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Speaker 4: Barry's gonna score touchdown swam to the ground by Buddha

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Speaker 3: The Rage is brought to you by santan Ford and

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Speaker 4: All Red Seats, Rising.

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Speaker 5: Up, Tim You, Rising Vision, Flurry Rage, Take it.

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Speaker 3: Ober, Here's Paul Calvici.

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Speaker 6: I'm ready. I'm one hundred percent ready.

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Speaker 1: I'm telling you I'm ready.

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Speaker 3: And Ron Woolfley.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't get any better than that.

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Speaker 6: Where oh where are the Arizona Cardinals headed? Well, based

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Speaker 6: on the news today from NFL International, they could be

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Speaker 6: But we're not really talking about the schedule in terms

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Speaker 6: the way you finish twenty twenty three as you launch

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Speaker 1: I'd have to say right now, of those three cities

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Speaker 6: Either way, sign me up, Okay, sign me up for

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Speaker 6: the Arizona Cardinals dase based on what we just saw,

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Speaker 6: Ron Wolfy, does it not feel good to have a direction?

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Speaker 1: The difference between twenty twenty two is four and thirteen

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Speaker 1: Right Paully. And for me right now, and you know

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no, you're right about that, Paul. I mean, honestly,

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Speaker 1: And you know, for me, that means an awful lot.

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Speaker 1: You know, Kyler Murray had not played in a football

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Speaker 6: Most importantly, well, you heard what Michael Wilson told us

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Craig, how you doing, man?

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Speaker 2: I'm doing good? Bro? How you doing?

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Speaker 1: I'm doing great? I truly want to know. How weird

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Speaker 2: Well, you know how it is. We grew up two

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Speaker 6: And Chuck, you're talking about the legendary Chuck Nole and

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Speaker 6: To me, Craig, He's a mentality, he's a mindset. Just

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Speaker 2: You know, I just love the life story of James Connor.

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Speaker 1: So Craig, you know, speaking of other people too. It's

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Speaker 2: Oh, he plays so hard, you know, and again overcoming

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Speaker 6: We asked the head coach, Jonathan Gannon mid season, how

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Speaker 7: I think, is it something that comes with it, you know,

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Speaker 6: So he's in his prime right now, Craig, And do

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Speaker 2: No question about it. I mean, that's a one two

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know what, Craig though. What's interesting about this

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Speaker 2: There's no question when you want Franco take that rock

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Speaker 6: Hey, Craig Wolfley is our guest, and you've been around

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Speaker 2: Leadership and consistency? I mean, this guy is always leading

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Speaker 1: Absolutely. Greg totally agree with everything you just said right there.

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Speaker 2: The one thing about it is you've got weather forecast

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Speaker 2: be able to adjust fairly quickly. But they've got a

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Speaker 2: good running game. You've got Stefan Diggs on the outside.

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Speaker 2: You got a two tiered tight end with Knox and

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Speaker 2: Kincaid that're doing a great job. There, a good offensive line,

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Speaker 2: you got some good defenders. They've got some people that

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Speaker 2: are a little nicked up. It's gonna be, I think,

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Speaker 2: a great opportunity for the Steelers to go in there.

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Speaker 2: You've got to be able to run the ball, because

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Speaker 2: you can't run the ball at these guys. If you

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Speaker 2: give Josh Allen too much time of possession, he'll run

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Speaker 2: you out of them, not just out of the stadium,

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Speaker 2: but out of the state. You know, if you part

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Speaker 2: of the problem is when you're down at TJ. Watts,

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Speaker 2: that's significant. That's a huge hit for the Steelers defense.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, no doubt. He is out of this game. Yet

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Speaker 6: the Steelers have a three game winning streak behind Mason Rudolph.

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Speaker 6: Is it as much about Mason Rudolph or the fact

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Speaker 6: they finally found their run game with Jalen warn and

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Speaker 6: Najie Harris.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's a combination and Mason. Here's the thing that

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Speaker 2: I love about Mason. You know, you go back to

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Speaker 2: when he was drafted, I believe it was twenty sixteen,

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Speaker 2: eighteen somewhere in there. Six yeah, six years or so ago.

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Speaker 2: They when they tested him. One of the things that

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Speaker 2: they had was these psychological profiles. Right, well, his mental

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Speaker 2: toughness is mental toughness was off the charts, they say.

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Speaker 2: And you know what, you see it playing out now

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Speaker 2: because this has been a guy who's been dismissed by

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Speaker 2: you know, some players, by opponents, by the fans, overlooked,

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Speaker 2: sometimes ridiculed, and yet you watched him. He came to

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Speaker 2: work every day and battled and battled and battled, and

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Speaker 2: you see the good things that you know, you hear

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Speaker 2: a lot of times people say, yeah, I got the

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Speaker 2: will to win. Well, do you have the will to

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Speaker 2: prepare to win? You hear some people say yeah, I

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Speaker 2: do that. Well, you know what, this guy hasn't seen

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Speaker 2: a playing field but for one time in twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: one and one time in twenty twenty in between starts.

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Speaker 2: His last start and this start was over seven hundred days. Wow,

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Speaker 2: what's he been doing. You know what he's been doing.

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Speaker 2: He's been preparing, he's been out there getting practice, squad rest,

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Speaker 2: he's been out there doing things. And you know what

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Speaker 2: you see you see him doing. The nuance is a quarterbacking,

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Speaker 2: you know, moving safeties with your eyes, shoulder face, things

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Speaker 2: like that, the little things that you might not think

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Speaker 2: of when you've been overs popped the field over seven

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Speaker 2: hundred days, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 6: Craig, thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: I thank you, Bro.

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Speaker 6: It's outstanding, right, and we had two members on this

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Speaker 6: show right now from the Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame,

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Speaker 6: although Ron cannot say that in nineteen eighty one he

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Speaker 6: finished fifth in the World's Strongest Man competition.

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Speaker 2: I've knowing my brother he had has out pulled off

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Speaker 2: a fourth.

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Speaker 1: That's right. I love you, Bro, Love your bro.

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Speaker 2: Loved to the family, dude, step We all love her.

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Speaker 6: Okay, there you go, Craig Wolfley, everyone Steelers analysts going

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Speaker 6: up to Buffalo is hometown for that play off matchup.

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Speaker 6: Coming up this weekend, we'll get into some other playoff

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Speaker 6: matchups and the future of the Arizona Cardinals, especially with

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Speaker 6: the off season underway. It's the big red rage presented

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Speaker 6: by Santan Ford in Gilbert.

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Speaker 4: And they're gonna fake it. It looks like, yeah, they

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Speaker 4: bring Murray back in. They got Prader lined up wide left.

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Speaker 4: Murray takes the snap back in the brow LOFs right

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Speaker 4: side of the cry, part of the back of the

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Speaker 4: end zone. Four touchdown. Tyler Murray on four down grows

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Speaker 4: to the right the cry in the back of the

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Speaker 4: en zone for the go ahead touchdown.

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Speaker 1: Let it right, says Jonathan dadd.

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Speaker 5: And he knows you're the franchise quarterback. He's a big

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Speaker 5: time leader of this team. I won't tell you all

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Speaker 5: the conversations we have, but he knows. He's the closest

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Speaker 5: thing to me out there. So I want him to

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Speaker 5: operate in a certain way. And he's went above my

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Speaker 5: expectation for what that looks like. And I think he's

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Speaker 5: only continued to get better and we got to get

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Speaker 5: better together and he will so.

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Speaker 6: Without Kyler Murray the end of last season, in the

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Speaker 6: first half of this season, the Arizona Cardinals went one

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Speaker 6: in thirteen. With Kyler Murray. You saw what was possible.

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Speaker 6: Win's it Philadelphia, right? I mean, just big performances where

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Speaker 6: he elevated not just the offense, but the entire team.

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Speaker 6: In fact, the Cardinals offense minus Kyler Murray this season

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Speaker 6: was twenty sixth ranked overall, with Kyler Murray ranked ninth

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Speaker 6: in the NFL. And that was with a learning curve

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Speaker 6: still being navigated by Kyler Murray really didn't get into

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Speaker 6: a rhythm until the final three games. It's the Big

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Speaker 6: Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert Special thanks

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Speaker 6: again to Craig Wolfley older brother Ron Wolfley, Steelers analysts

526
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Speaker 6: getting ready to dress in layers for his trip to

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Speaker 6: Buffalo for a playoff game where the Cardinals are looking

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Speaker 6: to the offseason. And what do you think? Look, we've

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Speaker 6: seen every snap of Kyler's career, right, but what do

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Speaker 6: you think Manty ausen Ford and Jonathan Gannon learned first

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Speaker 6: hand watching Kyler in the final eight games of the season.

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Speaker 1: That he can play from under center and he can

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Speaker 1: throw the ball from the pocket. Once again, PAULI, this

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Speaker 1: is really really big for Kyler Murray going forward. I

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Speaker 1: remember his cut what Kyler said about this offense going

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Speaker 1: forward before this season started, before training camp, where he said, hey, listen,

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Speaker 1: you know and I'm up for anything right now. I'm

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Speaker 1: paraphrasing what he said, but basically what he was talking

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Speaker 1: about is, hey, listen, if it doesn't work, we have

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Speaker 1: to move in a different direction. And I wasn't crazy

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Speaker 1: about that, BALI when I heard him say that, because

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Speaker 1: I thought, oh, man, don't set yourself up for failure.

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Speaker 1: Right here, Kyler Murray did anything but fail. He should

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Speaker 1: be so encouraged right now Kyler Murray.

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Speaker 10: Paul.

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Speaker 1: I'm encouraged because I think Kyler Murray is encouraged. He knows,

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Speaker 1: beyond a shadow of a doubt, he can do everything

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Speaker 1: that this offense and what Drew Petsing and JG want

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Speaker 1: him to be capable of doing. He can do it all.

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Speaker 1: And that encourages me, and it's got to encourage.

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Speaker 6: Him, no doubt. I mean, you know, I asked him

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Speaker 6: before the Seattle game about just being under center and

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Speaker 6: how much more comfortable he felt, and he went into

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Speaker 6: a long explanation and along the way he said he

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Speaker 6: had asked for it in the past, which I found surprising,

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Speaker 6: but he did welcome it to the point where he's

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Speaker 6: under center thirty times against Seattle. Not only that, but

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Speaker 6: I just thought he really looked natural by week eighteen,

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Speaker 6: did it not. He's got the ball in the hip,

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Speaker 6: he's got his back to the defense. I mean he's

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Speaker 6: freezing those linebackers for half a second. They're not exactly

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Speaker 6: sure where the ball is. And I think what you

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Speaker 6: heard was complete buying from Kyler Murray. He realizes it

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Speaker 6: does indeed stress a defense.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it does, Paully, And once again, it's because you've

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Speaker 1: got to be capable of doing whatever you need to

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Speaker 1: do to beat your opponent. Some guys, Polly, let me

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Speaker 1: think about it. Some teams front sevens aren't good. They're

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Speaker 1: not good, and because of that, you know what you're

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Speaker 1: gonna do. You're gonna run the ball, attack them in

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Speaker 1: a very north south kind of way, and then you're

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Speaker 1: gonna use play action from under center to burn those guys,

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Speaker 1: and it's going to open up the middle of a

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Speaker 1: field because those linebackers are going to be sucking up

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Speaker 1: on that second level. It look, it's been around since

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Speaker 1: the beginning of football and it works. And because of that, again,

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Speaker 1: you've got to be capable of doing whatever you need

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Speaker 1: to be Sometimes, Hey, listen, it's going to be a

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Speaker 1: situation where they're only going to have five to eight

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Speaker 1: snaps under center because maybe you want to get in

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Speaker 1: a shotgun and you want to throw the ball because

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Speaker 1: you think this team's secondary is not good. Whatever it is,

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Speaker 1: you need to be capable of doing it all. And

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Speaker 1: I think Kyler Murray has learned that he can do

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Speaker 1: it all orchestrated and execute it.

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Speaker 6: So going back to your earlier scenario, when you know

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Speaker 6: a front seven isn't good, like, oh, I don't know

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Speaker 6: the Seattle Seahawks, who had been the league's worst run

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Speaker 6: defense of the last half dozen games, coming in, So

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Speaker 6: all of a sudden, the Cardinals go in. They run

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Speaker 6: it thirty eight times for two hundred and six yards

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Speaker 6: five point five four yards of carry. And to your point,

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Speaker 6: this team, this coaching staff, this quarterback is willing to

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Speaker 6: do whatever it takes to game plan accordingly for the

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Speaker 6: weaknesses of the opponent.

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Speaker 1: Yes, Pauline, here's the great thing about it too. The

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Speaker 1: butt guts up front. Okay, the offensive lineman, paul They

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Speaker 1: love getting into a Donnybrook on the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 1: They love brawling on the line of scrimmage. This is

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Speaker 1: who they are. And every time you put that quarterback

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Speaker 1: under center for the most part man. Yeah, the defense

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Speaker 1: kind of knows what it is that you're gonna do.

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Speaker 1: You're basically gonna run five plays out of that. They've

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Speaker 1: watched you on tape. The problem is now they got

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Speaker 1: to start it. And the offensive line knows as soon

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Speaker 1: as you put that quarterback, you put that quarterback under center,

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Speaker 1: the offensive line knows the onus is on them. You're

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Speaker 1: telling them, hey, listen, they know what's coming. Still we

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Speaker 1: demand that you go block it. And that to me,

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Speaker 1: they like that kind of responsibility, Pauli, and it fires

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Speaker 1: me up. It gets me jacked up because when you

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Speaker 1: put a quarterback under center, the defense knows what's coming

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Speaker 1: and I don't care. Now we're gonna run over you anyways.

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Speaker 1: That is a challenge to your offensive lineman and that's

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Speaker 1: one of the reasons why I love it.

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Speaker 6: Well, Cardinals got to win at Pittsburgh. You heard the

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Speaker 6: respect Craig Wolfley had in the last segment talking about

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Speaker 6: the combination of a Kyler Murray and James Connor. And

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Speaker 6: here's what the head coach had to say about his franchise, QB.

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Speaker 5: I really think sky's the limit. I think that he

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Speaker 5: can hit another level. I know our team can. I

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Speaker 5: know the offense can.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: I mean with that guy playing quarterback for us, I

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Speaker 5: know we can win every game.

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Speaker 6: And they had that three game stretch towards the end

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Speaker 6: where the receivers weren't getting very involved. But then the

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Speaker 6: final two games it came alive, especially Michael Wilson, right,

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Speaker 6: and he talked at length after the game just about

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Speaker 6: the process. It took time. It took time for the

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Speaker 6: chemistry to develop. Game reps are so critical you can't

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Speaker 6: really replicate it, you know. And then Kyler under center,

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Speaker 6: we talked about that. Here's Kyler Murray just talking about

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Speaker 6: the process of learning to play under center.

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Speaker 8: It wasn't too difficult. Had a lot of mental reps

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Speaker 8: in the off season. They prepared me very well, you know,

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Speaker 8: for my time to come back, and so when I

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Speaker 8: when I came back, it was as seamless as possible.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 8: I think for me, it was just about getting these

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Speaker 8: reps in and going into the offseason, Guy willing healthy

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Speaker 8: and you know, like I said, getting getting ready to roll,

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Speaker 8: you know, next season.

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Speaker 6: So, well, where do you think this offense evolves next?

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Speaker 6: You have a full offseason. They've assessed their needs and

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Speaker 6: once What do you expect to see next season with

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Speaker 6: this offense?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, PAULI you know, I think in a couple of areas.

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Speaker 1: Number one, I think running the ball even more physically

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Speaker 1: from the shotgun. I think that's something that we're going

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Speaker 1: to see and more of Kyler Murray under center more

652
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Speaker 1: of now Now, Paul, do I think it's going to

653
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Speaker 1: be thirty snaps a game? No, I don't think it's

654
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,520
Speaker 1: going to be that, but I do believe it's going

655
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Speaker 1: to be a third of the snaps from under center,

656
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Speaker 1: and that number will vary based once again on who

657
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 1: it is that they're playing. But this offense is only

658
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 1: going to get better next season. And Kyler knows once again,

659
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,480
Speaker 1: he knows he doesn't have to guess, he doesn't have

660
00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 1: to dream, he doesn't have to speculate. He knows he

661
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 1: can play from under center and be successful. That is

662
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 1: huge because confidence is the currency of competition, and he

663
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 1: needs to be confident. He's going to buy and he's

664
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Speaker 1: going to sell his performance in his production based on

665
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Speaker 1: his confidence level. And he can be confident with this

666
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Speaker 1: offense going forward. And you cannot overstate that.

667
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Speaker 6: Ball to me, I think where they get better next

668
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,520
Speaker 6: season is the big play strike. How many times this

669
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 6: season did they miss Hollywood Brown When he was healthy,

670
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 6: he was getting open, he was beating man coverage, press

671
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,080
Speaker 6: man coverage. I mean, he was open downfield, and they

672
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 6: didn't maximize him nearly enough. His game film was a

673
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 6: lot better than the box score. So whether it's Tylerwood

674
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,000
Speaker 6: Brown who comes back because he's going to be an

675
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:11,440
Speaker 6: unrestricted free agent, whether it's another big play receiver via

676
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 6: the draft or free agency, but I'll see this. The

677
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 6: Cardinals ended up number one in the NFL in explosive runs.

678
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 6: They had twenty three runs of more than twenty yards,

679
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,400
Speaker 6: And I got to imagine a lot of it has

680
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,160
Speaker 6: to do with having a Kyla Murray right where defense

681
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,040
Speaker 6: has to worry about a running quarterback and then someone

682
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,880
Speaker 6: else gets loose to the second level and rips it

683
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Speaker 6: for a big run.

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Speaker 1: No doubt about it, Bully, And right now they're only

685
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:42,279
Speaker 1: gonna build on what he's done. That really gets me

686
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,640
Speaker 1: jacked off, because I think they're going to evolve big time.

687
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Speaker 6: They joined the Cardinal season ticket priority Lists twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 6: Opponents include the Bears, Chargers, Pats, Jets, Lions, Commanders. A

689
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Speaker 6: Division For more info, go to ezycardinals dot com slash

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Speaker 6: priority list. Big Red Rage rolls on right after this.

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Speaker 4: Snapt to Murray Let's coming urry backing up plus into

692
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:07,320
Speaker 4: the end zone the middle of the end zone, pulled

693
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Speaker 4: in by Wilson for a touchdown.

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Speaker 8: I told you all from day one, you know, I

695
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:12,920
Speaker 8: watched his Senior Bowl and I was like, yeah, the

696
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:14,560
Speaker 8: kid knows, you know, he knows what he's doing. I

697
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,799
Speaker 8: could tell, you know. And then just obviously he had

698
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 8: zero catches two weeks in a row, and that's not

699
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:21,640
Speaker 8: you know again, they're not a real representation of you

700
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:23,560
Speaker 8: know what I think we could beat. Now we'll get

701
00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:25,680
Speaker 8: a full off season on our bilt. You know, I

702
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:28,440
Speaker 8: think next year, you know, Michael have a big year.

703
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:32,400
Speaker 6: Yeah, you hope. The whole Kyler to Michael Wilson connection

704
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,920
Speaker 6: and improvement is a harbinger of things to come for

705
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:38,480
Speaker 6: the entire team, for the entire offense, because there was

706
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Speaker 6: that two game stretch there where he had zero catches

707
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 6: on seven targets, and by the season finale he had

708
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 6: six catches on six targets for ninety five yards and

709
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,240
Speaker 6: a big game against Seattle, and all of a sudden

710
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,279
Speaker 6: he was a big play receiver again. Michael Wilson. It's

711
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Speaker 6: the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert,

712
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Speaker 6: Paul kelvc Ron Wolfley. Down the stretch, we come all

713
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 6: in by santan Ford and Gilbert. We are Santane Ford.

714
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Speaker 6: So if you want numbers on the rookies, this season,

715
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:10,040
Speaker 6: the Cardinals led the NFL with eleven rookies starting at

716
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:13,839
Speaker 6: least one game. Those rookies who started combined for an

717
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Speaker 6: NFL high sixty four starts. The Cardinals are the only

718
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:21,799
Speaker 6: team to start six rookies in one game. I mean, well,

719
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 6: just this rookie class, whether you were drafted or undrafted.

720
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Speaker 6: You know, whether you're Starling Thomas or Amari de Mercado,

721
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,360
Speaker 6: they were critical on either side of the ball. Undrafted guys.

722
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Speaker 6: How much do you think all these game reps are

723
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Speaker 6: gonna pay off next season.

724
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Speaker 1: PAULI honestly, I think it's gonna be huge. Whether they're

725
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 1: gonna take that next step and be a starter, Paul,

726
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 1: or whether they're just going to be a backup next year,

727
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Speaker 1: whatever it may be. Man, all of those reps that

728
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 1: these guys got this year, it's gonna make them better

729
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 1: that much. We know you're not gonna get worse because

730
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,680
Speaker 1: of experience. You're not. It will make them better. How

731
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,839
Speaker 1: much better, Paul? That remains to be seen right now,

732
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:04,680
Speaker 1: and a lot of that has got to do with

733
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,919
Speaker 1: their talent level, of course, and their toughness. We're gonna

734
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:11,279
Speaker 1: have to wait and see how it evolves. But the

735
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:14,480
Speaker 1: fact that all these rookies got as many reps as

736
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:16,279
Speaker 1: they did, that's never going to hurt a team.

737
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,359
Speaker 6: And you know what, you found out what you have,

738
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:20,839
Speaker 6: and now you have a better understanding of what you

739
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:24,280
Speaker 6: need in the offseason. Because all these rookies got serious

740
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,560
Speaker 6: playing times, You're like, okay, are they potential fits on

741
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 6: the depth chart or not. With Michael Wilson, I think

742
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:34,720
Speaker 6: we all agree that he has serious upside, would you not, Wolf?

743
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 6: Just the size, just the smarts, the natural catching ability,

744
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 6: the gamesmanship. I mean, how impressed were you with Michael Wilson, No.

745
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:46,359
Speaker 1: Doubt about it, PAULI I think listen, you talked about

746
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:49,760
Speaker 1: it already. The couple of games that he played where

747
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:54,239
Speaker 1: he was targeted seven times and had no receptions whatsoever.

748
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 1: I thought the last game, of course, was huge for him,

749
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 1: almost eclips that one. One hundred yard mark right there.

750
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 1: I thought that was really really important for him. But

751
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:08,400
Speaker 1: more important, I thought Kyler Murray targeting him as often

752
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 1: as he did and throwing the ball to him. It

753
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:13,560
Speaker 1: was almost almost like he was saying, listen, I know

754
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:17,560
Speaker 1: you're good. Go prove it. Here's your opportunity. Prove it

755
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:21,200
Speaker 1: to everybody that's watching. And guess what. Michael Wilson responded.

756
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,359
Speaker 1: I think there are other guys on this roster as

757
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 1: well that will take a big step going forward. And

758
00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:30,560
Speaker 1: I think Michael Wilson is one of those guys. And

759
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Speaker 1: I also think Polly Paris Johnson Junior is another.

760
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Speaker 6: And you know what, both guys have one thing in common.

761
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:40,800
Speaker 6: They're playing for their quarterback, all right. One is directly

762
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Speaker 6: protecting him. We'll get to Paris Johnson Junior in a moment.

763
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Speaker 6: Here's Michael Wilson when we asked him about Kyler Murray.

764
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Speaker 10: I feel extremely responsible to play at a high level

765
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Speaker 10: for him because I'm playing for his legacy, right being

766
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:55,840
Speaker 10: a Heisman Trophy winner, being number one pig, being a

767
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Speaker 10: franchise quarterback who signed a big contract. He's got a

768
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Speaker 10: lot of responsibility and I want to make sure I'm

769
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 10: playing at a high level to play a positive role

770
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Speaker 10: in his story.

771
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Speaker 6: That's pretty profound for a rookie. I mean probably I'm

772
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Speaker 6: emblematic of the fact he went to Stanford right there.

773
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Speaker 6: But he also said at one point I had earned

774
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Speaker 6: Kyler's trust. Now, if you're Kyler Murray, you're looking at

775
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Speaker 6: your right tackle, Paris Johnson Junior, who started every game,

776
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 6: played every snap on offense, the only offensive player to

777
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Speaker 6: do that. What sort of trust do you think Kyler

778
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:26,320
Speaker 6: has in that tackle? They got six overall.

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00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, honestly, I'm hoping that it's the trust

780
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:34,960
Speaker 1: that is there. Of course, that was developed this year,

781
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,920
Speaker 1: It's going to be there next year. But Paul, there's

782
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:41,319
Speaker 1: no way in the world Paris Johnson Junior doesn't get

783
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Speaker 1: better next year. There's I'm sorry, he's not gonna take

784
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:49,359
Speaker 1: a step back. He's got all the athleticism you could

785
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:53,240
Speaker 1: possibly want. He's got everything you need from a great tackle.

786
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 1: And I could build a case that would say, with

787
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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray as your quarterback, being a right handed orderback,

788
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Speaker 1: where Paris Johnson Junior as your right tackle, the right

789
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:07,920
Speaker 1: tackle might even be more important than the left tackle

790
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:10,880
Speaker 1: because of the left tackle is a blind side with

791
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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. The right tackle is not the blind side.

792
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: It's the side that you can see. And because of

793
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:19,560
Speaker 1: his height, he's very sensitive to that. He will move

794
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:22,880
Speaker 1: around that pocket a lot. If you've got Paris Johnson

795
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:25,840
Speaker 1: Junior out there and he's a rock at right tackle,

796
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:28,880
Speaker 1: that's gonna bring a lot of aid, comfort and shelter

797
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:33,239
Speaker 1: to Kyler Murray. But if there's opponent color flashing in

798
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:36,120
Speaker 1: front of Kyler Murray all the time because your right

799
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:39,080
Speaker 1: tackle is breaking down, that's gonna move him out of

800
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 1: that pocket a whole lot more.

801
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Speaker 6: I mean, think of all the guys he saw this year,

802
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:44,799
Speaker 6: because I would talk to Paris about this in the

803
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:48,160
Speaker 6: locker room. He saw Aaron Donald twice, Nick Mosa twice.

804
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Speaker 6: He got TJ. Watt to his side most of the game.

805
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:54,360
Speaker 6: A Miles Garretty went against Will Anderson to his side

806
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 6: most of the game. He got Montes sweat a lot,

807
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:59,640
Speaker 6: Trey Hendrickson, who is number two in the NFL, and

808
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 6: sack the Bengals guy all the while. He avoided the

809
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:06,040
Speaker 6: rookie wall. He said the last two weeks ain't no

810
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:08,839
Speaker 6: rookie wall. I never hit it. I'm good, and so

811
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Speaker 6: I was really impressed with him from the get go

812
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:15,440
Speaker 6: because he was the starter immediately upon being drafted Paula.

813
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 1: Honestly, right now, if you wanted to give an award

814
00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:22,399
Speaker 1: to a guy that was the glue guy of the year,

815
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 1: you could point to Paris Johnson Junior. For all the

816
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,480
Speaker 1: reasons you just said. The fact that he played in

817
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:32,719
Speaker 1: all seventeen games, He started all seventeen games and did

818
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 1: not miss a rep. I mean the fact that he

819
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 1: was out there and yeah, was every game perfect? No,

820
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:43,560
Speaker 1: was every rep perfect? Of course not. He had his

821
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:47,040
Speaker 1: share of mistakes and he's going to learn and develop

822
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:50,400
Speaker 1: how to deal with those going forward. But man, Paris

823
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 1: Johnson Junior, you could build a case he was the glue.

824
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 1: He was the glue on the offensive line, and he

825
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:59,520
Speaker 1: was a glue guy for this team in his rookie year.

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Speaker 6: So there was an incident at the end of the

827
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Speaker 6: Steelers game where TJ. Watt got into it with Paris

828
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,879
Speaker 6: Johnson Junior. I can tell you now I have from

829
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:13,040
Speaker 6: reliable sources that TJ. Watt didn't like the fact that

830
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:17,000
Speaker 6: Paris was taking him out of bounds every game. Paris

831
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,080
Speaker 6: tries to take at least one guy out of bounds.

832
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:21,359
Speaker 6: It's sort of his calling card, it's his signature thing

833
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,960
Speaker 6: he started doing at Ohio State. TJ. Watt is like,

834
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,200
Speaker 6: oh boy, and he fell to the ground immediately and

835
00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 6: then just started started tussling with Paris because he didn't

836
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:31,960
Speaker 6: like the fact that the rookie had him and was

837
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,440
Speaker 6: sending him out of bounce. And so he plays with

838
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 6: that sort of nasty streak. And so now we wonder

839
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Speaker 6: what the injury to DJ Humphreys in the contract situation,

840
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:43,600
Speaker 6: how viable, how likely is it that Paris Johnson Junior

841
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,000
Speaker 6: could be your starting left tackle next year?

842
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:49,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, once again, that's going to be really

843
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:52,640
Speaker 1: really interesting to see what they do. And then, of

844
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:55,640
Speaker 1: course immediately you think of the draft as well. And

845
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Speaker 1: I'm not going to mention any names because we don't

846
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Speaker 1: want to go down that path.

847
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Speaker 6: Paulie, Well, there is a Notre Dame tackle in a

848
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 6: Penn State tackle, but anyway.

849
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 1: Right, that's Penn State tackle too. I kind of liked

850
00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:08,800
Speaker 1: that guy and awful lot and his name is gotten

851
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:12,160
Speaker 1: really really cool as well. But having said that again,

852
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,799
Speaker 1: I think you could build a case why that right

853
00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:19,239
Speaker 1: tackle is even more important than that left tackle ball.

854
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:21,239
Speaker 6: Was there another rookie that really stood out to you

855
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,680
Speaker 6: this year? Whether it was six rounder Dante Still's got

856
00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:25,640
Speaker 6: a lot of reps in that banged up D line.

857
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:29,040
Speaker 6: Garrett Williams, who came back mid season played was an

858
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:31,839
Speaker 6: immediate starter at nickel. I mean, was there another guy,

859
00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:35,160
Speaker 6: Amari de Mercado, a Starling Thomas, anybody else who really

860
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:36,200
Speaker 6: stood out to you this year?

861
00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:41,239
Speaker 1: Yeah? You know Bjojealari. Once again, I think he flashed

862
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:45,680
Speaker 1: from time to time, Pauli, but he wasn't consistent. And

863
00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:48,560
Speaker 1: I think getting that first year out of the way

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Speaker 1: it's great to see him flash here and flash in

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Speaker 1: this game and make a play here and make a

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Speaker 1: play there, But it all comes down to consistence, and Paulie,

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Speaker 1: the one thing I know about Bjojelari is this is

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Speaker 1: a great kid. This is a kid who cares about

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Speaker 1: what it is that he's doing. And because of that,

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Speaker 1: I think he's going to explode next year. I think

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Speaker 1: he's going to get better. He wants to get better,

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Speaker 1: he cares about getting better. He's got some athleticism, he's

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Speaker 1: got the talent, to take that next step. So to me,

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm looking at Bjojelari.

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Speaker 6: I tell you what that would be a best case

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Speaker 6: scenario if you're trying to identify one guy who can

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Speaker 6: make that Trey McBride leap from rookie year to year two.

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Speaker 6: What a phenomenal season it was for Trey McBride, set

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Speaker 6: franchise records. Bijo Jelai would go a long way. Considering

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Speaker 6: this team had one sack over its final six games.

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Speaker 6: They need pass rush, they need to get to the quarterback.

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