader by example, the way he practiced. He

517
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,639
Speaker 1: was out there in training camp before everyone else. He

518
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 1: does a certain drills going through a net. But he

519
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,720
Speaker 1: was revered in that locker room. Can you could say

520
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,640
Speaker 1: he was revered just based on his college career and

521
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,120
Speaker 1: wood he accomplished in those first five or six years,

522
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,600
Speaker 1: and he really tried to help the young guys. Clearly

523
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 1: he was a sponge for Tyrann Matthew and some of

524
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 1: the older guys helped him out. But he was revered

525
00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 1: in the locker room, especially for any new players or

526
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,120
Speaker 1: rookies come in there, because you did have to look at,

527
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,240
Speaker 1: you know, the body of work, considering if it was

528
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,000
Speaker 1: the first five, six, seven years. Yeah, there is going

529
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:12,120
Speaker 1: to be avoid left behind without number twenty one in

530
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:16,280
Speaker 1: that locker room. Both on app, both on and off

531
00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 1: the field, Bird Gang. If you haven't already, make sure

532
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,240
Speaker 1: you update to the Lettuce version the Cardinals mobile app today.

533
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:26,120
Speaker 1: The update features in all new redesign homescreen experience. Visit

534
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 1: asy cardinals dot com slash app for more and you

535
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,280
Speaker 1: go to asy cardinals dot com slash free agency to

536
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:37,080
Speaker 1: keep track of what the Cardinals do here in free agency.

537
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 1: And I think, now we've got to have that conversation.

538
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:43,840
Speaker 1: You don't bring back Patrick Peterson for whatever reason. Now

539
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:47,280
Speaker 1: you look, well, that's automatically becomes a need. It was

540
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 1: already going to be a need regardless if Peterson came

541
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 1: back or not. But you look at what is currently

542
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,920
Speaker 1: on the roster Byron Murphy, Robert Alford plus Jace Whittaker

543
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,360
Speaker 1: and Picasso Nelson. The Cardinal right now, MJ have to

544
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:04,960
Speaker 1: be looking not only just for one corner, but maybe

545
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,680
Speaker 1: two or three. And I'm talking about a number one

546
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:11,040
Speaker 1: corner and a number two corner because if Murphy's going

547
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,760
Speaker 1: to stay in the slot, you can't really count on

548
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,840
Speaker 1: Alford right now. You hope he's back and playing, but

549
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,880
Speaker 1: what we see or what we haven't seen better said

550
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 1: from Alford, is that you can't rely on him. So

551
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:27,000
Speaker 1: the Cardinals have some work to do in the secondary.

552
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:28,920
Speaker 1: The way I look at it right now is you know,

553
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,680
Speaker 1: Dan Arnold's a free agent. I haven't seen his name.

554
00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:34,200
Speaker 1: You know Lise being mentioned, we're starting to see guys

555
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,880
Speaker 1: are going on visits that's a little bit different from

556
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,280
Speaker 1: a year ago. Usually agree to terms and you come

557
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:44,120
Speaker 1: in for a physical. I still think running back is

558
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,160
Speaker 1: a position they could look at, but if you're talking

559
00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 1: about a number one corner, they're not out there right now.

560
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,320
Speaker 1: You can have guys that were drafted, like a Dory Jackson.

561
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:56,920
Speaker 1: He's a first round pick and he really wasn't very

562
00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:02,239
Speaker 1: productive with the Titans. You know, according to reports they

563
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:05,120
Speaker 1: are on with Ronald Darby. He end up going to Denver,

564
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 1: but he's had some injuries. So I think the draft

565
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 1: is gonna you know, we always have to look at

566
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 1: what they don't get in free agency, and some of

567
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 1: these positions you would think they're gonna have to double

568
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:19,160
Speaker 1: up on. You know, they did go out and sign

569
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 1: AJ Green. I think they feel comfortable if they get

570
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: the development for Andy Isabella, possibly Keyshawn Johnson, Joe Joe

571
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 1: wore A, j. Richardson, you know, after your top three receivers.

572
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 1: But I think running back right now, you've got to

573
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,360
Speaker 1: find a compliment running back with Chase I still think

574
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,800
Speaker 1: they could draft the running back, but we know how

575
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,200
Speaker 1: deep the corners are, but you got to get a

576
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,880
Speaker 1: veteran guy. You can't have too many youth there. So

577
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 1: I still think there's a couple of positions. But obviously

578
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 1: the Cardinals have chewed up a good portion of their

579
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 1: salary cap. You know, you got to save some money

580
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 1: for the for the practice squad. When it comes to

581
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,479
Speaker 1: the rookie class, that won't be high because they right

582
00:31:57,520 --> 00:31:59,880
Speaker 1: now only have four picks. I anticipate they'll try to

583
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:02,400
Speaker 1: go They do have five, remember that's right from the

584
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 1: sick in that trade with with Hudson. Yeah, that's right,

585
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:07,520
Speaker 1: so seven, so they still have five, but they don't

586
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,959
Speaker 1: have to worry about paying a three right now. So

587
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 1: that rookie pool usually the only time. Usually it's only

588
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,640
Speaker 1: the top fifty one players. So maybe a couple will

589
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,520
Speaker 1: qualify for that, and then you have to save some

590
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:22,880
Speaker 1: money for i R. Now, they could, you know, restructure

591
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,240
Speaker 1: some guys. They could ask some guys to take a

592
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 1: pay cut. You know, Chandler Jones. Where do they think

593
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:31,680
Speaker 1: of him in the future, his cap numbers twenty million?

594
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:33,880
Speaker 1: Do they want to extend him? They want to see

595
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:35,720
Speaker 1: how he's going to come back from the injury, So

596
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,120
Speaker 1: there's ways, but I think the heavy lifting has been

597
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: done so far. Well, I'll disagree to a certain extent

598
00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 1: with that, because you are right. They have filled a

599
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 1: lot of holes and covered a lot of the salary

600
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 1: cap with the deals they've made. But I want to

601
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 1: see what their plan B C D going forward as

602
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,680
Speaker 1: far as that cornerback position, because if they felt that

603
00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson wasn't worth the money, that's their prerogative, then

604
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 1: you better show this fan base that you have an

605
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 1: answer at that cornerback position. And I get it. We've

606
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:11,320
Speaker 1: talked with earlier on Cardinals Cover two that you know,

607
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,760
Speaker 1: with the addition of j J. Watt and a healthy

608
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones and Jordan Phillips coming back healthy and Marcus

609
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 1: Golden out back, that if you have a pass rush,

610
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 1: maybe you're not asking as much from your secondary as

611
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 1: far as covering because the quarterback will be scrambling and

612
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 1: getting the ball out quickly. That's fine on paper, but

613
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,880
Speaker 1: you still need to be prepared, and right now, this

614
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:34,920
Speaker 1: team cannot play on a Sunday with where their cornerback

615
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,840
Speaker 1: situation is. Right now. That's just me speaking out loud, no,

616
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 1: and it's right. But the good news is they don't

617
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,520
Speaker 1: have to worry about that right now. I mean we

618
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:45,880
Speaker 1: look at the depth chart and you know, normally you're

619
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: bring ten to twelve in and it's going to be

620
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:52,160
Speaker 1: some undrafted free agents. But you know, I don't one

621
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 1: thing that we pointed out. You know, they didn't get

622
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,720
Speaker 1: desperate and start over paying for guys. So I mean

623
00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:00,560
Speaker 1: there's probably guys are looking at, but you know, again

624
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,680
Speaker 1: they're available for a reason. So but you know, I

625
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 1: do do think the draft is it's a deep draft

626
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,319
Speaker 1: there to deep draft the receiver. And again now that

627
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:12,920
Speaker 1: you got aj Green and we're hoping that Sean Jefferson

628
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,400
Speaker 1: can get more out of Christian Kirk, you can stay healthy,

629
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,719
Speaker 1: more out of Andy Isabella and some of those other

630
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:23,360
Speaker 1: young receivers. So you know, they solidified the center position

631
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,920
Speaker 1: and went out and got JJ Watt. They retained Marcus

632
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,719
Speaker 1: Golden ten or Valle Home, tendered some guys sou But

633
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,279
Speaker 1: I'm with you. I mean, you always say you got

634
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 1: to flood the position, you gotta get some It's it's

635
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 1: you know, Buddha Baker is going to be the He's

636
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:38,239
Speaker 1: going to be the guy. I mean, we look at

637
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:41,440
Speaker 1: in the secondary now he's going to be the elder statesman.

638
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 1: I mean, that's how it is. I don't care how

639
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:46,399
Speaker 1: old Walford is, but you know he'll take a bigger role.

640
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,359
Speaker 1: But again, he's not a corner, he's a safety. So yeah,

641
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 1: I agree with you. You just can't have a bunch

642
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:54,759
Speaker 1: of twos and threes. You got to find someone that

643
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: can cover. And maybe that comes in the draft, or

644
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:01,640
Speaker 1: you know, maybe someone he is asked to take a

645
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:04,480
Speaker 1: pay cut and he becomes available. You know, the news

646
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:06,839
Speaker 1: is right now every team is under the cap, so

647
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,640
Speaker 1: you'll see some guys. Well, if a team says, well

648
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,239
Speaker 1: we can get this guy, we're gonna let this guy go.

649
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,919
Speaker 1: So again, there will be there'll be some other names.

650
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:18,279
Speaker 1: I think we know the names now, but I just

651
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:20,640
Speaker 1: don't think they want to overpay for a guy. And

652
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:22,319
Speaker 1: really it's probably going to be a one or two

653
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:26,320
Speaker 1: year deal with the short um base salary and possibly

654
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 1: incentives based on stats and how active they are on

655
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:34,160
Speaker 1: game day. I think Isaiah Simmons can cover a little

656
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,040
Speaker 1: bit more in a slot if we get to that point,

657
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,920
Speaker 1: if we get to case of emergency, break glass and

658
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 1: move Simmons around. I know that's what the bird gangs

659
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,200
Speaker 1: thinking about because well, you know, the more you could

660
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,600
Speaker 1: do Craig, but he may take the role of Gampbell

661
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 1: last year's covering those tight ends. He's gonna have his

662
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,160
Speaker 1: work cut out for their for him. But I do

663
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:54,920
Speaker 1: think just having Buddha and Isaiah simmons Um, you know,

664
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 1: on the field and there they're upside. Of course, Isaiah's

665
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 1: got to prove it week in and week out. You

666
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,080
Speaker 1: know that Budasolian getting better. So I do like the

667
00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:04,480
Speaker 1: fact that you've got a couple of guys that can

668
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 1: do different things where they're not just statue of liberty

669
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 1: out there. Let's switch gears here on this Thursday edition

670
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,279
Speaker 1: of Cardinals cover two presented by Hunday Proud, partner of

671
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:19,440
Speaker 1: the Aarrozona Cardinals. We talked yesterday about the signing of

672
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:23,720
Speaker 1: AJ Green. Actually, let me be correct, Agreen to terms.

673
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:27,720
Speaker 1: He didn't sign until earlier today. And by the way,

674
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:31,359
Speaker 1: to AJ Green and his wife, happy anniversary. I don't

675
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:34,279
Speaker 1: know if this is what you get your significant other

676
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 1: as far as you know, in year seven you get

677
00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:41,280
Speaker 1: a new contract with a new team, but certainly someone

678
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:44,719
Speaker 1: that with the Cardinals signing today, meaning we had a

679
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:48,920
Speaker 1: chance to hear from AJ Green earlier and first impressions,

680
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:53,719
Speaker 1: MJ very soft spoken, yet what he had to say

681
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:57,440
Speaker 1: I think spoke volumes, because as you brought it up earlier,

682
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:01,759
Speaker 1: basically asked the same question as JJ Watt and gave

683
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:05,320
Speaker 1: the same answer, a lot left in the tank, Still

684
00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:09,800
Speaker 1: feel young, legs feel young. And then addressed last season

685
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 1: with the Cincinnati batting Bengals, calling it a difficult year

686
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:14,840
Speaker 1: given the quarterback situation, but he would not use that

687
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:19,200
Speaker 1: as an excuse, but he did acknowledge that he was

688
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,719
Speaker 1: looking for a team with a chance to win and

689
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 1: really fit his skill sets, and he believes that the

690
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:29,239
Speaker 1: Cardinals give him the best chance at that. And then

691
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 1: probably I think what stood out a lot and you

692
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:35,440
Speaker 1: got the sense from JJ Watt as well quote I

693
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:40,960
Speaker 1: felt wanted. They showed that they really wanted me. AJ

694
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 1: Green talking about the Cardinals and their pursuits here in

695
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:48,560
Speaker 1: free agency of another playmaker, and once again he's talking

696
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 1: about guys thirty one, thirty two, he's going to be

697
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:54,880
Speaker 1: thirty three. I listened to Jim Trotter on the NFL

698
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,719
Speaker 1: Network and he spoke to somebody a new organization, and

699
00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:00,960
Speaker 1: he said, you know, we're out worried about if he

700
00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 1: lost a step, which he says he still has a

701
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,719
Speaker 1: lot in the tank. He may not be the fastest guy,

702
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 1: but he runs good routes. I'll take my chances on

703
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: the fifty fifty ball. And because of the age, he

704
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:16,880
Speaker 1: prefers to play on grass. They practice on grass. And again,

705
00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:19,440
Speaker 1: when you wake up in Arizona, that body feels a

706
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,799
Speaker 1: little bit better when that sun's reflecting on you. So

707
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:25,120
Speaker 1: a little just little things, but he wanted to be wanted.

708
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:27,200
Speaker 1: He said that he did have a couple other opportunities

709
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,880
Speaker 1: who wouldn't get into it. It's probably not in his

710
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,400
Speaker 1: best interest now that he's picked the team. But I

711
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,360
Speaker 1: do think the training facility, he said he was impressed

712
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:40,319
Speaker 1: with that. Obviously, they put over twenty five million in there.

713
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,200
Speaker 1: You know, we're hoping to get back there soon. So

714
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:46,279
Speaker 1: the little things, but ultimately, I think, you know the

715
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,720
Speaker 1: fact that he's not going to draw the double teams.

716
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 1: He's going to get single coverage. And if it's five

717
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 1: or six catches for seventy five yards, I mean, all

718
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:57,200
Speaker 1: of a sudden, if they want to, you know, go

719
00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 1: one on one. I'll take my chances with him. He's

720
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:03,160
Speaker 1: really good, you know, with his catch radius and throw

721
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,840
Speaker 1: the ball up to him. He's tall. He's tall, and

722
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:09,320
Speaker 1: he looks physical, and you know he was hurting twenty nineteen,

723
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 1: but he played all sixteen games last year. You know,

724
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:16,040
Speaker 1: he had three different quarterbacks. Josh Joe Burrow got and

725
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:19,320
Speaker 1: went down in Week nine, and then he had Brandon Allen,

726
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,520
Speaker 1: then he had Ryan Finley, and Finley played well in

727
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 1: that game against the Steelers, but for the most part

728
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:29,120
Speaker 1: their offensive line, they weren't able to protect Burrow. That's

729
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,360
Speaker 1: why he got hurt. Zach Taylor tried to go mass

730
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,640
Speaker 1: protection and you can see he got frustrated a little bit,

731
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,480
Speaker 1: and that's only human nature, knowing you're out there busting

732
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 1: your backside and the results aren't there. So I think

733
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,440
Speaker 1: he's as they talked about JJ, I think he hit

734
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 1: the reset button and now he's looking forward to his

735
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,319
Speaker 1: second career where he feels like he can play a

736
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 1: couple more years, even though it's a one year deal. Yeah,

737
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:54,800
Speaker 1: he will not be double teamed, not with DeAndre Hopkins

738
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:58,480
Speaker 1: occupying one side of the field, and that's according to

739
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:01,880
Speaker 1: Green Quotes, is going to take a lot off of me.

740
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:05,920
Speaker 1: End quotes, and then these three factors. And I'll give

741
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 1: you credit, MJ, because you have brought it up when

742
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:11,560
Speaker 1: we're talking about players in their quote unquote later years

743
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:17,400
Speaker 1: twenty eight and beyond, if you will weather grass indoors,

744
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 1: and that is something that I think we don't take

745
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:25,319
Speaker 1: too much into accounts, but you factor in. You wake

746
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:28,720
Speaker 1: up and it's nice outside, You go on the field

747
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:31,879
Speaker 1: and your legs feel good because you're on grass, you're

748
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:35,400
Speaker 1: not unturf. You play on Sundays and you don't have

749
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:38,799
Speaker 1: to worry about the elements. You know that it's climate controlled.

750
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:43,960
Speaker 1: That's again not a huge priority when you're doing the

751
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:47,799
Speaker 1: pros and cons. But I'll say this, the more I

752
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 1: hear from these players, that has got to be a

753
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:54,120
Speaker 1: big selling points when it comes to the Arizona Cardinals

754
00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:59,280
Speaker 1: because as we you know, that's saying in real estate, location, location, location,

755
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 1: Cardinal might not be in any better situation across the

756
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:07,680
Speaker 1: league than that as far as selling weather, grass and

757
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:12,840
Speaker 1: tours to potential players when they hit free agency. And

758
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,080
Speaker 1: hopefully because some of these guys that are twenty six,

759
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:18,759
Speaker 1: twenty seven, twenty eight, now Rodney Hudson, obviously they moved

760
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 1: into a brand new stadium. They have a great facility

761
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:25,280
Speaker 1: in Henderson, real grass. I mean they went all out, obviously,

762
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 1: usually the latest stadium has all the bells and whistles.

763
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:31,239
Speaker 1: Of course with Sofi Stadium, it's going to host a

764
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:34,760
Speaker 1: Super Bowl next year. But yeah, but again, you're playing

765
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:39,800
Speaker 1: in Houston, you know, to have a retractable dome. You

766
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 1: look at he played in Cincinnati, you know, just coming

767
00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:46,320
Speaker 1: out there in November, and listen, he was very grateful

768
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:48,719
Speaker 1: being the fourth overall pick, got a nice contract. But

769
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:51,400
Speaker 1: you're out there on a Sunday and you're looking and

770
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:54,000
Speaker 1: you're not winning, and it's like, man, I feel cold.

771
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:57,279
Speaker 1: You know here, you gotta win to feel good. You

772
00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 1: gotta look good. But it's it's it's a center around

773
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:02,760
Speaker 1: and we don't talk about as much. But what about

774
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:06,440
Speaker 1: the family and the wife. I mean, we look at Matthew,

775
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 1: matt Praters, for his wife was a former cheerleader. She

776
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:13,279
Speaker 1: actually grew up here. People tell me they went to

777
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:16,839
Speaker 1: styling school with her. And he's up there in age

778
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 1: and his kids are gonna love Arizona. Nothing against Detroit

779
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 1: because that's where a lot of these guys when they

780
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,279
Speaker 1: came into the league they raised their families there, and

781
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:28,040
Speaker 1: now when you go from that to Sunshine, it's a

782
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:32,000
Speaker 1: game changer. A couple of other notes from AJ Green's

783
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:36,839
Speaker 1: press conference. One, we know about his relationship with Larry Fitzgerald,

784
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:40,280
Speaker 1: but it was interesting he did not reach out to fits,

785
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:42,400
Speaker 1: as he said, I just want to keep the business

786
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,240
Speaker 1: side out of it with Larry, although it did sound

787
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 1: like he spoke with his former head coach Marvin Lewis,

788
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:52,960
Speaker 1: who is now at Arizona States, and Lewis told Green

789
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:56,399
Speaker 1: about Kyler Murray quote he can sling at AJ, You're

790
00:42:56,480 --> 00:43:00,360
Speaker 1: going to be very happy end quote and speak of

791
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:04,239
Speaker 1: ASU the ASU Georgia game. And I went back and

792
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 1: looked this up. September twentieth, two thousand and eight, Green's

793
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:11,640
Speaker 1: freshman year and in his words, quote that was my

794
00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,920
Speaker 1: coming out game. He caught eight passes for one hundred

795
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:18,240
Speaker 1: and fifty nine yards and one touchdown and at twenty

796
00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:22,880
Speaker 1: seven ten win at Sundevil Stadium September twentieth, two thousand

797
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:26,319
Speaker 1: and eight. I mean you look at a guy like

798
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,520
Speaker 1: Julio Jones and then you're thinking this guy's he's he's

799
00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:32,360
Speaker 1: a shadow of him, you know. Yeah, I mean that

800
00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:35,400
Speaker 1: when you when you can put up those numbers and

801
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:37,800
Speaker 1: you know he's so young, and then all of a sudden,

802
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:41,680
Speaker 1: you know, he started to follow his career and that's

803
00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:43,920
Speaker 1: why he was the fourth rold. We're all picking the draft.

804
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:47,759
Speaker 1: I mean, he he made a lot of acro beta

805
00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:50,040
Speaker 1: catches in college, and he did it his first couple

806
00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:52,560
Speaker 1: of years. But but you know, I was thinking about

807
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:55,240
Speaker 1: some of the receivers they had there. I know Carson

808
00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:57,800
Speaker 1: was there, Chris Henry, he passed away. I thought he

809
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:01,200
Speaker 1: looked at Boyd over the last year. But it seems

810
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,719
Speaker 1: like this is probably the best wide receiver he's played with,

811
00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:06,799
Speaker 1: would be DeAndre Hopkins. Yeah, I was. I haven't done

812
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,440
Speaker 1: the research full disclosure, bird game, but you would have

813
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:13,920
Speaker 1: to think that throughout his entire ten year in Cincinnati

814
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:18,520
Speaker 1: that there was never any one. And I don't want to,

815
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:21,080
Speaker 1: you know, say this at a step, but I don't

816
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:23,760
Speaker 1: think there was any one that was on an AJ

817
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,799
Speaker 1: Green level as far as a perennial pro bowler, a

818
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:30,919
Speaker 1: perennial all pro to the extents that you could say

819
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:35,480
Speaker 1: on par or equal with a DeAndre Hopkins. This might,

820
00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 1: to your point, MJ might be the best one two

821
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:42,200
Speaker 1: punch he's ever been a part of with him being

822
00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:45,480
Speaker 1: the number two and not the number one. And that's

823
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:47,319
Speaker 1: what the Cardinals were looking for, a guy that can

824
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 1: play on the outside and that can be the number

825
00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 1: two receiver. And since he did this with Hudson and

826
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:58,320
Speaker 1: JJ Watt, you know, Green is one of three players

827
00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 1: in NFL history to have a thousand and receiving yards

828
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,800
Speaker 1: in each of his first five seasons. Also, Randy Moss

829
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:08,240
Speaker 1: and Mike Evans Cincinnati Clint playoffs in each of Green's

830
00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 1: first five seasons. Green is the only wide receiver in

831
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:14,120
Speaker 1: NFL history to reach the Pro Bowl in each of

832
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:17,560
Speaker 1: his first seven seasons. So body of work, that's what

833
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:19,520
Speaker 1: he was able to do. I don't think he's going

834
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:22,680
Speaker 1: to do that here. But last year he had forty

835
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 1: seven receptions, five hundred and twenty three yards, three different quarterbacks,

836
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:31,000
Speaker 1: a couple of receiving touchdowns. As for his career, six

837
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:34,560
Speaker 1: hundred and forty nine receptions, nine thousand and four, four

838
00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:38,279
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty receiving yards, and sixty five touchdowns. So

839
00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:40,920
Speaker 1: seven time Pro Bowl selection. Again, did it in his

840
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:44,520
Speaker 1: first seven seasons. That is in the past, But you

841
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:47,480
Speaker 1: know what, he's capable of doing again, I'll sign up

842
00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:49,759
Speaker 1: right now. For you know, four or five catches a game,

843
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:52,240
Speaker 1: you start looking at it over a sixteen game schedule,

844
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:54,279
Speaker 1: and that's going to take a lot of pressure off

845
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:58,319
Speaker 1: of not only DeAndre Hoppins, but also Kyler Murray saying hey,

846
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:00,440
Speaker 1: I can spread it around a little bit more. Yeah.

847
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 1: Really looking forward to seeing how this parlays itself out

848
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 1: on the football field, and hopefully maybe you're even sooner

849
00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:11,719
Speaker 1: as far as maybe some offseason workouts as well. Bird Gang.

850
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,919
Speaker 1: If you enjoy what you're listening to here Cardinals Cover two,

851
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:18,600
Speaker 1: we invite you to subscribe to Arizona Cardinals podcasts. That

852
00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:22,280
Speaker 1: way you never miss any of your favorite shows, Cardinals Underground,

853
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:25,239
Speaker 1: The Big Red Rays, The Cardinals, Read c Report. Subscribe

854
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:29,240
Speaker 1: to Arizona Cardinals podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google podcast,

855
00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:32,960
Speaker 1: Stitcher and SoundCloud for more information. Got as Cardinals dot com,

856
00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:38,040
Speaker 1: Slash podcasts for more information. Before we end this edition

857
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:41,960
Speaker 1: of Cardinals Cover two presented by Hyundai, proud partner of

858
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:46,200
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals, two more items. One just coming across

859
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:49,320
Speaker 1: the old ticker if you will, MJ. But the Arizona

860
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:53,680
Speaker 1: Cardinals apparently now have lost wide receiver and special team's

861
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:57,280
Speaker 1: ace Trent Sherfield. According to reports, he is headed within

862
00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:00,480
Speaker 1: the division, but headed to the forty nine Miners on

863
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:04,440
Speaker 1: a one year contract, and then running back Kenyan Drake

864
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:08,040
Speaker 1: is also on the move. Reports have him landing with

865
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:12,320
Speaker 1: the Raiders on a two year deal. So congratulations to

866
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:16,080
Speaker 1: those players. Best of luck, except for Surefield on two

867
00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:19,440
Speaker 1: occasions in twenty twenty one. But I know with Kenyan

868
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:22,920
Speaker 1: Drake he was hoping to cash in. He's got incentives

869
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:24,880
Speaker 1: in his contract to where I think he will be

870
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:28,480
Speaker 1: able to cash in. But this is this is, as

871
00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 1: we knew, going to be a weird market, a weird

872
00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:33,360
Speaker 1: offseason for a lot of players, especially at the running

873
00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:35,600
Speaker 1: back position as far as to get that big money,

874
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,280
Speaker 1: but I don't know if he was able to parlay

875
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:40,640
Speaker 1: that based off the fact that he did not end

876
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:43,920
Speaker 1: it last season the way he hoped to going into

877
00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:46,360
Speaker 1: free agency. I want to be nice to the Raiders

878
00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:49,919
Speaker 1: because they make nice trades with the Cardinals, but don't

879
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:54,640
Speaker 1: they have Josh Jacobs. I'm assuming that part of the

880
00:47:54,719 --> 00:47:57,440
Speaker 1: selling point was that there will be enough footballs and

881
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:00,399
Speaker 1: enough carries to go around, But You're right. It seemed

882
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:02,560
Speaker 1: that you're going into a situation where you are not

883
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:07,680
Speaker 1: quote unquote the guy barn and injury, and they you know,

884
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 1: they're bringing Richie and Coog Needle back. They got that

885
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:12,600
Speaker 1: Colton Miller they drafted, so they're gonna have three new

886
00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:16,120
Speaker 1: offensive linemen. You know, I'm being a little tongue in

887
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:19,239
Speaker 1: cheek about Josh Jacobs, but he did carry the ball

888
00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:21,960
Speaker 1: a lot, and he got hurt last year, and so

889
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:26,160
Speaker 1: I get it. But it's just weird. The day before

890
00:48:26,239 --> 00:48:28,480
Speaker 1: they were going to release their center and then they

891
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:31,000
Speaker 1: make a trade and they save money, and here they

892
00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:33,719
Speaker 1: go out and spend eight million up to eleven. As

893
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:37,040
Speaker 1: for trench Sherfield, I'm a big fan. He worked hard.

894
00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:41,319
Speaker 1: I never understood, and again I know one percent what's

895
00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:44,920
Speaker 1: going on there when it comes to personnel, but I

896
00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:47,440
Speaker 1: always thought he should have got more opportunity as a

897
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:51,080
Speaker 1: wide receiver. I really do. And you know, he's very

898
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:54,560
Speaker 1: close to Larry Fitzgerald. He never complained, he accepted his role.

899
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:58,600
Speaker 1: He was a really good special teams player. So interesting that,

900
00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:02,160
Speaker 1: you know, considering how long he's been in the division,

901
00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:05,600
Speaker 1: and if you're John Lynch and Kyle Shannon and saying, hey, listen,

902
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:08,920
Speaker 1: he could be our fourth or fifth receiver. Now they obviously,

903
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:12,080
Speaker 1: you know, feel comfortable with Brian A. You can a

904
00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:15,879
Speaker 1: couple of others, d Will Samuel, but he's a He's

905
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 1: a guy that's gonna last in a link because he

906
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:19,719
Speaker 1: plays on special team. He's probably gonna be on one

907
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:22,200
Speaker 1: year deals just because that's the nature of the business.

908
00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:25,919
Speaker 1: But good for him. And I know that they didn't

909
00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:28,120
Speaker 1: tender him, and that means the writing was on the wall.

910
00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:31,000
Speaker 1: But you know, over the last year and maybe when

911
00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:33,719
Speaker 1: since Cliff ride Does didn't understand why he never got

912
00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:35,640
Speaker 1: more run at wide receiver. And I guess when you

913
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:40,680
Speaker 1: draft three in cliffs first year, that's your future. Andy Isabella,

914
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:44,440
Speaker 1: Keyshawn Johnson and the keen Butler. But to me, I

915
00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:48,000
Speaker 1: thought he could add more playing time. Yeah, I would

916
00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:51,920
Speaker 1: echo those thoughts as well. You can keep up to

917
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:55,560
Speaker 1: dates Bird Gang on all of this free agent movement,

918
00:49:55,719 --> 00:49:59,080
Speaker 1: the comings, the goings the Free Agent Tracker live on

919
00:49:59,239 --> 00:50:02,480
Speaker 1: asy Cardinal dot com slash free agency and we will

920
00:50:02,520 --> 00:50:06,120
Speaker 1: do our part here. Each and every edition of Cardinals

921
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:09,960
Speaker 1: Cover two presented by Hunday, probably partner of the Arizona Cardinals,

922
00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:12,360
Speaker 1: and on that note, we will put a lid on

923
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:15,520
Speaker 1: this edition of Cardinals Cover two. It has been a

924
00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:18,560
Speaker 1: busy week. Will it continue to be busy? Don't know

925
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:21,479
Speaker 1: what it does sound like things are starting to maybe

926
00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:24,839
Speaker 1: get to that second wave, dare I say that third

927
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:27,160
Speaker 1: wave of free agency, though, as we pointed out, the

928
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:30,800
Speaker 1: Cardinals do still have work to do running back, backup, quarterback,

929
00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:35,359
Speaker 1: and cornerback as well. Special thanks as always to our

930
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:38,879
Speaker 1: executive producer Jim ma'ma hundred four, Mike Jarecki. I'm Greig

931
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:40,880
Speaker 1: Riel Lou. We'll talk to you next time here on

932
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:42,120
Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two.