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Speaker 1: Welcome bird Gang. On today's show, we'll talk Championship Sunday,

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Speaker 1: The Easy Cardinals dot Com Awards are out, We defend

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Speaker 1: our choices, plus updates on vance shows. It sounds like

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Speaker 1: he's here to stay, which selfishly is good news. D J.

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Speaker 1: Humphreys seeing how has weekend plans and Zach Allen always

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Speaker 1: love athletes breaking their own news, Speaking of which Larry

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Speaker 1: Fitzgerald a not so subtle clue as to what's new

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Speaker 1: with him. It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode five thirty two,

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Speaker 1: and it starts now. Welcome to Cardinals Cover two with

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Speaker 1: Craig Grigolew and Mike Jarecki. Cardinals Cover two is presented

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Speaker 1: Going for Hopkins One Hand to catch at a Touchdown,

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Speaker 1: Andre Hopkins. Here's Craig Griolu and Mike Jarecki. So we're

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Speaker 1: still waiting for the press release, one that I'm fairly

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Speaker 1: and again I'm fairly confident in saying that is not

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Speaker 1: going to happen. Are you talking about Tom Brady? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's an interesting story over the weekend. So MJ. We're

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Speaker 1: looking for clues here, and the biggest clue that we

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Speaker 1: have seen the last of Larry Fitzgerald in a Cardinals uniform.

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Speaker 1: As if this past season didn't provide enough clues, came

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Speaker 1: from the man himself. MJ. Fitz joined linked In, which is,

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Speaker 1: for those that might not be aware, a social network

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Speaker 1: that focuses on professional networking and career development. His profile, though,

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Speaker 1: listed him as investor, philanthropist, former athlete, which raised a

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Speaker 1: paraphrasing with peace not gonna happens Because you're Larry Fitzgerald.

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Speaker 1: It's just not that easy to walk away. People want

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Speaker 1: But the LinkedIn page pretty extensive background. But then at

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Speaker 1: the bottom wide receiver Arizona Cardinals Football Club two thousand

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Speaker 1: and four twenty twenty one, seventeen years now, it actually

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Speaker 1: that's important because people want to know, Well, he hasn't

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Speaker 1: of Fame. No, that clock has already begun. He's now

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Speaker 1: four years waiting to hear his name mentioned as far

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Speaker 1: But four years away, and I always saw you had

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Speaker 1: Now it's our generation. Mjwitz is gonna make us feel old.

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Speaker 1: probably partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As if you have retired,

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Speaker 1: to hear from Kyler Murray, not from what happened, more

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Speaker 1: to where let's look ahead, and I'm not doing the interview,

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Speaker 1: but they have such great personality, so I think we're

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Speaker 1: going to see some good stuff on social media. Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Cover two presented by Hunday proud partner the Arizona Cardinals,

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Speaker 1: as we discuss the Cardinals Awards, the asy cardinals dot

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Speaker 1: COM's annual end of season awards, as voted by a

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Speaker 1: twenty seven member panel. There are six categories categories MJ

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Speaker 1: and we'll discuss all six and then there's I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: say a discrepancy, but I do have a bone to

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Speaker 1: pick with you on one award. But how do you

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Speaker 1: want to do this you want to go. You want

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Speaker 1: to start at the top, or you wanna go talk

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Speaker 1: Player of the Year. You want to start at the

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Speaker 1: MVP spot, you want MVP. All right, Well, you've been

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Speaker 1: talking about Kyler Murray and Kyler Murray the Most Valuable

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Speaker 1: Player and twenty twenty one received nine votes, but one

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Speaker 1: of six different players to receive at least one vote,

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Speaker 1: which I think speaks to this entire season that there

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Speaker 1: was not one central figure. If you will that you

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Speaker 1: can say, all right, they're the reason that this Cardinals

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Speaker 1: team won eleven games. Now the quarterback is going to

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Speaker 1: get a lot of the credit. In fact, Kyler Murray

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Speaker 1: was my choice for MVP just because of how well

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Speaker 1: he played at the start of the season. You gotta

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Speaker 1: look at the entire body work, but how he played

452
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Speaker 1: at the beginning of the season. Going into the Green

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Speaker 1: Bay game on Thursday Night Football, he was an MVP candidate.

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Speaker 1: Didn't finish like one. But the numbers that Kyler Murray

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Speaker 1: has put up this season and over his three season

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Speaker 1: are hard to are hard to ignore, especially when you

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Speaker 1: put him up against some of the better quarterbacks around

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Speaker 1: the National Football League. So Kyle Murray wins MVP. Yeah,

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00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,080
Speaker 1: and listen, if he would have been able to stay healthy,

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Speaker 1: maybe this team, you know, it doesn't have the downfall

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Speaker 1: in the second half of the season. But you know,

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Speaker 1: I could do give him credit for being out there.

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Speaker 1: But you know, it's unfortunate that it's like two different seasons.

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Speaker 1: You look at he was in the MVP conversation. I mean,

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Speaker 1: this team was winning on the road. He was taking

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Speaker 1: care of business. They were rolling four hundred yards thirty

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Speaker 1: points a game, beating quality teams home or away at

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Speaker 1: least when it came to you start the season, and

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Speaker 1: beating the Rams. That was really a really good game

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Speaker 1: on the road. So but again it's just how the

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Speaker 1: season ended. But clearly he's the MVP, and I always

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Speaker 1: think watching the weekend games and watching the playoffs, you

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Speaker 1: need that triggerman and hopefully, you know, he can figure

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Speaker 1: it out. In the year four, well, I was buch

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Speaker 1: As people want to focus on Cliff Kingsbury and finishing seasons.

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray's got to do a better job finishing seasons.

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Speaker 1: I mean his numbers are dramatically different when you look

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Speaker 1: at the first eight and then you look at the

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Speaker 1: last nine. I mean, completion percentage drops interceptions are up,

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Speaker 1: touchdowns are down. So and it goes back to, all right,

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Speaker 1: you look at a year ago, it's what happened after

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Speaker 1: he got hurt, And now it's this twenty twenty one season.

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Speaker 1: All right, what happened after he got hurt against the Packers?

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Speaker 1: How did he come back from that game? And he

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Speaker 1: had his moments, but overall not consistent enough compared to

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Speaker 1: the first seven games going into that Green Bay contest. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and I hope that he goes back and watched the

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Speaker 1: film of the playoff game because that's not Kyler Murray.

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Speaker 1: And you know so mine right up on Kyler Murray.

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Speaker 1: He be major strides of this season was in the

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Speaker 1: MVP conversation after ten or twelve games, set career numbers

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Speaker 1: and completion percentage at sixty nine point two yards per

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Speaker 1: attempt seven point nine in a quarterback reading of one

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Speaker 1: oh one point five. I think he showed improvement throwing

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00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,920
Speaker 1: the ball ten to nineteen yards. His arm strength was

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Speaker 1: on display with the t balls. Now it's about finishing

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00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,159
Speaker 1: where this team has to make adjustments. Other teams do it.

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Speaker 1: They have to counter. Only time will tell in the

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Speaker 1: growth of Murray in his four year it comes down

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Speaker 1: little little things, and the little things are what kept

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Speaker 1: this team from winning the NFC West and being one

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Speaker 1: and done in the postseason. But overall, Kyler Murray number

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Speaker 1: two in completion percentage, eighth BET quarterback rating, and his

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Speaker 1: twenty four touchdowns ranked twelfth overall, which I think we

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Speaker 1: were expecting a little bit more considering how the season began.

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Speaker 1: But Kyler Murray the most valuable player. Now quick update,

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Speaker 1: burd Gang. I don't like voting for the same player

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Speaker 1: in different categories, so I tried to separates and reward

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Speaker 1: as many players as possible so I don't have any

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Speaker 1: repeat Like as we go into Offensive Player of the Year,

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Speaker 1: you can make a case for Kyler Murray, and some

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Speaker 1: of our colleagues did, but I don't. I can't put

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Speaker 1: the same player in two different categories. That's just how

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Speaker 1: I went into this year. I don't think I doubled up,

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Speaker 1: so you didn't, but I know some people did. And

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Speaker 1: Offensive Player of the Year for me, and it was

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Speaker 1: in fact a runaway because of the twenty seven voters,

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Speaker 1: twenty chose James Connor as Offensive Player of the Year.

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Speaker 1: Six went with Kyler Murray, one to DeAndre Hopkins, and

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Speaker 1: I understand, out of sight, out of mind, the value

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Speaker 1: in absence with DeAndre Hopkins not being on the football field,

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Speaker 1: But I don't think you can ignore eighteen total touchdowns

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Speaker 1: and what James Connor was able to do in short

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Speaker 1: yardage and goal line situations. We talked about it. You

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Speaker 1: brought up earlier the free agent signing as far his value,

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Speaker 1: that was a heck of the value signing in the

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Speaker 1: off season. Yeah, according a football outsiders, just based on

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Speaker 1: his salary and what he was able to prove on

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Speaker 1: the field, he was the best signing value wise. Now

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Speaker 1: clearly Cardinals were able to get him at a nice price.

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Speaker 1: And he came in here and he was a bully,

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Speaker 1: and he's physical, and I think it was contagious when

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Speaker 1: he was running the football, the way he would come

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Speaker 1: to the sidelines, and just a great guy. And one

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Speaker 1: thing we really didn't know about was how he can

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Speaker 1: catch the ball to backfield and it was very he

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Speaker 1: was very effective. I just could keep going back to

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Speaker 1: the two games that Colt McCoy started on the road

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Speaker 1: and how they ran that screen game and he was

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Speaker 1: taking a five or six yard run now making it

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Speaker 1: a twenty yard game, so thoroughly impressed. And the fact

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Speaker 1: that he was playing her down down the rest of

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Speaker 1: the season. A lot of guys were playing her when

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Speaker 1: you're dealing with ribs, and I think that was probably

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Speaker 1: the case why he didn't touch the ball a ton

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Speaker 1: and that rams playoff game over a thousand yards from scrimmage.

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Speaker 1: When you fact during his rushing totals and receiving totals,

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Speaker 1: his fifteen rushing touchdowns tied for the second most and

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Speaker 1: the league and a big reason why the Cardinals twenty

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Speaker 1: three rushing totals tied for third most in the National

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Speaker 1: Football League. So hopefully James Connor is back. We'll wait

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Speaker 1: and see on that. We've both made our opinions well

553
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: known that we want to see James Connor back in

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals uniform. Yeah, and you know, when you look

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00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 1: at his numbers speak for themselves. Ranked third in the

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Speaker 1: league with a career higher eighteen touchdowns, tied for second

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Speaker 1: with fifteen rushing touchdowns, both of the second most ever

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Speaker 1: in single season franchise history. That's impressive considering what the

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Speaker 1: expectation was going in that he might not get a

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Speaker 1: lot of touches. It was going to be Chase Edmonds

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Speaker 1: for the bulk of it. And then when the training

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Speaker 1: camp coach Kingsbury saw the ability of Connor to catch

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Speaker 1: the bottle of the backfield and I was like, all right,

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Speaker 1: let's see if we can't utilize James Connor a little

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Speaker 1: bit more. And they did well. When Kyler Murray was

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Speaker 1: missing games, he carried this football team with his bully

567
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Speaker 1: running style, physicality and energy. I mean again, yes, the

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Speaker 1: quarterback usually gets all the credit in the blame, but

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Speaker 1: when this team didn't have Kyler Murray to where the

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Speaker 1: running expect, Colt McCoy did have some runs, but it

571
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 1: was more trying to get running the ball. He carried

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Speaker 1: this football team. His attitude, his physicality I think rubbed

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Speaker 1: off on a lot of players in that locker room.

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Speaker 1: So MVP Kyler Murray Offensive Player of the Year. James

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Speaker 1: Conner Defensive Player of the Year. Here's where we get

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Speaker 1: a little bit of an issue, at least in my opinion,

577
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 1: and I'm in the minority, but Buddha Baker Defensive Player

578
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 1: of the Year received fourteen votes, including yours. And again

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Speaker 1: this is nothing against Buddha Baker, but MJ the real

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Speaker 1: defensive Player of the year in twenty twenty one, Jordan Hicks.

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Speaker 1: And it's unfortunate because only myself, Darren Urban and Paul

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Speaker 1: Calves understood the true value of Jordan Hicks in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty one. That's fair. Um, but he didn't play well

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Speaker 1: down the stretch. I mean, listen, I it's if you're

585
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: I'm talking about the guy who made impact plays. So

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00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 1: there's no right or wrong answer. I know you're just

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00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:19,560
Speaker 1: picking a scab. I can build a case for him, definitely, Um,

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Speaker 1: But I just think Buddha Baker. To me, he's the

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Speaker 1: face of this defense. Jordan Hicks. I got a ton

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Speaker 1: of respect for he. You know, the way he came

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Speaker 1: to camp and the way he dealt with as a professional,

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00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:33,920
Speaker 1: because it was important to him to show his kids

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Speaker 1: and his family. You don't quit in life. If somebody

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00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 1: doesn't doubt you, you show them and they're wrong. And

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00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 1: he proved that a lot of people were wrong. So

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00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,240
Speaker 1: but again, playing a ton of snaps had happened in

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Speaker 1: the last a couple of years. I'm not big on

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00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: just grades. My eyes tell me that he didn't play

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00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 1: as well down the stretch. Now, I know it's body

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Speaker 1: of work and Buddha Baker to me is just kind

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Speaker 1: of the heart and soul like Marcus Colan to this defense,

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00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:03,680
Speaker 1: so I can understand it. Who Paul Kelvci and Darren Yes,

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00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,000
Speaker 1: the three of us like minded people. We realized and

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Speaker 1: this is what I wrote about Hicks. Just imagine if

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Speaker 1: Hicks wasn't on the team as was rumored in the offseason,

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00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:17,040
Speaker 1: no one played more snaps and only Jalen Thompson had

607
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:20,920
Speaker 1: more tackles. That was my reasoning for Jordan Hicks as

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Speaker 1: being Defensive Player of the Year, and I'll maintain it

609
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,200
Speaker 1: was the best move that wasn't made in the offseason

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Speaker 1: getting rid of Jordan Hicks, either by the team's choice

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00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 1: or by Hicks's choice. Yes, he did ask for a trade,

612
00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 1: couldn't come up with a significant deal to satisfy both parties.

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Speaker 1: And you know, who knows what's going to happen next season.

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Speaker 1: But in twenty twenty one, if this defense did not

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Speaker 1: have Jordan Hicks, I well, I don't know if you

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Speaker 1: win eleven games make the playoffs. Well, we said without

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00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:58,240
Speaker 1: this defense, they wouldn't have been tended too. Yes, and

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00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 1: early in the season was the defense that really pushed

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Speaker 1: this team, over the front, over the over the top,

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00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:07,320
Speaker 1: as far as wins versus losses. Yeah, I just go

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Speaker 1: back to last offseason because I you know again more

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00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:15,040
Speaker 1: it's not hearsay, but the Carlos did think they had

623
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Speaker 1: a deal for Jordan Hicks, and the next day that

624
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,520
Speaker 1: the other team they signed a really good inside linebacker

625
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 1: just didn't happen. Now, in addition to Hicks, Chandler Jones

626
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,479
Speaker 1: got four votes, Marcus Golden got three votes. And we're

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Speaker 1: being a little tongue in cheek here. There are no

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00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:35,360
Speaker 1: wrong answers unless you're disagreeing with myself. Darren Paul here

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Speaker 1: on Cardinals cover two. Okay, just just send you mentioning

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Speaker 1: names who voted for Chandler Jones. It's a good question.

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Speaker 1: I don't have that list in front of Wow, don't

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Speaker 1: have the entire list. I didn't. I just looked up

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Speaker 1: to where who you picked and who I picked? Okay,

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00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:54,480
Speaker 1: did they vote after week one? I kid, I kid

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Speaker 1: could be I don't know. Ten and a half sacks perhaps,

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Speaker 1: Marcus Golden, Okay, how many sacks per game? Then? Where

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00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 1: was that half a second game? I kid a ken.

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00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a fascinating offseason when you look at

639
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 1: a handful of players, both free agents and who are

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Speaker 1: under contracts for at least one more year. I Jordan Hicks.

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Speaker 1: So that's Defensive Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year.

642
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Speaker 1: And here's where we get to double up. And I

643
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Speaker 1: could not put James Conner one with twelve votes, but

644
00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:26,400
Speaker 1: I could not put James Conner's Newcomer the Year. I

645
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 1: wanted to spread the wall and spread the attention. So well,

646
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Speaker 1: if Hopkins plays the whole season, he's probably the offensive

647
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 1: Player of the Year. Yes, so you go quarterback offensive

648
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Speaker 1: player year and then all of a sudden newcomer or debts.

649
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Speaker 1: But Connor earned it Newcomer the Year. James Conner. Others

650
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:46,240
Speaker 1: receiving votes Rodney Hudson, Zach Ertz, JJ Watt, and Matt Prader,

651
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 1: which was my choice along with Drew Stanton, just because

652
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 1: of his success kicking pats and field goals winning games. Yeah,

653
00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:58,919
Speaker 1: he did lose game against the Colts. You had those

654
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 1: seven points in Cardinals do beat the Indianapolis Colts. But

655
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 1: it was a position and kicker that I wasn't worried

656
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 1: about it at all during the course of the season,

657
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,879
Speaker 1: even during his missus. It was like, Okay, he's been there,

658
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:15,320
Speaker 1: done that, He'll be able to overcome it and be Okay,

659
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:17,600
Speaker 1: give me a guy that's gonna play sixty five snaps

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Speaker 1: a game. I understand, but it's it's part. It's it's

661
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Speaker 1: but I know, and you're right, it's it's not a

662
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Speaker 1: lot of time, but it's a huge part of the game.

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Speaker 1: Especially last offseason. What we're talking about got to upgrade

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Speaker 1: the position. Just look at just look at this weekend,

665
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Speaker 1: Look at these these this this rookie kicker in Cincinnati McPherson. Yeah,

666
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:46,720
Speaker 1: I mean this guy's like got he's got like blood

667
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 1: in his veins or whatever. And now you mentioned it,

668
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,040
Speaker 1: but yeah, there's there's other categories where you could have

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Speaker 1: put Prader. True could very well put Matt Prador and

670
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Speaker 1: be on the box Score Player of the Year that

671
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Speaker 1: went to Ride and they Hudson and beyond the box

672
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Speaker 1: Score bird Gang where you can't really there are no

673
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:07,839
Speaker 1: statistics to measure the value of a player. That's why

674
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:09,360
Speaker 1: a lot of hit there you go, I came to

675
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:12,680
Speaker 1: you didn't. It's where you go with maybe an offensive lineman,

676
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,680
Speaker 1: defensive lineman, or someone on special teams but Rodney Hudson

677
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:19,920
Speaker 1: with ten votes. Twelve different players received at least one votes,

678
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Speaker 1: including your choice, Andy Lee. And I get it. I

679
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 1: totally get it. Yeah, I mean without Indy Lee, that's

680
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,960
Speaker 1: where they had the miscues. I mean it doesn't show up.

681
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,720
Speaker 1: But when he when he's not out there, Aaron Brewer,

682
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:39,640
Speaker 1: there's a drop off. Andy, he's the only one they've

683
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Speaker 1: voted for. Andy Lee, Yes, you are, but you know,

684
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:46,440
Speaker 1: I totally get it. And when you and don't discount

685
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Speaker 1: his punt team, I mean he ranked third in the

686
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:52,160
Speaker 1: league averaging forty nine yards a punt and his forty

687
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:55,880
Speaker 1: one point nine yard net ranked eighth in the league.

688
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,480
Speaker 1: So he's still very capable. He's a free agent. I

689
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:01,040
Speaker 1: want him back, but he's still very capable with his

690
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 1: right legs well, And that was part of it, right.

691
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,719
Speaker 1: There were times when this team would go three and

692
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 1: out and he would change the field position and the

693
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Speaker 1: defense back on the field again. So yeah, would you

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Speaker 1: call him last year Andy Lee? A couple of years

695
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Speaker 1: ago the web couple of year? Was it not last season?

696
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Speaker 1: This year before? Yeah? Weapon twenty nineteen, yep, weapon because

697
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 1: he and then the fact that you know, when they

698
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:25,640
Speaker 1: had trencher Field and some of these other guys, they

699
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:27,520
Speaker 1: were down the ball at the four or five yard line.

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Speaker 1: But his his the way he can kick the ball

701
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:33,719
Speaker 1: to the ten yard line, and whether it bounces forward

702
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,000
Speaker 1: or back, it's almost like he's playing golf and he's

703
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,560
Speaker 1: got a shot and he's trying to get down the green.

704
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:44,279
Speaker 1: I mean, he he's mastered the art of punting. Five touchbacks,

705
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:48,759
Speaker 1: twelve of his fifty one punts inside the twenty yard line. Now,

706
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:51,520
Speaker 1: some of those stats can be misleading because where are

707
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 1: you kicking from? What's the situation call for? But when

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00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,720
Speaker 1: you talk about inside the twenty yard line, you're pinning

709
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:01,200
Speaker 1: your opponent deep and their own end. And there were

710
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:04,239
Speaker 1: times in weather games, especially in Chicago, he had a

711
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Speaker 1: he basically had to kind of kick it a little

712
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:09,920
Speaker 1: bit lower and line drive it. Yeah. No, And I

713
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,560
Speaker 1: like his hang time as long as you can protect him,

714
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:16,319
Speaker 1: and you know sometimes he can you know, obviously, you know,

715
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Speaker 1: do a trick play out of there, even though he'll

716
00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:20,359
Speaker 1: have to move positions. But we didn't see him throw

717
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:24,359
Speaker 1: a ball, that's true. He completed a pass. He is

718
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:28,279
Speaker 1: on the list of Arizona Cardinals players to complete or

719
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:32,840
Speaker 1: to attempt a pass, I should say, along with Kyle Murray,

720
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Speaker 1: Colt McCoy, Chris Streler, Christian Kirk, Chris Banjo. Yeah, Andy Lee,

721
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Speaker 1: Ken can throw the ball if needed. Yeah, I'm glad

722
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Speaker 1: I gotta when. I don't know if we'll ever get

723
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Speaker 1: a chance to see him because you know, COVID and

724
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 1: all this up, but I'm gonna let him know. I

725
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:50,080
Speaker 1: voted for him beyond the box Score Player of the

726
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 1: Year and Mike Jarecki's mind, Andy Lee, I went with

727
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 1: the majority with Rodney Huts in the final category Play

728
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Speaker 1: of the Year, and I thought this was gonna be

729
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:03,200
Speaker 1: no doubt, no question about it. But ten different plays

730
00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 1: received at least one vote. The winning play, Jonathan Ward's

731
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Speaker 1: helmet catch on a fake punts against the Dallas Cowboys.

732
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,600
Speaker 1: I just thought the degree of difficulty just made it

733
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Speaker 1: stand out among any other play during the course of

734
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 1: the season. Yeah, I would agree, but you know, I

735
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Speaker 1: do like when Kyler found Roundale Moore for that touchdown.

736
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Speaker 1: So I against the Vikings, we scrambled and they found

737
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:28,279
Speaker 1: more behind the defense. Yeah, that was against the Viking

738
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Speaker 1: and then some of the Hopkins inside the red zone.

739
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,319
Speaker 1: The one time where he just made these defensive bis

740
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Speaker 1: look silly. He was able to stop on a giant

741
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Speaker 1: change direction. Yeah, but that that play, I mean the

742
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Speaker 1: difficulty of what Jonathan Ward do. First of all, Banjo

743
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:46,840
Speaker 1: had to throw it and then you know who he

744
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:50,879
Speaker 1: had never attempted to pass in his career football career right,

745
00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:55,520
Speaker 1: high school, college, NFL. Never attempted to pass. Yeah. There

746
00:40:56,239 --> 00:41:00,279
Speaker 1: in some of the James Connors runs, his one handed catch, Yeah,

747
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 1: one particular one against the Chicago Bears, especially given the

748
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:07,359
Speaker 1: weather conditions, and then scoring on that one handed crap.

749
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:10,880
Speaker 1: So yeah, a lot of plays so it wasn't a

750
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:15,319
Speaker 1: runaway A year ago? Was the hell Murray better catch

751
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,800
Speaker 1: by eye? This year, I thought we had the catch

752
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:22,239
Speaker 1: of the year again. But there were more choices or

753
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,400
Speaker 1: at least more voices out there that thought it was

754
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 1: some other play. Do you think a lot of these

755
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:30,319
Speaker 1: um nominee or nominations were for the first half of

756
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 1: the season or down the street? There were a lot

757
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,279
Speaker 1: from the first half of the season, not so when

758
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:39,640
Speaker 1: they were winning. Yes, when this team, when this offense

759
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 1: was rolling, Yeah, a lot I noticed that half. So again.

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Speaker 1: Recap asy Cardinals dot Com Annual End of Season Awards,

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray MVP, James Connor, Offensive Player of the Year,

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Speaker 1: Buddha Baker, Defensive Player of the Year, James Connor, Newcomer

763
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Speaker 1: of the Year, Rodney Hudson Beyond the box Score Player

764
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Speaker 1: of the Year, and Play of the Year Johnathan war

765
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Speaker 1: Helmet catch on a fake punt? You gotaasy Cardinals dot

766
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Speaker 1: Com for all of the choices that were made. It's

767
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:11,760
Speaker 1: got all twenty seven people throughout the broadcast and digital

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Speaker 1: departments on the choices, the selections that everyone made. And

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Speaker 1: uh yeah, you can let everyone know that you would

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Speaker 1: disagree with a lot of them exactly. You know, no

771
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:24,399
Speaker 1: wrong answers unless they're different from you. I was listening

772
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,480
Speaker 1: to the radio last week on ninety eight seven and

773
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:29,680
Speaker 1: they were going through the entire list. It's good. It's

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Speaker 1: good content on easy Panel. Yeah, broadcasters behind the scenes. Oh,

775
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: we got a great crew here. It's a very good

776
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Speaker 1: job over on easy Cardinals dot Com. As we continue

777
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Speaker 1: here on Cardinals Cover two, presented by Honday, probably partner

778
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Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals, let's wrap up this edition with

779
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Speaker 1: a little look back at Championships Sunday. We know the

780
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl it will be the Rams and Bengals at

781
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Speaker 1: SOFI Stadium. We can get to that matchup later on,

782
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Speaker 1: but specifically the AFC, the Bengals topping the Chiefs twenty

783
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Speaker 1: seven twenty four and overtime. Cincinnati rallied from eighteen down,

784
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Speaker 1: tying the largest deficit overcome in an AFC title game.

785
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:16,800
Speaker 1: And yes, Bird Gang both quarterbacks touched the football and overtime,

786
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 1: but that's only because Patrick Mahomes got picked off NT.

787
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:24,480
Speaker 1: Can you imagine if Chiefs ran scored a touchdown? We

788
00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:27,640
Speaker 1: already dealt with this the previous week. They were to

789
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Speaker 1: change the rule. If the Chiefs would scored a touchdown,

790
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:34,000
Speaker 1: they would change the rule. I guarantee you and here

791
00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:36,520
Speaker 1: what do we What do I say? You have to

792
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:41,719
Speaker 1: play defense? And they did. Von Bell with the interception

793
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,759
Speaker 1: the third play of overtime and the Bengals took over

794
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:47,960
Speaker 1: rookie Evan McPherson a thirty one yard field goal, and

795
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Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals are in the Super Bowl for the

796
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Speaker 1: first time in thirty three years. I love the Cincinnati

797
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Speaker 1: social media. That's why you draft a kicker exactly? Was

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Speaker 1: the only kicker drive to correct? I don't know, maybe

799
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Speaker 1: fifth round, fifth round. Yeah, yeah, that's why you drove

800
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Speaker 1: this guy. Holy smokes, it's and here see and you know,

801
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Speaker 1: I know there's going to be the comparison now with

802
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Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, who's twenty five years old. He's our year

803
00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:19,439
Speaker 1: older than Kyler Murray, right, and he's already has three

804
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:23,759
Speaker 1: playoff wins. You know what. This guy's Joe cool. I mean,

805
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:27,000
Speaker 1: you can't rat them, but give their franchise a lot

806
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:28,919
Speaker 1: of credit. They could have drafted a lineman. They're gonna

807
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:31,120
Speaker 1: have to address that because he will not survive. Though

808
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Speaker 1: he was talking about Burrow, he's only sacked once, I know,

809
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,640
Speaker 1: but I'm just saying last week was eleven two or

810
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Speaker 1: negated nine sacks, and I guess his headset went off,

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Speaker 1: so he was calling his own place. I did read that. Overall,

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Speaker 1: Burrow twenty three or thirty eight, two hundred fifty yards,

813
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Speaker 1: a couple of touchdowns, one interception, the first number one

814
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Speaker 1: overall draft pick to lead a team to the Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl in just his seconds year and really his first

816
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Speaker 1: full year because year one got cut short with a

817
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:03,200
Speaker 1: knee injury. Craig they were four eleven and one last year.

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00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:08,120
Speaker 1: The year before, they were two and fourteen and you're

819
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Speaker 1: talking about the AFC. Now, obviously Brady's in the NFC,

820
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:17,080
Speaker 1: but I mean, all these young quarterbacks, Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes,

821
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Speaker 1: this is remarkable. And listen, they have the smallest scouting

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Speaker 1: staff in the NFL. And I was happy to I

823
00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:26,640
Speaker 1: was happy to see Mike Brown get the trophy. Mimind

824
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:29,160
Speaker 1: me of mister B for the George George Hallis Trophy.

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Speaker 1: In this case, Lamar Hunt from the Chiefs. It's a

826
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Speaker 1: remarkable story. And Duke Tobin doesn't get enough credit. He

827
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:37,839
Speaker 1: does not get a hunt they have. I mean, they

828
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Speaker 1: don't have the biggest staff when it comes to scouting,

829
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Speaker 1: but they've the fact that they could have addressed the line.

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Speaker 1: Hey this guy towards ACL, We're not gonna let him

831
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Speaker 1: get hit anymore. And they take Jamar Chase. Yeah, it

832
00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 1: was a decision that at the time people discussed criticized.

833
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:56,359
Speaker 1: Yet right now it looks great because Jamar Chase had

834
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Speaker 1: a phenomenal first season and they're down twenty one three

835
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Speaker 1: and peel And gets that touchdown and all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: the second half, Okay, Mahomes, in the first half, you

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Speaker 1: Rady for this. It was kind of like and I

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Speaker 1: tweeted this up poop like T shirt student, right. Mahomes

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Speaker 1: eighteen for twenty one, two hundred and twenty yards, three touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: quarterback rating one forty nine nine, third down four for

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Speaker 1: four second half eight for fifteen fifty five yards. Interception

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Speaker 1: rating thirty four zero, third down two for seven, twenty

843
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Speaker 1: eight percent. What happened in the second half. Yeah, it

844
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:35,439
Speaker 1: was a tale of two halves really and a great

845
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Speaker 1: job by the Cincinnati defense to really stop Patrick Mahomes.

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Speaker 1: Who I mean that first half they could do no

847
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 1: wrong against the Cincinnati Bengals, but it was a key.

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Speaker 1: The key was getting that score before the half twenty ten.

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Speaker 1: You're down twenty one three. Now it's twenty one ten,

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00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:54,879
Speaker 1: and that was what a forty one yard pass from

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00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:59,160
Speaker 1: Burrow to p line. Yeah. Yeah, so the Bengals are in.

852
00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:02,759
Speaker 1: They topped that seven twenty four and overtime, just how

853
00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:06,239
Speaker 1: everyone predicted. Of course, not on the other side, though

854
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:09,800
Speaker 1: in the NFC it is what people expected. The Rams

855
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:12,880
Speaker 1: rally past the forty nine Ers twenty to seventeen, LAS

856
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:15,200
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl for the second time in four seasons.

857
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:19,280
Speaker 1: Their fifth Super Bowl appearance. They had overcome a ten

858
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:23,640
Speaker 1: point fourth quarter deficit. They scored the game's last thirteen

859
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:27,360
Speaker 1: points with three straight scoring drives and Matthew Stafford, that

860
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:31,960
Speaker 1: acquisition Von Miller, O b j All those moves paid off.

861
00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:34,360
Speaker 1: Now there's just one more step for the Rams to

862
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:41,680
Speaker 1: really solidify the attention to veterans versus young draft picks.

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00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 1: You know, I really don't want to say this, but

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00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:46,759
Speaker 1: I do have to say this because I've been kind

865
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,600
Speaker 1: of harsh on them where I felt they were arrogant

866
00:47:49,719 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 1: and going in and Cronky made it clear I don't

867
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:54,439
Speaker 1: want another team playing this super But I gotta tip

868
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:58,759
Speaker 1: my cap to this to the Los Angeles Rams. They

869
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:01,839
Speaker 1: did a little bit different last year. The Buccaneers went

870
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:04,600
Speaker 1: all in, and of course when you get Tom Brady here,

871
00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:08,680
Speaker 1: they went all in, but obviously making a trade for Stafford,

872
00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 1: bringing in OBJ von Miller, and I got to give

873
00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:15,920
Speaker 1: him credit because they don't value draft picks. But they

874
00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:18,959
Speaker 1: did draft Cooper Cup in the third round. Yeah, Cup

875
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:21,839
Speaker 1: a couple of touchdowns, He had over one hundred receiving yards,

876
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:24,719
Speaker 1: ze Belcolm Junior had over one hundred receiving yards. But

877
00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:27,399
Speaker 1: this is a game that is going to stick out

878
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:29,640
Speaker 1: and once again, like we saw in the Super Bowl

879
00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:31,640
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, the forty nine Ers and

880
00:48:31,760 --> 00:48:36,000
Speaker 1: that second half, fourth quarter collapse, Jimmy Garoppolo and company

881
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:40,080
Speaker 1: last past attempts, perhaps in a forty nine Ers uniform,

882
00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:44,279
Speaker 1: Garoppolo intercepted by Trayan Howard, which sealed the victory. And

883
00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:47,120
Speaker 1: now a huge offseason had for the forty nine Ers

884
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:49,680
Speaker 1: on what to do at the quarterback position. Yeah, and

885
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:51,960
Speaker 1: you know, people are you know when you win, like

886
00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:54,160
Speaker 1: last year that the Rams lost a couple of players

887
00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:57,120
Speaker 1: to the Browns, Johnson the corner in Troy Hill, So

888
00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:00,440
Speaker 1: guys want to get paid. But I got news people,

889
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:04,600
Speaker 1: the Rams aren't going away as long as they got

890
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:08,640
Speaker 1: Sean mcvain and Matthew Stafford. Yeah, you're gonna have to

891
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:12,640
Speaker 1: replace players. You can't pay them all. Clearly they've gone in.

892
00:49:12,719 --> 00:49:14,560
Speaker 1: But I think they're gonna be a force to be

893
00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:16,600
Speaker 1: reckoning with for over the next couple of years. And

894
00:49:16,719 --> 00:49:19,920
Speaker 1: I really you know, we'll see what happens with Seattle. Obviously,

895
00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:22,480
Speaker 1: you think they'll move on from Jimmy Garoppolo with Trey Land,

896
00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:25,120
Speaker 1: so there's gonna be a learning period there. But I

897
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:27,200
Speaker 1: don't think this is I mean, this is twice the

898
00:49:27,239 --> 00:49:29,319
Speaker 1: last three or four years the Rams are in Super

899
00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:32,560
Speaker 1: Bowl with two different quarterbacks. Ye, and it's a reason

900
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:36,280
Speaker 1: why they went after and acquired Stafford because yard Goff

901
00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:38,000
Speaker 1: got them there. But they didn't think golf would be

902
00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:40,040
Speaker 1: able to take them over the hump. That's exactly right.

903
00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:43,160
Speaker 1: They said, golf can take us to Stafford. Now let's

904
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:45,399
Speaker 1: give Matthew Stafford a ton of credit. Nobody had more

905
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:48,560
Speaker 1: pressure on him. And it's nice to see because you know,

906
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:50,839
Speaker 1: you play in Detroit and people look at his win

907
00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:53,040
Speaker 1: loss record, even though he got a chance to play,

908
00:49:54,719 --> 00:49:57,520
Speaker 1: not a single quarterback going into this postseason had more

909
00:49:57,560 --> 00:49:59,919
Speaker 1: pressure to him. You know, could he win the big game?

910
00:50:00,719 --> 00:50:03,799
Speaker 1: Can he? That is he gonna throw the ball to you? Um,

911
00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:05,879
Speaker 1: you know he had one reception. He threw the ball

912
00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:09,000
Speaker 1: forty five times yesterday completely thirty one passes, three hundred

913
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:11,799
Speaker 1: and thirty seven yards, a couple of touchdowns. So I

914
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Speaker 1: give him and again I am I root for these

915
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Speaker 1: stories because you know, if you're in Detroit, you're probably

916
00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:20,319
Speaker 1: not going to get a chance to do that. And

917
00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:23,600
Speaker 1: the fact that he went to the biggest market in

918
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:27,440
Speaker 1: football besides New York, and the spotlight was on him.

919
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:29,920
Speaker 1: It was it was super Bowl or bust. That was

920
00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:32,120
Speaker 1: that was what they looked at it. If we don't

921
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:34,000
Speaker 1: win the super Bowl, it's it's a you know, we

922
00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:37,479
Speaker 1: look at making the playoffs, making strides, and again they're

923
00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:40,440
Speaker 1: much ahead of us. But yeah, I just think that's

924
00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:43,120
Speaker 1: the Rams are not going away. Had not won a

925
00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:46,440
Speaker 1: playoff game. Oh and three talking about Matthew Stafford now

926
00:50:46,480 --> 00:50:49,239
Speaker 1: here he is three and oh with one more win

927
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Speaker 1: to host the Lobardi Trophy after that game, and we'll

928
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Speaker 1: get more into the super Bowl and our thoughts on

929
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Speaker 1: the Rams and Bengals. But again, it was difficult to watch.

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00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:02,719
Speaker 1: And oh, just a quick tease, I'm a Cincinnati fan.

931
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Speaker 1: In two weeks, Hey, what did you think about the

932
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:10,840
Speaker 1: officiating this weekend? I thought it was perfect because never

933
00:51:11,120 --> 00:51:14,239
Speaker 1: discussed and the best part of officiating is when they're

934
00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:16,319
Speaker 1: not noticed, and I don't think they were noticed. They

935
00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:19,839
Speaker 1: let these guys play. They were fourteen penalties called combined

936
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Speaker 1: in both games. Wow, fourteen usually have fourteen and one

937
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:26,759
Speaker 1: over four teams. That's that's that's pretty good. That's you know,

938
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Speaker 1: three per team at one point, at one point one

939
00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:32,839
Speaker 1: team had like zero penalties. The other team had two

940
00:51:32,840 --> 00:51:35,719
Speaker 1: for fifteen yards. Yeah, I counted him up fourteen courting

941
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Speaker 1: my Niagara falls him out. Good stuff there, and uh,

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Speaker 1: that's a good notes to end this edition of Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Covered two presented by Hunday Probab, partner of the Arizona

944
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Speaker 1: Cardinals Special. Thanks as always to our executive producer Jim

945
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Speaker 1: Almahundro for Mike Drecky, I'm Greg Rio Lou. Much more

946
00:51:53,719 --> 00:51:56,440
Speaker 1: on the super Bowl in the days to come, but

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Speaker 1: we'll leave you on that note. We'll talk to you

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Speaker 1: next time here on Cardinals Cover two