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Speaker 1: Wins stacked. Finally, welcome bird Gang on today's show, a

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Speaker 1: victory Monday Show. Hawlk Alvic joins me fresh off a

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Speaker 1: visit to South Beach. Of course it was a business

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Speaker 1: trip and a successful one at that. Back to back wins,

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Speaker 1: which is nice. Plus, yes, the Cardinals lead the NFC

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Speaker 1: West eight games into the season. Let's get into it.

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Speaker 1: It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode eight twelve, and it starts now.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two.

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Speaker 1: Bud to Baker, What Heart?

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Speaker 3: What rent?

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Speaker 1: This guy's unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: He's at the ten half of five. He's it again,

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Speaker 1: some more hurry magic.

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Speaker 2: Whow Here's Craigcriola.

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Speaker 1: So let me begin by saying, and I think Paul

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Speaker 1: I can speak on behalf of all Cardinals fans, thank

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Speaker 1: you to the Buffalo Bills. Their win at the Seahawks

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Speaker 1: plus the Cardinals two and zero record against the division

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Speaker 1: means if the season were in today, and it does not,

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Speaker 1: but if it were, then the Cardinals make the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: They lead the NFC West eight games into the season.

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Speaker 4: Speaking to the Bills, Craig can we cite that the Cardinals'

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Speaker 4: four losses have been to four six win teams. Have

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Speaker 4: we not been tracking this for several weeks? Now, I'll

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Speaker 4: give you credit you have. I believe you were the

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Speaker 4: first that I heard. Now, all of a sudden, I'm

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Speaker 4: hearing it all over the place locally nationally, people are

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Speaker 4: mentioning this stat now as well, and that in the

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Speaker 4: Honolulu Black and Blue effect, which was just taken by

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Speaker 4: certain national insider. Any but yes, Buffalo's now six and two,

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Speaker 4: Washington is six and two, Green Bay is six and two,

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Speaker 4: the Lions are six and in one as opposed to

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Speaker 4: I mean, who is Seattle beaten? Really? I haven't even

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Speaker 4: I don't. I have no interest in going to Seattle's

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Speaker 4: that have won accumulative like seven maybe eight games top.

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Speaker 4: So you know, at this point, I think you have

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Speaker 4: the big red and just respect the strength of schedule.

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Speaker 4: The Cardinals have played so far. It doesn't mean anything

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Speaker 4: guarantee anything about where this is all going. But at

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Speaker 4: four and four, if you were to adjust for strength

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Speaker 1: We discussed this going into the season once the schedule

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Speaker 1: to remain intact. So having five of your first six

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Speaker 1: that was the quote unquote soft opponents amongst your first six.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, the Cardinals at four and four looking very

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Speaker 1: don't think you can complain or go outside and say,

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, especially in the face of all these injuries. I

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Speaker 1: So let's get into it. Cardinals win in Miami, beat

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Speaker 1: the game winning field goal as time expired. Again. That's

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Speaker 1: now two wins in a row, three of the last four.

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Speaker 1: And I think, before we go any further, the fact

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Speaker 4: Yeah, And I'm glad you shout them out, because typically

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Speaker 4: to nail that fifty seven yarder, and I tell you

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Speaker 4: Half the time he wasn't even warming up. He was

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Speaker 4: just like, I got this. And he trots out there

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Speaker 1: If you miss it and all of a sudden, you're

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Speaker 4: I mean, he's had a record season already according to

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Speaker 4: NFL research. That was his third game winning field goal

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Speaker 4: I think you'd probably have to go back to Chris

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Speaker 4: Jackie nineteen ninety eight, the Cardiac Cards. Let me tell you,

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Speaker 4: bring that back, Cardiac Cards. We're gonna dust that off

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Speaker 4: from the nineteen ninety eight playoff season, that epic campaign

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Speaker 1: So this is the second time we've seen this season

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Speaker 1: Jalen Thompson blitz and force an incompletion to get the offense,

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Speaker 4: Right, Yes, that's it, and you know what, that's good.

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna write that. I'm gonna ask Jonathan Gann and

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Speaker 4: they're yelling out, what more can you ask for? What

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Speaker 4: more can you ask for? The moment is here, fellas,

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Speaker 4: let's go. You've done this before, you can do it again.

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Speaker 4: And they just kept shouting out what more can you

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Speaker 1: You can't be one dimensional in this league and win

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Speaker 1: have a case of the drops. Even before his first

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Speaker 1: season began and people were questioning what the Cincinnati Bengals

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Speaker 1: were doing like YH should have drafted an offensive lineman.

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Speaker 4: So and you know what happened his rookie year. He

436
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Speaker 4: ended up with fourteen hundred yards receiving. So slow start,

437
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Speaker 4: ridiculous finish, And let's hope that's the case here with

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Speaker 4: Marvin Harrison Junior. And to your point about how he

439
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Speaker 4: was feeling after the game, listening to his postgame and

440
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Speaker 4: watching him the sense of relief that I think he

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Speaker 4: had within him his own self because his expectations are

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Speaker 4: higher than what we have for him. And then to

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Speaker 4: hear Kyler talk about, oh yeah, the lack of connection quote,

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Speaker 4: it's hard not to hear it, meaning, yeah, these players

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Speaker 4: say they don't read, they don't listen, they don't watch.

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Speaker 4: Oh they know what's being said about them, either individually

447
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Speaker 4: or as a team. So all season long, it was

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Speaker 4: where is this connection between quarterback and wide receiver? Well,

449
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Speaker 4: it took eight games to finally unlock it. I don't

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Speaker 4: really count that Rams game because that was one quarter.

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Speaker 4: But we saw Marvin Harrison Junior be involved in every quarter.

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Speaker 4: It wasn't like he disappeared. He appeared though when it

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Speaker 4: was the most important in the game. As far as

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Speaker 4: making those catches on those final drives in the second half.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, perhaps this is a sign of where things

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Speaker 4: are headed with a young wide receiver. And what did

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Speaker 4: Marvin Harrison Junior tell the media this last week going

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Speaker 4: into the Miami game? He said, you know what, he

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Speaker 4: had noticed that his play speed had ticked up, his

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Speaker 4: recognition of coverages had improved, right, his ability to read

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Speaker 4: and react and be on the same page. Because how

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Speaker 4: many read routes and choice routes and option routes. What

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Speaker 4: every you want to call him is he responsible for?

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Speaker 4: You almost have to read the field like a quarterback,

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Speaker 4: and you better read it exactly like your quarterback, or

466
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Speaker 4: else you won't be on the same page and you

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Speaker 4: won't complete the pass. So what do you think defense

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Speaker 4: has been doing to young Marvin Harrison junior disguising coverages?

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Speaker 4: How many advanced disguised coverages do you see in the

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Speaker 4: college game? Virtually none. I did a informal poll of

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Speaker 4: both receivers and dbs in that locker room as who

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Speaker 4: had recently played the college game, Like nothing is advanced

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Speaker 4: as what you see in the NFL. These guys have

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Speaker 4: all year to scheme up different coverages. So what you

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Speaker 4: see pre snap is going to be different than post

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Speaker 4: snap because they're disguising and they're snapping into something totally different. So,

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Speaker 4: in the words of Josh Rosen, yeah, rookies tend to

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Speaker 4: do a lot of buffering because of it. And that

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Speaker 4: was the case. Now, speaking of a rant, Michael Wilson

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Speaker 4: told the media last week at his locker, Look, don't

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Speaker 4: worry about him. You know, he's great Monday through Saturday,

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Speaker 4: and he will be great on Sunday. Akin to the

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Speaker 4: Jerry Rice equation from his rookie year right where the

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Speaker 4: key frame was to take it into game day. And

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Speaker 4: then Michael Wilson pointed out, look, it's hard in the NFL.

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Speaker 4: It's hard in this offense. It's complex. You're playing X receiver,

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Speaker 4: you're playing different receiver spots. You got to win your

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Speaker 4: one on ones. You got to get chemistry with your quarterback.

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Speaker 4: And by the way, they're really physical and they want

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Speaker 4: to take your head off if you're anywhere near the

491
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Speaker 4: football and you've got to block your position and good

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Speaker 4: luck against you know, you're going against NFL linebackers at times.

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Speaker 4: So there's a lot on his play. It's the miscommunication.

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Speaker 4: I think it wasn't that Marvin didn't know what to do,

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Speaker 4: where to go, or where to be. It was to

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Speaker 4: your point, Paul, if a certain defense all of a

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Speaker 4: sudden changes within that play, then I expect you to

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Speaker 4: do left, and you went right. And that's something that

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Speaker 4: comes up with time and experience with reps. So and

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Speaker 4: there was still one or two instances in which you

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Speaker 4: could see Kyler kind of pointing or kind of throwing

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Speaker 4: his hands up in there and going, okay, well, that's

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Speaker 4: something that they got to work on. But that is

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Speaker 4: still a work in progress. What might not be a

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Speaker 4: work in progress anymore is Trey McBride and what we

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Speaker 4: are seeing out of him in what is this his

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Speaker 4: first full season as you're starting tied end, so as

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Speaker 4: well as he played late last season, there was a

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Speaker 4: little bit of a slow start for him this year. Again,

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Speaker 4: I think it was all right, you added a number

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Speaker 4: one wide receiver. How was that going to affect Trey?

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Speaker 4: But you can have that number one wide receiver, you

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Speaker 4: can have a solid run game, and you can have

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Speaker 4: that tight end coming across the middle or making those

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Speaker 4: toe tapping catches on the sideline. Because I think right now,

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Speaker 4: the one player in the past game that Kyler trusts

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Speaker 4: the most is Trey McBride. When he started the second

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Speaker 4: half with that hurdle job, that was just stupid and

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Speaker 4: you know, I'm kicking myself. I didn't ask him about

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Speaker 4: that after the game, but that hurdle job was just ridiculous.

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Speaker 4: But it had been replaced by what the Cardinals did

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Speaker 4: at the end of the game and coming from behind,

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Speaker 4: putting together a couple of real money drives. Was it

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Speaker 4: third and one or third and two? Third and third

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Speaker 4: and one where he made he reels in that catch.

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Speaker 4: It was easily could have been over his head. Most

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Speaker 4: tight ends don't have the athleticism really go up and

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Speaker 4: catch that, make that sort of grab. That's the one

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Speaker 4: where I really swallowed hard on the sideline. I'm like,

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Speaker 4: oh boy, third and one and we're going for a

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Speaker 4: chunk throw to the tight end and oh no, it's

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Speaker 4: a little high. There's Trey mcplay making it another play.

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Speaker 4: I mean, true or false. I'll ask you true or fall.

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Speaker 4: The most surefire hands on the team belong to Trey McBride.

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Speaker 1: As we speak right now. In the past game. Yes,

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Speaker 1: a close second James Connor, because I know he values

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Speaker 1: his hands in the past game. But yes, I would

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Speaker 1: put those two again. And Marvin could certainly be there

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Speaker 1: at some point. He's just not here or there right

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Speaker 1: now here we are in Week eight.

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Speaker 4: But right now, if there's a money down and you

542
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Speaker 4: gotta have it, whose hands do you trust the most?

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Speaker 4: To me, it's Trey McBride. That's how athletic he is,

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Speaker 4: that's how unstoppable is And there's some next gen stat

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Speaker 4: He just schooled David Long the linebacker. You want to

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Speaker 4: put an inside linebacker on him the entirety of the game.

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Speaker 4: Good luck, no wonder he had his third one hundred

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Speaker 4: yard receiving game, And what if the Cardinals had gone

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Speaker 4: since nineteen eighty nine until last year without a tight

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Speaker 4: end having one hundred yard receiving game and that's his third.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, if you're the Bears, really don't know what

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Speaker 4: the Bears personnel is at this point. A little hint

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Speaker 4: to Matt Eberflus might want to think about someone other

554
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Speaker 4: than an inside linebacker going against Trey McBride, because he

555
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Speaker 4: even schooled Fred Warner last year when they tried that.

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Speaker 1: By the way trade. With his third one hundred yard

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Speaker 1: receiving game, second all time in franchise history. I saw

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Speaker 1: this number earlier and it surprised me. We all know

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Speaker 1: the number one tied end in Cardinals franchise history Jackie Smith.

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Speaker 3: Yep.

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Speaker 1: How many one hundred yard receiving games does he have

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Speaker 1: in his career? I was blown away. I did not

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Speaker 1: realize it was this mini.

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Speaker 4: Well, what's crazy is he had a twelve hundred yard

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Speaker 4: receiving season Jackie Smith, back when they played fourteen games.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, he must add a number of them. Although

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Speaker 4: I have no clue. Twenty two twenty.

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Speaker 1: Two here, I am thinking Tray's on his way. Three.

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Speaker 1: That's great in a season and a half. Oh no,

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Speaker 1: it's twenty two.

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Speaker 4: Wow. You know, I never saw much of Jackie Smith,

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Speaker 4: but based on the numbers, he must have been a

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Speaker 4: heck of a player. People saw him play, I'm guessing

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Speaker 4: they rave about Jackie Smith. I did not, but yeah,

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Speaker 4: a lot of respect for the numbers he put out there.

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Speaker 4: Cardinals stat Book.

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Speaker 1: On Sunday, Trey McBride set season highs in targets, receptions,

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Speaker 1: receiving yards, and yards after catch and after the game. Well,

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Speaker 1: he was the postgame guest Paul Calvic and the first

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Speaker 1: topic that was addressed the celebration in the locker room.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it just feels good, you know, to get in here,

582
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Speaker 3: to have a win, to feel the energy from the team,

583
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Speaker 3: so exciting, to win two games in a row, to

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Speaker 3: kind of get on a run here. It's very exciting

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Speaker 3: for us. We got a lot of work still to do,

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Speaker 3: but we're right where we want to be going into

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Speaker 3: the next week.

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Speaker 4: The fact that the Cardinals first lead in this game

589
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Speaker 4: was the end of the game, what does that say

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Speaker 4: about this team?

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Speaker 3: I think it's just how resilient, how tough, how physical

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Speaker 3: we are.

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna fight till the last second. We're gonna give

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Speaker 3: you it all. And ultimately we walked it off with

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Speaker 3: a chat again, man, I mean just walked it off

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Speaker 3: with another kick. I'm so happy for him. I'm so

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Speaker 3: happy for these guys, and I'm just so proud of

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Speaker 3: this team.

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Speaker 1: Man.

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Speaker 3: That was a tough, physical football team and we ultimately

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Speaker 3: came out on top.

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Speaker 4: It was a tough slog in a way to begin

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Speaker 4: this game, especially in the past game, and that's the

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Speaker 4: number one passing defense in the league.

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Speaker 3: What changed?

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Speaker 1: What improved?

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Speaker 4: You know?

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Speaker 3: I think we just kind of sticked to the plan.

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Speaker 3: We had a great plan going in this game, and

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Speaker 3: they brought a ton of pressure early on, and I

612
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Speaker 3: think we adjusted to the pressure well and we were

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Speaker 3: able to get a couple explosives off of them, you know,

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Speaker 3: missing a gap, you know, misfitting in that pressure. So

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Speaker 3: they're a really good team, like you said, number one

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Speaker 3: defense in the league and passing. So for us to

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Speaker 3: do what we did today is a testament to our team.

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Speaker 4: What was key for you nine for one twenty four today.

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Speaker 3: I think, just when when the ball comes to me,

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Speaker 3: make the play. You know, Kyler you know, has to

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Speaker 3: go through his reads, and uh, there was a few

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Speaker 3: opportunities I had and I made the play. Kyler threw

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Speaker 3: great balls, and I'm just uh, I'm glad it worked out.

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Speaker 1: Man.

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Speaker 3: I'm so happy for these guys, happy for this team,

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Speaker 3: and I'm very excited.

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Speaker 1: Well, Tray should be excited. A win on National tight

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Speaker 1: Ends Day, Paul, And we heard it all afternoon long,

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Speaker 1: all night long. And by the way, I saw this

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Speaker 1: on Monday morning from the NFL Week eight saw one

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Speaker 1: hundred and seventy seven by a tight end, most by

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Speaker 1: a tight end on a single day in NFL history.

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Speaker 1: And oh, by the way, Sunday was National tight Ends Day.

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Speaker 4: Okay, so talk about speaking it into existence, wasn't it.

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Speaker 4: JJ Watter tweeted out, I cannot believe whoever's responsible for this,

636
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Speaker 4: whether it's George Kildo or Travis Kelcey, how much run

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Speaker 4: National tight End Day has received. They should get some

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Speaker 4: sort of industry award for marketing because the pr and

639
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Speaker 4: the response and the awareness and all the chatter about

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Speaker 4: National tight End Day has been off the hook. And

641
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Speaker 4: apparently the quarterbacks are in on a two because one

642
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Speaker 4: hundred seventy seven receptions and all time record for a

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Speaker 4: single weekend by tight ends. And I think there were

644
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Speaker 4: sixteen touchdowns as well if I saw it now. Kyler

645
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 4: was asked post came about if he knew. He said yes,

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Speaker 4: but that wasn't why Trey was targeted as many times.

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Speaker 4: But to your point, I mean, when you guys landed

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Speaker 4: Sunday night, Sunday Night Football might have just wrapped up,

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Speaker 4: but even Sunday Night Football, NBC had tie in belts

650
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:05,280
Speaker 4: made to give to the winning team. So George Kittle.

651
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,600
Speaker 1: Got one, Brock Purdy got one. I was like, okay, this,

652
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 1: you know, the saying jump the shark. We might be

653
00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 1: that close here with National tight End's Day.

654
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 4: I don't know what George Kittle is doing for a

655
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 4: career after football, forgetting the broadcast booth. I would hire

656
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:22,040
Speaker 4: him as CMO Chief marketing Officer. That's what I would

657
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 4: hire him for, because he's done a heck of a

658
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 4: job enacting this plan and getting tight ends much more

659
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 4: love across the globe.

660
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,360
Speaker 1: Second most receiving yards in a game in his career,

661
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,600
Speaker 1: talking about Drey McBride nine catches, one hundred and twenty

662
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 1: four yards was held out of the end zone. But

663
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,160
Speaker 1: again going back to our conversation, if you don't have

664
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 1: the run game going to where you've got one hundred

665
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 1: and fifty plus yards on the ground, then something has

666
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 1: to take the place of that. Something else needs to

667
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 1: step up, some other unit needs to step up. That's

668
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 1: why we say it. If Marvin's not doing what he's

669
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 1: expected to do, then someone else has to take over that.

670
00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 1: And on Sunday we kind of got the best of

671
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 1: both worlds.

672
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Speaker 4: And other than James Connor, i'd say number two in

673
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:06,080
Speaker 4: the powerpole of breaking tackles on this team is Trey

674
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 4: McBride making the first guy, miss you know, here's a

675
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 4: stiff arm. You know I'm gonna run through that arm tackle.

676
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 4: I guess what, I'm gonna truck you and fall forward

677
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 4: for another two or three yards, the leaky yards, the

678
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,880
Speaker 4: dirty yards. Trey McBride is so good in that. So

679
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 4: I think as this offense evolves, you know, I'd love

680
00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 4: to see even some of the motion stuff the Dolphins

681
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,800
Speaker 4: use to get guys in space immediately. That would really

682
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 4: cater to Trey McBride. Get him in space whenever you can,

683
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,200
Speaker 4: and just let him run with it because he is

684
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:39,320
Speaker 4: relentless with the ball in his hands. Afterwards, and once again,

685
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 4: if they have to worry about James Connor and they

686
00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:43,760
Speaker 4: have to worry about Kyler's legs, and now they have

687
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 4: to worry about Marvin Harrison Junior and Trey McBride. This

688
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,920
Speaker 4: is what we've been talking about all season long. What

689
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,480
Speaker 4: happens when you unlock the passing game in those receiving weapons,

690
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 4: and now you become a nightmare. And if Kyler has

691
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,080
Speaker 4: the time, and it did look like things slowed down

692
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 4: for him a little bit of especially in that second half.

693
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:05,960
Speaker 4: He was really keeping his eyes downfield. Now even yell

694
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,959
Speaker 4: Defroholt told us that yes, there were one too many

695
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,400
Speaker 4: free runners, but they were using a lot of unscattered

696
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:13,280
Speaker 4: looks and they were doing a lot of crazy exotic

697
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,520
Speaker 4: stuff to try and impact Kyler. And he's really he's

698
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,960
Speaker 4: really deft at waiting till the guy's on top of him,

699
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,239
Speaker 4: you know, and then boom, just making a move, just

700
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 4: letting almost like you know, and just letting the guy

701
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:27,360
Speaker 4: bowl rush him and then just jump out of the

702
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,640
Speaker 4: way at the last second. He's really good at that.

703
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 4: Even a Jalen Ramsey was visibly frustrated in that field.

704
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,440
Speaker 4: He could not bring he couldn't even touch Kyler.

705
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,759
Speaker 1: Well, the first offensive possession of the game, you were like,

706
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:42,920
Speaker 1: uh oh, because Jalen Ramsey Kaleis Campbell both with passes

707
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,920
Speaker 1: defense at the line of scrimmage, Ramsey coming in as

708
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,800
Speaker 1: a free runner on the outside, and then Campbell because

709
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 1: we heard from yell to Frohold earlier on Monday, Well

710
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,280
Speaker 1: he's six to eight and he's just gonna bat down passes.

711
00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:56,200
Speaker 1: But to your point, maybe things did slow down as

712
00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 1: the game progress and Kyler was reading the defense understand

713
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,040
Speaker 1: what they were trying to do, and all right, this

714
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 1: is what I have to do to beat it because

715
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,719
Speaker 1: he did have time to throw. Credit the offensive line

716
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: again another zero sack performance, and also credit Kyler's mobility

717
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 1: to buy some time in that pocket to allow receivers

718
00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 1: to get downfield, because we did see that downfield passing

719
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:20,360
Speaker 1: game this according to next Gen Stats, Kyler ten of

720
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,200
Speaker 1: thirteen for one hundred and ninety two yards and two

721
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:27,000
Speaker 1: touchdowns on passes over ten air yards. We had not

722
00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:30,439
Speaker 1: seen that a lot this season. And it gets even

723
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,560
Speaker 1: better because if you read the game book, they have

724
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,919
Speaker 1: deep passes, there's a short pass and a deep pass.

725
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,799
Speaker 1: They consider deep passes air yards of sixteen or more.

726
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 1: Kyler had eight on Sunday. He had nine such passes

727
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:50,200
Speaker 1: over the previous five games. So, again, going back to

728
00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:53,440
Speaker 1: our conversation, something got unlocked in the pass game, and

729
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 1: this is what it's capable of looking like in a

730
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,919
Speaker 1: game against the Miami Dolphins and the number one pass

731
00:35:58,960 --> 00:35:59,919
Speaker 1: defense and Coraig, what.

732
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,200
Speaker 4: Did we talk about in August and early September. Kyler's

733
00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:07,360
Speaker 4: not back until the deep passing game is back, until

734
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:11,560
Speaker 4: the deep passing attack returns to his repertoire, something he

735
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:15,960
Speaker 4: was among the league leaders in in twenty twenty twenty one,

736
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:19,000
Speaker 4: and then all of a sudden in twenty two it

737
00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,400
Speaker 4: fell off. I mean it fell off a cliff. He

738
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,440
Speaker 4: went among the league leaders to near the bottom of

739
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,520
Speaker 4: the league. Now, of course, there are other things that

740
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 4: were afflicting that Cardinals offense, as we found out a

741
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:30,880
Speaker 4: year long. Then he had the knee injury. Then he

742
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,080
Speaker 4: was on the comeback trail. He had to learn a

743
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,440
Speaker 4: new offense, and he had to get new weapons minus

744
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:39,440
Speaker 4: DeAndre Hopkins and other downfield threats. But now that he

745
00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 4: has talent in that room, now that they're on the

746
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:44,879
Speaker 4: same page, I do truly believe that if you want

747
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,400
Speaker 4: to drill down a little deeper than just okay, the

748
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,959
Speaker 4: passing game is how you unlock this offense. No, it's

749
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,400
Speaker 4: the deep passing game that's going to truly make this

750
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,919
Speaker 4: a top ten scoring offense. That's my belief because we've

751
00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 4: seen it before in Kyler's game. He was among the

752
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,080
Speaker 4: most accurate deep ball throwers, the most efficient early in

753
00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 4: his career, and for some reason that had vanished until

754
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 4: this game.

755
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 1: In a lot of ways, you have that deep passing game,

756
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:13,759
Speaker 1: meaning you're getting chunk plays, you're getting explosive plays, meaning

757
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,000
Speaker 1: you can score quicker you're not on the field for

758
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: as long. And you know, I don't want to gloss

759
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 1: over it too much, but the fact that defensively the

760
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,720
Speaker 1: Cardinals couldn't get the Dolphins off the field. But again,

761
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:30,920
Speaker 1: when you win, it's easier to correct those things. But again,

762
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 1: the defense got the one stop that they needed, forcing

763
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,239
Speaker 1: that incompletion on third to nine to get the ball

764
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:38,359
Speaker 1: back in the hands of the offense, which we saw

765
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 1: in Week one in Buffalo twice the defense got the

766
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:44,719
Speaker 1: Bills off the field, and twice the offense was unable

767
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:49,760
Speaker 1: to get that final scoring drive and finish for victory.

768
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:51,880
Speaker 1: But we're now seeing that in each of the past

769
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:54,480
Speaker 1: two weeks and in three of the last four games,

770
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:58,279
Speaker 1: Cardinals coming back in games in the fourth quarter, which

771
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:00,839
Speaker 1: bodes well because if you do but a couple of times, now,

772
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you get in that situation later

773
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 1: on in the season. You revert back to these weeks

774
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:07,840
Speaker 1: and go, Okay, been here, done that, we can do

775
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:08,240
Speaker 1: it again.

776
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:12,239
Speaker 4: And look against the Dolphins, the priorities, the points of

777
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 4: emphasis number one was taken away ten and seventeen, taking

778
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 4: away Tyreek Hill and Jalen waddle, don't let them wreck

779
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 4: the game. And because of that, you were pulling a

780
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:22,680
Speaker 4: guy out of the box, unlike the Chargers game where

781
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 4: you were loading the box. You addressed six defensive linemen

782
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:29,080
Speaker 4: for that game, and you were going heavy because the

783
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:32,560
Speaker 4: Chargers offense was more like a sledgehammer, where the Dolphins

784
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,839
Speaker 4: offense is more like a carving knife. And so you

785
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,520
Speaker 4: go into this game and your minus Roy Lopez in

786
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:42,320
Speaker 4: addition to the season ending injuries to Justin Jones and

787
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 4: Ball Nichols and Darius Robinson, so your top four defensive

788
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:50,320
Speaker 4: linemen are not available for this game. And then Nakwan

789
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:54,400
Speaker 4: Jones goes down, gets carted off late first half, and

790
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,799
Speaker 4: I mean, I think I was feeling every Cardinals fan

791
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:58,359
Speaker 4: was feeling. You're down on the side and goes, man,

792
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,080
Speaker 4: do you just do you have the man power or

793
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 4: do you have the personnel and the bodies to get

794
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:05,399
Speaker 4: this done? And even though Ni Kwon Jones came back

795
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,840
Speaker 4: in for a hot moment and tried and tested that

796
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:10,800
Speaker 4: groin injury, it didn't work out. So props to Dante Stills,

797
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,800
Speaker 4: An LJ. Collier and Kyrie's Tonga and Ben Stilly forgetting

798
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:17,640
Speaker 4: the Cardinals through, but in those money moments when they

799
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,799
Speaker 4: really needed it, Nick Ross and Jonathan Gannont had something

800
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:24,799
Speaker 4: up their sleeve in that laminated play sheet, and it

801
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 4: was advantaged Cardinals in those money moments. And that's not

802
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:28,920
Speaker 4: the first time we've seen that happen.

803
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 1: All that matters is what your last impression is, and

804
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,919
Speaker 1: the last impression is the Cardinals getting the Dolphins off

805
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 1: the field, allowing Kyler Murray to do what Kyler Murray

806
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,240
Speaker 1: does best, and that has lead his team to victory

807
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:43,400
Speaker 1: twenty eight to twenty seven the final Cardinals. Now four

808
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,520
Speaker 1: and four on the season, there'll be plenty of time

809
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 1: to discuss the next couple of days as far as

810
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:51,640
Speaker 1: all right, how does this defense improve, especially without Dennis

811
00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 1: Gardek and potentially the return of Darius Robinson. He will

812
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:58,239
Speaker 1: be activated by Wednesday, but does that mean that he

813
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:01,440
Speaker 1: gets to be on the field come Sunday against the Bears,

814
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:05,520
Speaker 1: Because Paul, he has not practiced, at least during the

815
00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:08,120
Speaker 1: open portion that we have been able to see. He

816
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 1: has not done anything over these two plus weeks in

817
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,600
Speaker 1: which that practice window has been opened.

818
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:16,239
Speaker 4: It is such an unknown and he was on the

819
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 4: sideline in Miami He is a massive dude. I mean,

820
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:22,919
Speaker 4: he's got like a thirty three inch waist and he's

821
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:26,560
Speaker 4: all a two ninety and he's walking around just in

822
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:29,680
Speaker 4: regular shoes. Guys are wearing cleats, and he's still towering

823
00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:33,120
Speaker 4: over most of the defensive linemen. And You're like, man,

824
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 4: I can't wait till this kid is in game shape,

825
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:38,719
Speaker 4: until this guy lets it rip what we saw in

826
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,560
Speaker 4: the month of August and forget what we had to

827
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:45,759
Speaker 4: our observations, what Cardinals veterans were saying about d Rob.

828
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:48,839
Speaker 4: So how ready is he? How realistic is he makes

829
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 4: an impact anytime soon? I have no idea, but I

830
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,800
Speaker 4: do know once he rounds into form, he's gonna be

831
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:56,920
Speaker 4: a real problem. He's gonna be a real headache. And

832
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,040
Speaker 4: is there a position group that is more in need

833
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,399
Speaker 4: than dee defensive line right now?

834
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,840
Speaker 1: Yeah? Much needed. By the way, I almost forgot in

835
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:09,360
Speaker 1: this win Paul the Angry Bird Award, because again, a

836
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:12,239
Speaker 1: number of options as far as offense, and I'll even

837
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:16,360
Speaker 1: throw out defense. Buddha Baker Jalen Thompson mentioned Dante Stills

838
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:18,560
Speaker 1: Special teams. You and Chad Ryland. I mean, you guys

839
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:22,319
Speaker 1: are best friends, quick fast friends here. He's been here

840
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:24,120
Speaker 1: what less than a month than you two are on

841
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 1: a first name basis and sharing stories and maybe going

842
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:30,600
Speaker 1: out to eat at some point. But yeah, people want

843
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:32,439
Speaker 1: to know who's the Angry Bird Award for this week.

844
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, the old Lineman on Thursday night, or invite him

845
00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 4: out to the Old Line dinner. I'm not getting that

846
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,839
Speaker 4: same invite, So let's be clear on that. You know what,

847
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:42,160
Speaker 4: It's kind of captain obvious, But when you're down on

848
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 4: the sideline, the boor the flash, the tornado, the Tasmanian

849
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:52,359
Speaker 4: devil that is Buddha Baker is so impressive. How many

850
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 4: tackles do you have in the first half?

851
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 1: Nine nine? I mean plus a tackle for lost in

852
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,239
Speaker 1: a pass defense. And I'll say this because it was

853
00:41:58,280 --> 00:41:59,799
Speaker 1: right in front of me and everyone saw the camera

854
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:04,319
Speaker 1: as well. When he started jawing with Tyreek Hill. It

855
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 1: really did set a tone. I ain't taken nothing from

856
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,800
Speaker 1: the Dolphins. We don't care if it's their home building.

857
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:12,680
Speaker 1: We don't care if they have the home humidity advantage.

858
00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:14,960
Speaker 1: We don't care. If Tuau is back, we don't care.

859
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:17,520
Speaker 1: If we're on the Sun's sideline. You guys have the.

860
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:21,000
Speaker 4: Shade we're here to ball, We're here to play. What

861
00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:23,879
Speaker 4: did James Conner say walking off on the cell phone

862
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,360
Speaker 4: video coming off with Kyler Murray? There isn't you know?

863
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:29,360
Speaker 4: It was like a double negative. We ain't never not

864
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:32,680
Speaker 4: gonna play. That was his saying, right, you know. And

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00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:36,719
Speaker 4: Buddha Baker sets that tone in addition just to what

866
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,040
Speaker 4: was a point emphasis by Jonathan Gannon, and it was

867
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:41,520
Speaker 4: legit tackling. They're gonna try and get you in space.

868
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:44,399
Speaker 4: They have ridiculous team speed, they're a track team. They're

869
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:47,160
Speaker 4: gonna try and make you look stupid. And Buddha Baker,

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00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:50,600
Speaker 4: how many chunk plays saving tackles did he make? And

871
00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:52,520
Speaker 4: it was just phenomenal. He was in the box, he

872
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:55,920
Speaker 4: was playing deep center field, he was all over the field,

873
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:59,759
Speaker 4: and he's most And then considering the trash talking, which

874
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:01,359
Speaker 4: we have seen a whole lot of from Buddha over

875
00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:04,200
Speaker 4: the years. We've heard about him trash talking in practice,

876
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:06,000
Speaker 4: we finally saw it in a game and for that

877
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:09,359
Speaker 4: reason he wins and earns the Angry Bird Award this week.

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Speaker 1: And if you are going to trash talk, Tyreek Hill,

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00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,520
Speaker 1: you had better back it up. And Buddha and that

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00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:17,719
Speaker 1: defense did because postgame, Buddha Baker, our goal was to

881
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:21,440
Speaker 1: stop seventeen and ten, referring to Jalen Wattle and Tyreek Hill,

882
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:23,800
Speaker 1: who did combine for ten catches for one hundred and

883
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 1: seventeen yards, but no touchdowns and that final stat zero touchdowns,

884
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:31,400
Speaker 1: that's all that matters.

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Speaker 4: I just I'd love to get some sort of analysis

886
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:38,319
Speaker 4: from those who break down the film. Is this the

887
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:42,120
Speaker 4: best season of Buddha Baker's career. I think he's tracking

888
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:46,040
Speaker 4: towards a career year, and at this moment, I fully

889
00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:49,200
Speaker 4: expect him to be first team All Pro. I think

890
00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:52,080
Speaker 4: that's how well he's playing, and I think that's how

891
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:55,319
Speaker 4: much respect he garners around the league. Obviously, if you

892
00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:56,840
Speaker 4: play in New York or LA or some of the

893
00:43:56,840 --> 00:43:59,279
Speaker 4: big markets, okay, you know, but you get an in

894
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:02,640
Speaker 4: order amount of tension. But those who truly know the game, no,

895
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Speaker 4: Buddha Baker is a top three, maybe top two safety

896
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:10,880
Speaker 4: in this league. And now he is the Angry Bird Award.

897
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 4: So before he even receives a Pro Bowl or an

898
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:15,759
Speaker 4: All Pro honor in twenty twenty four, he can look

899
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:17,480
Speaker 4: back on this moment here in Week eight and say

900
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:20,840
Speaker 4: it all began post Miami Dolphins game. He just won't

901
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:24,400
Speaker 4: actually get a real version of the Angry Bird Award.

902
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:27,680
Speaker 4: Budgetary constraints. We just have one. It's sort of symbolic,

903
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:30,440
Speaker 4: and so the best we can do is a picture online.

904
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Speaker 4: All right, Well, hey, this is something new, something different.

905
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Speaker 4: He's not materialistic though, it doesn't matter to Buddha.

906
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:37,279
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter.

907
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:39,759
Speaker 4: He's got everything a man could ever want for five lifetimes.

908
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:42,360
Speaker 4: So he doesn't, you know, need the actual plastic helmet

909
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:43,680
Speaker 4: with the stuffed animal in the middle.

910
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Speaker 1: Now, what everyone does need is to enjoy what is

911
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:49,040
Speaker 1: now a two game winning streak and three wins in

912
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 1: their last four games and a four and four record,

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Speaker 1: and more importantly, the Arizona Cardinals through eight games first

914
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Speaker 1: place in the NFC West. And we'll just let that

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Speaker 1: hang a little bit here. On that note, we'll put

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Speaker 1: a li itt on this edition of Cardinals Cover two

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Speaker 1: presented by Hyundai, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As always,

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Speaker 1: special thanks to our executive producer Jim mam Andre, our

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Speaker 1: associate producer Coddy Fincher. For Paul Calvc, I'm Craig Realdu.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next time you're on Cardinals Cover two,