Can Kyler Murray, Marvin Harrison Jr. Led Arizona Cardinals Offense Become TOP 10 NFL JUGGERNAUT?
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Today’s Show welcome everybody damn near 100 to kick off the show like this video friend of the program Mina Kims was on NFL live today talking up the Cardinal offense and I’m like this seems like a good time to just assess where we’ve been and where we’re going as an or organization with the Arizona Cardinals specifically offensively because I’m GNA be honest with everybody I’ve had some slap dicks in my comments basically saying you know what the Cardinals are overrated Vegas has them exactly where they need to be Johnny quit being biased okay we can have that discussion after you assess where the Cardinals were offensively last year at training camp to now because B Brock we saw it with their own eyes it is a stark difference and I would argue today they have one of the best Premier offensive skilled groups in the NFL when you combine age skilled players how much they’re not paying certain players and of course the aformentioned Kyler Marie yeah look unfortunately there’s some sticks in the muds out there that lack any kind of foresight looking to the Future and can only make a determination based off previous performance when you know obviously the people who make the the big bucks and and get you know notoriety in this business um and I think slap dick is is a a business term that that you utilize there but like me a k she’s just breaking down as far as the Arizona Cardinals when when Kyler Murray returned to his offense first in yards per carry first in EPA on the ground the rushing attack was the top of the league uh it was up there as far as explosive plays James Connor was way over five yards per carry Kyler Murray turned back the clock even coming back from a serious knee injury he looked good in the Run game as well Michael Carter was a good complimentary back and now you add Trey Benson to that rushing attack and some really uh maybe blockers who are more geared up towards run blocking as well it just establishes what they want to do and be a bully team in the Run game and then what’s going to open up as far as this passing attack look I I I’m not gonna do anything I’m not gonna cater toward those people who can’t you know see uh the forest through the trees and where this offense is going but I think come late September early October they’re going to see it play out in real time and uh they’ve got the pieces for this offense as Kyler Murray said with the addition of of Marvin Harrison Jr and him being who they expect him to be and a top wide out in this league um that they should be a top offense in the NFL I want to do something a little unconventional typically when you’re looking at improvements you have to go backwards to look ahead right um and then when Matthew cone I said sometimes you have to go back to go forward I don’t want to do that today is that like a was that a car commercial that he did something like that maybe selling kiosk or something no free ads on this show unless you’re Circle K um I want to look at the Personnel right now this year I want to assess collectively as a unit here on phnx Cardinals is at a top 10 offense and then put the children away hide everybody the we’ll put a big explicit content here on phnx Cardinals I’m going to show you what they opened up 2023 is training camp with and uh it could get ugly so let’s let’s let’s look I’m going to point this is a theme today I’m going to point 2024 offensive Personnel is this B Brock on the spot a top 10 offense in the making led by of course Kyler Murray who by all accounts is having a banner off season we talked about it yesterday poised for maybe maybe an MVP year comeback Player of the Year certainly a career year if he stays healthy led by K1 he’s ready to go and then of course m Wilson returns second-year pop player one of the easiest players to project not only with the Cardinals but I think in the NFL as somebody who’s going to benefit from the year two after his rookie season the quintessential year two burst and then of course Trey McBride the tight end the solidified playmaker Allstar Pro Bowl caliber tight end and then we’ve got James Connor James Connor the actual Pro Bowl player at running back Greg dorch in the slot Save The Best For Last mhj is your ex receiver looking at this group as a whole we talk about it whether it’s 10 Personnel 12 11 what have you is this a top 10 offense on paperb this is a top 10 offense with upside I don’t I don’t think that anybody should question that I don’t know where you would feel like you you that it should be lower than that because that would be a team that is not even delivering uh what the previous season’s expectations set right I mean this was a top 10 offense when Kyler Murray returned to the lineup yes and as far as was it up to par to NFL standards I think that you can say no especially when you look at the in the playmaking department of the wide receiver room but now you add Marvin Harrison Jr the best option at X that was available this off season and you NAB him and you lock him in for the next four to five years and then beyond that potentially and then Michael Wilson where Jonathan Ganon saying the biggest jump that these guys can make going from year one to year two is that the game slows down and what mik to think about what Michael Wilson can do with that and stay healthy that’ be huge and then Greg dorch you’ve seen the next level uh analytics his ability to get open and that he’s gonna benefit from guys like McBride mhj Wilson being out there and maybe a defense that’s geared up towards the Run game Greg dorch is gonna have probably his finest season like the expectations are high they should be because this off offense proved last year that it can be a top 10 unit and that if it doesn’t then it’s taking a step backwards and that’s a red flag uh so if we project all of those players to build upon what they did a year ago right Michael Wilson has 600 yards let’s say he goes for 8 850 Greg dorch has a comfortable six 700 yards and then of course we’re projecting mhj 11 12 1300 yards and then of course James Conor and Trey MCB and and Benson all get theirs like where’s where the gaps offensively like to me it’s like it comes down to I think there’s enough Playmakers now that you can supplement where Trey McBride can have an off Sunday and the Cardinals can still score 30 points where that was not the case necessarily at times last year as long as K1 is the straw that stir the drink for the entire unit they can go out and be a top 10 Run game production like they were last year they were ninth and rushing we’re going to talk about that here in a little bit and they can put up big points they can beat you in a lot of different ways and that’s why I look at that offense and again we didn’t break down the offensive line I think the offensive line is going to be better in last year I think they’re gonna have more continuity they have better depth right I think they have better opportunities to really grind teams out in the second half if they can keep a lead with their defense but for me it’s just like you know I was talking with somebody today it would not surprise me week one if Michael Wilson not MJ led the team in receiving yards against Buffalo had one to two touchdowns and that’s not to disc credit anything mhj does but it just talks about you look at the options of Plenty that were not available for Kyler Murray historically like outside of a couple flash in the pan opportunities with dehop and Christian Kirk what was it where was the depth right I mean really KY Murray played at his best when it was dehop AJ Green and Christian Kirk and I would argue long term this group’s a hell of a lot more talented than that with all due respect to those players biggest misconception for Kyler Murray one of the biggest Mis conceptions and a guy that you know misconceptions surround uh the guy the quarterback you know now going into year six but is is that he’s had consistent playmaking his entire career I mean he came into the league he had uh Larry Fitzgerald you know in the second to last season of his career was playing in the slot playing in the slot in a brand new offense for Fitz at the time with Cliff Kingsbury uh and there was really nobody else in that offense uh as far as wide receivers go then you add DeAndre Hopkins the next next year and in a full season with dehop Kyler Murray you know he turns continues to have dehop he’s a400 yard Receiver right then the next two seasons you get uh half of the games from DeAndre Hopkins whether it’s injuries or whether it’s a suspension so like no DeAndre Hopkins and Kirk exits uh via free agency there there just wasn’t any consistency as far as The Playmakers were concerned and there certainly wasn’t any consistency as far as the play calling went with Cliff King beran I think you’ll see that a sound infrastructure from that department with Drew petson going forward and Israel wil workk at the quarterback coach position so yeah I mean it’s th this offense like you mentioned the offensive line I think that that’s going to be the huge key here I mean for with Paris Johnson Jr moving over from right tackle to left tackle and he admitted it during his uh his press availability that he knew that defenses were going to test him last year and I think that continues this year that he’s going to be tested by some of the top pass rushers that they’re going to face on their schedule and then you’re going to have to have guys that you either are the status quo from last year and you’re going to have to hopefully have somebody hold down that left guard spot uh but I do like what you said as far as the continuity is concerned with Will Hernandez yela frol and Paris Johnson Jr being the returners uh from last year and being the leaders of that group as well uh to kind of pave the way and continue the consistency from that group that but he really enjoyed for the bulk of 2023 I’m going to Showcase this comment from Stephen and I think it it really speaks to our argument here don’t forget about Z Jones Trey Benson tip the tip man and Elijah higgy bear Higgins there were games last year I think in against Pittsburgh the two leading receivers were Trey McBride and Elijah Higgins right and so I the Cardinals have supplemental depth now and back to my original point where beat you a lot of different ways and Cardinals love 13 Personnel they love three tight ends they wouldn’t have drafted a blocking tight end traditionally in the top 90 this year if they weren’t going to use multiple tight ends but then they also go out of sound mind and say we love personel Johnny yeah I’m not a fan of that I’m not a fan of 10 Personnel screen screaming to death minus two yards and get my wide receiver and subsequently my QB killed I want to go north and south um but I mean just Z Jones comes in and we mentioned it on yesterday show he can be an interchangeable chess piece for every position that they have the X the Y the Z but you don’t need him to do anything in particular other than be that safety net like Michael Wilson is the starting outside Receiver obset mhj Michael Wilson misses time like he’s been known to do Z Jones can step in if Greg dorch let’s say gets banged up on a punt return guess what Z Jones can be the slot receiver that next offensive series same thing with Elijah Higgins God forbid if something happened to Trey McBride like they have so many opportunities now different ways to beat you and the continuity not only in the offensive line but in the skill player realm like we know mhj I was watching something recently where and I think Jim Harbaugh is going to do a better job of this but last year just kind of the the Bumble operation in Los Angeles with the with the Chargers took a first round receiver in Quinton Johnston and basically we’re trying to do what the Cardinals are going to do with mhj you’re an outside receiver you can run all the routes and he suffered right didn’t have a very good year whereas now they’re putting him in the slot they’re going to have a very refined set of of options for him to run routes and they’re they’re trying trying to make the most of him as an underneath receiver you don’t have to do that with Marvin like Marvin this is not breaking news is not Quinton Johnson he is not limited he is perhaps the most refined outside route running receiver we’ve seen in half a decade so we can feel comfortable sliding him in as the ex receiver and say your route tree is wide open like as special as Marvin is and you’ve seen it up close bow from a physical standpoint like 63 and a half he’s built like a tank his feet are Elite they are special his ability his out routes are phenomenal and so you you couple that now with everybody else the complimentary roles that they’re going to have with this offense just unlocks a new level that should equate Kyler Murray’s Health permitting to a top 10 offense I don’t want to say Sleepwalk but for me it’s gonna be hard to look at a box score at the end of any game this year I don’t care who the opponent is whether it’s Seattle San Francisco whatever and the Cardinals did not put up 25 26 27 30 plus points it’s like something dire had to have happen where an injury turnovers whatever because the pieces are there they weren’t there last year but they’re sure as hell there now you know I asked Kyler yesterday I mentioned this on the show you know from a playmaking standpoint or playmaker standpoint and a play calling standpoint like has he ever felt like in his career he’s been set up uh to have this much success and he said it was reminiscent and I’m paraphrasing uh but of his Heisman Trophy winning campaign at Oklahoma he like you look at Oklahoma and that offense with Kyler Murray at the quarterback position cidd lamb uh Hollywood Brown at his Peak um I mean just making plays all over the field for him in a in a really rock solid offensive line and and you know Lincoln Riley who’s one of the top offensive play callers still at the Cent level uh is the play caller there for the Sooners in in their run to a college football playoff appearance but I I love the diversity of this wide receiver room as you mentioned with Z Jones Jonathan Ganon saying he’s a three-position wide receiver so is Michael Wilson remember we were learning about Michael Wilson at this time last year and he learned every single uh position he can in the wide receiver room we know Greg dorch can play all the positions as well and if you watch the tape on Marvin Harrison Jr he can run most of the routes out there as well so uh I think that as far as the wide receiver room goes not only does it have you know your three starters that you’re excited about but you you’ve got you know a depth piece in in Z Jones and you got Chris Moore who was uh I know if you he he didn’t play a whole lot for for Tennessee but he was a guy that was has the Affinity to make a big play he had over what 19 yards per catch last year and limited snaps so and and if you like Xavier Weaver from Colorado as an undrafted rookie free agent uh that that’s a guy that adds to the room and Daniel uas you know guy in his second season coming out of Colorado so it’s it’s unbelievable how Monty afor has been able to transform this room in just a short year’s time yeah zero drops last year by the way for one Michael Wilson charted drops last year and people are like you know what I’m not sure the Cardinals have a true number two receiver and again this is going to come off like I’m knocking the other white outs and I love Greg dorch and I think he’s a unique player that they can use in a lot of different ways like the Cardinals have in my opinion their own version of a t Higgin S type of compliment to to mhj like we all believe mhj is going to reach that hierarchy of Justin Jefferson Jamar Chase like those are the expectations that came with Heaven Marvin Harrison Jr but I I you can’t convince me otherwise from what I saw from Michael Wilson last year that he can’t go out and be a productive consistent 10,000 yard receiver opposite Marvin like if he’s healthy and K1 are healthy and what we saw the projection if you just take Marvin his or excuse me michaelin his projection and his ction at the end of last year that’s easily a 10,00 yard receiver you know he’s a friend of the program he’s been on a couple times it’s not just because we’re friendly with him I truly believe it he was one of the most impressive players at offensive training camp last year with a team that desperately needed somebody to step up and show out so he is on top of mhj the easiest player to project if if you look at the Cardinals at the end of the year and they finished seventh in total offense and you asked Johnny what happened what was the pop player I would say it’s Michael Wilson because Marvin’s going to get his Kyler’s going to get his but if you look at okay who is next up to eat this year in 2024 it’s Michael Wilson to me well who’s out there at sworo high school catching balls from Kyler Murray who who’s the guy that Kyler Murray’s told the media yesterday that he could rely on to pick up the phone at 3: a.m I can’t rely on my coost to do that I don’t know my life that way not disturb but our Stanford man uh Mike Willie uh is poised for a breakout and you know he’s doing he’s going to do everything within his power to do that and you saw that and he broke down the intricacies of where maybe the uh struggles were when they had you know that couple game stretch where they were oating targets and him pulling down receptions and then boom uh you know they connect on a two-point conversion and then a touchdown and then you know nice yardage game in the in the regular season finale against the Seahawks and my Micha Wilson so uh what did Kyler Murray this was a quote from him about Michael Wilson he loves this [ __ ] he lives to play ball it’s you know love ball like Jonathan Ganon likes to say that’s the type of player that they’re bringing into this organization and Kyler believes that you know Michael Wilson’s got a long career ahead of him and I really think that he’s going to uh kind of establish himself maybe make himself a household name outside of Arizona this season with K1 healthy yeah it was about it was over the course of about seven quarters I think after Kyler Murray and he had that miscommunication was the pick six against Philadelphia and Michael had come on our show and said Kyler could have just said you know what I’m done I’m gonna go a different direction and he kept looking to Michael Wilson over the course of the last two games Kyler and Michael Wilson 10 of 12 12 targets 10 receptions 130 yards and a touchdown again against Philadelphia playoff team and Seattle had a winning record and that was after earlier in the season he had a stretch I think with Joshua dobs where he was perfect through two games Dallas and San Francisco he had almost 160 yards so he did it with multiple quarterbacks we talk about how you have to have a relationship a refinement a Cadence or rhythm with your QB he had to do it with three quarterbacks last year four if you count Colt McCoy and that perfectly Segways us into hi hide your young ones right we’re gonna we’re going to break down the Cardinals 202 if you’ve eaten recently uh maybe sit down I don’t know try to find yourself something to maybe a cold washcloth yeah this is this is gonna be ugly but before hang on real quick so we’ve got we’ve got it’s it’s popped up real quick here I want to preface this by saying this following you’re gonna see an offense that it was the starting offense in training camp and for most of the preseason that still despite this finished 19th in total offense 19th the new New York Jets would kill for that 19th in total offense with Drew psin and fourth in rushing this unit eventually led to that Damon dog let’s see it the 2023 Arizona Cardinal offense this time last year okay Michael Wilson we mentioned earned a spot even though everybody on the on outside of this podcast was saying it’s gonna be Zach Pascal it wasn’t it was Michael Wilson then it was Hollywood Brown out of town signed a one-year deal with Kansas City Ron Del Moore who was traded for a backup quarterback Zack hers who literally respectfully could not move last year and basically had to be cut mid-season James Conor is fantastic Colt McCoy who was qb1 the entire off season and this was the only podcast with the Gusto to say get this guy out of here he cannot throw the football anymore and then he was uh subsequently cut and they traded for Joshua dobs and then keante Ingram I have no idea where he’s at he was rb2 this was the offense that was earning the large majority of reps I know Zs was coming back from injury but for the most part this was our ride or die unit that eventually led to with some of these players gone the 19th total offense last year how about it man the 2023 Arizona C offense it’s uh that was something man I mean Cole McCoy who’s in the podcast game now like we are and it’s it’s not less than a year later Zack hers who’s uh planning to come in the week four as a member of the Washington commanders but uh never really legitimately resurfaced after you know they uh mutually parted Ways last season and then yeah you mentioned Rond Del Moore who is our guy Trevor syus that was just basically working on his cardio last year when he wasn’t running Gadget plays for the Arizona Cardinal I mean this is unbelievable it’s it’s really a testament to to Monty Austin Fort uh Drew ping and crew and and rebuilding this thing on the Fly and finding some building blocks in Wilson and and understanding that James Conor how much he has left in the tank and and what is g to make him Thrive and then getting you know Kyler Murray bringing him around correctly uh putting him back in in the lineup in week 10 and setting himself up not only to kind of knock the rust off and and get the Reps necessary last year to you know hit the ground running in the 2020 off season for a big you know upcoming season we uh pride ourselves on trying to be accurate on this podcast and I feel like we we did our audience Justice this time last year we we basically hedged our bet that that Colt McCoy could not play anymore that Zack hers had no business starting over Trey McBride and that Rond Del Moore should not be playing over Greg dorch all of that age pretty well uh and so we’ll toot our own whn toot toot today on this Lou Armstrong with that I mean you should because you were you were one of the you were big on McCoy I mean I was saying McCoy over tune but it was just you know I I I think I understood that ton just as a fifth round rookie coming out of a non- power five conference wasn’t ready either isn’t it wild ton started more games than Colt McCoy one to zero for the Cardinals last year it’s unbelievable you go back and watch those archive videos here phnx Cardinals phnx Sports on YouTube and just like I just couldn’t f them what we were seeing it was Unthinkable they had never been done in the NFL where a guy who couldn’t throw during practice was going to go and lead a team and now we know nine games in until Kye Murray came back it was it was a special kind of ass that we saw last year I love these comments too uh aie 221 this ruined my love for the sport uh that’s that’s certainly a take right there that offense Valley boy 14 called it hot trash cardi D the vomit emoji and then Azie Rond Del Moore is so trash and then people asking Bo did you relieve yourself during that uh that graphic on the screen so a lot of good stuff happened I relieve myself yeah basically throwing up yeah I got I I felt ill that’s for sure couldn’t couldn’t avoid it yeah it’s uh come a long way and now I think again good to have Monty Austin forward in the full didn’t take him long we had to endure that for about half a season if that uh and Cardinal now 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we’re do we’re doing all right we’re doing okay your boy’s doing fine uh I did lose my Shady Rays to the ocean I broke down that story yesterday so I’ve since used our bonus code to order a new pair but I spent this morning reading your article about one K1 and I thought it was interesting you know Bo mentioned earlier in the show Kyler Murray having the sense of comfort that he has not had really since Oklahoma and it’s really poetic it’s like Okay Oklahoma has their act together with Lincoln Riley then he comes to Arizona with maybe some not great people in charge and it’s taken upwards of four to five years and now he feels that Comfort level again I wonder what’s changed maybe it’s the people around them yeah could be could be yeah not just not just the Personnel but of course the relationship with the coach the with the GM all of that matters you hear a lot of optimism this time of year right I I said this in the story you get that from just about every team every year and you’re like okay yeah I’ve heard this hundred times before but what about this this and this you listen to Kyler talk yesterday Bo was there we talked about it after that session and I think everybody in that room came away like wow that was different it felt different it felt like a mature guy talking a guy who had been through some [ __ ] in his first few seasons in the NFL and now he’s seeing the light at the end of the tunnel he’s seeing what it can be and he’s learned so much from all of the all that adversity really it just sounded like a different person and again these these are just words but it did feel different and then when you talk about the people around him having changed I don’t think optimism is unwarranted at this point for for this team I think it is warranted so I mean in your opinion what do you think would be fair for you know this franchise quarterback that big money extension now kind of kicking in it’s the first year of that deal from the previous regime like I I don’t think it’s unfair to put you know you know in a second year of a build high expectations on this team and their quarterback especially in this league right we we’ve seen this happen so many times with teams it’s not like listen I just got through covering I don’t know what that was with the Arizona Coyotes but you know it was Perpetual rebuild but it doesn’t take long in the NFLs if you if you get the if you get some key things right we’ve seen a lot of quick turnarounds in this league as we talked about a little earlier Bo the margins in this league are so small it just takes a couple plays or couple changes in personnel and you can go from a four- win team to suddenly being a wild card team I don’t think it’s crazy at all to talk about that with the Arizona Cardinal this season particularly with with the pieces they’ve added on offense Craig you covered this team in much of Larry Fitzgerald’s Heyday but I I thanks for making me feel old buddy absolutely no problem I’m here to do that you were here with Buddy Ryan right yeah tell him he’s got say he’s been has 30 years experience let’s talk about Don Corel who else can we bring Jim har uh no it Larry Fitzgerald is the standard and I think we we look back though and we forget and like Larry’s admitted this early on in his career albeit a receiver he was concerned about other things like hey Kurt Warner get me so many yards in a game like he’s admitted that right yet with Kyler Murray everybody was quick to jump on this kid and I emphasize kid who’s drafted by an organization that has never won consistently before who immediately makes them but all we want to do like I bring it up all the time Craig Bo and I were on Super Bowl Radio Road last year and everybody here locally in the valley and everybody externally wanted to take a shot at somebody who just blown up their knee after playing in a playoff game the year before yeah like I I just feel like KY Murray for whatever reason is not given the kind of Grace that other professional athletes are given within this market and we have a very select memory with that and I I I wonder you’ve been around this market for a long time to be able to dissect every kind of different era not only of Cardinal football but Arizona sports like have you ever seen anything like this before yeah you know it’s funny I was talking to Jody aor about this earlier you you don’t you can’t think of another guy who’s been under the microscope like this and I think it’s a there are a lot of factors behind it right social media wasn’t around as as you mentioned indelicately before Johnny when I was covering the team previously I just think the media the glut of media covering the NFL right now the expectations just just the constant microscope there’s so many narratives out there and I think I think it was Kyler himself Bo that said it the other day you nitpick everything right you can you can build all these narratives I’m not sure if it’s fair that early in a player’s career yeah he had a catastrophic knee injury but what about what it looked like his trajectory was before that we we remember those first few seasons this guy was the NFL offensive rookie of the year right he showed some great promise early on and there were a lot of factors outside of his control that might have derailed temporarily but it’s not like we’re talking about a guy who’s been in the league 10 years now where we can say yeah you know what it’s over for Kyler Murray move on he’s coming into his prime now and he finally has the pieces around him the health the Peace of Mind the maturity to maybe put this all together yeah I me you have a ton of great quotes from his availability yesterday I thought one of the ones that stood out was when he was he was ask he was answering Darren Urban and he he pretty much opened it with it’s just a natural maturation of things right and I think that that’s key for Kyler Murray that people just completely just disregard it when he’s in his early 20s and he’s coming off you know being in the one of the best football programs in the country goes number one overall and he brings his amend skill set to an organization that now we’re seeing was in complete disarray and he was still able to accomplish those things but along the way through all that through the trials through the adversity it looks like he’s really kind of developed as many people do some people don’t but into a pretty mature budding leader it’s funny how that works right you go through some adversity in your life you actually mature you actually learn things you actually get better at your job I I know there’s such great expectations placed on these players these days right it’s it’s insane what’s expected of a player immediately if you step into the right situation like a Patrick mahom sure you can have instant success but he didn’t have that situation here let the guy mature let the guy grow into it again we’re nowhere near the point where you’re you’re ready to say yeah Kyler Murray is not going to be the guy you move I had someone in my Twitter mentions today saying it’s time to move on they should have moved on from him already well how can you make that judgment based on what has been here yeah yeah here we go it’s nice to have that I got to admit some sort of expectations about the team I’m covering uh that’s interesting because I I do want to ask you this because you have fresh eyes on this team and I think that’s one of the best things that you’re going to bring to not only the go next articles that you write but this beat in general and you’ve been out to a handful of practices you’ve witnessed with your own eyes this this team which has come a long way Craig from last year to this year in such a short time we just BR down the offensive improvements that they’ve had has there been a player that has stood out to you maybe outside of the usual cast of character let’s put Marvin and K1 off to the side for a second has there been a guy that stood out to you like holy [ __ ] who is that he’s impressive that you’re anxious to watch on football Sundays this fall I don’t want to disappoint you with this this answer but I don’t take a lot away from OTAs I have to be honest guys are running around without pads on I want to wait at least till Camp before I can give you an answer but I will give you an answer to that I promise eventually what I will say and Bo and I have talked about this as well as a as a beat reporter we’re we’re pretty simple people actually we have very fews very simple yes we have very few needs and one of those is just hoping of course for Access and hoping for good quotes there are so many good personalities on this team that’s one of the things that I’m really looking forward to I’m looking forward to diving into the stories behind some of these players because they seem open to it and that’s a great situation to be as a beat writer what we wanted just get back to Kyler one last question about that and I highly encourage everybody to check out the article go phx.com uh as far as one of the many quotes that he made what did you take as one of the more genuine and ones that kind of made you feel like you did when you wrote that story that the the co the reason for optimism might be more legit than you know having somebody win a press conference like he did yesterday it’s hard Bo we were talking about this it’s hard to settle on one he was just so introspective and candid throughout that interview it was it was the big picture really it was the entire process when I was sitting there listening to him there were some great quotes and I think those are in the story but you get a feel for through body language you get a feel for the answer aners that he’s giving how much thought he’s putting into them he he just sounded like a really mature guy and a guy who’s ready to take that next step again you you can’t do that without the pieces around him that you guys have talked about whether it’s Personnel whether it’s the relationship with Jonathan genon a lot of things have to come into place before a quarterback can have success in this league and there there’s so much weight on the quarterback’s shoulders in this league of course but he just sounds like he’s thought about it he’s been through it he’s ready he understands the process now he understands the ways it can fail he understands all the crap that can be coming at him he’s learned from it and he’s ready to move on he’s excited he felt energetic he really felt reinvigorated yesterday when we talked to him it’s what you want to see I mean we’ve come a long way from him not speaking with Cliff kingsburry throughout the first three months of the 2022 NFL season he’s Craig Morgan our new fabulous beat reporter here on PHX Cardinals Craig we’re fired up to have you over the course of the summer into training camp and again I I can’t wait to get your opinion on this group because what Bo and I have been slumming through and the pnx Cardinal faithful with some of these game I we’ve won eight games in two years and now it feels like the rebuild hopefully is coming to a rest I want to get you out of here on this question though we we had everything to go down with the coyotes very unfortunate right the sun’s underperformed Diamondbacks are in a rut right now how much does the valley need the Arizona Cardinals to step up from a sports perspective big time Big Time like when I look at well the coyotes are gone so you can’t count on them at all anymore the Diamond Backs I don’t know what’s going to happen with the Diamond Backs yet they they got to get healthy they have a good month with their schedule so they might be able yeah they might be able to recapture it I don’t want to say this to Suns fans but we might be a year away from a full rebuild with this unit uh I already think that window’s closed some of the people around this team don’t want to hear that so when I think of teams that are definitely on an upper trajectory and you you combine that with just the media circuit the attention is always on the NFL it’s King it’s King in most markets this team has a real opportunity to capture the Valley’s imagination and yeah this this Market needs it desperately because what have we had in the past what have we had to date guys not much Johnny uh Craig’s already had a great Moment In The Press Room uh you know you’re you’re humbly you know re equate introducing yourself back to the Cardinals media room and it’s new staff and players and coaches alike but who would is it the player that kind of turned your question back on you and you were like oh no was that Paris Johnson Jr you asked him a question and he said well what do you think and you said people don’t care what I think and that’s the truth and I want to make that part clear by the way coming onto this beat nobody cares what I think just yet so don’t say it I’m gonna write stories I’m gonna do what I do but it’s going to take me a while to get up to speed in the meantime I’m going to be riding these two guys coattails because you guys have built an unbelievable following on the show so really really happy to be a part of this thank you so much Craig I can definitively say in the short time you’ve been on this beat and the article that you’ve churned out it is night and day difference with all due respect to anything that I’ve read Cardinal comparable in this market from at least my time here at phnx sports so thank you so much Craig we’ll have you on uh where can our viewers find your phenomenal work and your Twitter handle of course go phx.com and Craigs Morgan all right Craig we’ll talk to you soon my man there he goes all right guys thanks Craig’s the best he is the the go the goated here uh and I think he’s right I think that people Paris Johnson Jr probably does want to hear from us and so we’ll let him know quickly maybe we can get Paris on the show that’d be good Paris is all over the place man it’s I mean after mandatory next week I mean that’s where we go into uh you know Mount Rushmore season where people are just trying to it’s the slowest time in the sports calendar and uh that’s when the show is going to get extra weird that’s when this show you think the 999 Gizzy conversation and staks and all that stuff if you’re already sick of that just buckle up because next week it’s gonna as Johnny said it’s gonna get gross It’s Gonna Get Real gross uh speaking of gross we’re gonna talk about big Dom here in a second Damon’s G Damon’s gonna get on camera but before we do that I want to say the opposite of gross is our friends at Circle K uh because I’m going to tell you what’s GR gross paying for overpriced gas that is not doing the job when you can get the job done with America’s thirst stop via our favorite friends at Circle K save 25 cents per gallon on your first five Phillips with the Inner Circle membership program for free and after those first five Phillips are 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check out these ribs listen I like all kinds of meat Burger was just my go-to on that Memorial Day Weekend yeah to honor those we had lost but yeah put a big slab of ribs in front of me that’s so lame that you just ta like added that on the end like I use that so you can’t come after me we all we all we all remember in different ways yeah um Sam 499 thank you so much Jason H hopefully we get to party with you my friend 499 Sam Johnny how much did you pay Alex Clancy for The Bu Brock hit piece I’m guessing Sam’s uh questioning what’s going down with h Clancy going after B for not finishing his stake that that was authentic that was organic I did not venmo Alex Clancy anything uh supposedly Clancy said the B didn’t finish his Ste Bo basically saying that he just left the fat on the plate so you know I I was that’s the only thing I could think of but it’s a filet there’s no fat on filet that’s the whole cut of the meat so you and Clancy went out to dinner one time that’s more surprising to me I was it was when I was living out of state and I came in to watch the Cardinal Thursday night game the the game were AJ Green didn’t turn around in the end zone and maybe I puked maybe I threw up in discussed of how that game ended maybe that’s what he’s talking about but here basically at end of the day Clancy are are no longer on speaking terms I didn’t think Clancy ever left his kitchen anyway like I was like did you eat at the steak at his kitchen counter he ordered to go from a fancy Steakhouse somehow he finagled a gift card from there and he he was being a sweet guy for the first and only time in his life yeah and and we ate stakes and watched that game and it was supposed to be Kyler Murray’s big moment and uh AJ Green ruined it and now Clancy’s somehow found a way to make it worse I was in the Press Box for that game you know Shameless flex and you know how they always say like don’t celebrate in the Press Box the Packers had their Executives in the Press Box for that game for whatever reason we’re jumping up and down like hugging each other when that pick happened like it was the Super Bowl it’s like come on guys class it up a little bit you’re the Green Bay Packers I would have thrown up my steak but I didn’t have any that day blow Brock $1.99 okay Bo you can stop meu we get it you shaved all right looks looks good Damon you got a couple degrees what’s me me uh I actually had to looked this up the other day because someone accused Johnny of it it’s like when you clench your jaw just trying to keep the jaw looking it’s just being deceptive B’s got the smolder on lock he’s got to keep he’s got to empty out the bag a little bit y it’s when you when I was rocking a for me a pretty heavy beard and when anytime you trim and you feel like you you don’t have a chin so I I might be pushing the chin out just to feel like I’ve got a better jawline you sent me a photo last night with a fuman chew and your wife with disgust looking from behind you I wish we had that photo on the show today why didn’t we upload that I wanted to do mustaches from Marv and I got shut down well yeah well I don’t have to ask that permission in my household damn and I can just we can just do what we want to do blow Brock 499 me and my brother Bo are doing the I love you bet the hashtag I love youb I bet him that Marv will have over 1500 yards damn and he’s taking the under loser buys OG’s good stuff wow blow Brock coming at you hard look uh he’s gonna bet me that Marv is going to go over 1,500 yards okay yeah I mean look even if I take the under I think Marvin Harrison Jr is still G to have a fantastic rookie of the year or what I would ask you is why do you hate Marvin Harrison Jr that’s that’s a great question I I was wondering the same thing d d would asked us both that during the whole you guys have hated him since the beginning you’ve never liked marf um I got called into my living room today and my son said that you could purchase now on Madden they have these cards these virtual cards player cards for Madden 2024 Marvin Harrison Jr’s player card is available now and so uh yeah there it is Madden 2024 there’s Marv 99 overall which again tracks 100% agree with that rating um so then we got on the phone again we’re do the poor people at the team store in Glendale my my son calls every day where is the Marvin Jersey they said please stop calling we don’t know so there’s your breaking news for my nine-year-old son Marvin available in Madden not available to purchase his jersey your joke they didn’t really tell them to stop calling right no they didn’t they’re good people there but they they they they said the jersey’s not available they don’t know when it’s coming in but he’s is that is that a you think this is like a Fanatics thing that’s holding this up no I don’t I don’t honestly don’t know what’s holding up but I I’m Blown Away by all those 99s on it Dam you have to explain that to me I haven’t been on the Madden streets for a while yeah I was I was trying to explain it to bill before the show but like it’s it’s on Madden Ultimate Team which I’m not a huge fan of but you have to unpack these cards and get lucky or spend a bunch of money to get these cards and get lucky or spend coins to get these players so this is like a limited edition Marvin card where he’s like all of his abilities are obviously boosted I just love how you started that sentence I had to explain it to Bo it’s like I had to teach my grandpa how to use Microsoft Word that’s what that’s what it sounded like I didn’t know what that that’s mine and Bose’s relationship around no but put that back up I mean as as excited as I am from Marvin Harrison Jr so if you get this card you get Marvin Harrison Jr in team and then you get him with all these attributes he’s 99 speed 99 jump 99 catch 99 catching traffic so he’s like next year in Madden 25 when they come out with it they’re gonna have a base Marvin Harrison Jr card where he’s gonna be like an 83 overall never never and then and then when he has like a two touchdown performance in 120 yards one week they’re going to be like this is a showcase moment card and he’s a 93 on this card and they’re so they have like special cards like that and this just happens to be one of them special cards for or special boy uh yeah n he he can he can be a 99 tomorrow I have no issue with that ill Dre $1.99 glad to have you back Johnny V thank you so much ill Dre it’s great to be back love my friends here on phnx Cardinals uh and it was tough it was tough to be away as much as fun as I had Maui that this this is my home this this group of people right here for the this 90 minutes every day we appreciate all of you sport her saw I saw a tweet that came out when you were supposedly on vacation yeah from allegedly Mike F Florio in his fantasy podcast that you were on there you know gassing up Michael Wilson I’m like no way Johnny took time from his vacation no that was recorded before it was okay so you just needed you to confirm that that you’re not that I just do so many hits it’s hard to keep track of them all I know I know you can’t relate but yeah that’s sometimes that happens Sports hero $3 Super Chat cliff and Kim equals Jesus forecast was it Shane that forecasted yesterday that somebody’s gonna Super Chat and Johnny’s gonna run burgundy just read it on air and I caught myself there sports you got a cardinal question or a comment you don’t have to pay for it we’ll put it up on the screen but we’ll try to keep this non iCal the best we can my friend let’s jump in keeping going with the super chats our guy osar uh 102 199 and this is Monty’s first Year’s future looking good absolutely Monty Austin Fort knows how to build a team so far the fact that that we’re even having a conversation about like the Cardinals number one making the playoffs top 10 offense when there were people nationally and we had this conversation on the show is the Cardinals team the worst collection of talent in in NFL history not in the NFL that was predetermined the Cardinals were 30 first of all Carolina was predicted they had their over under last year was eight eight and a half or seven and a half the Cardinals were easily the worst team by pundit going into last year and now it’s like oh yeah Kyler Murray can play a little bit of football and they’ve had a couple good drafts hey maybe maybe this team’s pretty good it’s that’s a testament Austin for to me he he’ll be the young Su hero of of this year if they make the playoffs 100% well you got people saying it like six and a half you know it’s right around or take the under uh it was like where did where did other teams got better other teams like yeah if you’re just going off of past performance and like if just because a team spent a ton in free agency or it it doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily going to be better like inevitably it happens every year guys’s boss draft picks bus free a there’s bad free agent signings it it doesn’t all just go chalk and every move that people made was the right move I mean it’s it’s just a ridiculous idea that every team got better and the Cardinals are just going to be stuck behind them for eternity it’s it’s an absurd take Anthony Richardson who by the way has significantly better odds to win comeback Player of the Year injured again at Colts camp and people like everything’s fine nothing nothing to see here he could play in a game tomorrow it’s like just Cardinals just going about their business with their one asteris ridden Prime Time game on ESPN plus this year Brick by Brick layer by layer we’re just we’re under the radar baby but yeah osore Monty’s the Catalyst for sure MV my guy dollar 99 how about this despite the hit pieces that murv puts out he thinks he’s getting an invite to the housewarming BBQ at the venerable household MV that’s a hard no my friend how dare you think you’re gonna put out those Gizzy hit pieces on your boy on Twitter as finally produced as they are and still think you’re going to roll up to one two3 Johnny Street no thanks my friend oh man the house that that JV built it’s uh I mean Damon and I we’re we’re just hopeful that we might get the invite there Damon’s looking good Damon’s looking good man Bo I might need your truck to move move a few things that well I’ll keep you on on oh maybe then maybe then can you imagine watching Johnny cruise around in my truck I have a hard time getting in and out of boat truck and I’ve made that clear to him that when he’s like I have offered to carpool to the facility and I’m like I can drive I have you know a Mazda let’s get my mozda and he’s like no just hop into my truck bro and he like I think he secretly likes that it’s tough for me to get in and out of his elevated truck he’s got what they call a he’s got a lift kick on it and I and I think he just he’s trying to keep ey level with the offensive line he’s like hey guys you see my truck out there and I’m just like come on man can we no it’s not lifted it’s stock no it’s not it’s a big truck though it is a big yeah it’s a it’s a sport Truck Yeah a man who finishes a steak that’s right who are you hauling around in that truck takes that’s all you got you’re just your takes I got the whole truck bed just fil filled with hot takes just 2024 cards hot takes all right we got to get we’ll get back to the super chats here in a second but we do need to talk about big Dom um who a friend of big of this podcast um so Bo you pointed this out on Twitter today big Dom got a promotion his big dumb head got a promotion with the Philadelphia Eagles Mark galao Adam schfer they all said he got got a new title senior advisor to the GM Chief security officer game day coaching operations now I look at this as a way a fraud way of getting him on the sidelines permanently now that he’s not just Nick sani’s boy what do you guys make of this promotion what do I make about this picture what is what is serani doing in this picture is is there becoming a more unlikable franchise than the Philadelphia Eagles right now I and I agree with you I think that this is just a way to shoehorn do back on the NFL Sidelines something that the other 31 organizations should should say this is an the most absurd thing ever and to get a title change of senior advisor to the GM chief of security after he was out there and he put hands on an actual NFL player during a game I mean what are we doing the Eagles have become one of the most if not the most unlikable team and it has nothing to do with the actual players on their roster think about how crazy that is yeah I don’t Jaylen Herz seems like a great guy you know Devonte Smith is likable these no I don’t have any problems with these saquan like yeah the players are paying the price for how incompetent serani is there’s going to be a mutiny on hands this year like they start they start let’s say like three and four like two and four that that team’s gonna implode F there wasn’t a a worse team at the end of last year I would contend top to bottom outside of maybe Carolina than Philadelphia that team had had quit at the end of the year they quit against Tampa Bay they got smoked in that playoff game yeah well and then what what’s coming out of Miami as Vic fangio exited and the defensive players are throwing a party basically that that fangio is not there and Philadelphia was you know with open arms it was you know grass is always greener on the other side of you know the failure attempts of coordinators to replace their Super Bowl coordinators and Shane Sten and Jonathan ganet but you’re bringing in a recycled Kell Moore off a horrible stent in in Los Angeles with the Chargers and Justin Herbert and those with those re and then also you’re bringing in fangio and you’re you’re painting it as these are your saviors for for Nick serani I mean and the the excuse that came out in the off season that serani struggled when Dom wasn’t there was the most laughable report not a grown man that I yeah you’re not you’re not that that you need somebody help and tie his shoes in the morning well you like you joke and we’re going to joke here during this segment we did not see serani without big Dom in Indianapolis whether it was at the combine at bars downtown on the street at restaurants they were always together four times like it’s every like it was in Mobile too Johnny we saw him in Mobile walking around on the sidelines during one of the Senior Bowl practices and and Nick sani’s on the field and oh who’s 10 feet behind him big Dom at all times attached at the hip this is this is a real this is a real story I’m going to tell it’s a short one okay and we might have video from from you know our interaction with big Dom at this the combine in Indianapolis but we’re out there on radio row and what separates radio Row from the press conferences with all the the GMS the head coaches and the prospects and indy is a curtain just a normal run-of-the-mill curtain one curtain one fabric curtain that just goes across a huge Convention Center room and we’re there on radio row and then comes around serani and big Dom and big Dom trying to make sure that he’s getting you know earning his paycheck that day is scoping out the area and literally comes from around the curtain and then goes to said curtain and Peaks around it like he’s he’s doing some sort of surveilling like he’s in the Secret Service like he he’s doing he’s getting all the Intel uh just in case somebody’s about to pop out of a curtain at an NFL event to come get his guy Nick serani who’s doing a couple you know interviews on radio row was one of the most absurd things I’ve ever seen I’ll tell you what I didn’t feel safe and then I saw that and all all of my worries went away Damon I need you to break down the Eagles front office for me please yeah here I’m gonna pop myself on screen are you prepared to talk about the CH the radical changes outside of big Dom that they’re making to the front office right now yeah I actually I mean they there’s been some huge moves that they’ve they’ve put together the Eagles here um so well first off I wanted to say that uh big Dom he was the fourth name listed on the football operations staff portion of their website hoe Roseman is number one for for just a barometer there that tracks that tracks they have him as fourth person listed on football operations stff yeah oh yeah that’s like me on phnx Sports website sa Bookman and then I’m right there yeah no literally it was it was it was uh hoe Roseman the two assistant general managers and big Dom fourth um I I think other titles that big Dom should have bestowed upon Him Chief cheerleading officer uh director of babysitting I think that’s a big job he has and uh in Babysitting what you what’ you say adventures and babysitting yeah no way yeah I mean that’s not I didn’t get that one no way it uh lead mascot manager that’s a huge One Mascot what about Chief hogy Inspector yeah that’s not bad either uh but yeah like you said Johnny uh the Eagles have made some other changes to their front office staff yeah so they they’re adding a lot of key pieces that are really gonna kind of catapult this Future run here uh so first one we got here Meek Mill they’re bringing him on as director of Ting welcome to Philly Meek Mill that’s big that’s a big title for Meek Mill yeah absolutely uh next one we got here we got uh Shane Gillis is the director of analytics I think he was a time guy once upon a time I think he was one of K’s disciples it’s gonna bring some levity I think to that front office I mean part you know you gotta have find a guy who’s one of the best joke makers in in the world right now to make up for the biggest joke in the NFL and big Don absolutely uh we got kind of really similar to big Dom I’d say that uh you know he almost provides the exact same role as big Dom uh so you know they go kind of hand inand together but when you have both you can really create a huge uh you know Duo there and that’s the Philly fanatic he’s the director of football operations this graphic is so absurd this needs to go up on ph andx Cardinals Twitter as soon as it’s possible Eagles too this one I think it might be the most impactful and this is the one that really has gotten Eagles fans super Juiced recently okay that’s director of Player Development Rocky baloa I mean what a move I don’t even want it to be Stallone I want it to be Frank Stallone his brother I want I want to get offbrand Sylvester Stallone AKA Frank Stallone to be dressed up as Rocky and the players are like this isn’t something’s off here this isn’t right hey you he told them their the workout Reg that they were going to do this off seon he was going to like throw uh medicine balls off of their stomachs and make them drink raw eggs and the Eagles were they were sold they were locked in and then uh the last one that we got here out of the new hires that they’ve made this guy and he’s the director of Lifestyle development uh he’s kind of a hero in Philly and uh people want to be like him they look up to him so he’s got the Muppets tattooed on his stomach so I think that’s that tracks with everything you’ve said that’s gritty and The Fanatic right gritty The Fanatic and then I think he needs a big Dom like right kind of in the middle just to kind of put the trifecta of those three mascots together what do you think that I think that might have been like a big Dom before his being hired with the Philly with the Eagles organization yeah it literally they might have picked big Dom out of the stands and found a guy who looked almost exactly like that and said you want to be the chief security officer bro I did not know how much Damon dog despised big Dom until we encountered him at the NFL combine this past year we have some exclusive footage never before seen outside of the PHX Cardinal Discord Damon dog reacting to Big Dom in the wild let’s go ahead and see it Damon we might be able to finally get him banned for life if we were able to do that Damon talking [ __ ] to Big D here in get your scum back out there he goes oh he just gave you a glare Damon dude knows said he’s ready he probably knows about me he a got no hit you got to be able to dance around you win no hits no I might be his top one hater in the world am I number one yeah I hope so if you’re not you need to work towards that number one there it’s a good thing D here because serani otherwise probably get out out of [Laughter] line Damon’s hard stop for a second I think number one hater in the world he’s like six of me he’s like six of me exclusive footage from the NFL combine you know what I had noticed after watching that video again I forgot serani was even in that clip and then now it tracks with everything that we’ve talked about it’s like of course they were together you’re not g to see them separate that would be ridiculous oh man that did you hear serani uh trying to Trash Talk Giants fans which is you know one of the franchises you could truly P just punch down on just how they got saquan Barkley basically saying hey we got we got your uh your best player I mean Barkley who’s he’s played one full two full seasons in his career but you know and they go out there and give him a three-year close to $40 million deal I hate the the Niners with all my heart but I I’ve seen comps to Barkley having a Renaissance like Christian mcaffrey and I’m like you you know turd mcgd at serion at head coach is not Kyle Shanahan I don’t think we need to break any news there like I I like SE Kwan bark I hope he does well but I don’t I don’t expect that kind of Renaissance I’m gonna ask you this and we’ll get back to our super chats yeah is it a possibility we we look back in like five years and serani is the worst head coach to appear in a Super Bowl not only appear in a Super Bowl but like be a quarter away from winning it especially if siken and JG get their team to the playoffs I think there’s a real chance we could be saying that yeah it is pretty unbelievable how quickly this Super Bowl window with such a talented young team that they had offensively and defensively could slam shut with how they really dropped the ball and kind of rehiring those coordinator positions and how ill equipped you know I credit to serani back where he would just delegate and lety and genon run their respective units and how well they did it but man it it is going to be a tough look I I don’t know if you could definitively say that but it’s in the he’s in the conversation uh let’s get back to the conversation happening with these super chats how about this one Mike sorio $2 Super Chat Mike Florio with a Karen haircut I’m a closeted Cardinal fan well welcome Mike sorio it’s great to have you on the show and I hope this isn’t the last time we see that fine looking D you got there yeah it is that is an elite hairstyle that’s for sure no I like I like you said haird that’s that’s perfect that’s a perfect way to describe that how about topic 64 front of the show 1999 very generous Super Chat welcome back I’m e ecstatic that the O like everyone else we got to talk about the D it used to be when teams wanted to score they knew which DB to throw at teams won’t have that luxury anymore hash no more scoring on us at will I hope you’re right and I I just hope that the the defensive backfield will have an opportunity to get their hands on the football because of some Aaron throws to get Aaron throws typically got get some pressure so I I have very little concerns about this secondary I think Jaylen Thompson budha Baker the young Corners that they have are doing really nice job I think the biggest question mark not only on the defense but the team is just who who can consistently get a pass rush but nobody better than RIS and Ganon to be able to orchestrate that boat as we pay close attention to that pass rush and we certainly will with like BJ lari and zav Collins and and that entire crew and a lot of continuity coming back from a group that didn’t produce at the end of the season like I am legitimately I think it’s an under the radar competition as far as how that secondary is really going to kind of settle in before the start of the season and I think it’s going to be a work in progress even when that goes but these are handpicked players from Annie awen Fort and Jonathan Ganon and Nick rollace to where I think that you should have confidence that between Garrett Williams keyrell Clark Starling Thomas and the new group this year with Max Melton and Elijah Jones and rabbit uh you know Taylor demerson like a couple of those guys are gonna be able to play and they’re gonna make some plays and pick up some passes for the Cardinals but you’re right up front that’s going to be key as well our friend sa [ __ ] is back 499 now that at JV is back all the slander against our [ __ ] brother will be addressed was there some slander at your boy when I was gone how dare you way iose I I would expect it to be very clean and respectful to your boy while I was jet setting to Hawaii here’s what I’ll say okay nothing was said that we wouldn’t say to your face well that doesn’t make me feel any better I don’t like that at all Richard in the chat $1.99 sorry JV but the show with Britain golden was dope you no apologies here I love Brit golden he’s part of this beat in this program and listen if you had an opportunity like we have been very fortunate to talk shop with Britton golden one of my favorite things to do during the NFL season when we were at B MGM or heila river or wherever was to watch early games with Briton golden and gamble on football and it just makes you smarter as an NFL fan so no apologies very fortunate to have BG part of this beat had a blast uh with Britain the other day in studio he’s hanging out uh with myself and Damon dog the crew was nearly complete uh watching the video of us in in indie uh Britton golden being back in the fold was awesome GNA run it back this fall plus one Craig Morgan you talk about a super team we’re fired up about I’m fired up about this one Griffin 499 go Celtics tonight NBA finals I’m a diard Arizona Cardinal fan from Boston awesome I also run Griffin’s weather Consulting love this pod longtime Watcher well awesome Griffin good luck to your Celtics tonight good luck on the weather Consulting industry hopefully rub some good mojo on our precious red bird if the Celtics win the series tonight or kick off the I’m sorry I’m gonna have to just butt in there Griffin thank you for the Super Chat uh I hope the Celtics lose in hor the most horrific painful fashion possible why do you feel that way uh I just hate the Celtics and everything they stand for as an organization and uh you know I think honestly genuinely like big Dom Celtics like probably top two least favorite things in the world wow okay did the checklist today on today’s show is is it lame for me it’s like I just hope we have a good series and everybody has fun that’s like me saying Hamburgers on Memorial Day weekend that’s the equivalent right there I mean it’s tough here in Sun’s country for anybody to stomach Luca getting the title uh but it is also with like Tatum and Jaylen Brown like I wouldn’t mind like the conversation continue to be ongoing is like can they can they ever do it so they would have to lose in order for that to happen and Kyrie and Luca would have to win I think what gives me hope as a Suns fan is that we’ve gotten a new champion this will be like seven we just lost Griffin by the way as a listener with this conversation no Griffin’s a friend of the program just I’m gonna be straight with them because I’m not gonna I’m not gonna dance around it I’m not gonna I’ll root for the Celtics I’ll root for the Eastern Conference oh that’s sad Johnny and that’s sad I’m a sad boy but I’m not sad because I have an a shot to access the number 18 collection go phx.com shipping the week of June 10th 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You boys are selling them short. They are easily a top five offense.