1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: Welcome bird Gang. On today's show, Paul Calvici joins me, 2 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: it's our last show of the year, just ahead of 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: the second to last game of the season. Is this 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: the week the Cardinals in their season long losing streak 5 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: might be no better time. The Falcons, like the Cardinals, 6 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,240 Speaker 1: have struggled to find the win column in recent weeks. 7 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: And if it is going to happen, it is going 8 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: to happen. With David Blow at quarterback, Yep, it's always something. 9 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,319 Speaker 1: It's Cardinals Cover two, episode six thirty one, and it 10 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: starts now. Welcome to Cardinals Cover two, Hitting the backfield 11 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: and Downey goes for a loss. JJ Watt Nailed It. 12 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two is presented by Hun Day, proud partner 13 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals, and by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit 14 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: acy Cardinals dot Com Slash Podcasts. He's at the ten 15 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: half of five pas in again, So for Harry Magic, whoa, 16 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: here's Craig Green a lot. Don't blink, Paul, because if 17 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: you blink, you might miss something. Because a day does 18 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: not go by here with the Arizona Cardinals in twenty 19 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: twenty two, going back to the offseason, where something does 20 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: not happen, and this week a heck of a lot 21 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 1: is happening, including not just the fourth different starting quarterback, 22 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: but the fourth different starting quarterback in as many weeks 23 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 1: for the Arizona Cardinals this season. I don't want to 24 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: hear any whining out of the Hard Knocks producers that 25 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 1: there isn't enough stolen stuff going on in real time? 26 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: Did they know something about this season before everyone else did? 27 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: Is there a reason they showed up because they have 28 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: more than enough content to document? Do they not? Craig Griolu, 29 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: My goodness, And when we said earlier that this December 30 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: is the new August, you know, I didn't mean in 31 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: terms of how many quarterbacks we're gonna see over how 32 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: many games, Like it's truly an August preseason schedule, because 33 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: at this point, my goodness, new Year, New Quarterback. We 34 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: spent so much time a week ago here on Cardinals 35 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: Cover two, presented by Hunday, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals, 36 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 1: making a big deal about trace mcsorley's first career start 37 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: and Tom Brady's three hundred and thirty first career starts. 38 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: This week, Bird Gang, we've got David Blow making his 39 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: sixth career starts, and Desmond Riddard his third career start. 40 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: Is that is where we are here in week seventeen. 41 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: So I will say that having sat in the booth 42 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: for Dave Pass and once again I made everybody appreciate 43 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: Dave Pass. And the top five plays are we breaking 44 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: news here? Stop it? He's a top five play by 45 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: play game play by play guy man on the planet 46 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: right and so boom I did have and I'm looking 47 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: at it right now and I'm trying to fight. Here 48 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: we go, and it's David Blow on my spotting sheet 49 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 1: because this is really the only information I have thereof 50 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: because you're right. He started five games as an undrafted 51 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: rookie with the Lions. As I struggle to read my 52 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: own chicken scratch on this stinking spotting board here, his 53 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: first career completion was a seventy five yard touchdown, believe 54 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: it or not, and I wish I could read the 55 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 1: name of it was now actually don't have it there 56 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: and so and then he actually got some action the 57 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: end of twenty twenty against Tampa when he was with 58 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: the Lions as well, and he went like six of 59 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: ten for forty nine yards passing in mop up duty. 60 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: But he did have thirty six starts in five years 61 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: with Purdue, and he's got the big brain of David 62 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: Blow because he was academic all Big ten four years 63 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 1: in a row at Purdue. So okay, if anybody has 64 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: the mental acuity to process a brand new system and 65 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: an air raid type offense that he saw from Afar 66 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: when he was a Texas high school quarterback who, by 67 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: the way, was an Elite eleven quarterback in high school. 68 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: So I mean, he definitely has some credentials, there's no 69 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: doubt about it. Has not started since twenty nineteen. Went 70 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: undrafted out of Purdue in twenty nineteen and started those 71 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: final five games that season, lost them all, but completely 72 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: fifty five percent or better of his past attempts in 73 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: three of those five games seven games total. Number eight 74 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: occurs on Sunday when the Cardinals play at the Atlanta Falcons. Now, 75 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: you had David Blow on your spotting board last week, Paul, 76 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: because was there not a specific moments in the middle 77 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: of the third quarter where we all expected and felt 78 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: that maybe a change was going to be necessary because 79 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: Trace mcsorley's inability to move the football against the Buccaneers. Now, 80 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: this week, Colton McCoy was going to be your starting quarterback. 81 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: He had cleared concussion protocol practice fully on Wednesday and Thursday, 82 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 1: but after Thursday's practice, according to head coach Cliff Kingsbury, 83 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: started to experience some concussion symptoms. So they went, all right, 84 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: you're done, you're out. But it's not McSorley, it's blow 85 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: who they want to see quarterback perhaps these final two games. 86 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: Is it really that shocking if Colton McCoy isn't gonna go? 87 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: Don't you think you saw enough at Trace McSorley. Yes, 88 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: don't you think you know enough about Trace McSorley. He's 89 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 1: been with you since August, played a lot in the preseason, 90 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: obviously running the scout team. I think you have a 91 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 1: pretty good handle. A knew Trace McSorley is as a quarterback. 92 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying he won't be back next year. 93 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,679 Speaker 1: But in terms of evaluation, and that's the word Cliff 94 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 1: Kingsbury used in his final meeting with the press here 95 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: in week seventeen, In the name of evaluation, you get 96 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 1: David blow out there just to figure out what you have, 97 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: because guess what you do have a quarterback question to 98 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 1: start the two twenty three season with Kyler Murray scheduled 99 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: reportedly for surgery and January third, and nobody having any 100 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 1: real clue what his timetable is. I mean, they haven't 101 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,799 Speaker 1: even gone in there yet to figure out the true 102 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: extent of the damage in the knee. I'll give an example, 103 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: Tyron Matthew's initial knee injury the end of his rookie year. 104 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: They had no idea how extensive it was until they 105 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: got in there. And I'm just gonna tell you, agree, 106 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: this is stuff I don't know if I told before, 107 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 1: but I was told back in the day that when 108 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: they got into Tyron Matthew's knee, it was hollow, everything 109 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 1: was missing, everything had been torn. It was just so 110 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: it was miraculous the comeback he made in the medical 111 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: job that Cardinal's team doctors did putting his knee back together, 112 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 1: and that he was able to have such a glorious 113 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: career ever since. So I'm not forecasting doom and gloom 114 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: for Kyle. I'm not saying that's the case. I'm just 115 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: saying there's a lot of uncertainty. You don't know if 116 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: you're going to be a Chris Godwin for like Tampa, 117 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: the Cardinals saw last week coming off in ACL and 118 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 1: it really only took him eight months to get back. 119 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 1: Or are you going to be a Chase Young who 120 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:40,919 Speaker 1: was taken more than thirteen months to come back? You 121 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 1: have no idea. So with that in mind, what's your 122 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: quarterback room going to look like next season? And for 123 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: how long of next season will it be everyone except 124 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: Kyler Marie. With that in mind, here you go David Blow. 125 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 1: You get him out there and you take a test drive. 126 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: And by the way, another interesting factoid, his bachelor degree 127 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: at Purdue was organizational leadership. So you know what, if 128 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 1: he fails as a quarterback, maybe there's a position for him, 129 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 1: you know, in the Cardinals front office at some point. 130 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: Organizational leadership was his bachelor degree. Twenty seven years old. 131 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: Had spent earlier this season on the Vikings practice squad, 132 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: and Cliff Kingsbury made a clear Paul that we will 133 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: not see Colt McCoy the rest of this season. Subtly 134 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,239 Speaker 1: brought up the fact that yes, it's Blow this week, 135 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: and then they'll figure out whether it's going to be 136 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: Blow or McSorley that final week in San Francisco. So 137 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: you talk about evaluation. Is it two games a blow 138 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: or is it two games of McSorley to close out 139 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: this twenty twenty two season going into what you said, 140 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: and it's going to be a talking point in all 141 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: offseason long the quarterback. What do you do as far 142 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: as waiting for Kyler to get healthy? Do you go 143 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: in and say Colts our guy? Do you bring in 144 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: someone else? Or is it Colts and a backup blow 145 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: McSorley someone else? There is a huge mark and that's 146 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: why I think for a lot of us, we were 147 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: surprised that Colt McCoy was even going to start this 148 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: week based out the uncertainty of what you have in 149 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: that quarterback room. And look, I get it, you know 150 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: Coult McCoy and the way he explained it to the 151 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: media midweek when he was still tracking to start, was 152 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: they brought me into play when Kyler can't play this 153 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: So he felt it was his obligation, his duty to 154 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: everyone in that locker room try and give the Cardinals 155 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: the best chance to win. We get it, and we 156 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: admire that in a coule McCoy. It's why he has 157 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: the ultimate respect from everybody in that room because they 158 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: know Colt McCoy is about the team, and that's a 159 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: great attribute to have in any player, especially a quarterback 160 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 1: like that, who really is a player coach in so 161 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: many different ways. Cole McCoy, But in this case, when 162 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: he had a recurrence of some of the symptoms, obviously 163 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: you're going to air on the side of being cautious. 164 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: Thirty six years of age, father of four, you're not 165 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: messing with that injury, and so boom you're out. And 166 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: you know what, if David Blow doesn't even make it 167 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: a halftime, who knows, well, we'll see what his commanded. 168 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,439 Speaker 1: This offense is like you know, Deanp's in Atlanta and 169 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: a defense is known for dialing and up and being 170 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: ultra aggressive. They're gonna come after David Blow. You got 171 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: a figure. Look what Tampa did and Todd Bowles and 172 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: every third down situation for Trace McSorley and the Cardinals 173 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: in that game. That really to me. I know, the 174 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: turnovers and the fumbles and all that. Those were costly, 175 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 1: there's no doubt, but the Cardinals went five of nineteen 176 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: on third down against Tampa and at times really looked 177 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: overmatched on third down pressure got to trace McSorley quickly. 178 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: He didn't really have an answer, didn't always know where 179 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: to go with the ball, and when he did go 180 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: somewhere with the ball, it usually wasn't on target, underthrown, 181 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 1: overthrown off target. So okay, let's see how David Blow 182 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: was under pressure, because I'm guessing he's gonna get every 183 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: last design and the kitchen sink we had. We had 184 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: Billy Price in the Big Red Rage and he nodded. 185 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: This is before we even know David Blow was going. 186 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: You thought Colton mccour was going to that point and 187 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: I mean even here knowledge that DMPs was going to 188 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: bring it and make it exotic. I did hear part 189 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: of that conversation this week on the Big Red Rage. 190 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 1: Very enlightening conversation. I learned a lot about Billy Price 191 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: in those two segments that you had him on the 192 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 1: Big Red Rage. But when you look at what happens 193 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: now with this Cardinal's offense and facing a Falcon's defense, 194 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: that when you look overall not great and most statistical 195 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: measurements they are in the bottom third. They have certainly 196 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: improved over the last several games. They've allowed twenty one 197 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: or fewer points in each of their last four games, 198 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 1: and they have improved their past defense less than two 199 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: hundred yards allowed in five of their last six games. 200 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: But there is one name to keep an eye on, 201 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: especially if you're Billy Price and everyone else on that 202 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 1: offensive line, to keep off at David Blow, and that's 203 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: Grady Jarrett. Yeah, he's their team leading SAT guy is 204 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: an interior d lineman. He has a half dozen There's 205 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: no doubt he's disruptive. He can beat destructive at times. 206 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: So we'll see how the Cardinal's interior O line holds up. 207 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: And once again, you know, as Billy Price explained, there 208 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: are different kinds of sacks that are out there. And 209 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: by the way he said, the first thing they look 210 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: at the question was okay as an offensive line. You know, Billy, 211 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 1: you might realize Paully pencil Neck here has never played 212 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 1: offensive line. So you tell me, how do you gauge 213 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 1: and judge a performance in a game? What do you 214 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: look at in the box score first? And he said sacks, 215 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: then yards per carry, and then third down, So he 216 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:26,719 Speaker 1: had different things they look at. But in terms of 217 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 1: the sacks look it could be a case of an 218 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: offensive lineman getting beat. It could be a coverage sack. 219 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:35,440 Speaker 1: It could be the quarterback not getting rid of the ball, 220 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: not recognizing the hot. Now, in that first strip sack 221 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: where Trace mcsloriley got blindsided, where there was one too 222 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: many pass rushers for offensive lineman, is that on the 223 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 1: quarterback to recognize that and get rid of the ball 224 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: and hit your check down, hit your hot immediately. And 225 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: when Trace takes a nice leisurely drop and he thinks 226 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: he has time, when he doesn't and boom down goes 227 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: Trace mcsloile. Those are the sort of things can shake 228 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,559 Speaker 1: confidence in your play caller and head coach. Hence yet 229 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: another reason why I'm not surprised David Ball gets a start. 230 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,439 Speaker 1: And I think on that particular play, when you see 231 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 1: the entire offensive line slide to the rights, allowing Anthony 232 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: Nelson a free shot at the quarterback, and just talking 233 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: with people this week, that is something. Even though it's 234 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: the blind side of the quarterback, you've got to be 235 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: able to and we've heard this before, you've got to 236 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: be able to feel the rush. So I do think 237 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:31,200 Speaker 1: hindsight and having some time to look at it over again. Yeah, 238 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: McSorley needed to get rid of that football or nothing else, 239 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: throw the football away at that point, And I believe 240 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: Hard Knocks even captured Cam Turner telling that to McSorley 241 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: on this most recent edition of Hard Knocks. So a 242 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: lot goes into it. But I am now curious about 243 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 1: what we see out of blow How much of this 244 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,079 Speaker 1: offense does he know he just got here two weeks 245 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 1: ago Kingsbury said they're going to keep it very simple 246 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker 1: base concepts, but perhaps maybe a little bit more. I 247 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 1: don't know how much more can d James Connor play 248 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: darniar the entire game last week? But how much do 249 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 1: you rely on James Connor to carry this offense to 250 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: try to get back into that wind column for the 251 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: first time in a very very long time. Well, when 252 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: he has more than five yards to carry James Conner, 253 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,719 Speaker 1: yet he had fifteen carries in the game, I'd say 254 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: there is room for more. Millie Price and a roundabout 255 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: ways said as much that hey don't have to ask 256 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:24,679 Speaker 1: the offensive alignement twice to keep feeding your big Pro 257 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 1: Bowl running back James Connor. So yes, I would think 258 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:33,559 Speaker 1: with David blow Out there, possibly without DeAndre Hopkins, that 259 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 1: you might look a lot like Atlanta's offense run first, second, 260 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: and third. I mean, if you're gonna, in the name 261 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: of evaluations and young guys, oh, I don't know if 262 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: you want to, you know, keep fifteen carries for James Connor, 263 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 1: how about a dozen for Kiante Ingram, even Corey Clement, 264 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 1: you know, start feeding him and see what happens. I 265 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 1: did like some of those different alignments and assignments we 266 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: saw against Tampa. You saw some different You saw trace 267 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 1: MCSLOLEI under center quite a bit, you saw tight ends 268 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:04,319 Speaker 1: in the backfield. You even saw an I formation here 269 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: and there, a lot of pistols. So there's some different 270 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: things you can break out and try and keep the 271 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: defense guessing a little bit. But there's no doubt, you know, 272 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 1: especially when you're David Blile and you're brand new in 273 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: a system. Yes, the running game is your best friend. 274 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 1: And you've brought this up a couple of different times 275 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: because what you just said about what we've seen offensively, 276 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: how much is that the fingerprints of Steve Hyden, former 277 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: tight ends coach now working with the offensive line. I 278 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 1: know you've you've harped on this. How much different the 279 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: run game has looked. You've asked players, coaches on and 280 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: off the record, and they're all saying the same thing. Now, 281 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: you can't do that mid season based off what we've seen, Paul, 282 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: our eyes are telling us something different from what we 283 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: or what you have been told, and you what you've 284 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: shared everyone else here on Cardinals couple too. I think 285 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: what you can do mid season is pick a different 286 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: chapter in the playbook. I don't know if you're necessarily 287 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: creating it from scratch, but some of this did exist, 288 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: it just maybe wasn't relied upon as much. And so 289 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: you are seeing a return to more between the tackle runs, 290 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: some more of the zone scheme, you know, Wolf Pepper, 291 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: Billy Price on that twenty two yard touchdown run by 292 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: James Conner, what sort of scheme was that exactly? Yes, 293 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: it was an outside zone scheme. According to Billy Price. 294 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 1: They've been sort of setting that up all game long, 295 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: and then when they saw the look they wanted, when 296 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: they saw the front they wanted with Tampa, they called 297 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: that run play and it hit big. And so these 298 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: are things that, yes, they've been putting in place and 299 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: or taking from the nether regions of the playbook and 300 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: installing and instituting on a week to week basis. I 301 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: think Steve Hyden, no question, is more of a straight 302 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 1: ahead between the tackles kind of run game guy. You know, 303 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: maybe not nearly as complex with all the pollers, and 304 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: it's more off the ball and straight ahead and so 305 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: and look, I think we have seen, if nothing else, 306 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: the Cardinals wearing down some defenses in the fourth quarter. 307 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: That has definitely happened. So I think there's a little 308 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: bit more of an investment in the straight ahead run 309 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: game the first three quarters and you're seeing a payoff 310 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. And maybe that's sort of philosophy 311 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: and mentality wasn't necessarily there the first half of this season. 312 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: And the offensive line is healthy, at least as far 313 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: as who we've seen on the field the last couple 314 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 1: of weeks. You're going into this week's game with likely 315 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 1: the same offensive line for the third straight game. Josh Jones, 316 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 1: Max Garcia, Billy Price, Well Hernandez Kelvin Beacham Cardinals. This 317 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: has been in at all. We're evolving door as far 318 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: as old line combinations. But now you've got five guys, again, 319 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: not all of them starters, are what you were expecting 320 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: to go into this season with. But at least you've 321 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: got five of your best and now they're staying healthy 322 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: on the field. You work that chemistry to the collision. 323 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: As Wilfley likes to say, you don't have to have 324 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: five of the best at their respective position, but just 325 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: five working together and the sum of the parts is 326 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: better than the individuals see. And that's extremely If you 327 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: talk to the offensive lineman, you're mid season. You're not 328 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:08,719 Speaker 1: having practices at one hundred percent in full pads, full contacts. 329 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: So how do you truly work on your craft if 330 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 1: you're an offensive lineman, how do you work on that 331 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:17,360 Speaker 1: combo block? It's tough, So that is real. I think 332 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 1: that struggle right there of having a continue revolving door. Now, look, 333 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: Billy Price didn't say it, but a number of guys 334 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: have told me off the record that when Billy Price 335 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: first started and he came in, Remember we haven't seen 336 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson since week four, and then Billy Price came 337 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: in and it was a very different scheme with the 338 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 1: Raiders where the quarterback made all the calls. You know, 339 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,360 Speaker 1: this is a Josh McDaniels system that goes back to 340 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: Tom Brady. Tom Brady was making all the calls with 341 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: the Raiders, Derek Carr was making all the calls. Now 342 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: you come into a Cardinal system and guess what, the 343 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: center is responsible for a majority of those calls and 344 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 1: setting the past protections. And that was a big deal 345 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: for Billy Price. He's trying to learn the playbook and 346 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 1: he's responsible for making all these calls and recognizing the 347 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: fronts and communicating and conveying that to everybody else on 348 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: the offensive line. And so, yeah, that was a lot 349 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 1: in has played initially, but as he has settled down 350 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,160 Speaker 1: with that, as the Cardinals haven't quite used as much 351 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: tempo either, I think, which is the difference with Steve Hyden. 352 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 1: They haven't gone no huddle nearly as much. That's a 353 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: little bit easier on the offensive line into Billy Price. 354 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: But then I had other people tell me that, yeah, 355 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: things were so discombobulated with all these moving parts and 356 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 1: pieces on the interior line. There were instances where guys 357 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 1: were stepping on each other's feet. So think about that. 358 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 1: You're trying to beat a three hundred twenty pound three 359 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: technique to the spot and get a little bit of 360 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: leverage you can spring a running back, but now you 361 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: just had your footstepped on by the guard you've never 362 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 1: played with because you guys aren't in sync and there's 363 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:44,160 Speaker 1: no chemistry and cohesion. So to your point, it has 364 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 1: improved as the turnover has been reduced up front, and 365 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 1: that you know, it's amazing how that works. And now 366 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: we'll see how it holds up against the lant of 367 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 1: week seventeen, weeks two, three, and four, the last game 368 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 1: that Rodney Hudson played this season, the last time the 369 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: Cardinals started the same offensive line combination for three straight games. Wow, 370 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 1: and look, what are the Cardinals going to do at 371 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: center next year? I think everyone who would agree and 372 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,400 Speaker 1: yours trueling show hands. How many more people around here 373 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,400 Speaker 1: have a bigger and better appreciation of this center position 374 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: ever since Rodney Hudson. Absolutely, And so what are the 375 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,159 Speaker 1: Cardinals going to do next year? Because for everything that 376 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,719 Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson has been in his career, I don't think 377 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: any of us are expecting him back in a Cardinals 378 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 1: uniform next year. So what does that mean? Could Billy 379 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: Price be your long term center? So in terms of evaluation, 380 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: you're talking about a guy who's taking twenty first overall. 381 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 1: In twenty eighteen, he was a first round pick, the 382 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: Rimington Award winner at Ohio State. He read shirted Ohio 383 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: State and then started every game the next four years, 384 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: won a national title. He was a dominant player. But 385 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:58,479 Speaker 1: the last three places he's gone that you've seen the 386 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: administration blown up. You saw the Bengals goal from Marvin 387 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: Lewis to Zach Taylor. You saw the Giants go from 388 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: Joe Judge to Brian Dable and then the Raiders with 389 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: the whole Josh McDaniels takeover, you know, and now the 390 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: Cardinals and who knows what's next around where the Arizona 391 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: Cardinals in terms of leadership, you know, it's been a 392 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 1: volad a career for a Billy Price. So if you 393 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: can settle in play some good ball, you might be 394 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: looking at your starting center for the next three years. 395 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 1: It is something to keep an eye on this offseason, 396 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 1: whether it's addressed in the draft or free agency or both. 397 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 1: Not just the center position, but the interior of the 398 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: offensive line, especially if you think, and we certainly do, 399 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 1: Kyle Murray is the long term answer at the quarterback position. 400 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: Just don't know when next season, we'll see Number one. 401 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:47,400 Speaker 1: We talk a lot about the run game with respects 402 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals on offense, Let's switch it because this 403 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 1: Falcon's offense, it's the one thing that they do very 404 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 1: very well. Number three in the league in rushing yards 405 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: per game and then yards or play at almost five 406 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 1: a game. This Cardinals defense stop the run is always 407 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 1: something that Vance Joseph talks about each and every week. 408 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: But you're not gonna have Zach Allen for the third 409 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: straight game. And the inability to stop the run has 410 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: been an achilles heel of this Cardinals defense a lot 411 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: this season. Yeah, we're gonna know right away how willing 412 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: the Cardinals are to tackle. And I always said this 413 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: couple weeks in a row, and honestly, we've been pleasantly 414 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,199 Speaker 1: surprised because sometimes when a team doesn't have anything to 415 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: play for in the standings and the postseason, you can 416 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 1: see the bottom fallout when it comes to the will 417 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,439 Speaker 1: and want to and tackling. Now, the X factor for 418 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: me is what does this defense look like minus the 419 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:42,400 Speaker 1: human racer Buddha Baker. Yes, when you go through his career. 420 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: I just did a quick check Pro Football Reference just 421 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: looking at his game longs. Has he missed one game 422 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 1: in his career. It was Week four twenty twenty, the 423 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: COVID year at Carolina, then empty stadium. Buddha didn't play 424 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: in that game. I do believe that's the only game 425 00:21:56,280 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: he's missed with injury. And that game, by the way, 426 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 1: really stands out just because one it was the COVID season, 427 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,200 Speaker 1: But you always point to that game and I remember 428 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 1: it as well just watching it on how listless that 429 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: defense looked. When you don't have number three on the field, 430 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 1: you're not gonna have him on the field this week. Yeah, 431 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 1: JJ Watt is still around and Kingsbury talked about about 432 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:23,199 Speaker 1: sending out JJ on the right note these final two games. 433 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 1: But what does that do, not just personnel wise, but 434 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:32,679 Speaker 1: spiritually and the leadership. You lose that energy on and 435 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: off the field. Yeah, Buddha Baker is just a different 436 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: animal that I think the whole nation is discovered on 437 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: hard knocks and then just his ability to come back 438 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: from the high ankle sprain and not miss a game, 439 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 1: Just the fact he finished that game on Christmas night 440 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 1: with what turned out to be a fractured shoulder and 441 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 1: he's still making tackles in the open field. A two 442 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:55,199 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty pound Leonard Fournette just crazy the what 443 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: he stands for as a player. So, minus Buddha Baker, 444 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,199 Speaker 1: back to my original one point in that secondary, what 445 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: are the Cardinals going to look like? Both in terms 446 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:07,440 Speaker 1: of ability and want to And so we'll see right away, 447 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 1: because to your point, this is a run game that 448 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 1: is very physical. And the rookie running back Tyler al 449 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: Gear is that how it's pronounced, by the way everything 450 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: that everybody says in that locker room. And I'm just 451 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: I've never seen him in person, but based on what 452 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: guys tell me in that locker room, he is a 453 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: yards after contact guy. And I heard someone talking in 454 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 1: the Atlanta media about the Falcons and their personnel department, 455 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,679 Speaker 1: and they had him rated the second best college running 456 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,199 Speaker 1: back behind Kenneth Walker the third and they got him 457 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 1: in the fifth round, fifth round. And he's that physical though, 458 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: see he's not a burner, so he fell, but he 459 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,639 Speaker 1: will break arm tackles, he will pinball around if you 460 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: don't rap. And so you know, look in week seventeen 461 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: and you have no postseason to play for once again, 462 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: you're gonna find out right away how willing the Cardinals 463 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: are to bring down this rookie running back who, based 464 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 1: on what I've read, hasn't even missed a practice this year. 465 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: I mean, he has been an iron man, top ten 466 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: in the NFC in rushing yards and rushing yards per play. 467 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: And if it's not Algier the rookie, then you've got 468 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: Cordarrell Patterson ten years in the league. He also top 469 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: ten in the conference in rushing yards per play at 470 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: team best six touchdown runs. And when you have a 471 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,199 Speaker 1: rookie quarterback, what do you say? You lean on the 472 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: run game. And this is a Falcon's offense right now 473 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: that has leaned all season long, regardless of the quarterback, 474 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 1: on that running game, with the young with the young 475 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: player and with the experience veterans. So you're right, minus 476 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 1: a Buddha Bakers, a Zach Allen and the secondary, you're 477 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 1: not gonna have Antonio Hamilton this week. Marco Wilson is questionable. 478 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 1: You're gonna throw the ball on this Cardinals off a 479 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:54,160 Speaker 1: defense or you're gonna run the ball against this Cardinals defense. Yeah, 480 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: we're going back to Denver. When you're looking at your 481 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,199 Speaker 1: top two corners are a seventh round rookie Christian Matthew 482 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: and Jason Whittaker, and then a practice squad player to 483 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: be named later. Now in Denver was Nate Hairston. Like, 484 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: who's this guy? Twenty seven? It's Nate Hairston. Well, now 485 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: he's on practice squad. I R correct. So say hello 486 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,360 Speaker 1: to Josh Jackson, who was with the Cardinals in August. 487 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 1: So he's back right now and he's gonna be your 488 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 1: number three corner, but your minus buddhas So you're also 489 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 1: gonna see Chris Banjo, You're gonna see Chuck Washington. You're 490 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: gonna see Isaiah Simmons more in the Buddha role. So 491 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of moving parts. Marcus Robertson, 492 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 1: Greg Williams, those two secondary assistant coaches what exactly means 493 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,359 Speaker 1: for the Cardinals. But again, you know, not only do 494 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,400 Speaker 1: you have Tyler al Jeer, but you have a Desmond 495 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 1: Ritter who can move. He can get out and run. Now, 496 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,879 Speaker 1: the skinner report on him is he's not your typical 497 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: rookie quarterback. Who is if his first read isn't there, 498 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: he's gonna pull it Tucket and run it. He will 499 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,399 Speaker 1: hang in the pocket, So there will I think, the 500 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 1: opportunities for sacks, unlike going against Tom Brady, who got 501 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,159 Speaker 1: rid of that ball so quick. It's so ridiculous that 502 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: tom Brady didn't get sacked once and you got hit 503 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 1: four times. I mean, there is nothing more important at 504 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: age forty five to him than just getting rid of 505 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,200 Speaker 1: the ball. And even though there were some receivers open 506 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 1: down field on film, from everything I'm told, he doesn't care. 507 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 1: He's he's just targeting those checkdowns, winning doubt he's getting 508 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: rid of it. Guess what, Desmond Ritter will hold onto it. 509 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 1: So maybe there'll be a chance for JJ Watt to 510 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 1: get to double digit sacks. And reportedly isn't there another 511 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: I believe so million dollars incentive if he gets one 512 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: more sack, And you know, not only does he want it, 513 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: but you get the sense that his teammates, maybe the 514 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: coaches want to get it for him as well as 515 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: a nice little parting gift as he makes his way 516 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 1: off and do whatever he's gonna do next post playing career. Yees. 517 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: So okay, Desmond Ritter, if he holds onto the football, 518 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: that's what every defensive lineman loves to hear anybody who 519 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: gets after a quarterback, but if he gets outside the pocket, 520 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 1: he can most definitely run. Hasn't thrown an interception in 521 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 1: his two starts this year. He hasn't thrown a touchdown 522 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: pass either, you know, so he hasn't exactly been that 523 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 1: much of a threat. He hasn't necessarily needed to be. Now, 524 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 1: when they went to Baltimore last week, it was seventeen 525 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 1: degrees a kickoff and I think the only I mean 526 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 1: even Baltimore only attempted seventeen passes in that game with 527 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 1: Tyler Huntley, so it wasn't exactly passing conditions. Here's the thing. 528 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 1: Of their five wins, four of them have been at 529 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: home for Atlanta, so they're obviously been better at home indoors. 530 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,639 Speaker 1: And we'll see, we'll see it. I mean, it's a 531 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: Falcons team that you forget, hasn't had a winning record 532 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: at any point since the end of the two seventeen season. 533 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 1: They've missed the playoffs five straight years, so Arthur Smith 534 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:47,160 Speaker 1: has had his hands full. In year two of this rebuild, 535 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 1: they're twelve and twenty under Arthur Smith and nearly two 536 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 1: full seasons. What exactly do they look like what exactly 537 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,679 Speaker 1: is that building all about? Is there going to be 538 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: any energy in that building? On? What does it? College 539 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,639 Speaker 1: football weekend? Big time? And that is a college football town, 540 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,119 Speaker 1: Atlanta first and foremost, at least from my experiences, So 541 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:08,879 Speaker 1: I am curious what the scene is like because the 542 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 1: Cardinals have finished out some lackluster seasons in Atlanta before, 543 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 1: and it's been da I mean, it's just been dead 544 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 1: in that building. Cardinals come in four and eleven having 545 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:21,440 Speaker 1: lost five and a row, Falcons five and ten, having 546 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,960 Speaker 1: lost four and row, although all four of those losses 547 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 1: by one possession, so they've been in every game recently 548 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:32,440 Speaker 1: this season. But to your point, as far as the atmosphere, 549 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 1: do we have to go back to what is it 550 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 1: Byoe bring your own energy that you coined a few 551 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 1: years back? Because not only is Cardinals Falcons on New 552 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: Year's Day, so we'll have to figure out how just 553 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 1: how excited everyone is to wake up for a New 554 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: Year's Day game, especially how much partying Paul Calvici and 555 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 1: everyone else does in Atlanta. But you've also got the 556 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 1: college football semi final on Saturday Day and the Atlanta 557 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 1: Hawks have the Los Angeles Lakers in town Cardinals and 558 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 1: Falcons might be the third biggest sporting events of the weekend. Yeah, 559 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: maybe we'll see. That's a that's a really good point. 560 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: And look, Cardinals go into this game and there are 561 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 1: plenty of guys who have something to play for, right, 562 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: I mean, you talk about byoe if you're interested in 563 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 1: your own future. And I thought I thought Vanish Joseph 564 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: made a great point. And actually I'm not sure if 565 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 1: it was unhard knocker to the media that when other 566 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,239 Speaker 1: gms pick up your game film, they don't care if 567 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: you're four and ten, if you're four and eleven. They 568 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 1: don't care about the record. They're not necessarily looking at 569 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 1: the film and trying to go ahead and put it 570 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 1: in context of a season. They're just looking at how 571 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: you played. And so I know you did a review 572 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 1: of the Cardinals roster as it currently stands. How many 573 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: different pending unrestricted free agents are they looking at? I 574 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,640 Speaker 1: just updated it earlier on Friday because you throw in 575 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 1: Farrell Cooper to that it's thirty three, including J. J. Watt, 576 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: who is going to be retiring. But you keep making 577 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 1: these roster moves and yet it adds to your list. 578 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 1: But thirty three of your fifty three active man roster 579 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 1: unrestricted free agents. When the season comes to a close 580 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: in two weeks, there is going to be plenty of 581 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,120 Speaker 1: roster turnover. And to your point, what do you put 582 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 1: on film these next two games? And we've been talking 583 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: about this for the last month, Paul, but it is 584 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 1: so true. Is it here? Is it elsewhere? Or do 585 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 1: you play yourself out of the league And look, whether 586 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:40,360 Speaker 1: it's this coaching staff or another one, they're coming back now. 587 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 1: You finished out this season, so we'll get a good 588 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 1: sense right away I think of where the game is tracking. 589 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 1: And once again, I think it's worth noting that the 590 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: Cardinals have not had that game where we felt the 591 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 1: need to take out the jumper cables and jump start 592 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,120 Speaker 1: this team on the sideline. That does not happened this year, 593 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 1: certainly not to the it happened last year. What you 594 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 1: saw and at Troit, what you saw at home against 595 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 1: Carolina in twenty twenty one. I haven't seen a lackluster, 596 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 1: you know, lack of energy game like that at all 597 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: this season. And so we'll see once again, a lot 598 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 1: of it comes down to the belief in your quarterback, 599 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 1: and so what does this team think of a David 600 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,760 Speaker 1: Blow as a starting quarterback. I think you know, they 601 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: went into that game and once they were hanging in 602 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 1: the game and it was a fuel goal fest through 603 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,080 Speaker 1: three quarters, I think the Cardinals started to buy in 604 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 1: even more. You know, even though the offense obviously wasn't 605 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 1: potent with Trace McSorley, but they figured, Okay, you know what, 606 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 1: we're in a slug fest here. We can pull this out. 607 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 1: So my fear as if you get down by a 608 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 1: couple of scores and you have a four string quarterback 609 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 1: in there, that's when things can fall off a cliff. 610 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 1: By the way, pay attention to who this team elevates 611 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: from the practice squad. We do know that a long 612 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 1: snapper will be needed. That's going to be Hunter Bradley. 613 00:31:55,840 --> 00:32:00,200 Speaker 1: So once again, when you have when that triumphant of 614 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 1: long snapper, holder and kicker is misplaced, we know things 615 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 1: can get a little wonky at times. Is that who 616 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 1: number forty eight was out of Friday practice? Correct? What's 617 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:13,600 Speaker 1: his name again? Lunch six three two forty one has 618 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: experienced four seasons with the Green Bay Packers, A former 619 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 1: seventh round draft pick in twenty eighteen. So you like 620 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,080 Speaker 1: the fact that he's got experience and he's been here 621 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: all week long. James Morgan is your practice squad quarterback? 622 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:31,840 Speaker 1: Does he get elevated this week? Do you carry three 623 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 1: quarterbacks on the roster for Sunday? It might just depend 624 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 1: what else is going on as far as where do 625 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: you need a body or two based off of injuries, 626 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:44,800 Speaker 1: because you're also potentially going to need a corner back 627 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 1: because you're not quite sure about Marco Wilson's health. If 628 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,240 Speaker 1: he is active, how long can he play based off 629 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 1: the fact that he's been dealing with a neck issue. 630 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:58,360 Speaker 1: So a lot of moving parts here heading into this 631 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,720 Speaker 1: week seventeen game. But as he opened the show with Paul, 632 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 1: anything and everything needs to be expected and anticipated when 633 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 1: you talk about the twenty twenty two Arizona Cardinals, not 634 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:13,719 Speaker 1: just regular season, but going back to the offseason, no question, 635 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,360 Speaker 1: and so okay, you know David Blow, I think he 636 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 1: has an appreciation for this moment and the ability to 637 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,680 Speaker 1: get a start, just like Trace McSorley did. Who knows 638 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:26,560 Speaker 1: that could be the last NFL start of Trace mcsorley's 639 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,560 Speaker 1: career easily. We know the way things change and how 640 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 1: fast and rapidly things evolve in this league. So all right, 641 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 1: David blog gets out there, and how cable can he be? 642 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 1: Who's he gonna have chemistry with? See? To me, it 643 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 1: was interesting trace McSorley right from the beginning. Him and 644 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,960 Speaker 1: Greg Dortch obviously connected and won a game for Greg Dortch. Well, 645 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 1: it made all the sense in the world because those 646 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,480 Speaker 1: guys got all the reps in August and then running 647 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 1: the scout team. Who is David blow going to have 648 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:53,920 Speaker 1: a connection with, if anyone? Because you saw how poor 649 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,960 Speaker 1: it looked when Trace mcsoli was trying to get the 650 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 1: ball to DeAndre Hopkins. Even Hard Knocks documented that that 651 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 1: there was Trace McSorley at halftime lamenting, man, I gotta 652 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 1: get the ball to d Hoop and he still couldn't 653 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,840 Speaker 1: do it, you know, for whatever reason. So okay, what 654 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,399 Speaker 1: is David Blouse, you know, who's his go to guy? 655 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:17,000 Speaker 1: We'll find out if anyone. I'm not really sure. I'd 656 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,439 Speaker 1: love to see a Betray McBride. I love to see 657 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:23,160 Speaker 1: that round two tight end continue to evolve. He has 658 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,480 Speaker 1: more catches in the last three weeks and you know 659 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 1: in the last and twice as many receiving yards as 660 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,920 Speaker 1: the first ten games combined. So you know he's been 661 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,839 Speaker 1: evolving the right way. With no DeAndre Hopkins. What does 662 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,319 Speaker 1: that mean for Hollywood Brown? And you know, is aj 663 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:38,879 Speaker 1: Green get more reps now minus a d hop If 664 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 1: indeed he doesn't go, we don't know. Robbie Anderson has 665 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,360 Speaker 1: a lot to play for. He's a guy who's gonna 666 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:47,719 Speaker 1: need a team next year. He's certainly not returned to 667 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 1: the Cardinals under the terms of his existing contract. There's 668 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:54,160 Speaker 1: absolutely no way. And I love what Farrell Cooper has 669 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,279 Speaker 1: showed in the return game. I mean, there's a reason 670 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,399 Speaker 1: he went to a Pro Bowl as a return guy 671 00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,000 Speaker 1: his second year in the league. I love the aggression 672 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 1: out of Farrell Cooper. I'll leave you with this note 673 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,399 Speaker 1: and you can use it when you talk with day 674 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,399 Speaker 1: Pass and Ron Wolfley, and I'll give credit you don't 675 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,640 Speaker 1: have to, but I'll give credit to ESPN Stats in 676 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,440 Speaker 1: Info because history is going to be made on Sunday 677 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:18,000 Speaker 1: afternoon in Atlanta. Jared Stidham, who will get to start 678 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,920 Speaker 1: for the Raiders this week, and now David Bloud, the 679 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:25,680 Speaker 1: sixty third and sixty fourth different quarterbacks to start at 680 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:29,560 Speaker 1: least one game this season. That is the second most 681 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:33,360 Speaker 1: in league history, going all the way back. The most 682 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:38,000 Speaker 1: eighty seven in nineteen eighty seven, but that was the 683 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:42,000 Speaker 1: strike shortened year, so that doesn't really count. But sixty 684 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:46,879 Speaker 1: four different starting quarterbacks in twenty twenty two, Paul, there 685 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:50,120 Speaker 1: are thirty two teams in the National Football League. That 686 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:55,160 Speaker 1: means at least two per team. As they do math 687 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,200 Speaker 1: on the fly here, and you know what, think of 688 00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:00,920 Speaker 1: all the rules in place to protect the starting quarterback, 689 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,799 Speaker 1: and obviously in all the angst, and rightfully so as 690 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:08,640 Speaker 1: to what you know ends up defining roughing the passer 691 00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,399 Speaker 1: for example, and a lot of those questionable calls. But 692 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,480 Speaker 1: you know, the onus is on protecting those franchise quarterbacks. 693 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,200 Speaker 1: And even with everything that's being done, look at the 694 00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:21,120 Speaker 1: turnover by the way, nineteen eighty seven, you know, sixty 695 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:23,520 Speaker 1: four different starting quarter there's probably one hundred and sixty 696 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:26,360 Speaker 1: four that year with a strike and the replacements and 697 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:28,719 Speaker 1: all that. I mean, that was just utter insanity. You 698 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:31,200 Speaker 1: probably had a neighbor who's an NFL starting quarterback that 699 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:35,840 Speaker 1: season for all the insanity that went on. But yeah, 700 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:39,560 Speaker 1: and so look and who starts this week? We have 701 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:42,240 Speaker 1: no idea who might be your starter in the finale 702 00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,319 Speaker 1: at the San Francisco forty nine ers, and you never 703 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,320 Speaker 1: know what you're going to hit on in your third 704 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:49,920 Speaker 1: string quarterback. Just look at the forty nine ers right 705 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:53,400 Speaker 1: now and local guy brock Purty. That is amazing what 706 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:56,040 Speaker 1: he's been able to do. Maybe the Cardinals have found 707 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,600 Speaker 1: their own brock Purty. Who knows. Maybe that is David 708 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,760 Speaker 1: Blile this week and potent actually next week. On Sunday, 709 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:06,920 Speaker 1: Cardinals and Falcons eleven am, six thirty am pregame begins 710 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,680 Speaker 1: on the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network. It is the first 711 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,440 Speaker 1: day of the new year. Paul, do you have any 712 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:16,239 Speaker 1: New Year's Eve plans in Hotlanta? Yeah, well, you know, 713 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:18,080 Speaker 1: if Wolf would have gotten off his key star and 714 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,600 Speaker 1: try to make some plans, some reservations on New Year's Eve. 715 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:22,320 Speaker 1: But now we're totally host I mean, you know, in 716 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:25,000 Speaker 1: the last minute basis. You know, we have actually relied 717 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:28,600 Speaker 1: on John Barry, the ESPN NBA analyst in the past, Okay, 718 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:32,359 Speaker 1: because he's the guy the wine cellar. Oh yeah, he's 719 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,560 Speaker 1: the man. He's the guy who walks into Hall steakhouse 720 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:36,520 Speaker 1: and boom, doesn't matter if there's an hour Wait, he 721 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,120 Speaker 1: gets seated within five minutes, so we've written his coattails. Unfortunately, 722 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,440 Speaker 1: John Barry's out of town. He's on an assignment, so 723 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,799 Speaker 1: he won't be around. So yeah, I'm not forecasting any 724 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,680 Speaker 1: sort of New Year's Eve glory for the fresh schmos 725 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:52,040 Speaker 1: in Atlanta. Maybe if in one day passion is able 726 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:55,680 Speaker 1: to get in from announcing the sugar Bowl I believe correct, 727 00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:59,080 Speaker 1: then you know what, maybe Dave Will makes something happen. 728 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:01,239 Speaker 1: He owes us one last week. Well, if you want 729 00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:03,600 Speaker 1: to know what happened on New Year's Eve with Paul 730 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:07,919 Speaker 1: in the gang pregame huddle, tune in at nine am 731 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:12,880 Speaker 1: on Sunday morning. Get your New Year started with Paul Calves, 732 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,440 Speaker 1: because why not get your year New Year started with 733 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:18,000 Speaker 1: Paul Calvic. Well, you're gonna be sorely disappointed because Dave 734 00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,080 Speaker 1: Passer's running joke is, hey, I won't be into the 735 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:23,120 Speaker 1: team hotel guys till nine o'clock on Saturday night. I 736 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:24,960 Speaker 1: know you two will both be in bed by then, 737 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,600 Speaker 1: so I guess I'll see you Sunday morning. So yeah, 738 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:31,080 Speaker 1: we're not exactly ended up on page six of your 739 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,359 Speaker 1: local tabloid. Put it that way there's always, so we'll 740 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,359 Speaker 1: keep our fingers crossed for you there, Paul. On that note, 741 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:39,080 Speaker 1: we'll put a lid on this edition of Cardinals Cover two, 742 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:42,760 Speaker 1: presented by Hunday, partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As always, 743 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,400 Speaker 1: special thanks to our executive producer, Jim I'm a hundred 744 00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,880 Speaker 1: for Paul Calves. I'm Craig Rayel Loop. We'll talk to 745 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,000 Speaker 1: you next time you're on Cardinals Cover two