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Speaker 1: Welcome for Gang, and welcome to primetime on today's show.

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Speaker 1: That's right, the Cardinals make their primetime debut coming up,

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Speaker 1: and really it's about time. There is no team playing

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Speaker 1: better than the Cardinals, but they will be tested on

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Speaker 1: Thursday Night Football. Mike Jarecki has his three keys to victory.

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Speaker 1: What must happen for this team to run its record

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Speaker 1: day No, it's Cardinals Cover two, Episode four eighty six,

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Speaker 1: and it starts now. Welcome to Cardinals Cover two with

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

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Speaker 1: by Hyundai, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals, and by

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Speaker 1: Going for Hopkins One hand to catch in a muchdown

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins. Here's Craig Griolou and Mike Jarecki. Well it's

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Speaker 1: not quite a football Friday, but MJ we've got a

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Speaker 1: game and a matter of hours. Thursday Night Football, the

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Speaker 1: first prime time telecast for the Arizona Cardinals. And I'll

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Speaker 1: say this, it's taken a while, but now what we

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Speaker 1: have seen through seven weeks, the rest of the nation

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Speaker 1: will be able to see exactly. And I always think

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals were more of the more entertaining teams, kind

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Speaker 1: of can't miss Kyler Murray. And you know, obviously when

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Speaker 1: they're playing on a Sunday afternoon, whether it's at ten

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Speaker 1: really good opponent. No, I'm looking forward to it. I

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Speaker 1: told they're bringing out their sponsors over two hundred and

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Speaker 1: one overall, I mean, you couldn't ask for a better matchup.

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Speaker 1: This game to me is bigger than the Bucks and

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Speaker 1: one individual. It's just unfortunate that it's on a short

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Speaker 1: week because you would like these two teams to be

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Speaker 1: and of course with the full preparation. But it is

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Speaker 1: what it is. The schedule makers, if you will, picked

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Speaker 1: a fine contest even before this season, but now thirteen

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Speaker 1: I think the Cardinals certainly have the weights of the

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Speaker 1: Night Football, forty nine Ers lost Monday Night Football Seahawks

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Speaker 1: of a national television audience. But that's that's just us

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. We know Rodney Hudson is out at least

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Speaker 1: our normal football Friday edition of Cardinals Cover two. The

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Radio network six and one, seven and oh. Yes,

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Speaker 1: the Packers are expected to be without two of their

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Speaker 1: But as we look at this matchup, MJ, everyone wants

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Speaker 1: Mike Dreki's three Keys to Victory. Number one make the

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Speaker 1: Packers one dimensional. Number two spread the Packers defense out,

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Speaker 1: utilize all of the weapons that Kyler Murray has with

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Speaker 1: respects to that Cardinal's offense. What's number three, MJ Number

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Speaker 1: three is going to be play with a lead. I

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Speaker 1: think it's very important the Cardinals play with a lead here.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not saying they can't come from behind, but

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Speaker 1: if if the Packers get up, you know, as the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals played in the first quarter last week, and then

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Speaker 1: you know, obviously they made adjustments, but if they're down

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Speaker 1: by ten or twelve or fourteen points, all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: it's going to change because now they're going to try

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Speaker 1: to run the football and they're going to try to

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Speaker 1: utilize the clock, and at that point, you know the

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Speaker 1: defense is going to have to step up. So I

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Speaker 1: just think you know, if you can play with the

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Speaker 1: lead and it doesn't have to be three scores, I mean,

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Speaker 1: just play with the lead to where you don't have

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Speaker 1: to come out of your offense and their defense can

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Speaker 1: still do what they want without them lining up and

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Speaker 1: running the ball thirty or thirty five times. So that

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Speaker 1: that's to me is if you can play with a lead,

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Speaker 1: I think it will go a long way. You could

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Speaker 1: say that with any team, but with this Cardinal team

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Speaker 1: though we've seen it. When they get a lead in

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Speaker 1: a fourth quarter, it becomes a you know, really a

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Speaker 1: run game. For that. I mean, you're not gonna always

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Speaker 1: going to have a four minute drive, but when you

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Speaker 1: get it at seven or eight minute mark and you

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Speaker 1: have a lead by two or three possessions, it could

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Speaker 1: be seventeen points or three scores, that's where they take

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Speaker 1: over and that's where they've been really effective, and that's

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Speaker 1: where the run blocking comes in. It's been amazing to

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Speaker 1: watch this offense as far as transform when they do

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Speaker 1: have a lead, because they'll spread you out in the

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Speaker 1: first quarter first taff throw the football around the field.

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Speaker 1: You get that two score lead, and then all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden, it's you're still spreading out, but you're running

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Speaker 1: the ball between the tackles and it's ball control, and

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Speaker 1: you're working the clock and moving the chains. And that's

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Speaker 1: something that people haven't seen the first couple of seasons

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Speaker 1: underhead coach Cliff Kingsbury. But when you do have, when

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Speaker 1: you play with the lead, the playbook opens, and when

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Speaker 1: you're down two or three scores, then all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: the playbook shrinks because you have to drop back and

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Speaker 1: throw the football. Now, the Cardinals do have the ability

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Speaker 1: to get back into games. Week two against the Vikings,

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Speaker 1: they trailed, came back and because it is that high

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Speaker 1: powered offense, the quick scoring offense, they can get you

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Speaker 1: on four or five plays. They can also go ten, eleven,

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Speaker 1: twelve plays to score. I really like the fifty fifty balance,

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Speaker 1: if you will. At the end of the day, with

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Speaker 1: what Kingsbury and the offense have been able to do

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Speaker 1: exactly all right, my X factor Chandler Jones. He should

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Speaker 1: have had three sacks and maybe in the Cleveland game

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Speaker 1: it could have had a couple more. I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: he's gonna have five, but he's going against their backup

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Speaker 1: left tackle David Bactieri's is an All Pro player, a

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Speaker 1: guy that has protected Aaron Rodgers over the years, and

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Speaker 1: so I gotta think he's looking his chops there and

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Speaker 1: in fact, if he can get in the backfield and

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Speaker 1: maybe he can force a fumble or you know, you know,

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Speaker 1: staff from the ball, or let Marcus Golden start eating

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Speaker 1: from the other side. But Chandler Jones to me, now

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Speaker 1: he's gonna win that matchup. I don't, I mean again

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Speaker 1: coming back from COVID, but I just think you know

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Speaker 1: he hasn't he's got he should have fresh legs now.

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Speaker 1: I know COVID can affect different guys. Just want to

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Speaker 1: make sure and if he's lost some weight, and obviously

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Speaker 1: he's probably eating better now, and we didn't hear anything

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Speaker 1: about losing his smell or taste. So I gotta think

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Speaker 1: he's got a chip on his shoulder because he's still

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Speaker 1: stuck where he was in week one. But we know

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Speaker 1: he's done a lot of the more different things than

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Speaker 1: just fill up the stat sheet at the sack position.

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Speaker 1: He's forcing fumbles, he's free, he's free, and Marcus goldenough.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's the whole idea of bringing JJ Watton

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Speaker 1: and having Isaiah Simmons close to the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's the whole ideas freeze guys up and

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Speaker 1: Golden has benefited from it. But he also puts the

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Speaker 1: He puts the work in every day and that's why

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Speaker 1: Marcus Golden is really playing well. For the years when

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Speaker 1: the Carlos, considering it, only gave up a six round

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Speaker 1: pick and as soon as Chandler Jones went down, they

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Speaker 1: made that trade. Soon as Max Williams went down, they

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Speaker 1: made that trade. They didn't wait. And obviously those are

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Speaker 1: two we'll see more about zach Ertz, but we know

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Speaker 1: what Golden has done over the last couple of years.

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Speaker 1: You know, Chandler Jones is chomping at the bit to

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Speaker 1: get back on that football field. You mentioned week one

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Speaker 1: five sacks. He doesn't have a sack since, and since

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Speaker 1: he's been on the sideline, he's lost the team lead

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Speaker 1: in sacks. Marcus Golden has six and he's seen JJ

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Speaker 1: Watt tie him for career sacks at one hundred and two.

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Speaker 1: So you know, within that locker room there's some good

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Speaker 1: natured ribbing between all three of them. At the end

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Speaker 1: of the day though, it's how do you get that?

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Speaker 1: W and I would like to see Chandler Jones again.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't have to bring down Aaron Rodgers. It is

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Speaker 1: though free plug here for the Arizona Cardinals Kickoff magazine.

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Speaker 1: It is the Marque matchup Chandler Jones and Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 1: This will be only the second time they've shared the

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Speaker 1: same field. First time was back in twenty eighteen. Chandler

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Speaker 1: Jones did record a sack in that contest, the game

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals won at lambeau Field. So it would be

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Speaker 1: nice to see Chandler Jones one just back on the

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Speaker 1: foot ball field and two disrupt lee Packers offense get

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Speaker 1: into that backfield, whether it's TFLs or quarterback hits. You know,

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Speaker 1: the NFL does a really good job sending out the

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Speaker 1: capsule for each week and the kind of give you

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Speaker 1: the numbers. His numbers on Thursday Night Football, Oh, they're

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Speaker 1: off the charts. I want to say he's had eight sacks.

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Speaker 1: I want to say he's got a couple of forced fumbles,

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Speaker 1: he's got a couple of fumble recoveries, he's got some

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Speaker 1: quarterback hits, some tackle for losses. So again under the lights.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's it's the first time they're going to

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Speaker 1: have the number one crew in the NFL. And I'm

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Speaker 1: sure they've probably made that Dallas game gets flexed out.

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Speaker 1: Who knows that at the end of the year, depending

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Speaker 1: on what they're playing for. But anyways, yeah, so bright lights.

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Speaker 1: These guys all enjoy it. There's nothing like Monday night football.

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Speaker 1: It's the only game in town. And you know your people,

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Speaker 1: you went to school where we're watching, your your school

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Speaker 1: teachers are watching. They're all, why I know that guy?

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Speaker 1: You know, stuff like that. So but there's the bright lights,

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Speaker 1: and that's that place to be rocking. And we'll see,

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Speaker 1: we'll see how many Packer fans there. But Cardinal fans

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Speaker 1: protect the nest. Okay, and we've talked about it about

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Speaker 1: capitalism and all that other stuff. Listen, what I said

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Speaker 1: on the post game Sunday was this is a year

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Speaker 1: you want to be at the stadium. I get that's

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Speaker 1: gonna pay for half of your tickets, but this could

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Speaker 1: be a miracle season. I mean, this team's I mean

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Speaker 1: they're gonna be in double digits. I mean we still

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Speaker 1: got ten games to go, and there's seven and oh

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Speaker 1: so do what you want to do. But I'm just

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Speaker 1: saying this is a magical season, and so I hope

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Speaker 1: Cardinal fans do the right thing. And I know ninety

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Speaker 1: eight seven is doing the right thing by giving out tickets.

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Speaker 1: You know, code read, So hopefully you get a chance

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Speaker 1: to win some tickets, but protect the nest. By the way,

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Speaker 1: a win on Thursday would match the Cardinals win total

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Speaker 1: from last season. Just let that sink in a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Here is we're still in the middle of October. I

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Speaker 1: aren't you glad we're not talking five and two and

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Speaker 1: six and three. Yeah, quite a difference, all right, So

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Speaker 1: we got the X factor Chandler Jones, what you're intangible

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Speaker 1: for this Week eight matchup Special Teams. Mason Crosby's struggle

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Speaker 1: now it's indoors, it's grass, but you know it's a

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Speaker 1: little difficult. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt

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Speaker 1: sometimes late in December kicked there, but he's missed extra

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Speaker 1: points and so I just think, you know, Rondo Moore

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Speaker 1: until field position and Matt Prator can be consistent. Now,

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Speaker 1: the thing is Matt Praytor around the year field goal wise,

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Speaker 1: he's twelve or fifty. We've know he's tried at sixty

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Speaker 1: four and a sixty one. But on the other side,

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Speaker 1: Crosbie's twelve or sixteen. They're both tied for eleventh, but

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Speaker 1: Crosbie's has come and press your time. They got lucky

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Speaker 1: when they went to overtime. He had missed like two

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Speaker 1: or three and then it gets He finally gets the

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Speaker 1: one in overtime, and of course Rogers said he knew

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Speaker 1: he was going to kick that one when the game

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Speaker 1: was on the line. So I just think special teams here,

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Speaker 1: maybe you can get a block punt or something like that,

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Speaker 1: and not that they needed to create another possession, but

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Speaker 1: I think it would go a long way, just kind

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Speaker 1: of playing that complimentary football, you know, offense defense, they

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Speaker 1: play off each other, and special teams. Maybe then get

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Speaker 1: to midfield, you know, give Kyler a short field to

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Speaker 1: play with. Rondel Moore has come close. He certainly makes

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Speaker 1: it exciting when he is back there returning punts, but

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Speaker 1: there have been a couple where, you know, just make

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Speaker 1: another guy miss or another key block, then all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden he's off to the races for maybe thirty

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Speaker 1: thirty five forty yards or maybe he houses it and

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Speaker 1: it is a dynamic that we just haven't seen in

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Speaker 1: a long time. So perhaps maybe this is the moment

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Speaker 1: for Rondel Moore on Thursday. Yeah, and I'm noticing teams

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Speaker 1: are sometimes on the punt, you know, he's you know

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Speaker 1: the rule as you put your cleats on the ten

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Speaker 1: the four. I just wish he would hit that first guy.

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Speaker 1: Now I know that, you know, there's guys bringing them

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Speaker 1: down his neck, and I think we're gonna start to

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Speaker 1: see teams uses a coffin corner like kick it to

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Speaker 1: the sidelines. So now the sidelines becomes a defensive player.

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Speaker 1: Now he has the ability to take it, you know,

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Speaker 1: a lot of wiggle room if you got a defensive

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Speaker 1: player there. So I'm really impressed with his kickoffs. I

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Speaker 1: have no problem four yards deep taking it out. He

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Speaker 1: usually gets twenty twenty three, twenty five. And but I'm

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Speaker 1: with you, it's just a matter of time. And clearly,

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Speaker 1: you know he's a weapon on both special teams and

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Speaker 1: on the offense. Now we did see, you know, Benjamin

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Speaker 1: wonder if that continues or depends on the rest of

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Speaker 1: the roster as fathers, whether you need that active guy

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Speaker 1: in uniform as opposed to you know, Benjamin. But it

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Speaker 1: does take something off of Moore's plate, especially if we

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Speaker 1: see him a little bit more. No pun intended as

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Speaker 1: far as on the offensive end, because it is difficult

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Speaker 1: you're returning a kick, you're turning a punt and then

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Speaker 1: you got to go back out there for first down.

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Speaker 1: Definitely want to leave him at punt return though, and

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Speaker 1: we'll see the numbers. You know, who's out. Did I

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Speaker 1: have to dress another lineman or a tight end? Did

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Speaker 1: they go three there? So it's always a numbers game

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Speaker 1: for you know. But I'm glad he got his first

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Speaker 1: carries last week and that it's nice to see. And

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals I think did a good job. Like I

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Speaker 1: noticed Shorten Hicks didn't play as much as he has

641
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Speaker 1: and you know they I think some of those guys

642
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 1: got between five and six nap. See that's a small sample,

643
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:23,280
Speaker 1: but at least they didn't have to be on the

644
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:26,320
Speaker 1: field for sixty minutes. All right. So here's what we

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00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 1: got four week eight. MJ's three keys to victory. Make

646
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: the Packers one dimensional number two, spread out the Packers

647
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:39,400
Speaker 1: defensively as far as the Cardinals offense is concerned. And three,

648
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,440
Speaker 1: if you can play with the lead, as we've seen

649
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,360
Speaker 1: over the last several weeks, it becomes more of a

650
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,719
Speaker 1: running game for the Cardinals offensively. The X factor Chandler

651
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,480
Speaker 1: Jones and the intangible special teams, and you go a

652
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 1: number of different ways with respects to special teams, which

653
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 1: we just discussed here on Cardinals Cover two, presented by Hunday,

654
00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:00,120
Speaker 1: proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. I did want to

655
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,000
Speaker 1: point this up because it certainly has gotten a lot

656
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:06,160
Speaker 1: of tractions since the news that Adams had been placed

657
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Speaker 1: on the reserve COVID nineteen lists. I want to get

658
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:10,640
Speaker 1: your thoughts to MJ as far As and I don't

659
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 1: know who to credit, but now all of a sudden,

660
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 1: you can't go anywhere when you talk about this matchup

661
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,520
Speaker 1: and not see six and OZO the Packers over the

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00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:21,880
Speaker 1: last two seasons six and O without Davante Adams on

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00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:25,040
Speaker 1: the football field. That stat was relayed to Aaron Rodgers,

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Speaker 1: and I like what he had to say, because there

665
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 1: is no one that follows the Packers or the National

666
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:34,000
Speaker 1: Football League that thinks the Packers are better without Adams

667
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 1: on the football field. Despite that six and oh mark,

668
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,880
Speaker 1: the Packers are not better without Adams on the football field.

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Speaker 1: Yet Aaron Rodgers seventeen touchdowns, one interception, seventy percent completion

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00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:49,920
Speaker 1: percentage in those six games over the last two seasons

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Speaker 1: with Davanta Adams. I you know, it's you say, small

672
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,719
Speaker 1: sample size, but six games is six games over two seasons,

673
00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:00,839
Speaker 1: so it is an odd statistic, but it does make

674
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:04,920
Speaker 1: you wary of an Aaron Rodgers, someone who is capable

675
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:08,640
Speaker 1: of uplifting whomever he has as a pass catcher to

676
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 1: new heights without your number one guy on the field. Yeah,

677
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 1: one of those games, Aaron Jones had four touchdowns. It's

678
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,719
Speaker 1: one of the beat writers that I actually retweeted out.

679
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:20,880
Speaker 1: He's the one that came up with as soon as

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00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 1: they announced that Adams and out, and then Robert Robert

681
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 1: Tobin or Turbin. He's another guy that had a couple

682
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:31,319
Speaker 1: of touchdowns. I mean, if you look at the numbers itself, though,

683
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,000
Speaker 1: you're talking about thirty five thirty eight percent of the

684
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:38,520
Speaker 1: passing game is Davante Adams and you know, you look

685
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,640
Speaker 1: at Lazard and you know there's a big drop off.

686
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,279
Speaker 1: To me, they don't have a number two. Even though

687
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,680
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers went to bat for Randall Cobby, he's more

688
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 1: of a three years a slot guy. So yeah, I

689
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 1: mean it's if you're talking about thirty five to thirty

690
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:55,360
Speaker 1: eight percent of their passing offense, I mean six and

691
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:58,440
Speaker 1: those again, that's not going to mean anything come tomorrow night.

692
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:05,200
Speaker 1: Adam leads the league in receptions. He's third in receiving yards. Though,

693
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,839
Speaker 1: what advanced Joseph and he rattled off these numbers when

694
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,759
Speaker 1: he was asked about it on Tuesday. He knew all

695
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 1: of it, but it was interesting to hear him say, quote,

696
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:18,440
Speaker 1: it's going to force Aaron to obviously play a cleaner game.

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00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,560
Speaker 1: And I think you know, as Aaron Rodgers, you don't

698
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 1: maybe take as many chances if you don't have Adams

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00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:26,640
Speaker 1: on the field, because when you know you're throwing it

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00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 1: to him, you can get it into tighter windows because

701
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,239
Speaker 1: either he's gonna catch it or no one is going

702
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: to catch it. But it is an interesting to cystic.

703
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,759
Speaker 1: You're gonna hear it and see it a lot on Thursday,

704
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:42,520
Speaker 1: and it does make you think, all right, well, maybe

705
00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:45,160
Speaker 1: it's a little bit of an easier battle for the

706
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:50,520
Speaker 1: Cardinals defensively, but I don't I don't like this when

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00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:53,960
Speaker 1: when all of a sudden, you're you're missing players or

708
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 1: you're missing key guys because you don't want to relax.

709
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 1: And sometimes a team without it's star can be much

710
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:07,799
Speaker 1: more dangerous because guys just feel they feel empowered to

711
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 1: do a little bit more. I'm gonna go to the opposite.

712
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:12,319
Speaker 1: I think it's where he's going to spread the ball

713
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,080
Speaker 1: around more. He's not going to be forced to look

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Speaker 1: at Vante Adams, you know, like, hey, if he could

715
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,279
Speaker 1: single covers and I'm throwing to him, which is very

716
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:23,160
Speaker 1: similar to Dean Andre Hopkins and aj Green Now, but

717
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:25,840
Speaker 1: I think he's going to try to get more guys involved,

718
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: and these guys have been waiting for their opportunities, and

719
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 1: you know, we'll find out who his go to guy is.

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00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,320
Speaker 1: This based on you know, obviously practicing with those guys.

721
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:37,239
Speaker 1: So but I think he Claire is gonna have to

722
00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:39,880
Speaker 1: spread the ball out and that's where the Cardinals. You know,

723
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:41,359
Speaker 1: how much tape do they have on some of these

724
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 1: other receivers, etc. Well, Randall Cobb, who the narrative was

725
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:49,640
Speaker 1: that Aaron Rodgers wanted him back in Green Bay, so

726
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 1: all of a sudden he might become that number one guy.

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00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:55,000
Speaker 1: They do get Molik Taylor, he's been activated off the

728
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:58,279
Speaker 1: reserve cover nineteen lists, and they do utilize a lot

729
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 1: of two tight ends with Robert Ton and Mercedes Lewis.

730
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: Tanyan does have fifteen catches for one hundred and fifty

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00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,880
Speaker 1: five yards and two scores. So yeah, as a defense,

732
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 1: you don't just key on Adams now all of a sudden,

733
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 1: you've got to be wary of anyone else that breaks

734
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Speaker 1: the huddle as a pass catcher. Yeah, I'm glad you

735
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:20,200
Speaker 1: pronounced his name right, so but yeah, I agree. But

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00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:24,319
Speaker 1: again I think they probably think, you know, we'll utilize

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00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,520
Speaker 1: Dylan and Jones and we'll try to go play action

738
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:29,839
Speaker 1: and then maybe keep an extra tight end in there

739
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,680
Speaker 1: to block Chandler Jones or Marcus Coldan coming out the edge.

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Speaker 1: I think the key for the Cardinals here is another

741
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,000
Speaker 1: key would be try to get some rush up the middle.

742
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,440
Speaker 1: Make Aaron Rodgers take him. We always say vans watches

743
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,839
Speaker 1: take the quarterback off of spot, you know, and make

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00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,560
Speaker 1: him move around where he But again, when I say

745
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,840
Speaker 1: all this stuff, he can he can throw, just like

746
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:53,759
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes side arm. He can throw. I mean when

747
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:57,399
Speaker 1: you watch him, you're like, this is not normal because

748
00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 1: he'll throw across his body over the middle of the field.

749
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,399
Speaker 1: I mean, but he gets away with it because he

750
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,840
Speaker 1: knows I got a guy wide open and I'm going

751
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 1: to target this area. So as as long as he's

752
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 1: on the field, man, you gotta be in your p's

753
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:13,799
Speaker 1: and q's. He is fun to watch and you are

754
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,280
Speaker 1: never out of it. When you have an Aaron Rodgers

755
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,759
Speaker 1: as a quarterback. There are a handful that you could

756
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 1: say about that Drew Brees, a Peyton Manning to Tom

757
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,880
Speaker 1: Brady throughout the years that even you go into the

758
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 1: fourth quarter down two scores or even three scores, be

759
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:32,520
Speaker 1: careful because especially at State Farm Stadium, we've seen it

760
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,719
Speaker 1: in playoff game after playoff game with Aaron Rodgers and

761
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:39,000
Speaker 1: the Packers, they are never out of it as long

762
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:41,960
Speaker 1: as he is upright. Yeah, and I expect the Cardinals,

763
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:43,920
Speaker 1: whether they win the toss or not, I expect them

764
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 1: if they can pick up a first down or two

765
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 1: or you know, pick up you know, you know, first

766
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:50,719
Speaker 1: down or on second down, they pick up a first down,

767
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:53,160
Speaker 1: then they go with the Murray up offense. They go

768
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:55,600
Speaker 1: with the up tempo office for night. They can't substitute,

769
00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:57,319
Speaker 1: so they got to try to figure it out. So

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00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 1: that's who they are. And you know, like I said,

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Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to a matchup. I like the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: in this game. Just from a standpoint of just Craig,

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00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:09,480
Speaker 1: I'm gonna make this point. You can agree or disagree.

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00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:12,960
Speaker 1: The Cardinals would not be seven to oh without their defense. Correct.

775
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:17,320
Speaker 1: And as much as we talk about Kyler Murra in

776
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 1: the offense, it's the defense that I've been more impressed with. Yes,

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00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:25,400
Speaker 1: it's the numbers, but it is everyone on that defense,

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00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,799
Speaker 1: not just the eleven starters, but the guys that come

779
00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:31,319
Speaker 1: in off the bench, if you will, that have maintained

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00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 1: that standard that they set early on. And I'll go

781
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:39,439
Speaker 1: back to week one at tennessee JJ Watt walking off

782
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:43,319
Speaker 1: the field the prize that was expected. It was a

783
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:47,440
Speaker 1: surprise to me, to be honest, Yet we've seen it

784
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 1: now weekend and week out. They are they are stopping,

785
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:55,960
Speaker 1: slowing down and sometimes shutting out more times than not.

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00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:59,680
Speaker 1: Opposing offenses well, I mean when you're putting up over

787
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:02,719
Speaker 1: the four one hundred yards and you know, but six

788
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 1: of the seven games or five of the six seven

789
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:08,840
Speaker 1: or five of the seven games, the offense grabs the headlines.

790
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 1: I get it. And plus it's fantasy football, and you've

791
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 1: got Kyler Murray playing like an MVP, and you got

792
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:16,080
Speaker 1: hop out there who's kind of sacrificing some targets and

793
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 1: touches for touchdowns. You know, Christian Kirk's having a great year.

794
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:23,200
Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm fine with that. I mean, that's that's

795
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:26,439
Speaker 1: their offense, and it's exciting, and you know it's must

796
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:30,040
Speaker 1: TV when Kyler's out there. But I just think without

797
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 1: that defense, they would not be unbeaten. Right now, number

798
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:35,879
Speaker 1: one scoring defense, number one defending third down, number one

799
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 1: defending fourth down with twelve stops, most in the league,

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00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 1: and number three defending the past, which again it's year three.

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00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 1: Something Vans Joseph also discussed and Darren Urban's got a

802
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 1: story up on asy Cardinals dot com. We remember the

803
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 1: struggle year one, got a little bit better in year two,

804
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:58,360
Speaker 1: but now here you are being patients and the continuity

805
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:01,600
Speaker 1: on staff on the foot ball field on why this

806
00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 1: defense is where it's at right now. Yeah, and that's why,

807
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,400
Speaker 1: you know, some teams got to be patient. I'm sure

808
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 1: you know. Cardinal fans weren't very happy when in five

809
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,320
Speaker 1: and eight games, and I get it. Nobody was happy

810
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,200
Speaker 1: last year. I mean it was. It was Debbie Downer

811
00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:17,560
Speaker 1: after the season, just like could have been, would have been,

812
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 1: should have been, didn't happen. But I'm telling you what

813
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 1: happened in weeks sixteen and seventeen is a blessing in

814
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:27,080
Speaker 1: disguise because Steve kim rolled the sleeves up and said,

815
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:30,120
Speaker 1: I'm not letting this happen again. Would have happened in

816
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:34,400
Speaker 1: sixteen and seventeen that that the focus was, we're not

817
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:36,680
Speaker 1: going through this anymore. Third year with the head coach,

818
00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:38,600
Speaker 1: third year with the quarterback, third year in the same

819
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 1: system with the defense. Yeah, we're not going through this anymore.

820
00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 1: So it was a blessing in disguise. Actually, what happened

821
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 1: late in the year last year, although I don't want

822
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:51,480
Speaker 1: to go through Week sixteen against the forty nine ers

823
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:54,600
Speaker 1: at home, that that was that was painful, even from

824
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 1: the press box to oh listen, it was disappointing. You're

825
00:42:57,520 --> 00:42:59,520
Speaker 1: five and two and six and three, and you know

826
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:04,480
Speaker 1: after the how Murray plays is I don't know, just well, well,

827
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,560
Speaker 1: you know, Brian Fullery's in Belichick kind of. You know,

828
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:10,200
Speaker 1: they mucked the game up. They didn't need to score

829
00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:12,600
Speaker 1: a ton of points. I mean everything to us through

830
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:15,800
Speaker 1: was inside the inside the numbers because he's left handed.

831
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:18,680
Speaker 1: But there's no way we should have lost to Cam Newton.

832
00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:22,720
Speaker 1: Like yeah, but anyways, I really think that that was it, Like, Okay,

833
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:26,080
Speaker 1: we're on notice here. It's not that it's now or

834
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:29,040
Speaker 1: never because Steve's looking two or three years. But it

835
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:31,719
Speaker 1: was a huge offseason for the Cardinals, huge and they

836
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:36,480
Speaker 1: checked a lot of boxes. Week eight, Thursday Night Football

837
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:40,399
Speaker 1: Primetime five twenty the kickoff from State Farm Stadium one

838
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:44,240
Speaker 1: thirty pm. Pregame coverage begins on the Arizona Cardinals Radio Network.

839
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,680
Speaker 1: Can the Cardinals get to eights and o as they

840
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:52,000
Speaker 1: host the six and one Green Bay Packers, the NFL's

841
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:57,359
Speaker 1: second oldest rivalry behind only the Cardinals and the Bears.

842
00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:01,440
Speaker 1: And some more history which is on the Cardinals side.

843
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:05,480
Speaker 1: They have one three straight at home over the Green

844
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:08,920
Speaker 1: Bay Packers. Now that does include postseason, but the Cardinals

845
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,839
Speaker 1: certainly have the ability, and they know they can beat

846
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:15,760
Speaker 1: this Green Bay Packers team. Yeah, but all that really

847
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:18,600
Speaker 1: doesn't matter until we see what happens tomorrow. And I mean,

848
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:21,880
Speaker 1: I'm sure Rogers, I don't know if he pays attention

849
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:25,440
Speaker 1: to that kind of stuff, But like I said, he's dangerous.

850
00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:28,759
Speaker 1: Just just don't don't make it a one possession game

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Speaker 1: game is kicked off. What was that? Oh yeah, other

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Speaker 1: than that, all things are good. Yeah, we learned that.

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Speaker 1: And I took a different approach based on Tom Brady saying,

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Speaker 1: you know what, I know, the Cardinals lost hat in

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Speaker 1: hammer versus Now. I'm just what happens on game day,

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Speaker 1: And again, the most talented team doesn't always win. It's

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Speaker 1: a team that plays the best on that day. And

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Speaker 1: on that note, we will put a lid on this

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Speaker 1: edition of Cardinals Covered two presented by Hunday proud partner

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Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals. As always, special thanks to our

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Speaker 1: executive producer Jim Almahundro For Mike Jarecki, I'm Craig Reel Lou.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next time here on Cardinals Cover two.