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Speaker 1: Oh Baby hit film. Here's Craig Griolu, Paul calvc and

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Speaker 1: three time pro bowler Kyle Van Deenbosch. So have we

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Speaker 1: have reached week three the Great Head Coaching Search of

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty three? No resolution as of yet, which means, Kyle,

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Speaker 1: there is still time to include your name in the mix.

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Speaker 1: And perhaps why typically we are drawing by Drew Stanton

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Speaker 1: got Paul Calvci this week? Perhaps Kyle, that's where Drew

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Speaker 1: is right now and unable to be a part of

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Speaker 1: this week's show. I doubted I think Drew style, still sleeping.

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Speaker 1: It's it's a struggle for Drew. You know when he

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Speaker 1: So he took the week off. He's been working pretty

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Speaker 1: hard chasing his kids around, so I doubt that he's

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Speaker 1: he was doing impersonations of PAULI pencil Neck during commercial

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Speaker 1: breaks last week. So with that in mind, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: Wally Pip True stand here today. You want equal time,

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Speaker 1: is that what you're saying, Paul, no Moss, Drew, no Moss,

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Speaker 1: just for that boom. We're out for your gig right here. Well,

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Speaker 1: let's get into it, because there is a gig that

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Speaker 1: is open, and that is the head coach the Arizona Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: This much we do know. There has been one confirmed candidate,

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Speaker 1: and that is Cardinals defensive coordinator Vance Joseph Michael Bidwell announced.

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Speaker 1: That's a couple of weeks back. Now. There have been

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Speaker 1: seven other names, to my knowledge Paul that had been

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Speaker 1: Former Colts head coach Frank Reich, former Dolphins head coach

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Speaker 1: Damico Ryants. The latest is dan Quinn. That was the

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Speaker 1: news today, Tom Pellicero, NFL Network. He's going to get

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Speaker 1: a second interview. Interesting is it not dan Quinn who

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Speaker 1: went to a Super Bowl in his second year with Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: You could argue Kyle Shanahan lost that Super Bowl, dan

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Speaker 1: But here's my question to Kyle Vanibosch. If you're the

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Speaker 1: not looking specifically Kyle at an offensive head coach or

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Speaker 1: system they want to run, and then you start to

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Speaker 1: make decisions with your pending free agents, with free agents

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Speaker 1: that are out there on the streets, and whether they

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Speaker 1: will fit that system. You know, for example, there's a

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Speaker 1: huge difference if the Arizona Cardinals next year are going

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Speaker 1: to be an odd front, have a three man front,

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Speaker 1: or have an even front, and in the type of

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Speaker 1: personnel you want to bring in. You know, if, for example,

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Speaker 1: you know it becomes a Demiko Ryans, that's your head coach.

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Speaker 1: You got to assume it's going to be a lot

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Speaker 1: like the forty nine ers run where it's you know

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Speaker 1: your emphasis. I think the forty nine ers draft a

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Speaker 1: defensive lineman in the first round every single year, and

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Speaker 1: while that seems like a horrible mistake, it pays huge

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Speaker 1: dividends for them because they every single year have a

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Speaker 1: disruptive front four. You know, it just depends what you

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Speaker 1: in order to move forward with your personnel decisions, We've

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Speaker 1: got to find out who our coordinators are and what

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Speaker 1: they're about. You know, if we're going to be a

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Speaker 1: pass heavy offense, then you need to either look at

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Speaker 1: free agent offensive linemans that are good in past protection

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Speaker 1: or you need to look that look for them in

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Speaker 1: the draft. However, if we're a run heavy offense or

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Speaker 1: we're a balanced offense, you know, if that tells you

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Speaker 1: what type of offensive lineman you're looking for. So I

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Speaker 1: think you know the progression of this is head coach

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Speaker 1: coordinators find the system, evaluate, evaluate your own players, which

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Speaker 1: ones are critical to keep and that fit into that system,

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Speaker 1: and then you move forward to which guys can we

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Speaker 1: find from the outside to bring in to help. So

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Speaker 1: to Kyle's point, depending on what defensive scheme you're playing,

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Speaker 1: where does Isaiah Simmons fit this past season, the majority

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Speaker 1: of his snaps where it's slot corner. Is that what

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Speaker 1: you envisioned when you took him eighth overall? A slot

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Speaker 1: corner glorified safety. Vance Joseph said towards the end of

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Speaker 1: the year, he's someone that really needs to play in

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Speaker 1: space as opposed to a box player. So what does

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Speaker 1: that mean. If it's Damiko Ryan's, if it's Dan Quinn, whomever,

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Speaker 1: Brian Flores, So what is the system? Where does an

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Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons fit? Because you have to decide about his

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Speaker 1: fifth year contract option. That's one of the big offseason

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Speaker 1: decisions straight ahead from monti astin Ford. And another one

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Speaker 1: when you talk about players under contract is DeAndre Hopkins.

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Speaker 1: One of the bigger names, one of the bigger cap hits,

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Speaker 1: if you will. He has no guaranteed money on his deal.

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Speaker 1: He's got two years left on that deal, and the

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Speaker 1: speculation has been running rampant, and much of it because

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Speaker 1: of what Hopkins has done and not done. But his

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Speaker 1: most recent social media post on Instagram a picture of

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Speaker 1: him in a Cardinals uniform with the caption forever grateful

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Speaker 1: dot dot dot and then hearing reports Paul that Monty

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Speaker 1: is planning to meet with whether it's face to face

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Speaker 1: or not, but meet with de Hoop to figure out, all, right,

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Speaker 1: you want to be here? Do you not want to

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Speaker 1: be here? Because remember hop has a no trade clause

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Speaker 1: and he's his own agent, So when you meet with

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, you're meeting with team Hop. He's both his

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Speaker 1: agent and the player. He is the sole decision maker.

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Speaker 1: So what does he even mind he has a no

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Speaker 1: trade clause? Okay, what's his inclination to going elsewhere? Especially

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Speaker 1: if the results in a new deal with a lot

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Speaker 1: of guaranteed money that I'm guessing is going to come

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Speaker 1: with another team. But I'm also guessing there are other

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Speaker 1: teams that would seriously entertain trading and paying DeAndre Hopkins.

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Speaker 1: What is the number one receiver worth right now? To

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Speaker 1: the New York Giants, what does a true number one

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Speaker 1: elite wide receiver work? To the New England Patriots, even

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Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears, these are all teams that are desperate

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Speaker 1: for a proven difference maker at wide receivers. So you

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Speaker 1: got to figure that out. And you're right whether you

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Speaker 1: trade him or you move him, whatever you do, if

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Speaker 1: he's not an Arizona Cardinal next year, it's almost twenty

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Speaker 1: three million dollars in dead cap money, So that is

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Speaker 1: something you're gonna have to deal with. Cardinals gave up

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Speaker 1: a first round draft pick to get Hollywood Brown. The

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Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles gave up two draft picks, one a first

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Speaker 1: round selection to get A J. Brown, and you see

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Speaker 1: what he did with the Philadelphia Eagles. So there is

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Speaker 1: then to Paul's point, Coyle, there are teams out there

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Speaker 1: that may feel that they are just one skilled player away,

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Speaker 1: one number one wide receiver away, and that might be

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Speaker 1: attractive enough for both the Cardinals Hopkins and said team. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of factors that go into it. You know,

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Speaker 1: does this team want to again I call it a rebuild,

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Speaker 1: but want to do a rebuild? And is DeAndre Hopkins

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Speaker 1: a part of that? Does DeAndre Hopkins want to be

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Speaker 1: a part of a rebuild? You know, since he has

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Speaker 1: a no trade I think you got to sit down

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Speaker 1: with DeAndre Hopkins if this is an option and find

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Speaker 1: out which teams are you willing to go to because

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Speaker 1: I'm sure at his age, you know he's chasing championships.

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Speaker 1: He wants to be one of the all time greats.

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Speaker 1: You can see on Hard Knocks his conversations with Sean

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Speaker 1: Jefferson about whether he's a Hall of Fame type player. Well,

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Speaker 1: you you want to put an exclamation point on a

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame career, it is playoff success and it

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Speaker 1: is it is super Bowl. So I'm sure that's something

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Speaker 1: he wants, you know, probably more than the next big contract.

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Speaker 1: He wants to go to a contender, and he wants

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Speaker 1: to go win a Super Bowl. And then you look

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Speaker 1: at you know, monti asenfor where did he come from?

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Speaker 1: He was, you know in New England? What is New

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Speaker 1: England do? What is one of their you know, patented

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Speaker 1: personnel moves? Well, it seemed like for years they would

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Speaker 1: either trade or let players go in their prime. But

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Speaker 1: it was before the decline. And here we have a

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Speaker 1: receiver that is still in his prime. But he's what

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Speaker 1: thirty now, he's turning thirty one next year. How much

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Speaker 1: longer will he be at his prime? Do you pay him,

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Speaker 1: you know, a next another big contract which he needs

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Speaker 1: because of his cap hit? Do you give him another

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Speaker 1: big contract at thirty years old? Or do you let

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Speaker 1: him walk and let somebody else handle that burden? Or

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Speaker 1: I mean not let him walk do you trade him

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Speaker 1: and let somebody else give him that contract? And that

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Speaker 1: seems to be the New England type of philosophy. And

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Speaker 1: Hopkins still very talented, still very much effective and an offense.

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Speaker 1: He led the Cardinals in receiving yards this season despite

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Speaker 1: only playing nine games, And if teams needed a reminder

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Speaker 1: as to what sort of talent he is and how

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Speaker 1: accomplished he still is and how he can impact games,

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals tweeted out a nice highlight video of him

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Speaker 1: about forty eight hours ago. So there's a reminder to

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Speaker 1: all thirty one other teams that you know what d

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Speaker 1: Hop can still play. There's Here's the thing though, the

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Speaker 1: AJ Green quote d Hop don't miss games not true.

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Speaker 1: He's missed fifteen games over the last two years, where

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Speaker 1: he had missed two games over his first eight years.

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Speaker 1: So I wonder if that's hesitant. It makes teams hesitate

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Speaker 1: a little bit, and six of those games were because

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Speaker 1: of a suspension. Cardinal fans joined the season ticket priority

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Speaker 1: lists select your seats before the general public. For more information,

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Speaker 1: you got asy Cardinals dot com slash priority lists for

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Speaker 1: more information. This is the Arizona Cardinals radio network that'll

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Speaker 1: do it, and the road to the super Bowl brooks

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00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:26,920
Speaker 1: through Philadelphia. The Eagles are in the NFC Championship Game,

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Speaker 1: not being off the Giants thirty eight to seven, and

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Speaker 1: the top seed in the NFC will every minute the

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Speaker 1: part on this Saturday night in filling so Zeke Elliot

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Speaker 1: over the football. He's gonna snap at the Prescott Prescott

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Speaker 1: back to pass, throws leftcot by Turfet, hit it dropped.

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Speaker 1: After all that, they throw it to Turfet, taggled at

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Speaker 1: the thirty and the game is over. For a second

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Speaker 1: straight year, the forty nine Ers aren't going to the

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Speaker 1: NFC Championship Game San Francisco nineteen Dallas twelve. The forty

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Speaker 1: nine Ers will go to Philly with a trip to

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Speaker 1: the super Bowl on the line. Still don't quite know

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Speaker 1: exactly what the Cowboys were trying to accomplish there on

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Speaker 1: that final play, but it doesn't matter. The forty nine

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Speaker 1: Ers advance. The Eagles advanced Westwood one with the final

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Speaker 1: calls of the two divisional games last weekend. Eagles beat

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Speaker 1: the Giants thirty eight to seven. Forty nine Ers beat

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys nineteen to twelve, And now, Kyle, you've got

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Speaker 1: two of the better defenses in all the NFL meeting

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Speaker 1: on Championship Sunday. That is the first game, forty nine

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Speaker 1: Ers at the Eagles, one pm on Fox this Sunday,

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Speaker 1: January twenty ninth. Yeah, everyone's talking about the quarterbacks. But

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Speaker 1: from your perspective where you sit as a defensive player,

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Speaker 1: forty nine Ers and Eagles, this could be a low

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Speaker 1: scoin affair. It could be. You know, let's not discount

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Speaker 1: the weapons that both teams have on offense. You know,

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Speaker 1: this is what I was talking about earlier. You look it.

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Speaker 1: You know, the Cardinals had played both of these teams.

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Speaker 1: This is the best two offensive lines that the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: went up against, and this is probably the best two

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Speaker 1: defensive lines that the Arizona Cardinals went up against. I mean,

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00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 1: just dudes everywhere. And that's how both these teams are built.

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Speaker 1: And you look at the skill Everybody wants to talk

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Speaker 1: about the Niners weapons, and everybody wants to talk about

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Speaker 1: you know, Jalen Hurts and his weapons and the running

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Speaker 1: backs and the running game. I mean to me, these

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Speaker 1: teams their strengths is in the trenches, and that's where

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Speaker 1: this game is going to come down to. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean I really can't call it. This is two very

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Speaker 1: talented teams. You talk about talented rosters, and it's just

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Speaker 1: I have no idea of trying to figure out where

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Speaker 1: this game is gonna go, because, like you talk about,

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Speaker 1: this is two really good defenses. This is they have

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Speaker 1: playmakers all over the field. Two teams that got a

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Speaker 1: ton of turnovers in the regular season that have playmakers

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Speaker 1: on defense, but they both have game breaking receivers, they

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Speaker 1: have you know, really good running games, they have innovative

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Speaker 1: offensive play callers. So, um, you know, to me, this

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Speaker 1: is this is one you stop everything you're doing and

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Speaker 1: you sit on your couch and have your wife bring

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Speaker 1: you some beers while you watch this game, because you

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Speaker 1: gotta pay close attention this this this could be a

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Speaker 1: really exciting game. Not my wife, she says, is this

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Speaker 1: is this? Is this a big game? And I say, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's the NFC Championship. Great, I'm going shopping. Nobody's out.

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Speaker 1: So that's the approach Atkasa Kalvic. I'll see this, you know,

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Speaker 1: and I'll keep it simple. I'll do what I do best,

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Speaker 1: right Okay, in addition asking the dumb guy question, I'll

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Speaker 1: just keep it stupid simple, three best teams in the

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Speaker 1: ANFC were the three teams with the best quarterbacks in

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Speaker 1: the league, Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen. In

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Speaker 1: the NFC, the three best teams, when it got down

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Speaker 1: to it, were the three best teams in getting to

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Speaker 1: the quarterback? Am I wrong? In the forty nine Ers,

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Speaker 1: the Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. It's all about the

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Speaker 1: quarterback getting to the quarterback. And it's funny how the

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Speaker 1: best six teams left in the playoffs either fit one

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Speaker 1: or the other. Eagles defense recorded five sacks in that

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Speaker 1: game against the Giants. Son Reddick had a sack and

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Speaker 1: a half. And you look at what the forty nine

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Speaker 1: Ers were able to accomplish. They intercepted Dak Prescott twice

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Speaker 1: which led to two forty nine Ers field goals. But

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Speaker 1: it always comes down to Kyle who makes the most mistakes,

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Speaker 1: Who's going to turn the ball over? And I'll say

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Speaker 1: this because the one unknown in all of this yet

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Speaker 1: he is seven and oh as a starting quarterback is

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Speaker 1: Brock Purty, the local kid. He did not turn the

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Speaker 1: ball over at all last week. In fact, he only

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Speaker 1: has two interceptions as a starting quarterback compared to fourteen touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: We keep saying it. The stage does not look too

643
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Speaker 1: big or bright for him. Yet. Is this the week

644
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Speaker 1: where he becomes that rookie quarterback? Yeah? Every week, man,

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Speaker 1: I've just been impressed more than anything, you know. Like

646
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Speaker 1: you said, he doesn't turn the ball over. He takes

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Speaker 1: care of the ball, and I think that's all they

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Speaker 1: ask him to do with the weapons they have on offense.

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Speaker 1: But at the same time, when the moment comes and

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Speaker 1: he has to make a play, he does and he

651
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 1: doesn't look like he gets rattled. Even if he gets hit,

652
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Speaker 1: even if he makes a bad throw, even if he

653
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 1: makes a mistake, he just gets right back up. He

654
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 1: looks tremendously poised, really beyond his years and beyond his experience.

655
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Speaker 1: He looks like he's been doing this for years, and

656
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 1: on the biggest stage he's ever been in in his career.

657
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,520
Speaker 1: He just continues to go out there and be steady Eddie,

658
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:22,719
Speaker 1: and operate this offense and keep this team rolling and

659
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,280
Speaker 1: moving in the right direction. You keep waiting for that hiccup,

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Speaker 1: You keep waiting for that rookie moment. You keep looking

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Speaker 1: for that reason why so many teams overlooked him in

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Speaker 1: the draft and the draft process, and it just hasn't

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Speaker 1: happened yet. Two playoff wins, zero turnovers and inga was

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Speaker 1: Steve Young was making the point that look at how

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Speaker 1: much action and experience he got in college. Brock Purty,

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Speaker 1: he was a four year starter at Iowa State, as

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Speaker 1: opposed to a lot of quarterbacks who come into the

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Speaker 1: NFL after even you know Trey Lance, look at his

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Speaker 1: teammate with the Niners. He barely got a full college

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Speaker 1: season in worth a game, so I think that shows

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Speaker 1: that college experience. But he's going against an Eagles defense

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Speaker 1: that had seventy sacks in the regular season led the NFL,

673
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,000
Speaker 1: and it wasn't even close. They had five sacks against

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Speaker 1: the Giants. Daniel Jones looked like a rookie at times

675
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,760
Speaker 1: in that game. He had a fifty five percent completion percentage.

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00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,480
Speaker 1: Giants only had two hundred and twenty seven total yards,

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Speaker 1: So that Eagles defense is legit. Here's the thing, though,

678
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 1: brock Purty against Jalen Hurts, it happened in college, and

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00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,839
Speaker 1: it was a barnburner. It was twenty nineteen forty two

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Speaker 1: forty one Oklahoma and Jalen Hurts one when Iowa State

681
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:27,680
Speaker 1: failed on a two point conversion at the very end.

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Speaker 1: But brock Purty at least as a confidence of going

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Speaker 1: against Jalen Hurts once upon a time and throwing for

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Speaker 1: five touchdowns and running for another. So he dueled Jalen

685
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Speaker 1: Hurts right to the end once upon a time. Well,

686
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 1: and Jalen's got that college experience as well. We're just

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Speaker 1: now finally seeing it. This is his quote unquote breakout year,

688
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Speaker 1: if you will, MVP candidate as the number one seat

689
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Speaker 1: three first half touchdowns in what was a twenty eight

690
00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 1: to nothing ball game at halftime in that game wasn't

691
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Speaker 1: even that close, Paul, and it was a thirty eight

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Speaker 1: seven decisive win four of the Eagles, And everyone looked

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Speaker 1: back and go, okay, I think Eagles are just fine.

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Speaker 1: No issues with that shoulder that kept Hurts out of

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Speaker 1: the game, all out of two of the last three games.

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Speaker 1: And then conversely, guess what Jalen Hurts is going to

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Speaker 1: get a forty Niners defense that is more than a

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Speaker 1: step ahead in the New York Giants. The Niners have

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Speaker 1: an all Pro player at all three levels of the defense.

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Speaker 1: We know what Nick bos is all about. Eric Armstead

701
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:23,800
Speaker 1: rounding into form again. How about Fred Warner in that

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Speaker 1: game last week, He's making tackles for loss in the backfield,

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00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 1: He's thirty yards downfield playing center field safety, breaking up

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Speaker 1: an almost touchdown pass. He had an interception in the

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Speaker 1: red zone. Fred Warner, I know a lot of Niners

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Speaker 1: fans is saying his Fred Warner on par with Patrick Willis.

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Speaker 1: Yes he is. He's that kind of dude. As you

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Speaker 1: look at this game, though, Kyo, you said it was

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Speaker 1: kind of too close to call. But I do think

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Speaker 1: it's going to come down to that trench, if you will.

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00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:52,040
Speaker 1: But which defense sets up better against the other one?

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Speaker 1: Because I think as much as the quarterbacks get all

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Speaker 1: the attention, this might be the game. And whichever one

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Speaker 1: points to all right, defensive line or front seven, front eight,

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Speaker 1: however many are in the box, which those tells the

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Speaker 1: tale of who's going to win? Well, to me, that

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00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,000
Speaker 1: could be the biggest factor in this game. You know,

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Speaker 1: as good as Phillies defense was and getting after the

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00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 1: quarterback all season, they really struggled stopping the running game

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Speaker 1: against a lot of teams. And we all know what

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Speaker 1: this forty nine Ers running game can do with Kyle

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Speaker 1: Shanahan calling the plays. We all know what they can

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Speaker 1: do with multiple weapons in the backfield with Christian McCaffrey,

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Speaker 1: and you know you plug in Elijah Mitchell, Deebo, Samuel,

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00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 1: I mean, Kyle Uscheck. They've got so many different ways

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Speaker 1: to hurt you in the run game. So to me,

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Speaker 1: that would be the biggest factor is whether the Philly

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Speaker 1: defensive front, their front seven can limit what the forty

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Speaker 1: nine ers want to do in the ground game. If

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Speaker 1: we're looking for a Cardinals angle in this, I'm going

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Speaker 1: to point to Jalen Hurts, who replace Kyler Murray obviously

732
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Speaker 1: at Oklahoma, and what all his teammates said after the

733
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Speaker 1: game that going into that Giant's playoff opener, Jalen Hurts

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Speaker 1: addressed all the players during a team meeting and said,

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Speaker 1: among other things, quote I ain't hungry, I'm starving for

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Speaker 1: this belief. And then everyone, including Dallas Goddard, said that

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Speaker 1: he sets the tone for the entire team, Jalen Hurts,

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Speaker 1: and everyone follows what he does and what he says.

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Speaker 1: All those guys called Jalen Hurts the leader of this place.

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Speaker 1: Quote end quote. So you know what, I think there's

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Speaker 1: something for a Kyler Murray to look at in a

742
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Speaker 1: Jaialen Hurts and how he leads from that quarterback position

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Speaker 1: forty nine ers at the Eagles Championship Sunday. It is

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00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 1: the first game one GM on Fox NFC representative to

745
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Speaker 1: play in Super Bowl AFC Championship Game. We'll talk about

746
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:46,560
Speaker 1: that as we continue here. On the Arizona Cardinals radio network,

747
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 1: Riley Patterson blott into the ball, swings its length through

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Speaker 1: attend over rand. It bounces at swippery, but it was

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00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 1: farm upon back there Tony of the Chiefs, and that's

750
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:05,440
Speaker 1: gonna do it. Chiefs are gonna get the unside kick recovered.

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00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 1: At the forty sechured line, Jacksonville cat stout that on

752
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:12,319
Speaker 1: the Chiefs are gonna go to the AFC Championship Game

753
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:16,959
Speaker 1: for the fifth ten secutive year. Pero takes a knee

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00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: and it's over. The winning continues for Cincinnati. The Bengals

755
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:28,520
Speaker 1: are going back to the AFC Championship Game. They have

756
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 1: won ten in a row, and they will make an

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00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 1: appearance in the conference championship for consecutive years for the

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00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:42,040
Speaker 1: first time in franchise history. Twenty seven to ten. The

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00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:46,919
Speaker 1: final here in Orchard Park, New York stage is said

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00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:51,280
Speaker 1: Bengals at the Chiefs a rematch of last season's AFC

761
00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 1: Championship game, and that will be played on Sunday afternoon

762
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Speaker 1: in the late window four thirty on CBS Westwood One,

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00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,240
Speaker 1: with the play by play the end to the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: beating the Jaguars twenty seven to twenty and the Bengals

765
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Speaker 1: beating the Bills twenty seven to ten. As we welcome

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Speaker 1: back here to the Cardinals Red Seat Report presented by

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Speaker 1: a SeatGeek, your ticket to great seats and supposed to

768
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 1: the defenses that we talked about with the Eagles and

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Speaker 1: forty nine ers, Paul, it is going to be the

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks that get all of the attention. Patrick Mahomes, how's

771
00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:23,919
Speaker 1: the ankle? And Joe Burrow? Can you get the team

772
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 1: back into the Super Bowl and then take that next

773
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Speaker 1: step and win the Super Bowl. Cincinnati is not lacking

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Speaker 1: for confidence right now. After the game, Eli Apple and

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00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:34,560
Speaker 1: I quote it was never close, saying it should have

776
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 1: been should have been thirty one ten because they got

777
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:39,279
Speaker 1: robbed that last touchdown to the end, I bought Joe

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00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 1: Burrow on the postgame interview. Better send out those refunds,

779
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:46,520
Speaker 1: right and then and then Zach Taylor after the game

780
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:48,799
Speaker 1: with the dead pan saying, you know what, it's tough

781
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,040
Speaker 1: because the league has to formulate all those plans for

782
00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:53,120
Speaker 1: the coin tosses. You know, in the neutral site game

783
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,960
Speaker 1: they sold out and all that. He said, I really apologize.

784
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,680
Speaker 1: We keep screwing up for everybody in the logistical issues

785
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 1: and all that stuff. And so it's good they had

786
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,600
Speaker 1: that motivation, not unlike a Cardinals team that in two

787
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 1: thousand and eight in the postseason made the run right

788
00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:09,480
Speaker 1: as the worst playoff team in the hist right, and

789
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 1: they use that shock the world. So it's never a

790
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 1: bad thing to have a little extra motivation. And then

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Speaker 1: of course you look when you look at this matchup

792
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:17,640
Speaker 1: and the fact that Joe Burrow was three, you know

793
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,719
Speaker 1: all time against Patrick Mahomes. The Bengals aren't going in,

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00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 1: at least in their minds as an underdog when they

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Speaker 1: visit Casey. Well, they went in last year and won.

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Speaker 1: In KC, They've won ten straight, have not lost since Halloween. Meanwhile,

797
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,400
Speaker 1: the Chiefs the fifth not only the fifth straight AFC

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00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:38,120
Speaker 1: Championship game, but the fifth straight time hosting this game.

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Speaker 1: Mentioned Patrick Mahomes dealing with that high ankle sprain. It's

800
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 1: his right ankle though, Kyle, not his plant leg, So

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00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 1: whether that means anything or not, he still played the

802
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 1: bulk of that game with that injured ankle and still

803
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:52,400
Speaker 1: was managed to go two touchdown passes and to his

804
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:55,640
Speaker 1: favorite target, Travis Kelsey. Yeah, I was just thinking that.

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00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:58,520
Speaker 1: I mean, can anybody cover Travis kelcey? How does he

806
00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:01,320
Speaker 1: get so wide open? I mean, is it play design?

807
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:03,920
Speaker 1: Is it just you know, Patrick Mahomes and him have

808
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:07,000
Speaker 1: some special magic. I don't know. I mean it's it's incredible.

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00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:10,320
Speaker 1: Every single game it seems like, how would you not

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00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,400
Speaker 1: cover him? How would you not put two guys on him?

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Speaker 1: It's it's incredible to me. You know, one of the

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00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:17,919
Speaker 1: big factors with Mahomes. You go back to that game

813
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:21,840
Speaker 1: last week, that first drive, I mean that was Patrick

814
00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:25,399
Speaker 1: Mahomes in a nutshell. His ability to extend plays, throw

815
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 1: the ball off platform, throw its side, arm, put it anywhere.

816
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:33,080
Speaker 1: He just continues to do things that other quarterbacks cannot

817
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:36,360
Speaker 1: do on a consistent basis, or other quarterbacks try to do,

818
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:39,160
Speaker 1: and it typically doesn't end well. I mean, he's just different.

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Speaker 1: So now you take away his mobility and it's a

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00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,319
Speaker 1: big factor in this game. I mean, look, he's got

821
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 1: a tremendous arm, he's smart, he knows where to go

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00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:50,560
Speaker 1: with the ball, but it's his ability to extend plays

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00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:54,239
Speaker 1: that that has, you know, really carried this team to

824
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Speaker 1: the five straight AFC championships. So it'll be interesting to me.

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Speaker 1: A big factor in this game will be Isaiah Pacheco,

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00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,520
Speaker 1: and he's he's a real fine for this team. The

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00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:07,279
Speaker 1: way he runs the ball, has angry balls, and he's explosive.

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00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:09,880
Speaker 1: He really looked good last week and I think that

829
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:11,320
Speaker 1: they're going to ride him a little bit more this

830
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:14,319
Speaker 1: week and has really made Clyde Edwards Laire basically non

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00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:17,560
Speaker 1: existent within that offense. Really going with Pacheco. But you

832
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:22,040
Speaker 1: wouldn't pick a winner between Eagles and forty nine is

833
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 1: But when you look at Chiefs and Bengals, the personal

834
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:29,480
Speaker 1: connection to Cincinnati and their quarterback Joe Burrow, do you

835
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 1: lean Cincinnati or Casey as tough man? You know, again,

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00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:38,279
Speaker 1: the ankle injury is a huge factor. Joe Burrow. To me,

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Speaker 1: there's no more poised quarterback in the NFL than him.

838
00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:43,640
Speaker 1: I mean, just never gets rattled, always knows where to

839
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:46,359
Speaker 1: go with the ball just always. You know, Joe Cool,

840
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:50,520
Speaker 1: the nickname fits in really well. But you know, to me,

841
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:53,239
Speaker 1: the X factor is playing in Arrowhead this time of year.

842
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,840
Speaker 1: Those fans are crazy, that stadium is crazy. And you

843
00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:00,400
Speaker 1: know I've when I was with the Cardinals, we offered

844
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:05,040
Speaker 1: the worst loss in franchise history at Arrowhead. So you know,

845
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 1: to me, I've got some bad memories in that place

846
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:09,120
Speaker 1: and know how tough it is to play there. You

847
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,560
Speaker 1: shared the story last season a year ago. At this time,

848
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Speaker 1: do it again because you literally had a hand in

849
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:17,880
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow's success. That's right, yep. Joe Burrow wouldn't be

850
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Speaker 1: where he is without me. His brother, Jamie Burrow, was

851
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Speaker 1: my roommate my freshman year at Nebraska, and so I

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Speaker 1: little Joe Burrow was I think two or three years

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Speaker 1: the regular season. Forty nine Ers Eagles the first game,

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