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It's a reveal. 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:13.280 Okay, Okay, I got that ball. 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:16.399 Mean, this isn't no stinking press release that gets facts 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:18.839 to a newspaper, old school I mean, this is three 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:27.960 days of measured, staggered leaks, international teasers, highly produced, breaking content, 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:31.679 I mean, we're talking segments on Good Morning America, two 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:35.360 hour shows on the NFL network in ESPN. Okay, it's 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:38.600 not as much a release or reveal as much as 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:42.479 it's an event these days in the NFL. I mean, 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:44.880 you know, the kids out there might say it's super Extra. 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:48.840 You know, two hundred and seventy two games over eighteen weeks. 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:52.600 Let there be a twenty twenty three campaign. And we 0:01:52.640 --> 0:01:54.560 are here to break it all down on this edition 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:57.520 to the Big Red Rage, presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert. 0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:01.920 We are Santan Ford, Paul Calvic, and Ron Wolfley Paully. 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:04.680 I don't know about Super Extra, but I do know 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:07.200 right now I've got a question, and that question is 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:10.040 are the Arizona Cardinals back in the NFC East Ball? 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:11.560 That's my question to you. 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:13.919 By are you having sort of a throwback right now? 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:16.520 I mean, Wolf, this is your life. This is what 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:19.280 happened when you played ten years in the NFL, the 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:21.720 first half of your career for the Cardinals, and this 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:24.640 is what would happen you envelope please and then boom. 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:27.480 You look at the schedule and right off the bat, 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:30.000 it's like you're playing inter division games with three in 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:31.840 a row against the NFC East. 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:34.280 It truly is incredible right there. Of course, they are 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:37.320 playing the NFC East, as we all know, next year, 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:40.720 but starting in Week one at Washington, Week two, the 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:43.919 New York Giants at home, Week three, the Dallas Cowboys 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:48.760 at home. Yes week seventeen, they actually travel to Philadelphia 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:53.160 to play the Philadelphia Eagles. But man, the first three 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:56.640 games of the season poly the NFC East. 0:02:57.400 --> 0:02:59.560 And let's let everyone know right off the bat, guess 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:03.960 what tickets are on sale effective immediately as we speak. 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:08.000 Azycardinals dot com slash buy tickets for any and all games. 0:03:08.040 --> 0:03:11.280 They're all on sale right now. Easycardinals dot com slash 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:15.080 buy tickets starting with that first month that begins on 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:17.200 the road. We're gonna break this all down over the 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:19.040 course of this show. For the third time in the 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:22.000 last four years, Cardinals start on the road at Washington. 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:25.560 This will be September tenth. Okay, And by the way, 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:28.359 in terms of travel, only six teams are gonna travel 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:31.600 more than the Arizona Cardinals this year because they're matched 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:34.760 up against the NFC East in the AFC North. And 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:37.720 when you're talking about Washington, I'll just say this much. 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:40.800 Where's my ridiculous stet of Patrick Mahomes? Remember last year 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:43.200 opening against Kansas City and they put the forty burger 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:44.640 on the board in week one? 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:45.000 Wolf? 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:49.200 Yeah, Patrick Mahomes in five openers in his NFL career 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:53.560 has averaged thirty nine point four points per game. So 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:56.000 let me ask you, are you much happier to open 0:03:56.040 --> 0:04:00.320 against Sam Howe or maybe Jacoby Brissett Pouli? 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:03.080 I am, But you know it's also you look at 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:05.920 those first three games right there. Those are going to 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:09.880 be pretty physical games. They really are. The NFC East 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:13.680 is a physical division, of course, even Washington where they're 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:17.039 going to open, of course at Washington on the road 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:19.919 Ron Rivera. You know the kind of offense he wants 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:23.320 to run. It typically is a very physical offense. Even 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:26.320 though they're not prolific by any stretch of the imagination. 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:29.719 Even last year they were almost in the top third 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:33.119 in the National Football League and running the ball paul 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:37.000 per game, rushing yards per game, they were number twelve. 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:40.120 They like to hammer the ball. They're going to be 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:43.320 very very physical upfront. That's going to be a physical game. 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:47.159 And then you follow that up with the New York Giants, PAULI, 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:51.400 that that is that's a Donnybruck right there with Brian 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:52.559 Dable as their coach. 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:54.800 You know what, that is a great point because what 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:57.719 have the Cardinals done this year? Where's the emphasis been 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:01.800 on resetting this team from the inside, Right, So right 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:03.880 out of the gate, your run defense is going to 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:07.480 be tested against Washington at Washington on the road. And 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:10.120 then think about that commander's defense. 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:10.599 Right. 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:12.480 They missed the playoffs last year, but they had the 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:15.560 number three ranked defense overall, and look at the defensive 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:21.159 front with Jonathan Allen, Deron Payne Montes, sweat Chase Young 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:23.200 if he's back from the knee. I mean, you talk 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:26.839 about that Cardinals rebuild offensive line and maybe Paris Johnson 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:29.320 Junior and more on him in a bit, getting tested 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:31.920 out of the gates. Oh yeah, is there a deeper 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:34.040 defensive line in the NFL than Washington. 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:36.920 No, I know what you're saying, Pauli. They are very, 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:39.400 very physical, no doubt about it. And oh, by the way, 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:42.520 they're also really really good at getting to the quarterback 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:46.359 number six in sacks per attempt, and they had the 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:49.920 number one third down defense overall. And PAULI, you know 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:52.080 the way I feel about this for the most part, 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:55.600 when you talk about being the number one third down defense, 0:05:55.760 --> 0:06:00.280 that takes into account so many different things, not the 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.960 least of which is getting pressure on the quarterback. And 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:08.640 although it doesn't show up being number one, getting off 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:12.080 the field thirty one percent of the time, that tells 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:15.240 me you've got a wicked pass rush as well. 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:18.839 That's the only ten AM start all season long for 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.400 the Arizona Cardinals. The other games in the Eastern time 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:24.200 Zone are eleven AM or later. And by the way, 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:26.919 the Cardinals did not get a primetime game. That was 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:31.200 pretty much as expected. They will be playing on some holidays. 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:33.760 We'll get to that. That will not be an international 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:35.800 game on the schedule this year for the Cardinals after 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:38.640 they went to Mexico City last year, but once again 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:41.120 Week one at Washington. Then you're home against the Giants, 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:44.719 so you're gonna get All Pro defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:48.200 who got paid in the offseason against that Cardinals offensive line. 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:50.320 We know the Giants. They just made the playoffs for 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:53.280 the first time since twenty sixteen, bead Minnesota in the 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:57.120 wild card game, so okay, we know that they have 0:06:57.720 --> 0:07:00.520 two tackles. You know, they invested top ten and picks 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:02.600 in and that's a long time rivalry. Would be the 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:05.120 one hundred and twenty ninth meeting all time against the 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:07.760 Giants for the Cardinals as a franchise. And then that 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:12.040 brings us to Week three, Wolf and the Cowboys, and look, 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:14.480 Cardinals have had success. They won six to last seven 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:17.520 against Dallas. But you're talking about a Cowboys team that 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.120 finished twelve and five last year, won a playoff game 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:22.920 the lost in the Niners. And they can score. I 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.160 mean they've averaged the most points over the last two 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:27.720 years of any team in the NFL, nearly thirty a game. 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:29.920 Yeah. Not only that, they got a guy by the 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:33.440 name of Michael Persons on defense who is pretty good, Paul, 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:36.280 especially the last time I check coming off the edge 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:39.960 right there. Week three, This is just me, Paul. And 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:43.240 once again you know me, PAULI. I'm an optimist. I 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:47.480 will be an optimist sign positive by nature. Week three 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:51.840 is when I will allow myself to consider Kyler Murray 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:54.880 coming back bye week by week three, now, PAULI. 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:56.520 So are you reporting? Is this a guy? 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:57.480 I reporting? 0:07:57.560 --> 0:07:57.600 No? 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:01.200 I am not reporting this, Okay, I'm just saying, based 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:04.360 on the average time, the typical time that an ACL 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:08.480 will take nine months is about right there, about week 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:11.640 three that you could possibly start counting. Okay, is he 0:08:11.720 --> 0:08:14.680 ready to go? Okay? Maybe not week four, week five, 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:17.880 week six, somewhere in there. Maybe that's better. But week 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:20.840 three is where I will allow myself, who knows, Paully, 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:24.000 maybe it comes earlier than that. But this is where 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:27.720 I'm going to allow myself to even imagine Kyler Murray 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:31.040 coming back week three, And it's interesting that it happens 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:34.760 to be against Micah Parsons and the Dallas Cowboys. So 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:36.400 maybe it will be week four. 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:40.360 Paul, And look, you know that's game. That game is 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:42.920 gonna be off the hook the Cowboys fans, they travel. 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:46.800 Oh yeah, so that will be a scene at Cardinals, 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:50.000 you know, State Farm Stadium when the Cowboys come a 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:53.280 call in there. That'll be September twenty fourth for the Cardinals, 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:55.320 and that'll be on Fox, and that'll be a one 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:59.880 twenty five start. Then you start getting into the NFC 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:04.800 West three or your next four are division games starting 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:08.520 with Week four at the forty nine ers. Cardinals historically 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:11.400 have had a lot of success at Levi stadium and 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:13.920 they're going in against the Niners. And then you want 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:16.880 to talk about pass rushers. You got Washington's deep defensive front, 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:19.000 you got Dexter Lawrence and the Giants, you got Micah 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:22.600 Parson's head against the Cowboys, and then hello, Cardinals offensive line. 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:25.360 You get Nick Bosa and Javon Hargrave in week four. 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:28.320 Yeah, PAULI, maybe it's not gonna be Week four that 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:31.560 Kyle will come back. Maybe maybe it's gonna be Week five, 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:34.719 Paul against the Cincinnati Bengals right there, when I think 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:37.080 of Nick Bosa coming off the edge, you might want 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:40.240 to know I'm just kind of kidding obviously right here. 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.720 But yeah, you know, it's interesting because when you look 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:48.760 at the first five games, and we were talking about this, Paula, 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:50.760 I believe there's four playoff teams. 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:55.160 Yes, it's only Washington in those first five games. Think 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:57.559 about that, and then I mean, the Bengals win the 0:09:57.559 --> 0:10:01.280 conference championship, the Niners win the conference championship, and the 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:04.040 Giants and Cowboys won playoff games as well. 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:07.480 And you know me, Paully, that's the first thing I 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:11.080 look for when the schedule comes out. The schedule comes out, 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:14.240 I look for the nasty, as I like to call it, 0:10:14.280 --> 0:10:17.560 Where is the nasty? And if you had to look 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:20.720 at it, those three or four games that are really 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:24.880 really physical and really really going to be tough, you 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:27.480 look at it, it's week two to week five for 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:32.360 me right now. Those four teams playoff teams right there. 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:38.440 When you consider Washington, the Giants, the Cowboys at San Francisco, 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:45.199 and the Bengals. Four of those playoff teams consecutively. And 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:47.959 I realize three of the four games are going to 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:52.360 be at home. But other than that, man, that is brutal. 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:55.720 You know, we mentioned Paris Johnson Junior when we had 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:59.160 him on the Red Sea Report recently right after the draft. 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:01.920 He mentioned that he's already been doing film study on 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:04.480 a few pass rushers, few of the elite guys in 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:06.480 the NFL and a couple of the names he mentioned, 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:10.880 Nick Bosa and Micah Parsons, and he just talked about 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:14.120 how much he looks forward to measuring himself in his 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:17.080 game against the very best in the NFL. He also 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:19.120 threw in Devin White. I'm not sure exactly why the 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:22.199 Tampa linebacker got into the mix as well, but Paris 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:25.080 Johnson Junior so that was very intriguing stuff that he 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:26.760 had to say on the Red Sea Report. And I 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:29.120 don't know if you noticed it, Wolf, but Paris Johnson 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:31.880 Junior was in attendance for the Cardinals with the rookie 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.199 minichamp getting going this week the end of this week, 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:36.200 and he showed up to sign his contract along with 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:38.719 a handful of the rookies, and he was wearing a 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.440 Pat Tillman number forty Cardinals jersey. 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:44.800 That's well played, really well well played right there. You 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:47.520 know what, Paul, it's interesting. I know this means nothing, 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:51.160 and I want to make that very very clear to 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:54.960 anybody that is listening. It means nothing. But looking at 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:57.760 the Arizona Cardinals depth chart, I thought it was very 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:01.360 very interesting that they're at left guard. Was Paris Johnson 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:06.280 Junior the starter, Paris Johnson Junior at left guard, And 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:09.800 for me, that's exactly where i'd put him. The left 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:13.760 guard traditionally gets more help than the right guard and 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:17.480 traditionally gives more help than the right guard as well. 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:20.120 To me, that's exactly where i'd put this young guy. 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:23.360 Let him cut his teeth right there. Obviously, at some 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:25.280 point in time, you'd like to move him out to 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:28.080 the edge. But I thought that was interesting since you 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:31.080 brought him up that he's starting at left guard on 0:12:31.200 --> 0:12:31.960 the depth chart. 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:36.960 I wonder if that sets up a positional battle again 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:40.920 between Josh Jones and Kelvin Beecham at right tackle. Interesting 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:43.439 because we'll see what the trickle down is on that. 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:47.800 By the way, Cardinals among the teams who had their 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:50.840 schedules released. The Super Bowl where it's gonna end up 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:54.520 will be February eleventh, twenty twenty four, in Vegas this year. 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:58.559 For all your tickets Azycardinals dot com slash buy tickets 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:00.319 back with more of the big red rage. 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:08.359 Burrow takes a knee and it's over. The winning continues 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:12.360 for Cincinnati. The Bengals are going back to the AFC 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:17.520 Championship Game. They have won ten in a row, and 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:21.400 they will make an appearance in the conference championship for 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:26.320 consecutive years for the first time in franchise history twenty 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:27.000 seven to ten. 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:29.720 The final here in Orchard Park, New York. 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:32.959 Yeah, think about some of the quarterbacks that are coming 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:37.880 through State Farms Stadium this season, including Joey b Wolf, 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:41.920 Joe Burrow. I tell you what you talk about players 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:45.880 that opposing players that I'm most looking forward to see. 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:48.040 He would have to be top two, top three. There's 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:52.320 the Lamar Jackson's, there's Joe Burrow, and honestly, that might 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:55.280 be where I start my list as we go through 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:58.200 the Cardinals schedule twenty twenty three on this special edition 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:01.760 of The Big Red Rage, presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:03.839 We are santan Ford and by the way, speaking in 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:07.560 the home schedule, Azycardinals dot Com slash buy tickets, All 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:11.120 games on sale as we speak, Asycardinals dot Com slash 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:14.560 by tickets. Bengals are coming to town. It'll be Week five. 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:17.840 We already recapped off the top wolf Ad Washington start 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:20.120 the season home against the Giants and Cowboys at the 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:23.120 forty nine ers and back home against Cincinnati and Week five. 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:25.760 What do you think of when you think of the Bengals. 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:29.280 Yeah, Paulie, you think obviously of Joe Burrow. You think 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:33.000 of this young quarterback who is becoming quickly one of 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:36.840 the elite quarterbacks in the National Football League. Has been 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:40.840 on that track, I would say for the last year particularly. 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:43.760 And I think of the line of scrimmage as well, 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:46.800 even though they don't run the ball very well. Even 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:50.400 though they're not a good rushing team. They really want 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:54.240 to round that part of their offense out because I 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:58.240 think it really does help balance Joe Burrow doesn't put 0:14:58.280 --> 0:15:00.960 all of that pressure on him. He was under the 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:04.320 gun last year. Now they've done some things this offseason 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:07.640 to really try to fix that offensive line, but as 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:11.280 you know, Paully, that offensive line struggled to protect Joe 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:14.960 Burrow once again. And when I also think of the Bengals, 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:17.720 I think of that defensive front, I think of their 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:20.680 ability to stop the run. That is the one thing 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:24.160 they were actually very very good at last year. Defensively, 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:26.720 they were all over the board for the most part, 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:28.720 but the one thing they could hang their hat on 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:33.040 is playing tough against the run. In that box. They 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:35.720 were top ten as a matter of fact in rushing 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:39.000 yards per game and rushing yards per play allowed. 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:44.080 You also have the lou Anarumo angle right, Cardinals head 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:48.640 coaching candidate, the defensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals. That'll 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:52.360 be an intriguing little sidebar when they come in Week five. 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:56.320 The two time AFC Nord champions, And once again we've 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:59.000 been documenting the test the Cardinals old line is going 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:01.800 to get early. You look at a Cincinnati team that 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:05.080 over the last few years is added Trey Hendrickson, Sam 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:09.560 Hubbard and now the Clemson rookie Miles Murphy. So you know, 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:12.640 lou Anroumo, he's going to be very aggressive, he's going 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:15.760 to bring it, and so that'll be a big time test, 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:17.760 and that'll be the fourth of four in a row 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:20.280 against teams who made the playoffs a year ago. 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:24.560 Yeah, Pauli, that's really a good point right there. Once again, 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:27.920 they're going back to the Bengals specifically that had a 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:31.000 really really hard time of getting to the quarterback, which 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:33.000 is one of the reasons why they've made it a 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:37.640 point of emphasis here. Number twenty nine in sacks per 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:42.360 attempt last season and number twenty in third down defense 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:46.360 as well. This is just general stats, but you can 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:49.880 read inside some of these stats as well, and that's 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:51.720 something that I think is going to be a point 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:55.160 of emphasis for the Bengals, trying to get better, get 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:57.640 more pressure on the opposing quarterback. 0:16:57.800 --> 0:16:59.840 Yeah, and going full circle on the Bengals, remember the 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:04.040 at an Orlando Brown the Chiefs tackle and so yes, 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:06.280 that was huge. As to your point, they're trying to 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:08.800 bolster the line of scrimmage. No doubt, Joe Mixon is 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:09.880 always handful to stop. 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:10.280 All right. 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:14.960 Week six, now you're getting into back into the NFC West. 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:17.879 You're going to the Rams where the Cardinals one year ago, 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:22.280 and they're gonna get them in week six, October fifteenth, 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:25.560 against what they presume will be a healthy Matthew Stafford. 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:28.679 Hopefully it'll be a healthy Kyler Murray at that point. 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:32.800 But look again, now you're getting Aaron Donald, all right, 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:37.120 They're minus Jalen Ramsey. But I mean every single week 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:39.400 there is gonna be that elite thread on the other 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:40.080 side of the ball. 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:43.200 Yeah, Paul, you know, I look at that LA game 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:46.320 in LA, of course, and all I can think of 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:50.040 is Paris Johnson Junior. If he is starting at left 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:53.760 guard at that point in time, I think he's gonna 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:56.520 see a lot of Aaron Donald lined up over in. Paul. 0:17:56.520 --> 0:18:00.399 I'm just gonna say that right now. I think are 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:02.800 going to go ahead and line them up there. I 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:04.840 know the Arizona Cardinals, of course, are going to be 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:06.840 very aware of that. I'm sure they're going to give 0:18:06.960 --> 0:18:10.320 him a lot of help with the protections that they're 0:18:10.359 --> 0:18:12.919 going to run and mixing up their protections, but not 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:15.720 trying to put him on an island, of course, trying 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:19.119 to give him an awful lot of help. The Rams, 0:18:19.160 --> 0:18:22.400 I'm sure, will try to isolate him as much as 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:25.800 they can. But sometimes, Polly, it's the best thing that 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:28.800 can happen to a young guy. It's just trial by fire. 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:32.479 Just walk through it, jump into it. And he certainly 0:18:32.840 --> 0:18:36.199 certainly will be jumping into it at that point of 0:18:36.280 --> 0:18:36.920 week six. 0:18:37.320 --> 0:18:39.760 And by the way, the Cardinals will definitely welcome that 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:43.520 short road trip to La because once again there's seventh 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:46.359 in the NFL in total travel miles this year number 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:49.399 one Seattle thirty one thousand plus miles, number two, the 0:18:49.560 --> 0:18:52.800 Niners thirty thousand plus miles. The Rams actually are fourth, 0:18:52.840 --> 0:18:55.640 and the Cardinals are seventh twenty five thousand miles. Ron 0:18:55.640 --> 0:18:57.760 Wilfoo this year, as a Cardinals analyst, you will be 0:18:58.200 --> 0:19:01.240 changing time zones twenty six different times, so just to 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:04.520 let you know over this travel schedule, and that's the 0:19:04.520 --> 0:19:06.560 way it works. And by the way, the strength of 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:11.040 schedule was calculated and the Cardinals came in number eleven, 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:16.600 So there are different factors at play here and look historically, 0:19:17.080 --> 0:19:20.040 and here it is five of the last six teams 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:23.719 with the most difficult schedule in the league missed the playoffs. 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:27.879 That was the Rams a year ago, Paul. 0:19:28.000 --> 0:19:30.520 See, and that is the thing I was going to 0:19:30.560 --> 0:19:33.440 say right there, when you say that strength of schedule, 0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:37.679 I understand, Yeah, it's you know, it's relevant. Yet at 0:19:37.680 --> 0:19:40.240 the same time we all know this is the National 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:44.119 Football League, man. Is it not a year to year proposition? Paul? 0:19:44.720 --> 0:19:47.080 Is it not a year to year proposition? You can 0:19:47.160 --> 0:19:49.800 see a team go from worse to first and vice 0:19:49.920 --> 0:19:52.399 versa as well. We see it all the time. 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:55.080 Here here's that stat. Well, at least one team in 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:57.639 the NFL has gone from worse to first meaning worst 0:19:57.640 --> 0:20:01.320 in its division, to winning its division. In eighteen of 0:20:01.359 --> 0:20:04.480 the last twenty years, at least one team has done that, 0:20:04.640 --> 0:20:06.720 and at least two teams have won their divisions this 0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:10.879 season after missing the playoffs in nineteen of the last 0:20:10.880 --> 0:20:14.040 twenty years. Goodness, So that's how much turnover there is. 0:20:14.280 --> 0:20:16.640 And then here's the other one. Since nineteen ninety, we're 0:20:16.680 --> 0:20:20.719 talking thirty three straight seasons, at least four different teams 0:20:20.760 --> 0:20:24.359 have qualified for the playoffs every single year, meaning they 0:20:24.359 --> 0:20:27.040 weren't in the postseason. The year before last year there 0:20:27.080 --> 0:20:29.720 were six new playoff teams, and in twenty one and 0:20:29.800 --> 0:20:32.479 twenty there were seven new playoff teams. 0:20:32.480 --> 0:20:36.199 So wow, I mean, will you send me those pulling 0:20:36.640 --> 0:20:40.120 is unbelievable. That is well played by you. So there 0:20:40.119 --> 0:20:40.320 you go. 0:20:40.400 --> 0:20:42.400 You got the Rams in week six and you're going 0:20:42.440 --> 0:20:48.240 to Seattle in week seven. Look, Seattle was a playoff team. 0:20:48.320 --> 0:20:52.560 They seem to be ascending. They seemingly got another draft haul. 0:20:53.160 --> 0:20:54.720 What do you think of when you think of the 0:20:54.720 --> 0:20:58.119 Seahawks these days, because they have really reset their identity 0:20:58.200 --> 0:20:59.159 in the last two years. 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:03.639 Yeah, you have. And once again, Paully, I think based 0:21:03.680 --> 0:21:06.359 on their draft and based on what it is they're 0:21:06.400 --> 0:21:09.960 trying to do, I see the Seattle Seahawks again trying 0:21:10.000 --> 0:21:13.280 to restore the line of scrimmage and a Pete Carroll 0:21:13.760 --> 0:21:17.520 kind of way. I think that's what they're trying to do. 0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:22.080 They want to re reset, if you will, that roster 0:21:22.240 --> 0:21:24.240 in that depth chart and do it on the line 0:21:24.240 --> 0:21:26.960