1 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: Complimentary football at its finest. Welcome Bird Gang on today's show. 2 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:09,639 Speaker 1: Paul calbyc joins me, and we got a lot to 3 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: talk about, and it's all good. Tyler Murray was near perfect. 4 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: Marvin Harrison Junior arrived, albeit a week later than expected. 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 1: James Connor did what James Connor does. Plus the defense 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: led by Dennis Gardock shut down Matthew Stafford and company. 7 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,279 Speaker 1: It's Cardinals Cover two, episode seven to ninety five, a 8 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: beat La edition, and it starts now. 9 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 2: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two. 10 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 3: Boda Baker, What Heart? 11 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 1: What rent? This guy's unbelievable. 12 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 2: Cardinals Cover two is presented by Hyundai, proud partner of 13 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 2: the Arizona Cardinals and by Arizona Cardinals Podcast. Visit Azycardinals 14 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 2: dot com slash podcast. 15 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 3: He's at a ten half of five. He's it again, 16 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 3: so more hurry magic. 17 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 2: Whow here's Craig Grioler. 18 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: So maybe we should have all seen this coming based 19 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: off what happened pregame and Paul, you're down on that 20 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: sideline right before kickoff. And I did not see this 21 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: until I heard Deve Pasch on the broadcast. And as 22 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: we know, yes there are team captains and then we 23 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: heard from Jonathan Gannon before the season began that they 24 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: were going to be honorary captains named the night before. Well, 25 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: lo and behold, the first honorary captain of the home 26 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:33,199 Speaker 1: opener is former Cardinals linebacker Marcus Golden, the junkyard dog 27 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 1: in the house. And then all of a sudden, what 28 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: happens The defense shuts down Matthew Stafford and company. 29 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 3: I walked down there and I'm like, all right, I'm 30 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 3: firing at the microphone. I'm like, wait a minute, is 31 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 3: that forty four himself? Is that Junk? Is that Marcus Golden? 32 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 3: One of the all time great interviews in that locker room, 33 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 3: the energy, the smile, the positivity. Sure enough, there he 34 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 3: was down there. We tapped it up and he remembers 35 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 3: what we do for a living around here. Great good, 36 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 3: so you know. But he's like, all right, yeah, you 37 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 3: guys want to talk ball, you give Junk a call. 38 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 3: And so I'm like, yep, all right, so there you go. 39 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 3: And then wasn't Dennis Gardeck like stupefied right because he 40 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 3: had no idea was coming. 41 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: He called it absurd because Marcus didn't let him know 42 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:16,920 Speaker 1: that he was going to be in attendance. 43 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 3: That's a good one. 44 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,239 Speaker 1: So the fact that Dennis just went out and balled 45 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: out with three sacks and four tackles for loss. But yeah, 46 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 1: good to see Marcus Golden. And yes, hey, the invitation 47 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: is wide open. There are extra chairs here in the studio. 48 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: And a memo to our executive producer Jima Mahundro and 49 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: our social producer Cody Fincher, guests, let's get Marcus Golden 50 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: on the airwaves. 51 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 3: There's never a guy I'm trying to think. I mean, 52 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 3: at the very least, he's tied for one of the 53 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 3: most intriguing personalities I've ever been around in that locker room, 54 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 3: in that he's so positive, he's so gracious, he's so affable. 55 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 3: Yet at the same time, he's the dude you'd pick 56 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 3: if you walked into a biker bar. He's the guy 57 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:02,839 Speaker 3: you'd want as your personal It's this really unique combination 58 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 3: of positivity and just being a lethal human being. He 59 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 3: has that ara about him, the nicest guy in the world. 60 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 3: Yet between the lines, yeah, you don't mess with the 61 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 3: junkyard dog, all right. Forty one to ten, the Cardinals 62 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 3: do something that they have not done at home since 63 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 3: twenty fourteen, and that has beat the Los Angeles Rams, 64 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 3: or just beat the Rams period. Back in twenty fourteen, 65 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 3: it was the Saint Louis Rams. Let me get that 66 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 3: out of the way as well, and then beating Sean 67 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 3: McVay at home, and I think that was maybe the 68 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:39,119 Speaker 3: most satisfying of the end results a thirty one point win, 69 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 3: and you have Sean McVay over on the other side 70 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 3: of the sideline scratching his head, wondering what is going 71 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 3: on because now the Rams are zero to two to 72 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 3: begin this season. We don't agree very often, Craig, but 73 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 3: in this one we do. I wrote down on my 74 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 3: notes my favorite part of the game might have been 75 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 3: postgame when Sean McVay said there's not anything positive I 76 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 3: can take from today. It was an incredibly humbling three 77 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 3: hour window quote end quote. I just let that marinate, 78 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 3: I let that hang in the air. I just let 79 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 3: the Red Sea and ber Gang enjoy that quote because 80 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 3: that was well earned. And by the way, how dare 81 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 3: you say that we should have seen it coming with 82 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 3: the arrival of Marcus Golden Have we not been telling you? 83 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 3: Craig Greeley twenty twenty three, dip for a twenty twenty 84 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 3: four It just took an extra week. But that seventeen 85 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 3: to three lead against Buffalo, Oh, looks a lot different 86 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 3: after they went down to Miami and destroyed the Dolphins. 87 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 3: Can I just say one thing real quick, if you 88 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 3: had zoom out in the NFL, Buffalo finished the last 89 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 3: regular season very strong. I think they won five of 90 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 3: the last six. Saints won the last five. Look at 91 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 3: how they've started. H Cardinals finished strong. Should have been 92 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 3: Seattle in that finale. Look at the way the Cardinals finished. 93 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 3: So if you're looking and trying to dismiss one season 94 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 3: to the next, I will say that if you keep 95 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 3: a close eye on how some teams finish one year, 96 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 3: it can most definitely lead into the beginning of the 97 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 3: next year as a harbinger and or indicator of what's 98 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 3: to come. And that whole idea of momentum. But confidence 99 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 3: I certainly do think plays a part. And the fact 100 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 3: that yeah, Kyler Murray got those eight games at the 101 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 3: end of last season, a full off season, being healthy 102 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 3: and now here through two weeks looking very very good. 103 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 3: I guess that's I don't know whether it's Kyler, whether 104 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 3: it's Marvin, whether it's James Connor, the defense, I mean 105 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 3: you were down on the sideline. I mean those first 106 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 3: fifteen minutes, second straight week. Now that this Cardinals team 107 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 3: offensively was darn near perfect, and those first fifteen minutes 108 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 3: in the first quarter spectacular. Kyler Murray throws that first 109 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,239 Speaker 3: incompletion and then he rattled off ten straight in a row. 110 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,280 Speaker 3: And the ability to find Marvin that first touchdown, an 111 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 3: incredible throw, a tremendous catch, making sure both feet are 112 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 3: in bounds and then securing the catch as he tumbled 113 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 3: to the ground, and making sure you maintain possession through 114 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 3: the process of falling down. That was tremendous. And then 115 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 3: just Kyler doing what Kyler does and that is by 116 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 3: time and let the receivers get open. So you have 117 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 3: two two weeks, two games and two quick starts, right, 118 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 3: What does that tell us one team's well coached, the 119 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 3: game planning, that the play calling, the scheming is effective. 120 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 3: You saw it against Buffalo two thirteen play touchdown drives 121 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 3: in the first three possessions. You saw it against the 122 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 3: La Rams three touchdown drives to start the game. So 123 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 3: obviously the game planning and the coaching is there. And 124 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 3: the players are ready to go, and you're like, wow, 125 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 3: come on, Calvi. You see they ain't play, you know, 126 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 3: three hours once a week. They should be ready to go. No, 127 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 3: that hasn't always been the norm. Go back to twenty 128 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 3: twenty two. What was it Week nine, Week ten? They 129 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 3: scored their first first quarter touchdown in twenty twenty two. 130 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 3: It took half the season. 131 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: On the opening possession, I believe was. 132 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 3: The It was the opening possession. Yes, and now you've 133 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 3: done it two weeks in a row, have you not? 134 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 3: So once again the fast start, ready to play, The mentality, 135 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 3: the scheme, it's all there. I mean you're checking all 136 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 3: the boxes just like that. Win. Check so many boxes? 137 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: Right? 138 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 3: Division win, home win, beat LA, first time at home 139 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 3: since twenty fourteen. You know, I mean you beat McVeigh. 140 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 3: You had a deep passing game. 141 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: Think. 142 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 3: I mean, this is all big picture stuff, right, You 143 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 3: got Marvin Arrison Junior obviously involved. You crammed it vertical, 144 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 3: I mean forty rushes and you put a forty burger 145 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 3: on the board. I mean it checked. Just you need 146 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 3: two hands? How many boxes? 147 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 4: I checked? 148 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: All the questions that we had after week one offensively 149 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: pretty much answered here in week two. Starting with the 150 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: offensive line, how was that line gonna hold up against 151 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: a young defensive front? How was right tackle Coven Beach? 152 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna look, I thought he played very solid. That 153 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: entire offensive line played very well. And then you mentioned 154 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: the deep passing game. According to next Gen Stats, Kyler 155 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: completed every one of his five deep passes of twenty 156 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: or more air yards for one hundred and fifty six 157 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: yards and three touchdowns. He finished with his first career 158 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: passer rating. I mean, he did everything right and didn't 159 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: finish the game. How many times have we seen that 160 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: you are playing so well you have put this game 161 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: out of reach that you're able to pull not only 162 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 1: Kyler but several of your starters and let some backups 163 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: get some time. Whether the last couple of minutes. 164 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 3: Of the fourth quarter, all right, let's pause right there 165 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 3: in the deep passing game. Wasn't it last week? Or 166 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 3: maybe it was the end of the preseason where we 167 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 3: talked about this. In my theory, my proclamation, if you will, 168 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 3: is that Kyler Murray is not all the way back 169 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 3: until the deep passing game is back, until those chunk 170 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 3: throws are back with regularity, until he goes back to 171 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 3: being top three in that category like he was in 172 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 3: twenty and twenty one, instead of bottom three like it 173 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:06,199 Speaker 3: was in twenty two and twenty three. So for everything 174 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 3: that was against the Rams in that beat la, beat up, la, 175 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 3: beat down la, whatever you want to call it, the 176 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 3: fact you got that chunk passing game going really makes 177 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 3: me encouraged about the offense. You knew they could run it, 178 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 3: you knew they could get guys like Trey mcplay involved. 179 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 3: You knew that. But then to actually especially against show 180 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 3: coverage in the two high safeties right the bane of 181 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 3: their existence on offense. So to do all that, that 182 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 3: to me, Mike go near the top of the power 183 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 3: pole of things I enjoyed watching the most. You have 184 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 3: the twenty three. 185 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: Yard touchdown toss to Marvin. You had the sixty yard 186 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 1: play action scramble in which inexplicably the Rams allow Marvin 187 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: to get behind them because they were sucking up because 188 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: I think at that point that thought maybe Kyler was 189 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:58,079 Speaker 1: going to run the ball, and then the extension diving 190 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: from the five yard line get into the end zone. 191 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: There was the other scramble by Kyler that found Elijah 192 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: Higgins for the eighteen yard touchdown in which, again according 193 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 1: to next Gen stats, Kyler held the ball for better 194 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: than eight and a half seconds. And then maybe the 195 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: best throw in double coverage to tie end Trey McBride, 196 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: who high points it, comes down with it to secure 197 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:23,959 Speaker 1: a huge catch to keep a drive going. 198 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,679 Speaker 3: All right, So let's take those in order, the sixty 199 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 3: yard touchdown, catch and lunge. How about Marvin Harrison Junior 200 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 3: saying after the game that he knew Kyler was on 201 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,719 Speaker 3: the run and he saw downfield there was space, there 202 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,079 Speaker 3: was an opening, so he went to the open part 203 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 3: of the field, had the football IQ to create an 204 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 3: opening and create separation and an option for his quarterback 205 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 3: who's scrambling for his life. Then how about him also 206 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 3: telling us after the game that him lunging for the 207 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 3: goal line not exactly what Jonathan Gannon preaches, and he 208 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 3: was bracing for maybe some blowback from the coach. Thank goodness, 209 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 3: he scored it and it was a touchdown, because coach 210 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 3: is not fond of you stretching out the football, especially 211 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 3: near the goal line, because that can get a little risky. 212 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 3: As for Kyler and eight plus seconds buying time until 213 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,839 Speaker 3: he found Elijah Higgins I mean, Craig, that was right 214 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 3: in front of us on the sideline, right in front 215 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 3: of us, almost as far as I am from you 216 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 3: right now, and along with some of the team docs 217 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 3: who are standing down there, I mean, we just shook 218 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 3: our head. I've seen some stuff down on that sideline 219 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 3: over the years. Larry's playoff run, Kurt Warner against Aaron 220 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 3: Rodgers in the playoffs, Hail Larry. We've seen Chandler Jones 221 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 3: five sack game on the sidelines in Tennessee and JJ 222 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 3: Watt bowing down to Chandler Jones. But that play is 223 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 3: top ten, honestly of all just defeats of athleticism. You 224 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:43,559 Speaker 3: want absurd Dennis Gardek to watch him find his path 225 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 3: field level. I don't think people realize just how difficult 226 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 3: that is. It's sort of like in World War Two. 227 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 3: You walk into an open field and just you got 228 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 3: bullets and howitzers and hand grenades flying all around you, 229 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 3: and you somehow find your way and keep your eyes 230 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 3: down field and put a picture a perfect pass right 231 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 3: on the numbers of a sliding Elijah Higgins. If it 232 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,839 Speaker 3: wasn't for Marvin Harrison Junior stealing all the thunder that 233 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 3: would have been the play of the game. 234 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,440 Speaker 1: Earlier on that drive, Kyler avoided a sack on third 235 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,719 Speaker 1: and six and found Harrison open on a thirty three 236 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: yard catch and run. So all that was happening, and 237 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: I go back. You hear Kyler hanging onto the ball, 238 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 1: buying time. Eight and a half seconds is a long time. 239 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 1: And then you remember what he did against the Las 240 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: Vegas Raiders, the two point conversion in which it was 241 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: better than twenty seconds, in which he roamed the backfield 242 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: trying to find someone, didn't see anyone. And then all 243 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 1: of a sudden, okay, let me take it whatever it 244 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 1: was thirty forty yards because he kept moving backwards, needing 245 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 1: to go forwards. But that was pre knee injury. Dare 246 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 1: I say, now ten games into this, post knee injury Kyler, 247 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's all the way back, but Paul, 248 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: he's darned near close to being that player with his 249 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 1: arms and with his legs that we saw before he 250 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: got hurt. 251 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 3: And he's a little more measured now. It's instead of 252 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 3: running to run, he's running to buy time. He's running 253 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 3: to see who can come open and he can get 254 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 3: the ball via the pass instead of escaping and worrying 255 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 3: about his literal survival on the field, his physical well being. 256 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 3: He sort of has that feel now of the NFL 257 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 3: speed of the game and pass rushers, and to me, 258 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 3: it has slowed down. I know it's year six, but 259 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 3: it's slowed down even more. And then with a full 260 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 3: recovery of the knee, you can see obviously the confidence 261 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 3: that he can do whatever he wants at any time. 262 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 3: And then just to see how well the offense operated, 263 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 3: I mean, just under five hundred total yards, you went 264 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 3: seven tollleta on a third down, you went three or 265 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 3: four in the red zone. You got twenty four first downs. 266 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 3: It was nearly thirty seven minutes time of possession. Just 267 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 3: the dominance, and that's after they left a couple of 268 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,439 Speaker 3: plays out there. Kyler and Marvin Era, both those guys 269 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 3: are a little frustrated. He probably saw it in some 270 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 3: of the TV replays. There were at least two throws 271 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 3: they thought they should have connected on. And I know 272 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:10,840 Speaker 3: Marvin after the game said, wait a minute, the four 273 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 3: incompletions that threw were all targets. To me, can't have that. 274 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: No, that is something that Marvin is certainly going to 275 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: work on. Speaking of which, and you referenced it earlier, 276 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 1: how about we hear a little bit from that postgame conversation, 277 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: the exclusive postgame conversation that Paul has with these players 278 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: each and every week. He was one of the few 279 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: on Sunday who was able to corner cover Marvin Harrison 280 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: Junior and specifically this key little piece about Marvin's day. 281 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: Touchdown number one. 282 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 4: Got a great ball from Kyler that certainly hopes and 283 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 4: just trust my training and make the play. 284 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 3: When that ball's in the air, How aware are you 285 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 3: of your feet and your positioning? 286 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 4: H very aware, and I knew I was closer to 287 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 4: the sideline, especially how much air the ball was had. 288 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 4: I don't want to just get both feet and bound, 289 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 4: so I want to concentrate on a catch as well, 290 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 4: but actually make sure you're pezz and bounce. 291 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 3: Tell us about the sixty yarder. 292 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, another great play by Kyler extending to play with 293 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 4: his legs. I kind of saw the coverage and I like, 294 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 4: there's no one really deep here, so I get over 295 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 4: there and Kyle gets to extramble. I'm gonna take it high, 296 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 4: and I'm just, you know, super glad he found me there. 297 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 3: When you left your feet to die for the goal line. 298 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 3: How comfort were you gonna you were gonna make it? 299 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: Yeah? 300 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 4: No, j details all the time not to reach the ball. 301 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 4: So I'm sure he's gonna get on me about that. 302 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 4: But I felt the situation. There's no one else around me. 303 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 4: I feel like I can jump from wherever five guard 304 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 4: line jump from and get an in something. 305 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 3: How much better was the chemistry today between you and Kyler? 306 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 3: Both both of you told the media this week, you 307 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 3: know what, we didn't have any real reps in the preseason. 308 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's I mean, we're still developing the chemistry. Obviously, 309 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 4: we still miss on a couple of plays, you know, 310 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 4: we we know we can make some com up reps. 311 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 4: I think this is what did it only start for us. 312 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 4: I will continue to build a relationship. The more game 313 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 4: rest you have, the better we will get. And I 314 00:15:58,600 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 4: think today was his. 315 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: Preview and yeah, just a preview and you brought it 316 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: up before we heard from Marvin Harrison Junior. Are the 317 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: four incompletions and watching Marvin speak to the media and 318 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: the look of frustration on his face and Paul, this 319 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: is after he had one hundred and thirty receiving yards 320 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: and two touchdowns his first two of his career. Those footballs, 321 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: he told you, are going to his mom. Yet he 322 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 1: lamented the fact that Kyler's incompletions he had four all four, 323 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: targeting number eighteen. Quote, I'm not very happy about that. 324 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 3: So it was middle of the second quarter and we 325 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 3: referenced the interview that Ankwon Bolden did last week with 326 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 3: Wolf and Luke, and he saying basically, when Aaron Rodgers relax, 327 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 3: everything's gonna be okay. This is coming from a guy 328 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 3: who in his first game as a rookie made NFL 329 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 3: history with ten for two seventeen and two touchdowns. And 330 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 3: when when Marvin was sitting at four one point thirty 331 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 3: and two touchdowns and it's middle of the second quarter, 332 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 3: we're like, wait a minute, maybe Marvin Harrison Junior is 333 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 3: poised to do in week two d and Kwon Bolden did 334 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 3: once upon a time in week one of his rookie season, 335 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,439 Speaker 3: and then he got the bagel the last so that 336 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 3: was hard to believe. Now, they changed the coverage, as 337 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 3: Marvin told us in the interview, they started out with 338 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 3: more man. They started out and Trey White had some issues. 339 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 3: They put Kobe Durant on him. He had more issues 340 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 3: than all of a sudden, here came some of the 341 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 3: high safety in the cloud coverage. So yes, the Rams 342 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 3: did adjust, and the Cardinals did in Week two, but 343 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 3: they just weren't able to do in Week one. They 344 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 3: made the Rams defense pay in other ways when you're 345 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,879 Speaker 3: devoting extra attention to Marvin Harrison Junior, and that's what 346 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 3: wide receiver one can do for your offense, specifically the 347 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 3: running ability. 348 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 1: And James Connor with one hundred and twenty two yards 349 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 1: on the ground and what I thought was one of 350 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: the turning points of the game. And we'll talk about 351 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:49,919 Speaker 1: the defense, but real quick, that goal line stand at 352 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 1: the end of the first half and then you piggyback 353 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: it with a touchdown coming out of the locker room, 354 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: and that's a James Connor five yard touchdown score in 355 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: which he also had I had a twenty two yard 356 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: run to set up that first end goal situation. So, okay, 357 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: if the Rams adjusted and say, all right, Marvin, you 358 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: had an incredible fifteen minutes. All of your production came 359 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,120 Speaker 1: in that first quarter, Well you're not gonna get any 360 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 1: more the rest of the game. Okay, Cardinals will adjust. 361 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 1: We've got other playmakers and specifically when you have the lead, 362 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: we know what Drew Petsy wants to do. We saw 363 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:23,919 Speaker 1: a lot more of two and three tight end sets. 364 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 1: Let's just as JG mentioned it to you postgame, kram 365 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,360 Speaker 1: It vertical. And that's exactly what the Cardinals did when 366 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 1: they were up twenty four to three going into the 367 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: locker room, they said, second half, let's rely on our 368 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 1: Russian attack. 369 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 3: They come out, they go eight place seventy yards to 370 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:39,879 Speaker 3: start the second half. And also a key part of 371 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,439 Speaker 3: that drive to open the second half was the Kyler 372 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:45,439 Speaker 3: twenty six yard run. Correct, So once again, you are 373 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 3: keeping a defense. 374 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: Honest. 375 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 3: If I'm Dan Campbell in the Lions, I'm looking at 376 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,959 Speaker 3: the Cardinals right now, and I'm seeing a quarterback that 377 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 3: can cover up a lot of other deficiencies on a team. 378 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 3: Not that the Cardinals had any true weaknesses against MS, 379 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,919 Speaker 3: but if you've got that guy at that position, and 380 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,679 Speaker 3: what did Dan Orlowski tweet out quote Kyler Murray's tape today, 381 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:12,120 Speaker 3: top five player in the league tape. Let that hang 382 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 3: in the air for a minute, because Craig, you can 383 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 3: agree or disagreeing. I know you will Lamar Jackson two 384 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 3: MVP Awards. Who's a better passer? 385 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: Well, Kyler is a better more accurate than Lamar Jackson's. 386 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 3: Now in terms of the run game, they're different, but 387 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,919 Speaker 3: they both have that elite athleticism at the position, so 388 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:38,199 Speaker 3: they keep a defense honest in different ways. There's more 389 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:42,640 Speaker 3: quarterback power with a much bigger Lamar Jackson. But in 390 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 3: terms of putting the fear into defensive coordinators, dare I 391 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 3: say Kyler Murray at his best puts more fear into 392 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 3: defensive coordinators than Lamar Jackson because you do have to 393 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:57,199 Speaker 3: worry about Kyler's accuracy and if the deep ball is 394 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 3: back and the ability to keep a defen hon uts 395 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 3: and beat the shell coverage in the two high safeties, 396 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 3: and you have a legit wide receiver one once again 397 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 3: look out. That to me is my big takeaway from this. 398 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 3: And and guess what, Now, you're in a scheme. This 399 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 3: scheme itself keeps the defense honest because you're under center enough, 400 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 3: you have a balanced attack, you have the run game 401 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:23,159 Speaker 3: in a lot of ways. That win reminded me of 402 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 3: Week four, twenty twenty one, when the Cardinals went into 403 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:30,920 Speaker 3: LA and they ran for over two hundred yards, and 404 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 3: then you saw then what the Cardinals can look like 405 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 3: when they have the run and the pass game in 406 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:38,360 Speaker 3: a healthy Kyler Murray, and when needed, he would take off. 407 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 3: Remember the third and sixteen against the Rams in that game, 408 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 3: and he ran for seventeen and it broke the back 409 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 3: and the spirit of that Rams defense that was en 410 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,120 Speaker 3: route to a route in that game and a seven 411 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 3: to oh ten and two start. That's what this Week 412 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,200 Speaker 3: two win against the Rams reminded me of that game, 413 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 3: if I remember correctly in Los Angeles in that second half, 414 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 3: had that game deciding drive in which it will what 415 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 3: nine ten, eleven plays whatever it was, but eight nine 416 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 3: of those were all on the ground and it was 417 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 3: James Connor and just the ability to keep that defense 418 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 3: on its heels the entire length of the football field. 419 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 3: And then you look at Sunday and you look at 420 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 3: the stats. Forty rushing attempts, two hundred and thirty one yards, 421 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 3: almost six yards a carry. You're able to do that 422 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 3: plus have a number one wide receiver, which was the 423 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 3: missing piece last season when you had a top five 424 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 3: rushing attack. Yeah, that's that's dangerous because what we didn't 425 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:36,360 Speaker 3: see in Week one. 426 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: Okay, if a defense takes away Marvin Harrison Junior, that's fine, 427 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,919 Speaker 1: but someone else or some other part of your offense 428 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 1: has got to step up. That didn't happen in Buffalo. 429 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 1: It did though yesterday against the Rams, with a couple 430 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:54,199 Speaker 1: of guys making catches, but specifically that running game and 431 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: having for the first time since the Hell Mirror game, 432 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: a one hundred yard rusher and a one hundred yard receiver. 433 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 3: And then you had Trey mcplay get into it as well, 434 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 3: and that was a that was a big missing component 435 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 3: a week one at Buffalo. You're leading receiver from a 436 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 3: year ago didn't have a catch longer than eight yards. 437 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 3: And I talked about it in one of the first 438 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 3: hits of the game from the sideline that the Cardinals 439 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,880 Speaker 3: really wanted to not only get the ball to Trey McBride, 440 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,399 Speaker 3: but get the ball to him in space. Get him 441 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 3: the ball where is a little bit of separation in 442 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 3: some room to work, because you see what he's able 443 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 3: to do. He's got the size and the athleticism. Stiff 444 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 3: arden dudes make the first guy miss, run through the 445 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 3: initial tackler, and then just the ridiculous sideline. You want 446 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 3: a little anecdote from the sideline? Okay, always we all 447 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 3: know that Trey McBride is a great personality, and we've 448 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 3: come to know and love the guy. And so he 449 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 3: makes that catch on the sideline. How long was it? 450 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: Exactly? Twenty one yards? 451 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 3: Twenty one yards? Ridiculous throw, ridiculous catch. And then after 452 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 3: that drive comes to an end and there's like a 453 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 3: TV time out and he comes walking by Bristly and goes, 454 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 3: what about that? Paul, Like, now, wait a minute, what 455 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:01,679 Speaker 3: did I ever do or say? I've been your biggest supporter. 456 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 3: I nicknamed you Trey McClay. Why the attitude as if 457 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 3: you know I needed to be convinced. I don't need 458 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 3: any convincing of what you're capable of. But he's always 459 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 3: having a good time. If there's anyone playing in the 460 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,679 Speaker 3: NFL who looks and acts like he's playing on the 461 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 3: school yard during third grade recess, it's Trey McBride. He 462 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 3: just freaking loves to play, and he's really hard and 463 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 3: demanding on himself when he doesn't make a play. And 464 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 3: so yeah, let's just say I think he was ultra 465 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 3: motivated in that game. 466 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 1: His six receptions a team high. But again it's the 467 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 1: production of what Marvin Harrison Junior was able to do, 468 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 1: the running ability of James Connor and yes Kyler Murray 469 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,880 Speaker 1: with a perfect passer rating. And this is a game 470 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,360 Speaker 1: in which I think a lot of people with this 471 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: offense that maybe you're gonna have to outscore some teams 472 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: and put up thirty five plus points because you're still 473 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 1: not quite sure about the defense. Well, week two did 474 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: we get some answers on that defense. And I mentioned 475 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: Dennis Gardak earlier and maybe inspired a little bit by 476 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 1: Marcus Golden, but Dennis Gardak had a career day, career 477 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: high in sacks with three career high and tackles for 478 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 1: loss with four, but the ability to stop the run 479 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: and consistently Kyen Williams not being able to do anything. 480 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 1: And yet I know the Rams were banged up along 481 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: that offensive line and Cooper Cup did not play in 482 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: the second half. But out of everything that happened on Sunday, 483 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,120 Speaker 1: Paul to me, it's gonna get overshadowed, and I completely 484 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 1: understand it. But I am happier, pleasantly, surprised, more positive 485 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 1: perhaps moving forward about what that defense is capable of doing, 486 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: because not only did they stop the run, but two 487 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: big fourth down stops the opening possession of the game. 488 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: And then, as I mentioned earlier, right before the end 489 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,920 Speaker 1: of the first half, in completion, yes, and they picked 490 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,679 Speaker 1: up the flag, but the heat seeking missile of Buddha 491 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 1: Baker to tackle Kyrien Williams there and to make it 492 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: fourth and goal. I think the defense played a huge 493 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 1: part and perhaps maybe a sign of things to come 494 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:06,119 Speaker 1: moving forward. 495 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 3: How often did Buddha Baker shoot the gap and make 496 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,199 Speaker 3: a tackle in the box. We asked him about that 497 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 3: postgame and he's just sort of smiled. Wasn't giving away 498 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 3: the secret sauce to the game plan, but he certainly 499 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 3: picked his spots. So whether that was a combination of 500 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 3: game planning or just the instincts and football iq of 501 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,160 Speaker 3: Buddha Baker, We've heard Jonathan Gann and Nick Rowlis say 502 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,200 Speaker 3: when they formulate the game plan each week, it goes 503 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,879 Speaker 3: through number three. They run it past him. What do 504 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 3: you think about this? What do you think about covering 505 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 3: this matchup like that? How about defending it this way? 506 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 3: The other thing we heard last week, and you know 507 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:40,919 Speaker 3: this because you were there when Nick Rowlis meant the 508 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,679 Speaker 3: media and he threw it in there. We need to 509 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 3: win a little bit more at the point of attack 510 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 3: along the defensive line. From week one to week two, 511 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,679 Speaker 3: the biggest improvement, the most noticeable improvement was the production 512 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 3: from Marvin Harrison Junior. I'd say number two was the 513 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,199 Speaker 3: play of the D line and just their effectiveness. What 514 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,679 Speaker 3: did Rob Fredericks and saying the Red Sea report, you 515 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 3: can't be catching blocks. He said that again on the 516 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,919 Speaker 3: pregame show. You know kram at vertical works both ways. 517 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 3: D line needed to do more of that themselves. Coming 518 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 3: off the Week one game at Buffalo, And here's a 519 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 3: low key aspect of the game that I think was motivating. 520 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 3: Dante Stills was inactive. 521 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,439 Speaker 1: Little curious on that you went with five healthy defensive linemen. 522 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 3: Just the site of a guy who has been active 523 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 3: ever since he was a rookie last year in sweats 524 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 3: on the sideline provides a reminder that this is a business. 525 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 3: The best way to motivate professional athletes is with job security. 526 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 3: So the visual Dante still is not dressed. Let everyone 527 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 3: know on that D line you better be productive or 528 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 3: you won't be playing. And I think the Cardinals has 529 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 3: done a really good job of that. In the MANIACI 530 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 3: word Jonathan Gannon arrow whether it was trading away Isaiah Simmons, 531 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,880 Speaker 3: though it was cutting my j Sanders, cutting Marco Wilson, 532 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 3: moving on from Cole McCoy. You know they're gonna make 533 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 3: the hard decisions, the business decisions. It's up to you 534 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,919 Speaker 3: to make the decision for them with your play, and 535 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,160 Speaker 3: I think that sent a message of the entire defense 536 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 3: we need productivity. 537 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,159 Speaker 1: How difficult it was for this defense to stop Kyron 538 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: Williams last season, and then all of a sudden, ninety 539 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: minutes before kickoff, Wait, you're going to go with just 540 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:30,399 Speaker 1: five defensive linemen, that rotation like that hockey rotation, the 541 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: changing out the lines, and now all of a sudden, 542 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 1: you're gonna be on that field a little bit more. 543 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: And then I think they were also asking a little 544 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,720 Speaker 1: bit more from their linebackers as well, not just Kaiser 545 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 1: White Mac Wilson haven't seen the numbers, but seem to 546 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 1: be on the edge a little bit more than in 547 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 1: previous games. Last week was his only game, but just 548 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,880 Speaker 1: that front seven overall, and then I think you got 549 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: to give a tip of the cap as well to 550 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: the guys in the secondary, because Matthew Stafford did have 551 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 1: time to throw. There was some sacks, some coverage sacks, 552 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,359 Speaker 1: but that falls on the guys in the back end, 553 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 1: whether that is Sean Murphy Bunting or Garrett Williams or 554 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 1: Max Melton, who played more than he did in Week one, 555 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: and good to see him on the field after dealing 556 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: with the concussion or going through concussion protocol earlier in 557 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:16,640 Speaker 1: the week. But I thought a solid job on all 558 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 1: three levels to make sure Stafford wasn't Stafford, Kiren wasn't Kiren, 559 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:22,879 Speaker 1: and Cooper Cupp just while he got banged up and 560 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: just was never able to get going. 561 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,439 Speaker 3: And was it easier for the secondary and the Cardinals 562 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 3: defense without Puka Nikoua obviously right had the most productive 563 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:33,359 Speaker 3: season by a rookie receiver in NFL history. We get it. 564 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,919 Speaker 3: You could devote extra attention to Cooper Cup. They did 565 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 3: an excellent job in that regard. You know, Cooper Cup 566 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 3: always in motion and always on the move. They're trying 567 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 3: to ruin your gaps and they're trying to, you know, 568 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 3: kind of have your defense not be sound. But the 569 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 3: Cardinals know that well enough. At this point and what 570 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 3: Sean McVay is trying to achieve. Here's the other thing 571 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 3: going in and we talked about this right before kickoff, 572 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 3: is the Cardinals defense, especially the front seven, was of 573 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 3: the opinion that if Matthew Stafford sets his back foot, 574 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 3: it's gonna be a long day. Don't let him throw 575 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 3: in rhythm, don't let him take a clean drop, scan 576 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 3: the field, use the elite arm talent. So they got 577 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 3: him off his spot and affected the quarterback enough to 578 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 3: make it a long game for Matthew Stafford, where he 579 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 3: never did quite get into that rhythm. 580 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 1: Well a couple of times in that first quarter three 581 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 1: and outs, and then I'll go back and I don't 582 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: I have not watched the entire postgame press conference, but 583 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 1: I thought a very astute question from you to JG. 584 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: It was on that first possession, give the head coach 585 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 1: a little bit of an assist on that defensive stop 586 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,959 Speaker 1: because a third and two completion, all of a sudden, 587 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,640 Speaker 1: that red challenge flag is thrown in week two as 588 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:47,960 Speaker 1: opposed to Week eighteen last season, All of a sudden. 589 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 1: Oh wait, no, that's a win by the head coach. 590 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: And now, all of a sudden it's fourth down and 591 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 1: the Cardinals turn it over or the Rams turn it 592 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 1: over on downs because once again Buda Baker with the 593 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: ten of Cooper Cup and all of a sudden, the 594 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: Cardinals get the ball at their own forty yard line. 595 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 3: So Tony Dungee is the answer to the question, what 596 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 3: is the question, who's the only head coach in the 597 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 3: Challenge Flag Era to go an entire season without throwing 598 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 3: the red flag? Tony Dungee. So that was the bit 599 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 3: of trivia that was on the line in Week eighteen 600 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 3: last year, and the TV crew let Jonathan Gannon know that. 601 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,040 Speaker 3: And it was in the second half of Week eighteen 602 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,240 Speaker 3: last year, and you thought, okay, he was going to 603 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 3: join Tony Dungee, but no, and at this point he's undefeated, 604 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:30,680 Speaker 3: He's two and zero, So there you go. Yeah, that 605 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 3: was critical. That was critical because they returned the opening 606 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 3: kickoff to midfield and then the first play from scrimmage 607 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 3: was a nine yard run which would prove to be 608 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 3: the longest of the day for Kyron Williams. And so 609 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 3: at that point you're like, oh, no, here it comes again, 610 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 3: the battering Ram himself, Kyron Williams. But then the Cardinals 611 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 3: flex a little bit on defense, they get the red 612 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:56,240 Speaker 3: challenge flag, win, Buddha Baker is Buddha Baker on four 613 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 3: down and then boo them all of a sudden, the 614 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,480 Speaker 3: momentums in your favor. Yeah, that was the feeling that 615 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 3: I had in the press box. Wait a second, this 616 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 3: return forty one yards. Now the Rams are beginning on 617 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 3: the Cardinals side of the field, and then Kyrone William 618 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,840 Speaker 3: strips off nearly a first down by himself. 619 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 1: You're like, Okay, this is gonna be a long day. 620 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:13,960 Speaker 1: And then on the flip side, Yeah, the defense gets 621 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,720 Speaker 1: to stop. The offense comes out in the field and 622 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,560 Speaker 1: the first play is an incompletion. To Marmon Harrison Junior 623 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 1: is like, what are we doing? Everyone knows the ball 624 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:22,600 Speaker 1: is going to eighteen and he just couldn't do it. 625 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 1: But again, that was the one incompletion. Kyler goes the 626 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 1: next ten in a row without missing a target, and 627 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,520 Speaker 1: they only had four misses all game long. 628 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 3: And I tell you it was just it was the 629 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 3: combination of the offense and the defense and feeding off 630 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:40,840 Speaker 3: each other, and the defense coming off the bench to 631 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 3: watch Marvin Harrison Junior right and coming off the bench 632 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,479 Speaker 3: to watch them get after Matthew Stafford and LJ. Collier 633 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 3: with a fumble return, and guys just you know, hamming 634 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 3: it up on the sideline and impersonating his moves in 635 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 3: the open field, sort of like an old school Heisman 636 00:31:55,920 --> 00:32:00,480 Speaker 3: guy from the nineteen forties, and it just football was 637 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:04,080 Speaker 3: fun again on the sideline, and guys couldn't wait to 638 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 3: get on the field. And there's no way to quantify that, 639 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:11,120 Speaker 3: there's no analytic for that. But when guys enjoy being 640 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 3: around each other and they're feeding off each other, and 641 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,640 Speaker 3: that's exactly what Kyler cited in the postgame press conference. 642 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 3: You know the twelves up in Seattle, right, they market 643 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:25,400 Speaker 3: all that stuff. The twelfth Man. I know, the twelfth Man. Sure, 644 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:27,440 Speaker 3: it can be the crowd, but the twelfth Man is 645 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 3: when you got all eleven guys playing together and it 646 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:33,480 Speaker 3: just ends up like one plus one equals three. And 647 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 3: you know, someone made the point that I think it 648 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:38,560 Speaker 3: was Kyle v Annibosch. You know, the Cowboys have had 649 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:42,160 Speaker 3: this collection of talent forever. I mean, they got a 650 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,719 Speaker 3: lot of all pros and Pro bowlers, But have they 651 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 3: ever been better than the sum of their parts? No, 652 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:49,520 Speaker 3: and so if you can get a Cardinals team that's 653 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 3: really connected and they've assembled the sort of player they 654 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,960 Speaker 3: want up and down this roster, you know that first 655 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 3: they decide on the person. Yep, then they decide on 656 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 3: the player. And so if you get all these guys 657 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:03,400 Speaker 3: and there isn't a bunch of silo effect in the 658 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 3: locker room and you know, individuals, and it truly is 659 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 3: team over you, then that's what can happen. That's how 660 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:12,240 Speaker 3: things can really get rolling. 661 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:17,239 Speaker 1: We talk about complimentary football offense, defense, defense, offense. And 662 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: while we're at it here, how about a nod to 663 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 1: Matt Prater as well, because I think a lot of 664 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:23,960 Speaker 1: us take it for granted. But two more field goals 665 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:27,640 Speaker 1: a fifty seven yard field goal, his eighty second of 666 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: fifty or more yards, the twenty sixth of fifty five 667 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 1: or more. Those are league highs in the history of 668 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 1: the league. And at this point he is forty years old, 669 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:42,360 Speaker 1: showing no signs of slowing down. And those those points 670 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,440 Speaker 1: matter because you miss a field goal and all of 671 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,720 Speaker 1: a sudden you're like, wait a second, we were driving 672 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden we come away with nothing. 673 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,520 Speaker 1: That kind of feeds into the other team a little bit, 674 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:53,640 Speaker 1: and Prater says, no, we didn't get into the ends, 675 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: but here's three points. Let's keep extending the lead and 676 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:58,560 Speaker 1: then move on to the next week. I've never seen 677 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,720 Speaker 1: a collection as specialists just be so calm, cool and 678 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 1: collected at all times. Matt Prader, Aaron Brewer, who's darn 679 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,520 Speaker 1: youre catatonic, which is exactly the personality you want on 680 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 1: game day for your long snapper. And then Blake Gillikin, 681 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: I mean, these guys are just beyond professional. I mean 682 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,880 Speaker 1: it's almost it's almost an absurd itself. Dennis Gardak that 683 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 1: these guys just walk around. Doesn't matter if you had 684 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 1: a fifty seven yard er, doesn't matter if it's just 685 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:27,040 Speaker 1: a routine touchback. It's the same game face. And I 686 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 1: think that a is a reflection of the sort of 687 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:33,879 Speaker 1: specialist that Jeff Rodgers wants. But B I just feel 688 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:35,960 Speaker 1: so much better when the specialists have been there and 689 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,520 Speaker 1: done that and done it at a high level, as 690 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:40,839 Speaker 1: opposed to like some rookie of Poled or maybe someone 691 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:42,359 Speaker 1: you had to get off the street, and you never 692 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,200 Speaker 1: quite know what's gonna happen, because at some point a 693 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:47,399 Speaker 1: game is going to be on the line. And there's 694 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:50,759 Speaker 1: anyone on very many kickers, put it that way, who 695 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 1: you would rather have than Matt Prader right now, especially 696 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:56,680 Speaker 1: in a long distance gotta have it situation. There's the snap, 697 00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,320 Speaker 1: the hold, the kick, or just the snap and the 698 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:03,160 Speaker 1: kick talking about a punt, but all of that has 699 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:06,239 Speaker 1: to be in sync. And for those three, they've been 700 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 1: doing it together for a while now, and it's fun 701 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:11,960 Speaker 1: to watch. And again you take for granted a lot 702 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,520 Speaker 1: of it. Before we head on out of here, we're 703 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,759 Speaker 1: gonna bask in this for a little while, bird Gang, 704 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:20,399 Speaker 1: but we do need our Angry Bird Award winner for 705 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:24,240 Speaker 1: this week. And Paul, there's what half a dozen, maybe 706 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:28,360 Speaker 1: more worthy candidates for this weekly award that I know 707 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:30,480 Speaker 1: is coveted in that Cardinals locker. 708 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 3: Yes it is, so wait a minute, no laughing about 709 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,479 Speaker 3: the Angry Bird Award given each week to the most 710 00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:39,200 Speaker 3: hillacious play or player. And I kept trying to come 711 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,160 Speaker 3: away from this, but I kept going back to it. 712 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:45,239 Speaker 3: Three sacks is three sacks, and that wasn't it. I mean, 713 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,400 Speaker 3: he had the rest of his stat line. The force fumble, 714 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:51,719 Speaker 3: I mean, Dennis Gardeck was a nuisance. He was the 715 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:55,440 Speaker 3: nemesis of Matthew Stafford. He was the Barbarian in so 716 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:57,880 Speaker 3: many different ways, and the fact that he joined us 717 00:35:57,880 --> 00:35:59,919 Speaker 3: in the Big Red Rage a couple of weeks ago, 718 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:05,240 Speaker 3: and we loved his anecdote about how often opposing offensive 719 00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:07,200 Speaker 3: lineman will go against him for the first time to say, 720 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,239 Speaker 3: wait a minute, I got some six foot thirty year 721 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:14,600 Speaker 3: old guy with long hair, really unconventional. I'm not sure 722 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,520 Speaker 3: I'm really gonna sweat this guy. And then boom, he 723 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:20,360 Speaker 3: goes into Tasmanian double mode and you see what happens 724 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,399 Speaker 3: Dennis Gardak. And I think that there were so many 725 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:27,160 Speaker 3: new offensive linemen for the Rams who had never experienced 726 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:31,120 Speaker 3: Dennis Gardak before he made him pay because whatever you 727 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:35,960 Speaker 3: think looking at him, you're probably thinking incorrectly. And he 728 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 3: came in and he had a dominant game and it's 729 00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:39,879 Speaker 3: exactly what the Cardinals defense needed. 730 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,719 Speaker 1: Doesn't have the size, the prototypical size of an outside linebacker, 731 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:47,360 Speaker 1: but he beats you with his skill set, his hand placement, 732 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:50,200 Speaker 1: his technique, and his speed off the edge. I mean 733 00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:52,920 Speaker 1: there were a couple where that linebacker I should say 734 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,640 Speaker 1: that lineman had no chance whatsoever and the ability because 735 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:58,560 Speaker 1: you know, the quickest way to get from point A 736 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:01,120 Speaker 1: to point B is a straight line. You're rusting off 737 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,040 Speaker 1: the edge. You got to get to the edge to 738 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,560 Speaker 1: the outside, turn the corner and kind of come only 739 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,880 Speaker 1: half circle. And Gardi did that a couple of times. 740 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,040 Speaker 1: Zaven Collins as well. 741 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know there were three guys from field level 742 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:17,600 Speaker 3: who had a burst that it just looked like, wow, 743 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,920 Speaker 3: I mean almost surprising. One was Gardak, how quick he looked. 744 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,200 Speaker 3: The other one a Marii di Murcatta when he come 745 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,160 Speaker 3: out with a forty plus runt. I mean he had 746 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,359 Speaker 3: another gear. Now, whether it was fresh legs and everyone 747 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,160 Speaker 3: else had been playing for three and a half quarters, 748 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:32,360 Speaker 3: I don't know. And then the other one, honestly is Kyler. 749 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:36,000 Speaker 3: The couple times he hit the Jets, he is leaving 750 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:39,960 Speaker 3: dudes behind. There is no doubt in my mind, just 751 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:43,279 Speaker 3: watching from the sideline, he is quicker than last year. 752 00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:47,400 Speaker 3: The knee is fully rehabbed. Knock on wood. He is 753 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,280 Speaker 3: back to when we used to go with the whole 754 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:53,000 Speaker 3: future of football. Come for the arms, stay for the legs. 755 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,680 Speaker 3: He is back to that sort of athleticism and burst 756 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,719 Speaker 3: because when he hits the Jets he is leaving even 757 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,480 Speaker 3: defensive backs behind. It's broad taking, it's. 758 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 1: Fun to watch. You want to be there at State 759 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:07,040 Speaker 1: Farm Stadium. You don't want to miss out. Azycardinals dot 760 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:10,960 Speaker 1: Com Forward slash tickets. Azycardinals dot Com Forward slash Tickets. 761 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:14,080 Speaker 1: Two more opportunities here on this three game homestand beginning 762 00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:18,000 Speaker 1: with the Lions on Sunday. The atmosphere is much different 763 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:21,920 Speaker 1: inside State Farm Stadium. You got Olympians on the sideline, 764 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:26,359 Speaker 1: Michael Phelps, Noah Lyles. It's fun to be at State 765 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:29,000 Speaker 1: Farm Stadium, especially when you have a performance like what 766 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:29,960 Speaker 1: we saw on Sunday. 767 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,280 Speaker 3: I mean, think about it. That new field level seating 768 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,719 Speaker 3: in the Casitas beachfront property right there. I mean you 769 00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:39,319 Speaker 3: saw Marvin Harrison Junior his first touchdown catch literally like 770 00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,440 Speaker 3: right in your front yard. I mean you can almost 771 00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:45,120 Speaker 3: use that terminology. You saw the Marvin Harrison Junior stretch 772 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,799 Speaker 3: out right in front of that field level seating, so 773 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,600 Speaker 3: everyone saw. I take a glance over there, and yeah, 774 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,239 Speaker 3: those people are having a really good time. And it's 775 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:57,520 Speaker 3: amazing how many techts I've gotten from people already jumping 776 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:01,319 Speaker 3: the bandwagon. Okay, including a couple of buddies from from 777 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,560 Speaker 3: la including a younger brother of mine, and I just 778 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:05,759 Speaker 3: told him access denied. I mean, he calls himself a 779 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,520 Speaker 3: Rams fan. He's seen one full Rams game and it 780 00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:10,480 Speaker 3: was their Super Bowl win. And now all of a 781 00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,319 Speaker 3: sudden he's no, yeah, absolutely shut it down. Absolutely not. 782 00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:16,920 Speaker 3: Just stay in SoCal and just just worry about all 783 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:17,879 Speaker 3: your SoCal things. 784 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:21,400 Speaker 1: Here's the response, paull Azycardinals dot com forward slash tickets. 785 00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:23,280 Speaker 1: You want to be there, so you got to purchase 786 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:26,400 Speaker 1: it yourself. I mean there's no freebies here, there's no comps. No, 787 00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:28,600 Speaker 1: that's right, you pay it again. In a couple of years. 788 00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:30,759 Speaker 3: Ago, I actually got my younger brother the ingreat that 789 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:33,799 Speaker 3: he is tickets. I bought tickets Cardinals at Rams in 790 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:37,160 Speaker 3: La Sofar and he had the audacity to text me, oh, 791 00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:40,720 Speaker 3: the parking's eighty dollars. Well, it's not my foul and fault. 792 00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:43,520 Speaker 3: They're gouging. And then he gets into the stadium he's like, man, 793 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,920 Speaker 3: it's a little warm in here. I'm like, okay, you 794 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:49,200 Speaker 3: realize it's not climate controlled. It's a six million dollar stadium. 795 00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:52,120 Speaker 3: It's spectacular. They don't have climate control. It's open on 796 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,520 Speaker 3: either end so you know what, Cupcake, just deal with 797 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:56,799 Speaker 3: it once again. I bought you those tickets. Stop with 798 00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,440 Speaker 3: his champagne problems again. That's why everyone needs to be 799 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,799 Speaker 3: at State Farm Stadium. That includes this Sunday against the 800 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:04,960 Speaker 3: Detroit Lions. By the way, that is a one twenty 801 00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:09,040 Speaker 3: five kickoff for those keeping track about week three ahead. 802 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:12,160 Speaker 3: A lot to like, a lot to enjoy about this, 803 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,279 Speaker 3: and we will for a couple of days before we 804 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:17,600 Speaker 3: turn the page to week three. But until then, berg Gang, Yes, 805 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:21,400 Speaker 3: savor a win over the Rams Sean McVay and company. 806 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:23,080 Speaker 3: On that note, we will put a lid on this 807 00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:26,000 Speaker 3: edition of Cardinals. Cover two, presented by Hundai, probably partner 808 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:28,600 Speaker 3: of the Arizona Cardinals, has always special thanks to our 809 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:32,000 Speaker 3: executive producer Jim Mamahundro, our associate producer Coddy Fincher. For 810 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:34,440 Speaker 3: Paul Calvc, I'm Craig Realdu. We'll talk to you next 811 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,080 Speaker 3: time you're on Cardinals Cover two