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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang, and welcome back victory Monday's on today's show. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we'll celebrate a little have two. Winning on the road

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Speaker 1: in the NFL is hard, regardless of the opponent. The

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Speaker 1: offense much better, great balance. The question is why we'll

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Speaker 1: get into that. But first the bad news. How does

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Speaker 1: this team make up for the loss of Chandler Jones.

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Speaker 1: It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode three thirty and it starts now.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two with Craig Grigolu and Mike Jarecki.

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Speaker 1: Cardinals dot com Slash podcasts. Murray rolls to the right,

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Speaker 1: throws near sight of Fritz bart Head. He's into the

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Speaker 1: nside to the touchdown. Here's Craig Griolu and Mike Jareckie.

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Speaker 1: It is amazing and Jean, how much better on Monday

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Speaker 1: feels after a win? That's why they call it a

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Speaker 1: victory Monday. And well, yeah, I've building much better today

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Speaker 1: than I did the previous two Mondays. The Cardinals get

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Speaker 1: the win a bounce back game is how you described

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Speaker 1: it on Cardinal Talk. But yes, certainly much needed for

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Speaker 1: this team now above five hundred at three and two

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Speaker 1: as they beat the Jets thirty to ten. Yeah. I

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Speaker 1: remember the last year the Cardinals went on a three

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Speaker 1: game winning streaks starting in Week five, and so they

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Speaker 1: already have three wins heading into Week six on Monday

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Speaker 1: Night Football. But you know, again, if they would have

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Speaker 1: lost that game, the sky would have been falling. They

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Speaker 1: need to fire every single one. They got to move

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Speaker 1: on from Murray. And again, it's the NFL. I always

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Speaker 1: tell people, and I know there was it was the Jets.

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Speaker 1: I just want to make that very clear. Okay, it's

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Speaker 1: the Jets. I get it. But those guys get paid too.

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Speaker 1: They had the same salary cap remicifications whether they allot it.

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Speaker 1: They've changed general managers, they're probably going to change head coaches,

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Speaker 1: so they're in a different spot. But you play the

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Speaker 1: teams on your schedule. The NFL makes the schedule and

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Speaker 1: they tell you to show up at this place. You're

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Speaker 1: not going to show up. I'm being facetious, but I

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Speaker 1: understand Cardinal fans. You know they pump the brakes. No,

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Speaker 1: if this team would have lost. It would have been

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Speaker 1: a lot worse. They played with some energy, they played

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Speaker 1: with passion. Do they play, you know, a full game

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Speaker 1: Now you'd like to put that together for a full

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Speaker 1: sixty minutes. We talked about that first month of the season.

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Speaker 1: I think we saw flashes and we're going to get

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Speaker 1: into it when it came to the passing game yesterday.

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Speaker 1: For the offense, I think what the Cardinals accomplished is

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Speaker 1: what you would expect a team in their position to

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Speaker 1: It's never easy to win on the road, but they

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Speaker 1: did what they needed to do. They got the job done.

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Speaker 1: It was impressive final score and final stat line. And

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Speaker 1: now everyone can feel a lot better heading into the

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Speaker 1: next stretch of games, which is going to be a

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Speaker 1: much different stretch than these first five contests. And I

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Speaker 1: thought Kyle Murray said it best afterwards, quote, I don't

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Speaker 1: aren't easy. End quote. I'll say this though, MJ. It

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Speaker 1: certainly beats the alternative. Yeah, and it's probably a bad analogy.

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Speaker 1: But when the Jets played the Broncos, Donald was in

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Speaker 1: last year. Again, when you listen to Cliff Kingsbury, whether

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Speaker 1: we're stopping ourselves, not the opponent. Yeah. And when you

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Speaker 1: But Craig, if you just take thirty three percent of that.

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Speaker 1: That's let's just say thirty three percent of fifteen opportunities,

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Speaker 1: because I thought they showed flashes. I thought the passing game.

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Speaker 1: Here's that note that you were talking about as far

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Speaker 1: And it's not good, but it certainly paints a picture

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Speaker 1: But your margin for error right now here in twenty

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Speaker 1: far as more in depth discussion on what we saw

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Speaker 1: everyone by now knows about Chandler Jones. No further update

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Speaker 1: have a quarter, a drive a couple, you know, I

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Speaker 1: mean just one. You gotta get warmed up. We'll have

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Speaker 1: to wait and see what the Cardinals. You know, another guy,

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Speaker 1: he had some issues, but he definitely knew how to

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Speaker 1: rush the pastor. But there's got to be somebody out there,

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Speaker 1: and you want somebody that's played last year. They could

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Speaker 1: be coming off an injury. Obviously they have to go

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Speaker 1: medical and physical, but you want somebody that's played and

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Speaker 1: somebody that's worked out with some teams this year. From

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Speaker 1: that standpoint to where all, right, teams are also interesting,

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Speaker 1: not just us. Yeah, we wait to see what the

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Speaker 1: decision is for Chandler Jones and then what the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: do from here, and we'll follow that all week long

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Speaker 1: here on Cardinals Cover Too, presented by Hunday Proud partner

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Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals. As we continue here on this Monday,

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Speaker 1: all right, let's shift back to the Cardinals on offense,

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Speaker 1: and yeah, it was a good performance, but as we

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Speaker 1: chronicled earlier, they certainly expect a lot more from themselves.

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Speaker 1: And we asked this question last week the first four

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Speaker 1: games and how the offense was kind of disjointed, especially

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Speaker 1: against Carolina, and did something need to change? Was the

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Speaker 1: topical shift as there was a year ago after the

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Speaker 1: first four games? And I think we did see a

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Speaker 1: different offense on the field against the Jets, though I

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Speaker 1: think it's still left to be seen if that was

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Speaker 1: by design or was it because of who the opponent was.

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Speaker 1: Is that what the Jets allowed the Cardinals to do

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Speaker 1: as far as the deep shots, Kyler Murray with all

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Speaker 1: kinds of time in the pocket because of the protection

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Speaker 1: the offensive line provided a little bit less of a

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Speaker 1: rush from the Jets because they wanted to make sure

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Speaker 1: Murray was staying in the pocket. Does that change next

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Speaker 1: week against the Cowboys the following week against the Seahawks.

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Speaker 1: But this is a good starting point if we see

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Speaker 1: what we saw on continue now into Monday Night Football

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Speaker 1: and then against the Seahawks. Yeah, this is not a

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Speaker 1: cop out, but I think it's a combination. I think

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Speaker 1: they did a nice job. Spread the ball out. I mean,

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Speaker 1: even Tren Schuerfield guy in there. Whether it was one catch,

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Speaker 1: Keyshawn Johnson made a really good catch, allowed the team

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Speaker 1: to continue to dry. We know Inyan Zabella with Christian kirkback,

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Speaker 1: probably not going to get as much touch as or targets.

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Speaker 1: Christian kirkis has seem another element, you know, Larry, you know,

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Speaker 1: just being out there and you know, obviously you got

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Speaker 1: to make sure you see where he's at. I like

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Speaker 1: the fact that you know, um, Terrell Daniels was really

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Speaker 1: taking a replacement of Max Williams. He played more than

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Speaker 1: Dan Arnold. So you know, Jonathan Ward I really didn't

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Speaker 1: see him out there, but because he played a couple

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Speaker 1: of snaps, he's kind of like your fullback, but he's

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Speaker 1: more of a special teams guy. Again, as I mentioned

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Speaker 1: on the postgame show last night, and this is just

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Speaker 1: me looking from the outside in and what I see.

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Speaker 1: I want to get Chase Emmons more involved in the offense. Now.

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Speaker 1: In fairness of Kenyan Drake, something happened. Um he started

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Speaker 1: running downhill. He had ten carries in the second half

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Speaker 1: or forty five yards. It's four point five a pop.

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Speaker 1: He definitely helped him run down the clock there. But

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Speaker 1: I just think Chase brings a different aspect to the game,

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Speaker 1: and he's really good in the screen game. And you know,

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Speaker 1: people are saying, why don't they throw a ball to Drake.

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Speaker 1: He's not David Johnson. I mean, now, when he's in

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Speaker 1: the game, he can block, he can pass protect, he

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Speaker 1: can release out. I noticed the Cardinals were putting a

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Speaker 1: guy on the sidelines yesterday when Kyler Murray would go

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Speaker 1: through his progressions and if they were all recovered, they

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Speaker 1: would they would check it down. They always had a

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Speaker 1: guy by the sidelines. Do you notice that. Yeah. I

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Speaker 1: went back and I wanted to be specific and watched

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Speaker 1: for the wide receiver screen because it was a lot

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Speaker 1: of east and west last week against the Panthers. But

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Speaker 1: yesterday against the Jets, there was only one pass thrown

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Speaker 1: to a wide receiver the wide receiver screen, and that

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Speaker 1: was DeAndre Hopkins in the third quarter, in which he

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Speaker 1: had nothing and reversed field. He up the sidelines for

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Speaker 1: a thirteen yard game. Now, earlier in the contest, there

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Speaker 1: was a throw to Andy Isabella on the sideline, but

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Speaker 1: that was as you said, that was more of a

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Speaker 1: checkdown and that has in the first quarter he was

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Speaker 1: the last option, and then in the second quarter when

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Speaker 1: Isabella had that drop on that play, they had three

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Speaker 1: receivers lined up on the sideline and it looked like

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray wanted to go to Christian Kirk initially for

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Speaker 1: that screen, but saw Isabella break inside and was free. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 1: they weren't able to connect. So what I saw, and

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Speaker 1: again that's just me. I don't maybe I'm not even

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Speaker 1: knowing what I'm supposed to be watching, but just on

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Speaker 1: my own novice eyes, I only saw one pass thrown

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Speaker 1: in that wide receiver screen game, which is I think,

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Speaker 1: what ten twelve fewer than we saw last week. So

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Speaker 1: that was a huge difference from against the Panthers. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and it's interesting because if you're going three or four wide,

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Speaker 1: you're basically taking a guy out of the route. But

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Speaker 1: it allows Murray to go through his progressions and if

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Speaker 1: he doesn't see anything, now a he could take off,

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Speaker 1: Bee could try to extend the field with you know,

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Speaker 1: running and throwing. But now you've got a guy. It's

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Speaker 1: not a negative play. It's an easy throw, almost an

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Speaker 1: extended run play, and they can't get three or four yards,

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Speaker 1: but I hadn't seen that this season to where it

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Speaker 1: was every play, But I know there were certain points

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Speaker 1: in that game they had a guy just almost standing there,

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Speaker 1: you know, ready, ready to catch the ball, but he

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Speaker 1: was not the first option. The other difference that was

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Speaker 1: noticeable on Sunday was the vertical passing game and how

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Speaker 1: many shots downfield, not deep shots, just extended shots if

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Speaker 1: you will. Next Gen stats had Kyler Murray making thirteen

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Speaker 1: throws of at least ten or more yards, and he

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Speaker 1: completed nine of those, and then he went four of

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Speaker 1: five on throws deeper than twenty yards in which the

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Speaker 1: ball sails at least twenty yards, not a twenty yard

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Speaker 1: game in which the wide receiver catches it and runs.

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Speaker 1: So I don't know. We're asking the question, is that

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Speaker 1: something as a philosophical shift after reviewing the first four

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Speaker 1: games or is it because they saw something on tape

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Speaker 1: against the Jets defense specifically, Well, if you look at

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Speaker 1: where the Jets were ranked, I mean their secondary is

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Speaker 1: basically at the bottom. All their rankings are at the

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Speaker 1: bottom offense defense. So yeah, I think that was based

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Speaker 1: on Now the Cowboys secondary, I mean, we'll get into it.

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Speaker 1: They're rolling out backups. I mean they're linebackers. They lose

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Speaker 1: another guy in the line. Seattle, I mean they have

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Speaker 1: a decent corners. I think I like their linebackers. But

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Speaker 1: last night, you know, Minnesota was able to run the

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Speaker 1: football down their throats. So yeah, I think it's because

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Speaker 1: of the Jets. But the next two games, I still

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Speaker 1: think you can run that offense. And whether Murray wants

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Speaker 1: to be a pocket passer or not, he made the throws. Now.

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Speaker 1: I was going to ask you, we're starting to see

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Speaker 1: a little bit this when he's getting ready to get

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Speaker 1: hit and he just throws it up for grabs. What

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Speaker 1: are your thoughts on that. I think he got lucky

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Speaker 1: several times on Sunday because as well as his numbers were,

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Speaker 1: and I thought they were very, very good, three hundred

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Speaker 1: and eighty yards a new career high. But you talked

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Speaker 1: about the first throw of the game. He threw it

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Speaker 1: up to Christian Kirk and the ball was tipped almost intercepted.

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Speaker 1: There was a near interception by Pierre de Zer on

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Speaker 1: a pass that was way off to Larry Fitzgerald in

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Speaker 1: the second quarter, and then he had a fourth quarter

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Speaker 1: interception negated by a Jets penalty, and we're all high

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Speaker 1: on the deep ball to Hopkins that forty five yard

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Speaker 1: or MJ. He underthrew that ball and Chris Fieldman noted

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Speaker 1: it on the broadcast. He catches that in stride, it's

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Speaker 1: a touchdown and so again, far from perfect And maybe

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Speaker 1: that was what Murray was alluding to after the ball game.

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Speaker 1: Yet it was a noticeable different from an offensive standpoint.

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Speaker 1: Not a lot of dink and doink throws more in

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Speaker 1: the middle because the middle seemed to be really wide

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Speaker 1: open against the Jets. Yeah, and yeah, that's interesting because yeah,

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Speaker 1: I do remember that, but I love the fact that

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Speaker 1: he knew that he could. He had a free play. Yes,

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Speaker 1: and you know what, credit Mason Cole for snapping that

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Speaker 1: ball because he's the only one of the offensive lineman

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Speaker 1: that moved well, he's the only one that didn't snap

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Speaker 1: the ball for one too shat right, But yeah, because

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, he's the master at that, Brady, and sometimes

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Speaker 1: you don't it's a split second. Okay, you know what

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Speaker 1: the penalty is gonna be, but it's it's a free play.

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Speaker 1: To me, I would take down chances. But when he's

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Speaker 1: getting pressured and he runs out of the pocket, especially

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Speaker 1: to his left side, and he throws it up there,

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Speaker 1: you know, hoping somebody's gonna get the fifty fifty ball.

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Speaker 1: You got to cut that down, you know how. I

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Speaker 1: feel it's okay to punt. There were sometimes in which

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Speaker 1: he threw the ball the way, but I think he

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Speaker 1: needs to have a more conscious effort to throw it

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Speaker 1: towards the sidelines and out of bounds. And I know

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Speaker 1: he needs to learn, and he is still learning because

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins brought that up after the ball game. As

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Speaker 1: far as hey, look, trust me to make the catch

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Speaker 1: even when I'm covered. It's no different than Kurt Warner

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Speaker 1: and Larry Fitzgerald. And I think that is something that

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Speaker 1: the quarterback and wide receiver are still working on. But

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Speaker 1: you don't want to throw it up as if it's

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Speaker 1: a hill, Mary or hey, anyone up for grabs. Make

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Speaker 1: sure that you're targeting someone and that receiver has the position.

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Speaker 1: As we saw with Hopkins, not only on the forty

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Speaker 1: five yard or but the thirty seven yard touchdown, he

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Speaker 1: had perfect position an unbelievable catch. He basically caught it

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Speaker 1: off his chest and corralled it with one hand. Yet

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Speaker 1: I think he did get away talking about Kyler Murray

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Speaker 1: with a handful of throws that might have made the

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Speaker 1: difference if this game had gotten another outcome. If you will, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm sure he sold us throw the ball away,

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Speaker 1: but I've seen too many of those throws, just throwing

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Speaker 1: it up there, and we criticized for taking the sack,

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Speaker 1: and we all know that we don't want to see,

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Speaker 1: you know, get hit. I think he's been hit a

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Speaker 1: little bit more this last couple of games, and he's

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Speaker 1: been hit probably all last season. You know just what

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Speaker 1: I see, But he does predict his body. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: to me, I don't want to see it's reckless because

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Speaker 1: I know he's throw the ball away, but like you said,

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Speaker 1: just throw out of bounce if you're outside the tackle

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Speaker 1: box or we're out of bounce. I just hope that's

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Speaker 1: not a bad habit that because he thinks that and

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Speaker 1: the ball's high. It's not like he's throwing on a rope,

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Speaker 1: which you and technically, in fairness to him, you are

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Speaker 1: allowing the receiver, but so many dbs are going to

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Speaker 1: try to get around there. Then if the balls in

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Speaker 1: the air more than it should be, it's almost like

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Speaker 1: he doesn't want to waste a play. But if you're

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Speaker 1: gonna consistently have sixty to sixty five offensive plays, there

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Speaker 1: are going to be plays that don't work, and you

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Speaker 1: know what, tip your half to the defense. Just don't

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Speaker 1: have a negative play or turn the ball over. And

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Speaker 1: I think there could have been one or two interceptions

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Speaker 1: thrown aside from the one that was tipped yesterday against

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Speaker 1: the Jets. So he just needs the decision making and

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Speaker 1: in still learning what he can do with his wide receivers.

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Speaker 1: And I think that's what Hopkins was referencing after the

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Speaker 1: ball game with respect to a conversation he had with

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Speaker 1: Murray when Hopkins notices that he's got single coverage. Quote,

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Speaker 1: I was telling Kyler just trust me. I just told

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Speaker 1: him to give me a chance and let's work on

643
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Speaker 1: some things. Interesting line at the end of that, let's

644
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Speaker 1: work on some things. If this quarterback and wide receiver

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Speaker 1: as good as they've been so far through five games,

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00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 1: they get on the same page even more, especially on

647
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,359
Speaker 1: those deep shots, that's when I think this offense will

648
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 1: start to get clicking in rhythm, if you will. Well,

649
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,439
Speaker 1: I mentioned on the postgame show, you know I watched

650
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 1: his body language, and I thought two catches for twenty

651
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 1: five yards, you know, but at the same time they

652
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:11,560
Speaker 1: were spreading the ball around Buddy is Hopkins and you know,

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00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 1: as he said, you know, nobody ever thinks as a

654
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,800
Speaker 1: down the field guys more of a possession receiver and

655
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 1: you know, and y'all or nothing, or maybe it was

656
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,279
Speaker 1: the flight plan last year there was a conversation in

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00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 1: the bubble with Larry basically told Kyler, hey, that may

658
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 1: not look like I'm open, trust me, just throw out

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00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:33,719
Speaker 1: my vicinity. You know, I'll take my chances with both

660
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:37,240
Speaker 1: of those guys because of their their football IQ, their

661
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:41,239
Speaker 1: cutch radius, their hand, how strong their hands are. And

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00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,239
Speaker 1: it sounds like they had that conversation last week. And

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00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,799
Speaker 1: I watched him go, you know, a couple of times,

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Speaker 1: you know, he'll he'll walk off the field and kind

665
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:52,960
Speaker 1: of he has his helm in his hand, and you

666
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,320
Speaker 1: could see he was waiting for Murray to come, you know,

667
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,800
Speaker 1: maybe get back over there and start looking at the

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Speaker 1: the Microsoft table. But I could tell her he was thinking,

669
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:05,880
Speaker 1: are you looking at are you looking for me? Or

670
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 1: so I did watch his body language, and then what

671
00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:11,279
Speaker 1: he did in the second half is unbelievable. I mean,

672
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 1: he finishes with six catches, one thirty one and a touchdown. Yeah,

673
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:19,960
Speaker 1: his third one hundred yard receiving game with the Cardinals

674
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Speaker 1: and they've only played five games with DeAndre Hopkins on

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Speaker 1: the field. But to your point, four pass catchers were

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00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:32,319
Speaker 1: targeted at least six times, and six pass catchers had

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Speaker 1: at least two catches, So a good balance on the

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00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:39,359
Speaker 1: passing game and a good balance on the run game

679
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 1: as well, with Kenyan Drake, Chase Edmonds, and Kyler Murray

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00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 1: all having a rushing touchdown. The other wide receiver that

681
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,600
Speaker 1: I thought had an interesting comment after the ball game

682
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 1: is Christian Kirk, who finished with five catches for seventy

683
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 1: eight yards, targeted seven times. Kirk after the ball game quote,

684
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: definitely felt like today was a breakthrough for me and

685
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:07,279
Speaker 1: him talking about Kyler Murray. And once again we're left

686
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:12,000
Speaker 1: to wonder did something click Sunday in New York or

687
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 1: was it just a one off? And here I'm saying,

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Speaker 1: let's hope something click with the Hopkins, A Kirk, this

689
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:22,279
Speaker 1: offense in general, that this can be now a starting point.

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00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,160
Speaker 1: The second quarter of the season begins with yes, a

691
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:28,120
Speaker 1: win over the lowly Jets. But it's when this offense

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00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 1: turned the corner. Yeah, and maybe it's because Christian Kirk

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00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,600
Speaker 1: got back on the practice field. I mean, when you're

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Speaker 1: not out there, it's hard to create chemistry and rhythm.

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Speaker 1: They obviously are very close. They've knewn each other before

696
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:46,960
Speaker 1: he was drafted, played with each other, So yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I just think Kirk's got to be on the practice field,

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00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 1: you know. Again, to be honest, if we look ahead,

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00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk's going to be your slot receiver and Hopkins

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00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:57,239
Speaker 1: is going to be your ex guy and then we'll

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Speaker 1: see how these other guys pan out. But that's the

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00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 1: future right there. I mean Christian Kirk, you know, he's

703
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,399
Speaker 1: just got to stay healthy and a lot of times

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00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,400
Speaker 1: he's played through injuries. But I think him being on

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Speaker 1: the practice field, they've always had a connection, I thought,

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Speaker 1: but now you know, Kylo's got options and he's going

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00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 1: to throw. The guys are open, but they get that

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Speaker 1: connection going. I think it's only going to be better.

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00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:22,400
Speaker 1: And again when we get to the future, he'll be

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00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:26,040
Speaker 1: your number one slot receiver and Murray after the ballgame

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00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 1: as far as all those different options, because it was

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00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,600
Speaker 1: pointed out to him how many different players had at

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Speaker 1: least a couple of catches and in the run game

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Speaker 1: as well. Quote we've got weapons, I think we have

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Speaker 1: to use our guys end quote. And that goes back

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Speaker 1: to what we've heard from Murray since day one. I

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00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 1: don't want to be a running quarterback. I don't want

718
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,359
Speaker 1: to have the entire offense on my shoulders. As far

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Speaker 1: as me doing all of the work, let me get

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Speaker 1: the ball in the hands of the playmakers. And I

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Speaker 1: thought he did a better job of that, especially on

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Speaker 1: the receivers that were coming across the middle of what

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00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 1: was fitz Kirk or Isabella, because not all of a

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Speaker 1: sudden and eight yard completion, they take it up field

725
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 1: and they add another five six, or you break a

726
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:04,280
Speaker 1: couple of tackles for a long run. There were seven

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00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:09,799
Speaker 1: past plays at least twenty yards in that contest yesterday. Yeah,

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00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:12,920
Speaker 1: and that's you know, I always look at splash plays

729
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 1: twenty yards or more. But the fact that you mentioned,

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Speaker 1: according to the next Gen ten plays, thirteen plays over

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Speaker 1: ten yards was you said it was thirteen throws in

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Speaker 1: the year of East ten or more yards better because

733
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 1: that intermediate route stuff wasn't there. Well, you pointed out

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Speaker 1: last week that he was not very good talking about

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00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,279
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray as far as the shorter throws, and you know,

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Speaker 1: at least and they called that. I mean, I always

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00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 1: think of the red zone is the green zone because

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Speaker 1: cash in they call they called the eleven the nineteen

739
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,920
Speaker 1: the money zone. All good quarterbacks, that's what they make

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00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 1: their money, you know, because Kyla can make the throw

741
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:58,360
Speaker 1: from the right hash mark to an out route on

742
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Speaker 1: the left side to Hopkins. He can make the throws

743
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Speaker 1: and I know size why. Sometimes he's got to find

744
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:06,040
Speaker 1: a slipper or a pocket. He's got to you know,

745
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 1: you know, he's not six foot four, so he just

746
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,879
Speaker 1: can't release it. He's got to put a little air

747
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 1: on it. But that's the money yardage eleven through nineteen

748
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 1: and then when you getting the red zone, you want

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Speaker 1: to punch it in. But you know, we talked about

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00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,480
Speaker 1: Kylin Murray and when he runs you know, seven or

751
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,720
Speaker 1: eight times, this team has a better chance of winning.

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00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 1: You know, he's that's who he is. But I gotta

753
00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:33,399
Speaker 1: be honest with Craig. I watched that Dak Prescott game

754
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:38,759
Speaker 1: last night. I'm like, uh, I don't know, and Vanderbosch

755
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:41,360
Speaker 1: texted me and said, that's why you don't want to

756
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,960
Speaker 1: quarterbacks running. Now we can talk about protecting yourself and

757
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:47,000
Speaker 1: everything else. I mean, Dak Prescott went out for a

758
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:50,760
Speaker 1: touchdown pass yesterday, so they they use them in different roles,

759
00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:55,520
Speaker 1: but man, that would do that was devastating. Prayers to

760
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:58,160
Speaker 1: him and I hate to see any player get hurt,

761
00:40:58,239 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 1: whether they're on the cardinal schedule or not. Yeah, and

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00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:03,839
Speaker 1: I was really looking forward to that matchup of quarterbacks

763
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 1: next Monday night, and unfortunately Dak Prescott not going to

764
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:10,640
Speaker 1: be on the field for the Dallas Cowboys. But yeah,

765
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,600
Speaker 1: injuries are going to happen, and you certainly don't want

766
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 1: to take away a quarterbacks game, or at least part

767
00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:19,799
Speaker 1: of their game. And that's the quarterback in this day

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00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:22,960
Speaker 1: and age. It's the ability to run to keep defenses

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Speaker 1: on ut And maybe you don't want Murray running nine

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00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:27,840
Speaker 1: times like you did on Sunday, but it's that threat

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00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,840
Speaker 1: if you have an extra defender in the box because

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00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:34,000
Speaker 1: they're worried Murray might take off, and all of a sudden,

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00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,640
Speaker 1: you've got one less defender covering your wide receivers. Well,

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00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:40,360
Speaker 1: when we tweet out you know where they're ranked in

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00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:43,719
Speaker 1: rushing and how many yards and with the averages. I mean,

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00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 1: we just think it's the running game. A lot of

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00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 1: is Kyle Murray sometimes how many rushing how many rushing

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00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:53,080
Speaker 1: touchdowns he got five? He's got five, had four all

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00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:56,480
Speaker 1: of last year exactly in his average per carry. I mean,

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00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,960
Speaker 1: I know he's not touching the rock like those other

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00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,439
Speaker 1: guys are. But when we talk about their rushing game

782
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:06,400
Speaker 1: and how successful it's been under Sean Coogler, he's a

783
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:09,960
Speaker 1: big part of it, and sometimes the focal part, at

784
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 1: least what we saw through the first four games. We'll

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00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:15,200
Speaker 1: see if that changes now as we entered the second

786
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,400
Speaker 1: quarter of the season, if there is a shift as

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Speaker 1: far as hey, you know what, I'm Kyler Murray and

788
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 1: I don't need to run as much because the offense

789
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,879
Speaker 1: has found a different gear or a different focus. Let's

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00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:28,840
Speaker 1: throw the ball at a little bit more to the

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00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:32,399
Speaker 1: guys that get paid to catch and run or run

792
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:34,400
Speaker 1: the football. I get paid to throw it if I

793
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,480
Speaker 1: find quarterback. But that sounds good in theory. I just

794
00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:40,640
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be instincts true. I mean, they can

795
00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:44,879
Speaker 1: have the perfect play. They got a cover he's just good. Now.

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Speaker 1: One other thing I want to say about Murray, and

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00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,120
Speaker 1: my mom brings up to me a lot. So this

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00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 1: is coming from my mom who watches Carnegie. She's like,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna fumble that ball at one point because he

800
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:56,799
Speaker 1: keeps it. He keeps it out there, he doesn't tuck

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00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:58,839
Speaker 1: it in. I'm like, that's how he runs. I mean

802
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 1: when I watch high school games and in college. I mean,

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00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:06,920
Speaker 1: And granted, Patrick Peterson tried to punch a ball out yesterday.

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00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:09,240
Speaker 1: Good thing they don't have the Bears on the schedule

805
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:13,399
Speaker 1: when Peter Tilman was there. But any concerns there, Yeah,

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00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 1: it doesn't look Put it this way, your mom's not wrong.

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00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,200
Speaker 1: It's not a good looks something you don't want to

808
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 1: teach young quarterbacks. But maybe his grip on that football.

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00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,920
Speaker 1: Maybe he's just got a tight grip that he'll never

810
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:28,400
Speaker 1: lose it. But yeah, what's the first thing you're supposed

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00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:29,880
Speaker 1: to do when you catch it or you're running it.

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00:43:30,239 --> 00:43:33,080
Speaker 1: Tuck it in, bend that elbow, secure the football. And

813
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 1: you got Murray hanging it out about three feet, which

814
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,400
Speaker 1: is never a good thing. No. But and the problem is,

815
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Speaker 1: for the most part, they can't catch him from behind.

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00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:44,759
Speaker 1: That's true as well. And the other thing I love

817
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:48,759
Speaker 1: when he does the faink throat and the guy's like

818
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:51,759
Speaker 1: jumping and he makes guys look silly, and then he's

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00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:55,120
Speaker 1: got that little stutter step where you think he's going

820
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:57,360
Speaker 1: fast and he kind of like Fred Flintstone. You know,

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00:43:58,239 --> 00:44:00,320
Speaker 1: it's not a probably good analogy. Fred Flint still a

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00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:03,759
Speaker 1: column right, like the Roadrunner. There you go. That's better. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: where he's running in place and he takes off. No.

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00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,400
Speaker 1: I really enjoy that part of the game because that

825
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:13,560
Speaker 1: play action, to me is very effective. The rposa putting

826
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:16,359
Speaker 1: the ball in the belly, making decisions take it out. Now,

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00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:19,479
Speaker 1: there's a lot of good things. And again he's still

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00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:22,600
Speaker 1: young and you know he'll get better. But it's just,

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Speaker 1: you know, like anything else. I'm I'm sure Mahomes went

830
00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:27,640
Speaker 1: through it. I think Lamar Jacson's still going through it.

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Speaker 1: You got to clean up on the little things because

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00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:33,680
Speaker 1: it's not always just about throwing the ball and getting

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Speaker 1: first sounds. There's a lot to go into playing quarterback

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Speaker 1: Mondays and maybe we'll have to make this one bleed

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Speaker 1: into Tuesday as well. I just think they showed flashes

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Speaker 1: in all three areas. Now again, cut down the negative plays. Penalties.

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Speaker 1: Penalties are gonna happen. I mean, if if Kevin Beaton's

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Speaker 1: going to hold a guy and he versus him, get

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, I'm all for it. But sometimes it's just

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Speaker 1: you're laid on a play and you know, obviously don't

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Speaker 1: want it your quarterback to get hurt. But DJ Humphries,

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Speaker 1: I mean, go to easy Cardinals dot com. Kyle Oegar

849
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:33,279
Speaker 1: put out a story. It's remarkable what he's doing and

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Speaker 1: he's probably not getting the love that he deserves. And

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Speaker 1: his job to lose. But DJ Humphries, it's it's nice

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Speaker 1: because once you know, we look at guys like, you know,

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Speaker 1: Humphrey got paid and he's playing well. And you look

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Speaker 1: And you look at DeAndre Hopkins, he got paid and

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Speaker 1: he's playing well. You know, I know, at the end

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Speaker 1: on the field, but when you pay these guys, it's

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Speaker 1: it's a reflection to where the organization feels like your core.

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Speaker 1: And I'm sure guys are in locker room saying, well,

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Speaker 1: not only did he get paid, but he's also playing

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Speaker 1: up to his salary, and it's that's a good thing.

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Speaker 1: So but you know, again, I think there's stuff. I

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Speaker 1: was encouraged what I was able to see. I know

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Speaker 1: it was against the Jets, but it's still a work

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Speaker 1: in progress. Well said, and on that note, let's put

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