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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang. On today's show, it is not an

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Speaker 1: unfamiliar position for Vance Joseph and his defense facing a

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Speaker 1: backup quarterback. This week marks the third time this season

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Speaker 1: the number one worry though for the defense Christian McCaffrey.

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Speaker 1: He's back and he's healthy. First though, speaking of health,

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Speaker 1: what is the health of the home team? Right now?

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Speaker 1: It's Cardinals Cover two, episode four ninety four and it

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Speaker 1: starts now. Welcome to Cardinals Cover two with Craig Griolu

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Speaker 1: and Mike Jarecki. Cardinals Cover two is presented by Hyundai,

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Speaker 1: proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals, and by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts.

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Speaker 1: Visit Easy Cardinals dot com, Slash podcasts. Going for Hopkins

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Speaker 1: one hand to catch in a touchdown DeAndre Hopkins. Here's

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Speaker 1: Craig Griolou and Mike Jarecki. So the number was twelve,

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Speaker 1: twelve players listed as not practicing on Wednesday. You told

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Speaker 1: me not to worry, MJ because it was Wednesday, first

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Speaker 1: but only because two players went on injured, reserve Aaron

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Speaker 1: Brewer and tight end David Wells. So once again ten

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Speaker 1: of course everyone wants to know Kyler Murray. No, he

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Speaker 1: was not at practice. Well during the open ports they could.

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Speaker 1: see that. But you know, he sounded like he was

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Speaker 1: training in the right direction. Again, does he need to practice.

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Speaker 1: So we'll wait and see. But we'll see how many

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Speaker 1: I was last week, just based off of Murray's tone

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Speaker 1: I understand why be cautious. Yet I also understand the

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Speaker 1: But if he is ready, I don't think you should

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Speaker 1: That would be Colt McCoy. I assume he's taken reps

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Speaker 1: little bit more pre snap motion this week. As we

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Speaker 1: always talk those eyes. Make sure you're still steady and

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Speaker 1: focused on what your job is and not get out

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Speaker 1: of your lane, so to speak, because then big plays

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Speaker 1: can happen. And this defense is susceptible at times to

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Speaker 1: the big play. We saw that against the forty nine ers.

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Speaker 1: Did George Kittle catch but the punch out by Byron

433
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Speaker 1: Murphy and that was a fumble and the other one

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Speaker 1: to Brandon Nayuk in the red zone and a punch

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Speaker 1: out by Isaiah Simmons. So this defense is very opportunistic.

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Speaker 1: They'll give up big plays the bend, but don't break.

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Speaker 1: But when they need to make a play, especially inside

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00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,480
Speaker 1: the red zone, they've been very, very good. I thought

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Speaker 1: they did a really good job on Deebo Samuel because

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Speaker 1: prior to that game, he was getting like sixty and

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Speaker 1: seventy yard catches and a lot of it was just

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Speaker 1: a ten and twelve yard catch, and then he had

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Speaker 1: blocking from his wide receivers and tight ends and he

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Speaker 1: was getting down the sideline. I thought it did a

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Speaker 1: really good job in going into that game. I thought,

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Speaker 1: Byron Murphy, that's a perfect matchup for him, just a physicality,

447
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,600
Speaker 1: so he was in that Going into that game, he'd

448
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Speaker 1: have been putting up big numbers and the Cardinals kind

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Speaker 1: of slowed him down. You're not going to slow him down.

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Speaker 1: But if you tell me McCaffrey's got one hundred and

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Speaker 1: twenty five yards after the game and they turn a

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00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,840
Speaker 1: ball over a few times, I like the Cardinals chances.

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Speaker 1: Two other running backs to pay attention to, Chiba Hubbard

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Speaker 1: and a Mirror Abdullah. Both were a key when McCaffrey

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Speaker 1: was gone, but not McCaffrey level. Hubbard three point five

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Speaker 1: yards per carry, Abdullah three point four yards per carry.

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Speaker 1: So if you don't have him McCaffrey, you're kind of

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Speaker 1: one dimensional as far as the wide receivers. You bring

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Speaker 1: up DJ Moore, Robbie Anderson more is their number one guy,

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Speaker 1: six hundred and seventy seven receiving yards and three touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: And Robbie Anderson, he's really disappeared. One catch for two

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Speaker 1: yards on three targets last week the week before, no

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Speaker 1: catches on one target. Now is that quarterback? Is that

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Speaker 1: more on the wide receiver? What on a relationship does

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Speaker 1: the Robbie Anderson have with a P. J. Walker? Some

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Speaker 1: questions that we bring up but won't know the answer

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Speaker 1: until Sunday. Yeah. I mean, if you watch a Panthers

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Speaker 1: game and when they're losing, they always pan the sidelines

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Speaker 1: and you know, he's got in Sam Darnold's face a

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Speaker 1: few different times. And these guys played together in New

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Speaker 1: York and everyone was so excited. I mean, three and

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Speaker 1: old start. It barely gave up any points. You know.

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Speaker 1: I think I think they're feeling the pressure because they

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Speaker 1: were projected to be you know, in that division, it's

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Speaker 1: always going to be it seems like the Buccaneers and Saints,

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Speaker 1: you know, and then you know some of the other

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Speaker 1: teams of Falcons soum. But they they went out and

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Speaker 1: ideed him as a number one wide receiver, and I'm

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Speaker 1: sure he's frustrated because it's not so much probably the

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Speaker 1: targets and touches. He feels like, I'm open and they're

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Speaker 1: not getting the ball to me. Well, every wide receiver

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Speaker 1: comes back to the huddle and says, hey, I was open.

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Speaker 1: You missed me. And you know what quarterbacks tell you,

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Speaker 1: don't don't tell me. Ow me you're open. If you're open,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw it a body. There's no reason why

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't throw it to you. So you can tell

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Speaker 1: me you're open and you got separation, But show me

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Speaker 1: you're open and I'll throw it to you. Two oh

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Speaker 1: five is the kickoff on Sunday nine thirty am. Pregame

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Speaker 1: coverage begins. It is Week ten Cardinals host Panthers. As

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Speaker 1: we talk about it here on Cardinals Covered two, presented

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Speaker 1: by Honday, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. You know

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Speaker 1: my feeling about playing backup quarterbacks. I'm not a big fan.

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Speaker 1: Even though the Cardinals this year are two and oh

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Speaker 1: against backup quarterbacks, I would much have preferred to see

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Speaker 1: Sam Darnold, and I think the Panthers got a little

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Speaker 1: bit of an ounce in fact that he got hurt.

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Speaker 1: Now it's a serious entry or not. I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: they're hiding anything, but and who knows if a decision

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Speaker 1: would have been made to bench Sam Darnold this week

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Speaker 1: in favor of a PJ. Walker just to give a spark, Yeah, exactly,

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Speaker 1: just to kind of get things back on the straightened

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Speaker 1: and narrow, if you will. But this is an offense

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Speaker 1: that is thirtieth in yards per play, seventeenth, best rushing attack,

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Speaker 1: number twenty nine. As far as a passing offense is concerned.

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Speaker 1: They don't score a ton of points, just nineteen a game.

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00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:12,960
Speaker 1: They're not very good in the red zone just one

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Speaker 1: of six over the past three games. We mentioned the

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00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 1: offensive line is beat up, banged up. So with p J.

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Speaker 1: Walker now leaving the offense, he is prone to make

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Speaker 1: mistakes and perhaps the Cardinals, like they did last week

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Speaker 1: with three takeaways, can get a typical of takeaways, i e.

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Speaker 1: Interceptions against the Panthers. Yeah, I mean, I know in

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Speaker 1: years pass whether it was Kyle Allen you throw in

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Speaker 1: two of last year. If I want to say Ryan

516
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:40,760
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick started this season, we had Jalen hurts. Honestly, I'm

517
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 1: not concerned this year. I just know this team is motivated.

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Speaker 1: You know, talent doesn't always win the team that plays

519
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Speaker 1: the best on Sunday. But I think the Cardinals they

520
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,480
Speaker 1: know what's coming up here, and they know what's at stake,

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Speaker 1: and they're the next team on their schedule, So backup

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Speaker 1: quarterback or not, I still think that Cardinals have an advantage.

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Speaker 1: It is a scary game. You always say there is

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Speaker 1: one game a year in which you lay an egg,

525
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Speaker 1: you just don't play your best. We've already seen it,

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills losing the Jaguars, the Cowboys losing to

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Speaker 1: the Broncos. Games that you just can't explain, like why,

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Speaker 1: how this is impossible? A year ago the Rams losing

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Speaker 1: to the Jets, right, and that was in New York

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Speaker 1: if I remember correctly, So things like this happened. I

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Speaker 1: just don't want post game on Cardinal talk to be

532
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Speaker 1: talking about, Hey, this is that game for the Arizona Cardinals,

533
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Speaker 1: because when you're off to this kind of start, the

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00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 1: expectations get raised, the bar gets raised, and now there

535
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Speaker 1: is an expectation, not that this team is going to

536
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,160
Speaker 1: roll the rest of the way, But you can't afford

537
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,560
Speaker 1: to lose games in which on paper and even on

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00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:47,080
Speaker 1: the football field, MJ, you are better than you are

539
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,200
Speaker 1: more talented than Yeah. And you know, going into the

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00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,520
Speaker 1: Rams game this year, I took a different approach. Just

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Speaker 1: all those eight games, whether it was Wilkes or Arians

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Speaker 1: or Cliff Kingsbury, and it's gonna have nothing to do.

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Speaker 1: What's gonna happen Sunday. I just think the Cardinals are

544
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:05,960
Speaker 1: the better team. They know what's at stake here and again,

545
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,480
Speaker 1: whether they score thirty or forty, as long as you

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Speaker 1: get the w move on because they're gonna lose the

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Speaker 1: game between now and the end of the season. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you know they got to go to Seattle, they got

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Speaker 1: the Rams on Monday night. You got to win the

550
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,520
Speaker 1: games were supposed to. But I just think the way

551
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 1: this team competes, Craig, I don't know if we're going

552
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:25,000
Speaker 1: to have that dud game this year. I mean, when

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00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,120
Speaker 1: you lose the game all of a sudden, you know, Okay,

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00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: avoid losing streaks. They've done that so far. The Lions game,

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Speaker 1: what are the Lions playing for it? I mean you

556
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 1: got to go on the road there and you got

557
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 1: to bring the juice. You know, Kyler said last year

558
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Speaker 1: when I got off the bus, they just didn't have it.

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00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,840
Speaker 1: Just is a different year. It's a different mindsets from

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00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,719
Speaker 1: this team. And I don't think that the leaders in

561
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 1: that locker room and let these guys get ahead of themselves. Well,

562
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 1: we've heard a lot of players and James Conner earlier

563
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,880
Speaker 1: on Thursday talk about that mindset, and Buddha Baker, I'll

564
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,960
Speaker 1: go back to him very early on. It's that one

565
00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,440
Speaker 1: to know this week, what do we have to do

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Speaker 1: this week to become one and oh? Meaning we won,

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Speaker 1: We walked off that field on Sunday with the win,

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Speaker 1: and then you flush it and you go back to

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Speaker 1: work on Tuesday and figure out what do we need

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Speaker 1: to do this week and vance. Joseph adds some interesting

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Speaker 1: comments about second halfs of the season, and it's been

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Speaker 1: talked about a lot, and it's the second half of

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Speaker 1: the season. The Cardinals are one and oh. After week

574
00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,520
Speaker 1: eight they were seven and one. They're now eight and one.

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Speaker 1: Last season after week eight they were five and two,

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Speaker 1: finished three and six, and now people want to know,

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Speaker 1: all right, how does this team finish? Can they finish?

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Speaker 1: Can they keep this momentum going, if you will, all

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Speaker 1: apologies to our former colleague kylod Guard. Yes there is

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Speaker 1: momentum in football. But coach Joseph, as far as what

581
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Speaker 1: makes a good team in the second half of the season, quote,

582
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Speaker 1: have plans to adjust before you have to adjust. What

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00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:03,040
Speaker 1: you're doing now won't be good enough in three to

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Speaker 1: four weeks. Understanding that teams are going to take away

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Speaker 1: what you do best, so you better have a plan, B,

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Speaker 1: C and D to adjust to the adjustments. And how

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Speaker 1: many times did we say that phrase last year? The Cardinals,

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00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:21,920
Speaker 1: specifically on offense did not adjust to the adjustment. Yeah,

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00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 1: that that happened a few times. And you know the

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Speaker 1: thing is, though you really want to be playing your

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Speaker 1: best football, you know, as we get down to you know,

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Speaker 1: after their bye week and then month of December, and

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Speaker 1: you know, then you find out the seatings and whether

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Speaker 1: you're well rested and everything else. But you know, I

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Speaker 1: don't I don't see them running the table, and I

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Speaker 1: don't know which I mean. I think it's going to

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00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: be difficult to go to Seattle next week and went

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Speaker 1: on the road. Russell Wilson will see how he plays

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Speaker 1: this week and then the Rams game, and then you

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Speaker 1: still got the Colts and the Cowboys. So you know,

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Speaker 1: maybe I know, I think it's ESPN's not it's not

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Speaker 1: powering because it's it's some analytics where they think the

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00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 1: Cardinals could go fourteen and three or fifteen and two. Now,

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00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 1: let's not get ahead of ourselves and be nice to

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00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,360
Speaker 1: run the table and all that other stuff. But you know,

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Speaker 1: teams when they get to the month of December, we

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00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,120
Speaker 1: know they got to target on their back right now.

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Speaker 1: They're not going to surprise anybody anymore. They know that

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Speaker 1: this team can score and they can stop you. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you're talking about a top ten defense in a top

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Speaker 1: five offense, and a lot of those categories that are

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Speaker 1: in the top five across the board. So this is sustainable.

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Speaker 1: And I just love the mindset and I think Cliff

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00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:31,840
Speaker 1: allows the leaders in the locker room to control and

615
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,440
Speaker 1: place the locker room. And there's a lot of accountability.

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Speaker 1: When you step on the field, they're expecting you to

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Speaker 1: do your job. If not, they have another guy behind you.

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Speaker 1: The challenge is to climb that mountain to get to

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Speaker 1: the top. But then once you're at the top and

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Speaker 1: you have people trying to knock you off. That becomes

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Speaker 1: more difficult being the team being number one? How does

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Speaker 1: this team now handle that? And I think it goes

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Speaker 1: back to what you said about the leaders in the

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Speaker 1: locker room, and that began with j. J. Watt. Even

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Speaker 1: though he's not basically on the football field, according to

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Speaker 1: Vance Joseph, he's still a part of this team. He's

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Speaker 1: still involved in meetings. But the addition of a JJ

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Speaker 1: Watt and AJ Green, a James Connor, a Matt Prat

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Speaker 1: or a Cult McCoy. Players who have been in this

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Speaker 1: league for long periods of time can now all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden realize, Hey, you know we're mid November or

632
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,880
Speaker 1: December's right around the corner. What does it take? Kyler Murray?

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Speaker 1: What does it take Chase Edmonds? Guys that are new

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Speaker 1: to this league relatively speaking, what do you have to do?

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Speaker 1: What is it going to take in order to finish

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Speaker 1: this season off the right way and not be that

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00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 1: team that started off so hot and then failed down

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Speaker 1: the stretch. Yeah, I'm just I'm confident in Advance in

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Speaker 1: his game plan, and I'm confidence the way Kingsbury's call

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Speaker 1: him plays now that even he's come back from Covid.

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Speaker 1: I'm confident when it comes to Sean Coogler and the

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Speaker 1: offensive line and really the other guy, who's Rodney Hudson.

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Speaker 1: I just feel like this is probably the best offensive

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Speaker 1: line they've had. Yes, they've had some injuries, some guys

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Speaker 1: of shuffle in and out, but again, when you have

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Speaker 1: your center and your two tackles, and we know that

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Speaker 1: obviously DJ hasn't missed a game in a long time,

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Speaker 1: knock on wood and then Beacham had a rib injury.

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Speaker 1: But those those are your workhorses. Those are the guys

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Speaker 1: in and out, and they all have experience. Hump has experience,

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Speaker 1: Hudson has experience, and so does Beacham. And now you

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Speaker 1: just gotta worry, I guess try to figure out who

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Speaker 1: you're gonna plug and play it right in the left guard.

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Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought up Hudson. That was a mistake

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Speaker 1: on my part not to bring him up, but he

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Speaker 1: might be And we go back to the offseason. The

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Speaker 1: most valuable addition to this roster as far as what

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Speaker 1: we saw at the start of the season during the

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Speaker 1: three games that he missed, as far as an amount

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Speaker 1: of pressure that was coming up the middle that bothered

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray into one having to take a number of

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Speaker 1: sacks hits and then all of a sudden, unnecessarily now

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Speaker 1: he is back, and does that settle things down? Regardless

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Speaker 1: who is replacing a Justin Pewett left guard if he

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Speaker 1: was unavailable to go, regardless of who is replacing a

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Speaker 1: Josh Jones or Max Garcia at right guard, if Garcia

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Speaker 1: is unable to go, as far as being able to

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Speaker 1: be the glue and just have whoever comes in as

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Speaker 1: a replacement, knock on wood Pew's able to go and

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Speaker 1: Garcia is able to go, but if not, you do

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Speaker 1: have guys who have experience at the guard positions, Sean

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Speaker 1: Harlow in particular. So this is I think still the

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Speaker 1: biggest key is Rodney Hudson with respect to that offense. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean we always say this team will only go

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Speaker 1: as far as Kyla Murray can take him. Well, you

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Speaker 1: need Rodney Hudson. It was obvious when he wasn't in there,

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Speaker 1: and I thought Garcia held up. I mean nothing against Harlow.

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Speaker 1: I think is probably better at guard, but he's he's

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Speaker 1: kind of like he's a captain of the ship on

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Speaker 1: the offensive line. And again he's he's a leader, you

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Speaker 1: know when you go to the sidelines and I got

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Speaker 1: my binoculars. At least on home games, he's always talking.

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Speaker 1: But I again, I just I just like the coaching

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Speaker 1: staff where they're not going to let these guys get

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Speaker 1: ahead on themselves. It's a tunnel vision, one game at

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Speaker 1: a time. I know it sounds like a cliche, but

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Speaker 1: it's worked so far. Bird Gang. If you are heading

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Speaker 1: to this Sunday's game Cardinals and Panthers, the Cardinals are

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Speaker 1: hosting a holiday food drive to benefit United Food Bank

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. There will be fourteen collection points outside the stadium.

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Speaker 1: Fans are encouraged to bring nonperishable food items, or you

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Speaker 1: can donate using a QR code which will be posted

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Speaker 1: throughout the stadium. Visit United Foodbank dot org for more information.

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Speaker 1: It is Cardinals Covered two, presented by Honday, proud partner

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Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals. We bring this full circle Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: The number was twelve Thursday, the number is ten Friday.

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Speaker 1: We really need to have that number down into single digits.

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Speaker 1: As far as the number of players not on the

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Speaker 1: practice field, and of course there will be a handful

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Speaker 1: that will be game day decisions who don't practice at

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Speaker 1: all that perhaps can see the field and see some

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Speaker 1: action on Sunday. I and DeAndre Hopkins, but everyone wants

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Speaker 1: to know about Kyle the Murray and I guess we'll

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Speaker 1: just have to wait because I can guarantee a bird

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Speaker 1: gang right now as we speak here at Thursday afternoon,

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Speaker 1: we are not going to have a definitive answer on

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Speaker 1: k one from the head coach. Yeah, and and I

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Speaker 1: don't even know if we'll see him tomorrow. I would

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Speaker 1: assume if he's if he's in line to start again,

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Speaker 1: we don't know. We're out there the first twenty minutes.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes they go in the bubble. There's two different fields.

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Speaker 1: We don't know. If he practiced today, he was a limited.

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Speaker 1: We'll wait for the injury report. But if he's on

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Speaker 1: the practice field tomorrow, I think that's a good a

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Speaker 1: good thing for everyone involved. Where he can you know,

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Speaker 1: get back to setting, you know, getting his conditioning done,

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Speaker 1: and ultimately they're gonna make the decision, you know, what's

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Speaker 1: best for the football team as far as the entire

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Speaker 1: season and beyond, because you don't want him to reinjure

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Speaker 1: that ankle to where it becomes a six to eight

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Speaker 1: week injury, and all of a sudden you're wondering about

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Speaker 1: him being available the rest of the season. So it is,

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Speaker 1: it is a delicate decision that needs to be made

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Speaker 1: because team is trying to look out for the health

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Speaker 1: of the player. The player wants to get back in

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Speaker 1: the field asap. And sometimes it's all right, you feel good,

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Speaker 1: all right, let's see how you feel tomorrow next week,

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Speaker 1: and then it becomes all right, you're sitting for a

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Speaker 1: second straight game, But there is something to be said

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Speaker 1: about missing time and then trying to get back in there.

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Speaker 1: If you do sit this week, you play Seattle, then

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Speaker 1: you're off again because it's your bye week. That's one

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Speaker 1: game in a three week span. Excuse me, a four

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Speaker 1: week span. Look, I get it both ways, whether he

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Speaker 1: talking about Kyler Murray is or isn't on the football field. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know again last week we talked about it where

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Speaker 1: even Kingsbury and Kyler admitted he didn't have to practice.

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Speaker 1: They made the right decision shutting him in Hop down.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it was the right decision. And you know,

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Speaker 1: you know hop doesn't really practice, you know, normally he

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Speaker 1: misses on Wednesday, we didn't see him out there today,

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Speaker 1: probably didn't want to, won't see him tomorrow. So I

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Speaker 1: think they're gonna be cautious with him because you know,

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Speaker 1: we did get a chance to see when he was

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Speaker 1: wasn't out there. They didn't have a lot of separation.

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Speaker 1: That was not the issue last week. He only played

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Speaker 1: fifteen snaps in that game. And really we talk about

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Speaker 1: all the weapons and the running game, zach Ertz. He's

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Speaker 1: a weapon for any quarterback, and you know, we know

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Speaker 1: Kyler obviously targeted him in his first game with the

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Speaker 1: Red Birds, and you know last week McCoy, but he's

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Speaker 1: he's he's a weapon, and so he only can cover

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Speaker 1: so many guys. But getting aj greenback on the field,

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00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:36,200
Speaker 1: he got some size with Wesley, you got some speed

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Speaker 1: guys if more can go and Kirk and then you know,

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Speaker 1: you know, Benjamin is possibly a guy that you know,

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Speaker 1: we'll get some time after after Connor. But I do

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Speaker 1: think Connor could be the bell cut. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if twenty seven touches, but it looks like he's ready

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Speaker 1: for the load. And based on his physicality, based on

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Speaker 1: his running a billy, I think he's going to be

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Speaker 1: fine and his ability to catch the ball out of

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Speaker 1: the backfield, a trait that I don't think has gotten

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Speaker 1: talked enough about, and he brought it up that it

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Speaker 1: is probably a little bit underrated, but he's willing to

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Speaker 1: prove everyone that he is capable of being a receiver. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: six catches for seventy seven yards, and the key was

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Speaker 1: how they were baiting them with those screen passes. And

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Speaker 1: you know, once he gets out in the open he's

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Speaker 1: six two, two hundred and thirty three pounds. He doesn't

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Speaker 1: look like it when he's in a polo shirt, but

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Speaker 1: when he's on the field, he's actually a bully out there.

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Speaker 1: He'll try to run you over and then all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden is a dB who's weighing one hundred and

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Speaker 1: seventy pounds. You're gonna make a business decision. He is

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Speaker 1: fun to watch in the open field. Just look back

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Speaker 1: at that forty five yard touchdown catch where he put

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Speaker 1: it into second gear and outran a handful of forty

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Speaker 1: nine ERD defenders. Do we see more of that this week?

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Speaker 1: Obviously if Chase Edmonds is unable to go, but it

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Speaker 1: also comes into factor if Dhop is not available, If

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Speaker 1: Ron del Moore is not available, then all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: you might see more of James Connor. As far as

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Speaker 1: a wide receiver is concerned, then I would think Zachs

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Speaker 1: will have a bigger role. You still have you know, Kirk,

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Speaker 1: and you still have Wesley and aj Green. So when

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Speaker 1: it comes to size, yeah, there, Wesley's not DeAndre Hopkins.

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Speaker 1: But the upside and the fact that he can make

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Speaker 1: circus catches and catches in traffic. They got to defend

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Speaker 1: the entire field. If Cardinals want to go for wide,

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00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,560
Speaker 1: they still can go for wide. Obviously, you like to

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00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:24,440
Speaker 1: have Rondel Moore out there because he's more eye candy

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Speaker 1: and he's got the ability to catch the ball in

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Speaker 1: the backfield or a screen pass and go from five

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Speaker 1: yards to thirty yards. It is Week ten, Cardinals and Panthers,

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Speaker 1: two h five. Kickoff nine thirty am. Pregame coverage begins. MJ.

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Speaker 1: You've got a homework assignments here this evening. Are you prepared?

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Speaker 1: Are you ready as far as what it's gonna take

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Speaker 1: for this Cardinals team to get nine wins for the

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Speaker 1: first time in a long time, Yes, I'm ready. We

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Speaker 1: got some Sunday night Thursday night football excuse me, the

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Speaker 1: Ravens and the Dolphins, and I think the Ravens are

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00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: gonna put up a ton of points that they played

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Speaker 1: each other, you know, obviously they're in the same conference.

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Speaker 1: But the Baltimore Ravens, I mean, the yards are putting

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Speaker 1: up and since they played each other, it's not even close.

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Speaker 1: You're talking about a hammer and nail. And you gotta

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Speaker 1: give Lamar Jackson ton of card came down from fourteen points.

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Speaker 1: I think he threw the ball forty times and he

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00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:25,319
Speaker 1: ran at twenty one. That's unusual. Sixty one times he

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Speaker 1: was hit his hand in the pile, twenty one rushes

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00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,400
Speaker 1: and forty attempts, and that's why they were able to

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Speaker 1: obviously win that game in overtime. So what I'm saying

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Speaker 1: is probably by the third quarter, I'll I'll start writing

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Speaker 1: things down where I don't need to watch the end

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Speaker 1: of it. Well if it does become one sided. We

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Speaker 1: invite you to check out the latest episode of Cardinals

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