NAIL-BITER IN NEW ORLEANS: Arizona Cardinals vs New Orleans Saints | 2025 Week 1

NAIL-BITER IN NEW ORLEANS: Arizona Cardinals vs New Orleans Saints | 2025 Week 1

TACKLE.
FORTUNATE HE WAS ABLE TO HOLD ON.
>> ARIZONA THROWS THE BALL THERE AND THAT’S GOING TO BE A BIG
QUESTION, BUT I’M A FAN OF IF THE BOX IS LOADED GIVE ME A SAFE
PASS WAIT TO GET THE YARD. I KNOW YOU DON’T WANT THE
INCOMPLETE PASS TO STOP THE ARTS BUT I’M OKAY WITH ARIZONA TRYING
TO THROW THE BALL THERE. >> TOTALLY AGREE AS LONG AS IT’S
SAFE AND YOU MAKE SURE YOU GET THE COMPLETION.
THIS COULD BE THE BALL GAME. ARIZONA GETS THE FIRST DOWN HERE
ON THIRD DOWN, THIS GAME IS OVER.
>> SAINTS OUT OF TIMEOUTS. THIS IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.
>> IF YOU ARE A SAINT OR A SAINTS FAN YOU HAVE TO BE SCARED
TO DEATH ABOUT KYLER MURRAY’S LEGS IN THESE SITUATIONS.
SEEMS LIKE HE’S ALWAYS JUST QUICK ENOUGH TO GET THE YARDAGE
HE NEEDS. >> BY THE WAY, McBRIDE AND
HARRISON ARE BOTH ON THE SAME SIDE UP TOP.
>> DO YOU PUT THE BALL IN KYLER MURRAY’S HANDS OR DO YOU PUT IT
IN JAMES CONNER’S HANDS? >> HARRISON LINES UP IN THE
BUNCH FORMATION WITH THE PLAY CLOCK DOWN TO 3.
TAYLOR SHOWING BLITZ. HERE HE COMES, AND TAYLOR HAS
GOT HIM! TAYLOR JUST SACKED KYLER MURRAY!
AND HANG ON, THERE’S 2:12 LEFT TO PLAY IN THIS BALL GAME.
>> ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE AGGRESSIVE PLAY CALL FROM SAINTS
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR BRANDON STALEY TO BRING TAYLOR OFF THE
EDGE AND NOT LET MURRAY JUST BE ABLE TO HAVE THE TIME TO THROW
THE BALL OR RUN. >> THERE’S TAYLOR.
HE SACKED HIM. THAT WILL TAKE US TO THE
TWO-MINUTE WARNING. LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, STATE FARM
IS THERE. >> AS LONG AS THIS PUNT GETS OFF
CLEANLY THEN KYLER MURRAY WILL WATCH WHETHER SPENCER RATTLER IS
ABLE TO BRING THE SAINTS FROM BEHIND DOWN 7.
SAINTS HAVE WON SIX STRAIGHT OPENERS.
YOU GOT THE YOUNGEST HEAD COACH-QUARTERBACK COMBO IN
THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN KELLEN MOORE AND SPENCER RATTLER
THAT ARE BRINGING THIS GAME TO ITS BALANCE IN THE LAST
2 MINUTES. SHAHEED.
HE GETS UP TO THE 42-YARD LINE. THAT’S PRETTY GOOD FIELD
POSITION. >> SO YOU’RE TELLING ME THERE’S
A CHANCE! SPENCER RATTLER, HERE YOU GO.
YOU EARN THE OPPORTUNITY IN CAMP, HE PLAYED CONSISTENT, HAD
A GREAT DRIVE IN THE PRESEASON, SIMILAR SITUATION.
IT GOT THE LONGEST ACTIVE WIN STREAK FOR HOME OPENERS OR FOR
OPENERS IN THE NFL AT 6 AND KELLEN MOORE IS GIVING A CHANCE
TO LEAD THIS OFFENSE WITH NO TIMEOUTS AGAINST ONE OF THE MOST
CONFUSING DEFENSES IN THE NFL. >> NO TIMEOUTS BUT 1:49 FOR ONLY
57 YARDS IS STILL AN ETERNITY. >> STEPPED INTO THE BACKFIELD
AND RATTLER FROZE BACK TO PASS. PASS COMPLETE, OLAVE HANGS ON
AND HE’S INSIDE CARDINALS TERRITORY.
>> AND YOU’VE GOT TO GET ON THE BALL.
SPENCER WAS DOING THIS LAST DRIVE.
FINDING THOSE LITTLE SPOTS ON THE FIELD, THE CARDINALS DO NOT
WANT TO GIVE THAT UP. >> WHISTLE BLOWS AND THEY BLOW
IT DEAD. ARE THEY MAKING SURE THEY HAVE
THE RIGHT MARK? SCOTT NOVAK IS LOOKING AROUND.
>> GANNON SHOULD BE FURIOUS. >> THE PREVIOUS RULING WAS A
COMPLETED CATCH. >> SO THEY WERE TAKING A LOOK AT
IT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS A COMPLETED CATCH.
>> IT’S UNDER 2 MINUTES. >> RULING ON THE FIELD WAS A
COMPLETED CATCH. >> LET’S TAKE A LOOK.
HE HAS IT, DOESN’T HE? HE’S WRAPPED UP.
I GUESS THEY’RE JUST MAKING SURE.
AGAIN, UNDER 2 MINUTES, IT’S OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE REFEREE AND
HIS CREW DOWN ON THE FIELD. SO NO POP THE HEADPHONES ON,
TAKE A LOOK WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. >> THIS SHOULD BE SUPER QUICK
AND LESS THERE IS SOME OTHER ANGLE THAT WE DIDN’T SEE.
>> BREAKS FREE THERE. HE’S GOT IT.
>> I WOULD ALMOST ARGUE IT’S A FOOTBALL MOVE, STANDING ON BOTH
FEET WHEN HE HAS THE BALL. >> I THINK THEY THOUGHT IT MIGHT
HAVE SQUIRTED OUT. >> GENE STERATORE IS TAKING A
LOOK, DO YOU THINK THIS IS CLAIMED?
>> I’M WITH YOU GUYS ON IT. I THINK IT’S A CLEAN CATCH.
HE’S BOBBLING A LITTLE BUT I DON’T THINK RIGHT NOW LIKE WE
SEE ON THE REPLAY, HE IS SECURING THAT, I DON’T SEE THAT
FOOTBALL BOUNCING ON THE BACK END.
>> AFTER REVIEWING THE PLAY, THE RECEIVER WHEN HE WAS COMING TO
THE GROUND NEVER CONTROLLED THE BALL.
THAT’S INCOMPLETE. >> WOW, THAT IS SHOCKING I
THINK. >> YOU HEAR THE CROWD NOISE
HERE. >> YOU HEARD THE CROWD NOISE,
YOU HEARD SCOTT NOVAK. THEY SEE SOMETHING TOTALLY
DIFFERENT. IT LOOKED LIKE HE HAD AT THE
WHOLE WAY. >> YEAH I AGREE WITH YOU, TOM.
I DIDN’T SEE A REAL BOUNCE THERE, A SEPARATION FROM THE
PLAYER. THEY HAVE A LOT OF MULTIPLE
ANGLES THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT BUT THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT
THEIR I DON’T THINK THAT’S WHAT YOU CAN OVERTURN TO AN
INCOMPLETION. INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE.
>> THANK YOU, BUDDY, WE APPRECIATE IT.
FIRST DOWN FROM THE 42-YARD LINE.
EXCUSE ME, SECOND DOWN. RATTLER STUMBLES, HE’S GOING TO
RUN IT. IT’S CLOSE TO THE FIRST DOWN
MARKER. >> IT NECESSARILY WAS NOT
INDISPUTABLE VISUAL EVIDENCE, BECAUSE NONE OF US AGREE.
WE WERE ALL DISPUTING, WE WERE CLEARLY DISPUTING.
>> THIRD DOWN & ONE. CLOCK WINDS UNDER A MINUTE AND I
HAVE TO PLAY. COOK’S HAS GOT IT AND GETS
OUT-OF-BOUNDS. HE WAS IN BOUNDS WHEN HE IT, GOT
TO HIS FEET AND GOT OUT-OF-BOUNDS.
>> TIME IS NOT THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW, PLUS 50 WITH A MINUTE 20
LEFT, SPENCER RILEY HAS BEEN REALLY POISED THESE LAST FEW
DRIVES. WE KNOW THE CARDINALS HAVE
NOT — DO NOT WANT TO LET ANYTHING GET OVER THE TOP.
WHAT DO Y THINK THEY WANT TO DO DEFENSIVELY?
>> THEY ARE GETTING TO THE STAGE NOW WHERE THEY CAN’T ALLOW HIM
TO JUST KEEP THROWING THESE UNDERNEATH ROUTES.
>> RATTLER FROM THE GUN UNDERNEATH.
JOHNSON. JOHNSON CURLS DOWN TO THE 38.
MELTON AND BAKER THERE TO MAKE THE TACKLE.
THIS WILL TAKE IT UNDER A MINUTE OR CLOSE TO IT BEFORE HE SNAPS
THE FOOTBALL. YEAH, 1:02 AS HE SNAPS IT.
KAMARA MAKES A MAN MISS AND SCRAMBLES TO HIS SIDE.
>> SO IF YOU ARE THE SAINTS YOU WANT TO KEEP GETTING ON THE BALL
BECAUSE THE CARDINALS DEFENSIVE LINE IS GASSED.
>> AND A SPIKE IT, SO IT WILL BE SECOND DOWN.
>> I DON’T LOVE THAT DECISION THERE TO SPIKE IT.
THE ARIZONA D-LINE, THOSE GUYS COULDN’T EVEN MOVE AND NOW THEY
CAN BRING IN WHOLESALE CHANGES, A WHOLE NEW GROUP OF FOUR.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CLOCK WAS MOVING, BUT MAN, YOU JUST CALL A
QUICK PLAY THERE, QUICK OUT AND KEEP THOSE EYES ON THE FIELD.
>> I KNOW YOU NEVER PLAYED RECEIVER OR DBA BUT THE
RECEIVERS ARE GASSED TOO. YOU MIGHT WANT THEM ON THE BALL
BUT THEY JUST RAN THREE, THEY KIND OF NEED TO BE CHARGED AS
WELL. >> THOSE GUYS ARE ALL SHREDDED
WITH SIX-PACKS, I DON’T CARE ABOUT THAT.
[LAUGHTER] >> ON SECOND DOWN, PRESSURE IS
COMING. RATTLER GOING TOWARDS THE
END ZONE, INCOMPLETE. HE OVERTHREW SHAHEED.
THAT WAS GOOD COVERAGE ON THE OUTSIDE BY MAX MELTON.
>> WE’VE BEEN SAYING THAT ALL DAY.
MAX MELTON HAS BEEN LIGHTS-OUT. THEY HAVE NOT LET ANYTHING GET
ABOUT THE TOP OF THE DEFENSE ALL DAY.
THEY’VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THAT.
HE’S BEEN TESTED INTO YOUR POINT, LOOK AT CALAIS, HE’S
PRETTY GASSED. >> NOW IT’S 3RD & 10, YOU ONLY
HAVE TWO PLACE TO GET THESE TEN YARDS.
>> TRIPS TO THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.
PASS IS COMPLETE TO OLAVE. HE’S GOING TO BE MARKED DOWN OF
THE 24-YARD LINE. >> THIS IS GOING TO BE A TIGHT
SPOT. YOU CAN’T SPIKE IT.
>> GOT TO RUN A PLAY. 30 SECONDS AND COUNTING TO PLAY.
>> YOU GOT TO THINK QUICK. >> PASS COMPLETE, HE’S GOT THE
FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 20. >> NOW YOU CAN SPIKE IT.
>> NOW YOU’VE GOT TO CLOCK IT. >> AND THERE YOU GO.
13 SECONDS LEFT TO PLAY, IT WILL BE 2ND DOWN & 10.
HOW MANY SHOTS DOES HE GET MAD. >> AT LEAST TWO TO THE END ZONE.
AT LEAST TWO, MAYBE THREE DEPENDING ON HOW QUICK IT IS BUT
YOU SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST TWO GOOD SHOTS.
>> AND DO YOU START GOING NOW OR — HOW DO YOU WORK THIS?
>> IF YOU THROW THE BALL INBOUNDS TACKLE THAN THE NEXT
PLAY WILL MAYBE BE YOUR LAST SO YOU REALLY WANT TO THROW ALL
THESE SHOTS AT THE END ZONE HERE, THE CARDINALS DON’T WANT
THEM TO GET OUT-OF-BOUNDS BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO PROTECT THAT
END ZONE. A TOUGH SPOT FOR SPOT FOR
DEFENSIVE BACK. >> OLAVE STRETCHED OUT TO THE
FAR SIDE. >> YOU WILL SEE THEM PRESS
COVERAGE ACROSS THE BOARD. >> RATTLER GOING TOWARDS THE
END ZONE, INCOMPLETE! JOHNSON SLIDING DOWN, COULDN’T
HANG ON. >> SO THERE’S NINE SECONDS THEY
STILL HAVE TIME FOR TWO MORE PLAYS.
IT’S THIRD DOWN, THAT’S KIND OF IRRELEVANT AT THIS POINT.
IF YOU ARE THE CARDINALS, IT’S NOTHING IN THE END ZONE AND
NOTHING OUT-OF-BOUNDS. IF THEY CATCH IT IN THE FIELD OF
PLAY AT THIS POINT AND GET TACKLED IT’S OVER.
>> THE GAME IS ESSENTIALLY OVER, CORRECT.
>> SO HERE COME THE SAINTS. >> AND THE CARDINALS WILL HAVE
THESE THREE BACK HERE PROTECTING THAT END ZONE.
EVERYONE ELSE IN PRESS COVERAGE NOT LET ANY EASY CATCHES.
RATTLER TO THE END ZONE, HOT! AND THEN DROPPED.
HE HAD IT AND THEN HE WENT TO THE GROUND, BUDDA BAKER RIPPED
IT OUT. >> WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BALL BY
SPENCER RATTLER! THE BALL OF HIS LIFE.
JOHN JOHNSON HAD IT IN HIS HANDS.
LOOK AT THE PLACEMENT. YOU ASKED FOR THAT.
BUDDHA OF COURSE FINISHES TO THE GROUND AND HE’S JUST NOT ABLE TO
SECURE THE CATCH. >> NOW IT COMES DOWN TO THIS
PLAY, ONE LAST PLAY WITH FOUR SECONDS LEFT, THE SAINTS ARE
DOWN BY 7. >> I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF
JOHNSON RUNS THE SAME EXACT ROUTE.
>> RATTLER OUT OF THE GARDEN, 24 LOOKING FOR THE END ZONE,
LOOKING FOR OLAVE AND HE OVERTHROWS HIM!
IT IS INCOMPLETE, THE BALL GAME IS OVER!
AND THE CARDINALS HANG ON AND WIN IT BY A FINAL SCORE OF 2
20-13. WHAT A FINISH.
>> THAT THROW BY RATTLER, THAT’S GOING TO GO A LONG WAY FOR HIM
IN THAT LOCKER ROOM. THAT WAS A PERFECT THROW THAT
PLAY BEFORE BY SPENCER RATTLER. THIS TIME THEY DIDN’T GIVE HIM A
CHANCE. >> THAT’S THE WORST PART ABOUT
THAT PLAY THOUGH. I WISH THAT WAS THE LAST PLAY.
YOU’VE GOT TO GIVE YOUR RECEIVER A CHANCE.
>> AS GOOD AS THIRD DOWN WAS THAT’S HOW BAD FOURTH DOWN WAS
BY SPENCER RATTLER. >> TIME TO GO TO JAMES BROWN IN
GREEN BAY FOR THE NFL TODAY UPDATE DELIVERED BY
LITTLE CAESARS.

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