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Speaker 1: Tween go. This is it. Caught by Kirk at the

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Speaker 1: twenty at the ten touchdown, Oh baby fail. Here's Craig Grilou,

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Speaker 1: Mike Jarecki, and Bertrand Berry. Eight new faces, eight players retained.

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Speaker 1: And that's what the Cardinals did over the past three

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Speaker 1: weeks since the new league year began. And if you

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Speaker 1: want to excuse me, J. J. Watt in there as well. Yes,

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Speaker 1: it has been a busy start to the quote unquote

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Speaker 1: new league year for the Arizona Cardinals. But now as

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Speaker 1: we shift to April, gentlemen, yes, free agency is at

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Speaker 1: the forefront of people's minds, But we are beginning to

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Speaker 1: hear certainly a lot about the twenty twenty one NFL Draft,

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Speaker 1: and general manager Steve Kahn recently said that that is

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Speaker 1: their focus right now. Draft meetings are going on as

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Speaker 1: we speak, as the Cardinals right now with six draft picks,

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Speaker 1: including number sixteen overall. So we'll kind of kind of

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Speaker 1: do a little bit a dual analysis here free agency

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Speaker 1: plus the draft as we welcome you to this week's

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Speaker 1: Cardinals read Sea report Craig Riel, lu Mike Drecky, and

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Speaker 1: bertram Berry Betrayed. It has certainly been a busy time

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Speaker 1: you look, MJ what the team has done so far.

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Speaker 1: that absolutely now. On the subjects of leadership, last week

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Speaker 1: I think it's one that was the most needed because

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Speaker 1: when you start talking about the importance of keeping Kyler

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Speaker 1: upright and having that pressure right in his face, you

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Speaker 1: needed somebody that could protect him first and foremost, and

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Speaker 1: also be a guy that you can rely on to

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Speaker 1: not self destructor or make mistakes that can hurt the

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Speaker 1: team ultimately. And he's a guy that doesn't get a

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Speaker 1: lot of penalties. He doesn't have a lot of of

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Speaker 1: lost concentration type of plays where you know your off

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Speaker 1: sides and things of that nature. So he's the guy

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Speaker 1: that's just not going to get you beat. And I

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Speaker 1: think that's the most important aspect of it, because when

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Speaker 1: you're talking about how do you make the quarterback a

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Speaker 1: much better the player, you have to one haven't protected

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Speaker 1: right at the point of attack, And I think, what, Hudson,

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Speaker 1: this is going to be exactly what Kyler Murray needed.

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Speaker 1: Three things come to mind. He could help with the

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Speaker 1: line calls, and you listen a lot of quarterbacks go

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Speaker 1: through their first raid and then they improvised. It's not

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Speaker 1: like when your young quarterback. That happened. The rush rushed.

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Speaker 1: Offense should be better just from the interior, and pass

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Speaker 1: protection should be better. I mean, let's be honest. In

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Speaker 1: this division, there's a lot of good defensive tackles and

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Speaker 1: they were getting pressure up the middle, and a lot

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Speaker 1: of times Kyler wasn't able to step up in the pocket.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes he drifts, sometimes he can't see over the line,

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Speaker 1: So I look at him helping out with the line

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Speaker 1: calls because he's not going to see something he hasn't seen.

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Speaker 1: The pass. They should be able to run the ball

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Speaker 1: more efficiently and maybe they get back to five yards

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Speaker 1: of carry, and then when it comes to pass protection,

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Speaker 1: they should you know, whether there's a sliding protection. I

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Speaker 1: think that's going to be an improvement. In the fairness

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Speaker 1: of the last year. We know the sacks went down

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Speaker 1: almost in half, so they can build off of that

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Speaker 1: going into the season. According to Pro Football Focus, Hudson

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Speaker 1: the best pass blocking grade since twenty fifteen among any

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Speaker 1: center in the National Football League. And this is a

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Speaker 1: move that gets better as days and weeks. Pass mj

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Speaker 1: because as a report out there, Ian Rappaport of the

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Speaker 1: NFL Network saying, the Cardinals and Rodney Hudson reworked his

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Speaker 1: contract to where it's now a three year extension. So

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Speaker 1: if that is indeed true, Hudson's not signed through twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty two, but twenty twenty three, an extra year for

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Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson in the Cardinals uniform. Yeah, And you know

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Speaker 1: that's a smart thing to do because you don't want to,

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Speaker 1: you know, have him only for two years. Then you

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Speaker 1: got to try to find another guy, and usually like

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Speaker 1: to have a guy in the mix. But you know, again,

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Speaker 1: Lyman can played at her thirty five. Look at Andrew

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Speaker 1: Wittwere's playing left tackle. He's still in the league. So

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Speaker 1: there's certain positions where guys can last. And he does

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Speaker 1: a really good job with his durability and availability. He

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Speaker 1: doesn't miss a lot of games, and that's important when

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Speaker 1: you're giving out an extension like that. Our restructure and

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Speaker 1: as far as the penalty, he's be trained. You brought

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Speaker 1: it up. Hudson not penalized once last season. That to

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Speaker 1: me is amazing, It is amazing. But it just shows

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Speaker 1: that he is locked in. He's good at his job,

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Speaker 1: and he just doesn't. He's not unprepared when he's on

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Speaker 1: the field, and he's a guy that you can just

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Speaker 1: count on. You know that he's going to go out there,

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Speaker 1: he's going to do his job. And there's nothing that's

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Speaker 1: more satisfying than to know that you can count on

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Speaker 1: that guy to do his job and not put you

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Speaker 1: in a position where you can get beat. And that

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Speaker 1: availability and reliability, those are two of the best abilities

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Speaker 1: that you could talk about as far as the football

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Speaker 1: players concerned. We always talk about the tackle position left

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Speaker 1: or right, but here MJ. You got the center position

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Speaker 1: that has become, at least for the Arizona Cardinals, hugely important. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean you start looking at that third and two

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Speaker 1: and fourth and one. I mean usually you want to

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Speaker 1: have your quarterback under center. You can still run an

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Speaker 1: out of the pistol. But now all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: you know you're looking at you know, make it, making

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Speaker 1: that die between the center and the guard. And that's

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Speaker 1: something that they have to improve on, whether Murray's under

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Speaker 1: center or not. And I think he'll provide that. We

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Speaker 1: have hit halftime here on the Cardinals Red Sea reports.

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Speaker 1: When we come back right in the wheelhouse of one

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Speaker 1: bertram Berry talking about edge rushers, guys who get after

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Speaker 1: JJ Watt has just tweeted that he has signed with

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Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. Whoa JJ Watt signing with the Arizona Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: He came out of nowhere, so this is it? Is it? Okay?

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Speaker 1: Let's go. I love the fit. A massive deal for

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Speaker 1: really one of the more up and coming teams in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. JJ Watt coming to the NFC West. It

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Speaker 1: just gets better and better and better. That division is stacked.

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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, that's an outstanding sign. The Cardinals point

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Speaker 1: of view, this piece is the difference excited for Arizona

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Speaker 1: Cardinals fans. Look at Steve conn God is arrested, pushing buckets,

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Speaker 1: making calls. Let's go daj Watts tackle. He does this

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Speaker 1: little damn the signing or at that time JJ Watts

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Speaker 1: announcing that he was going to join the Arizona Cardinals

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Speaker 1: and agree to terms and ultimately did sign sending shock

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Speaker 1: waves throughout the entire National Football League. And you look

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Speaker 1: at what this move specifically now means for the Arizona Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: As we walking me back here to the Cardinals Red

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Speaker 1: Sea Report Craig Riel, Mike Dreckie and Bertram Berry, I

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Speaker 1: direct this question, do you be trained J. J. Watts

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Speaker 1: since two thousand and twelve ninety five and a half sacks,

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Speaker 1: second only to now his teammates Chandler Jones with ninety nine.

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Speaker 1: I'm very happy with it. I can't tell you how

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Speaker 1: excited I am to see him in the Cardinals uniform

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Speaker 1: and to be paired with Chandler Jones. I really believe

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Speaker 1: that this team now becomes a different looking defense when

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Speaker 1: you have that front as like as dynamic and versatile

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Speaker 1: as they are now. I think for Vance Joseph in company,

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Speaker 1: this is going to be a gift that they haven't

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Speaker 1: had before. And I think you will start to see

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Speaker 1: the ideas that Vans Joseph has has in his mind

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Speaker 1: really started to manifest themselves on the field, where you're

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Speaker 1: going to have different packages for different players and you're

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Speaker 1: not quite sure where pass rushers are going to be

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Speaker 1: coming from. You think about the versatility at different positions

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Speaker 1: on the defensive front end, in the linebackers corps, you

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Speaker 1: just don't know. You're not going to be able to

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Speaker 1: lock in and tend this defense down by any stretch.

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Speaker 1: So this is one of those exciting moments that I

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Speaker 1: think Cardinal fans are really going to enjoy from a

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Speaker 1: defensive perspective because you're going to see a lot of

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Speaker 1: different things that maybe you hadn't seen before. Well, you're

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Speaker 1: not the only one excited. B Trained Frosty Rucker. Last week,

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Speaker 1: Big Red Rage talked about Watts and well more specifically

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Speaker 1: on the fact that Chandler Jones, a healthy Chandler Jones,

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Speaker 1: what he might be able to bring the Cardinals in

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. I mean, fifty five Superman. That's one

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Speaker 1: of the things that I've been really happy to see

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Speaker 1: how he continued to blossom year in year out, and

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Speaker 1: it was very unfortunate can't get an injury last year

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Speaker 1: because I know what he needs to that whole organization,

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Speaker 1: the type of player, is dependable, just a special guy,

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Speaker 1: game changer. He's a you know, definitely a ninety nine

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Speaker 1: on Mad. Getting him back and before, chand is going

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Speaker 1: to do great things And I'm really looking forward to

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Speaker 1: watching this defense just explode. Jones started the games or

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Speaker 1: the season's first five games and stuff with that biceps

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Speaker 1: injury at the New York Jets. The Cardinals still mj

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Speaker 1: were able to develop a pass rush, but it would

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Speaker 1: certainly benefits Vance Joseph if you just had one guy

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Speaker 1: Chandler Jones on one side, J J. Watt on the

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Speaker 1: other side throwing a Marcus Golden but Chandler Jones. We

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Speaker 1: haven't talked much about him and his return being healthy

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. Yeah, I mean he's beloved in

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Speaker 1: the locker room. He loved the smile, you know that,

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Speaker 1: the relationships he has with the tea's teammates, and you

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Speaker 1: know him and Buddha Baker hen come close and see

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Speaker 1: Buddha has been drafted. Yeah, I mean they definitely missed him.

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Speaker 1: Just you know, team's game planning. But you got to

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Speaker 1: give Vans a lot of credit with that jet package

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Speaker 1: where there about to create pass rush. You know, I

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Speaker 1: bet bringing more bodies and Cardinals were on the most

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Speaker 1: splitz team last year. But just having him on the field,

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Speaker 1: you know, teams are gonna have to defend a little

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Speaker 1: bit different. You know, you can let j J. Watt,

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Speaker 1: he can play in three five, seven nine technique and

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Speaker 1: then you can have Golden and Jones coming off the outside,

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Speaker 1: Buddha Baker possibly in the box. So I'm sure Vans

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Speaker 1: is looking at his chops just to unlease these guys,

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Speaker 1: but he's gonna have to wait until training camp. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the way to dial it up, if you will, with

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Speaker 1: JJ Watt and Chandler Jones be training. I want to

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Speaker 1: get your thoughts, but first let's hear the thoughts of

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Speaker 1: Frosty Rucker on what now vance Joseph has with the

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Speaker 1: Watt Jones combination. It's going to be a battle. How

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Speaker 1: do you block those guys one on water, especially if

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Speaker 1: they line up on the same side. You have those

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Speaker 1: two guys on one side, you know that frees up

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Speaker 1: Marcus Golden on the other side. But again we're talking

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Speaker 1: about JJJJ brings such a dynamic of just burn power, strands, quickness,

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Speaker 1: everything you want out of alignment, and you can line

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Speaker 1: them up anywhere, and it's going to be the ultimate mismatch.

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Speaker 1: You can't double team everyone be trained. So if you

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Speaker 1: do double a Chandler Jones and that would ultimately perhaps

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Speaker 1: free up at JJ Watt or Marcus Golden, then of

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Speaker 1: course by versa. So it is kind of a pick

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Speaker 1: your poison if you will, it is prick your poison.

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Speaker 1: And also we'll see what all these guys still have

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Speaker 1: less than the tank. And I know that the idea

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Speaker 1: is that they are going to be better together than

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Speaker 1: they are as individuals, but you really want to make

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Speaker 1: sure that all of these guys still bring that that

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Speaker 1: individual talent to the table, and once you put those

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Speaker 1: collective talents together, then you have something truly special. But

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Speaker 1: I think the one on ones is it's gonna work

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Speaker 1: well for all of these individuals because these are all

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Speaker 1: individuals that have proven that they can win one on

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Speaker 1: one matchup. And now when you have to slide protection

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Speaker 1: to one side or the other and you give one

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Speaker 1: one of those, uh, that dynamic defensive lineman one on

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Speaker 1: one where he has a lot of space to maneuver

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Speaker 1: as well, then that could really be problems for opposing offenses.

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Speaker 1: So I'm excited to see how this all plays out.

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Speaker 1: I just want to make sure that all three of

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Speaker 1: these guys are still able to be dominant at times

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Speaker 1: when when their numbers called it and they're needed to be.

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Speaker 1: You know, we focus a lot on Buddha Baker, and

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Speaker 1: rightfully so just base him being an All Pro and

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Speaker 1: just you know, a guy that texts the ball. But

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm really looking forward to Isaiah Simmons this year.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we don't talk about it enough and he

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Speaker 1: got a small sample last year, but he should not

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Speaker 1: come off the field. I mean he should be a

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Speaker 1: three down backer. You know, I thought Campbell and Simmons

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Speaker 1: and Booted at a better job covering the tight end.

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Speaker 1: You know, Jordan Hicks kind of your mainstay inside linebacker,

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Speaker 1: but I'm anticipating Isaiah to fly around the field this year. Well,

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Speaker 1: another guy that could get after the quarterback. We saw

644
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Speaker 1: that a handful of times last season. Yeah, and again

645
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 1: he's got the skill set. It was just him getting

646
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 1: comfortable and learning, you know, one position. They kind of

647
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 1: slow played him at week side. But I think he's

648
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 1: a guy that can cover tight ends down the field.

649
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,120
Speaker 1: I think he can come off the edge. But I

650
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Speaker 1: just I just think, you know, he needs a couple

651
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 1: preseason games. Like a lot of these guys, he needs

652
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 1: an offseason where he doesn't have to think about things,

653
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,080
Speaker 1: and once to get to Week one, he'll be able

654
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:07,080
Speaker 1: to play and react compared to how he started this

655
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 1: season last year. Cardinals defensively have a number of different

656
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:14,640
Speaker 1: players at all three levels to rush the quarterback, and

657
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:18,239
Speaker 1: it's something that opposing teams within the division and of

658
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,239
Speaker 1: course elsewhere around the league. I'm gonna have to pay

659
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 1: attention to one such team, the San Francisco forty nine Ers.

660
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:28,320
Speaker 1: George Kittle, answering some questions ten questions with Kyle Brants,

661
00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:31,919
Speaker 1: talked about what this Cardinals defense with the JJ Watt

662
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 1: and the Chandler Jones might mean not only for the

663
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:37,840
Speaker 1: forty nine ers, but everyone else. JJ Watt new to

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Speaker 1: the NFC West, How are you going to block that guy?

665
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,440
Speaker 1: This year? You might have to block that guy a

666
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:48,759
Speaker 1: couple block. There's techniques. Welcome to the NFC. Is this

667
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,360
Speaker 1: is this now real football? Coming over from the a FC? Like?

668
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,400
Speaker 1: Is that the way it works? I mean, this is

669
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Speaker 1: gonna get plaster But like the NFC West is the

670
00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,480
Speaker 1: toughest division in my opinion the Cardinals that they looked

671
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 1: pretty good offense. You can't lie there, and then he

672
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:04,239
Speaker 1: got JJ I mean Chandler Jones. I still think is

673
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:06,400
Speaker 1: one of the most underrated players in the NFL. Dude's

674
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 1: an absolute monster. You guys try to block him, yes,

675
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:12,840
Speaker 1: go go gadget extender arms. That's really annoying. I love it,

676
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,400
Speaker 1: really annoying. But I want to go back to the

677
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 1: first words that Kittle had to say on Ten Questions

678
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:22,320
Speaker 1: with Kyle Brandt podcast, be trained, and that is cut block.

679
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 1: I'm guessing that brings back some memories, not so pleasant

680
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: memories for myself and having people at my knees and

681
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,160
Speaker 1: at my legs. That was never my favorite. And I

682
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:36,280
Speaker 1: always wanted to let those guys know, just by matching

683
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,320
Speaker 1: their face in the ground how much I appreciated and

684
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 1: being around my legs. And so I understand this. It's

685
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:43,600
Speaker 1: an ultimate sign of respect because they don't think that

686
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,920
Speaker 1: they can block you straight up, so they want to

687
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 1: go you know, you want to they want to go low,

688
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 1: and we try to stay high, you know, in the

689
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,520
Speaker 1: words of Michelle Obama. So you know, I just look

690
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,360
Speaker 1: at it and I say it is going to be

691
00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,799
Speaker 1: a problem. And the teams around the NFC West under

692
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,839
Speaker 1: what the Cardinals are doing, and they know that they're

693
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,240
Speaker 1: going to have to bring their lunch bill on Sunday

694
00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:08,400
Speaker 1: in order to compete with the team because they've gotten

695
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,719
Speaker 1: exponentially better with the signings that they've made thus far.

696
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 1: Amy off Sep, JJ Watt, Chandler Jones, Marcus Golden, and

697
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,880
Speaker 1: don't forget about Davonka Nard as well, someone who's probably

698
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Speaker 1: more in this area and Ja maybe used as a

699
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 1: drop back linebacker to get more coverage, but certainly someone that,

700
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 1: as we saw last year, can get after the quarterback.

701
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 1: I thought early in the season, you know, I thought

702
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,840
Speaker 1: he did a nice job set in the edge, and

703
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 1: then he got COVID and then you know, basically they

704
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:37,719
Speaker 1: made the trade after Chandler Jones went down and got

705
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 1: Marcus Golden. So yeah, I mean again, you can have

706
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:43,880
Speaker 1: never have enough depth. Great locker room guy, great in

707
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 1: the community. So you know, we know that, you know,

708
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,200
Speaker 1: besides starting, you just want to be in the rotation

709
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:54,279
Speaker 1: and obviously more opportunities, but also you know, you got

710
00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 1: to play on special teams too, so we'll see what

711
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:58,760
Speaker 1: happens there. But I do like the depth that outside

712
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 1: linebacker still got a little ways to go before we

713
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:04,440
Speaker 1: see all of it on the football field when we

714
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Speaker 1: come back. Well, yes, it is April, which means it

715
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,840
Speaker 1: is time to talk NFL Draft, and there's been a

716
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 1: lot of movement when we talk about the first round.

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Speaker 1: That's straight ahead here on the Arizona Cardinals right doo network.

718
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 1: Two receivers to the left, one to the right, Donald

719
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 1: Rush coming Donald the voids it steps up. Donald looking

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Speaker 1: to run again. Oh what a fake at the forty

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Speaker 1: five He's to the forty thirty twenty five, twenty Sam

722
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:37,560
Speaker 1: Darnald could go. He's in for the touchdown. A brilliant run.

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Speaker 1: Major highlight for Sam Darkinal. He was dead turn rights

724
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:47,799
Speaker 1: and he turned it into six. Cardinals missed seeing Sam

725
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 1: Darnold last year when the Cardinals visited the New York Jets.

726
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:55,959
Speaker 1: They will, as we speak here on April six, see

727
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold coming up in twenty twenty one. It will

728
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:03,719
Speaker 1: be in a different colored uniform. However, news earlier this

729
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:07,360
Speaker 1: week that Darnold traded by the Jets to the Carolina

730
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:11,320
Speaker 1: Panthers for a sixth round pick this year and in

731
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Speaker 1: a second and fourth round pick in twenty twenty two.

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Speaker 1: And yes, the Cardinals do have the Carolina Panthers on

733
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Speaker 1: the schedule. In fact, the Panthers will visit State Farm

734
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Speaker 1: Stadium coming up this season. So a lot of quarterback movements,

735
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 1: and I think it's to be expected, MJ. Because apologies

736
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Speaker 1: be trained, but yes, MJ, it is a quarterback driven league. Yeah.

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00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,520
Speaker 1: What's interesting is they went out and spend sixty three

738
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Speaker 1: million on Teddy Bridgewater and you know, he only threw

739
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,760
Speaker 1: fifteen touchdowns last year. He played well against the Cardinals.

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00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: I guess that was a game they didn't really show up.

741
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Speaker 1: And and it looks like Carolina went after Matthew Stafford,

742
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 1: they flirted with. Hopefully they start some trade talks about

743
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,440
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. I think everything's on hold there now. And

744
00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:58,759
Speaker 1: at this point, you know, they probably felt where they're

745
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:01,040
Speaker 1: sitting an eighth in the draft, they're not going to

746
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,840
Speaker 1: get the top quarterbacks. So you know, I think, you know,

747
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,960
Speaker 1: you look at Joe Brady lit matt Rule. You know,

748
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 1: I think that at this point in time, they got

749
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:11,560
Speaker 1: to find out what they have. But the fact that

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Speaker 1: they gave Teddy Bridgewater sixty three million last year and

751
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,000
Speaker 1: now he's on the trade block. Yeah, it is amazing,

752
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,840
Speaker 1: Beat Train, what teams have done as far as quarterbacks

753
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:23,359
Speaker 1: are concerned, whether it's Matthew Stafford Jared Goff. We now

754
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 1: assume that as far as one two in the NFL Draft,

755
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 1: it is going to be Trevor Lawrence and then Zach

756
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:33,560
Speaker 1: Wilson going to the Jets, who have the number two

757
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:35,600
Speaker 1: overall picking. Then of course the forty nine ers with

758
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 1: their trade moving up from twelve to number three, likely

759
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 1: to go quarterback as well. You're gonna see quarterbacks numbers one, two,

760
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,960
Speaker 1: and three in the NFL draft. Betrain you all right

761
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:53,440
Speaker 1: with that? Yeah, I mean I understand, you know, you

762
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:56,359
Speaker 1: want to have quarterback blah blah blah, but you better

763
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Speaker 1: have somebody that can go and defend those quarterbacks. And

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Speaker 1: I really believe that you start talking about defensive back

765
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:04,719
Speaker 1: and defensive linemen, they are still at a premium. And

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Speaker 1: I understand this draft is going to be offens heavy

767
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:10,879
Speaker 1: with quarterbacks and wide receivers. But when it's all said

768
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:14,160
Speaker 1: and done, as we saw in the most recent Super Bowl,

769
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Speaker 1: that defense still wins championships. So yes, you can go

770
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:19,759
Speaker 1: and get those guys high and you can draft them

771
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:21,800
Speaker 1: and everything looks good and they can have the suits

772
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:23,720
Speaker 1: on and look pretty and all that kind of good stuff.

773
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Speaker 1: But if your team isn't built around the defensive line,

774
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:28,919
Speaker 1: you still are going to have major holes to feel

775
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,480
Speaker 1: and you'll still find yourself on the outside of the

776
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Speaker 1: playoffs looking in. And so I get it, you need

777
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Speaker 1: to start with that guy, and that's important for sure,

778
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Speaker 1: But I'm just a big believer in that you got

779
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:46,080
Speaker 1: to get that other side squared away to really make

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Speaker 1: sure that you have championship astorations. I mean, you look

781
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:52,359
Speaker 1: at the that Niners gave up, go to twelve to three.

782
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a pretty good deal for the Panthers,

783
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Speaker 1: and we clearly Joe Douglas just addressed the meeting. He said, yeah,

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00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,000
Speaker 1: it's a good assumption that we're going to take a

785
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Speaker 1: quarterback with the second overall pick. Well, you look at

786
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,800
Speaker 1: those top selections and be trained. It could be a

787
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,239
Speaker 1: while before we see a defensive player come off the board.

788
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 1: The Falcons do they go quarterback or playmaker? The Bengals

789
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,600
Speaker 1: do they go offensive linemen or playmaker? The Dolphins can

790
00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:20,919
Speaker 1: go a number of different directions. We're not I under

791
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 1: completely understand what you're saying, and I know we saw

792
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Speaker 1: it in the postseason that it's all about the defense

793
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 1: at the end of the day. But based off all

794
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Speaker 1: of these mock drafts that are going around and they

795
00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:34,560
Speaker 1: are handful that I do follow it certainly has become

796
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Speaker 1: more let's get that offensive peace in the draft, whether

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00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:42,520
Speaker 1: that's quarterback, wide receiver, or offensive lineman. Well, I hope

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00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:44,319
Speaker 1: it does go that way because that means the good

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Speaker 1: defensive players are still going to be around when we

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Speaker 1: were able to draft. So I'm looking at it and say, hey,

801
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 1: go ahead, take all the offensive players you want. We

802
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:54,880
Speaker 1: have specific needs on defense that we need to address,

803
00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 1: and if those guys are in our rage, then I

804
00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:00,640
Speaker 1: think they're in play for So I have no problem

805
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 1: with those teams ahead of us in the draft going

806
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,800
Speaker 1: along with what's hot and making the vote picks. But

807
00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:10,319
Speaker 1: I just believe that if you're really trying to win championships,

808
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:12,520
Speaker 1: you have to have a well rounded roster. And I

809
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 1: think for the Cardinals, now we can address the needs

810
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 1: on the other side of the ball, particularly in the secondary.

811
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Speaker 1: And I've already made my feelings known who I would

812
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 1: love to see the Cardinals pick up. I don't know

813
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 1: if he's going to be around when we have the option,

814
00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:28,080
Speaker 1: but you know this would be a time to be

815
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 1: aggressive if you will, if you're Steve Time, I don't

816
00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:33,239
Speaker 1: I don't know what their plans are, but I would

817
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,640
Speaker 1: just say, you know, I'm certain that you know there's

818
00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: there's guys out there that can help us out. So

819
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:44,080
Speaker 1: I love the idea of all of these offensive quarterbacks

820
00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:46,920
Speaker 1: and wide receivers and offensive linemen going high in the

821
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Speaker 1: draft because that just means that there's more good defensive

822
00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 1: players for us. And if it's not certain, there's also

823
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Speaker 1: jac Horne, Caleb Farleywin And you're looking at that cornerback position, Yeah,

824
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Speaker 1: Newsom's out there. I mean, you know, you go to

825
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:02,239
Speaker 1: see a run on corners though once once we get

826
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Speaker 1: past then maybe the top ten, maybe Denver their secondary

827
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:08,759
Speaker 1: looks like their set, but you're gonna see some run

828
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:10,360
Speaker 1: on corners and then in some matter of do you

829
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:13,799
Speaker 1: like the second or third corner? But I do think

830
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:15,840
Speaker 1: training down a few spots and trying to pick up

831
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:17,799
Speaker 1: an extra three that would go a long way. Well.

832
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Speaker 1: Daniel Jones has come out with his latest mock Jeremiah

833
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:23,360
Speaker 1: It's gonna be Daniel Jeremiah has come out with his

834
00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:27,759
Speaker 1: latest mock draft, and after he had gone with a

835
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Speaker 1: cornerback as far as most guys have gone with that

836
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:35,080
Speaker 1: cornerback position, but in fact he's got the Cardinals going

837
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:37,759
Speaker 1: with Jail and Waddle, a wide receiver dropping all the

838
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:41,439
Speaker 1: way at his sixteen. So there's another offensive player. M J. Yeah,

839
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Speaker 1: and again we talked about AJ Green and I think

840
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,959
Speaker 1: I think Chase is the best wide receiver in this draft,

841
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:48,520
Speaker 1: and I would put a Waddle right next to him.

842
00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:51,080
Speaker 1: It is hard to go wrong, though, if it's not

843
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:55,120
Speaker 1: Patrick's urtain to be trained that cornerback position. If you

844
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:58,120
Speaker 1: can get younger, because we know the Cardinals haven't looked

845
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,239
Speaker 1: at that position to go younger outside out of a

846
00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:03,280
Speaker 1: buyer Murphy, but to do younger at that cornerback position,

847
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:05,480
Speaker 1: I think would certainly help. And I think that's where

848
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 1: a lot of people are looking at. You definitely have

849
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:10,359
Speaker 1: to look at youth, and when you start talking about

850
00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: young fresh legs, those are the guys that you can

851
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:16,239
Speaker 1: really line up and put them in position to cover

852
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:18,600
Speaker 1: one on one throughout the duration of the game. And

853
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:21,200
Speaker 1: I know veteran leadership is always going to be key,

854
00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 1: and we talked about that at the beginning of the show.

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00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:26,400
Speaker 1: You have to have those players that can lead by example,

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Speaker 1: but you do have to have that talent, that that young,

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Speaker 1: long you need them to play in order to be successful. Well,

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