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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang. On today's show, Paul Calbeci joins me.

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Speaker 1: We preview the most important game of the season until

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Speaker 1: the next most important game of the season. There is

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Speaker 1: a lot riding on this meeting against the Seahawks. Sits

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Speaker 1: the second time in twenty two days the Cardinals and

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Speaker 1: Seahawks play, and it's split in the season series is

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Speaker 1: definitely needed. It's Cardinals Cover two, episode six to eleven,

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Speaker 1: and it starts now Welcome to Cardinals Cover two, Hitting

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Speaker 1: the backfield and Downey goes for a loss. JJ Watt

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Speaker 1: Nailed It. Cardinals Cover two is presented by hun Day Crowd,

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Speaker 1: ten half of five peas in again so for Harry Magic. Whoa,

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Speaker 1: here's Craig Griolu. Everyone loves a good redemption story and Paul,

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Speaker 1: we had one Thursday Nights on the Big Red Rage

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Speaker 1: Geno Smith. No, no, no, although that is you know

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Speaker 1: what that is A that is an excellent redemption story.

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Speaker 1: Unfortunately though it's it's the opponent, but no, the fact

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Speaker 1: that you were able to redeem yourself interviewing Rondel Moore

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Speaker 1: and coming clean because he was the postgame guest in Minnesota,

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Speaker 1: you failed to ask him about his touchdown catch and run,

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Speaker 1: yet you did on the Big Red Rage. I thought

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Speaker 1: it was a fantastic interview. If you have not listened

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Speaker 1: to it, by all means, go and download the interview

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Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals podcast. But hey, perhaps you let it

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Speaker 1: off on Thursday nights. Now, perhaps on Sunday afternoon at

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Speaker 1: State Farm Stadium. The Cardinals can redeem themselves for the

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Speaker 1: performances this season and the effort they put forth in Seattle.

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Speaker 1: You got a self scout, You got a self scout.

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Speaker 1: You got to make the adjustments. You got to make

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Speaker 1: the improvements. You gotta be honest with yourself. And I

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Speaker 1: went back to the tape. Actually I didn't need the tape.

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Speaker 1: Actually I knew it right away as it was one

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Speaker 1: of those failing as it happens, And I knew as

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Speaker 1: we were going along, Craig, there are a lot of

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Speaker 1: extenuating circumstances after the game. I'm getting into the locker

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Speaker 1: and I turned around and boom. I didn't know who

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Speaker 1: my interviewe was gonna be in. It was Rondel Moore,

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Speaker 1: glad to have a second chance at some extra questions

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Speaker 1: on the Big Red Rage. And he was excellent, unlike

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Speaker 1: yours truly. Right after the Minnesota loss, well like all

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Speaker 1: good athletes slash hosts, you know right away that you

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Speaker 1: just didn't quite live up to your potential. And I think,

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Speaker 1: I think for a lot of fans, Paul, that's what

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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two regular season has been for the

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. Not living up to your potential. You're three

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Speaker 1: and five, two games under five hundred and two within

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Speaker 1: the division, and now you've got the Seahawks coming into

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Speaker 1: town this first of three in a row within the division.

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Speaker 1: It has not looked good. But if you can be

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Speaker 1: good over the next three weeks, hey, all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: you put yourself not only in position within the division,

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Speaker 1: but the entire NFC. Hey. The good news is, and

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Speaker 1: there is good news that you're only two back with

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Speaker 1: nine to play. There is plenty of football, enough football

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Speaker 1: left where you can make a move, where you can

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Speaker 1: be that team that oh, I don't know, like the

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals, who really turn it on the second half

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Speaker 1: of last season all the way to the super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: So the opportunity is there and there's no doubt. I

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Speaker 1: think if you want to psychoanalyze this team a little bit,

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Speaker 1: and I'm getting on dangerous ground here, but let's give

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Speaker 1: you my opinion. Thanks for asking. I think this team

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Speaker 1: eased its way into the season because of the way

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Speaker 1: the last two seasons ended. What did we get for

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Speaker 1: being seven to OZH ten and two nothing? We want

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Speaker 1: to play our best ball at the end of the season. Well,

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Speaker 1: guess what the time is now? Both because it's November

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Speaker 1: and because you are three and five in your two

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Speaker 1: games against division foes. This basically amounts to the mid term.

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Speaker 1: Anybody who's been in a college class and you might

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Speaker 1: this stretch, you probably need to drop the class at

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Speaker 1: this point. Cliff Kingsbury on Friday, quote the time is

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Speaker 1: now to get it done. End quote. So let's discuss

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Speaker 1: what needs to get done on Sunday, Cardinals and Seahawks.

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Speaker 1: It is Week nine, two oh five. Is the kickoff

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Speaker 1: nine thirty am. Pregame coverage begins on the Arizona Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Radio network. Second meeting between these two teams in twenty

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Speaker 1: two days. It was Week six. Cardinals lose in Seattle

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Speaker 1: You don't want to get swept. You never want to

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Speaker 1: that right now, Paul, they are the only team within

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Speaker 1: the NFC West with a winning record, the Seahawks at

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Speaker 1: do you want to go offense with the Seahawks or

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Speaker 1: both because I think the bigger problem for the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: you've got to be able to run the ball, something

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Speaker 1: You could not establish a ground game. Kyler Murray was

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Speaker 1: you're gonna see it. Cardinals ran for a season best

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Speaker 1: one hundred and forty four yards in that first meeting.

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Speaker 1: quote end quote. A number offensive lineman called him that guy.

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Speaker 1: And too often lately, especially in the losses, it's been

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Speaker 1: proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. I understand bird gang. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we want to see this team be a little bit

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Speaker 1: Teams are having more success running the football this season

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Speaker 1: he didn't mean that in part about the Cardinals offense. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I might be reading a lot more into it than

431
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Speaker 1: there was, And that's fine. I'll own that. But if

432
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Speaker 1: we're sitting there on the trust tree, we've mentioned this

433
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Speaker 1: in season's past, can you adjust to the adjustment and

434
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Speaker 1: that stat about the last three games they've been under

435
00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,000
Speaker 1: thirty percent on third down? It would speak to that

436
00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:07,160
Speaker 1: because there have been a month of game film out

437
00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:11,080
Speaker 1: and then the last few games defenses have adjusted accordingly,

438
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Speaker 1: for example, the five man fronts, which they're seeing consistently

439
00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:17,320
Speaker 1: and they will see the rest of the season until

440
00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:19,640
Speaker 1: they beat it. You bring up vance, Joseph, let's switch

441
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Speaker 1: it up and talk about the Seattle offense and what

442
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Speaker 1: the adjustment might be for a Seahawks team that has

443
00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,760
Speaker 1: been very, very good all season long on offense. I

444
00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,720
Speaker 1: think one of the bigger surprises in twenty twenty two,

445
00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,160
Speaker 1: and it begins with Geno Smith, but even Vance Joseph

446
00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,800
Speaker 1: you referenced him and on Thursday, he's noticed an adjustment

447
00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,680
Speaker 1: within that Seattle offense. Early on this season, a lot

448
00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,760
Speaker 1: of big plays, a lot of chunk touchdowns, but more

449
00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,639
Speaker 1: recently they're leaning on Kenneth Walker, the third him running

450
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Speaker 1: the football and he's got over one hundred yards each

451
00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,880
Speaker 1: of the last three games, including that win over the Cardinals. Yeah,

452
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Speaker 1: and this is an example of what we were just

453
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Speaker 1: talking about the first month of the season. Six weeks

454
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,280
Speaker 1: of the season, Seattle is all about the big play

455
00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,440
Speaker 1: they had. They had a game in fact, it was

456
00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,119
Speaker 1: this Saints game beforeight before they played the Cardinals in

457
00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,320
Speaker 1: Week six, where they had a thirty five or forty

458
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Speaker 1: and a fifty yard touchdown pass from Geno Smith either

459
00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,840
Speaker 1: DK metcalf for Tyler Lockett. They were all about the

460
00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,879
Speaker 1: deep strike. Not so much recently. Teams have adjusted accordingly

461
00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:22,480
Speaker 1: and they've decided to run the ball more, the short

462
00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:26,760
Speaker 1: passing game. Kenneth Walker, who is legit Vance Joseph told

463
00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,240
Speaker 1: everyone that right after the Cardinals Week six game, that

464
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,399
Speaker 1: was a first game where he got full time carries

465
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Speaker 1: after the season ending injury to Rashad Penny. You know,

466
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Speaker 1: we had the stack going into that game in Week six,

467
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Speaker 1: and it's just so impressive that he led all D

468
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,800
Speaker 1: one running backs a year ago at Michigan State in

469
00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,760
Speaker 1: both the yards after contact and miss tackles. Think about that,

470
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Speaker 1: the combination of power to get yards after contact but

471
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Speaker 1: the elusiveness to make guys miss in a short area.

472
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Speaker 1: And we saw examples of both last time the Cardinals

473
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Speaker 1: played in Seattle, and he's been doing it ever since.

474
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Speaker 1: So you know what that run game that they've leaned on,

475
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,320
Speaker 1: they have those two rookie tackles, they're getting more experienced.

476
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,879
Speaker 1: They've seemed to shore up the interior line because over

477
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,200
Speaker 1: most of the last decade, that offensive line for Seattle

478
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,680
Speaker 1: has been a complete liability. That doesn't appear to be

479
00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:16,280
Speaker 1: the case anymore. And I think some of it has

480
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,879
Speaker 1: to do with the mentality on offense. They're really coming

481
00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 1: off the ball in a power run scheme, running downhill

482
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Speaker 1: like Kenneth Walker did a Michigan State. It's a really

483
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Speaker 1: good fit in that way, as my understanding, and it's

484
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Speaker 1: one of the reasons I think the Seahawks were eager

485
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Speaker 1: to get away from Russell Wilson. They wanted to go

486
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Speaker 1: with this style of offense. Walker is averaging better than

487
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Speaker 1: five yards a carry. He has five runs of twenty

488
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Speaker 1: or more yards. Wow. Cardinals as a team, Paul have

489
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Speaker 1: four and Walker is just a starter. In Week six,

490
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Speaker 1: that was his first start of the season. Yet already

491
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Speaker 1: he leads all rookies in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns.

492
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Speaker 1: So not only is it stop the run, but it's

493
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Speaker 1: making sure you shore up your tackling, which has been

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Speaker 1: a bit of an issue at times this season, no

495
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Speaker 1: question about it. In fact, it says right here, I'm

496
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Speaker 1: going to match your stat with a stat that he's

497
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,359
Speaker 1: number two in the NFL in averaging miss tackles and

498
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,880
Speaker 1: he's doing an unlimited carriers if you take the whole

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Speaker 1: season under consideration. Two games ago against the Chargers, he

500
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Speaker 1: had a buck sixty seven and two touchdown runs. So

501
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,280
Speaker 1: you better be stout enough to meet him in the

502
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Speaker 1: hole and or not to get run over out on

503
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Speaker 1: the edge, and you better be a sure tackler. Now,

504
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,119
Speaker 1: the good news is the Cardinals have a pretty good

505
00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:30,800
Speaker 1: tackling secondary. Everybody's willing to put a hat on a hat.

506
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Speaker 1: But you know, if Isaiah Simmons and zaven Collins aren't

507
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Speaker 1: in position, that could be an issue because this is

508
00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:43,280
Speaker 1: just a gut field. But watching the Vikings game, Zaban

509
00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:46,600
Speaker 1: didn't have his best game. When Buddha Baker and Jalen

510
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:51,040
Speaker 1: Thompson are your two leading tacklers, guess what, that's a problem.

511
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,159
Speaker 1: And so Isaiah Simmons had the big play on the

512
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,520
Speaker 1: strip sack and he thought will be the game changing

513
00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 1: play in the Cardinal's favor for a victory. Didn't work

514
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Speaker 1: out that way because they gave it back in the

515
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,800
Speaker 1: muff Bunton. There were two interceptions as well, given the

516
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:06,720
Speaker 1: Viking short fields. But Zavian Collins and Isaiah Simmons have

517
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,800
Speaker 1: to be sound, they have to be consistent. The big

518
00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,520
Speaker 1: plays happen and that's great, but it's play to play

519
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,440
Speaker 1: where they can't be a liability because there's no doubt

520
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,600
Speaker 1: that when offensive coordinators do their game planning, they're targeting

521
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,920
Speaker 1: twenty five and number nine to test their football IQ.

522
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,800
Speaker 1: Some good news on that defense, though Buddha Baker should

523
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,200
Speaker 1: be able to go this week. He did not practice

524
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Speaker 1: on Wednesday and Thursday with that ankle issue. Does not

525
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Speaker 1: sound that Dennis Gardeck is going to be able to

526
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Speaker 1: go however, so you lose one piece on that defense

527
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Speaker 1: and maybe one less rusher to get to Gino Smith.

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Speaker 1: And I'll say this the Cardinals, because what Gino Smith

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Speaker 1: has done this season has been phenomenal. But the Cardinals

530
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,600
Speaker 1: did hold him in check. Second fewest yards, his second

531
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Speaker 1: lowest passer rating, second lowest completion percentage. They sacked him

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Speaker 1: five times, so it wasn't Gino Smith that beat him.

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Speaker 1: But I'll say this, I don't know what the answer

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Speaker 1: is and defending Geno Smith to slow down that Seahawks offense,

535
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Speaker 1: because not only does Gino Smith do well when he's

536
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Speaker 1: got time in the pocket again next gen stats, when

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Speaker 1: he has two point five seconds or more to throw,

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00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:11,919
Speaker 1: he has the number one passer rating. All right, So

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00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,200
Speaker 1: the answer is pressure Gino Smith. Yeah, not gonna happen.

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00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 1: Fourth best passer writing when you pressure Geno Smith. So

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Speaker 1: if your vans Joseph, what do you do? Probably a

542
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:26,040
Speaker 1: combination of both. But again, Gino Smith and the MVP conversation,

543
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,760
Speaker 1: I never thought I would utter hin twenty twenty two.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we started this season, we said, okay him

545
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 1: and say Quon Barkley, one of those two is going

546
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,560
Speaker 1: to be the NFL Comeback Player of the Year. It's

547
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,240
Speaker 1: now to the point of absurdity where he's a viable

548
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Speaker 1: candidate for NFL MVP. He's behind Patrick Mahomes and passer

549
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 1: rating and ahead of Josh Allen. He's number one in

550
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Speaker 1: completion percentage. Geno Smith, he has been player of the week.

551
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Speaker 1: The last time he was Player of the Week in

552
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:55,040
Speaker 1: the NFL two thirteen. He hasn't been a full time

553
00:27:55,080 --> 00:28:00,240
Speaker 1: starter since two fourteen. It is a remarkable story. Hard

554
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,200
Speaker 1: Knox guys are going to be all over that sideline

555
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,359
Speaker 1: on Sunday. If I'm them, I do a sidebar on

556
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:09,120
Speaker 1: Geno Smith, right, Pete Carroll saying this week and I quote,

557
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 1: he's the real deal. There's no mystery. He knows exactly

558
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,160
Speaker 1: what he's doing and he shows you throw after throw.

559
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,359
Speaker 1: I'd love to know to what degree he has shown

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00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,360
Speaker 1: the decision makers with the Seahawks, because did they truly

561
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Speaker 1: know what they had and Gino Smith before this season began.

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Speaker 1: I don't believe it. And here's the other thing is

563
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Speaker 1: Shane Waldron is their offensive coordinator. That scares me because

564
00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,879
Speaker 1: he comes from the Sean mcvaytree, just like Kevin O'Connell

565
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 1: scared me because he came from the Sean mcvaytree. For

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00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:42,960
Speaker 1: whatever reason, that Sean McVay offense is like kryptonite the

567
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 1: Cardinals defense. It just throws them for a loop. Whether

568
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,120
Speaker 1: it's the eye candy, it's the motions, it's the different

569
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 1: personnel packages. It looks like a play we just ran,

570
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 1: but it's something totally different this time around. The Cardinals

571
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Speaker 1: struggle at times against these rams offensive schemes in derivations thereof.

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00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 1: And so with that in mind, once again, I get

573
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Speaker 1: back to it. You have to be a sound defense,

574
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Speaker 1: and I truly believe it starts with Zavan Collins and

575
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Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons. For the most part in that first meeting,

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals defense did do a solid job across the board.

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Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf held to a combined four

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Speaker 1: catches for fifty one yards. But I'll go back to

579
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:24,920
Speaker 1: the one scoring drive Cardinals. After that fumble recovery of

580
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,360
Speaker 1: the end zone, Chris Banjo, you pulled to within three points.

581
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,640
Speaker 1: It was twelve to nine. The ensuing drive, the Seahawks

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00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 1: went seven plays seventy five yards and Kenneth Walker and

583
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,400
Speaker 1: eleven yard touchdown run. And that was the game deciding

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00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:41,160
Speaker 1: play or the game deciding drive and play. That the

585
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 1: one thing about this defense as well as they've played,

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00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,040
Speaker 1: there have been instances where they just haven't been able

587
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,280
Speaker 1: to get off the field. Now more times than not,

588
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,000
Speaker 1: I'm going to lean and point to the offense not

589
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:55,120
Speaker 1: holding up there in but the defense again crucial stops

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00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,160
Speaker 1: game changing plays. We've seen it at times i e.

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00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:01,440
Speaker 1: Of the Saints game, but always seeing them enough when

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Speaker 1: it matters the most. Now, they did have five sacks

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Speaker 1: of Geno Smith in that game. That was Zamon Collins

594
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Speaker 1: his first two sacks of his career, and he had

595
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Speaker 1: nine tackles. He had two tackles for loss, a couple

596
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,680
Speaker 1: of quarterback hits in a past defense. So that was

597
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,760
Speaker 1: a really good game from Zaman Collins. Hence the Seahawks

598
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,840
Speaker 1: were kept way below their season scoring average. So they're

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Speaker 1: capable of doing it against this Rams sort of offense,

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Speaker 1: which you know is to a much lesser degree than

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Speaker 1: the Vikings. Due, let's just make that clear. And you

602
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 1: also got sacks from Marcus Golden and Cam Thomas and

603
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,480
Speaker 1: my j. Sanders. That's what it's gonna take different guys

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00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 1: at different times, getting pressure on the pocket. That's really

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00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 1: the only answer. Because Geno Smith has been very accurate,

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Speaker 1: number one in completion percentage. If you look a out

607
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,719
Speaker 1: of those deep shots he's thrown in a double coverage

608
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,440
Speaker 1: putting the ball right on the money. It's not even

609
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,840
Speaker 1: though they have elite receivers in a Tyler Lockett, in

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Speaker 1: a DK Metcalf, and by the way, I list him

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Speaker 1: in that order, it's like a couple of years ago,

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Speaker 1: DK Metcalf was ranked in the NFL Top one hundred.

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Speaker 1: Is like player number twenty two. How can he be

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Speaker 1: the twenty second best player in the NFL. He's not

615
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,600
Speaker 1: even the best receiver on his team. I'd take Tyler Lockett.

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00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 1: I think he's just excellent in so many different ways.

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Speaker 1: So with that in mind, Okay, if you can get

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00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,480
Speaker 1: to Geno Smith and then play the run on the

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00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 1: way to the quarterback, that would be an ideal scenario

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Speaker 1: for the Cardinals here in Week nine. By the way,

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Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, dk Metcalf was carted off

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Speaker 1: the field with a knee injury, and at that time,

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Speaker 1: you look go Okay, well, hey, the Cardinals are going

624
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,560
Speaker 1: to catch a break. No DK Metcalf in that game. Well,

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Speaker 1: not only did Metcalf all he's going to play this week,

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Speaker 1: but he played last week. He had six catches for

627
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Speaker 1: fifty five yards and a touchdown against the Giants. And again,

628
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Speaker 1: this was one week after he was carted off the field.

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Speaker 1: But Smith or Metcalf telling reporters this week, quote, my

630
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,160
Speaker 1: knee's good, and I think he proved that against the Giants.

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Speaker 1: So you are not getting a banged up DK Metcalf.

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00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:53,120
Speaker 1: He is a physical freak. Although to your point about

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00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:57,240
Speaker 1: being more concerned about Tyler Lockett, Cardinals have never allowed

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Speaker 1: DK Metcalf to have more than sixty receiving yards in

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00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 1: any game Metcalf has played against the Cardinals. Yeah, and

636
00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 1: Lockett has had some huge pass against the Cardinals, although

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00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,120
Speaker 1: the last game was not one of them. Combined DK

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00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:14,200
Speaker 1: Metcalf and Tyler Lockett at four catches for fifty one

639
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 1: yards on a dozen targets. Think about that. Can the

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00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:21,640
Speaker 1: Cardinals come even close to replicating that. You've got a figure.

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00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,960
Speaker 1: DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett going to be ultra motivated

642
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:26,640
Speaker 1: as if they're not motivated enough on a week to

643
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Speaker 1: week basis, but how many times that they've been reminded

644
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 1: by the media this week that you guys combine for

645
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 1: four catches on twelve targets hashtag non factors. So okay,

646
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 1: here it comes Hurricane DK and Tyler and what can

647
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,000
Speaker 1: you do as a Cardinals secondary now to meet Byron

648
00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:46,360
Speaker 1: Murphy and practice this week looked a little more spride

649
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,440
Speaker 1: and dealing with a couple of ailments. He's maybe illing

650
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 1: a little bit look good in practice, so I think

651
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 1: he's up for it. Marco Wilson obviously playing good ball,

652
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:56,800
Speaker 1: and Tonio Hamilton has been coming along. Tray Von Mullen,

653
00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,240
Speaker 1: did you get many snaps on defense at Minnesota? He's

654
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 1: in on special teams and he's dressing, But you know,

655
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:04,400
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's someone that you're thinking about

656
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 1: bringing it, especially Buddha Baker And how close to one

657
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 1: hundred percent is Buddha Baker. You hope he plays because

658
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 1: there's a few instances of Buddha Baker not on the

659
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 1: Cardinals defense in recent history have not been good. The

660
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 1: Cardinals defense without Buddha Baker. You don't want to see that.

661
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 1: You really don't but either way, I wonder if a

662
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:25,080
Speaker 1: Trayvon Mullin might factor in a little bit more because

663
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 1: they also use Isaiah Simmons obviously in the slot quite

664
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Speaker 1: a bit. Mullen played a little bit last week against

665
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,960
Speaker 1: the Vikings, but more so on special teams. He hasn't

666
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 1: seen a lot of defensive time. Yes, he's been hurt,

667
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:39,960
Speaker 1: but you acquired him for a reason, but maybe again

668
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,560
Speaker 1: more of a luxury because right now he's your fourth corner. Yeah,

669
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 1: he's sort of the defensive equivalent of Robbie Anderson, right size, speed,

670
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,960
Speaker 1: tons of athleticism. I think he's got to earn the

671
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 1: trust of the coaches before they put him out there.

672
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:54,400
Speaker 1: They have to trust that there won't be a blown

673
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:58,000
Speaker 1: assignment the results in a big play or worse. So

674
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: we'll see, but the car secondary is far from their

675
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 1: biggest issue right now. I think everyone has a lot

676
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,479
Speaker 1: of confidence in how the Cardinals are going to match up,

677
00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 1: even with two of the best receivers in the game.

678
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 1: I'd like to see the edge and that edge rush

679
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 1: be a little bit more stout. You brought up what

680
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:18,560
Speaker 1: Marcus Golden, what Zavan Collins was able to do as

681
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:20,600
Speaker 1: far as getting to Geno Smith, but on a more

682
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:24,080
Speaker 1: consistent basis, because let's be honest, it's been more JJ

683
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,560
Speaker 1: Watt Zach Allen as far as getting that pressure aside

684
00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:30,760
Speaker 1: from what we've seen in spots from a Marcus Golden.

685
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 1: And to start the game, especially in the first half,

686
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:37,239
Speaker 1: you saw Zavan College Zavan Collins on the edge a lot. Yes,

687
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,279
Speaker 1: and I think one of the halftime adjustments was they

688
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,360
Speaker 1: got him off the edge because they were losing contain

689
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:45,680
Speaker 1: at times and he had a few blown assignments. And

690
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 1: that's by his own admission what he told the media.

691
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 1: It's a new position for a Zavan Collins, but I

692
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,840
Speaker 1: think out of necessity, out of need, just because he

693
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,880
Speaker 1: does have the size and the speed. It's sort of

694
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,919
Speaker 1: like a Micah Parsons that you can move them around theoretically,

695
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,719
Speaker 1: but he can't be a liability in assignment and alignment

696
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:07,319
Speaker 1: and if you're losing contain, that's the quickest way to

697
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,400
Speaker 1: get beat in the run game, and that happened too often,

698
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,480
Speaker 1: especially in that first half when the Vikings average eight

699
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 1: yards of carrying that first half a week ago. Yeah,

700
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 1: Dalmond Cook really had no issues running the ball, but

701
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:21,080
Speaker 1: again he had one hundred and eleven rushing yards, but

702
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Speaker 1: I believe eighty of those were in like the first

703
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 1: fourteen minutes of the first half. So once again you're

704
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 1: adjusting mid game. But it comes down to how about

705
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,840
Speaker 1: not having to adjust and getting off to a better

706
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 1: starts on offense and a better start on defense because

707
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,240
Speaker 1: you are playing at home and we know the issues

708
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 1: at home. Have you corrected your home issues? The win

709
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 1: Thursday night against New Orleans Saints ended a year long,

710
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,640
Speaker 1: near year long losing streak at State Farm Stadium. Can

711
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,440
Speaker 1: this team with the Seahawks, who traveled very well, won

712
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 1: a game at home within the division and kind of

713
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 1: quiet a lot of the noise over the last several days.

714
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,560
Speaker 1: And this Seattle team is playing good ball in terms

715
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,880
Speaker 1: of the turnover ratio as well. They're plus three in

716
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: the season. They have six straight games with multiple takeaways.

717
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:14,520
Speaker 1: It's an opportunistic Seattle defense. So if you just want

718
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 1: to get back to the biggest deciding factor in the

719
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:21,080
Speaker 1: NFL game, the turnover ratio. Cardinals lost that in Minnesota,

720
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Speaker 1: lost the game a couple interceptions, obviously a big moff

721
00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 1: punt that was a big deal, And so okay, you're

722
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Speaker 1: not going to be able to count on Seattle giving

723
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Speaker 1: you the football that has not been the m O

724
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Speaker 1: and guess what the recent play shows they're going to

725
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,440
Speaker 1: take it away at a big rate. So I mean,

726
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 1: since Week six they've allowed fifteen points per game. That

727
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 1: is tied for third in the NFL. There's a lot

728
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 1: of different challenges obviously for this Cardinals offense and ball

729
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 1: security is gonna have to be one of them. They're

730
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 1: number one in the NFL inforced fumbles as well, so

731
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 1: it's the way they teach defense. They finally dialed it

732
00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 1: in and they have some dudes at all three levels.

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of optimism in Seattle. Here's the caveat

734
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Speaker 1: to me. You have to go to Germany after this week.

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Speaker 1: Now they're flying back to Seattle and I'm told they're

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Speaker 1: leaving on Wednesday to go to munich Okay. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Does that loom over a team is that they have

738
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Speaker 1: their mind on a fourteen hour flight overseas, getting preparations

739
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:26,440
Speaker 1: ready to be away from their family. Maybe, just maybe,

740
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,840
Speaker 1: we'll bet they might be distracted and buy all the

741
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 1: hoop law of an international game awaiting them and a

742
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:36,440
Speaker 1: team they've already beaten, maybe just maybe you can come

743
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,839
Speaker 1: out and smash them in them out to start the game.

744
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: Who's more desperate? And the Cardinals, without question, you have

745
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 1: to be the more desperate team. We know they are

746
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 1: based off the matchups and what's on paper, but do

747
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:51,000
Speaker 1: they come out and play like a desperate team? And

748
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:54,200
Speaker 1: your analogy as far as easing into the season, stop

749
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:57,680
Speaker 1: easing into games and actually do something in the first

750
00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:00,319
Speaker 1: fifteen minutes. I mean, how many guys this week have

751
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:05,520
Speaker 1: cited urgency and just the time is now and you know,

752
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 1: no more margin for air. You've heard it, that's great,

753
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,759
Speaker 1: Let's see it. I think everybody wants to see it

754
00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:14,879
Speaker 1: instead of hearing about it. What does that look like

755
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 1: when you actually implement it? And so okay, and look,

756
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:21,759
Speaker 1: you know, as many times as guys have also used

757
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:23,880
Speaker 1: the word, you know, you got to stay on schedule,

758
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 1: can't get off schedule, whatever derivation thereof, there's a lot

759
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 1: of truth to that as well. If there's one thing

760
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 1: that I would cite about this year's team, and it

761
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:34,440
Speaker 1: goes along with sort of easing their way into the

762
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 1: season and into games, is that different guys at different

763
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,520
Speaker 1: times are taking their turn, making their one mistake, Well,

764
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,200
Speaker 1: guess what, add it all up, and that's what We'll

765
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:45,759
Speaker 1: lose you a game. So is the focus there? It

766
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 1: should be, because the urgency must be there or this

767
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:52,440
Speaker 1: season will be over real quick. I don't care how

768
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 1: packed in the NFC is. I don't care how few

769
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:58,239
Speaker 1: the teams there are with big winning records. You know,

770
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:00,400
Speaker 1: and yes there's the extra wildcard I get in a

771
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:04,719
Speaker 1: seventeen game season, But you can't afford to come out,

772
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 1: especially at home, against this team and think that you're

773
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,319
Speaker 1: still realistically in the playoff picture. If you're on the

774
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 1: short end this week. You lose this game, you trail

775
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:19,200
Speaker 1: by three games, but it's really four because you lose

776
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 1: the tiebreaker. And if only one team is coming out

777
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 1: of the NFCS ie the division winner, the Cardinals cannot

778
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 1: afford to lose this game unless you're expecting an epic collapse.

779
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 1: I eat what happened to the Cardinals a year ago

780
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 1: from the Seahawks here in twenty twenty two. And oh,

781
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:38,000
Speaker 1: by the way, Hard Knocks debuts on Wednesday, So guess what.

782
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 1: And we've talked about this and I'm still not sure

783
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 1: if you agree with me or not. But from the

784
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:44,920
Speaker 1: get go. I've been out of the opinion that this

785
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:49,360
Speaker 1: is a football decision. Yeah. The marketing, yeah, the branding.

786
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,640
Speaker 1: Sports is entertainment. It's good content, I get it. And

787
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,360
Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of good side stories that

788
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:58,760
Speaker 1: are told about players. The reason this decision was made,

789
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:03,200
Speaker 1: I believe, was as an answer to a fade in

790
00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:05,719
Speaker 1: this season the last two years running. What happened when

791
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:09,040
Speaker 1: the Colts commenced with Hard Knocks? Didn't they go on

792
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:11,239
Speaker 1: a run? Four to five? Five out of six? They

793
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:13,560
Speaker 1: were four or five? They were four and five when

794
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:16,680
Speaker 1: that first episode debuted, and they did, they went out,

795
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 1: they lost their last two and didn't make the playoffs,

796
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,719
Speaker 1: and things went sideways. But to your point, yes, yes

797
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: they went on a run, and Steve Kinds cited that

798
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:28,680
Speaker 1: again this week on with Wolf and Luke. He cited

799
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,919
Speaker 1: that he talked to the gym Chris Ballard before they

800
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 1: agreed to this deal with HBO and NFL Films and

801
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 1: Hard Knocks. Cliff Kingsbury said he spoke with Frank Reich,

802
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:43,640
Speaker 1: so if the offseason initiative was to bring more accountability

803
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:46,080
Speaker 1: to this team, because two off seasons ago, as leadership,

804
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:49,280
Speaker 1: you got JJ Watt you gotta Rodney Hudson, I firmly

805
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:52,799
Speaker 1: believe this offseason was about accountability. What happened the end

806
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:56,279
Speaker 1: of last season? Who exactly is culpable and what can

807
00:40:56,320 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 1: you do to hold them responsible? You put everybody on

808
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 1: camera and you make am moment and it becomes not

809
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:07,000
Speaker 1: only just the team, it becomes your own personal brand

810
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 1: that is on this product week to week. So that's

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Speaker 1: my theory and philosophy. I still stand by it. Whether

812
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:18,480
Speaker 1: it has the desired effect cause and effect here we'll

813
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:21,879
Speaker 1: find out on Sunday. The show must go on. It's

814
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 1: the question of what kind of a show are we

815
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 1: all going to be watching on Wednesdays? And that's predicated

816
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:31,279
Speaker 1: on what happens on Sunday again. Cardinals and Seahawks. Two

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Speaker 1: h five is the kickoff. Nine thirty Pregame coverage begins

818
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Speaker 1: on the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network. Cardinals looking for a

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Speaker 1: season splits more importantly, just looking for a w within

820
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Speaker 1: the NFC West. A huge game on Sunday. Paul, any

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Speaker 1: any parting words here for the Bird Gang? I have

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Speaker 1: two words, Geno Smith, those are my two words. Just

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Speaker 1: the just incredulous. I mean, I'm impressed and I have

824
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Speaker 1: a lot of respect. Is a legit? Is it for real?

825
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:06,200
Speaker 1: Can the Cardinals expose Geno Smith or at least give

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00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:08,640
Speaker 1: him a reality check to the sort of ball he's

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Speaker 1: played for a good seven years plus. I'd enjoy that

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00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:14,200
Speaker 1: redemption store if he was not within the division with

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Speaker 1: not within the NFC. Otherwise, the Cardinals need their own

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00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:21,759
Speaker 1: redemption and hopefully it begins here in week nine. And

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Speaker 1: on that note, we will put a lid on this

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Speaker 1: edition of Cardinals Cover two presented by Hunday, proud partner

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Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals. As always, special thanks to our

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Speaker 1: executive producer Jim Almahundro for Paul Calvisi, I'm craig Riel Loup.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next time here on Cardinals Cover two.

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Speaker 1: Geno Smith