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Speaker 2: Here we go, one hand to catch it a touchdown?

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Speaker 4: Oh baby, I'll mad Phil.

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Speaker 1: Here's Craig Grioloud, Paul Calvic and nine year NFL veteran

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Speaker 1: Rob Frederickson.

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Speaker 5: So, in case anyone has not already noticed, we are

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Speaker 5: in the month of March. It is March fourth, February

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Speaker 5: just basically flew by. But we are on that point

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Speaker 5: the NFL offseason, the scouting combine has finished. Free agency

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Speaker 5: is next week, and yeah, things will begin to pick up.

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Speaker 5: And with that said, before we dive into today's Cardinals

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Speaker 5: Red Superport, any announcements from either of the two of

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Speaker 5: you before we begin, because apparently that's the thing to

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Speaker 5: do nowadays on radio, is to make big time announcements.

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Speaker 5: So before we get to one, anything from either of

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Speaker 5: you regarding your futures, that's.

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Speaker 6: A good question.

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Speaker 7: Rob will defer to you anything pressing, anything noteworthy, newsworthy,

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Speaker 7: you know, your personal life, or otherwise you'd like to

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Speaker 7: make public.

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Speaker 6: You know. The only thing I want to say is congratulations, Paul,

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Speaker 6: you finally did it. You know, I hope you're proud

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Speaker 6: of yourself. What is it? What is it? You've finally

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Speaker 6: ran Wolf off? I mean, yeah, you're you're you're insipid

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Speaker 6: little jokes and making fun of Wolf and he finally

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Speaker 6: had enough. He had enough.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, well we're you know. So when the Cardinals stepped

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Speaker 7: was volunteering out there, this guy made a bee line

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Speaker 7: for me. I told this story I think on Cardinals

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Speaker 7: Underground and like middle aged guy, big dude like you,

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Speaker 7: and he's coming my way. I'm like, whoa wait a minute,

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Speaker 7: this guy's coming in hot friend or foe here. And

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Speaker 7: he came up to me and his finger pointed almost

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Speaker 7: in my chest. He said, you know, what Polly pencil neck?

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Speaker 7: You deserve to get punched? How do you not get punched?

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Speaker 7: All the ribbing and razzing you give? Ron Wolfe, I'm.

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Speaker 6: Like, do you listen?

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Speaker 7: Do you do you hear the verbal beatdown that I

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Speaker 7: take in return?

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Speaker 6: Are you?

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Speaker 7: I'm just defending myself.

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Speaker 6: Round here, Valley Valley Icon, Paul, he ran them off.

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Speaker 6: That's right.

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Speaker 7: You know what it was? You know what the Solbery

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Speaker 7: on a Saturday at three in the afternoon in a

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Speaker 7: to get a lot better than hanging out on a

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Speaker 6: Yeah, nobody wants to go to Applebe's alone a couple's retreating.

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Speaker 7: No, it wasn't Applebee's. It was the company he was

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Speaker 7: keeping during the holiday season on a Saturday when there's

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Speaker 7: an infinite number of other things he could do.

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Speaker 6: So there's the patch factor.

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Speaker 5: Is there now a pall factor as well?

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Speaker 7: I already feel I'm already an abject denial. Enough about

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Speaker 7: the news, all right, guys, please don't drive it home

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Speaker 7: even more.

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Speaker 5: All right, this is what was announced on Friday. I'm

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Speaker 5: sure many have seen it, but how about we hear

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Speaker 5: it from the man himself on his own radio show,

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Speaker 5: Wolf and Luke Ron Wolfley putting it into a twenty

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Speaker 8: It is with a thankful and grateful heart, I'd like

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Speaker 8: to announce I'm stepping down as the Arizona Cardinals radio analyst.

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Speaker 8: I would like to thank my wife, Stephanie, the Warrior Queen,

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Speaker 8: I'd like to thank Michael Bidwell and the Bidwell family

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Speaker 8: for twenty seven incredible years within the organization as a

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Speaker 8: with the organization was filled with love, respect, and professionalism.

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Speaker 8: I come from a football family. God use football in

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Speaker 8: But it's time to slow down, be a father, be

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Speaker 5: Ten years as a player, twenty years on the radio.

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Speaker 5: Tip the cap to Ron Wolfley. Selfishly, I think I

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Speaker 5: speak for a lot of people. That sucks. This fucks now.

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Speaker 5: Second reaction, congratulations to wolf because you cannot argue who

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Speaker 5: we are going to miss Ron Wolfley. Big shoes to fill,

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Speaker 5: but it is certainly going to be different on Sundays

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Speaker 6: You know, and hats off. Congratulations to wolf just an

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Speaker 6: amazing career as a broadcaster and a player, but as

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Speaker 6: spend more time with his family and his kids and

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Speaker 6: to see them as they grow. For me, that's that's awesome.

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Speaker 6: they want, you know, relatively little to do with you

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Speaker 6: for for wolf to at this time in the stage

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Speaker 7: You know, I'm found a saying about Larry Fitzgerald, he's

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Speaker 7: the name Wolf isn't far behind, especially among the Red

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Speaker 7: Sea and bird Gang day pass said her. Really, well,

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Speaker 7: he's iconic, he really is. And for all those folks

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Speaker 7: you have no idea how much work he put into

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Speaker 7: All you had to do is listen to our pregame

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Speaker 7: about ninety minutes before kickoff, he had all these stats

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Speaker 7: content was there. It was legit analysis. He was very entertaining.

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Speaker 7: People don't come to football, they don't come to sports

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Speaker 7: the point where I've said, last decade, I'm still shocked

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Speaker 7: those two guys were together. I can't think of many

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Speaker 6: And I know a lot of people who watch Cardinal

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Speaker 6: He's that good and he's sorely going to be messed.

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Speaker 5: And you just go back to preseason football when NFL Network, Yes,

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Speaker 5: Air's Cardinals preseason games, and that's where you have and

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Speaker 5: Al Michaels making sure that he pops into the radio

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Speaker 5: of Ron Wolfle because to your point, Paul, it's a

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Speaker 5: different sound and it is a different broadcast because the

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Speaker 7: The fact that he can actually channel the physicality and

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Speaker 7: do that over the airwaves with no visuals. That's a

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Speaker 7: true talent, it really is. And we always say players,

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Speaker 7: no players, You're right, Craig, broadcasters, no broadcasters. And when

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Speaker 7: broadcasters would always make a bee line for Ron Wolfley.

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Speaker 7: Now pass obviously is a national caliber and so he

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Speaker 7: fans gravitated to him and the waves he would make.

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Speaker 7: And he's got a lot, a lot to be proud

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Speaker 7: of and what he's done over the last two decades.

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Speaker 5: I mentioned free agency begins next week. Well, now, all

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Speaker 5: of a sudden, there is a huge hole not only

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Speaker 5: field as well for this Arizona Cardinals team. Anxious to

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Speaker 5: see what happens now in that radio booth alongside Dave

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Speaker 5: Pash and you Paul on the sideline, who becomes that

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Speaker 5: third voice that we will hear beginning in August for

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Speaker 7: And I have no idea, I really don't, as I

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Speaker 7: next season. So you know what, Jim Omahundro day of Pash,

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Speaker 7: Cody Fincher, you guys better figure it out, all right.

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Speaker 7: I mean Tuesday is the most productive day of the week.

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Speaker 7: You guys better get on it. You've got a big

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Speaker 7: free agent slot to fill your own selves this offseason. Yeah,

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Speaker 7: no time like the president. Make sure you get on

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Speaker 7: that right now.

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Speaker 5: Cody, we want an answer before the end of the

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Speaker 5: show here on the Cardinals Codyrenzy Report.

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Speaker 5: Speaking of information, just back from a week stay in

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Speaker 5: Indianapolis for the scouting combine. Yes, plenty of talk about

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Speaker 5: is deepest at. So we'll talk about the line of scrimmage,

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Speaker 5: specifically the defensive line as we continue. It's a Cardinals

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Speaker 5: Red seab Report. We do it every Tuesday year round

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Speaker 5: here at eleven AM. Craig Reyelupaul Cowvec Rod Friderckson right

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Speaker 4: I want us to be known as a very physical

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Speaker 4: defensive line, right a mindset just like we the baddest

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Speaker 4: more fools walking, point blank period, and nobody out physicals us.

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Speaker 9: You gotta be a me and that's ob that's what

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Speaker 9: it is. You know, it's just a man's game. Like

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Speaker 9: you know we're on that field. You gotta understand it's

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Speaker 9: So when we're on that field, like I eat or

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Speaker 9: you eat, and I'm not going hungry today.

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Speaker 5: Those two sound bites, Laul Nichols, Justin Jones, those two

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Speaker 7: It is a good reminder of just how little ROI

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Speaker 5: Look, the general manager's job, regardless of how successful you

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Speaker 7: And as a recap, that's what he explained to the

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Speaker 6: That is the most sobering ideal that players need to

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Speaker 10: This is the deepest defensive line class I've ever evaluated.

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Speaker 7: And because of that, I could see several different scenarios

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Speaker 5: Or you take care of it at sixteen and forty seven.

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Speaker 5: We know how important the line of scrimmage is, regardless

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it's just interesting to see how the pendulum swings

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Speaker 7: By the way, my guy who killed it at the combine,

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Speaker 5: But did he make the NFL dot Com All Combine Team,

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Speaker 6: gonna run the forty, not gonna do anything that. To

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Speaker 6: a lot of teams, that's that's an indication of you know,

436
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Speaker 6: come on, man, this is this is a competition. This

437
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Speaker 6: is the biggest job interview of your life. And you're

438
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Speaker 6: not showing up. That can be a negative mark on

439
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Speaker 6: some players. So you know, these players really need to

440
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Speaker 6: get good sound advice and when anyone's in my opinion,

441
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Speaker 6: if you're not a top first round caliber player, if

442
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Speaker 6: you're not going to be in the top half of

443
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Speaker 6: the first round, you need to be doing all the

444
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Speaker 6: d You need to be running all the all the

445
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Speaker 6: drills that they have for you, the forty, everything, bench

446
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Speaker 6: press and all of that because you want to perform

447
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Speaker 6: at the highest stage. Yeah.

448
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Speaker 7: Like Tate Raleich, Okay, I love the mustache mull at Combo,

449
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Speaker 7: but he said to be a really effective pulling guard

450
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Speaker 7: because he's so mobile, he's so athletic. Tell me the

451
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Speaker 7: Arizona Cardinals don't have an interest in pulling guards. Yeah,

452
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Speaker 7: and so I think that probably got their attention. Tell

453
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Speaker 7: me that James Pierce Junior out of Tennessee didn't help

454
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Speaker 7: himself running a four four seven a full second faster

455
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Speaker 7: than anybody else in the entire position group. Plus he

456
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Speaker 7: has the production unlike a Shamar Stewart of Texas A

457
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Speaker 7: and M. He's a two time first team All SEC

458
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Speaker 7: edge guy. James Pierce Junior, tell me he didn't help

459
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Speaker 7: his stock. Not only was he fast, but he was

460
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Speaker 7: really fluid in all the agility drills.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, what you do on the field, how you interview, certainly,

462
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Speaker 5: whether that's informally or formally the top thirty visits that

463
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Speaker 5: we'll start here soon. But going back to the line

464
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Speaker 5: of scrimmage, and again, games are won or lost at

465
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Speaker 5: the line of scrimmage. Jonathan Gannon last week at the

466
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Speaker 5: Scouting Combine talked about the importance of the trenches.

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Speaker 11: You can go to my son's football game, who's in

468
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Speaker 11: third grade. You can go to a local high school.

469
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Speaker 11: You can look at the National championship and college you

470
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Speaker 11: can look at the Super Bowl and it's it's very clear.

471
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Speaker 11: It starts with the offense and defensive line. And if

472
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Speaker 11: you're that premier, it can end with the offense and

473
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Speaker 11: defensive line too, so it's about blocking and tackling. So

474
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Speaker 11: those two positions impact that before anybody does. It's not

475
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Speaker 11: hard to see when you watch football the team that

476
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Speaker 11: controls the line of scrimmage has a really good chance

477
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Speaker 11: to win the game.

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Speaker 5: And that's probably been the case since the game was invented.

479
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Speaker 5: Yet at the same time, rob it's the recency buias.

480
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Speaker 5: What do we see, what are teams that are successful

481
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Speaker 5: doing and this past season, especially in the postseason, we're

482
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Speaker 5: teams that were very, very good at the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 6: You know, you can see in this draft, you can

484
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Speaker 6: you can foresee you know, there's gonna be a couple

485
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Speaker 6: of quarterbacks taken high, and then you can see just

486
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Speaker 6: a run of defensive linemen in tier defensive linemen, edge rushers,

487
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Speaker 6: and before you know it, a lot of these guys

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Speaker 6: that in any other draft would be top half of

489
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Speaker 6: the first round, they're they're falling into the second round.

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Speaker 6: You're gonna you're gonna see cornerbacks, You're gonna see uh

491
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Speaker 6: wide receivers that you know in a normal draft they

492
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Speaker 6: would be top top tier, top edge of the first round.

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Speaker 6: They're slipping into the second round. The defensive line and

494
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Speaker 6: edge is that deep that it's gonna shove a lot

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Speaker 6: of great players down into the latter half of the

496
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Speaker 6: first first round and the top half of the second round.

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Speaker 7: You know, JG talking about the importance of trench warfare

498
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Speaker 7: if you will. I mean, just look at the La

499
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Speaker 7: Rams right before they got Andrew Whitworth. They were atrocious.

500
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Speaker 7: Didn't matter as Sean McVay what he was downing up.

501
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Speaker 7: They didn't have a left tackle. With Andrew Whitworth solidified

502
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Speaker 7: that line, they went to a Super Bowl, they won

503
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Speaker 7: a Super Bowl, he retires, what happens? They win five games?

504
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Speaker 7: No line, no chance. In fact, the most disappointing news

505
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Speaker 7: of the offseason was the Rams actually retaining their left

506
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Speaker 7: tackle Alara Jackson, and they came to a three year

507
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Speaker 7: deal the other day for like sixty million dollars. That's

508
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Speaker 7: disappointing because I always enjoy Rams football a lot more

509
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Speaker 7: when they don't have a good offensive line.

510
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Speaker 5: You were hoping that Jackson would just find his way

511
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Speaker 5: to Arizona as the wish.

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Speaker 7: List, Yeah, anywhere except Sean McVay. So now he's got

513
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Speaker 7: his guy in that line is solid and so yeah, yeah.

514
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Speaker 5: A little bit more on the rams as we continue

515
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Speaker 5: here on the Cardinals Red Zieer Report. Up next, we

516
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Speaker 5: stay talking a little bit further away from the line

517
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Speaker 5: of scrimmage, but the linebackers inside outside linebackers for the

518
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Speaker 5: Arizona Cardinals, that group as a whole, who's back, who's

519
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Speaker 5: perhaps going to be back? As we continue here on

520
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Speaker 5: the Cardinals Red Zeer Report. One, reminding you burg Gang

521
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Speaker 5: that make sure you check out the day Patch podcast

522
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Speaker 5: via Apple Podcast, Spotify and the Cardinals official two page

523
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Speaker 5: at YouTube dot com. Forward slash a Z Cardinals. This

524
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Speaker 5: is the Arizona Cardinals radio network.

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Speaker 3: I was trying to get to the line quickly one

526
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Speaker 3: twenty in counting two receivers left, one right with one

527
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Speaker 3: point fifteen first down, snapped to Purdy straight Fropic in

528
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Speaker 3: trouble hit and the ball flutters far aside and Kizier

529
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Speaker 3: White with a diving interception to win the game head midfield.

530
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Speaker 3: Purdy got hit, the ball fluttered and Kaizier White pot

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Speaker 3: up to it, hold it in and the Cardinals are

532
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Speaker 3: gonna get one in San France.

533
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Speaker 8: Tap the pig into the air and Kaizer White comes

534
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Speaker 8: down with it.

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Speaker 3: It was Jalen Thompson that got Pressure Rock Party and

536
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Speaker 3: Kaisier White with the pick.

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Speaker 6: I'm getting the mohawk. Baby.

538
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Speaker 5: See, that's what we're going to miss about Wolf, because

539
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Speaker 5: I guarantee you the next Color analyst. So the Arizona

540
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:17,120
Speaker 5: Cardinals on radio is not going to be getting a

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Speaker 5: mohawk if the Cardinals win in San Francisco in week five.

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Speaker 5: Just just a guess, Liss. Of course it's Rod Frederickson

543
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Speaker 5: on the radio call and I could certainly see you

544
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Speaker 5: in the mohawk.

545
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Speaker 6: The biggest challenge for whoever they get to replace Wolf

546
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Speaker 6: is going to be for the person to just be themselves. Yes,

547
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Speaker 6: don't try and be Wolf, because you know there's only one.

548
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Speaker 6: There's only one Wolf.

549
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Speaker 7: Even the head coach walked in on Monday when we

550
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Speaker 7: went to a Film is TV show and said Wolf,

551
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Speaker 7: don't do it, don't do it, and uh, Wolf did it.

552
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Speaker 7: You know he got some blowback guys like Dennis gardak, Wolf,

553
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Speaker 7: that's not a mohawk. And then you know I triggered

554
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Speaker 7: Wolf and they had a little debate about it as

555
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Speaker 7: to what constitutes the mohawks. So, you know, a for

556
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Speaker 7: effort put it that way, Yeah, one of one is

557
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Speaker 7: on woolf As we flash back two week five, Cardinals

558
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Speaker 7: beat the forty nine Ers in San Francisco twenty four

559
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Speaker 7: to twenty three. Kaizer White with the games ceiling interception. Cardinals,

560
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,840
Speaker 7: if I remember correctly, had three takeaways in that game.

561
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Speaker 7: But as we talk about that linebacker group first, talking

562
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 7: about the inside linebackers, there's a big question mark now,

563
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:24,440
Speaker 7: Rob with Kaizer's future based off social media, based off

564
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Speaker 7: what he has said, what his teammates have responded.

565
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Speaker 5: To what he has said. Is there a future here

566
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Speaker 5: in Arizona if there is great love to see Kaizer

567
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Speaker 5: come back?

568
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Speaker 6: If not?

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Speaker 5: Now all of a sudden, all right, who's that extension

570
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Speaker 5: of Nick rollis on the defensive side. Who's that coach

571
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Speaker 5: on the field.

572
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Speaker 6: Going to be?

573
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Speaker 5: And that's going to be one of those wouldn't say

574
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,360
Speaker 5: maybe top questions, but one of those sneaky questions that

575
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,880
Speaker 5: we might be asking ourselves all off season.

576
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Speaker 6: Long negotiating tactics. Right, you know the social media that

577
00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 6: it plays a part, and you got to think that

578
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Speaker 6: the defensive coordinator naming his son after you're starting inside linebacker,

579
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Speaker 6: that might that might have some influence. I don't know

580
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,520
Speaker 6: but a little bit. But uh, you know, obviously it's

581
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Speaker 6: gonna be interesting to see what happens with Kaiser White

582
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Speaker 6: because that's gonna kind of dictate where the Cardinals go

583
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Speaker 6: in terms of the inside linebacker position. And you know,

584
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Speaker 6: you might give him an opportunity, allow him to go

585
00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:22,920
Speaker 6: out and see what's out there. But certainly, I think

586
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Speaker 6: he's done enough and he's been such an important piece

587
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Speaker 6: not only in terms of his play and production, but

588
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Speaker 6: his leadership for this defense. That that's that's gonna be

589
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Speaker 6: somebody that the Cardinals want to bring back along with

590
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Speaker 6: Chris Barnes. You know, I think, you know, inside linebacker,

591
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Speaker 6: he provides really good depth and and he's a good player,

592
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Speaker 6: and he can he can certainly fill that role. And

593
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Speaker 6: then you know his own pupos ready, is is he

594
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Speaker 6: a guy that they kind of foresee as as being

595
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Speaker 6: a plug in there? And is he somebody that that

596
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Speaker 6: can contribute more? He started you started to see him

597
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Speaker 6: last year, So I like the inside linebacker position. Mac

598
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Speaker 6: Wilson obviously was a huge pick up for the Cardinals.

599
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Speaker 6: I think he's he's really done an amazing job in

600
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Speaker 6: his short time here. So from an inside linebacker position.

601
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Speaker 6: I like where we're at, and I'll just put an

602
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Speaker 6: asterisk next to it that, you know, if we bring

603
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Speaker 6: back because you're white. I really like this group.

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Speaker 5: Speaking Mac Wilson Senior, how about we flash back again

605
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Speaker 5: once again against the forty nine ers, but this time

606
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Speaker 5: at home Week eighteen. Postgame, Mac talking about how he

607
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Speaker 5: felt the defense performed in twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 12: We did a great job all year. You know, I

609
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:38,840
Speaker 12: feel like we obviously gave up a few big plays

610
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Speaker 12: along the season that we wish we could have back.

611
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Speaker 12: But I honestly feel like we had a chance to

612
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Speaker 12: be a really good defense, to be a really legitimate

613
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Speaker 12: top ten, top five defense. You know, we take away

614
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Speaker 12: some of those miscues we had throughout the season, but

615
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Speaker 12: we definitely grew, you know, especially pass rush and rush

616
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Speaker 12: in the passing.

617
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Speaker 5: And certainly we saw a lot more of Mac rushing

618
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Speaker 5: the passer. I would expect to see that again and

619
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Speaker 5: Paul or maybe you see him based off of the

620
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Speaker 5: future or what happens with Kaiser White, Mac maybe becomes

621
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Speaker 5: more of that inside guy as opposed to moving around

622
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Speaker 5: or the other option is is Dea slides Aban Collins

623
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Speaker 5: back inside it's again there's a lot of moving parts

624
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Speaker 5: and where in March we don't playing a game until September.

625
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Speaker 5: But that's that linebacker position shuffling, whether you're an inside

626
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Speaker 5: guy or an outside guy.

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Speaker 7: I mean, Savan Collins played a little bit everywhere last year,

628
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Speaker 7: So could he come back off the ball inside backer?

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Speaker 7: I guess potentially. I hadn't really thought about that. Mac

630
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Speaker 7: Wilson Senior, unbelievable free agent signing Cardinals obviously saw things

631
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Speaker 7: on film where he's still had upside in his game.

632
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Speaker 7: He illustrated that his versatility, the ability to get after

633
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Speaker 7: the pass rusher. I think that was a big adjustment

634
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Speaker 7: Cardinals made mid season. They got a lot more production

635
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Speaker 7: affecting the quarterback. Once Mac Wilson Senior was more of

636
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 7: a constant off the edge. That was really effective. But

637
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Speaker 7: I think it's the low key big question of the offseason.

638
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 7: Who's going to be the quarter back of the defense?

639
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 7: Kaiser White the moment he walked in, Buddha Baker even

640
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Speaker 7: raving about how quickly you would get the calls out,

641
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Speaker 7: how much more sound just in terms of the football

642
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Speaker 7: IQ the defense was, you know, Kaizer White reading and

643
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Speaker 7: recognizing barking out adjustments and audibles immediately, so guys had

644
00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 7: time to get in. They weren't always chasing. You know,

645
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Speaker 7: a team that's in motion or had different personnel packages

646
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 7: out there, you have to match wits with the offensive coordinator.

647
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:27,600
Speaker 7: You're out there on the field, and so who is

648
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:29,960
Speaker 7: that guy? Now, there are guys available and free agent

649
00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 7: theoretically Nick Bolton out of Kansas City, and he is younger,

650
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 7: like age twenty five, Karzi, you're white at age twenty nine.

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Speaker 7: I don't think the Eagles are gonna let Zach Bond go.

652
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Speaker 7: But I mean here's a guy who's crazy versatile, played

653
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Speaker 7: more than one hundred and fifty snaps last year as

654
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Speaker 7: a defensive lineman and in the slot. So who else

655
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,239
Speaker 7: runs a defense akin to that? Jonathan Gann and Nick

656
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 7: Ross where anyone could play anywhere at any time. Ernest

657
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Speaker 7: Jones is gonna be out there, big key to the

658
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Speaker 7: Seattle defense solidifying itself. So Dre Greenlaw, I mean there

659
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Speaker 7: are guys within the division you know really well who

660
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Speaker 7: potentially could be available.

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Speaker 5: Of course, you brought up one rob when that is

662
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Speaker 5: Chris Barnes, who if you bring back, could be one

663
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Speaker 5: of those guys that becomes the quarterback of the defense

664
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Speaker 5: or someone that we know is going to be back,

665
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Speaker 5: and that is Mac himself. He is that guy now

666
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Speaker 5: going into year two within this defense, maybe he's ready

667
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Speaker 5: to be that coach on the field. The head coach,

668
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Speaker 5: Jonathan Gannon late in the season talked up Mac Wilson.

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Speaker 13: From what he's shown on tape through his career, I

670
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Speaker 13: really thought that we were going to be able to

671
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Speaker 13: utilize him in a cool way. And that's what Nick

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Speaker 13: and Sam have done, you know. And credit to him

673
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Speaker 13: for taking steps in his all around game.

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Speaker 11: The who he is.

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Speaker 13: As a person is exactly what I want our team

676
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Speaker 13: to be. So that's been really cool, you know what

677
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Speaker 13: I mean, Because this guy is all and he's a

678
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Speaker 13: pro winning behavior, one day at a time, process, tough

679
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Speaker 13: as nails, you know what I mean. So that was

680
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Speaker 13: a real really good addition.

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Speaker 7: You know what else is really cool to hear, and

682
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Speaker 7: he told us this on the Big Red Rage we

683
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Speaker 7: had him as a guest mid seas is that at

684
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Speaker 7: the very end of his free agent process, the Patriots

685
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Speaker 7: matched the Cardinals offer dollar for dollar, and he still

686
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Speaker 7: chose the Arizona Cardinals because he saw the upside. He

687
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Speaker 7: liked the fit, he liked where the Cardinals organization was heading,

688
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Speaker 7: and so that was good to hear. You know, maybe

689
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Speaker 7: more that happens here in free agency twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 5: And you'd like to see someone next to Mac Wilson Senior,

691
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Speaker 5: whether he is playing inside or outside, as far as

692
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Speaker 5: getting after the quarterback a little bit more on a

693
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Speaker 5: consistent basis. Robbie mentioned it earlier in the show, whether

694
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Speaker 5: that's the defensive line or the edge rusher, but that

695
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Speaker 5: linebacker group, can you do more to disrupt an opposing offense?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, and you know, I think there was some good growth,

697
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Speaker 6: especially late in the season from guys like Xavier Thomas

698
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Speaker 6: and you know, obviously.

699
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Speaker 7: Baron Browning.

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Speaker 6: Baron Browning. Yeah, and what obviously what Mac Wilson brought.

701
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Speaker 6: But going back to the inside linebacker position, Paul he

702
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Speaker 6: brought it up, Zavin Collins. That's an interesting one, you know,

703
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Speaker 6: but it made me think last time he played inside

704
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Speaker 6: linebackers a different different defense, different defensive coordinator, and he's

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Speaker 6: been you know, kind of I think at that time

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Speaker 6: it was young, you know, he was a rookie. It

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Speaker 6: was new for him as a new position. And he

708
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Speaker 6: had a lot going on, and obviously the inside linebacker position,

709
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Speaker 6: middle linebacker, there's a lot that happens really fast, and

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Speaker 6: I think he was a little overwhelmed at times and

711
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Speaker 6: he wasn't able to just show his true athletic ability. Well,

712
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Speaker 6: I think he has some familiarity now in Nick Rowlis's defense,

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Speaker 6: and maybe that is a position where he could come back,

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Speaker 6: slide back and play there because you know, you look

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Speaker 6: at the combination of speed and size and strength. That's

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Speaker 6: I mean, if Xavin Collins can put the mental part

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Speaker 6: of it together and put it all together, that potentially

718
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Speaker 6: could be you know, a position for him where he

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Speaker 6: could be there for the next ten years.

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Speaker 7: And there's one aspect of his game that exceeds Kaiser

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Speaker 7: Whites and wouldn't that be pass coverage that speed. He's

722
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Speaker 7: better in coverage against running backs and tight ends, and

723
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Speaker 7: we saw that Nick ross a lot of times to

724
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Speaker 7: try and put Zavin matched up on that guy instead

725
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Speaker 7: of Kaizer White. That was probably the one drawbacker liability

726
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Speaker 7: in his game is when teams were able to get

727
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Speaker 7: Kaiser White downfield in coverage on a tight end or

728
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Speaker 7: a running back and Xavin Collins I mean, all you

729
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Speaker 7: have to do was watch the Dolphins game and there

730
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Speaker 7: he is downfield playing center field, running with Tyreek Hill.

731
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Speaker 7: You know that wasn't by design, but you know what,

732
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Speaker 7: he can do those sort.

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Speaker 5: Of things, and within this defense, we've seen Nick Rollis

734
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Speaker 5: change things up a little bit, give different looks to

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Speaker 5: where Okay, maybe you're instead of you're an inside or

736
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Speaker 5: an outside guy, you're just a linebacker. Because how many times,

737
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Speaker 5: Paul have we heard Zaven say, oh yeah, I'm playing

738
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Speaker 5: like half a dozen different positions. I'm being lined up

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Speaker 5: everywhere along that defensive front.

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Speaker 7: You know, quarterbacks that got to the point where they

741
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 7: break the huddle, they're like, where's Buddha? And then where's

742
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Speaker 7: twenty five? Because Xavin Collins could be interior, give it

743
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Speaker 7: off the ball, he'd be wide nine. He could be

744
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Speaker 7: anywhere and everywhere, and the Cardinals use that to their advantage.

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Speaker 7: But they were able to do that because he's so versatile.

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Speaker 14: The ball is spotted just shy at a four shot

752
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Speaker 14: up for Stafford. Motion man is hic Pete to the

753
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Speaker 14: near side. Stafford, Stafford deep in the pocket looking throws

754
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Speaker 14: its car to Stawn Hiy with two eagles surrounding. Of

755
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Speaker 14: these six yours in at the refs are an extra

756
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Speaker 14: point away from taking the league. Jack Vaughn, c J

757
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Speaker 14: Gardner Jumpson had the coverage any Splitzer.

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Speaker 5: So there was a moment this offseason where maybe for

759
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Speaker 5: a short period of time, there was rumblings Matthew Stafford

760
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Speaker 5: has thrown his final pass in a Los Angeles Rams uniform.

761
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Speaker 5: That pass right there, four yard touchdown toss to Tyler

762
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Speaker 5: Higbee against the Eagles. I an Eagle on wes Wood

763
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Speaker 5: won with a play by play, fortunately or unfortunately depending

764
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Speaker 5: on Cardinal fans how you want to see this. But

765
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Speaker 5: Matthew Stafford is remaining with the Rams restructure contract. Again,

766
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Speaker 5: this was always going to be about the money, but

767
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Speaker 5: which team was going to pay Stafford what he thought

768
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Speaker 5: he was worth. Was it going to be the Rams

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Speaker 5: or perhaps Paul. Was it going to be the Las

770
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Speaker 5: Vegas Raiders And that's oh, I don't know, meeting or hey,

771
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Speaker 5: chance meeting with the minority owner in Tom Brady.

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Speaker 7: So now the Raiders are left maybe, Oh, I don't

773
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Speaker 7: know Aaron Rodgers. I think we're all here for that.

774
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Speaker 7: Can Aaron Rodgers? Can Aaron Rodgers get along with Chip

775
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:02,680
Speaker 7: Kelly his this new six million dollars a year offensive coordinator?

776
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Speaker 7: Can he get along with coach Double Rainbow? Can he

777
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Speaker 7: get along with Mark Davis? Can that work in Vegas?

778
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Speaker 7: Or are the Giants gonna come after him? And will

779
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Speaker 7: he stay in New York as because the Giants are

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Speaker 7: hurting for a quarterback that was the other team that

781
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Speaker 7: was in potentially and on Matthew Stafford because remember the

782
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Speaker 7: Giants as an assistant quarterbacks coach hired Stafford's brother in law,

783
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Speaker 7: So of course that was gonna happen. But yeah, that's look,

784
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Speaker 7: I guess they were just playing a game of chicken.

785
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:30,000
Speaker 7: They were negotiating, you know, are you willing to leave

786
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Speaker 7: or you're not willing to leave? What is the number?

787
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Speaker 7: And so there you go. Sean McVay said he never

788
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Speaker 7: lost any sleep over it, not sure, I'm buying that.

789
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Speaker 5: It's very difficult to win if you don't have a quarterback.

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Speaker 5: I could never see myself not seeing the Rams without Stafford.

791
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Speaker 5: If Stafford chose to keep playing, and obviously he does,

792
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Speaker 5: and it's going to remain with the Rams, well.

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Speaker 6: Let's be honest. Stafford should have gone to the Raiders, right,

794
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Speaker 6: They desperately needed a quarterback, and we desperately needed him

795
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Speaker 6: out of the NSC West. And I got massive Aaron

796
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Speaker 6: Rodgers fatigue, I mean, just mass event get ready. Well,

797
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Speaker 6: I'm hearing that he might be leaning towards the Giants.

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Speaker 6: I don't know, stay in New York, but him in

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Speaker 6: Las Vegas. Ooh my goodness, I can't. I can't.

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Speaker 7: And there's no way Russell Wilson and Pete Carroll get

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Speaker 7: back together in Vegas, right, I mean, that's not gonna happen.

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Speaker 7: Here's the thing on Stafford, though, that I think was

803
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Speaker 7: really impressive, and Cardinals saw it, and you know, did

804
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Speaker 7: he put up the greatest stats last year? He just

805
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Speaker 7: plays a really winning brand of football. At this point,

806
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Speaker 7: it's really hard to get to him without him getting

807
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Speaker 7: rid of the ball, not knowing where his hots are.

808
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Speaker 7: It's impossible to truly confuse him.

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 7: He's off the mark with a few passes right in

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Speaker 7: that week seventeen game. But he just plays a real

812
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Speaker 7: winning brand of football right now.

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Speaker 6: As a quarterback.

814
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Speaker 7: And look at how close they were to knocking off

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Speaker 7: the Eagles on the road, the eventual Super Bowl champion.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Stafford always seems to find a way, so he

817
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Speaker 5: remains in the NFC West. Who is not going to

818
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Speaker 5: be in the NFC West anymore, and that is former

819
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Speaker 5: forty nine Ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel, according to reports,

820
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Speaker 5: headed to the Washington Commanders for a fifth round pick.

821
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Speaker 5: This forty nine Ers wide receiver room could look quite different.

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Speaker 5: John Lynch said they are listening to offers for Brandon

823
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Speaker 5: Aiyuk as well. So all of a sudden, the forty

824
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Speaker 5: nine ers playmakers and you have an aging Christian McCaffrey.

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Speaker 5: It's it might be a different looking forty nine Ers

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Speaker 5: team that comes into State Farm Stadium.

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Speaker 6: Are they dumping salary for brock Perdy? I mean they

828
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Speaker 6: got they got to sign him, right, they have to

829
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Speaker 6: sign him.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, that's that's true.

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Speaker 6: I mean I get why they did what they did

832
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Speaker 6: with Debo, but that's that's a player that he's got

833
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Speaker 6: a lot of football left, in my opinion, and it

834
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Speaker 6: kind of reminds me way back when when we parted.

835
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Speaker 6: Cardinals parted with an Kwon Bolden, I just you know,

836
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Speaker 6: and he went on and did great things with Baltimore.

837
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Speaker 6: But Deebo has got a lot of football left. And

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Speaker 6: I think the forty nine he was heartbeat of that team.

839
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Speaker 6: He was like, really like what they were all about,

840
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Speaker 6: and I think they're really going to miss that.

841
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Speaker 7: And it was interesting the two teams that were after

842
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Speaker 7: him big time. Adam Peters, former assistant GM in the Niners,

843
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Speaker 7: obviously knows Deebo real well, and Demiko Ryans, head coach

844
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Speaker 7: now of Houston, knows him real well his days is

845
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Speaker 7: defensive coordinator with the Niners. So when guys who are

846
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Speaker 7: intimately familiar with the player really want that guy, I

847
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Speaker 7: think that's very telling.

848
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Speaker 5: Deebo had or has one year remaining on his contract,

849
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Speaker 5: so you have to make a decision if you're the

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Speaker 5: forty nine Ers. And then for Deebo himself, he really

851
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Speaker 5: hasn't been himself since his Pro Bowl All Pro year

852
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Speaker 5: in twenty twenty one. But if you're the Commanders, Paul,

853
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Speaker 5: and you've got a young quarterback and you're looking to

854
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Speaker 5: supplement the weapons around him for a fifth round pick,

855
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Speaker 5: hopefully again, new environment, new situation. Maybe maybe that spurs

856
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Speaker 5: Deebo to get into shape if you believe what was

857
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Speaker 5: being written out of San Francisco as far as he

858
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:56,320
Speaker 5: was overweight this past season and now all of a

859
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Speaker 5: sudden this year, Debo, Okay, if I want to stay

860
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Speaker 5: in this league beyond twenty twenty five, this might be

861
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Speaker 5: a great opportunity with the young quarterback.

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Speaker 7: See and now the commanders have with the Niners do

863
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Speaker 7: not a rookie quarterback contract where they can operate, They

864
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Speaker 7: can add salary, they can go after a Deebo Samuel,

865
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Speaker 7: they can think they're going to trade for Miles Garrett,

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Speaker 7: which is the other buzz around the NFL right now

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Speaker 7: that Washington is going to go all in, all out

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Speaker 7: to try and trade for Miles Garrett. The other thing

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Speaker 7: in the NFC West is DK Metcalf, You know, Craig

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Speaker 7: at the combine. A lot of trade rumors. DK Metcalf

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Speaker 7: could be headed to maybe Green Bay or the Raiders.

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Speaker 5: Nothing definitive, but again we're at that point, Rob right

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Speaker 5: now where a lot of stuff is going to be

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Speaker 5: thrown against the wall and we'll see what sticks. The

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Speaker 5: official league year doesn't begin until March twelfth.

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Speaker 6: A lot of speculation going on. This is the time.

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Speaker 6: The one thing we are certain of is no more

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Speaker 6: Ron wolf Ley on Cardinals broadcasts.

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Speaker 7: Well, and you know how much wolf you used to

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Speaker 7: love all the speculation about trades. And you know, I mean,

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Speaker 7: this is like his favorite time of the year.

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Speaker 6: Not exactly.

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Speaker 5: We bring it full circle here on the Cardinals Red

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Speaker 5: Seat Report. Once again we can congratulate Ron Woofully on

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Speaker 5: an outstanding career with the Arizona Cardinals. He'll still be

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Speaker 5: around though, we'll see him soon. This is the Arizona

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Speaker 5: Cardinals Radio Network.

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Speaker 1: You've been listening to the Cardinals Red Sea Report.

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Speaker 3: It is caught by McBride.

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Speaker 2: Hey, it's a touchdown boot a Baker with the sacked

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Speaker 2: strip the ball where he's gonna score touchdown.

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Speaker 4: Oh baby.

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Speaker 2: Touchdown Cardinals whim.

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