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Speaker 1: Questions that we have, questions that we hope get answered

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Speaker 1: this offseason. Welcome Bird Gang on today's show, Paul Cobs,

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Speaker 1: He joins me, the off season is always full of questions.

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Speaker 1: But what do we think is the biggest question on offense?

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Speaker 1: On defense? But first, a more important question? How is

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Speaker 1: your German?

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Speaker 2: Paul?

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Speaker 1: It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode eight forty three, and it

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Speaker 1: starts now.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two.

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Speaker 1: Bud to Baker, What Heart? What rent? This guy's unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: He's a the ten half of five. He's it again

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Speaker 1: some more hurry magic whow.

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Speaker 2: Here's Craig Griolo.

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Speaker 1: Going to try to speak something into existence here. Have

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Speaker 1: you been to Germany? Paul?

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Speaker 3: No, The closest I've been as a German restaurant in Appleton,

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Speaker 3: Wisconsin with Ron Wolfley. Does that count sadly?

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Speaker 1: No? It does not. Would you like to go? Sure?

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Speaker 3: What what is I mean?

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Speaker 1: You know?

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Speaker 3: I mean Craig and we're pretty tight here, But what

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Speaker 3: do you mean I mean, you know, Bestie's traveling, you know, international,

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Speaker 3: what's going on here?

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Speaker 1: I can't extend an invitation. Okay, but your good friend Roger,

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Speaker 1: I mean, you're a first name basis with the commissioner

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Speaker 1: of the National Football League. Roger Goodell could invite you.

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Speaker 3: That's true. He did call me Polly Pigskin.

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Speaker 1: That is a fact.

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Speaker 3: It happened on stage. Wait a second, you know, really

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Speaker 3: it did. It did a few years ago. A proof

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Speaker 3: of this is there audio of this. The last time

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Speaker 3: Cardinals host of the Super Bowl Super Bowl fifty seven,

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Speaker 3: Paully pencil Neck had to MC this deal and included

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Speaker 3: Cardinals owner Michael Bidwell and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. On

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Speaker 3: a one point, I referred to myself as Polly Pigskin,

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Speaker 3: twice in the last two years, three years, we have

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Speaker 3: Komish can't quite call him Roge. Though not there yet.

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Speaker 1: Okay, well, maybe in twenty twenty five, there'll be another

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Speaker 1: interview between you and the commissioner. Because if you didn't

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Speaker 1: see this news earlier on Wednesday, but the league announced

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Speaker 1: that the Indianapolis Colts are the designated team for the

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Speaker 1: International Game in Germany, specifically in Berlin, Germany. The first

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Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts. They're giving up a home game. Now,

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Speaker 1: of course you're connecting the dots. Well, what does this

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Speaker 1: So again I ask, would you like to go to Germany?

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Speaker 1: I've never been. Is your passport up to date? Because

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Speaker 3: So I would get in just under the wires since

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Speaker 3: I could see, I could see where you're You're connecting

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Speaker 3: It's because we tried our I team investigation into he

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Speaker 1: Oh. Then, I don't think there's any question you brought

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Speaker 3: The CBA expires after the twenty twenty nine season, but

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Speaker 1: We'll keep an eye on Germany, but if the Arizona

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Speaker 3: you know, Scout team has made some of the Cardinals

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Speaker 3: starters look stupid. Like he's made some really good He's

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Speaker 3: sort of like a Greg Dortch three years ago, making

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Speaker 3: a name for himself on scout team and just getting

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Speaker 3: it done. And you saw I got an opportunity late

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Speaker 3: in the year. He got a few deep targets late

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Speaker 3: in the year. Couldn't Corralum did draw a flag on

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Speaker 3: one of them. I think that's the next step. Those

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Speaker 3: plays he's making in practice against Cardinals starters, can he

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Speaker 3: now get that confidence to do it in the game.

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Speaker 3: And yes, I could see him emerging. I did not

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Speaker 3: realize he was a sub four to three guy. I

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Speaker 3: knew he was quick to Google Google search it shows up.

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Speaker 3: So again, that's that's interesting. It's sort of like Starling

447
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Speaker 3: Thomas in the Big Red Rage last month said yeah,

448
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Speaker 3: my pro day, I'm getting invited to the combat my

449
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Speaker 3: pro day, I ran a four to two eight, and

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Speaker 3: here it is. He had video evidence of it. I

451
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Speaker 3: just didn't realize Starling Thomas was a sub four to

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Speaker 3: three guy. So so to your point, there's a reason

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Speaker 3: these guys are kept around on the roster because they

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Speaker 3: see upside. They see maybe some raw talent, a little

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Speaker 3: underutilized or played, you know, a smaller role in college,

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Speaker 3: but room to grow and potential to have an impact

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Speaker 3: in a role in this Cardinals offense next season.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's switch it up defense. Without even talking

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Speaker 1: to you ahead of time, I mean, I think the

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Speaker 1: biggest question is the pass rush. Whatever iteration you want

461
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Speaker 1: to talk about this or the topic is going to

462
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Speaker 1: come up repeatedly this offseason. How do you manufacture a

463
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Speaker 1: pass rush? How do you to your word affect the quarterback,

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Speaker 1: not speed up the quarterback. As we've established here, the

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Speaker 1: honest Agannon does not like the word speed up, but

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Speaker 1: he does like effect. Not so much in the number

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Speaker 1: of sacks, But how do you get that quarterback uncomfortable

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Speaker 1: in the pocket. Is it the seventeen different players the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals had this season to register at least a full sack,

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Speaker 1: or is it one guy getting double digit sacks and

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Speaker 1: making sure that has the attention of every offensive coordinator

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Speaker 1: across the league. We got to stop that guy because

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Speaker 1: right now that guy does doesn't exist on the Cardinals roster.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you don't have that guy that's keeping an offensive

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Speaker 3: coordinator up at night. Defensive coordinators they're up at night

476
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Speaker 3: wondering how they're gonna stop the Kyler run game. That's

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Speaker 3: what's really vexing when you listen to opposing defensive coordinators.

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Speaker 3: Offensive coordinators, there's not that guy they have to game

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Speaker 3: plan against. That they don't start their work of the

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Speaker 3: week on the Cardinals and go, okay, are we gonna

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Speaker 3: double team that edge guy? Are we gonna chip him.

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Speaker 3: Are we gonna chunk him? What are we gonna do

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Speaker 3: that guy? So basically it boils down to in a

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Speaker 3: lot of ways, instead of forcing an opposing offense to answer,

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Speaker 3: you know, who, when and where? Which is what the

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Speaker 3: Cardinals did this year, right, was seventeen different guys getting

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Speaker 3: a sack. That was a Nick Rolis approach out of necessity. Okay,

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Speaker 3: they're gonna have to answer who, where and when? Instead,

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Speaker 3: if you can get that one guy, you force an

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Speaker 3: offense to also answer, how how can you stop this guy?

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Speaker 3: Chandler Jones in his prime getting seventeen nineteen sacks a year,

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Speaker 3: you know, so instead of seventeen players with one sack, Craig,

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Speaker 3: can you find the one player who gives you seventeen sacks?

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Speaker 3: And you're like, okay, wait a minute, is that even realistic?

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Speaker 3: Who's going to give up that sort of pass rusher?

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Speaker 3: You know a lot of speculation about the Raiders and

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Speaker 3: Max Crosby, for example, with the Browns actually blow it

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Speaker 3: up and get rid of Miles Garrett. I think the

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Speaker 3: Browns think they're closer than that. They're going to hang

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Speaker 3: on to a Miles Garrett. But I'll throw this out

501
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Speaker 3: Cardinals draft where in the first round, sixteenth, where was

502
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Speaker 3: Jared Verse selected nineteenth. It's possible, it's doable, it's feasible.

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Speaker 3: I don't know where this draft ranks yet in terms

504
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Speaker 3: of edge rushers, and usually if you're that guy, you

505
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Speaker 3: might go a little higher. But it's not a certainty.

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Speaker 3: It just happened last year Jared Verse nineteenth to the

507
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Speaker 3: Rams and he's going to the Pro Bowl.

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Speaker 1: And you don't necessarily need that ten play, but just

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Speaker 1: that guy that will capture the attention of the other

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Speaker 1: side of the line of scrimmage. Now again, we've also

511
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Speaker 1: heard and we don't know Jonathan Gann and Nick Rollis,

512
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Speaker 1: once upon a time in Philadelphia led the league with

513
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Speaker 1: seventy sacks. They had those guys. They had several of

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Speaker 1: those guys here with the Cardinals. They don't which do

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Speaker 1: they prefer. Do they prefer to have that guy or

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Speaker 1: do they like to scheme it up. Because remember, when

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Speaker 1: you're talking about outside linebacker, it's not just rush the quarterback.

518
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Speaker 1: It's set the edge, it's dropped into coverage. You need

519
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Speaker 1: to be able to do multiple things. That's why they

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Speaker 1: love Zave and Collins. So, as we say from the outside. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you need that pass rusher. Do the coaching staff believe

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Speaker 1: that they need that? Is that a missing piece or

523
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Speaker 1: do they like the rotation? Because if you are going

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Speaker 1: to spend some money on a pass rusher, whether that's

525
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Speaker 1: outside linebacker or defensive end, and you're gonna spend fifteen

526
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty five million dollars, that player needs to be

527
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Speaker 1: on the field eighty to eighty five percent of the snaps.

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Speaker 1: No player defensively on that front seven played. I believe

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Speaker 1: more than fifty or fifty five percent of the defensive

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Speaker 1: snaps this season. They like that rotation, But it goes

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Speaker 1: back to what you said, Paul. Is that because it's

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Speaker 1: by necessity or do they have a preference? And that

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Speaker 1: is the big question that I have because I don't

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Speaker 1: know the answer to that, and I think we will

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Speaker 1: this offseason when you have free agency with money to

536
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Speaker 1: spend and draft picks to figure out, all, right, do

537
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Speaker 1: we bolster that fraud seven? Do we find that guy

538
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Speaker 1: or do we continue the shuffling and figure out what

539
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Speaker 1: we have on a rotation to keep the offense gissing?

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Speaker 1: Who's coming from which direction?

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Speaker 3: Do you go find a guy on the open market

542
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Speaker 3: who needs a prove it year, A Hassan Reddick, a

543
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Speaker 3: Chase Young, you know, proven pass rushers who might be

544
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Speaker 3: available for one reason or another. You bring them in

545
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Speaker 3: as you can continue to grow young talent maybe and

546
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Speaker 3: edge rusher is acquired via free agency in that manner,

547
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Speaker 3: and then you focus on interior d line because that's

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Speaker 3: the other thing about that Eagles team where JG directed

549
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Speaker 3: the defense. I mean they had interior dudes. Yeah, they

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Speaker 3: seventy sacks by that team, fifteen more than any other

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Speaker 3: team in twenty twenty two, and how well a lot

552
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Speaker 3: of it came from the interior. You crush the middle

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Speaker 3: of the offensive line and then all of a sudden

554
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Speaker 3: you get a quarterback on the run, You flush them

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Speaker 3: from the pocket, and good things happen if you're a defense.

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Speaker 3: And that's one area just doing a little bit of

557
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Speaker 3: you know, research and intel into this year's draft. There

558
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Speaker 3: are a lot of defensive linemen. I mean, you're looking

559
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Speaker 3: at the Senior Bowl and they're saying that Texas A

560
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Speaker 3: and M has three guys they are sending who are

561
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Speaker 3: all studs? You have all miss with a trio of guys,

562
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Speaker 3: all sec dudes, you know, South Carolina has a duo Kentucky.

563
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Speaker 3: I talked about this on Cardinals Underground with a guy

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Speaker 3: by the name of Dane Walker, basketball background from Detroit.

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Speaker 3: Who does that sound like Darius Robinson. He also happens

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Speaker 3: to be six six three forty and he has the

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Speaker 3: size of a nose tackle and the quickness of a

568
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Speaker 3: three technique and he's been all sec He's an absolute

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Speaker 3: game wrecker, this kid out of Kentucky. And so there's

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Speaker 3: there are Certainly this appears to be a pretty deep

571
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Speaker 3: draft in D line. And don't think that this Cardinals

572
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Speaker 3: team that hasn't caught the eyes of the decision makers.

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Speaker 1: And again it's the pass rush. Can you get home

574
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Speaker 1: with just four to where now all of a sudden

575
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Speaker 1: you can drop seven into coverage to make those windows

576
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Speaker 1: a lot smaller than they typically are, because I do

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Speaker 1: think that's what we saw, especially with the Rams Monday

578
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Speaker 1: night against the Vikings. They were getting home consistently with four,

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Speaker 1: sometimes five. But that makes it so much easier to

580
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Speaker 1: where you don't need to bring six or seven because

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Speaker 1: good quarterbacks will see that and beat the blitz. Kurt

582
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Speaker 1: Warner was phenomenal at that knowing exactly where he wanted

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Speaker 1: to put that ball before it was even snapped to him.

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Speaker 3: And going back to the Seattle games, once again, Seattle

585
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Speaker 3: doesn't have a Pro Bowl edge trusher, but they had

586
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Speaker 3: Leonard Williams, and Leonard Williams made everyone look good on

587
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 3: that defensive line because he was a game wrecker from

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Speaker 3: the three technique in the nose. They were moving him

589
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Speaker 3: around over different players at different times and it was

590
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Speaker 3: enough of a headache that he wrecked the game. So

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00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,840
Speaker 3: once again, if you can get that guy, if Darius Robinson,

592
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Speaker 3: for example, we're talking about a big question from last

593
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Speaker 3: year to next year, and we've focused more on some

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Speaker 3: of the big picture stuff, but if you want to

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00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:30,160
Speaker 3: go names for example, Darius Robinson obviously would stand out.

596
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Speaker 3: And our Jim al Mahunter found this information on Braiden Fisk,

597
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 3: who really finished with a flourish but you know, his

598
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,440
Speaker 3: first seven games he had one sack. He was taken

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Speaker 3: twelve picks after Darius Robinson, as the Rams traded up

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Speaker 3: high second round to take Braiden Fisk. Over games eight

601
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:49,120
Speaker 3: through seventeen, he had seven and a half sacks, so

602
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 3: that seemed to indicate that, okay, he navigated the rookie

603
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Speaker 3: learning curve midway through his rookie season and then all

604
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 3: of a sudden excelled down the stretch. Well, Darius Robinson

605
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:02,400
Speaker 3: never had that opportunity. Basically just kind of went through

606
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Speaker 3: the learning part of it. And even his own admission,

607
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,120
Speaker 3: the first two games he barely remembers. His hair was

608
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Speaker 3: on fire. He literally had to tell himself to calm down,

609
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,480
Speaker 3: and his position coat setters much as well. He got

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Speaker 3: out there. He was so frantic, such such a flurry

611
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:21,360
Speaker 3: that you know, it was just some unsound rookie football

612
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Speaker 3: at times. So now that he's experienced regular season football,

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Speaker 3: was he even one hundred percent? They listed him as

614
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Speaker 3: limited every single practice. You don't even know if you

615
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,520
Speaker 3: saw the real Darius Robinson in terms of that calf injury.

616
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Speaker 3: Is good enough to play, But was he truly himself?

617
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Speaker 3: Was he truly the guy we saw in training camp

618
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Speaker 3: where he's schooling veterans that and maybe he puts on

619
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Speaker 3: a little more weight, you know, maybe the old Zach

620
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 3: Allen back in the day, he goes from two eighty

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Speaker 3: five closer to three hundred, and then we'll see if

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Speaker 3: the Cardinals are able to unleash d rob in year two.

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Speaker 1: I'll give you another name, bj Ojoli yep, who we

624
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Speaker 1: have not seen much at all in his two seasons,

625
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:06,760
Speaker 1: hasn't really had a season to kind of be that guy.

626
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Speaker 1: And then we forget when you talk about the defensive line,

627
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Speaker 1: Justin Jones, Blall Nichols, they're under contracts. We saw them

628
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 1: very limited at the start of the season. How much

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Speaker 1: do those three names plus a healthy Darius Robinson have

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Speaker 1: you answered that question? Perhaps along the defensive line and

631
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Speaker 1: outside linebacker to where okay, maybe we are better off,

632
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 1: but it's the we haven't seen it yet, So do

633
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 1: you want to move forward without quite knowing do we

634
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:39,560
Speaker 1: really have it?

635
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Speaker 3: Or do we have to go and get it and

636
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 3: look win in doubt? Just go to the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 3: I believe with Manti Osciborn Jonathan Gannon. You know, there's

638
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,280
Speaker 3: a couple of things about them that we've learned in

639
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 3: the two years. One person over player. They're gonna scout

640
00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 3: the person and the personality and the work ethic and

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00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,400
Speaker 3: the commitment. First, they're gonna decide do we want this

642
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 3: person in our building, and then if the answer is yes,

643
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 3: then they'll make a final determination on that guy as

644
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 3: a player in his skill set. And then the other

645
00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:15,479
Speaker 3: aspect of it is physicality. It's a big man's game.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna come out and we're gonna try and set

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Speaker 3: the tone. And I do believe if there's one takeaway

648
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Speaker 3: from two years under this regime is in the division,

649
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Speaker 3: the other teams know, man, they're in for a physical

650
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,799
Speaker 3: game when they play the Cardinals. And you continue to

651
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 3: build and they've already turned over two thirds to three

652
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 3: quarters of this roster since the day they were hired,

653
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Speaker 3: and that is gonna continue into this offseason. I have

654
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Speaker 3: no doubt about that.

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Speaker 1: It's always the line of scrimmage that seems to be

656
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Speaker 1: where the focal point is, whether that's in free agency

657
00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,080
Speaker 1: or the draft, but you always come back to the

658
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Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, whether the offense or defense. By the way,

659
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Speaker 1: as we look at the playoff games and the playoff

660
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Speaker 1: teams here coming up this weekend in the Division A round,

661
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Speaker 1: I looked and team players. As we piggyback off of

662
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Speaker 1: the discussion on pass rush, seventeen players this season finished

663
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Speaker 1: with double digit sacks. Only five of those seventeen are

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Speaker 1: still playing. The Ravens and Texans each have two double

665
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Speaker 1: digit sec artists. So again, does it mean you're a

666
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Speaker 1: playoff team if you have that guy? No, but it

667
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Speaker 1: certainly doesn't hurt you as well. And of course, if

668
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Speaker 1: you're looking at the Texans playing at the Chiefs Kansas,

669
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Speaker 1: ead also has Chris Jones, who is a game wrecker

670
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Speaker 1: if you don't pay attention to him. So again, this

671
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Speaker 1: is where the Cardinals want to be, Paul. They want

672
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Speaker 1: to be playing in the divisional round. They want to

673
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Speaker 1: be one of those eight teams left. Yeah, you want

674
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Speaker 1: to be a playoff team, but really, if you are

675
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:52,399
Speaker 1: a bona fide postseason member you get to the divisional round,

676
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Speaker 1: You're not the Vikings winning fourteen games and then one

677
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:57,560
Speaker 1: and done. You want to get to this weekend, whether

678
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 1: it's Saturday or Sunday. And I do think it's those

679
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:03,359
Speaker 1: teams that the Cardinals should have an eye on, as

680
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Speaker 1: far as whether that's offensive line, defensive line, edge rusher,

681
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 1: wide receiver, running back, quarterback, whatever it is. Look at

682
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Speaker 1: those eight teams and figure out, all right, what do

683
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 1: we have? What are we missing to become one of

684
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Speaker 1: those eight teams? For example, look at Philadelphia. I'm not

685
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Speaker 1: the biggest believer in Jalen Hurts. I don't really view

686
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:27,000
Speaker 1: him as capable of winning a Super Bowl, but like

687
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Speaker 1: a lot of other times, I'm probably dead wrong when

688
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Speaker 1: you look at the rest of what he has at

689
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Speaker 1: his disposal. One of the best offensive lines in the league.

690
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Speaker 1: Sakwan Barkley.

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Speaker 3: Who oh, by the way, last time they played the Rams,

692
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Speaker 3: he had over three hundred total yards in that game.

693
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Speaker 3: Twelve player ever in NFL history with over three hundred

694
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Speaker 3: total yards in a single game. Obviously, they have a defense.

695
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Speaker 3: They have built that up. They bolstered the cornerback room

696
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Speaker 3: with some young corners, and they have dudes along the

697
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Speaker 3: defensive front. Still they've drafted to that. So look at

698
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Speaker 3: Philly's formula. They don't have a Pro Bowl quarterback, but

699
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:05,839
Speaker 3: they're very formidable right now as opposed to a Rams

700
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Speaker 3: team where they have a quarterback in year sixteen and

701
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Speaker 3: and you know, and they have a running game as well,

702
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 3: but it's that young defense that's flying around. So there's

703
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Speaker 3: some really intriguing matchups to your point, not only the

704
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Speaker 3: teams and the quarterbacks, but how the front offices have

705
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:25,520
Speaker 3: built these teams with different things in mind. Will Anderson,

706
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 3: Junior number three pick overall. A couple of years ago,

707
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Speaker 3: after the Cardinals traded out of that spot, they ended

708
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Speaker 3: to Neil Hunter. Those are their two double digit sack guys,

709
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 3: and yes they are the featured guys on that defense

710
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,239
Speaker 3: has been sort of up and down. Houston's offensive line

711
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:38,920
Speaker 3: has been up and down, but they looked a lot better.

712
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Speaker 3: They look more like last season than their playoff win.

713
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Speaker 3: So very and it's amazing how CJ. Stroud looked like

714
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:49,440
Speaker 3: last year's quarterback when what when he didn't have to

715
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Speaker 3: worry about his offensive line being a liability.

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Speaker 1: Do you believe in the head coach quarterback combination or

717
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 1: is it the defense gonna win? Could you look at

718
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Speaker 1: that Rams Eagles matchup coming up on Sunday? The Rams

719
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Speaker 1: have Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford experience successful in December

720
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Speaker 1: and January and February, going up against an Eagles team

721
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Speaker 1: that is probably not as on that same tier as

722
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Speaker 1: head coach and quarterback, yet have a solid offensive line,

723
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Speaker 1: have a very good defense. What wins out? And then,

724
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Speaker 1: of course the NFL is a copycat league. What are

725
00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 1: the other teams looking at figuring out what works to

726
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Speaker 1: get into the postseason? And then better yet be successful

727
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Speaker 1: in the postseason. So Rams Eagles is the one NFC matchup.

728
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Speaker 1: The other one on Saturday again, Commanders at the Lions.

729
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Speaker 1: Another one of those games in which, okay, the Lions

730
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Speaker 1: have been there, done that, the Commanders are the darlings

731
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Speaker 1: if you will. The NFL. With a young quarterback, Jayden Daniels,

732
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Speaker 1: I don't think Paul much bothers him. At least it

733
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Speaker 1: doesn't seem like it. The stage is not too big

734
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Speaker 1: for him. The lights aren't too bright yet. At the

735
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Speaker 1: same time, this Lions team, despite not having their guy

736
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Speaker 1: Aiden Hutchinson for much of the season, not allowed to

737
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Speaker 1: drop off defensively for Detroit now.

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Speaker 3: And they're so physical. I mean, they are so physical

739
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Speaker 3: both sides of the ball. That's the biggest challenge for Washington,

740
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Speaker 3: who has won five games in a row on the

741
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Speaker 3: final play from scrimmage, and a lot of that has

742
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Speaker 3: to do with Jayden Daniels, who admittedly says, yeah, I

743
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:29,320
Speaker 3: kind of sense that it's a big deal Washington winning

744
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 3: its first playoff game in two decades, But he said,

745
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:35,520
Speaker 3: I stand my own bubble, and man is he unflappable.

746
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Speaker 3: It's I'm a definite believer in Jane Daniels. I was

747
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Speaker 3: before the playoffs even started. And so look, here's the

748
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Speaker 3: thing about the Lions defense. They've had issues with mobile quarterbacks,

749
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Speaker 3: including Kyler Murray. You know, Cardinals made that a one

750
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Speaker 3: score game. They lost twenty to thirteen way back in

751
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Speaker 3: Week three. So if Washington can match the physicality, and

752
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Speaker 3: they would seemingly have a defensive front one of the

753
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Speaker 3: strengths of their team that could match up with probably

754
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Speaker 3: the best offensive line in the game, which belongs to

755
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Speaker 3: the Lions. And the Lions struggled a little bit with

756
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Speaker 3: that Niners defensive line, especially Nick Bosa two games ago,

757
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Speaker 3: So that's really intriguing. As for the Rams and Eagles,

758
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Speaker 3: I agree with you. I look at Stafford and McVeigh

759
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Speaker 3: against Jalen Hurts and Nick Sirianni, and that's most definitely

760
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Speaker 3: advantage LA. Even what McVeigh seemingly did in this last

761
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Speaker 3: game where Matthew Stafford hit eight different receivers, they didn't

762
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Speaker 3: use that eleven personnel as much. They used a lot

763
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Speaker 3: of multiple tight ends, even minus Tyler Higbee. So you

764
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Speaker 3: never know what McVay has in mind. You never quite

765
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Speaker 3: know what's coming in terms of a game plan. He's

766
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Speaker 3: so excellent in that's still one of the league's best

767
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Speaker 3: play callers, and now that they fix their offensive line,

768
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Speaker 3: you can rely on that again. Stafford is a first

769
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Speaker 3: quarterback in his last six playoff games to have two

770
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Speaker 3: touchdown passes and more in every one of them. He

771
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Speaker 3: excels in the spotlight in the big moments, and so

772
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Speaker 3: that'll be very interesting if the Rams going to Philly.

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Speaker 3: Love to see how the Eagles fans react of all

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Speaker 3: of a sudden the Eagles get down, because based on

775
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Speaker 3: last season we were there. Yeah, they'll turn on the

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Speaker 3: home team right quick.

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Speaker 1: As far as the AFC matchups are concerned, Saturday, Texans

778
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Speaker 1: at the Chiefs and then Sunday afternoon, late afternoon Ravens

779
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Speaker 1: at the Bills. And this little Cardinals connection, as I

780
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Speaker 1: told you before, we hit record here on Cardinals cover

781
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:21,920
Speaker 1: two the Bills earlier on Wednesday signing Cardinals practice squad

782
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Speaker 1: quarterback Anthony Brown to their practice squad, who does have

783
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Speaker 1: some ties to the Ravens. He was the Ravens or

784
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Speaker 1: with the Baltimore Ravens a couple of years ago, so

785
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Speaker 1: they are looking for someone to simulate. Again, Easier said

786
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:41,279
Speaker 1: than done, but someone to be Lamar Jackson here this

787
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Speaker 1: week and when your team season ends, those practice squad

788
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Speaker 1: players are free agents. Anthony Brown available, Bill said, yeah,

789
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Speaker 1: we need you this week because we're playing Lamar Jackson.

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Speaker 3: It's good catch by you. I did not see that

791
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Speaker 3: very astute move by Buffalo. I like it almost devious,

792
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:01,520
Speaker 3: and it's thinking, you know, you do anything and everything

793
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Speaker 3: you can to secure a playoff win, and yeah, bringing

794
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:07,200
Speaker 3: a guy who really knows the identity and DNA of

795
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Speaker 3: that offense, who has some athleticism himself, so he can

796
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Speaker 3: simulate Lamar Jackson to me, You know that Buffalo defense?

797
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,800
Speaker 3: Are we really believing in the Bills defense against Lamar

798
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,879
Speaker 3: and the way Derrick Henry's running the ball and then

799
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Speaker 3: Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely keeping Giannis down the seams.

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Speaker 3: It just seems like Baltimore, unlike previous postseasons, they have

801
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,600
Speaker 3: this thing figured out right now and they're about as

802
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:36,680
Speaker 3: locked in as it gets.

803
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Speaker 1: Well.

804
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Speaker 3: See Josh Allen as the man. He made a believer

805
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:41,319
Speaker 3: out of me after the Cardinals took us seventeen to

806
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,480
Speaker 3: three lead in Week one and he led Buffalo back

807
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:45,440
Speaker 3: right in front of us down there on the sideline.

808
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Speaker 3: That is a marquee matchup.

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Speaker 1: They met earlier this season in Week four in Baltimore

810
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Speaker 1: and the Ravens rushed for two hundred and seventy one yards.

811
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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry accounted for one hundred and ninety nine yards

812
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Speaker 1: on the ground. Whether though, because of course, Paul, you

813
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Speaker 1: always pay attention to the weather, it is forecast for

814
00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:10,680
Speaker 1: snow on Saturday, a high of twenty three on Sunday. Now, again,

815
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Speaker 1: Baltimore deals with the inclement weather as well, but snow

816
00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:19,359
Speaker 1: in Buffalo if it is snowing on Sunday, because four

817
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Speaker 1: point thirty kickoff Arizona time, that's six thirty in Buffalo. Yeah,

818
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:27,399
Speaker 1: temperatures are going to be in the low twenties, maybe

819
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Speaker 1: upper teams and if it starts to snow, advantage Buffalo

820
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Speaker 1: in the implement weather.

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Speaker 3: But it's not like the Miami Dolphins coming into Buffalo

822
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Speaker 3: true in January. So you know, and look, they obviously

823
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 3: have the ground game. Baltimore. If they got to lower

824
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 3: the snow plow and just use the pound game, Baltimore

825
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:50,600
Speaker 3: is definitely capable of that. So the one that's intriguing

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Speaker 3: to me is I'm really curious to see how Patrick

827
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Speaker 3: Mahomes comes out, because to your point earlier, Kansas City

828
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Speaker 3: has had a top three, top five scoring defense all year.

829
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Speaker 3: Longer rated that Kansasity defense been really sound, really good,

830
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Speaker 3: really saved the offenses bacon more times than not this

831
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Speaker 3: this past season. But A, they haven't played a real

832
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Speaker 3: game in dar near a month, So what's the Russ factor?

833
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:16,760
Speaker 3: But then b what's the motivation factor when Patrick Mahomes

834
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Speaker 3: didn't make the Pro Bowl. When NFL dot Com throws

835
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Speaker 3: out the latest QB Powerpole and Jayden Daniels is ranked

836
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Speaker 3: ahead of Patrick Mahomes, I just wonder if he's been

837
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Speaker 3: keeping those receipts. And Patrick Mahomes is going to provide

838
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Speaker 3: a little reminder how he's the best player on the planet.

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Speaker 1: Chiefs starters have not played since Christmas Day, so twenty

840
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Speaker 1: three days between games Mahomes, Travis Kelsey, Chris Jones, among others. Yeah,

841
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Speaker 1: they have not played a competitive game since December twenty fifth.

842
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:51,200
Speaker 3: And you know what Houston has proven obviously based on

843
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:55,399
Speaker 3: last postseason, that they don't sweat being the underdog and

844
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:59,480
Speaker 3: so and if there's one way and one way only

845
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Speaker 3: to take Patrick Mahomes, it's a pass rush. It's getting

846
00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:05,600
Speaker 3: to him and harassing him and hitting him and throwing

847
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Speaker 3: off the time into the passing game. And Houston with

848
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:11,800
Speaker 3: Daniel Hunter and Will Anderson Junior and Jamiico Ryan scheming

849
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Speaker 3: it up. They you would think they have that capability

850
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Speaker 3: to trying to affect the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Should be a lot of fun this weekend. Four games.

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Speaker 1: It's just unfortunate, Paul, that you're not gonna be able

853
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Speaker 1: to watch in of it because you'll be studying your

854
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,319
Speaker 1: German because again, as we go full circle here, we

855
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:30,640
Speaker 1: are trying to manifest the Arizona Cardinals playing the Indianapolis

856
00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:33,040
Speaker 1: Colts in Berlin, Germany in twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 3: Hey, I'm going to be listening on the radio in

858
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Speaker 3: the garage getting the cars ready for the car auctions

859
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:40,800
Speaker 3: coming up. So you know it's right, it's almost into January.

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Speaker 1: Yep.

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Speaker 3: It's going to be old school just listening on the

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Speaker 3: national radio and enjoying it that way. And you know

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Speaker 3: you got a multitask, Craig. This time of year, you

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Speaker 3: know you've been waiting to get some stuff done. That's

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Speaker 3: you've got to be productive at all times.

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Speaker 1: Yes, and especially now with the season over with Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the to do list, you start checking some of those

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Speaker 1: things off the list, and yeah again, Football, whether it's

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Speaker 1: in front of the television or listening on the radio,

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Speaker 1: should be a lot of fun this weekend. And on

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Speaker 1: that note, we'll put a lit on this edition of

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two presented by Yundai Probubly partner of the

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals Special. Thanks as always to our executive producer

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Speaker 1: jim Mo Mahundro, our associate producer Cody Fincher. For Paul Calvic,

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Speaker 1: I'm Craig Raildu. We'll talk to you next time here

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Speaker 1: on Cardinals Cover two.