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Speaker 1: there anyway any chance that the Cardinals game this year
Speaker 1: in Santa Clara is more surreal than last year? Ron
Speaker 1: wolf Ley need I remind you. That's when the stands
Speaker 1: were empty and the skies were filled with smoke from
Speaker 1: the Northern California wildfires. You could hear the planes almost
Speaker 1: on top of you. You could not see them coming
Speaker 1: and going from San Jose International Airport next door. I
Speaker 1: was not. As Cliff Kingsbury told us this week, it
Speaker 1: was like coaching quote during the apocalypse. Well, what if
Speaker 1: this year the head coach is calling place and he
Speaker 1: doesn't have Kyler Murray in the huddle, he doesn't have
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins. Perhaps there's no aj Green Once again, Wolf,
Speaker 1: the forecast is very, very smoky and visibility is poor
Speaker 1: here in week nine for Sunday in Santa Clara. Boy,
Speaker 1: if that is a case right there, BULLI you know
Speaker 1: what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna do with the Green
Speaker 1: Bay Packers day. I'm gonna go ahead and line up
Speaker 1: and get as a Bauer person out groups and try
Speaker 1: to run the ball in between the tackles in a
Speaker 1: north solid way and use a little play action. If
Speaker 1: Colt McCoy is in there right now, it's not like
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers are locked down at the OK
Speaker 1: Corral with their rush defense or number twenty six in
Speaker 1: yards per game, number twenty two in yards per play. Hey,
Speaker 1: PAULI you know what here comes James Connor and how
Speaker 1: does this feel? Hey, That Niners defense can get to
Speaker 1: the quarterback and it doesn't sound like they can do
Speaker 1: much else because they only have two interceptions as a defense,
Speaker 1: and they're gonna be missing their top two safeties as well,
Speaker 1: So you're right, there's opportunity. And if they took a
Speaker 1: page out of what Aaron Rodgers did or what Kirk
Speaker 1: Cousins did in Week two, I would not be surprised,
Speaker 1: because you know the old saint in the NFL Wolf,
Speaker 1: You're only as good as your backup quarterback. So got
Speaker 1: that right, BOLLI there he managed just to reminds me
Speaker 1: so much. And I've said this before, and I think
Speaker 1: you and I have had converse sations about this, but
Speaker 1: it bears saying again. There are two times when your
Speaker 1: head will snap up in a huddle. Number One, when
Speaker 1: a legend walks into call a play, your head will
Speaker 1: snap Paul, he trust me on that. And number two,
Speaker 1: when the backup quarterback steps in to call a play,
Speaker 1: everyone's head snaps up and you're looking at him and
Speaker 1: all you're trying to do is make eye contact with him,
Speaker 1: because all you want to see is due, are you okay?
Speaker 1: And you know what the Cardinals found out the hard
Speaker 1: way last year in Week seventeen, they were not okay. Yes,
Speaker 1: on the depth chart at backup quarterback. So what is
Speaker 1: the feeling in the vibe this year? That is the
Speaker 1: question at hand. And as we get rolling here on
Speaker 1: the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert
Speaker 1: we are santan Ford, Ron Wolf were there, Paul Kelbc
Speaker 1: here is soon to be joined by the quarterback of
Speaker 1: the Defense, Jordan Hicks, who was headlining this edition. How
Speaker 1: about that, I know, Wolf ask questions? Oh boys, yeah,
Speaker 1: I do have questions right now. The question to Clip Kingsbury, Um,
Speaker 1: are you confident in Colt McCoy If he has to start,
Speaker 1: he'd be great. He approaches like, you know, like a starter.
Speaker 1: He's here all day every day, early, stays late, I mean,
Speaker 1: does all the stuff you want. And he's been a
Speaker 1: tremendous edition and so if Kyler weren't able to make it,
Speaker 1: you know, we'd have all the contidence in the Lord
Speaker 1: and Colet. He's in year twelve. He's had thirty starts
Speaker 1: over his career. He had a couple of starts last season.
Speaker 1: And oh, by the way, he did lead the six
Speaker 1: win Giants to a win at Seattle, which was the
Speaker 1: Seahawks only regular season home loss all of last year.
Speaker 1: So he does have that on his resume as a
Speaker 1: most recent accomplishment, and man did he check that boxing
Speaker 1: as the Seahawks a year ago. So, Paul, I'm going
Speaker 1: to ask you this question right here, brace yourself. Are
Speaker 1: you ready? Paul? Are you okay? Here? It is right here?
Speaker 1: M Paul. What do you think is going to happen?
Speaker 1: I know you're walking around the facility over there. I know, Paul,
Speaker 1: you're creeping into the corners from time to time. You're
Speaker 1: waving to some of the trainers. Right, I is Kyler Murray.
Speaker 1: What is your guests on this? First off, I can't
Speaker 1: even get a parking spot on the property. Second of all,
Speaker 1: with COVID protocols, I'm lucky they even let me set foot.
Speaker 1: I'm a property so don't give me this. I'm creep
Speaker 1: around with inside knowledge. I have zero inside knowledge, I
Speaker 1: will say though. I will say that based on what
Speaker 1: I'm observing from the outside looking in and just the
Speaker 1: way the media presentation has been, I'm expecting Colt McCoy,
Speaker 1: I am now, honestly, Polly, I expect Kyler Burry. Even
Speaker 1: though Kyler walked into that press conference room and he
Speaker 1: didn't seem to be favoring the ankle um and and look,
Speaker 1: he doesn't need to practice to be able to play well.
Speaker 1: He's in the year three. He knows this system. We
Speaker 1: saw him in week seventeen of his rookie year when
Speaker 1: he couldn't run, and he's still operated now that the
Speaker 1: Cardinals get to win. Did the offense look the same,
Speaker 1: Absolutely not, But he's much more equipped now. But no,
Speaker 1: I do not expect Kyler Murray to be in that game.
Speaker 1: I think it will be Colt McCoy. In fact, if
Speaker 1: it is, guess what he may be an unknown to
Speaker 1: a lot of Cardinals fans, most Cardinal fans, but to
Speaker 1: Marcus Golden. Remember they were teammates with the Giants. So
Speaker 1: the Junkyard Dog was asked today about Colt McCoy. Me.
Speaker 1: I played with in New York, and I know how
Speaker 1: he goes every day. Man, this guy's most focus than
Speaker 1: anybody ever seen. Every day you would think he was starting.
Speaker 1: And I was able to play play with him in
Speaker 1: New York and playing with him in Arizona this season,
Speaker 1: it's been the same thing. So even if he had
Speaker 1: to play, you know he's gonna be prepared and he's
Speaker 1: a professional. He gonna come to work every day and
Speaker 1: he gonna do everything on Sunday if he had to play,
Speaker 1: he gonna do everything he can to win us the game.
Speaker 1: You know, it was interesting this week on the Red
Speaker 1: Sea Report, Drew Stanton was on, and obviously Drew had
Speaker 1: a thirteen year career mostly as a backup quarterback, great
Speaker 1: backup quarterback, And Drew said, you know what, and I'm
Speaker 1: quoting them loosely, but he said, my career stats are awful,
Speaker 1: they're nothing right home about. But you know what, I
Speaker 1: did have a winning record. I had a winning record.
Speaker 1: And he said, do you know why I had a
Speaker 1: winning record? He really wasn't flex and he was trying
Speaker 1: to explain what is the most important asset or attribute
Speaker 1: of any backup quarterback is you must have the confidence
Speaker 1: of your locker room. Guys must believe in you that
Speaker 1: they can still win the game. He said he had that,
Speaker 1: he instilled that in his teammates and so in fact,
Speaker 1: he made if you remember Ron Wolfley, and I know
Speaker 1: sometimes you know you can't remember your car, you can't
Speaker 1: remember it just a little bit your sunglass, but you
Speaker 1: can't remember football. And do you not remember how Drew
Speaker 1: Stanton in his career as a Cardinals backup quarterback, he
Speaker 1: had to start twice on the road at the Niners
Speaker 1: and he went too and oh at the forty nine Ers. No, yeah,
Speaker 1: I do remember that, Paully. There's no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: At backup quarterbacks, it's so critical. Just look at last
Speaker 1: week as a matter of fact, how many backup quarterbacks
Speaker 1: for Paulli and Colton McCoy. There's no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: I think the offense changes if Colton McCoy is in there.
Speaker 1: I think it's slightly gonna change. I think we're gonna
Speaker 1: see more power personnel groups and run down situation which
Speaker 1: is first in ten, second to one to six. I
Speaker 1: think we're gonna see more two tight ends in that situation.
Speaker 1: I don't know, we'll see. We could see Colton McCoy
Speaker 1: a little bit more under center, Polly. I think, you know,
Speaker 1: it's something that he would be a little bit more
Speaker 1: accustomed to, a little bit more comfortable with. I'd love
Speaker 1: to see that in an effort to try to expand
Speaker 1: the football universe offensively for the Cardinals. And not only that,
Speaker 1: when you put him under center and suddenly here comes
Speaker 1: the tackle zone, here comes the boot and the waggle
Speaker 1: off of that tackle zone. Polly. Now, all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: you got zach Ertz on a drag over the middle.
Speaker 1: If you know what I mean, at Polly, I think
Speaker 1: a veteran quarterback like Colton McCoy, I think his eyes
Speaker 1: would be drawn a lot to a zach Ertz. I
Speaker 1: think those targets go up. Yeah, that's a ding, no
Speaker 1: doubt was zach Ertz. Here's the thing. Think of the
Speaker 1: other question marks you mentioned under center? Who is the center? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Is it gonna be Rodney Hudson? Please? Is it Max Garcia?
Speaker 1: De Sean Harlowe have to fill in there? If it
Speaker 1: is Rodney Hudson and he's able to play, then how
Speaker 1: does that trickle down to right guard? Justin Murray his
Speaker 1: practice window has been open. Does he go in there
Speaker 1: for an inconsistent Josh Jones or does a Max Garcia
Speaker 1: or even a Sean Harlow filling at right guard? I
Speaker 1: mean there are a lot of moving parts and pieces.
Speaker 1: If you're missing DeAndre Hopkins, your number one receiver, and
Speaker 1: we can talk about this a little bit later in depth.
Speaker 1: I mean Cardinal's offense obviously, do not look the same
Speaker 1: minus d hop aj Green is out, Okay, Andy Isabella,
Speaker 1: Antoine Wesley. I think of all the different moving parts,
Speaker 1: names and faces on this offense, it could be different
Speaker 1: in week nine. I'm going to go back to Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray in our original conversation right now, I don't know
Speaker 1: what it is. I got this god feeling just listening
Speaker 1: to Kyler Murray that he is going to go. I've
Speaker 1: got this god feeling. Now once again, you know better
Speaker 1: than I do, Paul Is you're over there at the facility,
Speaker 1: people are whispering into your ear. I understand that. But Paul,
Speaker 1: listening to Cliff Kingsbury right there, did you notice he
Speaker 1: said he'd be great, meaning Colt McCoy, if he was
Speaker 1: given the opportunity, he'd be great. Um not, he'll be great,
Speaker 1: he'd be great, PAULI is that going deep right there?
Speaker 1: Is that just too much? Is that? Am I diving
Speaker 1: into that and reading into that too much? It's possible
Speaker 1: coming from this wedge buster Wolf, I mean, do you
Speaker 1: not consider Cliff Kingsbury immedia professional? Do you think he's
Speaker 1: do you think he's gonna show his hand by messing
Speaker 1: up the past versus the present? Vers. You know you
Speaker 1: said that, because honestly, that's what this is all about, sumterfuge. Well, look,
Speaker 1: Cooper Rush, Geno Smith, Trevor Simeon, Mike White, Colt McCoy.
Speaker 1: I say, add Colt's name to that list most recent quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: We'll see all those guys gotta win. By the way, hey,
Speaker 1: it's episode six of Cardinals Folk Tales entitled one hundred
Speaker 1: four yards Victory and a vote is available on the
Speaker 1: Cardinals YouTube channel. That's YouTube dot com slash Azy Cardinals.
Speaker 1: It's look at the Cardinals upset win over Washing November
Speaker 1: two thousand, just days before voters approved Prop three zero
Speaker 1: two and have paved the way for this construction estate
Speaker 1: Farm Stadium. Hey, Jordan Hicks is next on the Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage. Snap to Rogers, handoff Jones bet in the backfield,
Speaker 1: rapped up and thrown down. It was Jordan Hicks making
Speaker 1: the play for a loss of three in the forty seven.
Speaker 1: What a nice job by Jordan Hicks right there. Lawrence
Speaker 1: back to the the throne, gets hit and he sacked back
Speaker 1: at the fifteen by Jordan Hicks, and that ends the game.
Speaker 1: Mayfield and the gun takes the Snapplitz coming Mayfield. TOMPs
Speaker 1: gets Head had sacked back at the twenty five yard
Speaker 1: line by Jordan Hicks and the Cardinals take over on downs.
Speaker 1: That was filthy by the Cardinals. Cover zero man across
Speaker 1: the board, Send everybody huns over the wall. Like when
Speaker 1: you're the team's leading tackler and you've been voted to
Speaker 1: team captain for the second straight year. Wolf, I think
Speaker 1: you could count the number of miss snaps this year
Speaker 1: on one hand. He started every game the past three seasons,
Speaker 1: if I'm scoring at home correctly. In fact, I was
Speaker 1: out and about yesterday and guy asked me, Hey, Paul,
Speaker 1: who's gonna be on the Big Red Rage? And I'm
Speaker 1: like Jordan Hicks And I filled up by saying, you
Speaker 1: know what, he shouldn't be a guest on the show. Really,
Speaker 1: he should be hosting this show. Let's be serious. Well
Speaker 1: he will be one day, but hang in there. That's right,
Speaker 1: that's right if he so chooses. And we say good
Speaker 1: evening to the Cardinals Mic linebacker and QB the defense. Jordan,
Speaker 1: how are we doing this evening? Great? Guys. Appreciate you guys, Hanue, Yeah,
Speaker 1: thank you, Jordan, really appreciate you being here. Buddy. As
Speaker 1: a former veteran, a former player, of course, I'd love
Speaker 1: to ask you, how did you hold it all together
Speaker 1: during training camp with all that was going on? Jordan?
Speaker 1: How did you hold it all together? Yeah? Yeah, it
Speaker 1: wasn't easy. But you know what, at the end of
Speaker 1: the day, you have to look yourself in the mirror
Speaker 1: and say, um, what kind of man do you want
Speaker 1: to be? Um? You know, and and and how do
Speaker 1: you want to be remembered? And I always I've been
Speaker 1: asked multiple times by the media how I want to
Speaker 1: be remembered, and it's always the same, um. And it's
Speaker 1: a man of integrity, and it's uh, you know, somebody
Speaker 1: who played the game with their hardest, went their hardest
Speaker 1: every play and gained everybody's respect. And you know that's
Speaker 1: through the good times, and that's respect deserned to the
Speaker 1: bad times as well. I'm a firm believer of that,
Speaker 1: and so, um, you know, those were tough times, but
Speaker 1: I approached every day the same. I came out there
Speaker 1: with an attitude and and you know, tried to prove um,
Speaker 1: you know, my worth to to this team, and um,
Speaker 1: you know believed wholeheartedly that that um whatever was meant
Speaker 1: to happen, would and uh, you know that's that's how
Speaker 1: I approached it having said that, what did it mean
Speaker 1: to you to get the sea? Say that one more time?
Speaker 1: Oh the seam. Sorry, I'm sorry, I thought you said
Speaker 1: to see No, No, what did it mean to you
Speaker 1: to get the sea? To get the sea? It was?
Speaker 1: You know, it's something that I'll forever be proud of,
Speaker 1: especially this year. It means it means um. You know,
Speaker 1: getting the first one is is definitely a big, a
Speaker 1: big deal. But to have the circumstances the way they
Speaker 1: were and to get it again, I think it shows
Speaker 1: a sign of respect. Um. And uh, you know that's
Speaker 1: been my whole goal since I came to Arizona, is
Speaker 1: to earn the respect of this team but also the city.
Speaker 1: So uh, it's it's it's definitely, very very meaningful. A
Speaker 1: team captain, Jordan Hicks is our guests in the Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert. Can I
Speaker 1: answer the first question wolf Paul's Jordan, because how did
Speaker 1: you process it? To me from the outside looking in?
Speaker 1: You took it out on the offense, I mean you
Speaker 1: hit anything that moved, You were fired up in August,
Speaker 1: were you not? Yeah, I was. I was, and and
Speaker 1: a lot of that was pent up pent up aggression
Speaker 1: and um, you know, pent up anger. Um, a lot
Speaker 1: of a lot of emotions. You know. It's the uncertainty
Speaker 1: and and and the um, you know, just the feeling
Speaker 1: of being disrespected, right and in a moment where you
Speaker 1: feel like you're hitting your stride right two years in
Speaker 1: a row, having having left the field playing well. Um. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know it wasn't my best year last year, but uh,
Speaker 1: playing well and um, you know that feeling it was
Speaker 1: just it's all pent up for months and months and months,
Speaker 1: and so you know, came back in August and and
Speaker 1: tried to try to, you know, prove a point. Jordan.
Speaker 1: You know what's amazing just talking to you right now.
Speaker 1: It's bringing back a lot of memories for myself. I
Speaker 1: played ten years in the league and shouldn't have been
Speaker 1: there ten days for the most part. And Jordan, there
Speaker 1: were years, there were years that weren't as good. I mean,
Speaker 1: there were years that I struggled right there. Right. It's
Speaker 1: interesting to hear you say maybe you didn't think it
Speaker 1: was your best year last year. Why do you think
Speaker 1: that is Jordan, Was there any reason anything going on
Speaker 1: with you last year? No, I don't. You know, I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't believe. So. Um, you know you played this
Speaker 1: game and not every year is going to be the same. Yeah. Um,
Speaker 1: maybe maybe I was trying to do too much, you know,
Speaker 1: the second year in the system and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: feeling like I had more confidence and you know what
Speaker 1: I should be doing and you know, coming off a
Speaker 1: career year of one hundred and fifty tackles, you know,
Speaker 1: trying to match that, right, So you know, there's there's
Speaker 1: that element. I don't. I don't believe there wasn't anything
Speaker 1: going on it was. It was a I think it was.
Speaker 1: It was more of just trying to do too much
Speaker 1: and not necessarily playing outside of myself, but but not
Speaker 1: just focusing on the task at hand and the job
Speaker 1: at hand, but trying to make every single plan and
Speaker 1: that gets you to try sometimes you know that you
Speaker 1: you swipe out of the gap to try to go
Speaker 1: make a tackle, that's that's where the ball is gonna
Speaker 1: find itself. So um, you know, big time reset. Um.
Speaker 1: Then again, like I said, you know, it wasn't It
Speaker 1: wasn't my my worst year either. So uh, playing this
Speaker 1: game year after year after year, every season's going to
Speaker 1: be different, and you take it with your grain of salt.
Speaker 1: And that's what I love about this game. You you
Speaker 1: learn from it and you keep moving forward. I'm surprised
Speaker 1: you didn't take half a last year off after you
Speaker 1: had one hundred and fifty tackles in twenty nineteen. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know that was that was a stunting You know
Speaker 1: what when Vance Joseph, your defensive coordinator, he's received the
Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks question more than once recently, and Vance pauses
Speaker 1: and he tries to explain to the media pencil necks
Speaker 1: like yours truly that you go into games against masterminds
Speaker 1: and offense like the mcvay's and the Shanahans, and quarterbacks
Speaker 1: like Aaron Rodgers, and every call has two subcalls. What
Speaker 1: Advanced says are triple calls. And you can just see
Speaker 1: and since the level of comfort he has with you
Speaker 1: as a veteran Mike linebacker who not only can play it,
Speaker 1: but you can think it, is that something that you
Speaker 1: you know that your your defense a coordinator of values, absolutely,
Speaker 1: and I think you know that takes time. It didn't
Speaker 1: just happen overnight. Right when I first out here, Um,
Speaker 1: we didn't know each other like that, right, But two
Speaker 1: thousand reps later, right, plus offseason reps plus you know,
Speaker 1: training camp reps, plus all the practice reps throughout the year,
Speaker 1: you learn, and you go through every situation possible, and
Speaker 1: you know, I start to get a feeling of what
Speaker 1: he's gonna call, when he's gonna call it, how he
Speaker 1: wants something to look. You know, his mindset going into
Speaker 1: certain game plans of how we want to defend and
Speaker 1: defend people. And you know there's times as a coordinator,
Speaker 1: you know the call is going to come in late. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, the calls may not be the one that
Speaker 1: you want it based on the look. Now it becomes
Speaker 1: my responsibility to make sure we're in the right call, um,
Speaker 1: and then the right look based on what I know
Speaker 1: and how he's how how we've communicated throughout the week
Speaker 1: and throughout the years. So you know, that's something that
Speaker 1: takes time, and uh, you you know I value knowing
Speaker 1: that now. I'm sure he values knowing knowing you know,
Speaker 1: the reciprocal a Mayan Jordan talk a little bit about
Speaker 1: the development of those two young bucks Isaiah Simmons and
Speaker 1: Zaven Collins. Yeah, they're I mean we're joking today in
Speaker 1: tenner uh that we have you know, through avatars in
Speaker 1: our room right now because they're complete freak shows, right,
Speaker 1: I mean six six four six five. Xavan's two fifty
Speaker 1: and can you know fly downhill? Um? And Isaiah's a
Speaker 1: four to three guy who can rush the edge, be
Speaker 1: physical at the point of contact, but also cover Like
Speaker 1: where does that come from? Um? It's it's unbelievable to see.
Speaker 1: You know, they're growth, especially you know as just going
Speaker 1: into Isaiah's second year, his his development from your woman
Speaker 1: to hear too. His understanding of a game. UM. His versatility, UM,
Speaker 1: it's it really is a huge part of what makes
Speaker 1: our defense go. Um. It's his ability to to move
Speaker 1: around and be the key player in certain you know spots.
Speaker 1: So UM. And then you know, Xavin is is as
Speaker 1: smart and as talented of a player that I've I've
Speaker 1: ever seen, um, you know at linebacker. So coming from
Speaker 1: you absolutely and and you know, I'm I pride myself
Speaker 1: and in um you know, helping him out and trying
Speaker 1: to show him the ropes and and not just on
Speaker 1: the field, but off the field. You know this this
Speaker 1: league brings more than than just troubles on the field
Speaker 1: and successes on the field. It also brings it off
Speaker 1: the field as well. So trying to navigate that and
Speaker 1: and how to become a pro you know, that's that's
Speaker 1: to me, that's number one because once you once you
Speaker 1: can figure that out, all your focus now becomes on
Speaker 1: the field, and that's when things start to clear up.
Speaker 1: All right, correct me if I'm wrong. We're on board
Speaker 1: with Cardinals mic linebacker Jordan Hicks as the Cardinals defense
Speaker 1: given up a touchdown to a tight end this year.
Speaker 1: I don't know that. I don't think so that is, yeah, Jordan,
Speaker 1: this is the sideline reporter right here coming out in him.
Speaker 1: I bring I bring that up as as respect for
Speaker 1: the Isaiah Simmons right for for for the Xavan Collins,
Speaker 1: for the Buddha Bakers of the world. I mean, a
Speaker 1: couple of years ago, this was an issue. It was
Speaker 1: a problem, right, yes, yep. So And look, you know,
Speaker 1: I know your approach and in you're a straight shooter
Speaker 1: with the media, and you've said more than once. You know, hey, um,
Speaker 1: good teams take ownership and things get corrected within players
Speaker 1: correct players before the coaches even get involved. And he's
Speaker 1: playing that real quick. What do you mean by that? Well,
Speaker 1: I mean not everybody sees things the same on the field.
Speaker 1: You know, mistakes happen, and you know, whether it's a
Speaker 1: certain call, the way it's played, you know, whether it's
Speaker 1: it's the way somebody approaches a practice. Um, the way
Speaker 1: a defense shows, the way defense shows up to practice
Speaker 1: every day is different, right. You know some days, some
Speaker 1: days the energy might not be there. The guys are
Speaker 1: bringing it up saying we don't have time for this. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's go time. These these next three
Speaker 1: gangs are as important as any games that we have, um,
Speaker 1: you know, and and little things like that, holding each
Speaker 1: other accountable, making sure guys are you know, being where
Speaker 1: they're supposed to be treatment, um, you know, taking care
Speaker 1: of the bodies right, watching film, sending sending film clip
Speaker 1: to each other. The things that are happening within are
Speaker 1: the makeup of of good teams. Right now, we still
Speaker 1: have a lot of ball left to play, and you know,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of different ways this this can all
Speaker 1: shake out, but what's constant right now is that the
Speaker 1: leadership and and you know, the the ability to hold
Speaker 1: each other accountable is there, and that to me is
Speaker 1: a huge difference um between when I you know, when
Speaker 1: I first got here. In today speaking of leadership right there,
Speaker 1: talk a little bit about the loss of j J.
Speaker 1: Watts on the field and off. Yeah, I mean it's
Speaker 1: it's it's hard to put into words because you know,
Speaker 1: JJ is such a force um personality wise but also
Speaker 1: you know, clearly on the field, but also personality wise
Speaker 1: UM and his ability to command um you know, a huddle,
Speaker 1: a defense, you know when he calls it up, a team,
Speaker 1: and and the respect that he has you know, literally
Speaker 1: from day one walking into the building was there was
Speaker 1: it was as high as it could be. So it's tough,
Speaker 1: it is. It is very tough. We're gonna you know,
Speaker 1: I don't know for how long he's out or what
Speaker 1: the situation is, but you know, we obviously want him
Speaker 1: out there and need him out there, and you know
Speaker 1: he is he's a key player for this defense. You know,
Speaker 1: when I get that question, I've said just watching him
Speaker 1: on the sideline and the catalyst he is in the
Speaker 1: leadership et cetera that you see down in that field.
Speaker 1: I mean, Jordan I've said the Cardinals lost more than
Speaker 1: a player, They lost an attitude and they have to
Speaker 1: replace that. It's not unlike when they lost Tyron Matthew
Speaker 1: some six seven years ago. Sort of that pulse of
Speaker 1: the defense, I mean, isn't that part of the challenge.
Speaker 1: You have a lot of numbers, you have a lot
Speaker 1: of depth of d line. But but there's a certain
Speaker 1: attitude he brings, right there is, And you know, I
Speaker 1: think I think part of that. He definitely brings an attitude.
Speaker 1: But but I also believe that this defense brings an
Speaker 1: attitude as a whole. And so yes, j J as
Speaker 1: an individual and a piece of defense is key. But
Speaker 1: you know, the ability for guys to to rally and
Speaker 1: to bring that same energy, um, isn't you know? It's possible,
Speaker 1: and it's it's something that we're doing and we need
Speaker 1: to do continuously, um, week in and week out. So UM.
Speaker 1: You know again jj JJ is a is a monster. UM.
Speaker 1: And you know that's the NFL Guys that I haven't
Speaker 1: been on a team where somebody hasn't had to step
Speaker 1: up and injuries haven't occurred, you know, um, And honestly,
Speaker 1: the best team I've been on That's what happened is
Speaker 1: a lot of guys went down and a lot of
Speaker 1: guys were plugged in, and you have to rally around
Speaker 1: the adversity. And uh, you know, if we can do
Speaker 1: that and continue to push and push and push, we
Speaker 1: are going to be a you know, a deep, deep force.
Speaker 1: Can you give me like thirty seconds on zach Ertz
Speaker 1: in your relationship with them? Yeah? Yeah, Me and Zacher
Speaker 1: are He's probably the closest red I've made in the NFL.
Speaker 1: We talk even when we weren't together weekly all the time.
Speaker 1: You know, he is. He was in my wedding. Zach
Speaker 1: is a great human, a great player and literally does
Speaker 1: everything should be great in football. I could tell you
Speaker 1: that he does every little detail possible Harry type in
Speaker 1: that sense. You know what, He has a touchdown catch
Speaker 1: for the Cardinals this year. No opposing tight ends have
Speaker 1: a touchdown catch against the Cardinals defense this year. Our
Speaker 1: Jim Almahandra confirmed it. So there you go. We'll get
Speaker 1: into the forty nine ers next. It is the Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage presented by Satan Ford and Gilbert. Jordan Hicks
Speaker 1: is our guests back right after this with Jordan Hicks
Speaker 1: origin goal on the one eleven thirty four to go
Speaker 1: on a half seven nothing Cardinals for now Lance and
Speaker 1: the pistol Mitchell behind him. The Lance comes under center,
Speaker 1: takes the snaff roll to the right, Lance running being
Speaker 1: chased by Tandler Jones. Lance hit at the goal line
Speaker 1: and he did not get in. Oh what a hit
Speaker 1: by Isaiah Simmons. A huge collision at the goal line.
Speaker 1: Bodies are everywhere, but the forty nine ers aren't in
Speaker 1: the end zone. The Cardinals take over on downs again.
Speaker 1: Sometimes you're the pinata, it's sometimes you're the stick. And
Speaker 1: I leave right now. Trey Lance is leaking candy from
Speaker 1: his shoulder pats. That was a great call, great play, big,
Speaker 1: big play, And I'll just say that if Trey Lance
Speaker 1: hadn't head his welcome to the NFL moment yet, that
Speaker 1: was it. That was it. At the goal line, four down,
Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons Tanner vallet hoo, boom, down goes the Niners
Speaker 1: quarterbacks short of the goal line and Wolf. You'll remember
Speaker 1: that was the game where the Niners went for it
Speaker 1: five times, five times on four down and they made
Speaker 1: it just once. And it's the first time in like
Speaker 1: forty plus years in NFL history, any team has had
Speaker 1: four stops on fourth down. Aspiration is a horrible master bulling.
Speaker 1: I think a lot of offenses, opposing offenses try to
Speaker 1: keep up with the Cardinals offense. And Jordan Hicks is
Speaker 1: our guests, the Cardinals starting Mike linebacker. You played every
Speaker 1: defensive snap in that game just out of curiosity, especially
Speaker 1: those games against the Niners, which are ultra physical. What
Speaker 1: do you feel like on a Monday morning in Jordan?
Speaker 1: I mean just physically, what do you feel like? Well,
Speaker 1: first off, that was a great call, so uh, second
Speaker 1: of all, I feel terrible usually, I don't know why
Speaker 1: I'm laughing. I mean, it just it just is what
Speaker 1: it is at this point. You know, it's it's one
Speaker 1: of those things where you you know it going into
Speaker 1: it right you you take you take mondays to recover
Speaker 1: and it's a race to get get back healthy by
Speaker 1: the next Sunday. So the forty nine ers games are
Speaker 1: are extremely physical always, and so uh, you know, you
Speaker 1: gotta you gotta think about you know, how you're gonna
Speaker 1: recover and get your mind, get your mind prop before
Speaker 1: you go into it. Speaking of getting your mind prop, man,
Speaker 1: I gotta tell you Jordan when I watched them on tape,
Speaker 1: it blows my mind as a guy that came up
Speaker 1: through the ranks in the NFL and nineteen eighty five
Speaker 1: and the ninety and ninety five. You're running power, but
Speaker 1: you're gonna run power. If you're gonna get a little crazy,
Speaker 1: you're gonna put the fullback in an offset. What you're
Speaker 1: not gonna do is put them on the line of scrimmage,
Speaker 1: run speed motion, and then run the power behind them.
Speaker 1: You're not gonna do that yet. That is exactly what
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan and the forty nine ers are doing. They
Speaker 1: do a lot of crazy stuff offensively, they do, and
Speaker 1: they you know, they do a great job of of
Speaker 1: their schematics are very very detailed, and they do a
Speaker 1: great job of going into games ready and prepare um
Speaker 1: and knowing what's coming after them. So you know they
Speaker 1: with that, with that that motion right there, you know
Speaker 1: they could go either way, you know, because usually they've
Speaker 1: got a tight end off on the other side that
Speaker 1: can do the exact same thing. So they attack where
Speaker 1: um they have numbers, uh, and you know, they they
Speaker 1: they put themselves, they build formations and they put themselves
Speaker 1: in position um to try and take advantage of numbers.
Speaker 1: But we know they're going in and you know what's
Speaker 1: what we're trying to descend. You know what's amazing about
Speaker 1: it too. Jordan is watching it. It's like play action
Speaker 1: comes off of every play they run. Play action comes
Speaker 1: off of it as well. One play looks like the other.
Speaker 1: You guys are gonna have to be disciplined, are you
Speaker 1: that's right? Yeah, and that's you're exactly right. They have
Speaker 1: a pass off of every run motion, every run run
Speaker 1: look and um, every formation can be just about changed
Speaker 1: and alerted into the next the next call, multiple calls.
Speaker 1: So you know we do, We've got to We've got
Speaker 1: to be very um good in our execution or I
Speaker 1: discipline and where we you know, gap sound because you
Speaker 1: know if you're not. This is the type of team
Speaker 1: and the type of offense that takes advantage of those
Speaker 1: type of defenses. Yeah, they're coming off a win at Chicago.
Speaker 1: They had four hundred and sixty seven total yards and
Speaker 1: then after the game, Jimmy g said, Kyle Shanahan was
Speaker 1: on fire today with the play calling, just perfect storm
Speaker 1: type of thing. Do you try and anticipate or guess
Speaker 1: what's coming or does that automatically get you in trouble
Speaker 1: when you go against Kyle Shanahan or a Sean McVay
Speaker 1: for example. Yeah, it's hard. Usually it's within the game,
Speaker 1: you know what they do. They'll they'll show you the
Speaker 1: same the same look a couple of times and have
Speaker 1: something off of it to counter that. And so within
Speaker 1: the game you might get a feel and you might
Speaker 1: you might be able to snag one play that you
Speaker 1: know this coming. But usually the third time you see
Speaker 1: it or the second time you see it and you
Speaker 1: try to anticipate it, it's the complete opposite thing that
Speaker 1: you thought. So it's really a sound a game where
Speaker 1: you've got to be sounded. You know, you've got to
Speaker 1: be good with your eyes and and like I said,
Speaker 1: you know it's it's a it's a game of execution.
Speaker 1: This week, Jordan, it looks like Jimmy Jimmy G is
Speaker 1: gonna be back um and ready to play. Of course,
Speaker 1: how does this offense change with Jimmy G. He's actually
Speaker 1: trying to incorporate I think a little bit more of
Speaker 1: the new the RPOs and some of the zone reads.
Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, I saw him score a
Speaker 1: touchdown on a zone read. Um, how does this offense
Speaker 1: look with Jimmy g It's different. Um, you know, it's
Speaker 1: more downfield. Uh, it's it's a lot less quarterback run. Um.
Speaker 1: But again, like you said, you know, he's he's willing
Speaker 1: to pull it in a certain situations. Third, third down obviously, UM,
Speaker 1: goal line, red zone obviously. UM. So you know we've
Speaker 1: got to we've got to be able to respect his
Speaker 1: ability to pull it. Um. But at the end of
Speaker 1: the day, you know, it really changes from uh, primarily
Speaker 1: run quarterback run offense to you know, a run, boot
Speaker 1: pass downfield type of offense. So we've we've faced it
Speaker 1: multiple times throughout the years obviously, and uh, you know
Speaker 1: it's it's something that they're going to sprinkle in new wrinkles,
Speaker 1: you know, here and there. But um, that's that's kind
Speaker 1: of how it changes. You know. The guy who I'm
Speaker 1: really sick of is Kyle us Check. This guy always
Speaker 1: makes a play. He's a full ball, I mean, and
Speaker 1: you just don't see many fullbacks anymore. So how is
Speaker 1: that for you? And is do they use them in
Speaker 1: a traditional way? Is he coming through the whole leading
Speaker 1: to play or is it all this other crazy because
Speaker 1: we've seen stuff like fullback screens, fullback draws. Kyle Shannon
Speaker 1: always has a role for forty four. He's everything. He's
Speaker 1: a he's a tight end, he's a running back, he's
Speaker 1: a fullback, he's third down, uh, past blocking, running back,
Speaker 1: he's in the route running wheel routes. I mean, he's
Speaker 1: all over the field. Um. And and you've got to
Speaker 1: respect him as that he is. He's kind of their
Speaker 1: their you know it factor for the offense. And so
Speaker 1: the way the way they use him is very unique
Speaker 1: and we understand that. Uh. And he's a he's he's skilled.
Speaker 1: He's very skilled. He's skilled with the ball in his
Speaker 1: hands and um, you know, able to able to catch
Speaker 1: the ball downfield. So we we respect him as a
Speaker 1: as a as a great player, and um, you know
Speaker 1: it's he's always a matchup that we key in on
Speaker 1: every every time we play Jordan. Looks like George Kittle
Speaker 1: could be back for this game right now? What does
Speaker 1: George Kittle bring to this team and this offense? Yeah,
Speaker 1: similar similar to how we were talking about a j
Speaker 1: or JJ. I'm sorry. He's he is a a just
Speaker 1: a and a ball of excitement and energy. And um,
Speaker 1: you can tell leadership on the field. Um. He brings
Speaker 1: a physicality to that tight end room and to that offense.
Speaker 1: He loves to block, he's he's he's fast, he's dynamic,
Speaker 1: he can catch the ball, great radius, great hands. So um,
Speaker 1: obviously one of the most dynamic tight ends in the
Speaker 1: game right now. So we've when he plays there again,
Speaker 1: it adds a different wrinkle to their offense that, Um,
Speaker 1: you know when he's not out there isn't isn't there? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I saw here where Jimmy g said after practice today
Speaker 1: he's got some fresh legs, he's looking fast, So there
Speaker 1: you go. George Kittle has missed a couple of games,
Speaker 1: so yeah, there's no doubt he's going to be a factor. Jordan,
Speaker 1: we appreciate the time. You know, Wolf really was driving
Speaker 1: with the zach Ertz question because he knows that zach
Speaker 1: Ertz stayed at your place last summer. That's really where
Speaker 1: Wolf was driving with that question. Buddy. He didn't have
Speaker 1: the nerve to ask it, thankfully on that one. So
Speaker 1: don't listen. That's right. I didn't charge him any rand either.
Speaker 1: Rand over here him. That's right, that's right, Jordan, Thank
Speaker 1: you very mun of respect for your brother. All right,
Speaker 1: there you go. That's a Cardinals team, captain Mike linebacker
Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks. They're leading tackler man. Always a pleasure get
Speaker 1: the insight and thoughts from one of the most respected
Speaker 1: guys in that locker room. We'll continue with the Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage. We'll get into this matchup on Sunday next.
Speaker 1: It is a Big Red Rage presented by satan Ford
Speaker 1: and Gilbert. We are satan Ford hurry back to throw
Speaker 1: on second and nine in trouble, moves to his left,
Speaker 1: being chased by Bosa. Now throws it deep across the
Speaker 1: field near so I just pull it by Hops at
Speaker 1: the tap and tackle it at the nine yard line.
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray threw that ball outside the numbers on the
Speaker 1: far side to the near sideline five twenty togo. Cardinals
Speaker 1: lead ten to seven. Can they put them away? Can
Speaker 1: they get a touchdown? Snap the Kyler? He throws a
Speaker 1: fade left side in the end zone and in his
Speaker 1: cartferd tout down by Tea Hopde hop bought it with
Speaker 1: Josh Norman draped all over and trying to pull the
Speaker 1: ball away. What a great church. DeAndre Hopkins broke the
Speaker 1: sickles out on the fade and staff the big out
Speaker 1: of the air and brought it in man. At some
Speaker 1: point when you got dudes who are just better than
Speaker 1: the other team, that's enough. D hop when he's single covered,
Speaker 1: he's still open, Still throw the ball the nine yard touchdown.
Speaker 1: That was the winning touchdown after a drive that also
Speaker 1: featured the thirty yard reception to keep it alive. That
Speaker 1: was after the goal line stand at the goal line
Speaker 1: itself and the tackle that we heard earlier, Isaiah Simmons
Speaker 1: stopping Trey Lance. That was Week five in the seventeen
Speaker 1: ten win over the forty nine ers, and DeAndre Hopkins
Speaker 1: in that game will if you remember, he had six
Speaker 1: grabs and he passed Larry Fitzgerald for most receptions ever
Speaker 1: by a player before his thirtieth birthday. The question is
Speaker 1: will we be there for the rematch against the forty
Speaker 1: nine ers. Yeah, that really is Bolli. That is a
Speaker 1: huge question as well, because we know just how big
Speaker 1: of a part of the offense DeAndre Hopkins truly is
Speaker 1: and what would change how would this offense change if
Speaker 1: in fact he's not out there playing. We already know
Speaker 1: aj Green by most accounts, will not be out there
Speaker 1: on the field. It's unlikely, highly unlikely that he'd be
Speaker 1: out there on the field. But you know, once again,
Speaker 1: who knows what's going to happen here, but DeAndre Hopkins
Speaker 1: would be a huge loss. In fact, Cliff Kingsbury's you
Speaker 1: might imagine, was asked the d hop question about his
Speaker 1: availability for this Sunday at the Niners. We're still working
Speaker 1: through that. I'm not sure if he'll be ready to
Speaker 1: go this week or not. But with d have you
Speaker 1: never know, he may grab his helmet and just run
Speaker 1: in there out of the training room, so we'll see. No,
Speaker 1: it wasn't It was a deal where we felt good
Speaker 1: about him if he was really smart about it, right,
Speaker 1: I mean, he said, hey, I can do enough, but
Speaker 1: we just had to walk that fine line. The d
Speaker 1: and d Hop there standing for dead pan from the
Speaker 1: head coach. So that was that was some good stuff
Speaker 1: in the press, but it was it was strange wolf
Speaker 1: to be on that sideline. And we did the report
Speaker 1: and you guys saw it yourselves. There's dehap no helmet,
Speaker 1: no gloves, seemingly out of the game. He's a good
Speaker 1: twenty yards away from the head coach and the play
Speaker 1: caller and then all of a sudden, out of nowhere,
Speaker 1: he's in the game. But then there were moments where
Speaker 1: he checked into the huddle or at least got on
Speaker 1: the field. And I mean never, I mean, on my years,
Speaker 1: a guy that kept running on and they told him
Speaker 1: to get off the field. And you know what, it
Speaker 1: wasn't like he was fighting. He said okay, he turned
Speaker 1: around and ran off. I mean, it was. It was
Speaker 1: the strangest thing, man. Maybe it was a Jedi mind
Speaker 1: trick for the DBS. I'm not sure. Maybe he was
Speaker 1: trying to give you know, the opponent, right, the Packers
Speaker 1: defense something to think about, because Wolf, you tell me
Speaker 1: that Cardinals offense did not look the same minus their
Speaker 1: number one receiver. And we said it after the game
Speaker 1: based on that Packers game. There's a single legit number
Speaker 1: one receiver. His name is DeAndre Hopkins. And if you
Speaker 1: look at the numbers that Cardinals yards per play with
Speaker 1: him without DeAndre Hopkins on the fielder off was less
Speaker 1: than half. With him out of the game, There's no
Speaker 1: doubt Polly was almost eleven with him on correct and
Speaker 1: under five. I believe yes, with him off. The Bill Listen,
Speaker 1: we all know DeAndre Hopkins is one of the best receivers,
Speaker 1: if not the best receiver in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: That's right. I'll put him right up there with the
Speaker 1: very best, top four, top five wide receivers arguably in
Speaker 1: the game. You could put them number one, and you
Speaker 1: know what, I'd be fine with that. DeAndre Hopkins is incredible. Now,
Speaker 1: what do you think that does to a defensive coordinator
Speaker 1: They look at D hop and man, do you think
Speaker 1: they're paying a little bit more attention to DeAndre Hopkins
Speaker 1: when he's out in the field. I asked that facetiously,
Speaker 1: of course, because we all know they're paying more attention
Speaker 1: to D hop out there when he's not out there,
Speaker 1: they're not. And it upset the apple cart, There's no
Speaker 1: doubt about it. And I think it was more soul
Speaker 1: polly because it happened during the game. It happened in
Speaker 1: a game, and it looked like it caught us a
Speaker 1: little bit off guard, as it would any team. But
Speaker 1: if you give us a week to prepare for it,
Speaker 1: I don't think it will be quite as acute. Well,
Speaker 1: and we asked Cliff Kingsbury this week on his weekly
Speaker 1: TV show Game planning catch it tomorrow night six thirty
Speaker 1: on twelve News, and we asked him that question. Do
Speaker 1: you see different coverages without D hop? Absolutely, things change.
Speaker 1: There's a trickle down effect on both sides of the
Speaker 1: ball without d hops, So there was that going on.
Speaker 1: There was also a Cardinals team that committed three turnovers
Speaker 1: and going into the game they have been plus eight,
Speaker 1: they've been number two in turnover ratio. So they beat
Speaker 1: themselves in some ways, and they suffered their first loss
Speaker 1: after a seven and oz start, and Kyler Murray, who
Speaker 1: did meet the media yesterday, was asked about whether there
Speaker 1: might be any potential hangover coming off the Cardinals first loss.
Speaker 1: This is very mature group, got a lot of old
Speaker 1: veterans at a lot of leaders on this team that
Speaker 1: you know, I don't think we'll let that happen. So
Speaker 1: I'm confident in us bouncing back. Man. I love that
Speaker 1: Paul and as Kyler Murray, the maturation of the mighty
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. And you know what, would you agree Wolf
Speaker 1: that this team is different than the last couple. This
Speaker 1: team they're mature enough to handle victories and success, and
Speaker 1: they're mature enough to Okay, maybe we need to bund
Speaker 1: it down a little bit more. You heard you heard
Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks earlier talk about practice, man, and just talk
Speaker 1: about you know what, if one guy doesn't have the
Speaker 1: proper energy or the proper focus, other players are holding
Speaker 1: those guys accountable. And I can tell you I've seen
Speaker 1: it on the sideline too, Rondelle Moore. After he muffed
Speaker 1: that punt, there were veterans in his grill telling him,
Speaker 1: young man, you better dial it in and focus. And
Speaker 1: they were the bad cop his teammates, and the good
Speaker 1: cops were the assistant coaches who came up and patted
Speaker 1: him on the shoulder. Petit said, Okay, it'll be all good.
Speaker 1: You need to bounce back. Paula. I love to hear that, honestly.
Speaker 1: Right now, let's the accountability, and I've heard stories just
Speaker 1: like you. I've heard stories of the accountability that is
Speaker 1: happening on the Arizona Cardinals sideline, and that, to me,
Speaker 1: more than anything else, fills me with a hope, a
Speaker 1: hope that this team is going to continue to get better.
Speaker 1: We have seen them do some incredible things so far
Speaker 1: this year. And I'll listen, losing on Thursday night, there
Speaker 1: was nothing good about that whatsoever. But we all knew
Speaker 1: they weren't going to go seventeen and oh we all
Speaker 1: knew that. To me, this is a reset button for
Speaker 1: them right now. How they responded this, I think it's
Speaker 1: going to be really important. All right. I want a
Speaker 1: final thought in this matchup. Maybe a couple of keys
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Speaker 1: Jimmy g. It's going to be a different quarterback, Trey
Speaker 1: Lance might have a few packages. We'll see. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be a different Niners offense. It could be a radically
Speaker 1: different Cardinals offense with Colt McCoy. What do you expect
Speaker 1: on Sunday? Well, yeah, this is it, Polly right here, listen.
Speaker 1: I think the Green Bay Packers, for the most part,
Speaker 1: gave other teams a blueprint as to how you beat
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals and how you beat the Arizona Cardinals.
Speaker 1: As you go out there and you run the ball,
Speaker 1: and you run the ball in between the tackles, and
Speaker 1: you put your quarterback in a balanced offense and you
Speaker 1: go ahead, get the ball out quickly as well. But
Speaker 1: more than anything else, you use the power of play action.
Speaker 1: This is what the Green Bay Packers did. They possessed
Speaker 1: the ball Kyler Murray was over there on the sideline
Speaker 1: with the offense. I think the San Francisco forty nine
Speaker 1: ers have the raw material to actually build the structure
Speaker 1: they need off of that blueprint to actually get a victory.
Speaker 1: Now it's easier said than done. You gotta beat the Cardinals.
Speaker 1: You know what, You got a forty Niners team that
Speaker 1: is one in seven at home over the last two years.
Speaker 1: Think about that, Wolf, But you also have a series
Speaker 1: where the past ten games have been sided by ten
Speaker 1: points or less, and you know it's going to be
Speaker 1: a slug fest. Yep, you got the Niners Carolina Seattle
Speaker 1: in that order. Don't let these teams back into the
Speaker 1: NFC playoff picture, right, you gotta beat them down. For
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