1 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: But Colm throwing far side into the end zone and 2 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: the ball is touchdown. Tordoles an unbelievable turn of events. 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 1: Not here at lambeau Field, but in the desert, you 4 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: would have thought he went super Bowl. I mean, it 5 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,799 Speaker 1: was an unbelievable moment. The Vikings are going home for 6 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: the new year. You just don't lose like that. Nobody 7 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: loses like that. Let alone to Nathan Pool and they 8 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 1: pulls a good person to make that play. He deserves that. 9 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:38,160 Speaker 1: Not one of the Minnesota Vikings are even moving right now. 10 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: You lose a game and it opens the door for 11 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 1: your worst enemy. The Pickers not only make the playoffs, 12 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: they're gonna be hosted a game. It was as if 13 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: the sun fell out of the sky. You know, it 14 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: was a miserable day of existence that time that two 15 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: teams played one game that stop time in three cities. 16 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: Was the Cardinals receiver in or out of bounds? Where 17 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: the Vikings and Packers in or out of the playoffs? 18 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:10,199 Speaker 1: Who would be drafting one, two, and three? All dictated 19 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: by a Cardinals win that some viewed as a loss. 20 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: I think you've been The fans were like, now, let's 21 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: just get this season over and get the number one 22 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: pick walk away with Eli Manning. There was something to 23 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: play for there there. You know they're playing for something. 24 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: We can be playing for something too. He got flushed 25 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: out to the right. I said, oh, here, you come 26 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: into the zone. Mccounts. Pack They got knocked me out 27 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: of the number one pick. Two man, I've probably been 28 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,479 Speaker 1: in the first pick of the draft. Man, they cost me. 29 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: Nate pool Man, I'd never forgive him for that. I 30 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: tell him that all the time. Nathan Paul. Maybe come 31 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: up a household name in green Bay. This is Maya Schmidtz. 32 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: I'd love to get you out to one of the games. 33 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: I said, oh no, I would love to come out. 34 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: He was given a key to the city of Green 35 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: Bay and he got to go to their playoff game. 36 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: I hear he will have a lot of optunities to 37 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: go out in Green Bays if that is his desire. 38 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: He will have a lot of people who will take 39 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: good in care of him to the winner goes the Spoils. 40 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: That's after the Cardinals took care of the Vikings. All right, 41 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: a big win, but the big winner the Packers welcome 42 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: into Cardinal's folk Tales miracle. In the Desert presented by 43 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: seventy two sold where we go in depth into Cardinal's 44 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: history all time anecdotes through the recollections and memories of 45 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: those who lived in or, in my case, those who 46 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 1: covered it. My name is Paul Kelvic, Cardinals sideline reporter. 47 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: We're talking about that time when little known Nate Pool 48 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: got the key to a city, while his own fan 49 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: base lamented what it did not get. People said, well, y'all, 50 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: you know you cost him the number one pick. The 51 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: consolation was probably the greatest player in Cardinal's history and 52 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: one of the greatest receivers of all time. Looking back, 53 00:02:54,400 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: feel bad for the Vikings. Oh my god, I can't 54 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: believe what just happened. The Cardinals have knocked the Vikings 55 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:16,839 Speaker 1: out of the playoffs. One of the great calls, one 56 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: of the great rule of victory, agony of defeat moments 57 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 1: in NFL history, every bit as much shakespeareanced tragedy as 58 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: season finale December twenty eighth, two thousand and three. Cardinals 59 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,679 Speaker 1: playing for the number one pick with a loss, the 60 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: Vikings playing for the postseason with a win or a 61 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: Packers loss. Yet none of the above happened. Here's former 62 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: head coach Dave McGinnis and quarterback Josh McCown. We gotta 63 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: win a game, and we haven't won a game in 64 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: seven weeks. I mean, we need to win a ball game. 65 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: You know, there are a lot of people I know 66 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: pulling force. Obviously. Coach McGinnis was fantastic in front of 67 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: the room. He was very captivating, and that was one 68 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: of the things that he talked about was just the 69 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: ability to knocked those guys off. You know, they were 70 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: coming in, they had to beat us, and you know 71 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: they were going to get into the playoffs, and so 72 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: there was something to play for there there. You know, 73 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: it wasn't just a game where we're gonna roll the 74 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: ball out there and get it over with and go home. 75 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: He was like, man, this is they're playing for something. 76 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: We can be playing for something too. In two thousand 77 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: and three, it was a sixteen game season. Cardinals entered 78 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: the final week three and twelve. The Vikings, after a 79 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: six and oh start, were nine and six, coming off 80 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 1: a ko of KC the week before, a forty five 81 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: twenty drumming of a Chiefs team that would finish thirteen 82 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 1: and three. So all the Vikings had to do what 83 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: everyone expected him to do, polish off a reeling Cardinals 84 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: team with a quarterback making his third career start, a 85 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: coach about to be fired, and the NFL's all time 86 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: leading rusher getting peppered about his own future on Christmas Eve, 87 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 1: I may who knows. We can play hypothetical all day, 88 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: magazie great, But if he's not here, people coming in, 89 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:00,840 Speaker 1: what their plans are, what the idea is, and what 90 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: they thought. So I gotta I gotta win on all that. 91 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 1: So you asking me to make up answer to something 92 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: that I don't have all the information too, that's stupid. 93 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: I'm not that stupid. Yeah, please, somebody changing something, thank you. 94 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: How about the spirit of jolliness and happiness. That's former 95 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: Cardinals running back and Hall of famer and it's Smith 96 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 1: and hey, no doubt what would make the Red Sea 97 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:28,679 Speaker 1: jolly and happy? The number one overall pick under their tree. 98 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: Here's voice of the Cardinals Day Pass, who was in 99 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: his second season in oh three. When you endure that 100 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,359 Speaker 1: long of a season and you're calling games for a 101 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: team that's losing a lot of games, the one thing 102 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 1: is okay, you got a chance to get a franchise 103 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: changing quarterback. Let's just get through this and get to 104 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: that draft. Get your guy, Enjoy the next ten years 105 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:51,840 Speaker 1: and a couple of Super Bowls like that whole year. 106 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: You grow up fast in this business and you go, wait, 107 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: they're gonna fire these coaches. Wait a minute, they could 108 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 1: draft a new quarterback like you know, I was just 109 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: quarterback of the future two days ago. You know all 110 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 1: these things. He can grow really fast. That's Cardinals could 111 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: be Josh McCown, the third round pick the year before, 112 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 1: who earned the final three starts of that oh three 113 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 1: season and tried to channel the confidence that his head 114 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: coach Dave McGinnis showed in him against NFC North leading Minnesota. 115 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 1: I think when you look at their roster, when they're 116 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: coming out to us with everything to play for, I 117 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: think it was a tall task. So looking at that 118 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: going yeah, we're gonna beat the Minnesota Vikings, you know, realistically, 119 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if that was you know, if that 120 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:35,359 Speaker 1: was an easy sale for coach, but he did a 121 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: good job of framing that for us, and and I 122 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,679 Speaker 1: think he was, you know, benefited from a young quarterback 123 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: who didn't know any better and just was gonna go 124 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: out and play the game. It's the Cardinals at Vikings 125 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 1: from a tenp Arizona Sundevil Stadium. Not a lot of 126 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: action for the announcers to call in a fifty one 127 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: degree day, a virtual snooze fast, six nothing at half time, 128 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: seven six entering the fourth quarter when Randy Moss scores 129 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: on a seven yard pass. A lot closer than many 130 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: thought it would be, especially with a playoff spot on 131 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: the line. Of the Vikings win, they clinched their division. 132 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: If they lose and Green Bay wins, they're out of 133 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: the playoffs. Then, just over two minutes later, a forty 134 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: six yard fuel goal makes it seventeen six Vikings with 135 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: six forty eight to play, but hang on. On the 136 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: first play after the two minute warning, mccount takes play, bank, 137 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:30,239 Speaker 1: rolls to his right, accounting trouble, flushed down, throws enzof 138 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: and going down to make the catch for a touchdown 139 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: to Steve Bush. Steve Bush for a touchdown catch. Great 140 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: improv job by Josh McCown. A fourteen play touchdown drive bought. 141 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: The two point conversion fails, so it's seventeen twelve Vikings, 142 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: a score echoed on the Packers broadcast. Minnesota leading seventeen 143 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: to twelve. Remember, the only way the Packers can make 144 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: the playoffs now is if Minnesota loses this football game somehow, 145 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: some way. That's the radio call at Lambeau, Wayne Lervie 146 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: and Larry McCarron paying close attention nearly two thousand miles 147 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: away in Green Bay, Cardinals are gonna try to recover 148 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: an onside kick to perhaps give us a little bit 149 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: more time to broadcast. Luckily, that day I wasn't demolition, 150 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: I was recovery. And you know, Josh Gooby and company 151 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: went in there, you know, blasting guys and right place, 152 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: right time. That's former Cardinals running back Damian Anderson. And 153 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: that's the recipe, the mentality for a successful onside kick, 154 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: because that's exactly what the Cardinals needed. Good news, the 155 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: Cards are just picked up one of the best in 156 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: the business in Neil Rackers. So one fifty four to play. 157 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: Neil Rackers is very good with the on side kick. 158 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: We were all standing there, you know, waiting, because that 159 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: was we knew that that that was the next piece. 160 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: You know, you had to get that to keep the 161 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: ball game going. And you O'Neil hits a perfect ball, 162 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 1: and I mean It was just how you drew it up, 163 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 1: you know. And Damian comes up with it. Rackers with 164 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: the onside kick far aside and it bounces in the 165 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: air and the Cardinals have it. Of the forty two 166 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: Damian Anderson comes up with it on the redirection and 167 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: the Cards have a chance with one to fifty four 168 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: to play. The Arizona Cardinals tried an onside kick and 169 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 1: Larry Loan to hold. They recovered it with a minute 170 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: fifty four to go in that football game in the 171 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: desert and the Vikings leading seventeen to twelve. Well, I'm 172 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: gonna shut up about this last game. Stuff done. Maybe 173 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: they don't have a miracle. Keep talking about it. You 174 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: may be chinxing us into something good here. Maybe that 175 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:41,439 Speaker 1: miracle can happen. You get to that onside kick and 176 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 1: now all of a sudden, all bets are off. I mean, 177 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: anything can happen against anybody anytime, and as we know, 178 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: it did. That's longtime voice of the Vikings, Paul Allen. 179 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: More from him later, much more soul. Cardinals add the 180 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,199 Speaker 1: ball back one fifty four left sixty one yards to go, 181 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: needing it touchdown with one time out after a thirty 182 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 1: yard pass interference and a thirteen yard completion in eight pool, 183 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: the Cardinals reached the Minnesota nine with thirty nine seconds 184 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: to go. I meanwhile in the desert Arizona getting a 185 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: little bit closer. You don't people are all aware of this, 186 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: because you could hear them us in the crowd. There 187 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: is definitely everyone is out of their seats in three 188 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: different states. When Josh McCown is put on his seat, 189 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: two straight plays but drop the McCown looking letter, hump back, 190 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: and account sacked back at the seventyd yrdline. Account flushed 191 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,199 Speaker 1: out running near side, lost the ball, it's loose, and 192 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: the Cardinals able to pound side out of the twenty 193 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 1: eight Himett has a presence in mind to go, Josh, 194 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: get up, get up. We gotta get the ball. Snap. 195 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,079 Speaker 1: We got out Tom House. We gotta go. So we 196 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: get the play call and then you know, and then 197 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: we you know, fortunately get the ball. Snap. You knew 198 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: that was Josh a skillset like call a play that 199 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: works for him, you know, get him out, you know, 200 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: get him out in some space so he's he'll have 201 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 1: a multiple of options. The clock running down under fifteen 202 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: seconds left, it's fourth down, to twenty four, and it's 203 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: gonna come down to this. They gotta throw it into 204 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: the end zone. This is it. Fourth down, fourth and 205 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: twenty five from the twenty eight. The Packers and Vikings 206 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 1: playoff hopes hanging in the balance once again. Voice of 207 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: the Vikings, Paul Allen. There was worry and anxiety and 208 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: teeth gnashing every step of the way. Hey Green Bay, 209 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: you still watching? You bet them? And they're winding it 210 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:33,719 Speaker 1: down in Arizona. This is the last gas, fourth and 211 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: twenty four, back outside the twenty five and here we 212 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: go eight seconds, seven six, five four. The count with 213 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: the ball will still be the last playing. The count 214 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: steps up rolling farside. Just so happened. He got flushed. 215 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: He got flushed out to the right. I said, oh, 216 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: here come the Colm throwing farside into the end zone. 217 00:11:55,240 --> 00:12:00,679 Speaker 1: Here the ball is touchdown. Turnows. They pulled. The Cardinals 218 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 1: win the game on the final play, and the fight 219 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:07,679 Speaker 1: Gigs are going home for the new year. Josh Man, Yo. 220 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:11,319 Speaker 1: The whole time he's running, he's rolling, he's pointing to 221 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: the right. I'm inside. I know he's about to throw 222 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: it over there. And the defender he had no clue 223 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: he had no clue. What a great crowe by Josh McCown. 224 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: He threw it up early Nate Pool could get it, 225 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: and he get it. I felt like it was just 226 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:28,719 Speaker 1: there was a connection for us, you know, and so 227 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:32,719 Speaker 1: boom there is and then the ball came out and 228 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: he makes an unbelievable cash the Cardinals winning. On the 229 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: final play, Josh mccome plays Nate Pul in the back 230 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: of the end tide on the far side. You would 231 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 1: have thought he wasn't super Bowl And uh, I mean, 232 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 1: it was an unbelievable moment and and it meant a 233 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: lot to those guys out there, but it meant even 234 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 1: more to Nate Pool, the guy who'd been cut four times, 235 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: and then he cut loose against the visiting Vikings fans 236 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: who had populated and dominated Sundevil Stadium trash talk in 237 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,559 Speaker 1: three two one take gass, don't come back here, and 238 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:15,199 Speaker 1: next ye y'all get the same thing. Looking back, like 239 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: you feel bad for the Vikings because they were right 240 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 1: there on the cusp and to lose that way, man, 241 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: that's bitter. Nate Pools game winning playoff busting, last second, 242 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: fourth down touchdown catch was one of his two two 243 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: career touchdowns, leaving the Vikings on the outside of the 244 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 1: playoff picture looking in as radio voice Paul Allen and 245 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:41,679 Speaker 1: company were left in a state of utter disbelief. People 246 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: were just staring longingly on the team bus to the airport. 247 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 1: Nobody knew what to say, and they were just downtrodden. 248 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:51,679 Speaker 1: And you just don't lose like that. Nobody loses like that, 249 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: let alone to Nathan Pool, not an Kuombolden. So I mean, 250 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: now as we connect the dots, you know, of the 251 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: entire thing over twenty years, it hits me so vividly 252 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 1: because of how emotional it was at that moment. The 253 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: season's on the line, two receivers left and right. McCown 254 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: takes the snap, he steps up, he's all by himself, 255 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 1: fires into the end zone. Down. No, No, the Cardinals 256 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: have knocked the Vikings out of the playoffs. The previous 257 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: owner of the team, Red McCombs, hated that call. He 258 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 1: didn't let me know, but he let others know. Some 259 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,239 Speaker 1: vice presidents here, So you know, I had some conversations 260 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: with some vice presidents and I'm like, you know, you 261 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: don't script moments like that, And that's what came out 262 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: so I had to deal with that very young in 263 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: my career. I understand where Paul's coming from. You get 264 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 1: invested in the team. It's your team, and I thought 265 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: Paul handled it perfectly. Some people might say, oh, it's 266 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: not professional, but that's how the fans feeling. No, are 267 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: you hitting right? That was Paul's reaction. One thing I 268 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: remember about the call is I looked to my left 269 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: where the coaches were, and our linebackers coach at that time, 270 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: Pete verstage. He could hear me through the glass yelling no, no, no, no. 271 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: And then I came down. The Cardinals have knocked the 272 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: Vikings out of the playoffs. The Cardinals have knocked the 273 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: Vikings out of the playoffs. The way he looked at me, 274 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: it was not anger at me. It was one of 275 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: two things. Oh my god, I can't believe what just happened. 276 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: Oh my god, that check that I was going to 277 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: get for a playoff bonus, It just went up into 278 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 1: the Tempe sky from Minnesota fans saying you sunk my 279 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: Viking ship, just to sheer agony of it all, to 280 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: the utter ecstasy of cheesehead Nation listening on the Packers 281 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: radio network and here we go. This is if the 282 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: season for the Packers on the line into the end 283 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: zone accounts package league KA make that cut now it 284 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 1: is a packcatler years some Packers lable complete bed book 285 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: from Wayne Larty and Larry McCarron reacting to a game 286 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: they're not even calling, just watching from two thousand miles away. 287 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: That is the biggest miracle on the Packers side of 288 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: any rooks. The Packers like finally realize there's any refer 289 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: I'm a final playoff the regular season for the Fight 290 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: teams they lose eighteen to seventeen. The Packers not only 291 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: make the playoffs, they're gonna be hosted the game true. 292 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: RTT Farb and the Packers would host the Seahawks at 293 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 1: Lambeau to open the playoffs. Later, Dave McGinnis shared with 294 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: the media that Packers coach Mike Sherman and GM Mark 295 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: Hadley called him and said, quote, you're a bleeping king 296 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: here in Green Bay. The thing is back in Tempee, 297 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 1: speaking of coach mac different emotions, A different reality started 298 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: to set in as the Cardinals locker room grew quiet, 299 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: almost somber. For all that we've been through, we never 300 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 1: quit on each other. It was a constant, constant reminder 301 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 1: of what character I've got in this room. I've never 302 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:38,440 Speaker 1: been afraid to tell you that I love you. It 303 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: was somber, and it's very sobering. You're just like, man, 304 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 1: back to reality. This is what we're faced with. And 305 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 1: he was genuine with his words, and you know, and 306 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: how I cared about guys, and so I think he 307 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:52,359 Speaker 1: understood in that moment that that was probably, you know, 308 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: the last time or one of the last times he 309 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: was going to address us as a group. I've never 310 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:01,640 Speaker 1: been afraid to open myself to you because you've got 311 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 1: my art. You've got my art. You know. It's a 312 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,239 Speaker 1: roller coaster really, because you were just as high as 313 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 1: it gets. You know, for fifteen twenty minutes, they're celebrating 314 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 1: and enjoying one another, and then you know, the business 315 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: sets in. When Nate Pool gave me this ball that 316 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: he caught what I tell you last night, I cut 317 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 1: this man four times. I cut him four times, and 318 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: every time I did, he stood up in my office 319 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 1: and hugged me and said, Mike, if you need me, 320 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 1: I'll be back because you're the only man I want 321 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: to play for. And that's the way I know that 322 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: all of you feel right now. Who's real emotional? It 323 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 1: was like you know, your last family hug, you know, 324 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 1: and and you know, and it hurt because we know, 325 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 1: you know, he's a player's coach and he loved the players. 326 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 1: He wants the players to do. Do you know, exhale 327 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: to be really great? You know what I feel for you, 328 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 1: You know what I feel for you. This was a tremendous, 329 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: tremendous demonstration of men that not only love each other, 330 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:12,640 Speaker 1: but believe, believe, believe. You know, most of us felt 331 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: like we let Dave down because you know, we didn't 332 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: come up on the winning side of a lot of 333 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 1: these games to keep them around. I'll never ever give 334 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: up on you. I love you. Thank you. On the 335 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 1: very next day, with a fornswall season in the books, 336 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 1: Cardinals head coach Dave McGinnis was indeed fired. Viking's head 337 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: coach Mike Tyson survived despite the Vikings collapse after that 338 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 1: six and old start. As for the Packers, the party 339 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 1: was just starting and Nat Pool's celebrity was growing. Nathan Pool, 340 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:58,120 Speaker 1: of all people, hope by pack Nathan pul maybe come 341 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: up the household name and it was an amazing play. 342 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: But you know, like I say about Nathan and I'm 343 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: not being disparaging here, but that was his fifteen minutes 344 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: of fame. And then of course, the next week he 345 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 1: was given a key to the city of Green Bay 346 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 1: and he got to go to their playoff game, and 347 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 1: that is accurate. Nate Pool, who going into the season 348 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: finale had eight catches all season and no touchdowns, was 349 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 1: now Packers royalty, to the point where he got a 350 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 1: call from the mayor of Green Bay. So Mayor Schmitz 351 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 1: gave me a call, and I was like, oh, here 352 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: we go. Stop calling my phone because I'm thinking it's 353 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 1: a player, and I'm thinking he's gonna call that players 354 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 1: gonna call me back and say, man, dude, what are 355 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 1: you doing. Then I got a call right back. It 356 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,159 Speaker 1: was the same number, and I'm like, okay, hey, how 357 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: you doing this in Nate Pool? And he was like, Hey, Nate, no, 358 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: this is not a joke. This is Mayor Schmidt. I 359 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: love to get you out in his speed talking, I 360 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: love to get you out to one of the games. 361 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 1: I said, oh no, I would have to come out. 362 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: And that's not the only call he got that week. 363 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 1: On the Big Red Rage radio show with host Dave Pash, 364 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: a Packers fan dialed in from the Midwest line too. Dave, 365 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 1: Mary Joe, Mary Joe, Welcome to the Big Red Rage. 366 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: Go ahead, Hey guys, thanks a lot. I was just 367 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 1: calling to wish Nate a wonderful time in Green Bay 368 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: and to give him a huge thank you. Since the 369 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 1: Vikings started off sticks and oh this year, I've been 370 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: taking a lot of grief or getting a lot of 371 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: grief from my friends who are Viking fans, and I 372 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,159 Speaker 1: would roll my eyes and just say, oh, you know, 373 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,680 Speaker 1: won't you ever learn the Vikings will find some way 374 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: to implode again this year? And sweet Revenge. It has 375 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: been a wonderful couple of days, and I just want 376 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:50,160 Speaker 1: to offer a great, big thank you. Hey, Mary Joe, 377 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: how about taking date out to dinner when he gets 378 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: up there. I'm sure he will have a lot of 379 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 1: opportunities to go out in Green Bay if that is 380 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: his desire. He will have a lot of people who 381 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 1: will take good care of him. Nate fool laughed all 382 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: the way to Green Bay and all expense paid trip 383 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 1: in January on the tax Bayer's tap as the undrafted 384 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: receiver from Marshall became a Grand Marshal of sorts. But 385 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 1: don't forget about the other end of that touchdown pass QB. 386 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 1: Josh McCown. You know, they flying night up to Green 387 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 1: Bay and they give them the key to city or 388 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: whatever they did, and they're sending us. We were getting 389 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 1: Christmas cards from Green Bay fans that it was their 390 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 1: family Christmas card and you know it was you know, 391 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:38,119 Speaker 1: scratched out, Merry Christmas and thank you for beating the Vikings, Go, 392 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 1: Pat go, and loads of Christmas cards mail to the 393 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 1: house of the Sargento family sent the best chiefs basket 394 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: you've ever seen in your life. That was two thousand 395 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,680 Speaker 1: and three. But even to this day, when he's out 396 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: and about, Josh McCown gets reaction for both school Nation 397 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: and America's dairy Land walking through an airport or whatever, 398 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 1: and there will be, you know, a disgruntled Vikings fan 399 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: and hey, you you know you owe me, you know 400 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 1: a type of thing, or it'll be a Packers fan 401 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: that'll be like, thank you for getting us in the 402 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:15,639 Speaker 1: playoffs that year. You know, we owe you. I was 403 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: at home back in Minneapolis or watching that game, and 404 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: I did not like Nate Pool because I thought I 405 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 1: had a chance to be the number one pick, and 406 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 1: I used to always mess with Nate. That's Minnesota native 407 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald not only a former Vikings ball boy and 408 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,719 Speaker 1: their number one fan at the time, but fitz might 409 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: have been the number one pick overall in the NFL draft. 410 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:39,920 Speaker 1: Man Larry had that conversation. Believe me that he would 411 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: have been the number one overall pick. We're talking in 412 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 1: the receiver room before the meeting about being him being 413 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 1: the number one pick. You know, as I think back 414 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 1: to what his sided bonus was, he didn't do too 415 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: bad at the number three picks. People said, well, y'all, 416 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: you know you're costing the number one picking, and I 417 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 1: go back and go, you know, I don't think Coach 418 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 1: Green would have I think he would have picked Larry. 419 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: He was gonna pick Larry Um and uh it turned 420 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 1: out really good for Larry and ultimately for theirs on 421 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: the Cardinals too. He helped lead that franchise. Uh, you 422 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: know through a lot of things, you know, to become 423 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 1: a you know, a competitive franchise, and you know, to 424 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 1: really what they are today. Walking away from that with 425 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,160 Speaker 1: mixed emotions, of Wow, what a way to win a game, 426 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: but also, oh, my goodness, there goes the quarterback of 427 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 1: the future, there goes he live. Yep. Cardinals won the game, 428 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 1: but lost the number one pick, which ended up being 429 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning. We'll never know who knew 430 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: head coach Denny Green would have picked for the Cardinals, 431 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: or do we. Larry Fitzgerald says at number one, he 432 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,680 Speaker 1: still would have been the Cardinals selection. Then he said 433 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 1: I would have been. That's what he told me. He 434 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 1: told me I would have been. But you know what, 435 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: it all worked his way out. I was able to 436 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: still get here and play for him. I know we 437 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: didn't have the success I'd love to have for him. 438 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: You know, he gave me my first two jobs I 439 00:24:58,280 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 1: ever had as a bob Away and then as a 440 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,880 Speaker 1: you know, athlete, and so I owe him a huge 441 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: debt of gratitude and I'm just so very thankful for, 442 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,919 Speaker 1: you know, the doors he opened from me and my family. 443 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 1: Touchdown Cardinals, Paul the Cardinals within the game. The final 444 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: part I brought my heart had to practice in the 445 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 1: games every day, and I knew, you know, that's what 446 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 1: it was about. It's growing up as a youngster that 447 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 1: what is about, you know, bringing your hard head and 448 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 1: working out and just pushing to make the teams. You know, 449 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 1: coaches say, run every route as if it's your last one. 450 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: Nate Paul really did it. But it was like comical, 451 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 1: like he went so hard. So pretty cool to see 452 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 1: a guy that worked that hard have one of the 453 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,679 Speaker 1: biggest plays of the season, not just for the Cardinals 454 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: but for the entire league. I gotta tell people, hey, 455 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: you can only do it one play at a time. 456 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: I got you on that play, and needless to say, 457 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 1: it's the play in Naypool's career, one of the most 458 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: dramatic and consequential plays in NFL history. The Cardinals have 459 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 1: knocked the Viking down of the playoffs and polls. A 460 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,119 Speaker 1: good person. Yeah, he's a great person to be around. 461 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: And you look back at that and that's a special 462 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,639 Speaker 1: moment for me and my career as well. So but 463 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: it couldn't happen to a better guy. Na's good dude. 464 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 1: Yeah who says good dudes finished last? Right? In fact, 465 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 1: as Dave McGinnis said back then with a smile to 466 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 1: the media, quote, there were two receivers on the field 467 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: from Marshall. That day, they had Randy Moss, we had 468 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: Nathan Pool. So there you have it. Cardinals Folk Tales 469 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: Miracle in the Desert, presented by seventy two Soul for 470 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: producer Jim Almahundro. I'm Paul Calvisi, and that's the story 471 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,639 Speaker 1: of how an unknown receiver won that day, but a 472 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,879 Speaker 1: Hall of fame receiver was on his way. The consolation 473 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 1: was probably the greatest player in Cardinal's history and one 474 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 1: of the greatest receivers of all time. With the third 475 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 1: choice in the two and four NFL Draft, the Arizona 476 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 1: Cardinals select Larry Fitzgerald wide receiver versuit fitzger