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Speaker 1: Walcome Bird Gang on today's show a little Rookie review.

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Speaker 1: The three day Rookie Minicamp is over. So who impressed?

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Speaker 1: What did we see? What did we hear? You know,

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Speaker 1: Mike Jarecki always has his ear to the ground. Plus

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Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury on the DeAndre Hopkins suspension and just release schedule.

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Speaker 1: But first help on the defensive line. It's Cardinals Cover two,

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Speaker 1: episode five sixty six, and it starts now. Welcome to

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

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Speaker 1: catch in a Touchdown DeAndre Hopkins. Here's Craig Griolou and

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Speaker 1: Mike Jarecki. So we've been talking about this, saying you

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Speaker 1: more so than me, MJ. A need for some veteran

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Speaker 1: someone is listening to you, MJ. Maybe several people are

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Speaker 1: listening because we have a roster move along that defensive

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Speaker 1: line and specifically defensive tackle Kingsley Kiki signed away one

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Speaker 1: year contract sixty three two eighty eight love his age

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Speaker 1: twenty five form or fifth round draft pick, spent the

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Speaker 1: past three seasons with the Packers. So he comes in

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Speaker 1: and gets added to the defensive line room. You've got

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Speaker 1: ten players in that room, less than five really are

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Speaker 1: with Kiki. Yeah, and I just thought, you know, I know,

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Speaker 1: we look at outside pass rusher, and you know, I

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Speaker 1: I think we need to wait until after the OTA's

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Speaker 1: of reset things. But you know, overall, it's to me,

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Speaker 1: I think they believe in their outside linebacker because somebody

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Speaker 1: is not going to make the roster. Considering you invested

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Speaker 1: three maybe one sides of a practice squad, so I

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Speaker 1: did it was important to bring in and again two

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Speaker 1: hundred eighty eight pounds, not your three hundred pound guy,

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Speaker 1: but you still have Shired Lawrence and Lucky Foe two.

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Speaker 1: And then they brought in some undrafted free agents. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Manny Jones is the one that is listed as a

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Speaker 1: defensive tackle. I do want to touch on him in

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Speaker 1: a moment. But Kiki six and a half sacks in

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Speaker 1: season in which the Cardinals pounced on and it didn't

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Speaker 1: work out here in Arizona. But you always talk about

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Speaker 1: flood the position. You don't know. You hope that this

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Speaker 1: always been availability though with them versus their ability to

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Speaker 1: handle football. But Lawrence Foe to Key Key, maybe this

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Speaker 1: Manny Jones. So that's four. And the ability of a J. J.

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Speaker 1: Watt to slide inside or just be very versa two

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Speaker 1: along with Cameron Thomas. Put your hand into the dirt,

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Speaker 1: whether as a defensive end or go into the middle.

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Speaker 1: Slide in the middle as he did because San Diego

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Speaker 1: State needed some help, and he said, you know what,

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Speaker 1: I'll raise my hand and do what's best for the team.

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Speaker 1: Considering that you know, obviously those guys are judged on

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Speaker 1: you know, don't focus on Dogby a little bit. I

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Speaker 1: like his size. You know, again, when you talk about

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Speaker 1: we brought up Manny Jones a couple of different times here,

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Speaker 1: so let's get into the just completed rookie Minicamp. Watched

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Speaker 1: and you got like, okay, well that's one thing he's

427
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Speaker 1: got going for him. Now we'll just see if you

428
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Speaker 1: can rush the quarterback like the Chandler jumps. I mean

429
00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,480
Speaker 1: maybe it's just you know, music is very distinguishing. It's

430
00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:41,600
Speaker 1: good for their heart. He listened to something and it

431
00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,320
Speaker 1: kind of gets you pumped up. You can recall maybe

432
00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:46,600
Speaker 1: when you first heard that song. So I'm all for

433
00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,800
Speaker 1: it versus a guy just you know, walking to each

434
00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,760
Speaker 1: drill and that will not happen in this workout. And

435
00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:56,680
Speaker 1: you're looking at different position drills with outside linebackers. Coach

436
00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:01,560
Speaker 1: Charlie Bullen Sanders plus Jesse Looketta, we're working with outside linebackers.

437
00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,200
Speaker 1: Looketta again, one of those tweeterers, if you will, but

438
00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,520
Speaker 1: is going to be starting as an outside linebacker, wearing

439
00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,840
Speaker 1: for number forty three, and all of a sudden, forty

440
00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,280
Speaker 1: three like, oh, Hassan Reddick. Well that's now, all of

441
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,040
Speaker 1: a sudden, you got to reprogram your mind a little

442
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,040
Speaker 1: bit with these new numbers. But you're looking he's six three,

443
00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:20,480
Speaker 1: two fifty three, so and that's and he mentioned Hassan Reddick.

444
00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:23,920
Speaker 1: As far as different players that they watch at their

445
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:31,679
Speaker 1: certain positions. So Sanders Looketta Thomas all three, and Kingsbury

446
00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:35,800
Speaker 1: asked about those three as far as you know outside Rusher,

447
00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:39,200
Speaker 1: outside of Marcus Golden, what are you gonna do? Kingsbury quote,

448
00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,520
Speaker 1: It's impossible to replace a Hall of Fame rusher like Chandler.

449
00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,200
Speaker 1: We know that, but as a unit and schematically, we've

450
00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:47,600
Speaker 1: got to be able to find that production somehow, and

451
00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:51,080
Speaker 1: I think those guys will all add to it end quote.

452
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:55,159
Speaker 1: And it's that schematically part up to Vance Joseph and

453
00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,359
Speaker 1: his coaching staff to scheme it up. I think it

454
00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:00,720
Speaker 1: puts a lot on the plates of coach Joseph, not

455
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,119
Speaker 1: that he can't do it, but you certainly would like

456
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,440
Speaker 1: to see a little bit more, at least from my end,

457
00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:09,720
Speaker 1: because you always go back. It's coaching from Monday to Saturday,

458
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,160
Speaker 1: and then on Sunday. It's up to the players. Sorry,

459
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,159
Speaker 1: Vance Joseph's not on the football field, so who you

460
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,480
Speaker 1: can scheme it up all you want, and maybe you

461
00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:20,400
Speaker 1: can for a couple of games or half a season. Yes,

462
00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:22,960
Speaker 1: they did it when Chandler Jones was hurting twenty twenty,

463
00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:28,600
Speaker 1: but roster was much different than compared to Now, Yeah,

464
00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:32,000
Speaker 1: I understand that coaching in bertrand Berry has always been

465
00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,359
Speaker 1: a big fan of that. But but if you know,

466
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:36,560
Speaker 1: if Vans is calling the game on the sidelines, and

467
00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:38,760
Speaker 1: you know what you worked on during the week, if

468
00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,080
Speaker 1: you feel like that's your strength, and I'm sure in

469
00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,240
Speaker 1: the perfect scenario, Craig he would love to play man

470
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,600
Speaker 1: and man pressed across the board. Now it's a matter

471
00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,680
Speaker 1: of dow you have two or three corners that can

472
00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,640
Speaker 1: cover and you know, physicality when I'm really looking forward

473
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,280
Speaker 1: to seeing Jeff Gladney and you know, more development in

474
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:59,440
Speaker 1: Marco Wilson and Byron Murphy. You got Antonio Hamilton here,

475
00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:03,240
Speaker 1: We got a chance to talk to the young cornerback.

476
00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,359
Speaker 1: He's tall, Christian Matthew. Christian Matthews. I mean, I like

477
00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,680
Speaker 1: the fact, yes he's twenty five years old, but there's

478
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,680
Speaker 1: a maturity factor to him and to me, he could

479
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,600
Speaker 1: be another guy that plays on special teams. We'll see

480
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:19,200
Speaker 1: what happens with Robert Alford. But you know, ideally stopping

481
00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,120
Speaker 1: the run and being in a play man and man

482
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,040
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden you can start scheming

483
00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:25,240
Speaker 1: up bringing more than they can block. And I think

484
00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,520
Speaker 1: that's where Vance really has earned his keep. Matthew a

485
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:32,359
Speaker 1: seventh round selection, one of those question marks, if you will,

486
00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,800
Speaker 1: and discussed on Friday after her that first practice on

487
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,200
Speaker 1: just how close he was to walk in away from

488
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,200
Speaker 1: the game of football. He had been bounced around Georgia

489
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:46,560
Speaker 1: Southern Sandford Valdosta State loses season because of COVID nineteen

490
00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:50,960
Speaker 1: and had some serious discussions with his family, including his girlfriend,

491
00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,520
Speaker 1: as far as what do I do. Do I put

492
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:56,119
Speaker 1: football in the rear view mirror? Do I attempt to,

493
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:58,879
Speaker 1: you know, move my career in a different direction, And

494
00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,479
Speaker 1: he mentioned that he had I had a job offer

495
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:04,760
Speaker 1: as a store director at a local Walmart and it

496
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,399
Speaker 1: was a conversation and what he called a real candid

497
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,600
Speaker 1: conversation with his girlfriend. Hey give it one more shot,

498
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,840
Speaker 1: one more opportunity of this game of football and see

499
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,800
Speaker 1: what happens. And whendn't you know it? He gets drafted

500
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,240
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, Yes, he's twenty five, and

501
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:23,000
Speaker 1: he's older than Byron Murphy, and he's older than Marco Wilson.

502
00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:28,480
Speaker 1: Yet Kyla Murray, Yeah, and here he is. And according

503
00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:32,120
Speaker 1: to one member on the coaching staff, one not only

504
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,320
Speaker 1: does he look the part. But I was told he's

505
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:36,719
Speaker 1: got a chance now as a seventh round picks, had

506
00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,800
Speaker 1: a chance this season? Or is that hey practice squad

507
00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,960
Speaker 1: and we'll see if we can't get you on the

508
00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:45,560
Speaker 1: regular season roster later this year or next year. Well,

509
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,960
Speaker 1: I mean, let's you mentioned three different places that he played,

510
00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,280
Speaker 1: and because he ran out of eligibility, he had to

511
00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:57,800
Speaker 1: go to a smaller school most recent. But again, when

512
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Speaker 1: you're twenty four, twenty three, twenty four years old, you're

513
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,240
Speaker 1: still chasing that dream. And now you get to twenty

514
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,080
Speaker 1: five and you're thinking, if I get drafted. I mean,

515
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:09,480
Speaker 1: the fact that he got drafted again flood the position.

516
00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:11,960
Speaker 1: But I do definitely like his size, and you know

517
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,159
Speaker 1: that's it. Maybe when they they're talking about finding a

518
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,240
Speaker 1: diamond and the rough, that could be the guy even

519
00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,800
Speaker 1: though he was a late pick, but you can't. I

520
00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,440
Speaker 1: liked this maturity. He's been responsible for everything he's done

521
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,280
Speaker 1: in his life, and he was close and I'm glad

522
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,479
Speaker 1: he got drafted and he's got a chance here because

523
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,640
Speaker 1: you know, we get to week eight or week nine,

524
00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,240
Speaker 1: we may need to see him on the field based

525
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,560
Speaker 1: on who's healthy and who's up playing up the park.

526
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:40,800
Speaker 1: That phone call definitely changed my life. D Friday Darren

527
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,320
Speaker 1: Urban has a great story on easy cardinals dot com.

528
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:47,040
Speaker 1: Phenomenal story. In fact, Matthew retwitted it. Liked it. So

529
00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:52,760
Speaker 1: you you rote for players based off how they got here.

530
00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,200
Speaker 1: I wrote for stories and he's got a great story.

531
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,320
Speaker 1: And h one of these drafts. Oh yeah, they all

532
00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,160
Speaker 1: have a story. And in the more you learn about him,

533
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,879
Speaker 1: you're like your root for them. You want everyone to succeed,

534
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 1: and it's impossible for everyone to succeed, but they all

535
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,879
Speaker 1: have a background, and this Christian Matthew would be a

536
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:14,159
Speaker 1: phenomenal story. Not I mean comparing Kurt Warner with the

537
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,480
Speaker 1: you know, stocking grocery shells. Well, here was going to

538
00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:18,600
Speaker 1: be a store director at a Walmart and all of

539
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,119
Speaker 1: a sudden, you know what happens is his career in

540
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 1: the NFL to where he's working Sundays as opposed to

541
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,840
Speaker 1: work in a nine to five job. I mean, in

542
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:29,520
Speaker 1: an instant, that phone call has changed his life, even

543
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 1: if it is just for a small period of time. Well,

544
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,840
Speaker 1: I got a thing. You know. Listen, a lot of

545
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,159
Speaker 1: guys think they're gonna go a lot higher because you know,

546
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,560
Speaker 1: let me get on my soapbox real quick, because after,

547
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,240
Speaker 1: you know, the first couple months of the draft, we

548
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,320
Speaker 1: have forty five guys that are mocked to go in

549
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,360
Speaker 1: the first round, and then all of a sudden, their

550
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,080
Speaker 1: agents say, well, this team likes you in the second

551
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,480
Speaker 1: or third round. I got no issue with the guy

552
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,520
Speaker 1: coming in with a chip on his shoulder because they

553
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:55,600
Speaker 1: think they should have been drafted a lot higher. This

554
00:27:55,760 --> 00:28:00,080
Speaker 1: entire class, and maybe takeaway McBride because he didn't go

555
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 1: in the first round. We don't see a lot of

556
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,240
Speaker 1: running backs going in the first round. You know, tight

557
00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,199
Speaker 1: end obviously, teams feel like you can get him in

558
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,760
Speaker 1: the second or third round, but everyone else felt like

559
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:09,680
Speaker 1: they should have been drafted a lot higher. And I'm

560
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:13,400
Speaker 1: all four use that as motivation, you know, whether it's

561
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 1: playing angry or just accepting it and saying, I'm gonna

562
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 1: work on my next contract, but I'm gonna put the

563
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 1: work in now. So I like what all these guys said,

564
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:24,000
Speaker 1: and it's interesting just to follow their I mean, one

565
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 1: didn't want to have like nine siblings, Yes, that was Jesse,

566
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:32,480
Speaker 1: Looketta nine and really growing up with girls and sisters

567
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,600
Speaker 1: really became part of his life five sisters quote, I

568
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,680
Speaker 1: never really got to use the bathroom. That was a

569
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,640
Speaker 1: great life and that was yeah, a great line from

570
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:46,959
Speaker 1: the Penn States outside linebacker. You'll learn more about these

571
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:52,520
Speaker 1: kids again, I'll keep calling them kids. And Looketta from Canada.

572
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:56,000
Speaker 1: His mom emigrated from the Democratic Republic of Congo in

573
00:28:56,080 --> 00:29:00,280
Speaker 1: nineteen eighty. So here he is with an opportunity you

574
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 1: know that he might never have gotten. And now all

575
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,160
Speaker 1: of a sudden you sit there and you root for

576
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,760
Speaker 1: a success story like that. And he got a chance

577
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 1: to play at Penn State is a big time program.

578
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 1: And he was very, very good at Penn State. Honorable

579
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 1: all big ten, sixty one tackles, eight and a half

580
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 1: tackles for loss. And we talked about is what he

581
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,200
Speaker 1: was able to do at the Senior Bowl. Two sacks

582
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 1: at the Senior Bowl. And that stands out because I

583
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:29,480
Speaker 1: think the Senior Bowl is becoming more and more important

584
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:34,480
Speaker 1: to scout size because yeah, what you do within your

585
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:37,800
Speaker 1: own conference. Okay, what kind of conference are you playing in? Now,

586
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 1: let's bring everyone in. Now it's seniors. It's not under

587
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:44,000
Speaker 1: class unless you graduate. Yes, that's true. Good catch. Now

588
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:48,360
Speaker 1: bring everyone together and now you're going against better quality competition.

589
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:52,080
Speaker 1: I trade McBride going against the SEC and he sat

590
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,120
Speaker 1: there and told us I can play against these guys

591
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 1: where he played at a smaller school and probably didn't

592
00:29:56,320 --> 00:30:01,200
Speaker 1: get that opportunity. I think you refresh, remember how many

593
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,240
Speaker 1: Cardinal players were drafted from the Senior Bowl. If I

594
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,200
Speaker 1: remember it was, let's see a draft class of eights.

595
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,640
Speaker 1: I believe it was six of the eights were drafted

596
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,720
Speaker 1: who were at the Senior Bowl. Okay, and again we

597
00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,360
Speaker 1: talk about these joint practices here. You take guys out

598
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,200
Speaker 1: of different conferences, You get two coaching staffs, and all

599
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,040
Speaker 1: of a sudden, the scouts and coaches are standing on

600
00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:25,400
Speaker 1: the sideline. They can talk to you at night, and

601
00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 1: Jim Naggie does a great job, and everyone goes back

602
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 1: and watches the film of practice and then and usually

603
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 1: the teams will leave because they'll get the game film

604
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 1: of the Saturday game that they have. But I guarantee

605
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,080
Speaker 1: you when you're when you're putting your board together, besides

606
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 1: looking at you know Trey McBride playing in his conference,

607
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,080
Speaker 1: I'm going back to the Senior Bowl. How did he

608
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,200
Speaker 1: How did he fare against the guy that played in

609
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:51,120
Speaker 1: the Power five Conference. You know, physicality, speed, you know,

610
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,760
Speaker 1: just Is can he hold up? And Cordy McBride he

611
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:56,760
Speaker 1: felt like, you know, I can, I can roll with

612
00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,800
Speaker 1: the big guys. So that's impressive. But Senior Bowl, again,

613
00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 1: it all starts with the NFL PA game, that East

614
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 1: West Shrine game. But I'm telling you, and Jim Nagy

615
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,800
Speaker 1: has the great slogan, the draft starts at the Senior

616
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 1: Bowl and that's where it starts. And look at all

617
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:14,720
Speaker 1: the different quarterbacks they try to bring in there next year.

618
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:16,640
Speaker 1: It's gonna be fascinating because we're gonna see a lot

619
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:18,800
Speaker 1: of quarterbacks probably going to the top five or top eight.

620
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 1: Paul Marquis Hay's the Cardinals last selection, seventh round, number two,

621
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,920
Speaker 1: fifty seven overall. The guard out of Oklahoma. He was

622
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:29,680
Speaker 1: at the Senior Bowl. Actually got some work in at

623
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:33,080
Speaker 1: right guard, but he's a left guard, as is Lucida Smith. Now,

624
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,360
Speaker 1: I'll say this, the offensive line where we're positioned there

625
00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 1: kind of literally on the other end the practice field.

626
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,480
Speaker 1: So it was kind of hard. And when you're talking

627
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: about offensive lineman, I think it's tough to judge when

628
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 1: you're just wearing helmets and shorts. It's difficult when you're

629
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,400
Speaker 1: not going up against that you don't have that defensive

630
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 1: lineman or outside linebacker going up against you. So I

631
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 1: think the jury is still out, if you will, on

632
00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 1: Smith and Hey's outside of the fact that they both

633
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,600
Speaker 1: look very, very big in their uniform. Yeah, three fourteen

634
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 1: and three eighteen. And I think you know, Sean Cougler

635
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 1: and Brian nackin the assistant offensive line coach, I think

636
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 1: they want to cross truck these guys because you know

637
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson's you know, getting a little longer the tooth.

638
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,120
Speaker 1: He missed a couple of games last year. Now that

639
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Speaker 1: clearly he's one of their better linemen. Hopefully he plays

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Speaker 1: a couple more years, but you want to make sure

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Speaker 1: you have some depth behind Justin Pugh. And we'll see

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Speaker 1: what happens with Will Hernandez at right guard because you know,

643
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Speaker 1: at the end of the day, Kugler's going to play

644
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Speaker 1: the best five and you know you got you gotta

645
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Speaker 1: consider they're gonna dress eight on game day. Hopefully we'll

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Speaker 1: get more where Justin Murray is and Josh Josh Jones.

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Speaker 1: I think Jones, based on his size, should be more

648
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Speaker 1: of a tackle Justin Murray can play a lot of

649
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Speaker 1: different positions, and so we'll see. But they got to

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Speaker 1: come up with the top eight and hopefully one of

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Speaker 1: these two guys can be possibly active that you know,

652
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Speaker 1: they both played in different conferences, but I like their

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Speaker 1: size and they're gonna get coached up, and it's just

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Speaker 1: a matter how they can retain information and make sure

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Speaker 1: they don't make the mental areas during practice because coaches

656
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 1: got to trust you on game day. The last draft

657
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Speaker 1: pick want to touch on, and that is USC running

658
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Speaker 1: back Yante Ingram six feet two twenty one, that big,

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Speaker 1: physical back that Kingsbury discussed on Friday that could obviously

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Speaker 1: make the roster as a third or fourth running back

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Speaker 1: and then work your way up the depth chart depending

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Speaker 1: on how well you do want special teams. But in

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Speaker 1: the limited pound of time that I was paying attention

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Speaker 1: to him as far as just looking bigger and then

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Speaker 1: the ability to catch out of the backfield, which he

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Speaker 1: showed he could do in college. Yeah, they had a

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Speaker 1: couple of running backs that had actually flashed. I mean again,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if it was a tryout guy, but

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Speaker 1: they had another running back and you know, obviously you

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Speaker 1: know and Jonathan Warren are not here obviously, no James Conner,

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Speaker 1: Jaylen Samuel, so these guys get a chance. But I

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Speaker 1: think James Saxon does a great job when it comes

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Speaker 1: to you know, he's a left handed so he'll throw

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Speaker 1: the ball. Sometimes it comes out a little bit different,

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Speaker 1: but I would agree he looked apart and when they

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Speaker 1: put the pads on, I'm really curious to see how

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Speaker 1: he runs between the tackles and outside the tackles. Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Covered two presented by Hunday proud partner The Arrows on

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Speaker 1: a Cardinal. As we continue here on this Monday post,

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Speaker 1: Rookie Mini Camp. Yes, Kingsbury did address the media on Friday,

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Speaker 1: and you knew it was going to happen to MJ

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Speaker 1: and it was the third question asking in our area

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Speaker 1: of questions of follow ups. But we have not heard

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Speaker 1: from the head coach since the news of DeAndre Hopkins's suspension.

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Speaker 1: Kingsbury obviously asked a lot of different questions about it.

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Speaker 1: When did you know? He mentioned that that's more of

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Speaker 1: a Steve come question, the Cardinals general manager, but just

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Speaker 1: how this team deals with this loss, and we've discussed

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Speaker 1: it and there were no real answers from Kingsbury. And

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Speaker 1: I do think some of that is maybe some gamesmanship

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Speaker 1: keeping things under wraps, and the others just trying to

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Speaker 1: wait until you get these players on the field, ie

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Speaker 1: Marquis Brown, AJ Green, Rondel Moore, Zacharts. How do these

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Speaker 1: pieces fit together. It's one thing to draw it up

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Speaker 1: on a chalkboard or the whiteboard. It's another thing to

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Speaker 1: see it in action. So it does help. And Kingsbury

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Speaker 1: mentioned that Mark Keith Brown, Yeah, it will make up

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Speaker 1: for the loss. Now, how much do they make up

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Speaker 1: because you're not going to replaced hop No, But he's

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Speaker 1: probably the closest thing they have to on the roster

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Speaker 1: right now, and I'm just curious see where he's going

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Speaker 1: to line up. Obviously they know more than I do.

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Speaker 1: I mean, when it comes to play calling him, you know,

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Speaker 1: it's easy to be subjective or it's you know, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know I always say that, um I was saying,

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Speaker 1: I like to say that hindsight's unbeaten. Yes, after the fact.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, and without knowing anything, and we're going to

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Speaker 1: talk about this, I gotta think there's got to be

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Speaker 1: a plan to run, run the ball and try to

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Speaker 1: shorten the game a little bit. Hopefully your defense can

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Speaker 1: you know, carry their water because there's gonna be some

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Speaker 1: new faces out there, and then try to run some

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Speaker 1: twelve personnel. So yeah, you'd love to see him come

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Speaker 1: out and go four. Why But right now I think

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Speaker 1: that you got to just know what you have on

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Speaker 1: the roster. But I'm looking for Hollywood Brown to really

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Speaker 1: explode in those first six games, all right, Speaking running

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Speaker 1: the ball more, the question asked of Kingsbury, could we

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Speaker 1: see more James Conner or Eno Benjamin or Keyante Ingram,

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Speaker 1: whomever carrying the rock a little bit more early on

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Speaker 1: in the season. Kingsbury's response, quote, we got to be

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Speaker 1: better at it, meaning running the ball without Hopkins, and

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Speaker 1: then added this teams that made a run last season,

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Speaker 1: quote they were able to still sustain the run end quote.

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Speaker 1: Now I went back and looked, because now this is

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Speaker 1: not a deep dive like the coaching staff has done.

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Speaker 1: But in the seven games Hopkins missed, the Cardinals averaged

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Speaker 1: four point two yards attempt that was their season average.

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Speaker 1: Now they averaged four point two yards attempt or less

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Speaker 1: five times in those seven games, So maybe it's more

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Speaker 1: of a consistent as far as being able to sustain

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Speaker 1: the run as opposed to year overall numbers. Now, in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs, they couldn't run the ball, but they got

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Speaker 1: so far behind that they weren't even trying to run

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Speaker 1: the ball. But if you just look at the seven

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Speaker 1: games Hopkins missed, Cardinals were pretty effective of running the ball.

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Speaker 1: But those were end of game totals. And I'm sure

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Speaker 1: Kingsbury has numbers and analytics to come back at me

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Speaker 1: and say, well, on first down we need to do

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Speaker 1: better here, or third and short we weren't as successful,

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Speaker 1: or in the fourth col those kind of breakdowns, the

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Speaker 1: deep dives, if you will, that teams do at the

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Speaker 1: end of the season, and you know, let's peel the

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Speaker 1: curtains back a little bit. Chase Evans couldn't stay healthy.

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Speaker 1: I mean him and Connor. I think they missed. He

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Speaker 1: missed four or five games. The first time they were

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Speaker 1: back together was in Detroit, and obviously that didn't go well.

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Speaker 1: And then you had nine different line combinations. So my

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Speaker 1: ice tell me that they didn't run the football as

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Speaker 1: well as they did in the first half of the season,

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Speaker 1: and that's because you were behind the sticks and Kyler

752
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 1: was obviously coming back from an injury, and you didn't

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Speaker 1: have a guy that can stretch the field. And obviously

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Speaker 1: there was some miscommunication with A. J. Green and the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: So there's a lot of factors. But my ice tell

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Speaker 1: me at the offensive line wasn't as good down the stretch.

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Speaker 1: And I'll start with DJ Humphreys. He honestly he should

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Speaker 1: have made the Pro Bowl in twenty twenty. I think

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Speaker 1: he made it as an altermate this year, and rightfully

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Speaker 1: so because he's been on the cuff. But he did

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Speaker 1: not have a good season, and that's something I'm sure

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Speaker 1: that he goes back and launched the film. He's a

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Speaker 1: stand up guy, so I'm assuming he's gonna get better

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Speaker 1: because they're gonna need him at left tackle. All right,

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Speaker 1: So your eyes told you one thing. What if I

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Speaker 1: told you this though, and get your reaction. Cardinals late

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00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,279
Speaker 1: in the year last season, they had over one hundred

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Speaker 1: rushing yards in each of their final six games, yet

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Speaker 1: they never scored more than twenty three points in any

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Speaker 1: of those games. So overall, we always talk about that

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Speaker 1: one hundred yard mark. You look at the thirty rushing

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Speaker 1: attempts and that can kind of tell you how well

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Speaker 1: the game went for the Cardinals, or how well it

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Speaker 1: didn't go for the Cardinals, but getting to that century

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Speaker 1: mark each of the final six games. Yet we know

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Speaker 1: what the team's record was over those six games. It

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Speaker 1: wasn't good. So the numbers say one thing. Your eyes

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Speaker 1: tell you something different. And that goes back to, all right,

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Speaker 1: your gut versus analytics, and I would lean towards gut,

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Speaker 1: lean toward what your eyes tell you, and then try

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00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:09,799
Speaker 1: to figure out what wasn't working, because yeah, you can

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Speaker 1: get over one hundred yards on the ground, but was

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Speaker 1: that a thirty yard run and then a bunch of

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Speaker 1: five six one yard, one yard, one yard, and it

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Speaker 1: just you gotta be able to move the chains. Yeah,

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00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:25,920
Speaker 1: and again you know one hundred yards running back knees

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Speaker 1: what sixty three yards now to get a thousand at

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Speaker 1: their seventeen game schedule. So yeah, I mean, I mean,

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Speaker 1: tell me you ran the ball thirty times. That means

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00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 1: you're controlling time of possession, you're moving the sticks, you're

791
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:41,239
Speaker 1: probably pretty efficient on third down. But again, it's a

792
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Speaker 1: passing league. But the run sets up the pass, and

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00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,680
Speaker 1: you know you can That's so there's a reason why

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Speaker 1: these wide receivers and quarterbacks are getting paid all this money.

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Speaker 1: So we'll see what the Cardinals decide to do, and

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00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 1: it might be something where it's trial and error and

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00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:59,319
Speaker 1: practice in the preseason. In week one, what works, what

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Speaker 1: doesn't work, and there might be a lot of we

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Speaker 1: might see a lot of moving parts as far as

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Speaker 1: the offense and where guys line up, Where does Marquis

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00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:11,839
Speaker 1: Brown best fits week one versus Week three, and then

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Speaker 1: you kind of figure out how do we reincorporate the

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Speaker 1: hop back into the office. Yeah, I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: we think we look at guys like Kyle shanahan and

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Speaker 1: Sean mcvain just from a division standpoint and how much

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Speaker 1: motion they use, and it's it's really they're trying to

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Speaker 1: get you on matchups. And so I would think what

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Speaker 1: a guy like Trey McBride and you know, Hollywood Brown,

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Speaker 1: even Ron del Moore. You can move those guys around.

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Speaker 1: You get creative. We're talking about I Candy, but you

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Speaker 1: got to get past the line of scrimmage obviously to

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Speaker 1: break a tackle or something. But maybe we'll see a

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Speaker 1: little bit more motion just from a standpoint of we're

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Speaker 1: trying to get our biggest strength that gets maybe possibly

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Speaker 1: your weakness. And you hope then that you never want

816
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Speaker 1: to lose someone at the caliber of de hop But

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Speaker 1: one of those blessings in disguise because it forces Kingsbury

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Speaker 1: and his offensive coaches to have to get out of

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Speaker 1: their comfort zone and figure something out. And we know

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Speaker 1: that he always plans ahead, you know, the first six games.

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Speaker 1: You know he's probably chumping at the bit when we

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Speaker 1: get to week seven because now, all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: you can open up that playbook. But again, the biggest

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00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:17,520
Speaker 1: difference is they weren't able to make adjustments during the season.

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Speaker 1: He admitted that they also talked about maybe using Rondel

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Speaker 1: Moore in a different role. And again I think Carler

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Speaker 1: was on one hundred percent, no excuses. You got to

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Speaker 1: play well when he stuff on the field the offensive line,

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Speaker 1: but you may have to take it a different approach.

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Speaker 1: In those first game. The whole idea is to win.

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Speaker 1: It's not about style points, not putting up forty points

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Speaker 1: a game. It's about winning and finishing in the fourth quarter.

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Speaker 1: And they did that in the first half of the season.

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Speaker 1: They did not do that in the second half. Well

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Speaker 1: about Game one, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs,

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Speaker 1: and that was a topic of conversation. On Friday, Kingsbury

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Speaker 1: asked about opening against his former Texas Tech quarterback Big Smile,

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Speaker 1: and then joked quote, I was really thankful to the

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Speaker 1: schedule makers for giving us a young quarterback that hadn't

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00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:04,440
Speaker 1: quite found his way in the league just yet. Obviously

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00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 1: a lot of tongue in cheek there, because it is

842
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:10,240
Speaker 1: right out of the gate boom. You're gonna find whether

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00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:13,960
Speaker 1: you are ready or not ready for this season. Minus

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Speaker 1: de hot Well, I mean he did say Mahomes sent

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Speaker 1: him a couple of yeah the big I emojis, yeah,

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00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:23,279
Speaker 1: and he said the schedule hadn't even come out yet.

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00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,880
Speaker 1: He's like, thanks, Now that's gonna be a storyline. But

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Speaker 1: I do like the fact that they're gonna be in

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Speaker 1: Week one. I know they're a good team and they're

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00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:35,319
Speaker 1: knocking on the door, you know, But they don't have

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Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill and Andy Reid does a good job. They

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Speaker 1: have some other receivers. Obviously it's gonna come down to

853
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:43,760
Speaker 1: the Mahomes and Kelsey in their defense. But hey, vans

854
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Speaker 1: Joves has spent about two or three months last year

855
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Speaker 1: preparing for the Titans and they went in there just

856
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:50,840
Speaker 1: like anything else. They were supposed to go to the

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00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:52,520
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, and they were the number one seed and

858
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:55,319
Speaker 1: they turned the ball over three times. So you know,

859
00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:57,880
Speaker 1: it's about matchups, but it's gonna be a tough matchup.

860
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,720
Speaker 1: But it'd be nice just to see this Cardinals team

861
00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:04,440
Speaker 1: play consistent football where you don't beat yourselves and all

862
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:06,840
Speaker 1: of a sudden you're wondering after the game it's just

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00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:08,239
Speaker 1: going to come back and haunt us at the end

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Speaker 1: of the year. And then week two you got the

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Speaker 1: Raiders with Kingsbury's good friend now head coach Josh McDaniels

866
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:18,480
Speaker 1: their time together in New England, but a playoff team

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Speaker 1: from a year ago AFC West. AFC West and we

868
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:26,120
Speaker 1: know how we know how brutal that division. We expect

869
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:28,839
Speaker 1: to be much like the NFC West. But coming out

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Speaker 1: of the gate you've got Patrick Mahomes week one, Chandler

871
00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:34,640
Speaker 1: Jones week two. You're gonna find out a lot about

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00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:37,160
Speaker 1: this Cardinals team. Early in the season, it's just can

873
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:41,000
Speaker 1: you can you tread water over these six games before

874
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:42,920
Speaker 1: you get d hop back because you don't want you

875
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:46,360
Speaker 1: can't win, you can't clinch a playoffs spot, in September.

876
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:49,040
Speaker 1: But if you get off to a slow start, you

877
00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:51,600
Speaker 1: can certainly lose a playoff spot. It can put you

878
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,759
Speaker 1: behind the eight ball. And you know, and Cardinals are

879
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 1: also gonna face Justin Herbert late in the year, and

880
00:43:57,120 --> 00:44:01,400
Speaker 1: then Russell Wilson, and both of those are once a

881
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 1: home game and one's a road game. They're at the

882
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:06,839
Speaker 1: Broncos in week fifteen. And in getting Josh McDaniels early,

883
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:09,040
Speaker 1: he's a really good coach. Obviously that they're you know,

884
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:12,560
Speaker 1: they have a great tight end. Obviously, edn't changer Jones

885
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:17,120
Speaker 1: with Crosby. You know, Josh McDaniels is a good head coach. Now,

886
00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:19,320
Speaker 1: you know, I'm sure he's not going to get nervous,

887
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:21,200
Speaker 1: but I like the fact that they're getting him early

888
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 1: because there's there's a lot that goes on on the

889
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:25,960
Speaker 1: sidelines when you move over a seat. Now clearly, you know,

890
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:28,600
Speaker 1: obviously he was right hand of Belichick, so I'm sure

891
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:31,040
Speaker 1: he's got a lot on his plate. But roster wise,

892
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 1: I think the Raiders could be up another playoff team.

893
00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:37,680
Speaker 1: Kingsbury called the schedule awesome. We'll see if he maintains

894
00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:40,839
Speaker 1: that adjective at the end of the season. But when

895
00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:44,440
Speaker 1: you've got the Chiefs, Patriots, Somebuddy Night Football, the Buccaneers

896
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:47,840
Speaker 1: on Christmas Night, you've got four primetime games. So yeah,

897
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:50,160
Speaker 1: and we've talked about it because just based off the

898
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:53,279
Speaker 1: list of opponents that the team was facing, you knew

899
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:55,319
Speaker 1: it was going to be an uphill battle based off

900
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:58,239
Speaker 1: the opposing quarterbacks. But then have you you have it

901
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:00,840
Speaker 1: mapped out for you a week by week and everyone

902
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:03,160
Speaker 1: moves to those first six weeks without d hop and

903
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:06,279
Speaker 1: then how you finish because we know Kingsbury and the

904
00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:10,120
Speaker 1: inability to finish seasons, well, that second half collapse and

905
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Speaker 1: here you've got three out of four on the road

906
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Speaker 1: to in twenty twenty two. Well, and then you didn't

907
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:18,400
Speaker 1: bring up week three because you play the Rams in

908
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:21,439
Speaker 1: week three and week ten and then then again there's

909
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:24,560
Speaker 1: no there's no cupcakes. It's it's a one to week proposition.

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Speaker 1: We know you can go from the penthouse to the

911
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:29,919
Speaker 1: outhouse real quick in this league, just as the team

912
00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:33,640
Speaker 1: is playing was in the NBA playoffs. It's it's hard

913
00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:35,840
Speaker 1: to win a championship, but you gotta you know, obviously

914
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 1: you got to go off to a good start. Now

915
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Speaker 1: you know, if you if you split the first two

916
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Speaker 1: and then you're one and two all of a sudden,

917
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Speaker 1: you know you worst cases. You don't want to be

918
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Speaker 1: less than three and three in my opinion, when Hot returns,

919
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:48,960
Speaker 1: now you get Grady and four and two. But I

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00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:51,480
Speaker 1: think you have to have at least a five hundred record.

921
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Speaker 1: And I do think the NFC West, the Rams um

922
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:57,839
Speaker 1: you know they have a good front line, but they

923
00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,160
Speaker 1: don't have a lot of depth. It's train Lands going

924
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Speaker 1: to be the promised guy in San Franci once again.

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Speaker 1: In Seattle, they I thought they had a really good draft.

926
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Speaker 1: Maybe they're gonna ask Drew Locke not to lose games,

927
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Speaker 1: try to manage games. So I do think teams are

928
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Speaker 1: gonna beat up on each other, and we talked about

929
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Speaker 1: it last year four and two. I would sign that

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Speaker 1: for the right now, but again it's when these games happened,

931
00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:21,920
Speaker 1: and you got to make sure you take care of

932
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,760
Speaker 1: business with late in Week eighteen against the San Francisco

933
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Speaker 1: Forts on the road again. Here are the first six

934
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Speaker 1: games Chiefs, Raiders, Rams, Panthers, Eagles, Seahawks three at home,

935
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Speaker 1: three on the road before DeAndre Hopkins returns for that Thursday,

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Speaker 1: Night's Amazon Prime video game on October twentieth against the

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Speaker 1: Saints in Week seven, which it was brought up to

938
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Speaker 1: keep Gray Hopkins returns. He'll have three days of practice

939
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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, he's got to play a game.

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Speaker 1: And those three days of practice are more like slow

941
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Speaker 1: walkthroughs because it's a short week. So the question wasn't

942
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Speaker 1: really be ready? Yeah, he'll be more. He'll be the

943
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Speaker 1: only one that's ready. Oh yeah, he's probably gonna show

944
00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:07,760
Speaker 1: up with the facility at like five am that Monday

945
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Speaker 1: morning because he's right now. He'll be vacated from the

946
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Speaker 1: facility for six weeks or six games. Six games. I

947
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Speaker 1: gotta make sure I say six games. But he'll be ready.

948
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Speaker 1: He'll be chomping at the bit. And obviously it's gonna

949
00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:21,319
Speaker 1: be probably hard for him to watch the games, but

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Speaker 1: maybe you know, this team can win a couple of

951
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Speaker 1: games and when he gets back and improve the record

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Speaker 1: moving forward, burd Gang, if you're looking for tickets, season tickets,

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Speaker 1: we will put a lid on this edition of Cardinals

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Speaker 1: has always special thanks to our executive producer Jim Almahundro

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Speaker 1: for Mike Drecky, I'm preg Riel Loup. We'll talk to

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