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Speaker 1: you as an NFL coach. You know, obviously they try

430
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Speaker 1: to run out that ten personnel. It didn't work, but clearly,

431
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:12,399
Speaker 1: I mean the expectations are higher because the roster is better.

432
00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,800
Speaker 1: But this team is the next two or three years,

433
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,800
Speaker 1: you're gonna see major strides and he's already doing it now.

434
00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,560
Speaker 1: And he's one of the most dynamic players in the NFL.

435
00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:25,880
Speaker 1: And that's according to Larry Fitzgerald. He would know. But

436
00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,640
Speaker 1: just to see the improvement in the leadership. And we

437
00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:33,600
Speaker 1: know based on last year, you know, when they was looking,

438
00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,960
Speaker 1: you know, to start off winless. Besides the tie, it

439
00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:40,080
Speaker 1: bothered him, It really bothered him. And then they got

440
00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:41,920
Speaker 1: you know, got on a nice little winning street three

441
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,359
Speaker 1: games in the middle there when they started playing like

442
00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,520
Speaker 1: Cincinnati and the Giants, etc. But yeah, I just love

443
00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:53,600
Speaker 1: his personality and his demeanor, because you know, it's one

444
00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,520
Speaker 1: thing to put up these numbers and people patch you

445
00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:57,440
Speaker 1: on the back. But at the end of the day,

446
00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,840
Speaker 1: and if you followed him since he's been drafted, he

447
00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:04,640
Speaker 1: doesn't like to lose. His will to win. His competitive

448
00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,239
Speaker 1: is like anything I've ever seen. And that's why I

449
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,480
Speaker 1: didn't have a problem with how he handled postgame. He's

450
00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:15,439
Speaker 1: obviously disappointed. You walk off the field with not the

451
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,080
Speaker 1: opportunity to win the ball game because it's not you

452
00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:21,200
Speaker 1: on the field, it's your kicking and a field goalkicker

453
00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:25,320
Speaker 1: comes up short, and that happens. But now all of

454
00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:27,959
Speaker 1: a sudden, you've got a change in the matter of

455
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,879
Speaker 1: what five ten minutes and answer questions to the media,

456
00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:33,960
Speaker 1: And it's tough for a lot of players to kind

457
00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:38,760
Speaker 1: of dial it down and decompress and then provide insightful answers.

458
00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,400
Speaker 1: Now what happens in the next five ten years. Does

459
00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:45,240
Speaker 1: he become more like a Kurt Warner and a Carson Palmer, Perhaps,

460
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,520
Speaker 1: But right now this means so much to him. And

461
00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,439
Speaker 1: now I'm not saying it didn't mean a lot to

462
00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:54,760
Speaker 1: Warner and Palmer, but it certainly does take some maturity

463
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,840
Speaker 1: to be able to turn on, turn off and right

464
00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:01,320
Speaker 1: now immediately after ball games. Murray's the type player that

465
00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,399
Speaker 1: it takes a little a little while to dial it

466
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,959
Speaker 1: back down. Well, just to give you peel the curtains

467
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,640
Speaker 1: back a little bit. If you're not where this, they

468
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,160
Speaker 1: have a cooling off period. Sometimes it could be ten

469
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,480
Speaker 1: to fifteen minutes. And the only reason I'm bringing this

470
00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,479
Speaker 1: up is Cliff told the media that they had some

471
00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,040
Speaker 1: interesting conversations in that locker room after the game. You know,

472
00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,800
Speaker 1: maybe he squandered a great opportunity and so he comes

473
00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,200
Speaker 1: out there and I think our mother, our parents always

474
00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,200
Speaker 1: told you if he had nothing good to say, don't

475
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,199
Speaker 1: say it at all. Right, that's my thought thought was

476
00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:34,800
Speaker 1: when I was watching that and it was very awkward,

477
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,200
Speaker 1: very uncomfortable to listen to and watch. But to your point, yes,

478
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:42,320
Speaker 1: better not to say anything than to say something that

479
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,720
Speaker 1: you'll regret later, because you've got to go back in

480
00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,520
Speaker 1: that locker room. And you know, one thing's you know,

481
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,159
Speaker 1: calling out players, are getting on them to make sure

482
00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,520
Speaker 1: they're doing their job and cutting down the mental airs.

483
00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,960
Speaker 1: He's proven that, you know, he's that guy. If you're

484
00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,679
Speaker 1: a guy that's you know, not playing well. Well, nobody

485
00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,960
Speaker 1: wants to hear from you when you're playing well, and

486
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,680
Speaker 1: you're the face of the franchise, and he actually looks

487
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,919
Speaker 1: at you. You're part of the circle here. We need you,

488
00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 1: so I want you to play better or you know,

489
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,520
Speaker 1: cut down in the air. So I just really like

490
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,720
Speaker 1: his demeanor, and I think that's why he wants to

491
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Speaker 1: be great. He doesn't want to be good, he wants

492
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Speaker 1: to be great. Yeah, he is certainly putting forth the

493
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Speaker 1: work as well. He talked about cutting down the number

494
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,679
Speaker 1: of sacks they had a year ago forty eight and

495
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,560
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. Right now they have just ten, which is

496
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,920
Speaker 1: tied for the second fewest in the leagues. You've gone

497
00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,800
Speaker 1: from forty eight to ten. They talked about, and not

498
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:43,159
Speaker 1: only Murray, but the offense line talked about cutting that

499
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Speaker 1: forty eight and a half twenty four. That's still a

500
00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:50,000
Speaker 1: number that is very respectable around the league. But heck,

501
00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,560
Speaker 1: they're on pace to lower even that to twenty. Yeah,

502
00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,919
Speaker 1: and he's not taken a lot of hits. You know,

503
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,080
Speaker 1: last year he took a lot of hits, and I

504
00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:00,600
Speaker 1: think the previous game is probably the hardest he's taken

505
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:04,280
Speaker 1: so far. Like Cliff said, he was diving head first.

506
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,600
Speaker 1: Usually he gets that pop up slide from the baseball background,

507
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:09,880
Speaker 1: or he's able to get out of trouble and sit.

508
00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,560
Speaker 1: We haven't seen him sit as much this year. Huh. No.

509
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,959
Speaker 1: I think he realizes that every yard matters and every

510
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:21,120
Speaker 1: play has become so important to where, yes, you throw

511
00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,800
Speaker 1: one away to live for the next down, but sometimes

512
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,879
Speaker 1: if you have possession to the football, it's worth it

513
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,240
Speaker 1: to get that extra yard or two. Yes, he's smart

514
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,560
Speaker 1: about running out of bounds. Yeah, but if there is

515
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,080
Speaker 1: a defender in his way, he's willing to take the hit.

516
00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:37,560
Speaker 1: And I think not only does that speak volumes of him,

517
00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 1: but it earns some some street cred for his teammate.

518
00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,800
Speaker 1: There's no doubt, and other teams see that, you know,

519
00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,400
Speaker 1: and they know that every every time the Cardinals play

520
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,320
Speaker 1: an opponent. It's it's funny, you know. I remember last

521
00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:51,400
Speaker 1: year one of the Niners said he's like a squirrel

522
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,159
Speaker 1: chasing him. You know. Yeah, me been salom actually was

523
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,280
Speaker 1: de Forrest Buckner, who got traded in the offseason to

524
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Speaker 1: the Colts. He said, going against that guy twice, and

525
00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,200
Speaker 1: we know how well they played him again, we'll take

526
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 1: the split. But they didn't win those games. But for

527
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,359
Speaker 1: the most part, he said, chasing him is like chasing

528
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:11,359
Speaker 1: a squirrel, and you can just imagine that, you know. So, yeah,

529
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 1: and every week, and I like the fact now he

530
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,040
Speaker 1: knows what the first down marker is and instead of,

531
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:20,920
Speaker 1: you know, maybe trying to get an extra yard, he's

532
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,160
Speaker 1: going right to the sidelines and he's putting the ball

533
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,359
Speaker 1: out to get you more yardage to where yes, he

534
00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:28,639
Speaker 1: crossed the plane and now it's a first down. Before

535
00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:30,280
Speaker 1: he was just trying to get out. You don't want

536
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:31,680
Speaker 1: to take the hit and live for the next down.

537
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,640
Speaker 1: But he's actually become better in the open field when

538
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,879
Speaker 1: he's going out of bounce and trying to pick up

539
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,199
Speaker 1: that first down. It's the little things that are certainly

540
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,200
Speaker 1: making him a much better player, a much better quarterback,

541
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:45,640
Speaker 1: and a much better leader for this Arizona Cardinals team.

542
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:49,640
Speaker 1: Not just the offense, but his relationship on field. Relationship

543
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 1: with Christian Kirk certainly has developed over the last couple

544
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,359
Speaker 1: of games. And this is really a relationship that dates

545
00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,280
Speaker 1: back to their pre college days when you're making the

546
00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:02,160
Speaker 1: high school circuit and all the recruiting trips and nearly

547
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 1: played with one another. In fact, they did play with

548
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,320
Speaker 1: one another for a little while at Texas A and M.

549
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,320
Speaker 1: But Christian Kirk, we know what he did on Sunday,

550
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,520
Speaker 1: the five catches for a season best one hundred and

551
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:17,760
Speaker 1: twenty three yards and one touchdown. But MJ's what he's

552
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:22,159
Speaker 1: done since missing Week three because of that injury. He

553
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,320
Speaker 1: came back and not only is he healthy and he's

554
00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 1: staying healthy, twenty catches for three hundred and forty three yards,

555
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 1: six touchdowns on thirty one targets, and Hopkins only has

556
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,560
Speaker 1: three touchdowns, and he's been targeting a lot more and

557
00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,520
Speaker 1: he's got a lot more receptions. And that's the way.

558
00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 1: You know, going into the last week, he led the

559
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:44,520
Speaker 1: league in receptions and yardage. Now you know, obviously, you

560
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,160
Speaker 1: know Christian Kirk's become a deep threat, so if you

561
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,120
Speaker 1: can get behind the defense, he's going to catch some

562
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:52,160
Speaker 1: of those balls. But what's impressive to me is, you know,

563
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:54,960
Speaker 1: five or six of his touchdowns Craig have come fifty

564
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:58,280
Speaker 1: plush yards, I mean, and when you see the stat

565
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,920
Speaker 1: it shows a tea next to it, so those are touchdowns.

566
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 1: And again, you know, the Cardinals felt they needed, you know,

567
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:08,160
Speaker 1: another receiver in the mix. Obviously didn't pan out what

568
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,200
Speaker 1: guys like Chad Williams and JJ Nelson. But you know,

569
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,920
Speaker 1: next year, I mean, depending on what fits does. I mean,

570
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 1: I can see his numbers going up. The only thing

571
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,360
Speaker 1: is he's got to stay healthy. Yes, And I think

572
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,000
Speaker 1: having a DeAndre Hopkins on this team and Larry Fitzgerald,

573
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:25,720
Speaker 1: there's been a trickle down because less attention focused on

574
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,120
Speaker 1: the number three wide receiver. It just so happens that

575
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,959
Speaker 1: that is Christian Kirk this season. We'll see what happens

576
00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:34,280
Speaker 1: next season. But if you're going to focus solely on

577
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 1: number ten and number eleven, then someone else has to

578
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:39,560
Speaker 1: pick up the slack. Someone else has to step up

579
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,360
Speaker 1: their game. And Christian Kirk has done that since missing

580
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,840
Speaker 1: Week three, no doubt. And I want to see more

581
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:49,360
Speaker 1: from Andy Isabella. I mean, he shows flashes. Don't like

582
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:51,640
Speaker 1: the fact that he got an opportunity to kick return,

583
00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,200
Speaker 1: taking that out of the end zone. I mean, and

584
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,440
Speaker 1: then he gets a catch and he goes backwards. Now

585
00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,320
Speaker 1: they're away. They always tell you rush up field. Now

586
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:03,240
Speaker 1: it happened in the Monday night game where they threw

587
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,800
Speaker 1: a pass and he didn't get the first down, but

588
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,040
Speaker 1: sometimes you just got to take what they give you.

589
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:10,600
Speaker 1: So I want to see him become more consistent. I

590
00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 1: think he's made strides, but there are certain points in

591
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,600
Speaker 1: the game where you know he's gonna have a drop

592
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,960
Speaker 1: or something, and I don't know if they can afford

593
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,120
Speaker 1: that when he's on the field. Now, again, he's worked

594
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,000
Speaker 1: really hard. He's hard on himself more than anybody else.

595
00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 1: He's made major strides. I like the way he's catching

596
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: a ball, but they're gonna need him at some point

597
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,680
Speaker 1: because you just mentioned if you're gonna focus on Hopkins

598
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:31,680
Speaker 1: and Fits, because we know Fits is a stix guy,

599
00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 1: He's gonna find the sticks, get your first down. And

600
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:36,240
Speaker 1: then you get Christian Kirk in there, who's going to

601
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:38,960
Speaker 1: draw the number one, three cornerback, possibly a slot guy

602
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,440
Speaker 1: slot cornerback. And so if they want to go four wide,

603
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,840
Speaker 1: Andy Isabella is that fourth receiver. The one thing I

604
00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:48,120
Speaker 1: would like to see Isabella improve upon, and maybe this

605
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 1: is only going to improve upon with experience, but it's

606
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 1: field awareness. And I'll go back to that reception that

607
00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,520
Speaker 1: he had on Sunday. You needed seven yards, he had it,

608
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 1: caught it, but then spun. As he was spinning, he

609
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,800
Speaker 1: went back a couple of yards and then falls a

610
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 1: yard short of the first down. Cliff Kingsbury calls the

611
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:10,640
Speaker 1: time out because they think they had the first down.

612
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,280
Speaker 1: You want to stop the clock, and I was hoping

613
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,120
Speaker 1: to get a measure, but you said, yeah, everything was

614
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:17,600
Speaker 1: happening so fast. You burn a time out, you end

615
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:20,440
Speaker 1: up punting the ball, giving the Miami Dolphins more time,

616
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:22,200
Speaker 1: and they end up kicking a field goal going into

617
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,760
Speaker 1: the locker room. But it's just little things like that

618
00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 1: we talked about with Kyler Murray, the little things he's

619
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:32,080
Speaker 1: learning and developing and improving. Isabella needs to do the

620
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 1: same if he wants to take that next step as

621
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,080
Speaker 1: a wide receiver. Yeah, you know, that's a great word.

622
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 1: I never thought a field awareness. I may have to

623
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,480
Speaker 1: steal that from you. It's okay, it's not copyrighted round Okay,

624
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 1: that's exactly what's going on. Well, you know, just by

625
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:49,520
Speaker 1: watching Larry Fitzgerald no matter where he is on the field,

626
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 1: and for some of these players, I don't know how

627
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 1: you figure out where the yardage is when you're I

628
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 1: mean it's easy for fans in the media when you're

629
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:57,520
Speaker 1: up high watching it, or the fans. You got that

630
00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,719
Speaker 1: yellow line and the mark on the TV. That's not

631
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,200
Speaker 1: that's not one percent accurate. No, And obviously it doesn't

632
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 1: show up when you're in person watching a game. But

633
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:10,960
Speaker 1: these wide receivers have a natural instinct. Where it's third

634
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,520
Speaker 1: and seven, they know they have to go maybe eight yards.

635
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: If you're going to come back a yard, you don't

636
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 1: want to run short of the sticks. And sometimes you

637
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,200
Speaker 1: see a lot of young receivers that are open, but

638
00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 1: a quarterback is not going to throw you the ball

639
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,520
Speaker 1: because you're catch it, get tackled, you're short of a

640
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:30,360
Speaker 1: first down. We just wasted an opportunity go beyond the sticks,

641
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,240
Speaker 1: and then if you have to come back, you're still

642
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:35,200
Speaker 1: giving yourself that cushion. I know, you know when Cardinal

643
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 1: fans are watching the game and it's third and fourteen

644
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:40,880
Speaker 1: or third and sixteen and they throw a screen pass

645
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,480
Speaker 1: or a dump off pass, they're just basically trying to

646
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 1: get field position. I'm not saying that you're conceiting, but

647
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 1: you don't want to be reckless. It's better to punt

648
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 1: than turn the football over. So I know there's frustration.

649
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 1: Why are they you know, trying to get some yards

650
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 1: here where they're not trying to get the first down.

651
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 1: That's just playing field position because you want a little

652
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,880
Speaker 1: bit more room either for or punter or maybe even penn.

653
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,720
Speaker 1: The opposing team, even their defense makes a stop and

654
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:06,960
Speaker 1: you could feel good, feel because I'm sure Murray would

655
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:08,960
Speaker 1: love to throw it. But you've got to be smart.

656
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:12,960
Speaker 1: And you know, the Cardinals, they've been averaging more plays

657
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 1: per game than they were did a year go. No

658
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,720
Speaker 1: surprise there. They're averaging probably six or seven more points

659
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:21,680
Speaker 1: per game, no surprise there, but you know, you know

660
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:24,560
Speaker 1: they're probably getting Last week they had nine possessions. The

661
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 1: Dolphins had nine, usually around ten or eleven. And the

662
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:32,040
Speaker 1: fact that Andy le only punt at one time. It

663
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:35,240
Speaker 1: wasn't a great punt, but anyways, Yeah, the little things

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Speaker 1: could be holding his team back too, that's true. That's

665
00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:40,640
Speaker 1: a good point right now. Five and three. What's the

666
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 1: difference between seven wins, six wins, five wins? It's the

667
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: small things. We talk about it, and we talked about

668
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,560
Speaker 1: it on Sunday. There's five or six plays every sing

669
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,440
Speaker 1: every game, and it's just sometimes a little thing here

670
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,160
Speaker 1: or there. That's the difference between a win and a loss,

671
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 1: and whether you're hosting a first round playoff game, whether

672
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:03,240
Speaker 1: even making the playoffs, the difference between watching playoff football

673
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:06,800
Speaker 1: or actually playing playoff football, which the Cardinals want to

674
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,359
Speaker 1: do here in twenty twenty. It's just so refreshing going

675
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:11,239
Speaker 1: into the game knowing that they're going to be at

676
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:14,000
Speaker 1: a score points and you know, I think when they

677
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,799
Speaker 1: take the field, and I think they started in week one,

678
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 1: they feel like they can beat anybody. Now, you can't

679
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:23,000
Speaker 1: have turnovers if you expect to win. If you're minus

680
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,360
Speaker 1: two or three or four in a turnover battle, that's

681
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,680
Speaker 1: a tough haul. But I feel like when they step

682
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:29,600
Speaker 1: on the field they have the same amount of talent

683
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:31,400
Speaker 1: on the opposing team. Now we can go with the

684
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:34,480
Speaker 1: position posinessition who has the advantage. But this team is

685
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,640
Speaker 1: confident and they believe in what they're doing here, and

686
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Speaker 1: that can go a long way in the second half

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Speaker 1: dot com slash podcast for more information. It is a Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: and typically here on Tuesdays we take a look at

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Speaker 1: what else is going around the NFC West as we'll

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Speaker 1: do that right now here on Cardinals Cover two, presented

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Speaker 1: by Hyunday, pro partner of the Arizona Cardinals. A quick

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Speaker 1: refresher Seahawks lead the division at six and to the

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00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 1: Cardinals second place, the Rams third place, in the forty

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Speaker 1: nine ers at four and five and fourth place, and

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00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,720
Speaker 1: what right now? I guess there could be an argument

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00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 1: on whether it is the toughest division in all of football,

702
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 1: but you mentioned it earlier in the show. These teams

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00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:32,319
Speaker 1: now are beating each other up, so those records not

704
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:35,360
Speaker 1: as good as what it was earlier in the season

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00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,680
Speaker 1: when you're playing out of conference games or out of

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00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,160
Speaker 1: division games and you can kind of stack those wins

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00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:42,120
Speaker 1: a little bit. Yeah, And you know this year the

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00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,839
Speaker 1: NFC West playing the AFC East, and obviously you're playing

709
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 1: the NFC East and in the AFC, so you're gonna

710
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:51,960
Speaker 1: have carry over and then you know, you got division games.

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Speaker 1: But I think in the second half of this season,

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00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,799
Speaker 1: you know the Niners could play a spoiler role. We'll

713
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:58,719
Speaker 1: see the Rams. Their schedule gets a little bit more

714
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,880
Speaker 1: difficult here. Of course, the Cardinals do play them, you know,

715
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 1: when they come back from New England. So but I

716
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 1: do think they're gonna kind of beat each other up.

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00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,080
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody's going fourteen and two. I don't

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00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:11,839
Speaker 1: think anybody's going thirteen and three like a year ago.

719
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,960
Speaker 1: So the main thing is you got eight games to go,

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Speaker 1: get at least five or six wins, and now you're

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Speaker 1: in that conversation for possibly the NFC West, and then

722
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, if you have to, you know,

723
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,879
Speaker 1: go on the road as a wildcard. This team would

724
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Speaker 1: sign up in a heartbeat. The division collectively twenty and

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Speaker 1: at ten, with the Seahawks accounting for six of those wins.

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00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,879
Speaker 1: Although they lost on Sunday at the Bills forty four

727
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:38,920
Speaker 1: thirty four, they've now lost two in a row. Talking

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00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:42,760
Speaker 1: about the Seahawks, but they trailed at halftime twenty four

729
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:46,680
Speaker 1: to ten, quoting head coach Pete Carroll, I don't recognize

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00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 1: that game. We haven't seen us look like that. It's

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Speaker 1: a game that I don't have any place in my

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00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:54,960
Speaker 1: brain for it. They made it look easy. End quote.

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Speaker 1: And obviously he's talking about that Bill's offense, which will

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00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 1: be at State Farm Stadium this week. Allen three first

735
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,319
Speaker 1: half touchdowns, He had four total touchdowns in that game

736
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 1: and passed for four hundred and fifteen yards. Yeah. You know,

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Speaker 1: I can't speak for Pete Carroll, but I think what

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00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 1: he was looking at is I haven't seen Russell Wilson

739
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:15,439
Speaker 1: and back to back weeks turn up all over eight times. Yeah,

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00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 1: that was unlike Wilson. Two interceptions and then that's unusual.

741
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 1: I mean, this guy was playing like an MVP. He

742
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:26,799
Speaker 1: was sacked five times, hit another sixteen times, yet all

743
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 1: of that, he still managed to throw the football for

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00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 1: three hundred and ninety yards and two touchdowns. Yeah. A

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00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,160
Speaker 1: lot of that stuff came in the second half. You know. Obviously,

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00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,880
Speaker 1: you know Buffalo felt good about the lead, and you know,

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00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 1: Josh Allen had a touchdown to kind of preserve the

748
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:42,279
Speaker 1: victory and at that point, but you know, hey, you

749
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,240
Speaker 1: gotta play four quarters. We know that Cardinals haven't played.

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Speaker 1: They'll they'll tell you they haven't played a complete game offense,

751
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,840
Speaker 1: defense or special teams. But I think they're getting closer,

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00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:53,279
Speaker 1: And you know, it was disappointing for me when I

753
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 1: was driving home from the game the other night. Was

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00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 1: just and it sounds obvious, six and two versus five

755
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 1: and three, but it's like it was such a winnable game. Again,

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00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 1: I'm we've talked about on paper, on paper the entire offseason,

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00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,240
Speaker 1: and now we're talking about what's happening on the field.

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00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:12,239
Speaker 1: Like I told you yesterday, if you told me five

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00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:14,800
Speaker 1: and three going into the second half of the season,

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00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:19,000
Speaker 1: signed me up. Six and two sounds a lot better. Absolutely.

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00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 1: And the Cardinals, by the way, we'll have one more

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00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:23,880
Speaker 1: game against the Seahawks, and then in fact, that is

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Speaker 1: coming up next week Thursday Night Football Show. A short

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00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 1: week for the Cardinals and they'll have to travel to

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Speaker 1: see Addle, which announced prior to that game on Sunday

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Speaker 1: that Pete Carroll, the oldest head coach and the league,

767
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:43,319
Speaker 1: signed a multi year contract extension through twenty twenty five. Now,

768
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:45,399
Speaker 1: they said that was done before the season, and he's

769
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 1: probably thinking, why is it coming out today and we

770
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 1: just got beat back to back weeks all the Seahawks

771
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 1: never announced it until Sunday too, I know, I know,

772
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,239
Speaker 1: but it happened in the offseason. I don't think he's

773
00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:58,799
Speaker 1: got to worry about his future there. It's amazing when

774
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:01,359
Speaker 1: I see him, and you know, always kind of mock

775
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:04,120
Speaker 1: him on the chewing gum, but that guy's got so

776
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 1: much energy. Sixty nine years old and this right now

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00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:12,759
Speaker 1: his eleventh season with the Seahawks and again signed through

778
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,959
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. Wow, and they've only missed the playoffs once.

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00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:21,239
Speaker 1: I believe that Carol connection the winning this head coach

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Speaker 1: and Seahawks franchise history. By the way, the Seahawks travel

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00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 1: this week, they'll be at the Rams Los Angeles coming

782
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 1: off that by they are five and three on the season,

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Speaker 1: and the big talk with the Rams is just the inconsistency.

784
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 1: Week's a week much like the same conversation that Cardinal

785
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 1: fans have had with the Arizona Cardinals. Yeah, jerk off,

786
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:45,359
Speaker 1: he got hit a little bit, turned the ball over.

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00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:47,920
Speaker 1: You know, he's kind of like tires energy. You just

788
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 1: don't know what you're gonna get with that guy. And

789
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,439
Speaker 1: really it's all predicated on them running the football. I mean,

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00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 1: you know, Cooper Cup's one of the best, you know,

791
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:57,440
Speaker 1: slot receivers in football. They got some guys that can,

792
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 1: you know, take the top off the defense in Robert Wood.

793
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,400
Speaker 1: But they're they're going running back by committee the defense.

794
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 1: I think they flashed a little bit here. But again,

795
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:09,600
Speaker 1: you know, let's be honest. Sean McVay has had the

796
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:12,439
Speaker 1: advantage on the Cardinals going back to Steve Wilkes. Yeah,

797
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:16,840
Speaker 1: has not lost to the Cardinals. Let's hopefully that will change.

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Speaker 1: It has to change, Craig, this is the year you

799
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 1: got to jump the Rams. Sean McVay on the Rams

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00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:24,600
Speaker 1: offense so far, quote, it's been up and down overall,

801
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:28,720
Speaker 1: not consistent enough for the standards that we have end quote.

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00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:31,719
Speaker 1: The Rams are scoring twenty four points of contests that

803
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:35,280
Speaker 1: are allowing. The defense though, has been solid, only nineteen

804
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:38,240
Speaker 1: points to contests and of course Aaron Donald doing Aaron

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00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:41,719
Speaker 1: Donald type things. Twenty eight pressures, nine sacks and I

806
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,640
Speaker 1: saw this, Dad, He's been double teamed a league high

807
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 1: on one hundred and seventy one plays and still producing,

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Speaker 1: still producing. Yeah, you know you're telling me that Cardinals

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00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:56,839
Speaker 1: are averaging more points than the Rams, scoring more, yes,

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Speaker 1: and I think allowing less as well. Off the double

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Speaker 1: check on that ladder port though, Wow, man, the NFC

812
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:07,720
Speaker 1: West changing of the guard, all right, just double checks.

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00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:10,600
Speaker 1: I guess they are scoring more, but they are allowing

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Speaker 1: twenty two and a half points compared to the Rams nineteen.

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Speaker 1: So they closing the gap, if you will. When you

816
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,520
Speaker 1: talk about the Rams defense and Cardinals defense, well yes,

817
00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 1: but offensively that's you know, no defense probably wins in

818
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,400
Speaker 1: the postseason. You know, the weather gets different, teams kind

819
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,799
Speaker 1: of get more conservative. But the fact is that you know,

820
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:32,279
Speaker 1: they've been chasing the Rams in that offense for a

821
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:34,759
Speaker 1: couple of years now. Yeah. The last team that we

822
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:36,919
Speaker 1: want to touch on real quick, the forty nine ers.

823
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 1: They are four and five. They played on Thursday Night football,

824
00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 1: lost at home to the Packers thirty four seventeen. And

825
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 1: I think we are starting to see that separation. MJ.

826
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Speaker 1: Not a Super Bowl hangover, I don't think. I just

827
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Speaker 1: believe it's been injuries, because guys would get hurt, go

828
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Speaker 1: on injured reserve, come off injured reserve, and then all

829
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Speaker 1: of a sudden, the guys that were playing the backup,

830
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:03,120
Speaker 1: if you will, they end up getting hurt. We know

831
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Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo might not need surgery on his right ankle,

832
00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:10,200
Speaker 1: but he's dealing with a high ankle sprain once again.

833
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:15,560
Speaker 1: And we know that Nick Mullins. Nick Mullins will or

834
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:19,920
Speaker 1: perhaps CJ. Bethard and Josh Johnson the other quarterbacks on

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Speaker 1: the roster. I think they're gonna go with Mullins. I

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00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:24,360
Speaker 1: you know, he obviously had that bad game on a

837
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Speaker 1: Thursday night, and they brought in CJ. Bethard. They both

838
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 1: put in the system since Shanahan's been there. But it

839
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:32,279
Speaker 1: looks like Nick Mullins. And you know, you wonder what

840
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:34,440
Speaker 1: the record is, you know, three or four weeks from now,

841
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:36,520
Speaker 1: did they just shut Jimmy g down? And the big

842
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:39,279
Speaker 1: question in the offseason is do they bring him back?

843
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,600
Speaker 1: I mean, they did flirt with Tom Brady. They obviously

844
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 1: made a decision Brady. You know, he ended up going

845
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:49,480
Speaker 1: to the Bucks. But and and you look at I mean,

846
00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:54,280
Speaker 1: I mean it's hard to replace Nick Bosh and Richard

847
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:58,560
Speaker 1: Sherman still out. He designated for return from injured reserve.

848
00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 1: I saw yesterday, but now he hasn't played since Week one.

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Speaker 1: There's I mean, he's eligible to come back this week,

850
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:07,320
Speaker 1: could be a couple of weeks, it could be still

851
00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:09,680
Speaker 1: you got that twenty one day window before you have

852
00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:12,480
Speaker 1: to make a decision. But yeah, and that's a huge

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Speaker 1: know Carvages and niche not only in Seattle but San Francisco.

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Speaker 1: He mean, he looked at his interception ratio since he's

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Speaker 1: been in the league. He's one of the better players.

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Speaker 1: What was the A fifth round pick? Uh, yeah, I believe, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you hate to see it. Injury buck happens, but they're

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Speaker 1: gonna have some major decisions they're making the off season now.

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Speaker 1: The good news for John Lynch and Kyle Shannahan they

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Speaker 1: just signed six year contracts. Yeah, they're not going anywhere,

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Speaker 1: but the players might be turning over left and right.

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Speaker 1: Forty nine ers this week at the six and two Saints.

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Speaker 1: Good luck. Yeah, we know what the Saints did on

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Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football to what many believe was the team

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Speaker 1: to beat in the NFC of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Speaker 1: And that was a that was a very one sided

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Speaker 1: test and that was surprising. You know, the Buccaneers didn't

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Speaker 1: play well against the Giants on money in a football

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Speaker 1: the week before well, what do we say. It's any

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Speaker 1: any given Sunday. Every team can bid any team. And

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Speaker 1: but the thing is they swept them. Now that's true

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Speaker 1: as far Eyebreaker. I mean the Falcons, I mean, give

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Speaker 1: Raheem Morris. They're winning games, they're playing a lot better.

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Speaker 1: You know, Carolina, they're three and six. I think they're

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Speaker 1: excited about their future. But when you when you win

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Speaker 1: that's a huge situation there. And on that note, let's

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

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Speaker 1: presented by Hunday, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. We

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Speaker 1: begin the second half of the season officially on Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: Special thanks as always to our executive producer Jim Momndro.

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

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Speaker 1: you next time you're on Cardinals Cover two.