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Speaker 1: He looks different, will he play different? Welcome Bird Gang.

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Speaker 1: On today's show, Zach Ershman joins me. We're talking Marvin

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Speaker 1: Harrison Junior first time this offseason. We've heard from MHJ.

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Speaker 1: What he said, what we saw, Also some notes on

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Speaker 1: the schedules, specifically the end of the schedule when compared

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Speaker 1: to the rest of the NFC West, and what owners

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Speaker 1: are discussing, perhaps even deciding at the Spring league meeting

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Speaker 1: later this week. It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode eight eighty five,

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Speaker 1: and it starts now.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two. Buda Baker, What Heart? What rent?

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Speaker 2: This guy's unbelievable.

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Speaker 2: He's ad a ten half of five. He's it again,

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Speaker 2: So more hurry Magic. Here's Craig Grioler.

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Speaker 1: So before we go any further, we need to begin

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Speaker 1: with a welcome back to Zach. After a week off,

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Speaker 1: he was able to rest, relax, recharge, get ready for

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Speaker 2: I don't think I did any of that.

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Speaker 1: No, no rest, no relaxing, no, nothing.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I definitely enjoyed it. I was on a

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Speaker 1: So basically, you did exactly the opposite of what we

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Speaker 2: I was very much enjoy the dance.

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Speaker 1: And we'll just leave that to the imagination of everyone

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Speaker 1: because you are gone, Zach, I do want to give

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Speaker 2: I had a little bit of a moment with Mac

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Speaker 2: I know that they've been receiving a lot of praise.

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Speaker 2: I want to make sure I give them their flowers

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Speaker 2: Very excited about the first portion of the season. I'm

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Speaker 1: he walked in and addressed the media for about fifteen minutes.

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Speaker 1: First time we've heard from MHJ since the season ended.

438
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Speaker 1: We have seen him in the weight room on the

439
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,399
Speaker 1: football field, but we saw him I don't know if

440
00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,400
Speaker 1: it was by design or not, but in a sleeveless

441
00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:35,359
Speaker 1: shirts and of course a lot of noise this offseason

442
00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:38,800
Speaker 1: about how he has looked talking about Marvin in the

443
00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:40,639
Speaker 1: photos that we've seen in the weight room and on

444
00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,760
Speaker 1: the football field, and how how does arms look a

445
00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:47,840
Speaker 1: lot larger, much more defined than his first year with

446
00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:48,640
Speaker 1: the Arizona Card.

447
00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,560
Speaker 2: I saw a dude that didn't look like he was

448
00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,760
Speaker 2: just on a cruise for a week. I saw a

449
00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:57,680
Speaker 2: guy that went into Johnathan Gannon's office when the season

450
00:21:57,840 --> 00:21:59,720
Speaker 2: ended and handing him a piece of paper and said,

451
00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,399
Speaker 2: I know, I know what I need to work on

452
00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,840
Speaker 2: throughout the offseason. And essentially he got a bet here

453
00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,439
Speaker 2: and he moved into the facility he lived in the

454
00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:12,280
Speaker 2: Dignity Health Training Center because he knew that. I asked

455
00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:16,240
Speaker 2: him about his satisfaction after the twenty twenty four season,

456
00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:17,840
Speaker 2: and he didn't really give me an answer. He was

457
00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:19,880
Speaker 2: more so saying he was just blessed to play the game.

458
00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,439
Speaker 2: But we heard from Marvin and how he said it

459
00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,840
Speaker 2: wasn't the year that he envisioned. And for him to

460
00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,440
Speaker 2: go into Johnathan Gannon's office and for him to hand

461
00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:29,439
Speaker 2: him that piece of paper and saying, these are the

462
00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,200
Speaker 2: things I know I need to work on, And one

463
00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,840
Speaker 2: of those things was definitely his build. He's trying to

464
00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,080
Speaker 2: figure out what weight he wants to play at, the

465
00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,480
Speaker 2: physicality that comes with playing in the NFL, what he's

466
00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:43,119
Speaker 2: learned from lining up from across from guys like Jalen

467
00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,560
Speaker 2: Ramsey and Sauce Gardner. In Week ten when they played

468
00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:49,160
Speaker 2: the New York Jets, Marvin Harrison Junior learned a lot

469
00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:51,840
Speaker 2: that rookie season. That year one to year two jumped

470
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,040
Speaker 2: is often talked about. I think Marvin is going to

471
00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:56,680
Speaker 2: prove why that is the case.

472
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Speaker 1: You look at Harrison's numbers that for season eight hundred

473
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:05,359
Speaker 1: and eighty five receiving yards, eight touchdowns, all solid in facts,

474
00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,320
Speaker 1: similar to what his father did in year one with

475
00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:11,440
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts. Marvin Harrison Junior actually mentioned they were

476
00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,920
Speaker 1: too similar. But it's the other number, and that is

477
00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:20,280
Speaker 1: fifty three, as in fifty three percent catch percentage, sixty

478
00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,240
Speaker 1: two receptions, one hundred and sixteen targets. And I think

479
00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,800
Speaker 1: that right there tells you the story of MHJ. In

480
00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,840
Speaker 1: year one, he didn't catch as many balls as he

481
00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,320
Speaker 1: or I or anyone thought he should have based on

482
00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:36,879
Speaker 1: the number of times the ball was thrown his way.

483
00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,960
Speaker 1: So how do he increase that catch percentage? Well, one

484
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,000
Speaker 1: way at least that you have control over in the

485
00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:47,719
Speaker 1: off season is making yourself bigger. Getting more physical, adds

486
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,439
Speaker 1: some muscle and yes, MHJ has added muscle here in

487
00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:55,000
Speaker 1: the off season, mentioned that he feels the same, don't

488
00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:58,200
Speaker 1: quite know how much more weight he has added, still

489
00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,840
Speaker 1: listed at sixty three to nine, but he brought up

490
00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:05,680
Speaker 1: that the fact that football is a physical game. So

491
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,320
Speaker 1: how do you be successful. You have to learn to

492
00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:12,480
Speaker 1: play physical within the rules, but play physical. And I

493
00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,320
Speaker 1: think that outside of the speed of the game is

494
00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:18,200
Speaker 1: one of the bigger adjustments for players coming from college

495
00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:19,080
Speaker 1: to the NFL.

496
00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:21,240
Speaker 2: And I know that there's so many statistics out there

497
00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,360
Speaker 2: that you know will be the fifty three percent catch

498
00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,240
Speaker 2: percentage or the drop percentages or whatever it might be.

499
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,080
Speaker 2: Regardless of what the numbers say, it's the eye test

500
00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:30,880
Speaker 2: that you could clearly look at. And there were moments

501
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,439
Speaker 2: where Marvin was struggling with going against some of these cornerbacks,

502
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:38,600
Speaker 2: these physical, violent cornerbacks. It's not really a league that

503
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,199
Speaker 2: you know, they try to not have the officials be

504
00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:44,199
Speaker 2: a part of the game, and at some moments on

505
00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,879
Speaker 2: those jump balls, you're not you haven't seen as many

506
00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,880
Speaker 2: defensive pass interferences or offensive pass interferences. They definitely happen

507
00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,840
Speaker 2: at moments. And I'm not here to talk about the officiating.

508
00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,320
Speaker 2: With that being said, though, there were moments throughout the

509
00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:58,480
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four season where it was a fifty to

510
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:00,920
Speaker 2: fifty ball, and I think before where the season began,

511
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,639
Speaker 2: we all would have expected from Marvin Harrison Junior to

512
00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,160
Speaker 2: be the player that comes down with it. That didn't

513
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,239
Speaker 2: happen as often as I think a lot of us

514
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,399
Speaker 2: anticipated for it to be the case. So for Marvin

515
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:13,720
Speaker 2: to add some weight to play with that physicality to

516
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,240
Speaker 2: kind of he said. He said that he has the

517
00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,600
Speaker 2: ability to turn on the switch to play a little

518
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:22,000
Speaker 2: bit more physical and remind those that they are lining

519
00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:25,320
Speaker 2: up against Marvin Harrison Junior. You have to be able

520
00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:27,480
Speaker 2: to see him flip on that switch a little bit

521
00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,720
Speaker 2: more and himself being a little bit more willing to

522
00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,359
Speaker 2: call for the ball, not just to have those fifty

523
00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:34,360
Speaker 2: to fifty balls hit you in the chest, but going

524
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:35,879
Speaker 2: out and being able to pick it with your hands

525
00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:39,800
Speaker 2: bring it in. We know how good his hands can be.

526
00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:41,960
Speaker 2: He just can't catch it with his chest. He has

527
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,199
Speaker 2: to go out and use his six to three two

528
00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,840
Speaker 2: oh nine frame, which is probably not two o nine.

529
00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,640
Speaker 2: He said that he's still going to be figuring out

530
00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:52,639
Speaker 2: throughout the offseason throughout OTAs what weight he wants to

531
00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,720
Speaker 2: play at, but we are excited and eager to see

532
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,560
Speaker 2: what that six to three frame can bring to the table.

533
00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,960
Speaker 1: You can still weigh the same from year one to

534
00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,600
Speaker 1: year two to year three, but how that weight is

535
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:09,480
Speaker 1: distributed could look a lot different. Case in point Darius Robinson,

536
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,280
Speaker 1: we've seen photos of him. He looks like he is

537
00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:16,440
Speaker 1: added muscle, he looks like he's added bulk. But when

538
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,760
Speaker 1: he spoke with Darren Urban at mac Wilson Seniors charity

539
00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:24,399
Speaker 1: basketball game, Darius mentioned that he's weighs almost the same.

540
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:31,240
Speaker 1: He just has shed body fat. He's redefined his body,

541
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,520
Speaker 1: but maintaining that same weight because you don't want to

542
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:36,359
Speaker 1: get too big to where all of a sudden you

543
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:40,199
Speaker 1: lose that explosiveness off the line of scrimmage or for MHJ,

544
00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,480
Speaker 1: off the line as far as that first two three

545
00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,520
Speaker 1: steps as a wide receiver against the defensive back. So

546
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,240
Speaker 1: you might look a little different, but at the same time,

547
00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,479
Speaker 1: you weight might be exactly the same, or you know,

548
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,360
Speaker 1: give or take two or three pounds.

549
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,359
Speaker 2: In college, Darius Robinson m Rvin Harrison Junior both had

550
00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,840
Speaker 2: the physical skill sets to outmatch their opponent no matter

551
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,240
Speaker 2: who it was, and there's a reason why those two

552
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,600
Speaker 2: guys went in the first round. Once you make it

553
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,080
Speaker 2: to the NFL, everybody's got the resources to be the

554
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:14,240
Speaker 2: best and to have the health and body resources to

555
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:18,359
Speaker 2: maximize your opportunity and to maximize your frame. And that's

556
00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,760
Speaker 2: something that with this being the first true offseason for

557
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,399
Speaker 2: both Marvin Harrison Junior and for Darius Robinson, they have

558
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,119
Speaker 2: done their best. They both have lived in the facility

559
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 2: to not just gain weight, not just to gain muscle,

560
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,480
Speaker 2: but to change their eating habits. Marvin Harrison Junior said,

561
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,400
Speaker 2: he thinks he's eating a lot more now, but it's

562
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,520
Speaker 2: more protein. It's different sort of nutrients that you're putting

563
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,359
Speaker 2: into your body that are helping your frame, that are

564
00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:46,400
Speaker 2: helping your overall health. And it's crazy to think that,

565
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:50,359
Speaker 2: you know, not having certain types of meals can truly

566
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:54,200
Speaker 2: shift the trajectory of an NFL football team. But depending

567
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:57,080
Speaker 2: on what they're putting into their bodies, it is definitely

568
00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,239
Speaker 2: going to make a difference come Sunday and even on

569
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,600
Speaker 2: a day like today, on a Monday on May nineteens,

570
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,080
Speaker 2: when they walk into the building and Marvin Harrison junior

571
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,680
Speaker 2: sits down at the podium. You could tell a physical difference.

572
00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,399
Speaker 1: And that's why they always say that biggest jump a

573
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,160
Speaker 1: player makes is from year one to year two because

574
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:18,000
Speaker 1: it's your first full offseason within the team structure. You

575
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 1: don't have to worry about the banquet circuit or getting

576
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 1: ready for the combine and not knowing exactly what NFL

577
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,760
Speaker 1: life is like or how to be a pro. You

578
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,359
Speaker 1: learn that in year one, So year two there's no

579
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:34,200
Speaker 1: more studying, there's no more classes, there's no more homework

580
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 1: or papers. Your job is football to where it's twenty

581
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,480
Speaker 1: four seven, three sixty five, And that I think is

582
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,400
Speaker 1: what really hits these players in year two to where

583
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,600
Speaker 1: I can devote every single minute if I choose to,

584
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,760
Speaker 1: as we heard Marvin say, no days off. Probably good

585
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,960
Speaker 1: to get away every so often just to kind of

586
00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:59,240
Speaker 1: reset everything, but to put all of your energy into

587
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 1: one thing, and that is football and the game that

588
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:04,480
Speaker 1: all these players love to play.

589
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,680
Speaker 2: And a good chunk of this team is first year,

590
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,600
Speaker 2: second year, thirty year guys. They are most of them

591
00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,360
Speaker 2: have been teammates at some point in their lives, which

592
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,720
Speaker 2: is very rare to see. How to see the connections.

593
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 2: The football is a small universe, but it reminds you

594
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,520
Speaker 2: just how small it is when Xavier Thomas and Jordan

595
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 2: Burch are high school teammates and now they're going to

596
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,360
Speaker 2: be competing for snaps in the outside linebacker room. To

597
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,640
Speaker 2: think about how Marvin Harrison Junior lined up across from

598
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 2: Denzel Burke during his time at Ohio State and now

599
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,479
Speaker 2: their teammates, and their teammates with one of their biggest

600
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 2: rivals and Will Johnson, and they also reunite with Paris

601
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:44,480
Speaker 2: Johnson Jr. It's just the parallels and are remarkable. The

602
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 2: reason why I bring this up is because you could

603
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 2: learn from your coaches, you could learn from the strength staff,

604
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 2: but when you get to learn from your peers, a

605
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,880
Speaker 2: guy like Paris who is kind of that other statesman

606
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 2: of the young group, the New regime, the Johnathanannon regime,

607
00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:01,600
Speaker 2: he's kind of the face of Jonathan Ganna, Manti Austin.

608
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,360
Speaker 2: For coming in, that's kind of Paris's role and for

609
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:06,840
Speaker 2: him to come in and he knows how to help

610
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:09,720
Speaker 2: Marvin Harrison Junior take that jump from year one to

611
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,120
Speaker 2: year two, which will then ultimately help all the other

612
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 2: guys when you're able to have that peer warning. There's

613
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:15,600
Speaker 2: nothing better.

614
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,480
Speaker 1: You brought up something that Marvin said and I thought

615
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 1: was maybe the most interesting thing that he brought up.

616
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 1: Called him or described himself as humble, but quote, I

617
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:30,240
Speaker 1: definitely do have a switch which he believes will be

618
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:33,000
Speaker 1: turned on more. Meaning you need a little bit of

619
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,760
Speaker 1: an ego. You need to be that alpha as a

620
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 1: number one wide receiver something passing game coordinator. Wide receivers

621
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 1: coach Drew Trell talked about at the end of last

622
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,840
Speaker 1: season that he wanted Marvin to be more of that. Hey,

623
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,720
Speaker 1: I'm Marvin Harrison Junior, and I'm gonna get this ball.

624
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,680
Speaker 1: Not throw me the damn ball Keyshawn Johnson, but I'm

625
00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,440
Speaker 1: going to get this ball. This ball belongs to me,

626
00:30:56,120 --> 00:31:00,160
Speaker 1: and out muscle, out physical whoever you're going on up

627
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:04,080
Speaker 1: against as a defensive back, that football is mine. And

628
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 1: if you have to come back to the huddle, maybe

629
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 1: do hey, this pass play, look my direction. I've got

630
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,760
Speaker 1: a step on so and so. Look my direction. Not

631
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,320
Speaker 1: that Kyler doesn't always look at eighteen's direction, but you

632
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 1: kind of need to be that dog if you will,

633
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 1: as a number one wide receiver, and it takes. It's

634
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 1: not something that I think Mahsjay really believes or that's

635
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,840
Speaker 1: not his nature. He's got to come into his own

636
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 1: and that aspect of his ability as a football play

637
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 1: well well.

638
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 2: Marvin's career, when has he had to, He's always been

639
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,240
Speaker 2: the guy regardless. You know, from his time at Saint

640
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,360
Speaker 2: Jose Prep. He had that relationship with Kyle McCord over there,

641
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 2: and they knew there was a reason why they kept

642
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 2: winning state championships over there with the with the Saint

643
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 2: Jose Prep Hawks, and then they go to Ohio State

644
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,120
Speaker 2: and look, Marvin Harrison Junior is still the guy. Even

645
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 2: though he's in a room with Chris Olave and uh

646
00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,360
Speaker 2: and Jackson Smith and Jigba and a handful of the

647
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:00,760
Speaker 2: other players that they had over there at Ohio State.

648
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,640
Speaker 2: Even though he is in that room, Marvin Harrison Junior

649
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,080
Speaker 2: still had that aura. And I think that a lot

650
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 2: of people, a lot of opposing cornerbacks were always mindful

651
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,960
Speaker 2: of MHJ. Even when the numbers were not flashing off

652
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:17,479
Speaker 2: the paper. Everybody still knew who Marvin Harrison Junior was

653
00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,600
Speaker 2: and they were locked in focused on trying to stop eighteen.

654
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,920
Speaker 2: It's not to say Kyler Murray didn't look mhj's way.

655
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 2: In fact, he always targeted MHJ even in those fifty

656
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,280
Speaker 2: to fifty situations, which is why, going back to our

657
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,360
Speaker 2: earlier point, he has had to put on some of

658
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,320
Speaker 2: that muscle and some of that additional physicality and adding

659
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 2: that to his mindset, and not just to his mindset,

660
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 2: but to his game and to his style. Marvin's not

661
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 2: going to walk into the huddle and say give me

662
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,280
Speaker 2: the damn ball. That's not his mo. But what he

663
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,360
Speaker 2: is going to do is work with Kyler throughout the offseason.

664
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Speaker 2: He's going to be in the facility every single day

665
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 2: so that when Sundays do come, who is Kyler Murray

666
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,720
Speaker 2: going to trust more than absolutely anybody. It's going to

667
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:56,480
Speaker 2: be the guy wearing number one eight. And that's what

668
00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 2: they're working on right now is routes on air. And

669
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:01,160
Speaker 2: know you're not going on one hundred percent, but it's

670
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,000
Speaker 2: the work that you put in here in the offseason

671
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 2: that you hope pays off once the regular season begins.

672
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:10,880
Speaker 2: He was asked talking about Marvin any goals and he

673
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 2: brought up team success. He wants a home playoff game because,

674
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 2: as he mentioned, he was at State Farm Stadium for

675
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 2: that playoff game between the Rams and Vikings as a fan,

676
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:24,400
Speaker 2: but to see two teams, one of those being the

677
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:27,760
Speaker 2: quote unquote home team, a division rival in the Rams

678
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 2: as that being their home playoff game didn't sit well

679
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:33,840
Speaker 2: with Marvin. Didn't sit well with a lot of people.

680
00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 2: We all understand why that was the case. But the

681
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:39,280
Speaker 2: goal is, and I think you're gonna hear this a

682
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:42,520
Speaker 2: lot when you hear from players this offseason. When we

683
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:44,920
Speaker 2: always ask all right, what do you want to accomplish?

684
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:46,120
Speaker 2: You know, how do you want to get better?

685
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:48,760
Speaker 1: My guess is ninety nine percent of the time the

686
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 1: answer is going to be, well, if we play better

687
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 1: as a team, then yeah, everyone's numbers will go up.

688
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 1: Team success and it goes back to JG team over you.

689
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 1: And if you put that, you believe that, then yeah,

690
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:03,320
Speaker 1: you'll have success.

691
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 2: At the end of the day. Of course, And for

692
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 2: him to I think that's I think that is a

693
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 2: good point for Marvin to experience an NFL playoff game,

694
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 2: to look at what it's supposed to look like, but

695
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 2: you're supposed to be the team that is on the field,

696
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 2: And for him to say it didn't feel right. If

697
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:22,840
Speaker 2: it felt right, I would be concerned for for MHJ

698
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:26,880
Speaker 2: to But but the competitor in these guys knowing that

699
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:29,440
Speaker 2: they want to be the team that is out on

700
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,120
Speaker 2: the field. I loved how Marvin didn't just say how

701
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 2: he wants to make it to the playoffs. He said

702
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:37,359
Speaker 2: he wants to have Arizona host a playoff game. He

703
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,839
Speaker 2: wants to win the division, and you could see it

704
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:45,440
Speaker 2: in his eyes. There was definitely a quiet confidence to

705
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,160
Speaker 2: Marvin in that presser on Monday when he had the

706
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 2: ability to sit down there and to say, like I

707
00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:53,280
Speaker 2: saw that I wasn't a fan of it that's supposed

708
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:56,120
Speaker 2: to be us, And because the Cardinals were in talks

709
00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,360
Speaker 2: of being that team that was supposed to win the

710
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,719
Speaker 2: NFC West, now they have the chance to run it back.

711
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,239
Speaker 2: And if Marvin continues to be great, I recognize it's

712
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:09,120
Speaker 2: team over you. But Marvin's personal development will also help

713
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:10,000
Speaker 2: the team overall.

714
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 1: The last part about Marvin Harrison Junior, that will be

715
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,319
Speaker 1: completely different in year two. He'll be able to look

716
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:21,680
Speaker 1: into the stands and see legitimate number eighteen new jerseys,

717
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:27,000
Speaker 1: not off the rack somewhere offshore, but team issued fanatics

718
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:32,319
Speaker 1: issued number eighteen jerseys that, as he said, has been situated.

719
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:37,040
Speaker 1: So now, yes, the availability of Marvin Harrison junior Cardinals

720
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,480
Speaker 1: jerseys are available, which was not the case last season.

721
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 2: You had to inspire a lot of fans along the way.

722
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:46,439
Speaker 2: And even though he has seen the jerseys out there,

723
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:50,880
Speaker 2: knowing that he going into year number two, it's no

724
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:53,680
Speaker 2: longer just the excitement of Marvin Harrison Junior. It's what

725
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:56,960
Speaker 2: can he bring to the Arizona Cardinals in that second

726
00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 2: year and beyond. And this is you know, you're no

727
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,160
Speaker 2: longer a rookie, You're no longer learning what the NFL

728
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:04,240
Speaker 2: is like. You're gonna learn a lot of things along

729
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 2: the way, but it's making that jump. And if he

730
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,359
Speaker 2: gets to make that jump and people start to recognize

731
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,360
Speaker 2: the Marvin Harrison junior that went fourth overall and is

732
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:16,040
Speaker 2: projected to be in one thousand plus yards wide receiver,

733
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,400
Speaker 2: year after year, there's gonna be a lot more jerseys

734
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,319
Speaker 2: and the red, white and the black that are going

735
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 2: to be popping into the stands wearing that number one eight.

736
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,240
Speaker 1: And if you want one, just cut to the team

737
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 1: shop or Azycardinals dot Com by your number eighteen. Marvin

738
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,800
Speaker 1: Harrison Junior and be at State Farm Stadium this season.

739
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:37,480
Speaker 1: Of course, the home opener is Week two, Sunday, September fourteenth,

740
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 1: against the Carolina Panthers. Last item here on Cardinals Cover

741
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:44,680
Speaker 1: two presented by Hyundai, probably partner of the Arizona Cardinals,

742
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,640
Speaker 1: is what is going on this week in Minnesota? It

743
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:51,720
Speaker 1: is the spring league meeting. Owners are discussing a number

744
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:55,439
Speaker 1: of rules and proposals, some that have been tabled from

745
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:59,920
Speaker 1: the annual league meeting. But perhaps the most interesting topic,

746
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:04,279
Speaker 1: and this broke over the weekend, allowing NFL players to

747
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 1: play flag football in the twenty twenty eight Olympics be

748
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:11,319
Speaker 1: limited to one player per team to be selected by

749
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 1: a country. And that's in addition to each team's designated

750
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:18,400
Speaker 1: international player. And now you're looking at okay, Well, the

751
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,319
Speaker 1: twenty twenty eight Summer Olympics. That's in the summer, that's

752
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,839
Speaker 1: typically right around when training camp begins. And you're absolutely right.

753
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty eight, the Olympic Games are held from

754
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:32,040
Speaker 1: July fourteenth through the thirtieth, which is literally the start

755
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 1: of training camp that last week of July. So be

756
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,280
Speaker 1: very curious what the decision if there is a decision

757
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,760
Speaker 1: made this week on whether or not you will see

758
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 1: not a lot of players from the NFL, but a

759
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:50,839
Speaker 1: handful maybe one again, there could be up to thirty two,

760
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 1: one from each team, and then the question is, all right,

761
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:58,919
Speaker 1: how do you form an NFL flag football team? So

762
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:00,840
Speaker 1: I found that intest and that it is going to

763
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 1: be discussed. I know why the league wants it. I'm

764
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,400
Speaker 1: just curious on how owners feel about having their multi

765
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:12,279
Speaker 1: million dollar athletes playing flag football before the start of training.

766
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,279
Speaker 2: Case, there's a chance it happens in twenty twenty eight,

767
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 2: it only happens in twenty twenty eight, depending on how

768
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:18,680
Speaker 2: it ends up going. Look, it's one of those things

769
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:21,800
Speaker 2: where flag football, especially girls flag football, is the fastest

770
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 2: growing sport in the United States, and they get to

771
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:29,280
Speaker 2: showcase their dominance and their athleticism to the entire globe.

772
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,560
Speaker 2: I don't think that you know, there's I'm sure Roger

773
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,160
Speaker 2: is going to be pushing for it, mister Commissioner Goodell,

774
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,279
Speaker 2: because he gets to showcase why the NFL is the

775
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,680
Speaker 2: league in the United States. Basketball has picked up a

776
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:45,120
Speaker 2: lot of steam overseas. It's always been the case baseball

777
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:48,440
Speaker 2: as well. Hockey is more of an international sport than

778
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 2: it is in American sport. But football is America's sport,

779
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,880
Speaker 2: and I think that you get to watch them and

780
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:56,399
Speaker 2: if they are able to do it. I'm not sure

781
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:57,799
Speaker 2: how the owners are going to feel about it, but

782
00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,279
Speaker 2: there's one thing I do know is that they're going

783
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:01,440
Speaker 2: to be in shape, and that is something that if

784
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:04,160
Speaker 2: you're an owner, there's a positive there. I would love

785
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:07,840
Speaker 2: to see flag football make it, but not only. The

786
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 2: challenges that are going to be the case is flag

787
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 2: football rules are very different than NFL rules, And on

788
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 2: top of that, you have a Team USA team already

789
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,040
Speaker 2: for flag football. So how are those guys going to

790
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:22,279
Speaker 2: handle meshing together with NFL players. It'll be fascinating to

791
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:23,360
Speaker 2: see what the owners decide.

792
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 1: Two other items on the agenda revisiting the tush push,

793
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 1: a proposal to ban the move was tabled during the

794
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 1: annual league meeting, and then reseeding teams in the playoffs

795
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:37,360
Speaker 1: after the first round, a proposal by the Detroit Lions.

796
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,840
Speaker 1: Those issues, or at least will come up again, but

797
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,799
Speaker 1: keep in mind any rule change or proposal, in order

798
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,120
Speaker 1: for it to pass, you need twenty four or thirty

799
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 1: two owners to say yes. So again, something pay attention

800
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 1: to this week in Minnesota.

801
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,799
Speaker 2: Sixteen sixteen is right now, or at least what it

802
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:56,280
Speaker 2: was reported to be the case for the touch push.

803
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 2: We know which way the Arizona Cardinals are going. They're

804
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,200
Speaker 2: not in favor of banning it, and most like I'm

805
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 2: assuming that because of the fact that Nick Sirianni is

806
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:07,879
Speaker 2: the you know, he's the leader of the touch bush

807
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 2: and his coaching tree of now Jonathan Gannon, Kellen Moore,

808
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 2: and Shane Stiken. Nick Sirianni made the joking comment saying

809
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:18,120
Speaker 2: that they all have got they all have head coaching

810
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,920
Speaker 2: jobs because of the touchbush. I wouldn't necessarily say that's

811
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,759
Speaker 2: the case, but Jonathan Gannon obviously has a lot of

812
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 2: reverence and respect for Nick Sirianni, and the move is unstoppable,

813
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:29,840
Speaker 2: and the Cardinals did their best also to implement the

814
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 2: touch bush, so I don't expect the Cardinals to be

815
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 2: in favor of being in the touchbush. When it comes

816
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:38,800
Speaker 2: to receding the teams, I can only assume why Detroit

817
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:41,920
Speaker 2: did it, and it's because the NFC North has been stacked.

818
00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:46,040
Speaker 1: Receding is what the NBA does, so I understand it

819
00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:48,960
Speaker 1: the toush push. If you don't like a play, learn

820
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 1: how to stop it.

821
00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:49,919
Speaker 2: Now.

822
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 1: If you want to say you can't push anywhere on

823
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:55,520
Speaker 1: the field, how Trade McBride scored a touchdown once upon

824
00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:57,279
Speaker 1: a time when he was pushed into the end zone

825
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 1: from like the seven yard.

826
00:40:58,360 --> 00:40:59,640
Speaker 2: Line against the Baltimore Raven.

827
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:03,200
Speaker 1: You want to stop pushing and pulling, fine, but don't

828
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:06,800
Speaker 1: single out one particular play behind the line of scrimmage

829
00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:09,440
Speaker 1: just because one team does it so well and the

830
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,760
Speaker 1: thirty one other teams have found it difficult to stop.

831
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:15,640
Speaker 2: And I don't like the optics behind the well. It

832
00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 2: could be a play that causes injury. Me walking on

833
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:23,200
Speaker 2: the street, I'm I'm a clumsy dude. This is gonna

834
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 2: get clipped. That could that that could have caused injury.

835
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 2: Hope not. But I'm just saying like, you don't ever

836
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:32,359
Speaker 2: want for there to be injury, and you don't ever

837
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:35,400
Speaker 2: want to make an uh an example out of a

838
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:37,719
Speaker 2: play that causes an injury because you never want for

839
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:40,560
Speaker 2: that to be the case. But football is a physical sport.

840
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:42,720
Speaker 2: It's what you sign up for. I know. Frankie Luvu

841
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,520
Speaker 2: was on was on Good Morning footballf I'm not mistaken.

842
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:47,400
Speaker 2: He said he's in favor of it. Well, that's because

843
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:49,120
Speaker 2: he was jumping over the line of scrimmage two a

844
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:52,280
Speaker 2: different times in the NFC Championship Game. I do believe

845
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 2: that it's a If they figure out a way to

846
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,960
Speaker 2: keep it and minus and and work around the wording

847
00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:00,600
Speaker 2: of the rule, then fine. But I think the play

848
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:03,360
Speaker 2: itself does not need to be banned.

849
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:07,160
Speaker 1: We'll see twenty four thirty two. Inners again must approve

850
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:10,319
Speaker 1: for any rule change or proposal to pass. That's what's

851
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:13,800
Speaker 1: going on this week in Minnesota. The Spring League meeting

852
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:17,680
Speaker 1: happening this week. Happening this week. It is the final

853
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:21,200
Speaker 1: week of Phase two for the Arizona Cardinals. OTAs begin

854
00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:25,000
Speaker 1: the week after Memorial Day weekend. Bottom line is the

855
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:28,000
Speaker 1: OTAs weren't going to begin until Zach came back from

856
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 1: his vacation, so all his rights in the world.

857
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:31,720
Speaker 2: We're ready again. Football started.

858
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:36,000
Speaker 1: Are you sure you're ready? You're rested, well, not quite rested, though.

859
00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: I feel bad the fact that you went. You had

860
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:41,280
Speaker 1: a quote unquote vacation, but you didn't come back resting.

861
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:45,840
Speaker 2: I'll be okay. The football is what energizes me. That

862
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:48,799
Speaker 2: I'm really I'm really excited to wait. I haven't gotten

863
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:50,960
Speaker 2: the chances to see, you know, the rookies and the

864
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:54,920
Speaker 2: vets start to mesh together, so be able to watch them.

865
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 2: When that does happen, it's gonna be very exciting.

866
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:01,080
Speaker 1: So again, football, as you know, you about the offseason

867
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:06,160
Speaker 1: and you get from schedule release to OTAs to mini camp,

868
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:08,799
Speaker 1: a little bit of a break, and then training camp, preseason,

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Speaker 1: regular season, it's about to get real heavy as far

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Speaker 1: as the work that needs to get done in order

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Speaker 1: to be ready for the start of the regular season.

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Speaker 2: One thousand percent. And now it's no longer in terms

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Speaker 2: of speculating where you're gonna be playing, who you're gonna

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Speaker 2: be playing, when you're gonna be playing, You now know

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Speaker 2: what it's all going to look like. And the clock

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Speaker 2: the countdown for the games in the preseason. They're going

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Speaker 2: to be playing the Kansas City Chiefs, They're going to

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Speaker 2: be playing against the Denver Broncos, the Raiders, which is

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Speaker 2: gonna be very weird to watch Pete Carroll on the

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Speaker 2: sidelines and not wearing the teal of Seattle, and then

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Speaker 2: obviously all the other opponents that the Arizona Cardinals are

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Speaker 2: going to face. It's go time. All in with this.

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Speaker 2: It's good to have you back in the building. Zach.

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Speaker 2: Thank you. Was it quiet? Yes? Very quiet? Yeah, that's

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Speaker 2: what I bring to the table. No longer quiet with

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Speaker 2: Zach back in there, right back in it.

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Speaker 1: On that note, we will put a lit on this

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Speaker 1: edition of Cardinals Cover two presented by Hundai, probably partner

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

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Speaker 1: executive producer Jim Momahundra our associate producer Cuddie Fincher for

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Speaker 1: Zach Gershman, I'm pretty real, Lou. We'll talk to you

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Speaker 1: next time here on Cardinals Cover two.