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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang. On today's show, quick question, can we

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Speaker 1: petition to not play the AFC West this season? Just

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Speaker 1: based on the talent alone, we may have a new

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Speaker 1: best division in football. First though, Week two of free agency,

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Speaker 1: it's been awfully quiet so far. It's Cardinals Cover two,

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Speaker 1: Episode five forty four, and it starts now. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two with Craig Griolu and Mike Jarecki. Cardinals

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Speaker 1: dot com, Slash podcasts, Going for Hopkins one hand to

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Speaker 1: catch at a touchdown DeAndre Hopkins. Here's Craig Griolu and

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Speaker 1: Mike Jarecki. Maybe I'm in the minority here, MJ. I

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Speaker 1: know a lot of Cardinal fans are anxious, perhaps even

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Speaker 1: a little upset, regarding the lack of inactivity and free agency,

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Speaker 1: at least when it comes to bringing in new players

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Speaker 1: to fill some well some rather large holes on offense

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Speaker 1: and defense. And I get it. But I for one

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Speaker 1: to appreciate how quiet it was over the weekend because

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Speaker 1: I have spent the majority of Saturday and Sunday watching

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Speaker 1: college basketball, maybe more college basketball than I had all year.

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Speaker 1: For me, there is nothing quite like the Ncuba Turkeats. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and you know, you know, I'm not a big fan

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Speaker 1: and Friday and then you know, obviously we've had some upsets,

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Speaker 1: but this team down south, the University of Arizona, with

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Speaker 1: least getting in the final four. So it's it's it's nice.

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Speaker 1: And then you know, you look across the valley and

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Speaker 1: the Suns are doing well. So this could be the

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Speaker 1: year for basketball in the state of Arizona, but we

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Speaker 1: hope come September that it is the state for football.

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Speaker 1: And that means, yes, the Cardinals do have work to do.

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Speaker 1: No one is coming to Cardinals cover Too, presented by

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Speaker 1: Hunday probably partner of the Arizona Cardinals to get our

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Speaker 1: take on the nc Double A tournament. But it is

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Speaker 1: must watch, at least for me. So as we sit

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Speaker 1: here on this Monday, March twenty first, and we will

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Speaker 1: the day, but so far it has been very very quiet,

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Speaker 1: and why is their angst amongst the fan base. History

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Speaker 1: MJ has shown the Cardinals to be very active the

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Speaker 1: first week of free agency, and so far in the

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Speaker 1: first week of free agency, they have prioritized bringing back

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Speaker 1: their own players. Eights unrestricted free agents are back. Plus

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Speaker 1: they resign restricted free agent Michael Dogby and tendered contracts

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Speaker 1: to exclusive rights free agents Jonathan Ward and Antoine Wesley.

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Speaker 1: So we do need to point out that perhaps two

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Speaker 1: of the three newest editions, at least for me, very important.

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Speaker 1: Nothing against Ezekiel Turner, glad he's back, but punter Andy Lee,

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Speaker 1: long Snapper and Aaron Brewer laugh all you want, bird gang,

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Speaker 1: But I wanted the special teams core that trio along

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Speaker 1: And those are the latest moves with respect to the

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals moving into twenty twenty two. Yeah, and we

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Speaker 1: because if you are talking about it, nine times out

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Speaker 1: recall there's at least two games last year, the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: He says, we have the most experience from that trio,

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Speaker 1: And we'll get to that in a moment. But I

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Speaker 1: mentioned the history and this is why, and as I said,

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Speaker 1: us general manager Steve come very active, very aggressive the

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Speaker 1: first week in free agency last year. You look March first,

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Speaker 1: Three days later, Brian Winters was in the fold. Twenty twenty,

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Speaker 1: That day, the team acquired Marcus Gilbert. The next day,

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Speaker 1: like to borrow your phrase, the shiny new toy, and

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Speaker 1: that was from like guys like J. J. Watt and

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Speaker 1: But I just know, you know, maybe last year they

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Speaker 1: And you're gonna see guys start taking one year deal.

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Speaker 1: Now by what has happened so far, it would appear

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Speaker 1: those players they brought back, those players are currently already

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Speaker 1: signed on the roster. That is what this team is

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Speaker 1: looking at those first twelve games versus the last six. Yet,

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Speaker 1: these guys a little bit older than others, but they've

426
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Speaker 1: been still productive. It's just you're looking for a frontline starter,

427
00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,600
Speaker 1: and they're probably not going to pay for a frontline starter,

428
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Speaker 1: and that's probably where they're gonna dress in the draft.

429
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Speaker 1: But you have to get some bodies in here. Team

430
00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,240
Speaker 1: had forty one sacks last season, down from the year prior,

431
00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,040
Speaker 1: and that was without Chandler Jones for a chunk of

432
00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,639
Speaker 1: the season. Forty eight sacks in twenty twenty, and I

433
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,159
Speaker 1: think Van's Joseph really schemed it up. We know Dennis

434
00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:56,840
Speaker 1: Gardek really flashed and came out of nowhere. You can't

435
00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:00,160
Speaker 1: count on that again as good of a code which

436
00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:05,159
Speaker 1: was more committee. He finished with double digits, didn't he

437
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 1: have five sacks and again against the New York Giants. Yeah,

438
00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:12,480
Speaker 1: And it's just to scheme it up for an entire season.

439
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,760
Speaker 1: You need that alpha male, if you will. You need someone,

440
00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,359
Speaker 1: whether it's until that draft pick is ready, or just

441
00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,840
Speaker 1: someone that can go in there and maybe count or

442
00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:26,200
Speaker 1: bet on himself. Be a James Connor, come in and

443
00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:30,240
Speaker 1: get your double digit sacks, wreck some offenses and then

444
00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,760
Speaker 1: hit the open market again and really cash in and

445
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:35,840
Speaker 1: that I think as you get into the second wave,

446
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,520
Speaker 1: third wave a free agency, that's what you're hoping and

447
00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,600
Speaker 1: maybe Cardinals can catch lighting in a bottle. Now I'll

448
00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:45,480
Speaker 1: go on record again, I don't think it was a

449
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,919
Speaker 1: smart move for this team to let Chandler Jones walk.

450
00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:50,520
Speaker 1: And I don't know the ins and outs, don't know

451
00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,480
Speaker 1: what happened behind the scenes, but it is a glaring hole.

452
00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:57,000
Speaker 1: That's um. I'm being honest with the MG. I'm a

453
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,520
Speaker 1: little worried going into the season. Now we're again, we're

454
00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,520
Speaker 1: talking about March, got several months to go. You've been

455
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:04,680
Speaker 1: very consistent with this. It's not like you're pulling out

456
00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,640
Speaker 1: of love Field. You you laid out the options as

457
00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:12,399
Speaker 1: free agency was approaching, and you know, push comes to shove.

458
00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,480
Speaker 1: I mean, he did say that he considered coming back here,

459
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,560
Speaker 1: but obviously he made some comments about you know, scheme

460
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:22,200
Speaker 1: and fit and you know, a lot of people wonder

461
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,240
Speaker 1: why he would always drop back and coverage, but you

462
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,080
Speaker 1: never know where the blitz were coming from and you

463
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,760
Speaker 1: have to cover that area. So I'm not going to

464
00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,040
Speaker 1: second guess Van shows A found that. But he was

465
00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,240
Speaker 1: more about scheme. But again, you've been consistent, so it's

466
00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,960
Speaker 1: not like you're just, hey, we should have kept him.

467
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,399
Speaker 1: You've been saying that for a while so and it

468
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,320
Speaker 1: really has nothing to do with my affinity and close

469
00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:43,760
Speaker 1: ties to Chandler Johnson, the fact that we're both Syracuse

470
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,679
Speaker 1: alums and he's my daughter's favorite players. It's nothing to

471
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,880
Speaker 1: do with any of that. I'm looking at the production

472
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:53,320
Speaker 1: now now, it's really coming out six seasons, five of

473
00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:55,960
Speaker 1: those seasons with double digit sacks. It's the production that

474
00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:58,800
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones brought that I don't know how you feel,

475
00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,800
Speaker 1: and that's why, Well, you're not going to feel You're right.

476
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,360
Speaker 1: You're gonna have to do a by committee. That means

477
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,000
Speaker 1: instead of paying one guy seventeen million, you're gonna have

478
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,080
Speaker 1: to pay you know, three guys fifteen. Now, you hope

479
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,399
Speaker 1: that the production um could equal up to what they

480
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:15,280
Speaker 1: did a couple of years ago, but it's gonna have

481
00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,000
Speaker 1: to be done by committee unless you really get one

482
00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,640
Speaker 1: of these guys that can win one on one matchups. Now,

483
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,040
Speaker 1: if you don't have that alpha male edge rusher, the

484
00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:27,520
Speaker 1: Cardinals will find someone. But if it's not the Chandler

485
00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,440
Speaker 1: Jones type or you don't get that kind of production

486
00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:33,080
Speaker 1: to where a quarterback is knocked off their spot. Now,

487
00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,720
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you're asking that secondary, those cornerbacks

488
00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,560
Speaker 1: to do a little bit more work. And yes, I'm

489
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:44,600
Speaker 1: intrigued by Jeff Gladdeney, but only intrigued because the metrics,

490
00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:48,280
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus, Pro Football Reference. He was not great

491
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,240
Speaker 1: as a rookie with the Vikings and he didn't play

492
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,280
Speaker 1: last year. So cornerback, to me, is something that they

493
00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,640
Speaker 1: have to address in free agency and and the draft,

494
00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,320
Speaker 1: because you at least need three starting cornerbacks. And if

495
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 1: you believe that Gladdenee is among those three, that's fine,

496
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:09,399
Speaker 1: but I need to see it. Gladnee is more taking

497
00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,480
Speaker 1: a flyer on I mean a former first round pick.

498
00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,160
Speaker 1: They had a first round great on him. He became available,

499
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,280
Speaker 1: they were a handful of teams, and the Cardinals were

500
00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:20,040
Speaker 1: very aggressive once they found out that he was not

501
00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:22,399
Speaker 1: going to be charged and a gun to me right now,

502
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:24,640
Speaker 1: he's the fourth corner But I'm flooding the position. I'm

503
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,840
Speaker 1: gonna bring Alford back, I'm gonna draft one. I'm gonna

504
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,000
Speaker 1: try to get a veteran in here, you know, So

505
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,639
Speaker 1: but again, I like the fact that they took a

506
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:34,800
Speaker 1: flyer and a guy that was a former first round pick.

507
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,200
Speaker 1: Now he's gonna have to earn it. I mean, I

508
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,840
Speaker 1: don't even know what the contract is. Actually, the numbers

509
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,439
Speaker 1: did come out earlier on Monday, and it's four million

510
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:46,040
Speaker 1: guaranteed over two years, so I mean, I don't know

511
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,000
Speaker 1: the specific breakdowns, but I did see that, so that's fair.

512
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,919
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously he you know, I don't know if

513
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,359
Speaker 1: he had when he got released, and he's gonna have

514
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 1: to give any of his money back. But I'm sure

515
00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,440
Speaker 1: right now he's okay. But yeah, that's that's fine. He's

516
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,119
Speaker 1: a young guy. I mean, normally when you start signing

517
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:04,680
Speaker 1: these guys are thirty and thirty one, it's one year deal.

518
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,880
Speaker 1: He's he's a young guy, and you know they're gonna

519
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,639
Speaker 1: eventually gonna have to worry, not worry. I look at

520
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,720
Speaker 1: Byron Murphy, is do you want to extend him? Obviously,

521
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 1: you know he off to a great start, but he

522
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,240
Speaker 1: kind of tailed off towards the end. Obviously, Marco Wilson's

523
00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,920
Speaker 1: going in his second year, and then you know you're

524
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,639
Speaker 1: throwing a guy like a young corner. I mean to me,

525
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 1: he's going to be on the rosters tometter. Is he

526
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,840
Speaker 1: a starter or is he a backup? Now, let's look

527
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:33,200
Speaker 1: at those veterans that are available. You bring up Robert Alphin.

528
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,719
Speaker 1: I'd love to see him come back, whether he does

529
00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:37,840
Speaker 1: or not, I do think you need a veteran in

530
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,520
Speaker 1: the room to kind of provide that safety nets, if

531
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,240
Speaker 1: you will, And maybe, if he's really really good, be

532
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,520
Speaker 1: that number two or three corner, maybe even at number

533
00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,959
Speaker 1: one to allow Byron Murphy to play a little bit

534
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:54,280
Speaker 1: more in the slot. But cornerbacks that are available Stefan Gilmour,

535
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:59,720
Speaker 1: Bryce Callahan, Patrick Peterson, Kevin King, Joe Hayden, A J. Bouyer,

536
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,760
Speaker 1: Guys that are in their upper twenties or early thirties.

537
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,720
Speaker 1: There's some names on there. I know Stefan Gilmore is

538
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,639
Speaker 1: getting a lot of attention, and maybe we'll wind up

539
00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,520
Speaker 1: with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It seems like everyone's either

540
00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,800
Speaker 1: going to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers or perhaps going back

541
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,879
Speaker 1: to the New England Patriots. But cornerback, to me, this

542
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,480
Speaker 1: team does need to add a veteran in the room,

543
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:25,840
Speaker 1: and right now they don't have that veteran Yeah, Gilmore

544
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,960
Speaker 1: was also negotiating with the Raiders. They do have, you know,

545
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,359
Speaker 1: a lot of money just based on getting rid of

546
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,639
Speaker 1: some guys. And obviously a new regime's come in and

547
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:35,280
Speaker 1: kind of cleaned house a little bit with the new

548
00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:38,760
Speaker 1: GM and the head coach. So Gilmour he's looking for,

549
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 1: you know, starter money, and he's only thirty one years old,

550
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 1: and when healthy, he's a very productive player. I mean,

551
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,959
Speaker 1: he'd love to get him. You know. Obviously last year

552
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,080
Speaker 1: the Cardinals did have interest, but we're going to pick

553
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:52,560
Speaker 1: up that salary, and he eventually went to Carolina. I

554
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 1: like Bryce Callahan, you know, I don't know what happened

555
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,360
Speaker 1: in Denver. I liked him when he was with the Bears.

556
00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 1: He's thirty. We know what Patrick Peterson's about. Kevin King's

557
00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 1: twenty seven. Joe haydeny, it looks like the Steelers are

558
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 1: moving on from him. He's thirty three. He's kind of

559
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,880
Speaker 1: that veteran guy. And then a j Booga thirty. I like,

560
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,200
Speaker 1: I like, you know, I think Gilmour is gonna be pricey,

561
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:18,360
Speaker 1: but Callahan, King, Hayden and aj I'm I'm interested in

562
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,480
Speaker 1: those guys. To me, it fills a need and you

563
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,440
Speaker 1: got some veteran experience, and again we're speaking here on

564
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 1: March twenty. First, as far as players that are still

565
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:31,120
Speaker 1: available as we speak and record here on Cardinals Cover

566
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 1: two presented by Hyundai, probably partner of the Arizona Cardinals.

567
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,280
Speaker 1: The other need for me is a number two wide

568
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:41,680
Speaker 1: receiver that playmaker opposites a DeAndre Hopkins, someone that in

569
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:45,040
Speaker 1: the events, hopefully it doesn't happen d hop goes down.

570
00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:48,120
Speaker 1: Who do you have at wide receiver. I'm not talking

571
00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,440
Speaker 1: a tight end position. I'm just looking at a wide receiver,

572
00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 1: a pass catching tight or pass catching wide receiver on

573
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 1: the outside. Some names Jarvis Landry, will Fuller, Julio Jones,

574
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:04,240
Speaker 1: Marquez Valdi, Scantling, Jamison Crowder, Emmanuel Sanders, Sammy Watkins. Those

575
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 1: are all names out there, some little bit smaller than others.

576
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:11,120
Speaker 1: I want that big receiver like the AJ Green who

577
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:15,080
Speaker 1: came in six to four and was that had the

578
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 1: ability to high point the football. So I do think

579
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 1: a number two wide receiver. Again not answered in the

580
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,720
Speaker 1: draft because you can't count on that, but answered in

581
00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,680
Speaker 1: free agency, whether that's this week, next week, or sometime

582
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,840
Speaker 1: ahead of when the draft begins at the end of April. Yeah,

583
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,320
Speaker 1: Landry was last week. He was scheduled to visit the Falcons,

584
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:38,280
Speaker 1: and I think will Fuller, because of his relationship with

585
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:43,200
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson, he could end up in Cleveland. He's a

586
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 1: He's a tall receiver that can take the top off

587
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 1: the defense. I mean's six foot one, twenty eight years old.

588
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:51,000
Speaker 1: He did have a PDDE suspension, but he hasn't been

589
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,840
Speaker 1: able to play a full season. Julio Jones. I mean,

590
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:58,320
Speaker 1: the guy's on one leg. In my opinion, Marquez Valda's scantling.

591
00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:02,600
Speaker 1: I think because of losing Davante Adams, he's probably gonna

592
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,160
Speaker 1: go back to Green Bay. Now he wons seven to

593
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,120
Speaker 1: tenty year. I'd paid for it. He's a perfect age.

594
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,800
Speaker 1: I love his size six four. Jamison Crowder, you know,

595
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 1: twenty nine. I don't. I don't know if he'd be

596
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 1: an upgrade, but again you do you're looking for a tall,

597
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,960
Speaker 1: physical receiver. Emmanuel Sanders is up there in age, and

598
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins. Yeah, he's He obviously has talent, but I

599
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:25,200
Speaker 1: don't know if he's more of a slot guy or

600
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 1: just line him up on the outside. I think you're

601
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,720
Speaker 1: they're going to try to accomplish that with Rondel Moore.

602
00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 1: But I do like a six foot three, six foot

603
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:36,240
Speaker 1: four receiver opposite of Hopkins, and I guess the last

604
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,440
Speaker 1: year the guy was Aj Green. And I don't think

605
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 1: you know this is you do have Antoine Wesley on

606
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,160
Speaker 1: the roster who's six four, but I don't think that's

607
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 1: the answer. You can't have Rondel Moore in the slots

608
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 1: or split zach Ertz out or ERT's in the slot

609
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:55,040
Speaker 1: and split Rondel Moore out and then use some combination

610
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:58,160
Speaker 1: of those three players to fill the slot. Plus you're

611
00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,360
Speaker 1: outside receiver. I think that's that's too much moving around.

612
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 1: I need to see something else again. If you believe

613
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 1: that this team is the ten and two team, then

614
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:12,240
Speaker 1: you need to find your AJ Green. Yes, And to me,

615
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 1: once you're able to get a veteran number two, if

616
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 1: that's the case, then all of a sudden, Rondell Moore

617
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:22,320
Speaker 1: goes to three, okay, And then you can figure out, okay,

618
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 1: Wesley's of more or four or five, and then you

619
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:26,960
Speaker 1: can try to draft one where he doesn't have to

620
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 1: play right away, but he's active on game Damian, he's

621
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Speaker 1: a special teams player, maybe you're get a guy that

622
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:35,120
Speaker 1: can return. You know, I would assume Rondel Moore is

623
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:37,520
Speaker 1: still going to have the role of kick returner punt returner,

624
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 1: even though I think Eno can do it as a

625
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,560
Speaker 1: kick returner. If Rondell Moore is getting playing sixty five

626
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 1: percent of the snaps of the game or eighty percent.

627
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,360
Speaker 1: So if you get a number two, then everyone goes

628
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 1: down to peg and you're building depth at that roster.

629
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 1: And a couple of names that have been taken off

630
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 1: the board Juju Smith, Schuster who is now with the

631
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,719
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs, and then the big one. I kind

632
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 1: of would I'll be honest, I kind of went into

633
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 1: a little bit of a depression when the Rams went

634
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 1: out and signed Alan Robinson And for a short period

635
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Speaker 1: of time the Rams had Alan Robinson, Robert Woods, Van Jefferson,

636
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 1: and Cooper Cup And I'm sitting there going got to

637
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 1: play these team for that team twice with those four

638
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 1: wide receivers. Now, news over the weekend Woods has been

639
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,520
Speaker 1: traded to the Titans, so for a sixth round pick,

640
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 1: and I think a lot of it had to do

641
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,880
Speaker 1: with how much money contract he was owed, not the

642
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: injury because I think he is expected to be healthy

643
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 1: by the start of training camp, but that they were

644
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 1: not based off what I was reading over the weekend,

645
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,840
Speaker 1: and Jordan Rodrigg, who covers the Rams for the Athletic

646
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 1: did a great job that they were not going to

647
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:47,160
Speaker 1: pay three wide receivers upwards of ten million dollars a piece.

648
00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:50,760
Speaker 1: That just was not financially responsible. And I'm assuming they

649
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:52,600
Speaker 1: did not want to trade them in the division, let

650
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,760
Speaker 1: alone the conference. True, and obviously that the Titans are

651
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 1: moving down from Julio and you know they have a

652
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,040
Speaker 1: good offense. Sarah Tannehill. We'll get the ball to him. Yeah,

653
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:03,560
Speaker 1: that makes sense. Yeah. And Jordan, she does a great

654
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 1: job when it comes to the Rams. Yeah. And it

655
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,600
Speaker 1: sounds like they still have money for Beckham. He is

656
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 1: another name that's out there. I don't know how healthy.

657
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 1: I mean, you're talking about tearing your ACL mid February,

658
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 1: that's when the Super Bowl was And how quickly is

659
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:20,160
Speaker 1: this going to be a mid season pick up? Maybe

660
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 1: just like late October early November. Well, I mean it's

661
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 1: almost like you got a guy that's uh, he's rehabbing,

662
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:28,400
Speaker 1: and it's like you can make it a trade in December,

663
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 1: which you can't, but that's what they did last year

664
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,839
Speaker 1: with von Miller and him, So yeah, I would think

665
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 1: he told you he'll try to get back before the

666
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:35,880
Speaker 1: season's over, and then all of a sudden, you get this,

667
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,759
Speaker 1: this this guy that fits in the offense like a

668
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:42,279
Speaker 1: glove and you know, takes pressure off of everyone else.

669
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:45,399
Speaker 1: So yeah, but I agree with you. He's probably gonna

670
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:46,800
Speaker 1: be the more of the second half of the season,

671
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,600
Speaker 1: if not the final month. And Beckham was going to

672
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,360
Speaker 1: be one of those players that I think would have

673
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:56,200
Speaker 1: seen a lot of interests this offseason, one more large

674
00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:59,360
Speaker 1: pay day if healthy. I know the Rams really wanted

675
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:01,719
Speaker 1: him back, but when you suffer an injury like Dad,

676
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 1: now it's an unknown. And the Rams are one of

677
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 1: those teams that can afford and unknown when it comes

678
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 1: to ay Let's project because you do have Cup Jefferson

679
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,880
Speaker 1: and now Alan Robinson as a wide receiver. So again,

680
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:19,440
Speaker 1: things tend to move quickly. And uh, we'll see if

681
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 1: things move quickly this week, specifically for the Arizona Cardinals.

682
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:25,320
Speaker 1: But the last point I want to make here on

683
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,120
Speaker 1: Cardinals Covered Too, presented by Hunday probab partner of the

684
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:32,480
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. Is what is going on? And the what

685
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,040
Speaker 1: do you want to call it? If it's the NFC

686
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:37,720
Speaker 1: West and the AFC West, that your your sister division

687
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 1: in the other conference. I was thinking about this over

688
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:41,760
Speaker 1: the weekend. You remember that when the year the Cardinals

689
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:45,759
Speaker 1: played the NFC East, Yeah you remember who the quarterbacks were?

690
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,399
Speaker 1: Not off the top of my head, but it wasn't impressive. Yeah,

691
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:51,879
Speaker 1: dreaming Colton McCoy. That's right. That wasn't that long ago?

692
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,799
Speaker 1: Was it Andy Dalton we played against because jaff Zach

693
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:57,880
Speaker 1: was gone? Yeah? Now this is again I have to

694
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:00,720
Speaker 1: preface this by saying we're talking here March twenty first,

695
00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:04,319
Speaker 1: but I am we play the AFC West this year,

696
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,919
Speaker 1: a little tiny cheek, a little serious. But of all

697
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:15,439
Speaker 1: seasons to play the AFC West, we pick twenty twenty two,

698
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 1: which again on paper, just might have surpassed supplanted the

699
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 1: NFC West as the best division football if for no

700
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:30,280
Speaker 1: other reason the talent at quarterback, wide receiver and edge rushing. Well, Initially,

701
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:34,600
Speaker 1: when Russell Wilson was traded there, we're like, okay, let's

702
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:36,480
Speaker 1: maybe we'll tip the cap to them and say they

703
00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:40,080
Speaker 1: got the best quarterbacks division wise. You know, Derek Carter

704
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: doesn't get the credit. He's a good quarterback, justin Herbert

705
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,400
Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes. And now you got and then all of

706
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:46,560
Speaker 1: a sudden they go out and get corners and pass rushers,

707
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 1: and now you're like, Okay, that is the best division

708
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 1: in football. Because I think Seattle's depending on what they

709
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:55,919
Speaker 1: do in the quarterback position. You know, obviously they're Pete

710
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: Carroll seventy years old. They're not going to re rebuild.

711
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,960
Speaker 1: They're gonna try to read tool. But I think we

712
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:07,640
Speaker 1: gotta give them the cache at least going to sit now, Craig,

713
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,759
Speaker 1: we know this. The NFL is a week to week propositions.

714
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:14,120
Speaker 1: It is, okay, and which it's all gonna come down

715
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:17,640
Speaker 1: to which quarterback plays the best on that day, regardless

716
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,279
Speaker 1: of who you know. Because I know that they're gonna

717
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 1: get a ton of primetime games. I get it. You

718
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,760
Speaker 1: have storylines going. You know, they're playing the Seahawks and everything,

719
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 1: but they're gonna beat each other up too. That is

720
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:31,759
Speaker 1: true because you know, as much as we talk about

721
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:33,640
Speaker 1: and I'll get into the names, but as much as

722
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,239
Speaker 1: we talk about the AFC West and the potential of

723
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:40,279
Speaker 1: every team in that division making the postseason just on

724
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,400
Speaker 1: talent alone. But if you beat each other up, you

725
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:47,360
Speaker 1: know ten and seven, eleven and six. You know what

726
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:51,040
Speaker 1: happens in the other divisions. But Cardinals will host the

727
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:55,080
Speaker 1: Chiefs and the Chargers. They will play at the Broncos

728
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 1: and the Raiders. The Chiefs we know about. But then

729
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:01,240
Speaker 1: they go out and make the move for Juju Smith Schusters.

730
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 1: You've got Patrick Mahomes, Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelsey, and Smith Schuster,

731
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,480
Speaker 1: plus Chris Jones and flank Frank Clark as far as

732
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:13,319
Speaker 1: edge rusher, so that we knew that that's not well.

733
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Speaker 1: This basically they added Juju because they'd let go of

734
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,799
Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins. Now the Chargers, who I think have had

735
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 1: a tremendous offseason so far, justin Herbert again quarterback on

736
00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:28,000
Speaker 1: his rookie contract. You resigned Mike Williams, you got Keenan Allen,

737
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:30,360
Speaker 1: and then you go out and acquire Khalil Mack. You

738
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:33,640
Speaker 1: already had Joey bosen Old. Don't forget j C. Jackson

739
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:37,000
Speaker 1: their big free agent splash the Chargers. I really like

740
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,120
Speaker 1: what they did. They got a really good running back

741
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:42,800
Speaker 1: in Eckler, so they seemed to have all the pieces

742
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:44,880
Speaker 1: to kind of say, all right, Chiefs, don't forget about us.

743
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:49,520
Speaker 1: Then the Broncos making the big move acquiring Russell Wilson

744
00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:53,000
Speaker 1: to pair with Jerry Judy and Courtland Sutton. And then

745
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:56,759
Speaker 1: they added Randy Gregory to pair with Brandley Chubb. So

746
00:38:56,880 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 1: you sent to pattern here, MJ quality quarterback, at least

747
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 1: two pass catchers and two pass rushers. Now the Raiders,

748
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 1: the quote unquote forgotten team until recently Derek Carr, who

749
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,680
Speaker 1: I don't think it's enough credit and to be honest,

750
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 1: out of those four quarterbacks, maybe number four, but it's

751
00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 1: kind of a tight race. Well, you got Darren Waller,

752
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 1: who I think is very good, hunter renfro who is

753
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,879
Speaker 1: a very good possession receiver, and then you go out

754
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 1: and acquired Davante Adams, which came out of nowhere. Oh yeah,

755
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: and you signed Chandler Jones to pair with Max Crosby.

756
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:36,200
Speaker 1: I don't know who's going to win this division, how

757
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:39,719
Speaker 1: quickly all these pieces can mesh, but that is going

758
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 1: to be a division that is fun to watch. And

759
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 1: again unfortunate that the Cardinals play the AFC West here

760
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,440
Speaker 1: of this upcoming season. Now, I'm depressed exactly. That's what

761
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,680
Speaker 1: I always talking felt on Friday. I mean, we can

762
00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:57,360
Speaker 1: talk about quarterback versus quarterback, and obviously Carlo's gonna have

763
00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,919
Speaker 1: to continue to make strides. But I mean, these teams

764
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:04,240
Speaker 1: have two pass rushers in two corners. We're now seeing teams.

765
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,439
Speaker 1: You know that they always needed a left tackle, Well

766
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,640
Speaker 1: now you need a right tackle as well. Right tackle

767
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 1: might just be as important as left tackle because and

768
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:15,920
Speaker 1: teams run the ball more to the right side too,

769
00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,719
Speaker 1: because they don't feel like that that same guy has

770
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 1: the same feat, you know, when it comes to rushing

771
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,319
Speaker 1: in the passer. But yeah, the good news is they

772
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: don't play this Sunday. That's true. Although it is fun.

773
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,640
Speaker 1: It's and I heard Paul CALVISI bring this up. I

774
00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:31,759
Speaker 1: think it was on Cardinals Underground at the AFC West

775
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:36,080
Speaker 1: needed its own network, its own channel, just to whether

776
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:39,799
Speaker 1: it's within the division or teams that they'll play during

777
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:42,520
Speaker 1: the course of the season, because you think we'll get

778
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:46,000
Speaker 1: a primetime game against the Chargers or Chiefs or maybe

779
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 1: then don't the Patriots come here too? Patriots come here?

780
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,560
Speaker 1: I could see maybe you know the Patrick Mahomes, Cliff

781
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:56,239
Speaker 1: Kingsbury connection, Kyle the Murray. Maybe the Chiefs are a

782
00:40:56,360 --> 00:41:01,320
Speaker 1: primetime game. I mean either one of those matchups Chargers

783
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,719
Speaker 1: Broncos Raiders, and then and then the two as you

784
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: pointed AFC games around the road, Vegas and then Denver. Yeah,

785
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,360
Speaker 1: it's it's not gonna be a lot of fun. But

786
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 1: we talked about we didn't even talked about the Bucks. Yeah,

787
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:16,440
Speaker 1: Tom Brady is back in Tampa Bay. That game's got

788
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,880
Speaker 1: a lot more interesting now. The Bruce Arians, I know

789
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,680
Speaker 1: he's been gone, but it's not you forgot about Brady

790
00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:27,640
Speaker 1: of all the teams. Now. You do have a great

791
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:31,399
Speaker 1: nugget on on our show prep here though. So when

792
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:35,240
Speaker 1: you look at the AFC quarterbacks compared to the NFC quarterbacks,

793
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:39,120
Speaker 1: that's where I'm encouraged now. I think when you look

794
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 1: at it on paper, Rogers, Brady and then next year, yes,

795
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 1: Stafford's right there though, Okay, and then Dak Prescott and

796
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:50,920
Speaker 1: Kyla Murray and then maybe Kirk Cousins and you know

797
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,839
Speaker 1: some of these other guys. That's where I like, we're

798
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:57,359
Speaker 1: a the AFC boy, you're talking about what less than

799
00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:00,360
Speaker 1: twenty six or twenty seven years old, eleven then of

800
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:05,680
Speaker 1: the sixteen AFC starting quarterbacks are twenty six or younger.

801
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:10,520
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert Lamar Jackson, Mac Jones,

802
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:14,320
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence, Davis Mills, Patrick Mahomes to a ton of Aloa,

803
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:20,640
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson, Zach Wilson, Mitchell Trubiski is twenty seven. Baker

804
00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:23,960
Speaker 1: Mayfield depending on what happens with him, he turns twenty

805
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 1: seven in April. The old guys in that conference, Derek

806
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:33,160
Speaker 1: carrs thirty, Russell Wilson thirty three, and Ryan Tannehill he's grandfather.

807
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,600
Speaker 1: He's the grandpa. He's thirty three, will be thirty four

808
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,880
Speaker 1: when the season begins. That's your AFC starting quarterback. This

809
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,600
Speaker 1: is fascinating because all those years you had in Manning,

810
00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:49,680
Speaker 1: Brady Roethlisberger and then Joe Flacco. I mean, any of

811
00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:52,160
Speaker 1: these guys gonna win two Super Bowls because I mean

812
00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:55,399
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, I mean, it's gonna be difficult to get

813
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,880
Speaker 1: back there, okay, and they really went out and dressed

814
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,200
Speaker 1: the offensive line. He won't take as many hits. I mean,

815
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:02,279
Speaker 1: they have a really talented roster. Obviously, they have a

816
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:07,600
Speaker 1: franchise quarterback. But hey, Lamar Jackson and Deshaun Watson and

817
00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:09,800
Speaker 1: then you're throwing Josh Allen. I mean, Buffalo is not

818
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:13,960
Speaker 1: messing around. They're going all into I mean they've been there,

819
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:17,320
Speaker 1: They've gotten to the championship game. And I don't know

820
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:21,040
Speaker 1: who wrote this, but I thought it was interesting. He said,

821
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 1: if you were a general manager or an owner when

822
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 1: you're watching that AFC championship game between Josh Allen and

823
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:31,200
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, and you looked at your roster and you go,

824
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:34,239
Speaker 1: That's why I think somebody mentioned that's why you're seeing

825
00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:37,759
Speaker 1: these quarterback carousel because if you don't have one, you

826
00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:42,480
Speaker 1: have no chance. And it's fruitless to be patient and wait,

827
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:46,680
Speaker 1: because as we talk about the Cardinals inactivity and free agency,

828
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:49,120
Speaker 1: people are impatient. What have you done for me lately?

829
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:53,400
Speaker 1: I want it done yesterday, not today, not tomorrow. I

830
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:56,239
Speaker 1: want to know about it now, don't tell me to wait.

831
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Speaker 1: And when it comes to the quarterback position, it's the

832
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:03,680
Speaker 1: bulk of the talents is in that other conference. And

833
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,160
Speaker 1: when you look at the NFC, Yeah, Kyle the Murray's

834
00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:09,080
Speaker 1: top five, you'd be a hard pressed to say, Kyle

835
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 1: the Murray's top ten in the AFC. Yeah, and again

836
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 1: I shouldn't say this, but Bert he's not gonna play forever.

837
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:19,239
Speaker 1: And Rogers, I don't see him playing to forty five now.

838
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:21,600
Speaker 1: He's obviously making fifty million a year and all that

839
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:24,719
Speaker 1: other stuff, but I think he's more once to win

840
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:27,360
Speaker 1: championships and that's why he came back and stayed in

841
00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:30,759
Speaker 1: Green Bay. But the win is NFC. Now again, I

842
00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:34,439
Speaker 1: think the team to beat is the ram Zoe. They're

843
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:38,200
Speaker 1: the world champion until they get knocked off the name

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Speaker 1: of Stafford. Yeah, I just right now, the Rams are

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Speaker 1: the team they beating. And then in the Cardinals division

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Speaker 1: and we know the Cardinals went went to La and

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Speaker 1: beat him and then in the last two games they

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Speaker 1: were kind of the nail in the Rams were the hammer. Well,

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Speaker 1: Stafford's not going anywhere. News over the weekend he signed

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Speaker 1: a contract extension four years, one hundred and sixty million.

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Speaker 1: We'll see what that now does in the quarterback mark,

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Speaker 1: but forty million seems to be the benchmark, if you will,

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Speaker 1: when it comes to starting quarterbacks in the National Football League.

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Speaker 1: But now, but he Stafford is you know, he's he's

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Speaker 1: not young, but when you're a talented quarterback, and you

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Speaker 1: play very well, you can play into your late thirties

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Speaker 1: early forties. Well, he took him thirteen years to win

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Speaker 1: a playoff game. Now he's got four playoff wins and

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Speaker 1: he's got a super Bowl. So that's that's how it works.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's earned it. Oh, there's no question. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he has answered every single question that people had about him,

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Speaker 1: and even questions that we had when we were talking

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Speaker 1: about the Rams three were we were waiting for that turnover,

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Speaker 1: that interception. He'd he'd give you, he'd throw you a couple,

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Speaker 1: and it just it did not happen once the playoffs began.

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Speaker 1: So look, it's well, deserve congratulations to him. And when

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Speaker 1: you win, you get rewarded, and the Rams rewarded. Matthew

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Speaker 1: Stafford now within the division, and it doesn't make you

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Speaker 1: feel good here as a Cardinals fan. But well, the

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Speaker 1: good news is um Russell Wilson's out of the division.

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Speaker 1: Who knows what they're gonna do, I mean, do they

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Speaker 1: go after It sounds like Baker Mayfield prefers the Colts,

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Speaker 1: but to the Colts prefer him, And all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: now Matt Ryan he's now all of a sudden, you

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Speaker 1: hear his name and the amount of a quarterback movement

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Speaker 1: that we was or was forecasted last offseason, we're here,

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Speaker 1: we're now seeing it this office. Well, and you know,

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Speaker 1: the Browns bring in Deshaun Watson for an interview in

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield once he has this goodbye letter, and then

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Speaker 1: the next thing you know, they're saying we're not trading him.

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Speaker 1: And then out of left field, everyone thought he was

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Speaker 1: going to Atlanta, and including myself, and yeah, so I

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Speaker 1: gotta think Seattle is gonna go after one of these quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: and I hope it's not Matt Ryan. Yeah, I don't.

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Speaker 1: But and then Trey Lance, I mean, are they I mean,

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Speaker 1: they're gonna bring in a veteran guy. Are they ready

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Speaker 1: to turn the keys order to Trey Land? I hope?

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Speaker 1: So send Matt Ryan to the AFC. Just just put

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Speaker 1: all the touch team in the AC because right now,

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Speaker 1: just anyone double up if you want to. Don't forget

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Speaker 1: Cardinals had the Falcons on the schedule, so right now

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Speaker 1: they do have a date with Matt Ryan. We'll see

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Speaker 1: what happens. And again, things tend to happen quickly and

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Speaker 1: hopefully the next time we discuss things, the Cardinals have

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Speaker 1: actually done something, because it is eerily quiet. Where's Jimmy

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Speaker 1: g gonna go here? Going to keep him? Ye? I

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Speaker 1: don't know. You think Pittsburgh's got buyers or Morris. I'm

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Speaker 1: Mitch Trubisky. I don't know buyers quarterbacks either Thick or

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Speaker 1: the Malik Um Malik Willis. Willis thinking. And now all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden, you'll start hearing more about the quarterback

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Speaker 1: position as you get closer to the draft, because pro

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Speaker 1: days are happening, and all of a sudden, it's like, okay,

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Speaker 1: another look at these quarterbacks, and then who's rising and

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Speaker 1: who's falling. You know, there wasn't going to be a

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Speaker 1: single quarterback selected in the top twenty, and now there

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Speaker 1: might be three in the top fifteen. So it always changes. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and unfortunate though, we had an injury in Michigan. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's it's the first time that I've actually seen it

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Speaker 1: happen during a pro day, and you feel for this

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Speaker 1: young man because it's a player that the Cardinals had

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Speaker 1: been mocked with David a Jobu, the edge rusher out

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Speaker 1: of Michigan. So we'll have the kind of way to

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Speaker 1: see what happens. But he tore his achilles correct. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he lost a lot of money. So if you're a

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Speaker 1: team that's solid at that position, you just you just

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Speaker 1: read shirt him. But he's still gonna get drafted, but

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Speaker 1: he unfortunately lost a lot of money. It might not

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Speaker 1: be a Day one time a year is his name,

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Speaker 1: but a Day two selection four him best. You're not

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Speaker 1: drafting for one year, you're drafting for four or five,

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Speaker 1: so maybe you want that option, but man, I hate

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Speaker 1: to see that. And again, these pro days normally orchestrated.

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Speaker 1: He was doing going through a drill. It's just it's

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Speaker 1: just a bad, bad injury and unfortunately, but he'll recover

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Speaker 1: from it. He should have a long career. He's a

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Speaker 1: really good player. So more draft talk as we continue

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Speaker 1: to work our way just over a month away now

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Speaker 1: from the twenty twenty two NFL Draft, And on that note,

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Speaker 1: we will put a lid on this edition of Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Covered two, presented by Hunday partner, the Arizona Cardinals Special.

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Speaker 1: Thanks as always to our executive producer Jim Almandro. For

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Speaker 1: Mike Jarecki, I'm Craig Rayel Loup. We'll talk to you

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