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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang and Welcome Back Victory Monday. Haven't had

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Speaker 1: one of these in a while. Sounds like credit need

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Speaker 1: to be given to Buddha Baker, who, according to several players,

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Speaker 1: spoke up this week kinda. Murray called it a look

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Speaker 1: in the mirror type speech. It worked on today's show.

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Speaker 1: There was a lot to like from Sunday. Two things

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Speaker 1: the offense. It performed better. It looked better too. It's

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two, episode three seventy and it starts now

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two with Craig Griga, Lew and

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Speaker 1: So big picture it for me, MJA looking back and

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Speaker 1: now having a full twenty four hours since Week fourteen

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Speaker 1: negativity last week. People were questioning will this offense work,

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Speaker 1: So I just like that they blocked out the noise.

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Speaker 1: You know this new defense they're playing, you know it's

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Speaker 1: it sound like a lot, especially when you're running seventy

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Speaker 1: nine plays on offense, But there was eleven times, a

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Speaker 1: season high. The previous was ten, done both in weeks

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Speaker 1: one and week two. Last week he was under center

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Speaker 1: only twice, So is that a major change. I don't know,

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Speaker 1: because technically, MJ it's part of the playbook. They have

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Speaker 1: it in their scheme. We just didn't see it a

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Speaker 1: lot last week. But three times he was under center

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Speaker 1: when it was first and goal, And I know that

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Speaker 1: has become a big thing because when you're in the shotgun,

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Speaker 1: you're five seven yards from the line of scrimmage, and

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, that just doesn't make much sense to me

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Speaker 1: when you have to go one, two, three yards, go

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Speaker 1: under center, turn hand the ball off and let your

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Speaker 1: running back do it or do a bootleg, which we

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Speaker 1: also did see from Kyleer Murray a couple of different times.

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Speaker 1: We saw him play action, play fake that it was

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Speaker 1: a little bit more creativity, and maybe that was because

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Speaker 1: of the Giants defense or the fact that the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: were able to play with the lead. They certainly had

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Speaker 1: great field position, and all of that was added a

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Speaker 1: factor in what Kingsbury was able to call. Perhaps, but

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Speaker 1: it certainly was different and better than any of all that.

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Speaker 1: It was effective and it worked. I couldn't agree more.

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Speaker 1: You know, also, Craig the pistol. Do you remember after

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Speaker 1: I watched that Ravens Cowboys game and I talked about

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Speaker 1: the pistol where you can still do a lot of things,

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Speaker 1: and we did see, you know, running backs together and

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Speaker 1: it's a way you can read option. But he also

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Speaker 1: stepped up in the pocket us and when he ran,

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Speaker 1: he ran not well, he's smart enough to know I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna get to the sidelines, and a lot of times

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Speaker 1: he got there. So that's that's positive of yards versus

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Speaker 1: running around taking the sack or you know, you know,

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Speaker 1: throwing the ball out of bounce where it's you know,

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Speaker 1: it's okay to punt, but lose it down. But he

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Speaker 1: ran up the middle at times where before we know

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Speaker 1: in college you can outrun those guys. We watched it

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Speaker 1: last year and probably week one. The angles that defensive

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Speaker 1: linement and the linebackers can take. I don't care how

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Speaker 1: fast he is, they're they're taking angles. They caught him,

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Speaker 1: And I like the fact that he did roll out

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Speaker 1: a little bit um. He stepped up in a pocket

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Speaker 1: and made a quick couple throws, easy throws over the middle,

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Speaker 1: and I was wondering, you know what what you know?

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Speaker 1: Maybe Larry Fitzgerald was able to see, and of course

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Speaker 1: he's never going to tell us. And I thought the

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Speaker 1: spacing was better. Maybe Isabella wasn't out there and they

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Speaker 1: moved Hopkins around, But they also targeted the middle of

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Speaker 1: the field. We haven't seen that so much, and I

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Speaker 1: think maybe maybe it's because the bat at balls and

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Speaker 1: trying to find, you know, passing lanes and sometimes he

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Speaker 1: drifts a little back because maybe he can't see over

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Speaker 1: the line. But we know Drew Brees can do that

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Speaker 1: in Russell Wilson. So there were little tweaks and that's

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Speaker 1: why I said, don't panic. You cannot change who you are.

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Speaker 1: This is who you are, and see in the season.

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Speaker 1: You want to add stuff in the offseason, but just

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Speaker 1: make some tweaks. And I think we got a chance

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Speaker 1: to see that, and I show I think the score

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Speaker 1: reflected of how motivated they were to get this offense.

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Speaker 1: They got. Listen, they don't live in a vacuum. They

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Speaker 1: know that, oh there's a beat on Murray in Kingsbury

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Speaker 1: and they're gonna have to figure this out or they're

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Speaker 1: not going to work. I mean, it was ridiculous when

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Speaker 1: I was hearing last week, well put it this way

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Speaker 1: what we had been talking about, and the complaints from

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Speaker 1: people who watch, who cover, you know, these conversations are

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Speaker 1: happening inside the facility between coaches, between players, So we're

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Speaker 1: not saying anything that is new to anyone on the sidelines,

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Speaker 1: coaches and players. And yes, Kyler Murray is a lot

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Speaker 1: more dynamic. It's it's what sets him apart MJ from

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Speaker 1: all the other quarterbacks is his ability to move and

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Speaker 1: slide the pocket and extend plays with his legs. He

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Speaker 1: ran thirteen times, but there were a couple of instances

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Speaker 1: in which he started to run, saw someone open and

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Speaker 1: through the ball, whether it was short or to the

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Speaker 1: sideline or someone over the middle, And that is something

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Speaker 1: that is different because usually when a quarterback starts to

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Speaker 1: take off and run, it's head down and you're running.

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Speaker 1: He kept his head up and making sure, to his

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Speaker 1: own words, he doesn't want to run, but he does,

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Speaker 1: and when he does, he is very effective doing it.

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Speaker 1: And unless something changes, and it's not going to happen

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Speaker 1: here in twenty twenty. But the next step for Kyler Murray,

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Speaker 1: if he just strictly wants to be a pocket patcher.

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Speaker 1: That's fine. Quarterbacks adjust as they go throughout their career.

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Speaker 1: But right now, in this moment here in year two,

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray has to be able to be mobile in

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Speaker 1: order for this offense to be in rhythm. Yeah, because

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Speaker 1: you know, you know one of our keys was well,

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Speaker 1: well make Dan Daniel Jones one dimensional, you know, knowing

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Speaker 1: he had a hamstring injury and he wasn't gonna run.

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Speaker 1: You know, Kyler Murray, that's who he is. And there's

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Speaker 1: gonna be plays where you're gonna shake your head, and

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Speaker 1: there's gonna be throws we're gonna shake. I mean, he

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Speaker 1: stayed in its, sat in the pocket and through that

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Speaker 1: ball where he's going to take a head. But I

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Speaker 1: also think, and this is just me and people always

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Speaker 1: talk about eyes, I think by moving Hopkins around Craig,

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Speaker 1: it allowed him to go through some of his progressions.

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Speaker 1: And you noticed there were times that they would have

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Speaker 1: a running back on the flat as a safety net.

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Speaker 1: Now they didn't get a lot of yards out of it,

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Speaker 1: but at least it didn't throw it over someone's head

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Speaker 1: or try to run it. You know. It's more like, hey,

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Speaker 1: take what they give you. Just check it down. And

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Speaker 1: you know, I wish I wasn't crazy about the Christian

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Speaker 1: Kirk call. You know, he needs to get a better

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Speaker 1: block there, But I thought Kirk probably should have gotten

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Speaker 1: the answer. I'll not questioned the effort. When you get

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Speaker 1: down there, you gotta sniff it and you gotta get in.

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Speaker 1: But I think moving Hopkins around allowed him to kind

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Speaker 1: of go through his progressions where one progression improvises always

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Speaker 1: on the left side. So again I don't know where

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Speaker 1: his eyes were, but I could see he wasn't just

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Speaker 1: zeroing and on one guy. And I think that's important,

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Speaker 1: and I think he may have mentioned it on the show.

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Speaker 1: With seven or eight different guys called footballs, eight different

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Speaker 1: receivers had at least one catch. And you've noticed that

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Speaker 1: early in the season, when this offense seems to be

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Speaker 1: at its best, it means everyone is getting involved. Now,

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Speaker 1: you can win with a DeAndre Hopkins getting fourteen catches

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Speaker 1: sixteen targets, but when everyone feels like they're a part

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Speaker 1: of the action, everyone is smiling, everyone feels good, and

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Speaker 1: it just keeps everyone involved. You don't lose someone because

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Speaker 1: they don't feel like they're involved, and all of a

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Speaker 1: sudden when you need them. They have to kind of

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Speaker 1: perk up. Everyone is on their toes when the ball

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Speaker 1: is being spread around. Now, Hopkins obviously is going to

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Speaker 1: get the bulk of that attention, and he recorded his

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Speaker 1: sixth one hundred yard game of the year, first time

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Speaker 1: since the Buffalo game in the Hill. Murray. But what

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Speaker 1: else did we talk about last week? You brought it

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Speaker 1: up early, not only to move Hopkins around, but get

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Speaker 1: him involved, target him early in contests. Well, he was

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Speaker 1: targeted three times in the first quarter, or as many

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Speaker 1: times as he was targeted in the first quarter over

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Speaker 1: the last three games combined. In other words, he was

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Speaker 1: targeted three times total, and the first fifteen minutes of

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Speaker 1: those three games Cardinals all lost. Now I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: one one equals two, but it just shows how much

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Speaker 1: better not only does Hopkins probably feel, but this offense.

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Speaker 1: Look when you get number ten involved early in games

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Speaker 1: and not wait till the second quarter or the second half. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: if you look at the first half, he was targeted

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Speaker 1: six times, five catches for sixty nine yards, and he

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Speaker 1: was averaging about fourteen yards of catching at the twenty

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Speaker 1: fourty yard or Yeah, and Cliff mentioned today. You know,

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Speaker 1: Larry obviously, you know, coming back from COVID and you know,

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Speaker 1: said he lost some weight, but he said he looked

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Speaker 1: good in practice. Larry Ellen had a couple of catches,

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Speaker 1: and I said last night, you know, Larry's about getting

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Speaker 1: to the postseason. I think that would be the you know,

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Speaker 1: Cherry on the Sunday Now, I'd love to see him

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Speaker 1: make a run. You gotta get there first, though, but

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Speaker 1: he once again he mentioned and I thought, just having

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Speaker 1: Larry on the field, you know, I didn't know Isabella

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Speaker 1: was going to be inactive. I figured they were dress

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Speaker 1: five and because of Shurefield. But you know, obviously they

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Speaker 1: feel like Keishaw Johnson's maybe made strides and different skill

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Speaker 1: set than Larry. So I would like to see them

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Speaker 1: target Larry a little bit more in the first quarter two.

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Speaker 1: Just again, it just brings some energy out there, you know.

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Speaker 1: And when Larry gets a first down, man they want

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Speaker 1: to run back and get on the ball and so

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Speaker 1: you get that hurry up going and I think they

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Speaker 1: get momentum at that, you know. So again Larry will

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Speaker 1: take to win, but I to see him more involved.

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Speaker 1: And I really talked about the backs running, you know,

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, we know is a luxury. And besides Kenyan

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Speaker 1: Drake of the fact that they lined up and he

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Speaker 1: had thirteen runs. So the running backs ran the ball

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Speaker 1: thirty times for one hundred and fifty nine yards against

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Speaker 1: the league's fourth ranked defense. Again, Bird Gang, don't get

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Speaker 1: misled by the Giants record or their offense. This is

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Speaker 1: a good defense. It has been a good defense all

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Speaker 1: season long. Look no further than what they did to

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson in Seattle one week ago. Wilson looked confused,

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Speaker 1: he was hesitant. Kyler Murray was not confused. He did

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Speaker 1: not look hesitant. He stood in the pocket, he looked confident.

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Speaker 1: And I think that plays a large factor, and not

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Speaker 1: only in how he plays, but also just the game

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Speaker 1: plan as overall. But when you talk about him running,

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Speaker 1: and this includes the three kneel downs, those are considered

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Speaker 1: Russian attempts. So really he had ten rushes for forty

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Speaker 1: two yards. And we know the numbers Cardinals are seven

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Speaker 1: and one when Murray runs at least ten times, they're

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Speaker 1: eight and four when Murray rushes for at least forty

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Speaker 1: yards or more. So, regardless of what he thinks, the

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Speaker 1: numbers tell a different story. So keep doing what you're doing.

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Speaker 1: Don't try to do something you're not, at least not

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Speaker 1: the rest of this season. There's three games left to go,

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Speaker 1: Cardinals need more wins. You can't just say, well, you know,

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Speaker 1: I can't run or I'm not a runner. It's up

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Speaker 1: to Drake and it's up to Edmonds. No, sorry, Kyler Murray,

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Speaker 1: you need to run the football. No, And the numbers reflected.

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Speaker 1: And I think he's getting smarter when he needs to run.

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Speaker 1: I mean last year he would just sit here. I

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Speaker 1: think he's picking his spots and if they're gonna give

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Speaker 1: him lanes, he's gonna do it. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: maybe over the last couple of weeks, playing that mesh

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Speaker 1: defensive everything inside, they weren't willing to sack him and

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Speaker 1: so he didn't have the same lanes. And clearly the

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Speaker 1: offensive line wasn't as good in those games as they

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Speaker 1: were yesterday. Well, let's touch on the offensive line because

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Speaker 1: that's kind of gotten lost in the shuffle here, because

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00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:07,719
Speaker 1: the offense can't do anything unless the offensive line is

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00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 1: doing their job as far as protecting in an open

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Speaker 1: and up rushing lane. Before that, if you're a fan,

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Speaker 1: of Cardinals Cover two, and we appreciate everyone's involvement here

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Speaker 1: so you can get all of the Arizona Cardinals podcast,

644
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Speaker 1: Cardinals Underground, the Big Red Raids, the Cardinals Red Seat Report,

645
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 1: and you can do that by going to Apple Podcasts, Spotify,

646
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:38,480
Speaker 1: Google podcast, Ditcher, and SoundCloud. All of the information is

647
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 1: on asy cardinals dot com, slash podcasts now. The offensive line,

648
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:47,239
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray was sacked once, hit four times, but that

649
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:51,080
Speaker 1: didn't happen until the second half. His first sack was

650
00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:54,360
Speaker 1: in the second half. Otherwise he basically had the time

651
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,279
Speaker 1: in the pocket. One there was a pocket for him

652
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,680
Speaker 1: to step up into, and then there was a pocket

653
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,200
Speaker 1: allowing Murray to, as you mentioned earlier, go through his raids,

654
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,680
Speaker 1: go through his progressions, look for hopkins, look for fits,

655
00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 1: and then look to the left and find a wide

656
00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,520
Speaker 1: open Christian Kirk or Chase Edmonds as the quote unquote

657
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 1: safety valve. And I don't know if we saw that

658
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 1: a lot over the past couple of weeks. It was

659
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 1: basically looking at the first guy and knowing you, I

660
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:21,479
Speaker 1: got to get rid of it because I'm not gonna

661
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 1: get another half a second. Yeah, it's usually you look

662
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 1: at your number one receiver and then you improvise and

663
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 1: improvising that it's not I mean Donovan mcnabby used to

664
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,279
Speaker 1: pad the ball pad the ball pad the ball. I mean, no,

665
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,759
Speaker 1: it's gotta be a you know, it's almost like your

666
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,520
Speaker 1: head's on a swivel. But you know, again, he's got

667
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,480
Speaker 1: to feel the rush. You can't look at the rush.

668
00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 1: You take your eyes off down the field, your toast

669
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 1: because now all of a sudden, and Rosen had an

670
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,279
Speaker 1: issue with this, and you know, maybe they didn't have

671
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 1: the best line and the best coaches at the time,

672
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:55,560
Speaker 1: but he would duck and then he would look up

673
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,239
Speaker 1: and a guy was there and he would throw it

674
00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:58,839
Speaker 1: and the next thing you know, there's a ghost there.

675
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:03,160
Speaker 1: So but yeah, we saw this earlier in the season

676
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,279
Speaker 1: where he'd have a guy on the side as a

677
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:10,919
Speaker 1: safety net and usually as Chase or Kirk. We didn't

678
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:14,880
Speaker 1: see it during that three game losing stream. So again,

679
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 1: you're not going to change your offense. You're gonna tweak

680
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:21,880
Speaker 1: it what works, and it's all going to be based

681
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,920
Speaker 1: on the opponents. It could be different next week against

682
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,080
Speaker 1: the Eagles. They play a four or three defense under

683
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:33,320
Speaker 1: Jim Schwartz, so we'll see same like the Giants, but

684
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 1: I'm just saying they have different players, will be different matchups.

685
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:41,319
Speaker 1: The offensive line and you look, DJ Humphries once again

686
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 1: grated out very very well according to Pro Football Focus,

687
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:48,360
Speaker 1: and I believe if I remember Kylodgard's story up on

688
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 1: easy Cardinals dot com, Humphries right now has played the

689
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:55,480
Speaker 1: most snaps of any offensive lineman, any tackle and is

690
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:59,720
Speaker 1: also the highest rated tackle and that is something certainly

691
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:02,840
Speaker 1: to be proud of. If you're DJ Humphries and you

692
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 1: talk about a story of perseverance with a Hassan Reddick,

693
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:07,360
Speaker 1: you could very well do the same thing with the

694
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Speaker 1: DJ Humphries. Yeah. I'm so happy for Hump because you know,

695
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:13,960
Speaker 1: he drafted at twenty and you know, they thought it

696
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:17,000
Speaker 1: was cute to call him knee deep, and up to

697
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: this day, he still takes it personal. But maybe he

698
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 1: was motivation and he'd be the first to admit he

699
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:26,400
Speaker 1: was immature, but then you know, went through different coaches.

700
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:29,879
Speaker 1: But I think Sean Coogler has been great for Hump.

701
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,560
Speaker 1: They believe in him. I think the entire unit does.

702
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 1: I think it started last year. They're all on the

703
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,479
Speaker 1: same page. There's a lot of respect in that room.

704
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,840
Speaker 1: But I'm happy for DJ because he's a perfect age.

705
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:45,479
Speaker 1: He's really just scratching the surface. And the key is Craig.

706
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:48,279
Speaker 1: He's staying healthy now, knock on wood. I remember the

707
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 1: one year he had a concussion, so the kind of

708
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:52,600
Speaker 1: shut him down the last three games. That was just

709
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:55,920
Speaker 1: to maybe get him right. But we're not in the

710
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,040
Speaker 1: fact that he's playing every snap. I mean he played

711
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 1: one hundred percent snaps yesterday. So yeah, it's it's and

712
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 1: I told you a long time ago, and we had

713
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Speaker 1: this conversation. Until you get one of those guys that

714
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 1: are is a Pro bowler or All Pro, they're never

715
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,000
Speaker 1: going to get the credit. And there's other guys that

716
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:18,360
Speaker 1: have graded out just as well. Beacham Murray Cole has

717
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 1: been up and down, but he's steady as a center.

718
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,640
Speaker 1: And then obviously, you know, Justin Pugh went out there,

719
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:27,640
Speaker 1: he's been productive. So the unit, until you get one

720
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:29,680
Speaker 1: of those two guys, it's going to be you know, oh,

721
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:33,440
Speaker 1: they're in the top ten now running to the football

722
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:38,279
Speaker 1: they're in the top three or four now. Humphreys was

723
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:42,759
Speaker 1: one of two offensive linemen to play the entire game.

724
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 1: The other offensive lineman Justin Murray, which is interesting and

725
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 1: maybe a whole nother discussion here, but he started the

726
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 1: game at right guard for j R. Sweezy and then

727
00:39:56,600 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 1: played the second half at left guard for Justin pe

728
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Speaker 1: who was injured apparently at some point during the game,

729
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:05,960
Speaker 1: because it was announced that he was dealing with a

730
00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:09,680
Speaker 1: calf injury. We have no further update here on Monday

731
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:13,839
Speaker 1: as far as how ugh might be doing. But Justin Murray,

732
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:16,480
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, who was a starting tackle a

733
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 1: year ago, as forcing his way to become a starting

734
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:24,360
Speaker 1: guard here in twenty twenty. Now whether that happens or not,

735
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:27,279
Speaker 1: but it is interesting now that there has been more

736
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:31,239
Speaker 1: shuffling for an extended period of time, specifically at the

737
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:36,359
Speaker 1: guard position. This is another you hate to see rags

738
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 1: of riches, but this guy bounced around. Cardinals claimed him.

739
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:46,840
Speaker 1: He started twelve games for him, played in fourteen and

740
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,719
Speaker 1: I don't know if he can play center, but this

741
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:53,840
Speaker 1: guy can play basically both guard spots. I don't know

742
00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:56,880
Speaker 1: about the feat to play left tackle, but right tackle,

743
00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,840
Speaker 1: and if you started to look ahead and you know,

744
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:02,719
Speaker 1: Beacham's out of one year deal and if they believe

745
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 1: in Josh Jones is more of a right tackle, you

746
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:07,360
Speaker 1: have a starting guard where you don't have to use

747
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 1: a high draft pick. And we know that takes a

748
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:12,400
Speaker 1: little while to get adjusted to the NFL and the

749
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:15,960
Speaker 1: blocking and three year hand the dirt. So no that

750
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 1: that that was, you know, under the radar signing an

751
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:22,000
Speaker 1: extension they gave to him. And just like Max Williams,

752
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:24,759
Speaker 1: you know, until you they're not playing, you miss him.

753
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:28,080
Speaker 1: And I think we missed Max Williams. But those guys

754
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:31,840
Speaker 1: they gave extensions to. I know that, the Buddha Bakers

755
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,160
Speaker 1: and you know the other guys. You know, um they

756
00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:37,480
Speaker 1: get all the headlines when it comes to extensions, but

757
00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 1: those other guys, they're they're really the belly of your

758
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,520
Speaker 1: football team. The fact that you know, we always looked

759
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 1: at Earl Watford Swiss army knife, he could snap. But

760
00:41:49,239 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 1: Murray Burke, I mean, the fact that he's been active

761
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 1: and he can plug and play it at a lot

762
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:57,960
Speaker 1: of different positions. That's a luxury. He had not played

763
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 1: for the three game four stretch because of a hand injury,

764
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 1: but since his return he has been on the field

765
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 1: and they've been moving him around. We'll keep an eye

766
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 1: and ear out for an update on Justin Pugh because

767
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,320
Speaker 1: that would be an obvious move. If p was unable

768
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:14,840
Speaker 1: to go this week, then you just plug in Justin Murray.

769
00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 1: Josh Jones did get four snaps at tackle because Calvin

770
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 1: Beecham was out for a period of time with a

771
00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:25,920
Speaker 1: back injury. He though did return, so once again, when

772
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,080
Speaker 1: you come up with a back injury, we'll keep an

773
00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 1: eye on that this week. And then defensively, Jordan Phillips

774
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:35,320
Speaker 1: was only on the field for four snaps, reaggravated that

775
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:38,640
Speaker 1: hamstring injury that put him on IR and he will

776
00:42:38,719 --> 00:42:41,920
Speaker 1: not play this week. According to head coach Cliff Kingsbury

777
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:45,240
Speaker 1: has already been ruled out the Cardinals game against the Eagles.

778
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 1: Phillips was injured trying to make a tackle on Marcus's

779
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:54,160
Speaker 1: Golden's return after that strip sack fumble to begin the contest,

780
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,560
Speaker 1: and you could see Phillips right there and he just

781
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:58,320
Speaker 1: tried to lean to the right to get in the

782
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 1: way of an offensive player to kind of spring Golden

783
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:04,640
Speaker 1: free and got tangled up fell down and we did

784
00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:07,120
Speaker 1: not see him again the rest of the game, and

785
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:10,759
Speaker 1: we're not going to see him this week. Yeah, it's

786
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:14,080
Speaker 1: it's you know, I to me when you look at

787
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:16,640
Speaker 1: the d line, considering Corey Peters isn't out there, and

788
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:18,960
Speaker 1: he's one of your better guys. I mean, he's he's

789
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:23,240
Speaker 1: the reason why the Cardinals game will five year contract. Now. Normally,

790
00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:28,160
Speaker 1: when it comes to the training staff, by playing sometimes

791
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:31,040
Speaker 1: you can't further damage. But it looks like he did

792
00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:34,920
Speaker 1: reaggravate it. But he was clear to play. I did see.

793
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:38,040
Speaker 1: I watched him practice last week. He was in you know,

794
00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:41,560
Speaker 1: doing all the drills during the open portion. It's just

795
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:44,640
Speaker 1: disappointing because that that position is kind of thin and

796
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:47,480
Speaker 1: you know you're you're gonna go against some teams are

797
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 1: gonna try to run the football on you, so hopefully

798
00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:53,200
Speaker 1: sooner rather than later. But it's never good when you

799
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,800
Speaker 1: get back because he missed some time and all of

800
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:58,840
Speaker 1: a sudden you can't make it past the fourth snap.

801
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 1: But it's not out on him, it's it just happens.

802
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:06,480
Speaker 1: And you know those hamstrings and those growing and you

803
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 1: know calf issues. People ah, tape it up, put a

804
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:12,920
Speaker 1: you know, tape some aspern on the outside, it's going

805
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:16,080
Speaker 1: to be better. They linger, and for a guy that size,

806
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:19,399
Speaker 1: it must be a you know, obviously a hamstring where

807
00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:21,560
Speaker 1: you've got to make sure he's he's able to go.

808
00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:25,560
Speaker 1: Kingsbury called it unfortunate that Phillips got reinjured, although it

809
00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:27,319
Speaker 1: should be pointed out he was only on the field

810
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 1: for those four snaps and the rest of those defensive

811
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:34,840
Speaker 1: linemen helped held the Giants to just seventy eight yards rushing, So,

812
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:38,880
Speaker 1: if nothing else, some encouragement as far as what they

813
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:41,800
Speaker 1: were able to do without their number one guy, and

814
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:44,759
Speaker 1: then of course without Corey Peters as well. So we'll

815
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:47,760
Speaker 1: see what happens moving forward. Usually get a better idea

816
00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:51,560
Speaker 1: with regard to injuries come Wednesday when the first injury

817
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: report happens. The Cardinals seven and six. They snapped that

818
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:59,200
Speaker 1: three game losing streak, and yes, it's certainly much better

819
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:03,279
Speaker 1: Monday on Cardinals cover two. Now, is this a good

820
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:08,439
Speaker 1: thing that we haven't talked about the secondary? No? I mean, hey,

821
00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:11,960
Speaker 1: they were targeting Drake Kirkpatrick. He listened to Wolf and

822
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:17,000
Speaker 1: passed they were targeting he was outstanding Patrick Peterson. Did

823
00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:18,799
Speaker 1: they even try to go to his way at all.

824
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,560
Speaker 1: I know the one pass. Yeah, I didn't see much

825
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 1: at twenty one, didn't hear his name much. But when

826
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:26,560
Speaker 1: you look at Pro Football Focus, Peterson allowed only two

827
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:29,880
Speaker 1: catches for thirty one yards on four targets. So he

828
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 1: did his job. And Evan Ingram to tied end, who

829
00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 1: was the Giants leading receiver, he was held in check.

830
00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:38,600
Speaker 1: He was basically a non factor all game on Sunday. Yeah,

831
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:42,480
Speaker 1: and I thought, you know, again, Daniel Jones has been

832
00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:45,279
Speaker 1: there with him. He's a high draft picks. He's there guy.

833
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:47,840
Speaker 1: I mean, he opens things up on the outside. He

834
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:50,080
Speaker 1: also has asked to block a little bit. But I

835
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:52,799
Speaker 1: thought Jones would target him just you know, gonna kind

836
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:54,400
Speaker 1: of get into the rhythm gets, you know, try to

837
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:57,520
Speaker 1: get some first downs out. And so yeah, that's something

838
00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:00,839
Speaker 1: we haven't talked about this at the covering the tight

839
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:08,040
Speaker 1: end this year. Funny to say after thirteen games it's improved. Absolutely,

840
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 1: the entire defense has improved, That's true, and that's the

841
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 1: umbrella to where you're more of a team than having

842
00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:18,160
Speaker 1: you know, guys playing out of position. Certainly a lot

843
00:46:18,239 --> 00:46:21,319
Speaker 1: to like in Sunday's game, and Will continue to kind

844
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:23,640
Speaker 1: of break down what happened on Sunday and where this

845
00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:27,719
Speaker 1: team now can build upon it to further cement its

846
00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:30,759
Speaker 1: place in the NFC playoff picture. Right now, the team

847
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:36,160
Speaker 1: a seven seed, but still they're hanging on by a thread,

848
00:46:36,239 --> 00:46:38,920
Speaker 1: if you will, because you've got to be able to

849
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,879
Speaker 1: continue to win these ball games and starts next week

850
00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 1: against the Eagles. You know, I was looking at their

851
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:50,600
Speaker 1: receiving Shepherd three catches thirty five yards, Slayton three catches,

852
00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:54,680
Speaker 1: thirty one yards, Ingram two catches eighteen yards. I mean,

853
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:56,840
Speaker 1: Hopkins had one hundred and thirty six yards. They had

854
00:46:56,840 --> 00:47:02,439
Speaker 1: one hundred and forty five on thirteen receptions. That give

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Speaker 1: get eight sacks, it's a team game. They were getting pressure,

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Speaker 1: those guys are plastering their coverage. We didn't see it

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Speaker 1: thought the Cardinals tackling was much better than the previous game.

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Speaker 1: Complimentary football, and I think we saw that work offense,

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Speaker 1: defense and special teams very well on Sunday. And on

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

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

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Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. Always good on a victory, Monday just

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Speaker 1: makes the rest of the week not much better. Special

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Speaker 1: thanks as always to our executive producer, Jim I'm a

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Speaker 1: hundre for Mike Jarecki. I'm Craig Rayel Loup. We'll talk

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Speaker 1: to you next time you're on Cardinals Cover two.