1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: This podcast is presented by All Copy Products, proud partner 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals. Learn more at All copy Products 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: dot com. So the fifteen of the ten Berry's Gonna 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: Score Touchdown. Welcome to the Cardinals Red Sea Reports. Flint 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,119 Speaker 1: to the ground by Puda Baker like a torpedo. He 6 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: came flying into the backfield. Tens goes up and mixed 7 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: the game. When it catch Larry Lodgen does it again. 8 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: The Cardinals Red Sea Report has brought to you by 9 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit Acy Cardinals dot com Slash Podcasts. 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: Here Tween go. This is it. Caught by Kurt at 11 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: the twenty at the ten touchdown, Baby Field. Here's Craig Grilou, 12 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 1: Mike Jarecki and Bertrand Berry. Too many times, gentlemen, We've 13 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: come on the air here on this Tuesday on the 14 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: Cardinals Red Sea Reports and talked about missed opportunities forty 15 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: eight hours earlier games in which the Cardinals on paper, yes, 16 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 1: better talents, better teams than the team that lined up 17 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: from across for them. Yet we know the game is 18 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: not played on paper, and the Cardinals once again on 19 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: the short end of a game that they should have 20 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: won and very well might regret when this season is 21 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: all done. Losing to the New England Patriots at Gillette 22 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: Stadium twenty to seventeen, the second straight loss, b trained 23 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: third and the last four games. And yes, this team 24 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: is above five hundred. Yes they are the seventh seed 25 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: in the NFC. Yet they could be so much better 26 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: and we all know it, and the players, coaches, they 27 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: all know it as well. And that's what makes this 28 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: so frustrating here in twenty twenty have these episod situations, Craig, 29 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: where you had opportunities to win a game, and you 30 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: really play well for the most part, but there are 31 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: a few plays here and there that really ultimately decide 32 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: a game. There's always is going to be that time 33 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: to lament. And when you start getting into December, which 34 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: where we are now, and you start looking at playoff 35 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: positioning and seeding, these or those are the type of 36 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: games that you start to really men over in and 37 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: you really think, like, man, if we'd have had that 38 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: game and we've had this game, we'd be in a 39 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: much different situation and our playoff positioning would be so 40 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: much better. So I know, it was a long flight 41 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: home for those guys. But at the same time, they 42 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: still have to finish this season strong. They've got five 43 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 1: games left and they've got to make sure that they 44 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: don't have that type of situation again where they walk 45 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: off the field with that type of taste in their mouth. 46 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 1: The good news er MJ is that the Cardinals still 47 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: have everything that they want in front of them. However, 48 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: that's probably for a discussion, you know, maybe later on 49 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: in the show, and we start looking at the Rams 50 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: because what happened on Sunday just cannot afford to keep happening. 51 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: That's the consistency from the first quarter to the second, 52 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: to the third to the fourth. It's the offense one week, 53 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: it's the defense, the next week. It was special teams 54 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: this past Sunday. But now for two straight weeks, the 55 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: offense just hasn't gotten in gear because the defense did 56 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: everything it could to put the Cardinals in position to 57 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: walk off the field with the w Yeah, and you know, 58 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: we got a chance to talk to Kelvin Beachman a 59 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: little bit earlier today, and really, I think teams, you know, 60 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: Cliff doesn't like the words figure it out, and football 61 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: is about adjustments and matchups. But if you look at 62 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: the Belichick tree, starting with Matt Patricia and then you're 63 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: throwing Brian Flores and then Belichick and his son Stephen, 64 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: it looks like teams are trying to keep Kylin Murray 65 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: in the box. And you can look at the numbers 66 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: over the last two games, only six hundred and twelve yards, 67 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: you know, total averaging four point five yards per play, 68 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: only thirty eight points, where this team was averaging close 69 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: to twenty nine. So they're gonna have to figure it out. 70 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: And you know, Murray says he doesn't need to run 71 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: the ball. I think he does. That's part of who 72 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: he is. But at the same time, you know it's 73 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: a copycat league. Yeah, the Cardinals certainly need Kyle the 74 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: Murray to run the football because you look with Murray 75 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: on this team last year. This year, they are three 76 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: eleven and one when he does not hit that magical 77 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: mark of forty rushing yards. I'm going to say it again, 78 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: three eleven and one when he doesn't rush for at 79 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: least forty yards. So yes, Kyle the Murray, you do 80 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: need to run the football or at least have some 81 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: semblance of a threat because teams are taking it away. 82 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: So all right, if I can't run the football and 83 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: we're just not running the football overall, then MJ. This 84 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: team needs a better consistent passing attack. And that's something 85 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: that Kingsbury brought up earlier this week, that they haven't 86 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: seen the explosive plays first and foremost, and then they 87 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: just haven't had that rhythm as far as getting the 88 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: ball north and south, up and down the field. Well, 89 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: if you want to look at splash plays, which we 90 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: consider twenty five yards more, they only had two in 91 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: the last two games. In those game came into the 92 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 1: Seattle game, Max Williams twenty five and DeAndre Hopkins, And 93 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: give Belichick credit. I mean he he puts Steph Gilmore 94 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: on DeAndre Hopkins, you know, and we didn't see a 95 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,840 Speaker 1: lot of spacing with the Cardinals wide receivers. I don't 96 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 1: know if that was the case where Isabella was filling 97 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: in for fits and then you have Kirk on the 98 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 1: outside again. Too many mental airs. The penalties obviously are 99 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: still an issue, but just miscues and they're not playing 100 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: complimentary football. And I give the defense a lot of credit. 101 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: I know, you know, Avantas shows us it's a week 102 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: to week proposition with the fans, but they played well 103 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: enough defensively to win that football game. Cardinals did get 104 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: off to a better starts, and that was something that 105 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: was highlighted last week. In fact, they scored on their 106 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: opening drive, set up by a Marcus Golden interception, the 107 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 1: first of his career. They actually had a lead at 108 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: the end of the first quarter for the first time 109 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: since Week five, could not sustain it, fall by three 110 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 1: twenty to seventeen. Here's head coach Cliff Kingsbury. I think 111 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: New England had a good plan. I think we had 112 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: some opportunities and didn't take advantage of it. Didn't have 113 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 1: a ton of possessions, so we needed to maximize the 114 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: ones we did have and weren't able to do that. 115 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: Possessions betraying this team. Only a mass two hundred and 116 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: ninety eight total yards, the second lowest total of the season. 117 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: But it's not so much about the yards. It's the 118 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: number of points. And it was twenty one last week, 119 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: it was seventeen this week. I know we joke about 120 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,720 Speaker 1: it here on the Red C Report. As a defensive player, 121 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: you don't like to see it, but you need to 122 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: score twenty five thirty points a game in order to 123 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: win in the NFL here in twenty twenty, and that's 124 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: just the bottom line of the conversation. You have to 125 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: be able to put up points to win. And I 126 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: always talk about when you go on the road, especially 127 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: with a team that's coached by Bill Belichick, you need 128 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: to bring your defense and you need to bring your 129 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 1: special teams. I felt like the defense really came to play. 130 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: I look at Cam newton stat quarterback rating of twenty three. 131 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,479 Speaker 1: I believe it was less than a hundred yards passing 132 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 1: and not really much on the ground as well. But 133 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: the fact that the matter is special teams was the 134 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: one area that I thought the Cardinals really took a 135 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: step back. And it was the wrong time because because 136 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick is one of those coaches where he emphasizes 137 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 1: greatly special teams to the point where he has some 138 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: starters on special teams. And I felt like the kickoff 139 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: return and the punt return that really could have put 140 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: this team in a buying I thought that they really 141 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: lost that battle, and when you think about overcoming what 142 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: had happened, that was really the difference in the game. 143 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: No Trent Sherfield in that matchup as well because he 144 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: was placed on the reserve. COVID nineteen lists an excellent 145 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: special teams player. Would he have made a difference on 146 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: that punt return on the kickoff return, who knows, but 147 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: he certainly would have helped. And that is where this 148 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: twenty twenty season, a lot of teams are facing this 149 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: type of situation where it's the next man up. Someone 150 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: always has to step up and take over a role 151 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: or a position because a player might not be available. 152 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: This team, though we talked about it losses to the Lions, 153 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: you can mention the loss at Carolina, which was not 154 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: good for anybody on that team, and of course the 155 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: three point defeats to the Dolphins at Stave Farm Stadium 156 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: all missed opportunities. Kyler Murray asked, is there a common 157 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: theme in these losses? In the games that we've lost, 158 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: we've just kind of found a way to shoot ourselves 159 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: in the foot. Um. You know, in a lot of 160 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: games that we feel like we should have won, we 161 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: come out and we, you know, shoot ourselves in the 162 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: foot and it's it's it's not a good feeling to 163 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: keep doing that over and over again. You know, we 164 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: just we we got to clean it up. You know, 165 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: it's pretty obvious. I think everybody watching it sees it. Yeah, 166 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 1: this offense B train certainly needs to have a little 167 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:35,559 Speaker 1: bit more consistency and being able to move the sticks, 168 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: whether that's you know, a long sustained drive or the 169 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 1: chunk plays like we talked about earlier. Just right now, 170 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: just nothing really working. And maybe you got to give 171 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: credit to the opponent Pete Carroll and Bill Belichick the 172 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 1: past two weeks, but still certainly now it falls on 173 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:54,319 Speaker 1: the coaching staff to game plan against that. Yeah, you 174 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: do give a little bit of credit. Well, you give 175 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: a lot of credit to Pete Carroll and Bill Belichick. 176 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: Both these are two of the best coach that we 177 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 1: have in the game, and they're both defensive minded coaches, 178 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: so they really want to take away your best option 179 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: on offense. And I think that along with game plan, 180 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: the fact that the penalties that killed drives and we 181 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: keep talking about that weekend and week after that, and 182 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 1: as Kyler said, they're definitely going to have to address that. 183 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: They've got five weeks left to get this thing right 184 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: and hopefully make a run to the playoffs. But if 185 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: you don't get those things corrected, it's not going to 186 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: even matter, because you won't be in the playoffs if 187 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: you continue to stall drives due to penalties starting off, 188 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: you know, with with long yardage and having to try 189 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 1: to convert them, and so a lot of these wounds 190 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: are self inflicted and that's something that is correctable. But 191 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:46,679 Speaker 1: at the same time, you have to start seeing the 192 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,319 Speaker 1: results on the field. You can't just keep saying we 193 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: need to stop shooting ourselves in the foot and actually 194 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: take your finger off the trip. Cardinals are penalized six 195 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: times for fifty yards though two huge penalties on the 196 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: rookie Isaiah Simmons, which we'll get into more and a 197 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: little bit. But we talked about that rushing attack overall, 198 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: the Cardinals with one hundred and thirty eight yards rushing, 199 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,959 Speaker 1: but it was what Murray did not do, thirty one 200 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: yards on five carries. He talked about that because, in 201 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: his words, he believes this team can run without him 202 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 1: being effective rushing the football. I don't think I have 203 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: to run for us to be successful. I don't. I mean, well, 204 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: I have very very confident running backs. It just it 205 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: is what it is. They choose to, you know, take 206 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: me out of it. I gotta hand the ball off. 207 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: I have no I can't control of the ball. After that, 208 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: I gotta hand the ball. I've made a very clear MJ. 209 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: He has to run the football. Where do you stand 210 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: on this as far as the offense right now? Now, 211 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 1: maybe that changes next year or two years down the line, 212 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: but here in twenty twenty, this offense is predicated on 213 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,439 Speaker 1: Kyle Murray running the football. Yeah, but also, you know, 214 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: I think he's a luxury even though he's a dual threat. 215 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: I mean, what he's saying is, you know, teams are 216 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 1: forcing him to hand the ball off, and it's not Cliff, 217 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: it's other teams that he's not going to force it. 218 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 1: So he's in there, he's in the trenches, you know. 219 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: But I do think he needs to run. Now, I'm 220 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: not saying you have a certain number. I know the 221 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 1: stats reflect when he gets over forty yards the team 222 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: is more successful. But it all starts up front. And 223 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:17,839 Speaker 1: I like the one two points of Kenyan Drake and 224 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: obviously Chase Sevens, but he's part of the running game. 225 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: But if he feels like there's not running lines and 226 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: they're stacking the line with five players, I don't want 227 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: him running into the wall where it's not effective. So 228 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: there's other options, RPOs, zone reads. You know, I think 229 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: they need to move Hopkins around a little bit. I 230 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: guess that ex receiver always lines up on the left side. 231 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 1: But you know, they've got to be more creative on 232 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: offense to open up some holes and get that running game. 233 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: Going to that point about Hopkins targeted seven times, five 234 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: catches for fifty five yards, but beatra and only one 235 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: catch for eight yards and the second half, and that's 236 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: a weapon that this team certainly should be able to 237 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:00,040 Speaker 1: use more often. Clearly, Belichick wanted to come in and 238 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 1: take away the best option, and he felt like DeAndre 239 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: Hopkins was the best option for this offense. He wanted 240 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: to neutralize him. They had pretty much coverage role to 241 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: him every time he lined up. And so that's that's 242 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: been what Belichick has done for years to have the 243 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: success that he's had. He takes away your best weapon 244 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: and forces you to play left handed. And when you 245 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: start thinking about the run game with Tyler, he didn't 246 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: run because that's not what the Patriots gave him. As 247 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: far as looks, they gave him the seven man fronts 248 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: a lot, which when you see seven then that usually 249 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: spells run, and so he's going to hand the ball 250 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: off and they're going to continue to give you those 251 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: looks because they know that that certain fronts dictate certain 252 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: plays to be called. And so you saw a heavy 253 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,199 Speaker 1: dose to that and they continue to hand the ball off. 254 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: And I believe him when he says that he doesn't 255 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: have to run for this team to be successful. That's true, 256 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 1: but that is a dynamic part of this offense, and 257 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:00,679 Speaker 1: when you throw that element in, then this offense come special. 258 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 1: So no, he doesn't have to do it in order 259 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: to be special in order for the team to have success. 260 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,839 Speaker 1: But when you do, it's an element that that most 261 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: defenses cannot account for where they can't practice for it 262 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: because most teams don't have a coler murray on their 263 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 1: practice squad in order to give them that look, so 264 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: they're never going to be totally prepared for it. So 265 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 1: you do have to use that weapon when it's available. 266 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: And we saw Lamar Jackson run to an MVP using 267 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 1: his legs, so that there is precedent with it, and 268 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: I think for him, he's got to understand that his 269 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 1: legs is what the the one thing that gives this 270 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: team that that element of surprise that you just can't 271 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: coach against. And when he's able to be effective, this 272 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: offense looks completely different and takes off on a whole 273 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: other level. Well, I think that's a good name to 274 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: bring up when you'll mentioned Lamar Jackson, because you know, 275 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: everyone you know assume the Ravens are gonna get back 276 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: to the title game or not to get to the 277 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. And you know, obviously teams are defending him 278 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: a lot different, and the Ravens want to make him 279 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: more of a pocket passer. Murray to me is to 280 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: dual threat with the fourth three speed. So they got 281 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: to figure it out. But you know, time is ticking 282 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: here we are in December and they really haven't played 283 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: a full four quarters of what they think offensively putting 284 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: points on the board. Yeah, five games left, beginning with 285 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: a home contest against the Rams coming up on this Sunday. 286 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: More on that in a moment. Update. Third Gang to 287 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: the latest version of the Cardinals mobile app today. The 288 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: app feature is an all new redesign homescreen experience was 289 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: an easy Cardinals dot Com slash app for more when 290 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: we come back the end of the game, it's where 291 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: a lot of people are focusing on we will as well. 292 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: Next here on the Arizona Cardinals, Rightio Network snapped to Newton, 293 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: he's just gonna take and running left, but he's got 294 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: running room at the forty heads. But the sideline gets 295 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: drilled by Simmons on the fart side of the forty 296 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: six and a flag comes down. Newton got the first 297 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: down and Simmons hit him. Plates that's gonna put the 298 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: ball in cardinal territory. Oh my goodness, he was in 299 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 1: when he got hit. Fifty yard attempt to win the 300 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: game for Nick Folk, tied at seventeen, three seconds to go. 301 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: Bulk is ready snap while is down, The kick is up, 302 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: the kick is good, and the Patriots win the game 303 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: twenty to seventeen, a brutal loss for the Cardinals. Zene 304 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: Gonzalez misses a field goal, the Patriots make one, and 305 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: they went at twenty to seventeen and the Cardinals fall 306 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: to the six and five. Really really curious to get 307 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: bertrand Berry's take on that late hit supposed late hits 308 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: on Isaiah Simmons. But first things first, we need to 309 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: discuss how the Patriots Nick Folk he made his field 310 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: goal Zene Gonzalez for the Cardinals did nuts and the 311 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: Cardinals come up a field goal shorts, losing twenty to seventeen. 312 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: As we continue here on the Cardinals Red Sea report 313 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: talking about that Cardinals Week twelve defeats, as her day 314 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: pass mentioned, six and five is the record now and 315 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: it's a disturbing trend when you look at it. J 316 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 1: With regard to Gonzalez, four of his five misses this 317 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: season have come from that forty to forty nine range, 318 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: with three of them happening in the last five games, 319 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: and they've all been pressure kicks. Sunday, Short on a 320 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: forty nine yard attempt against the Dolphins, missed a forty 321 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: one yarder that would have won the game. In overtime 322 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: for the Sea against the Seahawks, he did come back 323 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: and redeemed himself with a forty eight yard or later 324 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: on to give the Cardinals to win. But you need 325 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 1: to be able to make these kicks, especially here late 326 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: in the season. Well, and if you're gonna be in 327 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 1: a lot of close games, I mean, you're gonna have 328 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: to make these kicks. And I'm sure he feels awful, 329 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: but I mean, with the COVID situation. I don't know 330 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: what you know, people say, go out and get a 331 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: new kicker. I mean, it's not only a call one 332 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 1: eight hundred for a kicker. And they do have Mike 333 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: NuGen in a practice squad, but the organization has been 334 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:07,959 Speaker 1: consistent that he's the guy. And we know how much 335 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:12,439 Speaker 1: Jeff Rogers has that much influence, and you know, but 336 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 1: if you're going to be in close games, you're gonna 337 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: have to make these kicks. And we know that the Cardinals, 338 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: you know, whether they're coming from behind the fourth quarter 339 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 1: and they neither touch on or a field goal to 340 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 1: put it in overtime. I mean, you just can't give 341 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: games a way. In the National Football League, it's too 342 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 1: hard to win a weekend and week out, especially on 343 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: the road. So as a special teams unit, they didn't 344 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 1: play well. But obviously you know that's a concern. Now 345 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 1: when he goes out there between a forty and forty nine, 346 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: how confident? I'm sure the fans aren't confident, but how 347 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 1: confident is he? And really I think it comes on 348 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: the confidence. Well, let's ask a player in the National 349 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: Football League who used to play in the National Football 350 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 1: League be trained, how confident are you if you're on 351 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 1: that sideline and you see Zain Gonzalez come out to 352 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 1: attempt a game tying or game winning field goal forward, 353 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: I'm not sure if you're gonna have the utmost confidence 354 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 1: in him. I mean, you still feel confident he's still 355 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 1: your teammates or you have to inject that belief in 356 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 1: him because he is your teammate and you expect him 357 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 1: to go out and do this job. It's unfortunate, but 358 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: I think it wasn't just Zang Gonzala. It was it 359 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: was the whole special team's unit that really failed the 360 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 1: Cardinals on Sunday. And yeah, you can put a lot 361 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: of emphasis on him because it was a kick and 362 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: it was for points, and you think about the difference 363 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: in the game. It was a field goal. But I 364 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 1: just felt like from a special team standpoint, anybody that 365 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: was on the field for the Cardinals that was on 366 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: special teams that they did not bring their a game 367 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 1: this past Sunday, and I think ultimately that's what led 368 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 1: to the loss. It was a group effort. You have 369 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: to be able to win that battle because it is 370 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:56,119 Speaker 1: a major part of a team, and it just wasn't 371 00:18:56,160 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: there on Sunday, and so yeah, he gets alliance here 372 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,439 Speaker 1: because his job is to put the ball through the 373 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: goal post. But I think collectively the whole special team 374 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: did not deliver on this pass gating. To be fair, 375 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 1: Gonzalez did make a forty seven yard attempt earlier in 376 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: the contest, in fact, in the first quarter, to extend 377 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: the Cardinals lead to ten nothing. But at the end 378 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 1: of the day, it was what have you done for 379 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 1: me lately? And Gonzalez missed. Here's head coach Cliff Kingsbury. 380 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,360 Speaker 1: He's been good a lot of the time. Obviously, there's 381 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: a couple of kicks that we'd like to have back, 382 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 1: but I think he's kicked the ball well for us 383 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: over the last two seasons. We got to be able 384 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: to come up with that. We'll just keep working. Of course, 385 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 1: the Cardinals could have done more offensive lead, either make 386 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: it a shorter kick or just not have Gonzalez on 387 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: the field to begin with. All right, now, let's go 388 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: to what we heard as well. Coming into this segment. 389 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,879 Speaker 1: Third and thirteen, Cam Newton runs for the first down 390 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: and then the penalty on Isaiah Simmons fifteen yards. So 391 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:59,120 Speaker 1: now all of a sudden, the Patriots move into field 392 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: goal range from the New England forty six to the 393 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: Cardinals thirty nine because of that fifteen yard penalty. Bertram Berry, 394 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: I'm sure you've seen it from a number of different 395 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 1: angles and the moments. It certainly didn't look or sound 396 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: very good. But what did you see on the Simmons 397 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:19,119 Speaker 1: hit on Cam Newton? I saw a quarterback that was 398 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: trying to gain positive yards for his team, to get 399 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,640 Speaker 1: every single yard that he possibly could. There was no slide, 400 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: there was no give up, and there was green grass 401 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,360 Speaker 1: under his feet when contact was made. And in all 402 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: of those angles that they showed that play, it was 403 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 1: a legitimate hit. I hated that call when it happened 404 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: real time, and I hated it even more as we 405 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:45,880 Speaker 1: saw the different views for that particular play. I thought 406 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons came in, he didn't lead with his head, 407 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: he didn't do anything that with Garner a flag in 408 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:55,160 Speaker 1: my opinion, and I think it was one of those 409 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 1: where you've seen Cam Newton over the years take a 410 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,639 Speaker 1: lot of shots because he's a big man. But I 411 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: think in this situation that those those cumulatives hits that 412 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 1: he's taken and and they've been controversial. I think those 413 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: came back into his favor on that particular play because 414 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 1: no way, if that's a running back or anybody else 415 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: that you are going to make that type of call 416 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 1: in that situation. So I think that was Cam Newton 417 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 1: getting a lot of residual uh calls ill because he 418 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: didn't get him in the past. I think the referees 419 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: have have a tough time trying to referee him and 420 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 1: his ability because do you treat him as a running 421 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: back and treat him as a quarterback. You just don't know. 422 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: But either way you slice it, it was a bad 423 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: call and and it ultimately put the Patriots in a 424 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 1: great position to win that game. Well, I mean, excuse me, 425 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 1: he's a he's a runner in that situation. Now, you 426 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: know this Beatrain the NFL, they're protecting these quarterbacks. So 427 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,159 Speaker 1: when you get to that point, I know it's a 428 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: split second decision. So I'm not gonna, you know, look 429 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: at a Simmons say you're going to be smarter than that. 430 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 1: But when these quarterbacks, and I'm glad you pointed out 431 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 1: he didn't try to slide, he was trying to run 432 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: out of bouncing. He had admitted on his radio show 433 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 1: on Monday on WEI that he was going to flop 434 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: either way. So, but I think, you know he's a runner, 435 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:19,479 Speaker 1: but you know they're protecting these quarterbacks. Yeah, you can 436 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,959 Speaker 1: protect quarterback, but when you tuck that ball under your 437 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: arm and you start running with it, you become a 438 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:28,159 Speaker 1: runner now all things or game. And the fact that 439 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: he didn't try to avoid the contact. He could have flopped, 440 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,640 Speaker 1: he could have done whatever he wanted to. But as 441 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 1: long as his feet have green grass underneath him, then 442 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: that is a legal hit. So however they want to 443 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 1: slide to the whether he's a quarterback, whether he's a runner, 444 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: if you were inbounding, you are not sliding. There is 445 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 1: no way that you can make that late hit. And 446 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,679 Speaker 1: I didn't even like the call that they made because 447 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 1: that there wasn't anything specific that he said. He just 448 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,360 Speaker 1: that personal power. I mean, give us an explanation as 449 00:22:56,359 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: to what you're going to call in that situation, and 450 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 1: to leave it as vague as they did. I just 451 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: felt like the Refereeves had every intent on making that 452 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 1: call because it was Cam Newton and because of the 453 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 1: history of him getting hit so many different ways and 454 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,160 Speaker 1: being treated as a runner when he thinks he should 455 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 1: be treated as a quarterback. I just didn't like it, 456 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 1: no matter how you'd play. Yeah, it was called unnecessary roughness, 457 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 1: but no specifics laid hit helmet to helmet, no designation 458 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,880 Speaker 1: as far as that was concerned. Mike Pereira, former vice 459 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 1: president of officiating the NFL and current rules analysts at 460 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: Fox Sports, agrees with us here on the discussion, tweeting 461 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 1: out on Sunday. Quote, Newton was inbounds and Simmons did 462 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: not lead with his helmet. It was more shoulder to 463 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 1: shoulder with maybe incidental contact with the helmet, not a foul. 464 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 1: End of tweets. Marcus Golden weighed in on that penalty 465 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 1: against Simmons. Doom kyper cars happened, Man, he was playing hard. 466 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons, young rookie out there playing hard, landing on 467 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: the line for his team, and you ain't really faring 468 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 1: them forward. Man, It's gonna be close calls like that. Noom, 469 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 1: I still respect as just from landing on the line 470 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 1: for his team, and so I respect him for going hard. 471 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: And again, this is one of those plays. It's a 472 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 1: handful of plays during the course of a ball game. 473 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,199 Speaker 1: That we keep mentioning each and every week that tilts 474 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 1: the favor and yours or your opponents, And that was 475 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: one of those plays. MJ. Yes, you convert on third 476 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 1: and thirteen and then you tack on fifteen yards and 477 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, that's what everyone's going to focus on, 478 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: as opposed to plays earlier in the contest, Christian Kirk drop, 479 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: Keyshawn Johnson not being able to get the ball across 480 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: the goal line, Kenyan Drake coming up short on fourth 481 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: and goal right before the end of the first half, 482 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 1: all points in the ball game that if those happen, 483 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 1: maybe we're having a different conversation here today. Well, let's 484 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 1: just look at that play itself. I mean, there was 485 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 1: no way he was going to throw the football based 486 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: on his numbers, and he had fumbled early in the 487 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: season trying to get into the end zone. So from 488 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:57,640 Speaker 1: that standpoint, I mean, in vance was trying to bring pressure, 489 00:24:57,680 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 1: but at that point, you know he's going to run 490 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: the football, so you could have avoided this. But obviously 491 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 1: you know he was able to get to the sidelines 492 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: and obviously got hit out of bounds. Yeah, the Cardinals 493 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: come as he was going out of bound Cardinals come 494 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:13,360 Speaker 1: up short twenty to seventeen. The offense held under three 495 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 1: hundred yards of total offense, and we've talked about it. 496 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray one hundred and seventy yards passing, no touchdowns, 497 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 1: thirty one yards rushing, no touchdowns. First time this season 498 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: Murray has been held without a touchdown past this season, 499 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: and third time he didn't run for a touchdown this season. 500 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 1: Justin Pugh on what is going on with the offense 501 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 1: and where they go from here. We got to do 502 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 1: a better job of running the ball effectively on first 503 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,199 Speaker 1: and second down, putting us in manageable third down situations. 504 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: And they made the biggest plays in the biggest moments, 505 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: and we didn't. We're sitting here at six and five. 506 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,120 Speaker 1: We got five games in front of us. We gotta 507 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: go out there and we gotta win some games. B Train, 508 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 1: take me inside the locker room here on a Monday, 509 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: at Tuesday Wednesday this week leading into week thirteen. You're 510 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: six and five, and I know something times fans, media, 511 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 1: we hang onto these losses longer than the players do. 512 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: But you're entering the month of December where it's meaningful 513 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 1: football to where you want to be playing games in 514 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: January past week seventeen. How do you now kind of 515 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,639 Speaker 1: regroup and get this train back on track, so to speak. 516 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 1: All you have to do is make sure that you 517 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 1: take care of your business. As a defense. If you 518 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: were to tell me that you held the starting quarterback 519 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 1: for the New England Patriots under one hundred yards rushing, 520 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,199 Speaker 1: you got two interceptions off of him and he was 521 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: not able to run the ball into the end zone, 522 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 1: I would say, and you held that team to twenty points, 523 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 1: You'd be like, yeah, I'll take that every single day. 524 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,640 Speaker 1: And we won that game on the road. We did 525 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,160 Speaker 1: our things. So the first thing you think in is, damn, 526 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,439 Speaker 1: how do we not get that win home? But the 527 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 1: fact is you're still above five hundred. You still have 528 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:53,200 Speaker 1: an opportunity to get into the playoff is December. Now 529 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: this is where you really have to lock in and 530 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 1: it really becomes concentration as opposed to physical will. Because 531 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 1: everybody saw everybody's tired at this stage of the season. 532 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: Now you have to really go lock in, and the 533 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,679 Speaker 1: meeting has become that much more important. Now you have 534 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: to lock into what you do from a film study standpoint, 535 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:19,360 Speaker 1: a game plan standpoint that there cannot be any assumptions. 536 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: You have to make sure that everybody is on the 537 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 1: same page because you cannot afford to have any mental 538 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 1: lapses at this point. You are what you are. You're 539 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 1: not going to change who you are from a fundamental standpoint, 540 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 1: from an offense, defense, or even special teams for that matter. 541 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,479 Speaker 1: You the other team knows who you are as well, 542 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 1: but the Cavy ideas you know who they are, and 543 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,880 Speaker 1: so it's just a matter of who gets to execute 544 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 1: their game plan the best on game day, and that 545 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 1: comes down the focus and attention to details, so you 546 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 1: don't dwell on those games. Of course, you're going to 547 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: be upset, especially on that plane ride home. It was 548 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 1: a long plane ride home for a lot of different reasons, 549 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 1: five hours for one, and then you lost the game. 550 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 1: But that's all the time that you need to get 551 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: that out of your system and come in Monday would 552 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: with a great attitude, ready to get to work on 553 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 1: the rams, because one thing's for sure, they're not going 554 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 1: to feel any sympathy for you because they lost their 555 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: last game as well, and this is a division opponent, 556 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: so there's no time to lick your wound. You got 557 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: to be able to get that last game out of 558 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 1: your system and be ready to focus in on a 559 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,640 Speaker 1: team that's a division rival that that's looking to position 560 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: themselves a little bit better to get into the playoffs 561 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 1: as well. Well. The good news here is the Cardinals. 562 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 1: Last time they lost back to back games, they had 563 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 1: rattled off three straight wins and then one four of five, 564 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: every single time scoring at least thirty points and totally 565 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 1: more than four hundred yards of offense. So let's hope 566 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: that is the recipe here in December as well. 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We'll 576 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: get to that next here on the Arizona Cardinals. Where 577 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:39,160 Speaker 1: you doing Network Originals showing blitz here they come snapped. 578 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: The Newton gets hit, ball flutters up in the air 579 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:43,960 Speaker 1: heads picked off by Golden at the twenty three yard line. 580 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: On he's tackle, there is pressure backside Cam Newton's arm 581 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: was hit, the ball popped up into the air and 582 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,920 Speaker 1: it's picked off by Golden. Oh what a great way 583 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 1: to start on the first series. They came after him 584 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: a six man rush. It was Jordan Hicks who knocked 585 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:08,800 Speaker 1: the ball into the air. Jordan Hicks splitz. Marcus Golden 586 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:12,479 Speaker 1: came up with the interception, the first of his career, 587 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 1: and it helps set up Kenyan Drake one yard touchdown run. 588 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,959 Speaker 1: In just three minutes into the contest, the Cardinals had 589 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,479 Speaker 1: a seven nothing lead. Of course we know what happened. 590 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 1: They were unable to finish Jane lose twenty to seventeen. 591 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 1: As we continue here on the Cardinals red Sea were 592 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: Port Craig raylu Mike Drecky and Bertram Berry focusing on 593 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,480 Speaker 1: a defense be trained that. I don't know much more 594 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: they could have done. You get two takeaways, three sacks, 595 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: thirty six percent on third down and the Patriots held 596 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy nine yards only eighty four yards 597 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:48,480 Speaker 1: passing and yet they walk off the field. It's a 598 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 1: team game, yes, but this team lost, although the defense 599 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: certainly probably had in one of its better, if not 600 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: the best game of the season. Very frustrating. When you 601 00:30:58,400 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 1: go out there and you lay it on the line 602 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 1: and you do what coach Joseph asks you to do. 603 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 1: You're able to win third downs, You're able to win 604 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: the turnover battle, you're able to uh limit him to 605 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,560 Speaker 1: less than a hundred yards and the air total and 606 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: uh that you said one hundred and seventy yards here 607 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 1: there total yards. I mean that that's a dominant performance. 608 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 1: And when you start thinking about twenty points on the road, 609 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: that that's pretty good in today's NFL in twenty twenty. 610 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 1: And of course there's always going to be plays where 611 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,280 Speaker 1: you wish you could have back and things that you 612 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 1: could have done better. But I don't know if there 613 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,600 Speaker 1: is much more you really could have acceded this defense. 614 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 1: And of course they're going to be perfectionists and they 615 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 1: want to have a perfect game, and nobody's ever played that, 616 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:46,600 Speaker 1: so there's always things that you can improve on. But again, 617 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:50,280 Speaker 1: if you just take that that stat line and just 618 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: throw it out there on the Saturday night and say 619 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 1: that that's what it's going to be. Then more times 620 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,680 Speaker 1: than not, you're you're gonna say, oh, for sure, we're 621 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:01,840 Speaker 1: gonna win that game. So those guys are frustrated. But 622 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 1: at the same time, there have been times during the 623 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:05,920 Speaker 1: course of the year where the offense had to build 624 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 1: them out because they didn't play well. And as you said, Craig, 625 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:13,320 Speaker 1: it's a team sport. You can't start pointing fingers. That's 626 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,720 Speaker 1: just the way that the game winning. And they are 627 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 1: they now know that they are capable of doing that. 628 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,920 Speaker 1: Now it's just a matter of doing it game in 629 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 1: and game out. And that was the point Marcus Golden 630 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: made because he was asked afterwards be trained about that 631 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:32,200 Speaker 1: defensive performance, and this was his reaction as far as 632 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 1: whether the defense or he were frustrated because they did 633 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: not get to w despite how well the defense played, 634 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:39,960 Speaker 1: that's not frustrating at all. Like I said, I'm a 635 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 1: team guy. I'm a team I'm all about the team man. 636 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,479 Speaker 1: Some days the offense gonna save the day for the defense, 637 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,040 Speaker 1: and then you gotta keep working no matter what. So 638 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: I say, like I said, we all gonna go watch film, 639 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,160 Speaker 1: fix it, get it right, and maybe I could have 640 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 1: stepped it up and made it another to play to 641 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:55,560 Speaker 1: help the team win. So you can't. You can't point fingers. 642 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 1: You just gotta keep working hard and see what you 643 00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,080 Speaker 1: got to do yourself to help the team get better. 644 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 1: And you look who was available for the Cardinals defensively, 645 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:05,920 Speaker 1: and Jay Josh Morrow had been placed on injured reserve, 646 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,520 Speaker 1: Jalen Thompson out because of an ankle injury, Deontay Thompson 647 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 1: placed on the reserve COVID nineteen list earlier in the week. 648 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,840 Speaker 1: You did welcome back Zach Allen, and you did have 649 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:19,840 Speaker 1: Demato Peco who was signed earlier, so he made his 650 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:23,120 Speaker 1: Cardinals debut. There were some players elevated from the practice squad, 651 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 1: but especially defensive line, Angelo Blackson, Caravan Coley, Peco, Michael Dogby, 652 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 1: Stacey McGee. I mean, this is not what Vance Joseph 653 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,520 Speaker 1: thought of when he walked into twenty twenty, when he 654 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,520 Speaker 1: had a Corey Peters, he had a Jordan Phillips, he 655 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: had a Zach Allen, and now all of a sudden, 656 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: it's while it is next man up. But that is 657 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,040 Speaker 1: you know, there's a reason, as Ron Whippley likes to say, 658 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,120 Speaker 1: there's a reason they're called starters, and then there's a 659 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,719 Speaker 1: reason why there's a second unit. Yeah, but looking at 660 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,080 Speaker 1: the numbers, you gotta give them credit. I mean, they 661 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,719 Speaker 1: did their job up front. And I thought Devandre Campbell, 662 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: who obviously was you know, Allen some injuries. He played 663 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:01,720 Speaker 1: really well, like the way he played, and Kennard didn't 664 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:03,560 Speaker 1: play a whole lot in that game, and that's something 665 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,040 Speaker 1: to look for down the road. But for the most part, 666 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:08,600 Speaker 1: I mean, these are not household names, and you know, 667 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 1: unfortunately for Zach Allen, it just seems like he can't 668 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 1: stay healthy and we'll find out more about him. But 669 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:17,439 Speaker 1: you know, they're rotating guys. But I do think when 670 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:19,120 Speaker 1: you look at it from a standpoint, it's more of 671 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,719 Speaker 1: a team effort where they're not, you know, looking at 672 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 1: one individual. But I do think they miss Corey Peters. 673 00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:26,279 Speaker 1: You could see teams are starting to run the wall 674 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,480 Speaker 1: at the middle, and pack goes a guy that's got 675 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:31,040 Speaker 1: good size, he's got a lot of experience, so hopefully 676 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:33,279 Speaker 1: they can settle down there and stop the run a 677 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,800 Speaker 1: little bit better. There's Campbell's stat line six tackles, a sack, 678 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: two tackles for lost one quarterback hit he who's certainly 679 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:43,879 Speaker 1: everywhere early in that contest. Overall, a great performance by 680 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,600 Speaker 1: the defense. Here's the head coach, Cliff Kingsbury. I thought 681 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:50,399 Speaker 1: DJ had a great plan going in. We knew that 682 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:52,840 Speaker 1: we wanted to try and limit the running attack and 683 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,880 Speaker 1: make them try to throw it, load the box and 684 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:59,319 Speaker 1: show them different fronts, and I really thought he had 685 00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,960 Speaker 1: a great plan into those guys executed a high level. 686 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:05,080 Speaker 1: There's some short fields that they had to work from 687 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:08,720 Speaker 1: where they scored some points there, but was really proud 688 00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:10,920 Speaker 1: of that group and after that they gave Yeah, the 689 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:14,839 Speaker 1: Patriots B train had four scoring drives their first three 690 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:19,400 Speaker 1: all began in Cardinal's territory. The forty six, the thirty nine, 691 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:23,440 Speaker 1: the thirty one, And yes, the defense has to stop 692 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:27,040 Speaker 1: those drives. And we'll hear Vans Joseph say it later 693 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 1: on this week when he addresses the media, because that's 694 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:32,120 Speaker 1: his motto. No matter what situation we're placed in, it's 695 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:34,920 Speaker 1: our job to get the opposing offense off the field. Yet, 696 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,719 Speaker 1: I'll say, only allowing two touchdowns in a field goal 697 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:41,440 Speaker 1: when you're starting in plus territory as an offense and 698 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:44,200 Speaker 1: the defense comes up big that's a win for me. 699 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,240 Speaker 1: It is a win, but ultimately it's a bottom line business, Gregan, 700 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,759 Speaker 1: and there are no moral victories. Yeah, you can say 701 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:54,080 Speaker 1: this group played well, and they played well in spite 702 00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:57,400 Speaker 1: of the situation. And I want to give Brenton Butler 703 00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,799 Speaker 1: some some credit, the d line, the defenct that each 704 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,960 Speaker 1: had to introduce himself to a lot of these guys 705 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:04,960 Speaker 1: on Monday. You know, they had to wear name tag 706 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:07,399 Speaker 1: for goodness sake, because you know, I'm sure a lot 707 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:10,239 Speaker 1: of those faces were unfamiliar to him. But he got 708 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:13,839 Speaker 1: him playing hard, he got him playing well, and there's 709 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:17,560 Speaker 1: something to be said about that. But again, you can't 710 00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,920 Speaker 1: go out there and poke a chest out because ultimately 711 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,680 Speaker 1: you didn't get it done as a team, and that's 712 00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:27,000 Speaker 1: really all that matters. So you go back to the 713 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:29,239 Speaker 1: drawing board. You try to come up with another game 714 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:32,040 Speaker 1: plan that is going to be as successful as you 715 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:35,759 Speaker 1: were and just hope that it'll be enough in order 716 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:39,000 Speaker 1: to get a win this week. You can't lament too 717 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:42,200 Speaker 1: long on what you did the week before. But those 718 00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 1: guys keep giving effort. That's winning effort, and I don't 719 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:49,480 Speaker 1: think anybody's going to feel like that group let them 720 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,840 Speaker 1: down at all, considering all of the injuries and guys 721 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,600 Speaker 1: that they were counting on to be there that actually 722 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,880 Speaker 1: weren't and trains right if you were told, you know 723 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:02,000 Speaker 1: before the game, these stats are gonna give up defensively, 724 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,080 Speaker 1: you think you take to win, but we know it's 725 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 1: there's three fascets in football, offense, defense and special teams 726 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:13,480 Speaker 1: and giving up those field positions. And Dante mccreef, he 727 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:15,440 Speaker 1: was on the practice squad, he was all leading for 728 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:18,240 Speaker 1: that game there and he hasn't returned to kickoff return 729 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:21,319 Speaker 1: from two thousand I think it was twenty seventeen he said. 730 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:25,799 Speaker 1: So again, offense defense will say balance, clearly, you're not 731 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,880 Speaker 1: gonna win games scoring seventeen points, but really the special 732 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:32,279 Speaker 1: teams and then obviously the missfield goals. So it's a 733 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,200 Speaker 1: sixty minute game and you got to play all three 734 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,440 Speaker 1: fastest of the game. Cardinals defense could be getting healthier 735 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:41,799 Speaker 1: as well. Some players on injured reserve close to coming back. Here. 736 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,880 Speaker 1: It's head coach Cliff Kingsbury. I'm hopeful Richard will be 737 00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,400 Speaker 1: vaccine lucky. We'll be back soon. You just want to 738 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:49,880 Speaker 1: see progression with some of those young guys you'd like 739 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,560 Speaker 1: to get Jordan going as the season goes on and 740 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,000 Speaker 1: he heals up. But I was proud of the unit 741 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,239 Speaker 1: that played. Thought Dom came in and gave us a 742 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,600 Speaker 1: good boost, played hard. We just got to continue to 743 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,400 Speaker 1: build there with some of those young guys when they 744 00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:04,920 Speaker 1: get back. Yeah. Richard Lawrence lucky vote too, and you 745 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:08,600 Speaker 1: heard him talk about Jordan Phillips. All players on injured reserve. 746 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,800 Speaker 1: Lawrence though has been designated to return, so he has 747 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,280 Speaker 1: been on the practice field. Just a matter of time 748 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,200 Speaker 1: or if he does come back, and perhaps maybe there 749 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:19,880 Speaker 1: was a setback, but we saw Zach Allen designated to 750 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:23,080 Speaker 1: return and he did return this past Sunday. Yeah, and 751 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,680 Speaker 1: don't forget about the COVID guys. We'll know more as 752 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,640 Speaker 1: week goes on between Larry Fitzgerald, Trent Scherfield, and the 753 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,000 Speaker 1: Deante Thompson. So you're adding some depth and then maybe 754 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:33,879 Speaker 1: things will settle it on in the offense. What happen 755 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:36,640 Speaker 1: fits on the field. Yeah, certainly there's a lot missing, 756 00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,400 Speaker 1: and this is the time of year where every team 757 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:42,640 Speaker 1: is suffering and through injuries or in this case twenty twenty. 758 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,800 Speaker 1: The reserve COVID nineteen list and like the defense showed 759 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,719 Speaker 1: on Sunday, other guys have to step up and those 760 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:52,720 Speaker 1: guys defensively did. Now you just hope everyone offense, defense 761 00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:55,680 Speaker 1: and special teams can come through this week when the 762 00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:58,960 Speaker 1: Cardinals host the Rams, speaking of which we'll get into 763 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:02,759 Speaker 1: that Week thirteen contest. On the other side, it is 764 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:06,040 Speaker 1: a rivalry within the division that has been one sided 765 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:09,839 Speaker 1: since Sean McVay was named head coach. We'll explain. On 766 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,800 Speaker 1: the other side, this is the Cardinals Red Sea Report 767 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:16,759 Speaker 1: Craig Rayel Lou Mike Drecky and bertram Berry every Tuesday 768 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:21,280 Speaker 1: eleven to noon the entire year, not just the regular season, 769 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:26,000 Speaker 1: but the entire calendar year, talking all things Arizona Cardinals football. 770 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:38,280 Speaker 1: This is the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network. Javer Pepper Chwishnowski 771 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:41,440 Speaker 1: just inside the left ash to win the game. Pepper snap, 772 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:47,400 Speaker 1: Mishnowski has a down, Robbie Gold has it straight ahead. 773 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:51,600 Speaker 1: The forty Niners can't see in the La Rams again 774 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:57,640 Speaker 1: twice this year, twice last year. Sweep about baby. How 775 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,680 Speaker 1: about that two years in a row the forty has 776 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:04,440 Speaker 1: swept the Rams. Greg Poppa Tim Ryan on the forty 777 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,040 Speaker 1: nine Ers Radio Network, forty nine Ers on a Robbie 778 00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:10,319 Speaker 1: Gould forty two yard field goal as time expired, beat 779 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:13,319 Speaker 1: the Rams twenty three twenty, helping out the Cardinals in 780 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:17,440 Speaker 1: the process. Rams just a game up on the Cardinals. 781 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:19,840 Speaker 1: Of course, the forty nine ers creeping up from behind. 782 00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:23,040 Speaker 1: They are a game back in the NFC West. As 783 00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,880 Speaker 1: we continue here on the Cardinals Red Sea Report, Greig Riolu, 784 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:29,160 Speaker 1: Mike Jarecki, and Bertram Berry Cardinals host the Rams. Coming 785 00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:33,400 Speaker 1: up this Sunday two five is the kickoff nine thirty am. 786 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,920 Speaker 1: The pregame coverage begins here on the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network, 787 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: start of a five game stretch to close out the season. 788 00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:42,200 Speaker 1: We all know what's at stake, and that is a 789 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:46,000 Speaker 1: spot in the postseason. Here's offensive lineman Justin Pugh. We're 790 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:47,920 Speaker 1: gonna find out what we're made of. I always say 791 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:49,960 Speaker 1: adversity and when things don't go in your way, you 792 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,480 Speaker 1: find out the character the men in the room. And 793 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,880 Speaker 1: I know the character the men we have, so I'm excited. 794 00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:55,440 Speaker 1: We have to look at it that way and we 795 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:56,600 Speaker 1: have to go out there. We have to fight. We 796 00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:59,400 Speaker 1: have to battle. Nothing's easy, nothing's given to you in 797 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:00,960 Speaker 1: the NFL. We gotta go out there and we gotta 798 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,319 Speaker 1: earn it, and the Cardinals certainly would love to earn 799 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:06,040 Speaker 1: a win over the Rams. Be trained. As I alluded 800 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:09,279 Speaker 1: to in the last segment, Sean McVay hired by the 801 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:12,120 Speaker 1: Rams to be the head coach in twenty seventeen. He 802 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:16,000 Speaker 1: is six and oh against the Cardinals, and folks, it 803 00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:18,640 Speaker 1: is not even close. There's been a pair of shutouts, 804 00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:21,520 Speaker 1: and it's been one sided, to say the least. And 805 00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:24,400 Speaker 1: when you have a team that perhaps has your number 806 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,600 Speaker 1: B train and other players and coaches, they'll be asked 807 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,040 Speaker 1: about it this week. It's a different head coach, it's 808 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:32,160 Speaker 1: a different coaching staff, it's different players. But this is 809 00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:34,600 Speaker 1: something that the Cardinals need to get over and it 810 00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:38,520 Speaker 1: should happen. Why not this Sunday? Why not this Sunday? 811 00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:41,560 Speaker 1: And I'll just say this, whenever a team is kicking 812 00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:44,479 Speaker 1: your tail like that, that sucks. And I know those 813 00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:48,640 Speaker 1: players take that personally. You don't get too caught up 814 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:53,439 Speaker 1: in individual matchups and things of that nature, but when 815 00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,960 Speaker 1: you see this team, it has to become personal. And 816 00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:00,400 Speaker 1: the fact that they've had so much success in recent 817 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:03,680 Speaker 1: history against you, enough is enough. And I think for 818 00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:06,760 Speaker 1: the Cardinals, this is the perfect team to come into 819 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:09,920 Speaker 1: State Farm Stadium and have to go up against because 820 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:12,960 Speaker 1: they're going to be feeling like they can get off 821 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:15,480 Speaker 1: the snide against you because they've had so much success. 822 00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:18,520 Speaker 1: And I think it's a great time to really put 823 00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:21,399 Speaker 1: that to bed and and and show up in this 824 00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:26,080 Speaker 1: aim because, uh, seeing these games and in person, it 825 00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:29,280 Speaker 1: hasn't really been pretty. I mean, the scorers have been lopsided, 826 00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:32,640 Speaker 1: but the games felt worse than the score. So I 827 00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:36,319 Speaker 1: think the team has to make sure that they come 828 00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:39,280 Speaker 1: together and that they realize that that this team doesn't 829 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,319 Speaker 1: really respect them, because if you've had that kind of 830 00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,840 Speaker 1: success against one team, that's really hard to do in 831 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:48,120 Speaker 1: today's NFL. And so, uh there should be a little 832 00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:52,839 Speaker 1: bit of personal pride to go in to practice each 833 00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:56,040 Speaker 1: and every day, and uh they should the practice just 834 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:58,520 Speaker 1: to be that much crisper, and there should be a 835 00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:02,239 Speaker 1: lot less's joking or round because this team has had 836 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:04,520 Speaker 1: their way with you, and nobody wants to feel like 837 00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:08,000 Speaker 1: that that that team that is on that this homecoming 838 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:11,040 Speaker 1: on the opposing team schedule, well, they had you know, 839 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:14,200 Speaker 1: four turnovers three by golf, So to me, you know 840 00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:17,560 Speaker 1: Jared Goff's if he's got play action and he got 841 00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:19,880 Speaker 1: Robert Woods and Cooper Cup and they got the running 842 00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:22,279 Speaker 1: game going, then he's affective. But if you could put 843 00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:25,800 Speaker 1: pressure on Golf, he gets a little skittish in the pocket. 844 00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:27,520 Speaker 1: I think that's how you're going to have to approach 845 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:29,600 Speaker 1: this now. Not only did he have three of the 846 00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:32,560 Speaker 1: four turnovers, on the other ten drives, they produced one touchdown, 847 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:36,040 Speaker 1: two field goals, and seven punts. So maybe they're not 848 00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:38,480 Speaker 1: the Rams with Todd Gurley and everything else, but I 849 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:41,480 Speaker 1: think they are a complete team, special teams. I think 850 00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:43,880 Speaker 1: their defense is better with a new coordinator. And of 851 00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,440 Speaker 1: course you got Aaron Donald and Jalen Ramsey and they 852 00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:50,000 Speaker 1: can create a lot of attention when they're on the field. 853 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:53,640 Speaker 1: So listen, if you need motivation, you're playing for something. 854 00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:56,360 Speaker 1: First of all, playoff Berth. It's a home game, and 855 00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:58,839 Speaker 1: it's a division game, so let's tee it up. Yeah, 856 00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:01,520 Speaker 1: specifically on Donald, though, be trained real quick. Make well. 857 00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:03,319 Speaker 1: I know we all see what he does. But what 858 00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,080 Speaker 1: makes him so dominant to where he's double teamed and 859 00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:09,960 Speaker 1: even triple teamed on any given play the fact that 860 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,080 Speaker 1: he does not ever get out of position. He is 861 00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:15,040 Speaker 1: always balanced in his stance and you never see him 862 00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:18,759 Speaker 1: flying and getting tossed out of a particular gap or 863 00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:22,440 Speaker 1: by a particular player. He's always very level and that's 864 00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:24,239 Speaker 1: the thing that is so impressive about him. He's not 865 00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:26,280 Speaker 1: the biggest guy in the world, but he is definitely 866 00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:28,960 Speaker 1: a guy that plays with great, great technique and you 867 00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:31,040 Speaker 1: never see him out of position, and as long as 868 00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:33,520 Speaker 1: he does that, in my opinion, he's the best player 869 00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:36,040 Speaker 1: in the NFL. Well, we will see him and the 870 00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:38,759 Speaker 1: rest of the Rams coming up on Sunday two oh 871 00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:41,320 Speaker 1: five as the kickoff. Then of course we'll talk about 872 00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:44,279 Speaker 1: it with you here on the Road Sea Reports one 873 00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:47,120 Speaker 1: week from Today special thanks to those behind the scenes. 874 00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:50,839 Speaker 1: Senior broadcast manager and producer Jemma hundred Technical director could 875 00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:53,600 Speaker 1: he venture for Mike Jarecki, I'm Craig reel Loop and 876 00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:57,360 Speaker 1: Bert tram Barry. We can't forget about be trained as well. 877 00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:00,760 Speaker 1: Always appreciate Beat Train joining us here on the Cardinals 878 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:03,040 Speaker 1: Red Sea Report. We will talk to you in one 879 00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:06,440 Speaker 1: week's time and hopefully talking about a win over the 880 00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:10,120 Speaker 1: Rams and hopefully about a seven and five record here 881 00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:12,759 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty This has been the Cardinals Red Sea 882 00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:23,160 Speaker 1: Report on the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network. You've been listening 883 00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:25,439 Speaker 1: to the Cardinals Red Sea Report. Middle of the field, 884 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:29,040 Speaker 1: of the end zone. Kirk, he got it, He's in touchdown. 885 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:32,800 Speaker 1: Who the baker with the sack stripped the ball? Mary's 886 00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:37,440 Speaker 1: gonna score touchdown? Oh baby. 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