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00:00Well we'll see Murray shortly the
00:02Cardinals will receive Harrison
00:03Bucker will boot it away the
00:06dynamic kickoff rule that was
00:08implemented in twenty twenty four
00:10is now permanent one change on
00:12touchbacks in the end zone the
00:14ball will not come out to the
00:15thirty five instead of the thirty
00:17and the coaches feel that that
00:19will encourage more return
00:22opportunities and we'll see if
00:24DJ Dallas who's deep along with
00:26Drake Dorch runs one back here
00:38Cardinals open the regular season
00:40at New Orleans September 7th
00:42Bucker pops this one up into the
00:43air in the landing zone it's
00:45scooped up on the floor by
00:47Dorch flag comes soaring in as
00:51Dorch is taken down short of the
00:53twenty five yard line
00:56ball came out as well at the end
01:03the Chiefs are saying they
01:04recovered the football no signal
01:06yet as to whether Dorch is down
01:08and now they say Kansas City ball
01:18recovered by rookie Brashard
01:20Smith of the Chiefs results of the
01:23play is fumbled recovered by the
01:25kicking team first down Kansas City
01:28during the return personal foul
01:31illegal double team block
01:33receiving team number twenty that
01:35penalty will be enforced half the
01:36distance to the goal first down
01:38I was talking with the special
01:40teams coordinator earlier in the
01:42Jeff Rogers the first thing he said
01:43is turnovers and negative plays
01:47number one you see the penalty but
01:48number two that ball getting
01:49punched out Richard Smith rookie at
01:52SMU he recovers the ball but Greg
01:54George has to do a better job of
01:56keeping that ball tight to his
01:58body what it looked like from the
02:01angle we saw that maybe still had
02:04control of the ball before his knee
02:06hit the ground but they've had
02:07plenty of time to look at it and
02:10it's Kansas City football Patrick
02:12Mahomes starting on the Cardinal
02:1513-yard line and it's a handoff to
02:21Pacheco inside the 10 and all the
02:24way down to the 4-yard line a gain of
02:269 on the first offensive play as much
02:29as this is a negative situation one of
02:30the positives about a early turnover
02:32for the defense is to experience a
02:34sudden change opportunity meeting
02:36hey something negative happened we
02:38weren't expected to be on the field
02:39can we bow up can we step up can we
02:41stand up with things that go our way
02:43year 13 for Andy Reid year 9 for
02:47Patrick Mahomes 8 as a starter two
02:49time MVP three times Super Bowl MVP
02:52seven straight appearances in the AFC
02:55championship game for Kansas City
02:56they lost the Super Bowl to Philly last
02:59season Mahomes fires on second and
03:02two incomplete and rookie will
03:04Johnson in the area but a flag is
03:06thrown the intended target was
03:10Tyquan Thornton Johnson a second
03:12round pick out of Michigan many had
03:15a first run rate on him and
03:16injuries had a drop to the second
03:18round defense number zero first
03:20out the one yard line see them
03:23picking on the rookie early will
03:24Johnson has had a great camp so
03:25far but you could see he had his
03:27hand wrapped around the waist of
03:29the receiver in college you may
03:31try to get away with that this is
03:32that college this is the NFL and
03:34so referees will see that time in
03:36timeout so first and goal for Kansas
03:40City on the one Mahomes back
03:50shoulder throw and what a catch for a
03:53touchdown beautiful adjustment by
03:55Jason Brownlee to pull that in with
03:58Max Melton second year player out of
04:00Rutgers in coverage
04:01season for the Well you said it Sam
04:11an opportunity though for the
04:12Cardinals to learn from this you'd
04:14rather obviously have this happen
04:16now than happen September 7th
04:20certainly it makes you wake up
04:22you've been practicing against
04:23yourself for the last few weeks
04:25now you're up against the
04:26defending AFC champs and even
04:29though this game doesn't count in
04:32terms of regular season record all
04:34this matters oh it counts for
04:35reps it may not count for the
04:36record but it does count for the
04:38reps whether it's a fumble on the
04:39kickoff return team or not playing
04:40your coverage when it comes to a
04:42penalty in the red zone every rep
04:44counts for these players you have
04:46to be effective and efficient and
04:52Butcher makes it seven nothing
04:53Kansas City let's try this again
04:56Cardinals offense we think will be
04:58on the field when we come back
05:00will likely see action on special
05:02teams and on defense during the
05:04regular season assuming things go
05:06well the next few weeks Cody
05:07Simon definitely looks the part I
05:08got a chance to run it to him
05:09downstairs on the field he looks
05:11like that inside linebacker that
05:13you want to see obviously national
05:14champion he has that behind him so
05:16there's experience DJ Dallas on the
05:19return he had a kickoff return for
05:20a touchdown for the Cardinals last
05:22year and he fumbles the ball at the
05:2536 yard line the Cardinals got it
05:29back Dallas survives a scare after
05:34the Cardinals coughed it up on the
05:36opening kickoff I was talking with
05:38Jeff Rogers the special teams
05:39coach of Arizona Cardinals on the
05:40field before the game and he said
05:41one thing that happens league wide
05:43is ball is that footballs will be on
05:46the ground especially when it comes
05:47to special teams not used to being
05:48hit you're not used to being
05:49tackled especially with with bad
05:51intent so the Cardinals need to wake
05:53up especially when it comes to
05:55special teams and ball control
06:00starters for the Cardinals
06:02expected to play a couple series
06:04here's James Conner back to back
06:061,000 yard rushing seasons not
06:08much room there gain of one of the
06:10play Tyler Murray a strong pick
06:13back in 2019 first overall solid
06:17numbers last year got off to a
06:19great start in terms of
06:20protecting the football had some
06:22turnovers down the stretch the
06:24Cardinals went just two and five in
06:25their last seven games finished the
06:28year eight and nine won six of their
06:30nine games here at home Murray steps
06:35up takes off and gets positive
06:37yardage out to the 40s made of
06:39about three I know that looks like a
06:40nothing play but one thing that I've
06:42noticed about Kyler's game is when
06:44he stays within the pocket as they're
06:46not escaping out to the left or to
06:47the right the sidelines he is more
06:49dangerous so a lot of quarterbacks
06:51that stay in the pocket they get
06:52sacked he could stay in there and
06:53escape as a runner but also keep
06:54his eyes downfield as a passer and
06:56obviously a big part of the
06:58Cardinals rushing attack the last
07:00two years along with James Conner the
07:02Cardinals number three in the league
07:04in rushing yards since 2023
07:07third down and Murray back to pass fires
07:14complete Michael Wilson with a first
07:16down catch Wilson caught 47 passes a
07:20year ago third round pick out of
07:22Stanford two years ago he's a player to
07:25your point Dave not only did he have
07:26those catches last year but Kyler
07:28Murray believes in him he's going to be
07:30wide open in the in the middle of the
07:31field but Kyler Murray had a
07:32conversation this offseason saying I
07:34think Michael Wilson could be a
07:36thousand yard receiver when your
07:38quarterback believes in you like
07:39that it gives you more confidence to
07:40work even harder in the offseason
07:43back to the ground game Connor straight
07:46ahead and Connor who's every year
07:50among the NFL leaders in broken
07:53tackles picks up about four or five I
07:56think Mike Tomlin looks back and says
07:58that was the one that got away they
08:00thought they did the right thing when
08:01they let him go when he came here to
08:03Arizona a few years ago he's been
08:05one of the best players at that
08:07position in the league since he came
08:08to AZ in some ways has rejuvenated
08:11his career you think about some of the
08:13the bark star award he's a leader
08:14off of the field but on the field he
08:16is menacing he is tough he runs
08:17people over you're nine for Connor
08:20thirty years of age second and seven
08:23Murray over the middle and there's
08:26Marvin Harrison jr put on some weight
08:30got stronger in the offseason after
08:32a very productive rookie campaign
08:34got stronger but you still see some
08:36of the savvy that's in his game you
08:38saw this back in college at Ohio
08:39State but the savviness of catching
08:41that ball though there's a safety
08:42coming and getting down before you
08:44get your head backed off it's a
08:45little thing but it matters in this
08:47game extending the hands to get the
08:49football we didn't always see that
08:51last year a very positive start for
08:55Marvin Harrison good drive for the
08:57Cardinals off play action in the
08:59boot and Tyler going to keep it and
09:03slide short of the twenty three
09:05yard line with middle linebacker
09:08Bolton bearing down on him one of
09:10the benefits about a player like
09:12Kyler Murray everything was covered
09:13in the flat on that bootleg on that
09:15play action type pass nothing was
09:17open but he doesn't leave you with
09:19a negative play he always gives you
09:20an opportunity to be in second or
09:22third and management where he picked
09:32up seven on first down changing
09:37things up here at the line with a
09:38play clock down to five it's Connor
09:44again on the cut back Connor gets the
09:46first down and more he runs angry and
09:50fired off after that missed tackle
09:52that he forced moving the chains to
09:54the sixteen but none of that would
09:56happen if Kyler didn't see the
09:57safety come down to his right to the
09:59defense's left heartbeat of the
10:01defense going on year nine but he's
10:03also taking younger players under his
10:05wing talk about guys like rabbit he
10:07said man he's a sponge wants to
10:09learn and so he said if I'm not
10:10giving back to the game it doesn't
10:12matter he wants to win but he wants
10:13to pour back into the young guy
10:15which is great to see from a leader
10:16of his defense on the delayed
10:25handoff hump with some room and
10:27gets the first down unable to
10:30escape the ankle tackle attempt by
10:32Dante stills Jalen Thompson
10:34eventually got him down a good
10:36awareness by still seeing that it
10:38was a draw yes through a better
10:39job of using his hands to get off
10:41the block to make attack person I
10:43understand it's a free season so you
10:44don't know what exactly the other
10:46team is going to do you're not
10:47game planning but this is a game
10:49about your technique eyes hands and
10:51feet need to be better at all three
10:52phases Chiefs in Cardinal territory
10:57for the second time midway through
10:59the first quarter and the ball on
11:02the ground mishandled the snap
11:06the Chiefs got it back though
11:08recovered by Noah Gray after the
11:12fumbled exchange
11:13something we talked about early
11:15Dave where's the ball going to be
11:17not necessarily in the air but on
11:18the ground when it comes to
11:19turnover if you think about these
11:20plays you practice all the time
11:21we practice against a scout team
11:23this is a free Humphrey at center
11:25quarterback center exchange this
11:28happens when you're not going
11:29against a true opponent so now that
11:31the preseason happens you get some
11:32of these these really jitters out
11:34of the way so a three yard loss
11:37Reed Humphrey perhaps the best
11:39center in football the Chiefs have
11:40as good and center and right guard
11:43as anybody in the league and good
11:45recognition by Max Melton on that
11:47wide receiver screen to make the
11:49tackle on Jalen Royals Melton played
11:52very well last year started three
11:54games for the Cardinals after
11:55being selected in the second round
11:57out of Rutgers one thing you love
11:58is the awareness as soon as that
12:00the linemen start going out you
12:02know it's a screen you keep your
12:03leverage you avoid the block I
12:04believe that was Scott Moore
12:05trying to block them you avoid
12:06it and you make the tackle
12:07brilliant play by Melton so back
12:09to back negative plays for Kansas
12:11City third down and 15 Cardinals
12:26rush for Minshew on the move
12:28everybody covered didn't you put a
12:30good athlete but nowhere to move
12:32chased out of play by Zayvon
12:34Collins a flag down though in the
12:36backfield Jonathan Gannon believes
12:39David Collins is poised for his
12:41best season in Arizona first round
12:45pick out of Tulsa in twenty twenty
12:46one of this number sixty five
12:49definitely declined for that on
12:52Trey Smith so we've seen mistakes
12:53by Humphrey and Smith again might
12:55be the best at their respective
12:57position in the league and now
12:58Kansas City will have to punt the
12:59football well you talked about
13:00not to save in college but
13:02Dante stills Tracy Smith was
13:03guarding Dante stills Dante stills
13:05led the Cardinals defensive
13:06linemen in sacks last year so
13:07that was a good job for stills of
13:09using his hands against the
13:11highest paid guard Tracy Smith in
13:13all of the NFL so George back to
13:15return the punt he fumbled the
13:16opening kickoff and good punt high
13:23in the air George fielding and on
13:24the 10 and darts out of play at
13:27about the 17 yard line we'll see
13:29if Kyler Murray a favorable early
13:32season schedule in a later by
13:34week is going to be beneficial for
13:36this team Cardinals continue their
13:39preseason next week in Denver and
13:42then finish it up against the Raiders
13:44here Murray to throw on first down
13:52and hits Trey McBride out near the
13:5440 McBride one of the NFL's best
13:58tight ends a hundred and ninety two
14:01catches the last two seasons he's
14:03just smooth like that's one thing I
14:04love about Trey McBride's game is
14:06he's smooth he's 6-4 he didn't let
14:08people get on him so linebackers
14:10can't cover him he's smooth in and
14:12out of his breaks and he's got a
14:13sense of athleticism to him too
14:15you'll see him hurdle over
14:16defenders you see him use a stiff
14:17arm he's very hard to defend got a
14:20new four-year contract extension
14:22the Cardinals Walter Payton man of
14:24the year in 2024 very involved in
14:28the community Murray off a play
14:30action pass and checks it down and
14:33there's tip Ryman that's a good
14:35tackle the defender paid for it the
14:38helmet came off that time from Cam
14:41Jones tip Ryman is hard to bring
14:43down second year pro out of
14:44Illinois and Jones shaking off a
14:47game of seven years that's the
14:51tough part about preseason I know
14:53we talked earlier Dave saying
14:54games don't matter and we're going
14:55to watch tip Ryman be physical
14:57he's a big physical human being
14:59six five two seventy come up the
15:01game's not mattering but when
15:02injuries like this happen that's
15:03the frustrating part as a player
15:04you're trying to go out there and
15:06do your best but this could be your
15:09last on the other side that's who
15:11tip Ryman is he inflicts
15:13punishment and he just did that
15:15time on Cam Jones hopefully he's
15:17okay back in a moment to play free
15:19that is in part with the chemistry
15:21do the consistency on the
15:22offensive side of the ball he is
15:24not worried about individual
15:25stats or accolades truly just
15:27focus on team wins this year
15:28because he knows those will come if
15:30he plays well that sideline report
15:32sponsored by prize feed stores
15:34safe alright Danny Trey Benson
15:36with a first down and going back
15:37to Marvin Harrison jr. last year
15:39was a ridiculous year for rookie
15:41wide receivers with what Malik
15:43neighbors did in particular
15:44Harrison was still very
15:45productive in fact his eight
15:46touchdowns tie for the most by a
15:48Cardinals rookie ever now
15:51suck with Mark Dalton who runs PR
15:53for the team he said people
15:54forget but back when Larry
15:56Fitzgerald was a rookie he was he
15:57didn't have this outstanding
15:58season but the jump from his
16:00rookie year to the second third
16:02and fourth year was when he
16:03really took off and so that's
16:04what we're hoping to see here
16:07and jet sweep on the pitch
16:10Dorch inside the 35 got a
16:13first down tripped up by Hicks
16:15who had the interception
16:16earlier the thing about Dorch
16:21is in this offensive let me go
16:22side to side there's a lot of
16:23jet sweep action a lot of screen
16:25action so George any time you see
16:27him in the game yes he can run in
16:29the slot there's a lot of side
16:30to side action he attacks the
16:32sideline for this offense
16:33Tyler Murray's now five of six
16:35passing the only incompletion
16:36was the pick he threw on the
16:37first drive second time Arizona's
16:41been in Kansas City territory Trey
16:44Benson trying to get the edge and
16:48knocked down at the line of
16:49scrimmage I think we talked
16:53one thing we talked about every
16:54time you watch Drew Petsing in
16:55this offense they want to get to
16:58the edges of defenses and usually
17:00it's effective but sometimes a
17:02play like that if you don't get
17:03to the edge the defense is a good
17:05job now all of a sudden you're
17:06not in a second to manage well
17:07you're might as well just past
17:08it year three for Drew Petsing
17:11he has a new offensive line
17:12coach and Justin Frye who came
17:14over from Ohio State Cardinals
17:16were the number 12 scoring team in
17:23twenty twenty four Murray to
17:26throw surveying the defense and
17:30now George comes free there's a
17:31flag down George stepped out
17:33right near the line to gain might
17:37need that Hawkeye technology the
17:39virtual first down market to tell
17:41us whether he got it or not
17:42depending on if the flags on
17:43Kansas City the chain game is
17:45now the backup with the improved
17:48technology and the NFL going in
17:50that direction Clark our referee
17:54illegal contact defense number
18:0813 I think I love is I'm watching
18:11that play in my mind I was saying
18:12Kyler stay in the pocket stay in
18:13the pocket stay in the pocket
18:14when he's in the pocket he's more
18:16dangerous so you see him stay in
18:18the pocket he ducked earlier but
18:19he's looking down the field yes he
18:20could still run but he doesn't
18:21have to he's looking around
18:23nobody's open nobody's open he
18:24stays he stays he stays then he
18:26starts to escape the pocket the
18:28longer defenses have to defend it
18:30makes it harder for them to
18:31protect themselves back to the
18:34ground game here's Benson and
18:37Benson brought down to the 21 yard
18:39line by Hicks and Ashton Jalot and
18:45Benson expected to be a big part of
18:47this offense last year at 63 rushes
18:49six catches in his rookie season as
18:52James Connor gets up there in age
18:54want to make sure that you've got a
18:56good number two and Benson expected
18:58to be just that well yes James
19:00Connor he'll say Benson is also
19:01running back number one he didn't
19:02say he's number two said we have two
19:04RB ones but it's up to Benson to
19:07prove it there's Benson again and
19:15gets the first down down to the
19:1812 yard line penalty flags are down
19:21though one of the 19 one of the 24
19:24and it's coming back it's on the
19:25Cardinals
19:34there are two fouls by the offense
19:51holding offense number 84 that
19:54penalties decline personal foul
19:56unnecessary roughness offense
19:58number 87 a 15 yard penalty
20:01second down all right so you're
20:03gonna hear unnecessary roughness
20:04but I just want to teach y'all a
20:05little bit of football this is
20:06called a wham play and and tip
20:07Ryman he's gonna motion in here
20:09and wham the defensive lineman
20:10defensive lineman doesn't see it
20:12that's like the worst part about
20:13playing defensive line you motion
20:14motion wham that's what the play
20:17is all about so I think the
20:18unnecessary roughness is with the
20:19extra not the wham block when he
20:20jumped on top of him but I think
20:22that's just physicality Dave that's
20:23football all I know Sam is we got
20:25through the first quarter without
20:26Wolf here with no mention of the
20:28fullback or what he ate for
20:29pregame you brought the wham block
20:32to the table and Wolf would be
20:33very happy because we usually get
20:34a hundred mentions of that over
20:36the course of the game we've got
20:38another flag but to my wolf
20:43impression but I think I need a
20:44little bit more practice on that
20:47server close up not close he
20:50called you Sammy when you played
20:52here did anybody else call you
20:53Sammy or was it just what it was
20:55just wolf and I said Wolfie server
21:00my last I promise that's my last
21:01one for me our good friend Ron
21:03Wolfley stepping away from the
21:04booth after 20 seasons AQ Shipley
21:07will join me on the radio call
21:10once the regular season starts
21:11he's working the preseason games
21:12with Paul Calvisi and Sam and I
21:14will be here in the TV booth for
21:16this game and next Saturday as
21:17well not sure what's going on
21:18operator please reset to 10
21:19seconds 1 0.
21:20Okay play clock was at nine so
21:22they put one more second on there
21:24I'm going to go back to that
21:25play we don't have to show it
21:26again but we talked about
21:27physicality that's what you want
21:29to put on tape I get it take
21:30out the unnecessary roughness
21:31don't jump on him but you start
21:32putting plays like that on tape
21:33defenses take notice they have
21:34to start game planning for it
21:36whether it's whether it's
21:37tip whether it's Elijah Higgins
21:38who you see on your screen this
21:39is a physicality that's what
21:40you want to put on tape
21:41but you start putting plays like
21:42that on tape defenses take
21:43notice they have to start game
21:44planning for it whether it's
21:45whether it's whether it's tip
21:47whether it's Elijah Higgins
21:48who you see on your screen this
21:49is a physical offense it's what
21:51you love to see if you're a
21:52Cardinal fan Cardinals use a lot
21:54of multiple tight end sets they
21:55feel their tight end room as
21:57good as any in the league with
21:58those three guys McBride
21:59Ryman and Higgins and Murray on
22:02the screen dumping it off to
22:04Benson down to the 20 and close
22:07to a first down he'll come up
22:08about a yard short at the 15
22:10yard line they get 20 on a
22:12second and 21 I'll use the word
22:14horrible I may not be right on
22:16it that's horrible when you
22:17think about defense it second
22:18and 21 is second forever you
22:19know it's going to be either a
22:20screen or a draw that you give
22:22up so much on this place so
22:24defensively you got to be
22:25better but offensively great
22:27call by Petsing great eyes by
22:30Trey Benson great blocking by
22:32the offensive line but it is
22:37what football is all about so
22:38you could win in first down
22:40second down third down but you
22:41have to control the football
22:42that's why the Cardinals are
22:43down right now and the
22:45Cardinals were minus three in
22:46turnover ratio last year got to
22:47clean that up to make the
22:49playoffs in 2025 after a 20 yard
22:52gain on second and 21 third
22:54down in one and it's Benson and
22:58he got stood up at the line of
23:00scrimmage Charles Omena who on
23:06the stop and the Cardinals are
23:08going to kick the football here on
23:10fourth down and one give credit
23:13where credit's due great job by
23:14Menehu's played with the Texans
23:16with the 49ers now he's been with
23:18the Chiefs great job setting the
23:20edge on the defense in short
23:22yardage situations hard to tell
23:24initially if Benson had control
23:26of that ball if he got slowed
23:28down at all because he didn't
23:29secure it immediately on the
23:31handoff 33 yard field goal try by
23:36Chad Rylan and he splits the
23:41uprights Rylan who signed with the
23:43Cardinals in October last year
23:45at three game winning field goals
23:47in his first four games and it
23:48gets the car supporting them to
23:49find a path to recovery good
23:51health and a better life Chad
23:54Ryland who is terrific for the
23:56Cardinals had great it was heard
23:58last year Cardinals were
24:00desperate Ryland a former
24:01fourth-round draft pick by the
24:03Patriots was 28 of 32 as a
24:07Cardinal last season Cardinals on
24:14the board but trail 7-3 Remigio on
24:19the return for the Chiefs and he
24:22finds a running line past the 30
24:24yard line the problems on special
24:26teams continue tonight for the
24:28Cardinals Remigio out near
24:30midfield before Keitron Clark
24:32brings him down they're replacing
24:35so much talent I'll use the word
24:37talent on special teams forget
24:39about the third phase of
24:40football offense defense and
24:42special teams if about half the
24:43starters at least on the plus
24:44team are no longer the team
24:46somebody has to step up they
24:47look at our Santan Ford scoring
24:49drive presented by Santan Ford
24:50and Gilbert Santan for the
24:51Cardinals we are Santan Ford 10
24:55play 67 yard drive the Cardinals
24:57failed on a third and one to move
24:59the chains had to settle for
25:00three play action Minshew in
25:07trouble being chased by stills
25:09and has to dump the ball off that
25:11did not get back to the line of
25:12scrimmage but Carson Steele was
25:15in the vicinity to go back to
25:18special teams Sam because
25:19obviously you've played in the
25:21NFL and you played special teams
25:23very well to make the roster if
25:26you're on the back end and you're
25:28trying to be that sixth receiver
25:29or that fourth or fifth safety
25:32or quarterback you've got to be a
25:34good special teams player and you
25:35can't just be good you have to
25:36venture towards elite especially on
25:38this team Jeff Rogers love special
25:40teams and so if you're going to
25:41play on this team you must have a
25:43role.
25:44Chiefs run it here game about a
25:45yard with Owen Capo stepping in
25:46there along with stills and even
25:47to continue on that point even
25:49guys like David Taylor Depperson
25:50he's one of the starting
25:51safeties pretty much he's third
25:52safety but they have a couple
25:53three safety packages he said to
25:54me earlier today he said man I
25:56have to be a dog on teams I have
25:57to dominate on teams that's where
25:58I'm going to make my mark so
25:59everyone must remember that it's
26:00not just got to be the starting
26:01offense or defensive player
26:03special teams you can carve a
26:04role in a career in the NFL.
26:08Third down and eight for the
26:09Chiefs at midfield early second
26:11quarter here in the preseason
26:13opener.
26:15Cardinals bring pressure Minshew
26:30gets drilled but completes it and
26:32it's a first down to the 41
26:34yard line terrific play by Minshew
26:36to hang in there and throw a
26:37strike to Royals with a couple
26:39of defenders bearing down I know
26:41we're not game planning just yet
26:42but you will see safety pressure
26:44weak side pressure quarterback
26:46sees it it's who's a veteran he
26:48understands we phase away from
26:49the pressure and gets the ball
26:51out brilliant played by Minshew
26:53but also defense set to
26:54understand that people know that
26:56you love to bring safety
26:57pressure so you have to be a
26:58little bit tighter on the
26:59cover.
27:09Tons of room off the left side
27:10and a game of about eight again
27:11Royals there for the Chiefs
27:13tackled by Xavier Thomas who is on
27:19the bubble right now for the
27:20Cardinals edge rusher had a
27:22couple sacks a year ago after
27:23being drafted in the fifth round
27:24out of Clemson but with the
27:26additions of Josh Sweat through
27:28free agency and Jordan Birch in
27:30the draft Thomas a lot of eyes
27:34are going to be on him here in
27:35preseason and not just for this
27:37team other teams will be
27:38watching if you cut a guy like
27:39Xavier Thomas and chew lobs it
27:47complete for a first down inside
27:49the 30 Robert Tunyon who's had
27:51some big games in this stadium
27:53when he was a member of the
27:54Packers takes it down to the 14
27:56yard line gain a 20 Taylor Demerson
28:01down there to make the stop but
28:03after the big pickup first and
28:05talk about situational football
28:07so you're going to see essentially
28:08a crossing route great job by
28:09Tunyon but now all of a sudden
28:11you're going in a different
28:13situation your mindset has to
28:14change you're in the red zone
28:15now so it might have been a busted
28:16play but now you erase it you say
28:18okay how do we red zone defense
28:20don't give up a touchdown hold
28:21him to three points and chew
28:26handing it off to steal and he
28:28gets walloped but close to a
28:30first down Taylor Demerson with
28:33the big hit but too much running
28:34room there on the left side for
28:36steal too much running room but
28:38that hit that that's something you
28:39put on tape you say okay that
28:40guy I want that guy on my team
28:42Deidre Taylor Demerson he's
28:44physical he's tough he's a sponge
28:47he wants to learn you see Nick
28:48Rallis he loves him as a safety
28:50so the front end has a little
28:52better job but on the back end
28:53those hits they out they open
28:55eyes Taylor Demerson you already
28:57mentioned his nickname rabbit
28:58fourth round pick last season
29:02second and short and still gets
29:06the first down the first and goal
29:08for the Chiefs at about the two
29:13top of the field talk about the
29:16different styles parts of the
29:17field we're in the red zone now
29:19it's more of a goal line
29:20situation so that Nagy offensive
29:23coordinator he's having his
29:25different personnel coming in you
29:26see the defense changing
29:27personnel as well so your
29:28mentality changes depending on
29:30what part of the field you're
29:31at Elijah Simmons undrafted
29:37rookie out of Tennessee who has
29:38a great chance of making the
29:40roster he's in there at nose
29:41tackle let's see if he can come
29:43up big here on the goal line
29:46Minshew instead gonna throw a
29:47fade and just throw it out of
29:48bounds Will Johnson had the
29:50receiver locked up he's going
29:53for Royals again and Will
29:55Johnson's a big dude about six
29:57two two two hundred pounds and had
30:02a handful of pick sixes in
30:04college yeah we've got three
30:05pick sixes I think this last
30:07season alone had an injury so
30:09that's what kind of held him back
30:11just a bit but you talked about
30:13it he is a full six two off down
30:14on the field I looked across
30:15field I was like that's a
30:16corner that's a corner six two
30:18two hundred only played in six
30:19games last year Minshew perhaps
30:22a broken play not sure if that
30:24was designed but Minshew hits
30:26catered anyway and the Chiefs get
30:29their second touchdown you get
30:38put in a bind you see the roll
30:39out as a defender you're trying
30:41to cover on the edge but all
30:43of a sudden it's you saying if
30:44you come and try to attack me I'm
30:46gonna run if you don't I'm gonna
30:48throw it so Mitch you put the
30:50defender and defense in a bind
30:52we got to be better at setting
30:53edges Patrick Mahomes with a
30:58smile on his face after Minshew
30:59scores the touchdown Holmes
31:01played just a few snaps through
31:05a touchdown pass in limited
31:06work and the extra point go to
31:09make it 14 three Kansas City
31:20Xavier Weaver is deep for the
31:23Cardinals on this subsequent kick
31:25return buying for a roster spot
31:28at wide receiver or returner for
31:30the Cardinals D.J. Dallas is the
31:33one that fields it and a nice
31:35return for Dallas past the 30 he's
31:38a really good special teams
31:39player and the Cardinals they
31:42keep four running backs and you
31:44assume that Connor Benson and D.
31:46Mercado are the top three but
31:48imagine D.J. Dallas and Michael
31:50Carter battling for that fourth
31:52running back spot so Kyla
31:54Murray's day is done six of his
31:55last seven completions were for
31:57ten or more yards so the one bad
31:59play was the interception his new
32:01backup is Jacoby Brissette 10th
32:03year in the league 32 years old
32:05was a captain as a member of the
32:07Patriots last year and we're set
32:10the throw on first down gets hit
32:12and that pass knocked away
32:13incomplete at the 40 yard line
32:17and a D.K. Uzama got pressure
32:20that time on Brissette who is a
32:22big dude was able to still get
32:25that ball near the receiver
32:27despite the big hit a great
32:29awareness by Felix on you D.K.
32:30on you D.K. Uzama knowing that
32:32was going to be a pass play but
32:34I don't hate that call it's first
32:36and ten so pretty much we call it
32:37P and ten Xavier Weaver is going
32:39to be one on one you're going to
32:40take your shot that's what you
32:41want to see take shots early to
32:43see who can make plays or set
32:45hands it off here the cut back
32:47Benson gets good yardage out to
32:49the forty one one of the
32:51reasons the Cardinals went and
32:52got Jacoby Brissette was they
32:54wanted somebody who had a lot of
32:56starts and Clayton tune was the
32:57backup last year as a fifth round
32:58pick a couple years ago but in
32:59case something happened to
33:00Murray they wanted to make sure
33:01they had a veteran who could
33:02also help Murray grow in year
33:04seven correct I think about the
33:06latter part more than the
33:07former part helping Murray grow
33:09help Tyler Murray grow from all
33:11the place you've seen the
33:13starts had the place you've been
33:14at you can teach him during
33:16practice.
33:17I think about the latter part
33:18more than the former part
33:19helping Murray grow help
33:20Tyler Murray grow from all the
33:22place you've seen the starts
33:23had the place you've been at
33:24the base you've been at the
33:26base you've been at the base
33:27and teach him during practice
33:28the set hit again in the past
33:29incomplete a free run of the
33:32quarterback that time for
33:33Jeffrey Bassa and Brissette
33:36looks to be OK bosses not.
33:39That's that's the scary part I
33:42will say when you start going
33:43to some of the second and
33:45third string of the offensive
33:46line you see Hayden Connor
33:47playing at center they didn't
33:48get that read in the middle of
33:50the middle of the offense
33:52whether it's Leverett or
33:53there someone has to
33:54communicate to keep your
33:55quarterback upright.
33:56And if that continues you
33:58wonder how much of Jacoby
33:59Brissette we'll see in this
34:00game because the last thing
34:01they need is an injury to
34:03their backup quarterback
34:04being out there with second
34:06and third team offensive
34:07linemen a great observation.
34:08You don't want anybody to
34:10get injured but definitely
34:11not your starting
34:12quarterback or even a
34:13backup quarterback that you
34:14brought in to be fourth down
34:17and three a percent fifty three
34:21career starts five with the
34:23Patriots and then backed up
34:26Drake May Monty Austin Ford who
34:30obviously is the general
34:31manager of the Cardinals he was
34:32a member of the Patriots
34:33organization when they drafted
34:34Brissette a decade ago when
34:36he was coming out of NC State.
34:37Monty's always been a fan.
34:39thinks Jacoby Brissette is a
34:41professional.
34:43And will be a good mentor for
34:45Kyler Murray but also a guy
34:46that can play if need be.
34:51Thornton is deep like
34:52Gillikin the punt.
34:55Fielden on the ten yard line.
34:58And across the fifteen
35:00rough down of the seventeen is
35:01Thornton put a flag down.
35:03Forty nine yard a punt that
35:04time by Blake Gillikin who's in
35:05his third year with the Cardinals.
35:09I'm assuming they want it's on
35:35the Cardinals.
35:36Does Andy Reid want to accept
35:37it or not.
35:38That's the reason for the delay.
35:45There is no foul for an eligible
35:46player downfield.
35:48First down.
35:49Or maybe not.
35:50Not sure why that took so long.
35:52But.
35:53They got it right I guess.
35:54Time out back in a moment.
35:56Texting and asking about plays.
35:58Seeing what other players are
35:59doing and asking if he is
36:00capable of the same thing that
36:01they are walking and talking
36:02together before and after
36:03practice.
36:05Debo says Nolan is addicted to
36:06the process.
36:07Very excited to see him when
36:08Nolan makes his return.
36:11Bailey Zappi in the game Danny
36:12of quarterback now throws a
36:13deep ball.
36:14And Thornton trying to catch up
36:15to it incomplete.
36:17Sam I don't know how much you
36:18got to see of Walter Nolan in
36:19person last year.
36:20Wanted to get your thoughts on
36:21the Cardinals first round.
36:22Well I won't give you my
36:23thoughts.
36:24I'll give you one of his
36:25teammates thoughts.
36:26I don't know how much you got
36:27to catch up with Calais Campbell
36:28yesterday.
36:29And he talked about Walter
36:30Nolan.
36:31He said he reminds him of
36:32Darnell Dockett.
36:33Way back in the day he's got
36:34this kind of big big physical
36:35physique.
36:36But he's got a level of
36:37lateral quickness and
36:38athleticism that is rare for
36:40someone who's 300 pounds.
36:41It's I believe the latest so
36:43much more he sees him every
36:44single day.
36:46And as Danny mentioned on the
36:47puff list the hope is he'll be
36:49ready to go week one against
36:51New Orleans.
36:53September 7th on the road.
36:56Zappy swings it up to former
36:5849er Elijah Mitchell and he's
37:00out to the 30 Mitchell missed
37:02most of last year with a
37:03hamstring injury but went
37:04healthy a very good player
37:06brought down by Joey Blunt.
37:09Who's a solid special teams
37:10performer for Arizona.
37:11The Cardinals are as deep as
37:17they've been in a long time on
37:18that defensive line.
37:20Whether they keep six seven
37:21obviously depends on other
37:22positions.
37:24They'd love to belong Nichols.
37:28And Justin Jones to be
37:29healthy neither player was
37:31healthy last year after both
37:33guys were very durable in
37:34their careers.
37:36Cardinals signed both last
37:37season as free agents.
37:41Straight ahead goes Mitchell
37:44and he picks up about six.
37:45And both of the big solid
37:46players I got a chance to play
37:47with the law.
37:49One of my last year's NFL his
37:50first year with the Chicago
37:51Bears.
37:53He's another guy who loves to
37:54learn from veterans and so
37:55having him now being a veteran
37:57player but learning from
37:58Calais is going to improve his
37:59game as well.
38:01Dalvin Tomlinson 31 years old
38:03will be the starting nose
38:04tackle free agent signing from
38:06the Browns guy that's been
38:07around very good player.
38:09Obviously Darius Robinson
38:10Calais Campbell and Walter
38:12Nolan but then you got some
38:13spots that four or five guys
38:15are competing for.
38:17First down catch as Zappi finds
38:19Wiley.
38:22And Davis Gaither in his first
38:23year with the Cardinals makes
38:24the tackle.
38:25There is a flag down this will
38:26come back.
38:27It's on the Chiefs.
38:28Now down the Tomlinson is is a
38:30space eater.
38:31That's the best way to put it
38:32be six three three twenty five
38:33turn on the tape.
38:34He's a typical nose but he just
38:36eats up space hard to move back.
38:38He gets great pressure.
38:39Gonna be a huge addition for this
38:41defense.
38:42L.J.
38:43Collier another guy fighting for a
38:45roster spot.
38:46And I was a player downfield
38:47offense number sixty one five
38:49yard penalty second down.
38:59The second down and nine back at
39:01the thirty one.
39:02Collier to your point another one
39:03of those defensive linemen who
39:04can produce.
39:05But as the room gets deeper.
39:07As the room gets deeper you start
39:10looking to your left and to your
39:11right and saying can all of us
39:12make the roster.
39:13That's what some of those special
39:14teams opportunities come in.
39:15Harder for defensive linemen.
39:16But that's those are the things
39:17you think about.
39:21Zappi quarterback for Kansas
39:22City second year out of Western
39:23Kentucky.
39:24And that's what those are the
39:25things you think about.
39:28Zappi quarterback for Kansas
39:29City second year out of Western
39:30Kentucky.
39:31Back to throw.
39:33Pressure off the edge.
39:34And the pass incomplete.
39:35He had to ground that.
39:36And there is Jordan Burch.
39:38Third round pick.
39:40Out of Oregon.
39:41Eight and a half sacks last year.
39:42He's looked terrific in
39:43training camp.
39:44He hasn't.
39:45I got to give him a little bit
39:46of credit.
39:47That was a screen.
39:48And so.
39:49The offense is letting guys beat
39:50them.
39:51But.
39:52Burch beat his tackle quicker than
39:53most.
39:54So I'll give a little bit of
39:55credit.
39:56Let's taper it a bit on that
39:57specific.
39:58Because it was a screen pass.
39:59Cardinals though really wanted
40:00to address.
40:01That room.
40:02The outside linebacker room.
40:03In the offseason they did
40:04through free agency with the
40:05big signing of Josh Sweat.
40:06Who had two and a half sacks
40:07against the Chiefs in the
40:08Super Bowl.
40:09When he was a member of the
40:10Eagles.
40:11They also drafted Birch.
40:12As we just mentioned.
40:13Third and nine.
40:14Zappi in trouble.
40:15Running around.
40:16Being chased.
40:17And flags go down.
40:18And so does Zappi.
40:19And it's Birch that.
40:20Gets the takedown back at the
40:2125.
40:22So now he gets the credit.
40:23At that time.
40:24Not only.
40:25And it's going to be a flag
40:26after the legal.
40:27Touching downfield.
40:28So it's going to come back.
40:29But.
40:30He got chipped on that plate.
40:31He almost got held on that
40:32plate.
40:33And still made a plate.
40:34Real contact.
40:35Defense number 29.
40:36Five yard penalty.
40:37With an automatic.
40:38First down.
40:39I still hate that call.
40:40If you can have a legal
40:41contact.
40:42Especially in that situation.
40:43Where.
40:44The quarterback scrambling
40:45around.
40:46And you get bailed out.
40:47Because it's an automatic
40:48first down.
40:49That's rookie Denzel Burke.
40:50Out of Ohio State.
40:51Who's been very good in camp.
40:53He's been very good in camp.
40:55He's been very good in the
40:56game.
40:57He's been very good in the
40:58game.
40:59He's been very good in the
41:00game.
41:01He's been very good in the
41:02game.
41:03But penalized here.
41:05And it cost the Cardinals.
41:07You hate that.