1 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: Welcome bird Gang. On today's show, Paul Calbasi joins me, 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: just a crazy chaotic finished the Sunday's game. What was 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: Paul's perspective from the sideline, But I'll go back to 4 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: how the game started. That's where the game was lost. 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: The season, though, is not. It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode 6 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: six oz one, and it starts now. Welcome to Cardinals 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: Cover two. Hitting the backfield and down he goes for 8 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: a loss. JJ Watt nailed it. Cardinals Cover two is 9 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: presented by Hyunday, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals, and 10 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:43,520 Speaker 1: by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit Acy Cardinals dot com Slash podcasts. 11 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 1: He's at the ten half of five peas in again, 12 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: So for Harry Magic. Whoa. Here's Craig Grielou. So I 13 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: think everyone needs to be uplifted here on this Monday, 14 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: following what was a disappointing, a very disappointing loss to 15 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles the day before twenty to seventeen. So 16 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: some poly positivity via Craig Grielu here on Cardinals Cover two. Well, 17 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: you better find someone else, gree you you got the 18 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: wrong player in the game right now. I got a 19 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: smoking headache on this Monday morning, little salty over here. Okay, 20 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: So guess what I'm gonna have to outsource the positivity. 21 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: I don't open this door to the studio. We'll go 22 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: find someone off the street, because it's definitely not me. 23 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: Right now, here's the positive that you can take away 24 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 1: from Week five? Please, I'm right, where's my pen? I'm 25 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 1: writing this down? All right? The Rams, hey, they're two 26 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: and three. Yep. The Seahawks they're two and three, and 27 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: the Bengals are two and three. Now what are the 28 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: two of those three teams have in common with the 29 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: Arizona car Well, let's see. Two of the teams were 30 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl team, okay, and the Super Bowl participants 31 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: from a year ago had the same record as your 32 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals through five weeks. And because I enjoy saying it, 33 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna finish my thought by saying and the 34 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: other team was in last place, the last place Seahawks 35 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: a year ago. By the way, Gino Smith with a 36 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: couple of money deep shots. Man, those were right on target, 37 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 1: were they not? Gino? Who are you? What exactly awaits 38 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals In Week six? At Seattle. That is 39 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: all of a sudden. This is a very intriguing matchup 40 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: that we don't really have time for right now because 41 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: it's a Monday, and we got to talk about Week five. Yeah, 42 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: we can get into the Seattle Seahawks later on in 43 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: the week. And Gino Smith, who I believe is the 44 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: top rated pastor when it comes to completion percentage in 45 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: the National Football League, Okay, boggles the mind. All right. 46 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 1: I mean, we all have a chance at anything in 47 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: life if that's the case. So there's your positivity degree. Okay, 48 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: after seven years on the bench and absolutely zero believers. 49 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: Don't even tell me the Seahawks were believers in Gino. 50 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: We all think it was still there. Their game planned 51 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: to tank and get a top quarterback in this coming draft. 52 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: So if you're looking for positivity, if Gino can do it, 53 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: we can all do it, all right. What the Cardinals 54 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: cannot do is once again get off to a slow start. 55 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: It happened once again and they did not execute down 56 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: the stretch, and that seems to be where everyone's focus is. 57 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: It certainly was on Cardinal talk on how the game 58 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: ended those last minute and forty five seconds of regulation 59 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: as far as sliding short of the line to gain 60 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,119 Speaker 1: spiking it on third down, forcing at that moment a 61 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: field goal was still time on the clock. Paul, you 62 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: have a great perspective. You're our field level. It was 63 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: chaotic and a lot of scrambling going on in real time. 64 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: It is very easy postgame the next day to go 65 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: hindsight and say, well you should it on X, Y 66 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: and Z or A, B and C. But in real 67 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: time on the sideline, what was those moments, those final seconds, like, look, 68 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: it's always chaotic, it really is. It's controlled chaos to 69 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: what degree. I mean, even the all time greats who 70 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: have done it for more than a decade at a 71 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: very high level. The Kurt warners, the Carson Palmer's there's 72 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: always a control chaos aspect to it because you're trying 73 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: to get eleven guys in concert, get him in sync. 74 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 1: So look, you know it comes down to this. The 75 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 1: sideline genuinely thought that was a first down on the 76 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: run and slide by Kyler, and they called the next 77 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 1: play accordingly, They called a spike to stop the clock. Now, ultimately, 78 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 1: is that truly that game changing? Let's say it was 79 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: a first down. Let's say they do stop the clock, 80 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: there's still somewhere between twenty five and thirty seconds left 81 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: in the game. Does that necessarily say they're going to 82 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,799 Speaker 1: take a shot to the end zone? Do they really 83 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 1: have enough time? And is the risk reward there to 84 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: compensate for a backup kicker and really try and go 85 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 1: for the end zone? Maybe maybe one shot perhaps Cliff 86 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 1: Kingsbury definitely didn't sound too inclined to have that mindset 87 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: after the game. So look you went. You drove from 88 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 1: the twenty five to the opponent's twenty five and you 89 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: set up a forty three yard game tying fuel goal 90 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: attempt that even in college, you play for that fuel 91 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: goal attempt to tie and then take it into overtime 92 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: considering the situation. So, yes, the kicker failed, but there 93 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 1: were plenty of other failures, in particular the start of 94 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: the game and getting down fourteen to nothing. It's incomprehensible. 95 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: You have gone five straight games without a single point 96 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: in the first quarter, and you know what, it wasn't 97 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: just the offense. It was the defense's inability to defend 98 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 1: a screen. For example. This just in even those of 99 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,840 Speaker 1: us have only played high school football. If you're not 100 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: getting blocked. Your alert should go up, the radar should 101 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: go off. That guess was something's afoot. It's probably a screen, 102 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: because how many screens did the Eagles hit the Cardinals 103 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: with two touchdown drives? And so you see the coaches 104 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: come to this sideline and they're not necessarily making some 105 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: sort of revolutionary game plan alteration or adjustment. They're just 106 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: trying to coach up defending the screen. And so overall 107 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: agree the good news, bad news. The bad news. I'll 108 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: start with that, I think the football IQ in a 109 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: lot of ways on both sides of the ball is low. 110 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: Is now where it needs to be right now. The 111 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 1: good news is that is correctable. The good news is 112 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: there are plenty of veterans who have the football IQ. 113 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: You're just trying to raise the tide that's going to 114 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 1: lift all boats, all the younger, more inexperienced players, and 115 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 1: get everyone to the level of where the football IQ 116 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: is what you need to be a winning team because 117 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: in the NFL, so many games are decided by a 118 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: single score. Through the first three weeks or eighteen games 119 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: decided by a field goal or less, that was an 120 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: NFL record for start to a season. The first three weeks, 121 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: so these games are closer than ever for the most part, 122 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: and you can't afford those sort of mistakes. And in 123 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,799 Speaker 1: this case, the Cardinals truly were the worst enemy. Too 124 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: often to get a win against a five and oh 125 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 1: team When you are just okay as far as your offense, defense, 126 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: and special teams and you're playing close games, you always 127 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: goes back to a handful of place, whether in the 128 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: first quarter or third quarter to fourth quarter or whatever 129 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: it is. But just dissecting that final drive when you 130 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: take over without time out, you lose one because Jalen 131 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: Thompson gets hurt, got the win knocked out of him. 132 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: He told you on post game and rule is inside 133 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: of two minutes you lose a time out in an 134 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: injury situation, and that ultimately came back to haunt the Cardinals. 135 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: So bad luck there, but a minute forty five, Paul, 136 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: That is plenty of time to drive the length of 137 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: the field, either in field goal range or a touchdown. 138 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: Cardinals did get into field goal range, but knowing this 139 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: kicker off the street and struggles from forty to forty nine. 140 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: Talking with the coaches during the week prior to they 141 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: liked Matt Avendolah's leg strength. The question was his accuracy 142 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: from forty plus yards. And I didn't realize till after 143 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: the game that Fox had showed the pregame real the 144 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: montage of his pregame misses, and they all had one 145 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: thing in common. They're all wide right, And sure enough 146 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: what he did in the pregame materialized during the game. 147 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: So you wonder, as of this recording, what are the 148 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 1: Cardinals going to do at kicker? Is there someone else available? 149 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: Can you trust this kicker going forward? Do you need 150 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: to make the move for his sake of making a 151 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,959 Speaker 1: move to hold people accountable in those situations and restore 152 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: confidence in the locker room. I don't know. Justin Pugh 153 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: obviously came to his defense. I agree with some of 154 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: what Justin said. I disagree with other aspects of his 155 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 1: rant against the media and then waiting to talk to 156 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: Matt Avendola. But there was a forty three yard fuel 157 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: goal attempt that, you know what, didn't have to be 158 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: that long if Kyler doesn't miss zach Ertz, Zach Hurtz 159 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 1: was wide open on second and eight. So there is 160 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: enough blame to go around. There's there's there's Kyler missing 161 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: zach Ertz in a money critical situation. There's Hollywood Brown 162 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: dropping what could have been a catch and run for 163 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: a touchdown, a big play, explosive at the very least. 164 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: You know, you go back to the lad the prior 165 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: home loss when Kyler miss Hollywood Brown deep against the Rams. 166 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: So there have been game changing mistakes that you just 167 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: don't figure. Kyler over his first three years in the 168 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: league was among the league leaders in deep ball percentage inaccuracy, 169 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: and it just hasn't been there this year often enough 170 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: for the Cardinals once again to win these close games. 171 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: Those are the mistakes that are they're killing this offense 172 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: in particular. Too many people to blame for how that 173 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: game ended. And I'll even go back before that missed 174 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: deep shot to zach Ertz, because you get that ball 175 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: there at the Eagles thirty five yard line and you 176 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 1: still have over a minute to go in the game. 177 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: But the play before that, in fact, it was the 178 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: first play of that series, Kyler Murray runs for fifteen yards, 179 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 1: ran towards the right sideline, didn't get out of bounds, 180 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: chose to gain a couple of extra yards, and I understand, 181 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: but that moment you needed to get out of bounds 182 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: to stop the clock. Instead the clock is moving. You 183 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,719 Speaker 1: find zach Ertz for seven yards and then there on 184 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: second and three, Kelvin Beecham called for a false start. 185 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: Now in the press box. Difficult to really gauge how 186 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 1: loud it got in that building, how many Eagles fans 187 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: were in that building. So I asked you, Paul on 188 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 1: the sideline, that false start because of the number of 189 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:48,680 Speaker 1: Eagles fans yelling inside State Farm Stadium. Two things on 190 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: that number one, it was definitely a false start. I 191 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: saw my own naked eye just on the far side 192 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 1: of the field. Immediately said it into the microphone to 193 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: our producer, you know, Jim Almahundra. After they blew the 194 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: whistle and through the flag sixty eight, it was Calvin Beecham. 195 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: He left too early. Now they were showing zero. They 196 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: were showing some sort of exotic blitz where they don't 197 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: do a whole bunch of So maybe he got a 198 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: little jumping and wanted to get a head start getting 199 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 1: to the edge and preventing the you know, the eagles 200 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,959 Speaker 1: from from barnstorm in the pocket. I get it. In 201 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: terms of the crowd noise, Cardinals were in the silent count. 202 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,959 Speaker 1: They were in the silent count often enough, and I 203 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:26,839 Speaker 1: also think it's just a theory. It's one of the 204 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 1: reasons Justin bue was a little salty after the game 205 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: because he spent much of the game as the guy 206 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 1: turning looking into the backfield, making eye contact with Kyler 207 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 1: and then tapping the center. That's their silent count, that's 208 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: the rhythm, that's the cadence with which they snapped the ball. 209 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 1: And that instance Kelvin Beecham got off. It was a 210 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: false start. So it happened often enough. It wasn't the 211 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: entirety of the game. Honestly, I've heard it louder when 212 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: the twelves used to invade the State Farm Stadium during 213 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 1: the height of the legion of Boom. Seahawks fans were 214 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,559 Speaker 1: definitely louder. Packers fans last night in prime or last 215 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 1: year in prime time, they were definitely loud in vocal. 216 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: Cardinals aren't the only state where this happens. Look at 217 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: the way Niners fans invade so far. I mean, the 218 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: Rams were trying anything and everything to limit the sale 219 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: of tickets last year in the NFC Championship. Good Niners 220 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 1: fans because Matthew Stafford earlier in the season had to 221 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 1: go silent cott almost the entirety of and the Cowboys 222 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: came into so FI last year and did the same thing. 223 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: So what happens at destination cities with sunshine where fans 224 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 1: like to travel, now that decide the game. No, did 225 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:29,679 Speaker 1: he ertate the Cardinals offensive lineman. They had to deal 226 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 1: with that at home. And here's the bigger question, because 227 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: Nick Sirianni said it after the game that he thought 228 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: he'd impacted Kyler's communication. Those are the words of Nick Sirianni. 229 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 1: And unfortunately no one asked Kyla that after the game. 230 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,439 Speaker 1: But that's something I am gonna ask Cliff Kingsbury a 231 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 1: little bit later today to what degree was the Cardinals 232 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: offensive communication hampered or hindered by the Eagles fans in attendance. 233 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: A lot of calls postgame on Cardinal Talk, Cardinal fans 234 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: upset on their season ticket holders that sold their ticket. 235 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: And again, I'm not going to tell people what to 236 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: do with their money or their tickets. You certainly don't 237 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: like to see it in this case, obviously hear it. 238 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 1: But all right now, and we discussed it in pregame, 239 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: change things up. If this was going to be a 240 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: quote unquote road game in your home building. Cardinals are 241 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: very good on the road. They know how to handle 242 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: a crowd noise. So it's unfortunate that it happens in 243 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: your own building. But a false start on second and three, 244 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: now you're looking at second and eight. It's those little things. 245 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: So don't point your finger at the kicker, don't point 246 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: your finger at the quarterback, don't put your finger at 247 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 1: the head coach. Point all of your fingers at every 248 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: single person on that offense and on the sideline, the coaches. 249 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 1: As far as what went wrong in those final two minutes, well, 250 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 1: let's keep it real. Okay, we're on the trust tree 251 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: here on Cardinals Cover two right, brought to you by Unday, 252 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 1: proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. Don't lose seven home 253 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: games in a row. It's now eight. Don't give the 254 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: fans even for the reason to sell their tickets. Look, 255 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 1: this has been a pattern for twenty plus years. Fans 256 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: are going to sell their tickets to a single game, 257 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: or maybe a couple of games, try and recoup some 258 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: of their investment. It's just the way it's but you 259 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 1: know what if all of a sudden, you're dominant at 260 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: home and in your at risk of missing a great 261 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 1: home experience and a potential biggest win of the season 262 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: against an undefeated the loan undefeated left in the NFL, 263 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: people are less appt to sell their tickets to that matchup. 264 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: So look, it's you know you can't I guess what 265 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: you're What I'm saying is you can't complain about any 266 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: action or behavior from the home fans when you've lost 267 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: the most home games in a row since the late 268 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: fifties period. You've lost all right inability to put anything 269 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: on the fans at this point, when you haven't delivered 270 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: on your end with the home experience, give them talking 271 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: about the fans something to want to be at State 272 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: Farm Stadium, them a product to cheer four and at home. 273 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: That has not been the case, and once again was 274 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: not on Sunday. You lose twenty to seventeen, and as 275 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: bad as things looked at the end, I'm gonna keep 276 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: going back to it. It's how these games have started. Okay. 277 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: Calvci Consulting has a theory. Since there are no answers 278 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: in the absence of answers in this vacuum, this black 279 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: hole of answers as to what plagues the Cardinals in 280 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: the first quarter. Here's what I would do. If you're 281 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: seeking a better, improved, much enhanced start, then I would 282 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: change the starters. In basketball, what does the coach do 283 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: if all of a sudden he doesn't like the effort 284 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: right out of the gates, he goes, Okay, I guess what, 285 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: I'm pulling five guys off the bench, get in there. 286 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: I'm changing out the entire starting lineup for the sake 287 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: of change to send a message to his starting five. 288 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 1: You're limited to some degree in the NFL with your 289 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: depth in your depth chart, I get it. I would 290 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: start different players to begin a game if we're not 291 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: getting the results with starting receives, starting running backs, starting 292 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: tight ends. I get it. You really only have one 293 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: franchise left tackle. You know you're limited there, and you've 294 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: got to protect your quarterback. Heck, do you come out 295 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 1: with some sort of crazy wildcat running quarterback package, facing 296 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: trade and featuring Trace McSorley to start the game, just 297 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: to send a message that, you know what, it's unacceptably 298 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: because there is one way and one way only to 299 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: truly motivate in professional sports, and that is job security. 300 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: And so honestly, at this point, considering this is going 301 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: to be the third straight week that you're the only 302 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: team in the NFL without a point in the first quarter, 303 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: unacceptable and there is nothing, nothing that is going too 304 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: far I think in the Isaacliff, Kingsbury and the coaches 305 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 1: in terms of addressing this problem that is still unresolved. 306 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 1: Solid idea. I just disagree it's possible, feasible, or would 307 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: ever happen doable in the National Football League. One again, 308 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: you're not changing your quarterback and running back. He might 309 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: not have a choice but play, you know, Benjamin because 310 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: right now he's your only healthy one outside of Keyanta Ingram. 311 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 1: That's a problem. Wide receiver, Yeah, you're limited it as 312 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,159 Speaker 1: far as how many you actually have dress tight end, 313 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 1: same thing, and offensive lines, same thing. But to your 314 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: point though, what do you do when you're in basketball, baseball, hockey, Yeah, 315 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: you make changes. National Football League you don't see it 316 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 1: a lot. I would say it's the exception rather than norm. 317 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: But I love where you're going your idea, the execution 318 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: have said idea, I just I don't well agree. I'm 319 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: only again, I'm only to consider any at all. I 320 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,439 Speaker 1: just don't know, like well, I can't think of everything, 321 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 1: you know, you guys, I'll let the other people implement 322 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: the details. I'm just the big picture concept guy over 323 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 1: here at CALVISI Consulting. You know, when you give me 324 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: a corner office and a salaried match, then I'll go 325 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: ahead and I'll map all of it out. Until then, 326 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:58,360 Speaker 1: you guys, do something and figure it out on your end, 327 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 1: because it is it's frustrating. Look, it's frustrating, and look 328 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,719 Speaker 1: that's sort of my gallows humor as to but you know, 329 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: what do you do? If you're Cliff Kingsbury, you are 330 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 1: thoroughly sick of getting zero return on investment in the 331 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: first quarter. You're sick of the media questions, You're sick 332 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: of looking at the film, You're sick of staring at 333 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: the scoreboard. Was zero points up there during the entirety 334 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: of a first quarter. You're losing the battle of scripted 335 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:27,399 Speaker 1: plays off the start, which is, let's face, it doesn't 336 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: reflect well on anyone on offense. That's something that that 337 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 1: offensive coaches and players they pride themselves on. We work 338 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: all week on these first fifteen scripted plays, and we 339 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 1: expect them to hit. How often does the Sean mcveighor 340 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: Kyle Shannahan for example, and Andy Reid they hang their 341 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: hat on that opening drive. And the last time the 342 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 1: Cardinals had an opening touchdown on their first possession was 343 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:54,400 Speaker 1: Chicago Week thirteen. It's unacceptable. And so you know, at 344 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: this point you're willing to listen to virtually anything out there, 345 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,439 Speaker 1: and once again, if it means, you know, making a 346 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,959 Speaker 1: few changes for the sake of change, I'm not against it, 347 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: just to send a message. At this point, you look 348 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: at the three possessions in the first quarter. Opening possession, 349 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 1: first two plays you get a first down and then 350 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 1: there's the swing pass to Rondel Moore that loses two yards. 351 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: You end up hunting. Second possession, first play, deep shot, 352 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 1: Love the deep shot. Even in double coverage, you can't 353 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: underthrow Hollywood Brown that is on the quarterback. Third possession 354 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: starts off well, James Connor converts a third and six, 355 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,160 Speaker 1: and then there's the end a round to Rondel Moore. 356 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 1: You lose five yards and all of a sudden you're 357 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: playing from behind the sticks. Little things like that, but 358 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 1: that deep shot and you brought it up earlier here 359 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: on Cardinals Cover two presented by Hunday. Proud partner of 360 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. Kyler Murray historically last two years, maybe 361 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 1: even three years, has been, if not at the top, 362 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: near the top as far as completing those deep shots. 363 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: He is missing far too many receivers here through the 364 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: first five weeks. I looked it up, Paul. His completion 365 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 1: percentage overall ranks fourteenth in the National Football League, and 366 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:13,159 Speaker 1: his overall mark of sixty five point six is his 367 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 1: worst since his rookie season. Wow, he is missing open receivers. 368 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 1: I e. Zach Ertz on the final two minutes. He's 369 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: missing receivers that he has good chemistry with. I E. 370 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 1: Hollywood Brown. He's off and I don't know what it is. 371 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:34,959 Speaker 1: But overall his passing numbers are horrendous. He ranks thirty 372 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: first in yards per pass attempt thirtieth and average length 373 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: of pass thirty first, in average length of pass completion 374 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: and overall the passing offense and yards per play dead 375 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:51,639 Speaker 1: last five point four yards. Now that not all on 376 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:57,120 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, all offensive players, but to me, those numbers 377 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: are stunning. They truly are even in the absence of 378 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,200 Speaker 1: d Hop. You know, is d Hop that crippling to 379 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: this offense? Well, his absence was much of last year 380 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:08,680 Speaker 1: when he wasn't on the field. We saw the results 381 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 1: of that, and there wasn't much to like, you know, 382 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: is this offense just waiting for his return? Are they 383 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,400 Speaker 1: refusing to take things into their own hands? Have they 384 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:22,680 Speaker 1: not adapted enough? Because honestly, my other theory as to 385 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 1: try and spark some sort of start and production out 386 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: of the game and actually get something on the scoreboard, 387 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: would just be come out and break every single tendency, 388 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 1: didn't Drew stan on a recent edition of Red Sea Report. 389 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: Didn't he talk about what does Sean McVeigh do better 390 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: than anyone? He breaks tendencies? Self scout, I'd come out 391 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 1: in three tight ends just to break every tendency. I'd 392 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: come out and and employ a totally different run game, 393 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: whatever it is. I'd come out and put Kyler under 394 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:57,160 Speaker 1: center and throw it to different receivers in different formations, 395 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,679 Speaker 1: with different personnel groups, different route combination and stuff that 396 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 1: you've never put on film before. I would just break 397 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 1: tendencies at this point for the sake of change and 398 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: to show the defense something different, to make sure the 399 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 1: defense doesn't have a read on the Cardinals offense, to 400 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,679 Speaker 1: make sure that the Cardinals offense has not become predictable 401 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 1: out of the gate, especially on the horizontal game, whether 402 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,239 Speaker 1: it's Rondel Moore or anyone else. Now, Rondel Moore did 403 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,359 Speaker 1: hit on third and seventeen and he got seventeen, and 404 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 1: that was great, but that is far from the norm. 405 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 1: That truly was an anomaly and an exception to what 406 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 1: we have seen. And it's rough. Not only are those 407 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,400 Speaker 1: plays not hitting, they're costing yards and putting you behind 408 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: the sticks. And we know how detrimental that is to 409 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: a drive if you get behind the chains and so 410 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: and get off schedule. So with all that in mind, honestly, 411 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: I think, even though it's not a bye week, I 412 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 1: would take a lot of time if from the Arizona Cardinals. 413 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 1: You know the Seahawks pretty well, even with Gino, I 414 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: don't think you need a whole bunch of time to 415 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,920 Speaker 1: game plan for the Seahawks, necessarily as a division opponent, 416 00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: and Pete Carroll, what I would do is self scout 417 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 1: your own system and try and break any and all 418 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 1: tendencies that you've established so far, drop some different plays, 419 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: some brand new plays or plays. Perhaps you're saving four 420 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 1: later this season, plays that you haven't run since year 421 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,360 Speaker 1: one in this system, or going back to Kingsbury's days 422 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 1: at Texas Tech. Two backs in the backfield, three backs 423 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: in the backfield, three tight ends, anything Kyler under center, 424 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: which would certainly make Ron Wilfley happy. But yeah, at 425 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 1: this point, and Cliff was asked postgame as far as 426 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 1: the slow starts quote, I don't have an answer. That 427 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: means you're still searching. And at this point, if you're 428 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: still searching, then it's basically rip up everything you have 429 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,159 Speaker 1: metaphorically speaking, and start from scratch. Yeah, And in the 430 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,439 Speaker 1: absence of answers, it's media guys like the two of 431 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 1: us who try and provide an answer. Everyone's in search 432 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 1: of what exactly is ailing and ill in this offense, 433 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: especially out of the gates. I can't tell how many 434 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: times we've done his TV show and he's talked about 435 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: and we've done the play of the game or a 436 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 1: certain play and he'll mark it up right with the 437 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: old cowboy clicker, the coaches clicker, and he'll say, yeah, 438 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: I got this off. Liberty game film. Hugh Freeze like, 439 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: what I mean, you know, I stole this from the Colts. 440 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,119 Speaker 1: I stole this from the Ravens. He's watching anything and 441 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: everything he can, and so you know I would. And 442 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: that's the way it works in the NFL. Other teams 443 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:24,680 Speaker 1: steal from Cliff Kingsbury. Once again, I would come up 444 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: with the whole new chapter and section of the playbook 445 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 1: that maybe you were saving for a particular opponent in 446 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,640 Speaker 1: Week ten or something like that. No, the time is now, 447 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:37,400 Speaker 1: the urgency is such that I would come out with something. Heck, 448 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: let Cole McCoy call it off the top. I don't know. 449 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: I mean, just change it up and do something a 450 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 1: little different. What is working for this team through five weeks? 451 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: As we need to talk about this defense because for 452 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: the fourth straight game, they took away the other team's 453 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: best option. In this case, it was A J. Brown 454 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 1: had three catches on that first drive, Paul, he finished 455 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:04,439 Speaker 1: with three catches in the entire game. That's remarkable. Miles 456 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:08,439 Speaker 1: Sanders held to a fifty eight rushing yard, second lowest 457 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,400 Speaker 1: total of the season. Dallas Goddard did have a good game, 458 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,120 Speaker 1: but he was held without a touchdown. Jalen Hurts beat 459 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:19,679 Speaker 1: this team almost single handedly with his arm and his legs. 460 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 1: Fifteen carries, seven of those Paul were quarterback sneaks. I 461 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: went back and looked on third and fourth and short 462 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,159 Speaker 1: seven times, whether it was from the sideline or his 463 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: own call, he went up the middle and got that 464 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 1: extra push to move the sticks or twice to score touchdowns. 465 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: Can't take away everyone if your banched, Joseph, But basically 466 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:46,399 Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts was playing one on eleven and beating the 467 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,639 Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. You know, speaking of stealing right in pilfering, 468 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: I would definitely take that whole Eagles approach where it's 469 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 1: third and one, fourth and one, especially at the goal one. 470 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 1: We're gonna break the huddle right away, and we're gonna 471 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:58,240 Speaker 1: get up to their line and we're gonna snap it 472 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: right away and boom, you're not even setting there we go. 473 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,880 Speaker 1: I'm following Jason Kelsey into the end zone. How many 474 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: times did Jail and Hurts do that? They broke the 475 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:09,439 Speaker 1: huddle in an ultra hurry and caught the Cardinals before 476 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 1: they're able to line up, before they're able to maybe 477 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 1: get traction and get down in a four point stance 478 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 1: and come off and boom, jail and Hurts with a 479 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 1: six hundred pounds squat just bowls it in and there's 480 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,919 Speaker 1: the running back or two behind him shoving them in 481 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: with a bush push. I like that. It's really effective. 482 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,640 Speaker 1: None of this. It's third one, fourth one, and we're 483 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 1: in the gun and we're are automatically surrendering four yards 484 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 1: before we even get ahead of steam. Instead, it's just 485 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:39,120 Speaker 1: the opposite. We're inches away. Guess what we're gonna We're 486 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 1: gonna get an advantage just by coming out quick where 487 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: you don't have time to assess and maybe gather your 488 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 1: thoughts and or your plan and or your get off. 489 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: And that's all we need to get six inches to 490 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 1: a yard somewhere in between. Very effective and honestly, I've 491 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,159 Speaker 1: talked to a player after the game about it, and 492 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 1: here's the thing. Do we all ultimately definitively know that 493 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 1: Jale Hursts actually got the ball across the yard marker 494 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 1: or into the end zone broke the plane. It's such 495 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: a massive humanity. I think the officials are overmatched in 496 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 1: that situation. They can't really tell or discern when was 497 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 1: his knee down, where was the ball. So you're just 498 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: squirming ahead in the middle of the pile before the 499 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: officials can even get in there, and trying to discern 500 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: and determine where exactly is the football and where it 501 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,360 Speaker 1: should be spotted. So you might have been down two 502 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 1: seconds ago, too late. You've already just shot ahead, and 503 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:36,439 Speaker 1: the guys from behind continue to push you forward, and 504 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 1: all you have to be is either across the goal 505 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,679 Speaker 1: line or in first down territory. By the time the 506 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 1: officials come up and peel people off the pile, and 507 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: at that point you're there, it's already a first down 508 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 1: or a score. And where are you spotting the football? 509 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,359 Speaker 1: As they say, is it the left foot or the 510 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 1: right foot of the official when they put the ball 511 00:27:55,560 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: on the ground, Because it's impossible to get an angle televison, 512 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 1: no matter how many different cameras you have, when you 513 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:07,919 Speaker 1: have twenty two bodies all in one spot. And to 514 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 1: your point, yeah, it's it's impossible to figure out. I 515 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,679 Speaker 1: would steal that. I would honestly steal that, and I 516 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 1: would use that this week in Seattle, especially with the 517 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 1: crowd noise up there. And if it's third and one, 518 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: fourth and one, if you're at the goal line. Kyler's 519 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:26,639 Speaker 1: under center. He's very strong in his lower body. I 520 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: would put James Connor or a zach Ertz behind him 521 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: and just shove the quarterback in. I don't care if 522 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,919 Speaker 1: you're using him as a battering ram. Whatever. Here we go, 523 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 1: and you know he's not taking any ridiculous shots at 524 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 1: that point. And yeah, I think it's very effective. And 525 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: they were very successful. I mean, did they fail to 526 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 1: convert on any of those third and one, fourth and 527 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: one when Jalen Hurts was doing the quarterback sneak? I 528 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 1: think they were percent The only time they did there 529 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:55,040 Speaker 1: was a third and one in the first quarter and 530 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: it was Jalen Hurts rolling out and he slept and 531 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: Marco Wilson got credit the tackle for loss. But otherwise 532 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: third and fourth and short, it was straight ahead up 533 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: the middle. But yeah, and now Jalen Hurts a little 534 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: bit different of a quarterback than of Kyler Murray. But again, 535 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,240 Speaker 1: at this point, what do you need to do in 536 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: order to win ball games? And you can't keep asking 537 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: your defense to hold the opponent out of the end zone. 538 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: Once again in the second half, no touchdowns, and the 539 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 1: second half this team is only allowed one fourth quarter 540 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 1: touchdowns since Week one, two second half touchdowns since Week one. 541 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 1: Here's the problem though, when they needed to get the 542 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 1: Eagles off the field that final drive, they give up 543 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 1: a seventeen play drive that took nearly eight minutes off 544 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 1: the clock. So look, if there's one thing you can 545 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 1: do for this defense right now, look the football iq 546 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 1: I already cited that, you know, some of these young 547 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 1: guys are still trying to read and recognize and learn 548 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: the game, and they're doing it on the job, and 549 00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 1: there's gonna be some growing pains, and we've seen some 550 00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 1: of that, especially earlier. I thought the Eagles exploited that 551 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 1: with the screen game. Beyond that, they need to get 552 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 1: some more impact from their edge rushers. And when is 553 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 1: the trade deadline? By the way, is there anybody November? 554 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 1: First week in November? Is there anybody out there you know, 555 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 1: rent a rusher? Anyone? Can you dial one eight hundred, 556 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 1: rent a rusher and get someone off the edge to 557 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: get a little more production, because you're getting great playout 558 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: as Zach Allen and JJ Watt, and they've been very 559 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: effective getting into the backfield, getting into the quarterback, being 560 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 1: disruptive but at this point they're really your best bet 561 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,040 Speaker 1: for a pass rush, either that or an all out blitz, 562 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: which you are lowed to do against the jail and 563 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:41,120 Speaker 1: hurts with his mobility. So at this point I wonder, 564 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 1: because the Cardinals do have cap room, and if they're 565 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 1: not going to extend to Zach Allen a Byron Murphy 566 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:48,440 Speaker 1: right now, do you spend some of that money try 567 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: and make a deal even though a guy might be 568 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: a free agent at the end of the year. You 569 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: have plenty of low round draft picks next season. Is 570 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: there anybody off the edge from someone who's already been 571 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:00,440 Speaker 1: mathematically eliminated pretty much from the playoff chase they're willing 572 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 1: to make a deal. Six sacks this season one Dennis 573 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,280 Speaker 1: gardeck By an edge rusher, and then on Sunday we 574 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 1: saw basically the full compliments of edge rushers Marcus Golden 575 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 1: forty one snaps, Dennis Gardack twenty excuse me, Devon Knard twenty, 576 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:20,880 Speaker 1: Dennis Gardac sixteen, Victor d McCage sixteen, Cameron Thomas ten by. 577 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:25,400 Speaker 1: J Sanders made his Cardinals debut eight snaps on defense, 578 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:30,400 Speaker 1: So you had, outside of Jesse Luketta, your entire linebacker. 579 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 1: Outside linebackers play at least eight snaps in that ball game. 580 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 1: And yeah, Hurts is hard to bring down. He's very elusive, 581 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:42,000 Speaker 1: but you've got to be able to affect him from 582 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 1: the edge. And right now, all of that is coming 583 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,720 Speaker 1: from your defensive line. And guess what Geno Smith can run. 584 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:51,200 Speaker 1: Geno Smith is mobile enough to be a problem. He 585 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 1: is big enough, strong enough to be a problem. And 586 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:57,680 Speaker 1: so it's something that has to be has to be 587 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:01,400 Speaker 1: on the radar of the decision makers. Obviously, they've flooded 588 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 1: the room with bodies and numbers. There's like twenty dudes 589 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 1: in the outside linebacker room at this point, so they're 590 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,960 Speaker 1: just looking for anyone self official. But that's okay. Someone 591 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 1: to step up at this point and just win the job, 592 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,640 Speaker 1: make the decision for the decision makers. Just get out 593 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:18,680 Speaker 1: there and put it on film, because guess what there 594 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: is still there is still a job to be one 595 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,600 Speaker 1: at edge rusher if you can be productive. Other than that, 596 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,280 Speaker 1: as far as the defense, I think they've been playing 597 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 1: very very well against some quality competition. Isaiah Simmons a 598 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 1: game high thirteen tackles. He played the most he's played 599 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,320 Speaker 1: since Week one. As far as snap percentage, it was 600 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,959 Speaker 1: up to ninety two, last week was eighty three. Perhaps 601 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 1: he is heating the coach's words as far as practice 602 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:49,080 Speaker 1: better means you'll play on Sunday. And we brought up 603 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,920 Speaker 1: Zach Allen. He's having a great season and the timing 604 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,960 Speaker 1: couldn't be even better considering it as a contract year. 605 00:32:56,440 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: Byron Murphy playing well contract year for him as well. 606 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 1: But the defense is doing its job again. Looking from 607 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:09,360 Speaker 1: weeks two through five, this defense has been a top 608 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:15,800 Speaker 1: ten defense, and I wonder when you talk about complimentary football, 609 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:19,480 Speaker 1: how much not that they would be finger pointing or 610 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 1: jabs back and forth, but this defense the last three 611 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:26,840 Speaker 1: weeks has held their opponent to twenty points or fewer. 612 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:31,719 Speaker 1: Yet the Cardinals have only won one of those games, 613 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 1: and that was in Carolina. Yeah, and the highest paid 614 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:38,000 Speaker 1: player on this team is in charge of the offense, 615 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:42,440 Speaker 1: and so yeah, it can have the potential historically to 616 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 1: be divisive, There's no doubt about it. But I don't 617 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:47,960 Speaker 1: think the defense is at that point yet where it's 618 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,080 Speaker 1: that dominant, where it's that big a disparity. Yet they 619 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 1: did let the Eagles jump out to a fourteen nothing league, 620 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:57,440 Speaker 1: which is counterproductive for the offense and can at times 621 00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: get you out of what you want to run if 622 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:02,080 Speaker 1: you feel the urgency of being down two touchdowns. So 623 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:05,360 Speaker 1: we'll see, we'll see where this tracks. But look, the 624 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,120 Speaker 1: defense is done what the offense needs to do, get 625 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 1: better adjust during the course of a game. Yeah, the 626 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:16,000 Speaker 1: Cardinals have been winning the battle of halftime adjustments, especially defensively. 627 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 1: There's no question about that. Whatever they did against AJ Brown, 628 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 1: and we got to ask Cliff Kingsbury about that, I 629 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:24,719 Speaker 1: failed asset after the game. He got one target after 630 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,320 Speaker 1: those three catches on the first drive, so that was 631 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 1: really well done. I don't know if all of a sudden, 632 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,000 Speaker 1: did they assign a Byron Murphy junor just to travel 633 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:34,799 Speaker 1: with an A J. Brown, because I did see Marco 634 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,759 Speaker 1: Wilson against DeVante Smith quite a bit, and DeVante they 635 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 1: were targeting Davante Smith against Marco Wilson and or just 636 00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:43,279 Speaker 1: targeting Marco Wilson earlier in that game. But I'm looking 637 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:45,200 Speaker 1: at some of the defensive numbers for the first time, 638 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,360 Speaker 1: and Zach Allen with eight tackles once again as a 639 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:51,440 Speaker 1: defensive lineman, guy who plays over them over the center 640 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,640 Speaker 1: quite a bit. That's remarkable production. He had the sack, 641 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,640 Speaker 1: he had two tackles, philosity, he had two quarterback hits, 642 00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:59,759 Speaker 1: he had a pass defenced, and where he did the 643 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:03,200 Speaker 1: all de kembe Matumbo NOI and wagged the finger after 644 00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:05,520 Speaker 1: he had the batted pass. You know, someone tweeted in 645 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:07,600 Speaker 1: after the big Red rage that why aren't we calling 646 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:11,759 Speaker 1: Zach Allen sack Allen? And uh I brought that up 647 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:13,879 Speaker 1: in the pregame. Bertrand Barry, by the way, really good 648 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,080 Speaker 1: at b tram Pack on the broadcast. B Train's like, 649 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,359 Speaker 1: oh okay, now as a guy went to a Pro 650 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,160 Speaker 1: Bowl and had a fourteen a half a sax season, Like, 651 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:24,000 Speaker 1: let's Paully pump your brakes a little bit over there 652 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:26,919 Speaker 1: on the on the sack Allen. But hey, that's the goal. 653 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:29,320 Speaker 1: That's the goal for him, not only to get a contract, 654 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:32,120 Speaker 1: get this Cardinals team into the playoffs, but maybe by 655 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:34,960 Speaker 1: the end of the year you earn the nickname sack Allen. 656 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:40,080 Speaker 1: Paully Pigskin with the consulting advice here on Cardinals Cover 657 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:42,840 Speaker 1: two at the starts at the end. So yeah, I 658 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:44,600 Speaker 1: don't know if Zach Allen's gonna be blowing up your 659 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:49,759 Speaker 1: phone as far as trying to market Zach Allen, but hey, 660 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,360 Speaker 1: I mean I've heard worse ideas. I mean, you know 661 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:54,360 Speaker 1: a lot of players they have their contract agent and 662 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:57,320 Speaker 1: then they have a marketing agent. So you know, Sack, 663 00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:01,160 Speaker 1: give me a call. I'll say this he has talking 664 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:05,080 Speaker 1: about Zach Allen. He has played very, very well. But 665 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,200 Speaker 1: again it's to me, it's it's it's all offense. The 666 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:11,960 Speaker 1: defense has made tremendous strides, and it's all young players. 667 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:14,239 Speaker 1: Cardinal fans don't like to hear it as far as 668 00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:19,600 Speaker 1: the draft, but you're talking about your Isaiah Simmons, Zaven Collins, 669 00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:24,680 Speaker 1: Zach Allen, Buddha Baker, Jalen Thompson, all those are all 670 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:29,560 Speaker 1: draft picks. Yep they are. And so you know, the 671 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:33,080 Speaker 1: defense once again, like you said, is definitely a playoff 672 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:37,520 Speaker 1: caliber defense. What happens to this offense in Seattle? Um, 673 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:41,920 Speaker 1: what happens when DeAndre Hopkins comes back? Okay, you know, honestly, 674 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,839 Speaker 1: you can't render a final judgment or verdict on the 675 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,799 Speaker 1: offense until d hop comes back. What's it gonna look 676 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,280 Speaker 1: like when all of a sudden, you presume he's getting 677 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,560 Speaker 1: the double coverage or bracket help over the top that 678 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,319 Speaker 1: he's always garnered. And then how does that trickle down 679 00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:58,719 Speaker 1: to a Hollywood Brown. Yes, Marquis so, Hollywood Brown has 680 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:02,720 Speaker 1: delivered so far, He's definitely been worth the asset trading 681 00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,960 Speaker 1: away pick number twenty three in the first round. Just 682 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:07,160 Speaker 1: look what he's able to do. What is the upside? 683 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:09,920 Speaker 1: What is the potential? Then would hop out on that 684 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:14,759 Speaker 1: field as well? And so but once again, I do 685 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:18,759 Speaker 1: those numbers on Kyler and the completion percentage, what does 686 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,560 Speaker 1: that say and do is how much that contributed to 687 00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:25,319 Speaker 1: his frustration after the game, not meeting the media for 688 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:29,839 Speaker 1: an hour, coming out to the podium in full uniform. Yeah, 689 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:34,600 Speaker 1: there's obvious palpable frustration, not only from the quarterback, from 690 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,320 Speaker 1: that locker room. You know, I was down there agree 691 00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:39,200 Speaker 1: after the game, and I give props to be you know, 692 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,080 Speaker 1: Benjamin and Jalen Thompson for being the stand up guys 693 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:45,640 Speaker 1: and coming and doing the postgame radio interview. But emotions 694 00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:48,680 Speaker 1: were raw in that locker room after the game. And 695 00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:50,759 Speaker 1: if you're just asking me to put my finger to 696 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,600 Speaker 1: the wind, having done this for almost two decades, that's 697 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:55,560 Speaker 1: good because you can lose a game and there can 698 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:57,560 Speaker 1: be apathy, or you can lose a game and there 699 00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:00,520 Speaker 1: can be anger. And I saw a lot of visible 700 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:04,960 Speaker 1: this role anger from the Cardinals after that loss. For 701 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,439 Speaker 1: a multitude of reasons. I think Kyler doesn't like losing 702 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,440 Speaker 1: Oklahoma quarterbacks. He takes pride in that four old record 703 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:13,520 Speaker 1: he had coming into the game against former Oklahoma quarterbacks. 704 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:15,880 Speaker 1: He brought it up himself during his press conference, So 705 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,600 Speaker 1: I think that's one reason he was salty. He missed 706 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,640 Speaker 1: some passes, his completion percentage isn't what it used to be. 707 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,200 Speaker 1: And then at the very end of the game, you know, 708 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:28,800 Speaker 1: whether it was whatever was going on at obviously wasn't 709 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,319 Speaker 1: the execution they wanted that. They practice a lot. You know, 710 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,160 Speaker 1: you're out there at practice, they're always going through the 711 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,680 Speaker 1: two minute roll, those end of game situations, and so 712 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,200 Speaker 1: you know, you strive to be flawless, and that was 713 00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:43,200 Speaker 1: anything but. And so for all that and more, guys 714 00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,440 Speaker 1: were visibly angry. This is no more of this. September 715 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,560 Speaker 1: is the new August. There's no more easing into this. 716 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:54,319 Speaker 1: And maybe, just maybe that was just yet another wake 717 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:57,640 Speaker 1: up call of sorts where these guys realize that you 718 00:38:57,640 --> 00:38:59,040 Speaker 1: know what, some of that anger. We got to come 719 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:01,960 Speaker 1: out of the gates with that kind of intensity effective 720 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:05,360 Speaker 1: immediately since urgency from the start. Yeah, not waiting around. 721 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,000 Speaker 1: And I think this team is close or tired of 722 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:11,080 Speaker 1: being close. They were close to beating the Eagles, they 723 00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:14,719 Speaker 1: were close to beating the Rams. This team needs a 724 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:18,160 Speaker 1: win and perhaps it's coming this week in Seattle. Hey, 725 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:21,240 Speaker 1: there have been a few norms in the NFC West 726 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:23,640 Speaker 1: and it goes something like this. The Rams always beat 727 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:27,760 Speaker 1: the Cardinals. The Niners always beat the Rams. The Cardinals 728 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,800 Speaker 1: always win in Seattle, Seattle always wins in the A 729 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:34,160 Speaker 1: Z and then Seattle has had the Niners number. It's 730 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:37,800 Speaker 1: this whole cyclical, you know, force that goes in between 731 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:41,200 Speaker 1: all these members of the NFC West neighborhood as everyone 732 00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 1: looks over the block wall into the other guy's backyard. 733 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:45,600 Speaker 1: But there has been one norm that the Cardinals go 734 00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:48,800 Speaker 1: up to Seattle. They feed off the energy, the hatred 735 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,799 Speaker 1: from the twelves, all the noise. You literally can be 736 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:54,400 Speaker 1: standing shoulder to shoulders screaming at each other and you 737 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:57,879 Speaker 1: can't hear. You can't. It's by far the loudest road 738 00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,480 Speaker 1: venue in the league. Don't give me Kansas City or 739 00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:03,280 Speaker 1: anything other. No, it is Seattle. Now, whether it's enhanced 740 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:07,760 Speaker 1: or not really sure about. I'll leave someone else because 741 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:09,640 Speaker 1: it is an outdoor venue and it's hard to believe 742 00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:13,640 Speaker 1: that the decibel level could be that high naturally. Anyway, 743 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,399 Speaker 1: For whatever reason, the Cardinals can mark down a win 744 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:18,960 Speaker 1: not only in Seattle, but they've won six of eight 745 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,239 Speaker 1: at Levi's as well in Santa Clara. So there's just 746 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:25,520 Speaker 1: those weird sort of trends. And if you get to 747 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:28,200 Speaker 1: three and three and here comes d Hop and you 748 00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:30,719 Speaker 1: know what, that's sort of where everyone figured they were 749 00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:32,759 Speaker 1: going to be from the get go. But if you're 750 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:36,520 Speaker 1: losing your two and four now, that is a dire 751 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:38,720 Speaker 1: I don't care. If you're only still in week seven, 752 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:40,960 Speaker 1: that is a dire circumstance that you're gonna have to 753 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,960 Speaker 1: work hard to get out of. You're already lost to Philadelphia. 754 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,759 Speaker 1: So if you're thinking about any potential playoff matchup, guess 755 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:50,239 Speaker 1: what You're going to the East Coast. Yeah, in January 756 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,239 Speaker 1: at this point, that was something BA always used to 757 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:54,520 Speaker 1: talk about. They had that early season lost against the 758 00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:57,200 Speaker 1: Packers and you know, or it was against New England 759 00:40:57,239 --> 00:40:59,040 Speaker 1: out of the gates they lost in right away would 760 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,200 Speaker 1: be a say, after week on, well, now you're going 761 00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:03,759 Speaker 1: to Lambeau in January. So these are the kind of things. 762 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,360 Speaker 1: These are sort of losses that can now only impact you, 763 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,680 Speaker 1: obviously in the playoff position from the get go bad 764 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:12,400 Speaker 1: in where a playoff game potentially could be played. All 765 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:15,640 Speaker 1: is not lost, but it has not looked all that 766 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:20,279 Speaker 1: great in these first five games from the offensive perspective. Defense, though, 767 00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:24,279 Speaker 1: has held its side of the ball. And on that note, 768 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,719 Speaker 1: we will put a lid on this edition of Cardinals 769 00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:29,920 Speaker 1: Cover two presented by Hunday, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. 770 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:33,200 Speaker 1: As always, special thanks to our executive producer Jim Mama 771 00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:36,160 Speaker 1: hundred for Paul Calvisi, Craig rail Loup. We'll talk to 772 00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:38,359 Speaker 1: you next time here on Cardinals Cover two.