Give me your thoughts on what you guys do moving forward with him now gone for the year.

Yeah.

You, uh...

Like I, like I say with all these guys, one, uh, just as the person, uh, you know, it, it sucks for Paris.

Uh, it sucks for the Arizona Cardinals obviously.

I thought he was, uh, just getting better and better each and every week.

Um, he's obviously done some really good things in this league.

When you look at defensively, what could you guys have done different to maybe stop some of those big plays down the field?

What are you seeing there?

Yeah, no, it's, it's, it... 'Cause it, it... 'Cause it's all under our control.

Like, it...

Our cadence and, and getting our feet set and all that is, it, it takes absolutely no talent.

And we got the right guys to, to clean this up.

But again, we gotta look at ourselves as coaches, you know? Are we asking them to do too much and all those kind of things.

But, uh, like I, like I told the guys, man, like, I, you know, I, we, I think we all love good, sharp football, but I hate bad football more than I love good football, you know? And that's the kind of stuff that, like, we just, we just can't do, you know? And, and, uh, this league will expose you really quickly if you're doing that stuff.

Watching the tape, are the explosives there and you're just not hitting them? Do, do you need to scheme them up so that they're more readily available to you? 'Cause I'm sure that's driving you nuts, too.

What did watching the tape of what happened yesterday, what did it tell you? What did it reveal to you? What, what did, what did you learn about what happened yesterday after rewatching it on tape?

Yeah, I thought, uh...

Well, I, I mean, it was, it was [laughs] kind of the, the, the tale of two halves, right? And, uh, obviously, and, and it was, it was our fault on offense in terms of, um, you know, just making the defense out there too often.

I mean, we go three and out, six and out, three and out in that second half, and then the last two plays basically were, might as well have been kneel downs.

You know, we're just all trying to get out of there at, at that point.

So can't say I've ever really been a part of a game where you've only had, uh, 12 real snaps in the second half, but it was, it was self-in- inflicted.

You know, give them credit.

What was the plan going into the game?

Can you just tell me about how it feels over there right now as an Arizona Cardinal, maybe outside view versus how it is actually for you in there right now?

Y- I mean, you know this.

I, I, I don't really know what the view is outside, 'cause again, um, after that game, you get on the plane.

Uh, obviously, uh, just personally for myself, trying to answer all the texts that you got from family, friends, from, from everywhere you've ever been.

And, and then, uh, you get home and you spend some time with your family, talk to your brother, you know, and then you wake up and you gotta get right back to work.

Like, you don't have time to think about what's going on outside this building.

I hope, you know, um, uh, not that, not, not that we don't hear the noise and all those kind of things, but, like, it, you, you don't have time to think about it.

Can you tell me a little bit about Jeremiah, and, uh, how you see his kind of career going, and how we should judge him off of this season? I- I- like, a fair way to kind of judge his season this year.

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Because that, that was the, uh, the summary of the game right there.

You know, you think about offensively, I thought we moved the ball pretty well.

I thought Gar- Gardner did a good job keeping in play.

I mean, he was 19 of 23.

I mean, the pick was, the pick was unfortunate 'cause it's a third and 12 situation.

It wasn't a PI by any means on their back or he was just buzzing and, and their feet got a little tangled.

Are, are you looking to accomplish, uh, clean execution, clean operation, all that stuff? Or are you looking more at individual performances or kind of a combination of both?

made.Coach, first time getting the ones out on both sides, right? What did, what did you see from the one offense, I know it was limited work, but also the one defense?

Yeah, I, I, you know, obviously we, we got the, the result there with the ones, but, um, two procedural penalties.

Again, that, that, our operation that, that, you know, our standard's too high for that kind of stuff to happen.

So stuff that we gotta clean up.

Uh, but when, when the ball was snapped, um, I thought, like I said, they were getting connected.

Um, the receivers in the run game line creating some holes.

I thought, uh, Jacoby was, you know, putting the ball, you know, where it needed to be.

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I would love to hear from you, like, best thing you learned from Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay that you've taken i- you know, into your expertise here as playing call, uh, play caller and, and head coach.

We'll keep it away from the scheme because the, the, I mean, they're obviously very good scheme guys and, and, and the, the numbers and the stats and the wins all speak for themself, but I think it's, it's above that with both those guys.

And, and it's really, I, you can almost kinda group it in.

Like, if you walk into the San Francisco building, you walk into the LA building, you quickly realize there's a great urgency.

Like, people love the vibe, people love coming to work every single day, but they keep the main thing, the main thing.

And i- and, and, and it's just about ball and about the players and what...

Like, if you can't answer, "Is this gonna make this player or this team better?" Then, then what are we even talking about, you know? And, um, so I, like I said, the urgency, you know, um, the keeping the main thing, the main thing, and, and then great collaboration and communication amongst, you know, the powers that be, if you will.

W- how much of a boost is that to the entire team to not only get, we know what kind of player he is, but the veteran and are there relationships that he's established with the skill guys in your building?

Um, what is the one thing, if I said, "Oh, Sean McVay," what is the one thing you'd take out of there that maybe I don't see as a sportscaster, that- that you saw every day that you're like, "Okay, that's gonna be one of my rules or principles"?

You know, not just him, but y- uh, let's just say two of the- the coaches I respect so much in this league in- in him and Kyle, it's just the urgency daily, you know, in terms of how they approach it, how they approach their staff, how they approach their players.

Like, not looking too far ahead.

Part of my job, part of Monty's job is obviously to be planning for ahead, whether it's schedules, whether it's the roster, all that kind of stuff, but l- truly living in the moment.

Like, i- we weren't looking to September in May.

You know, we were looking to get really good on May the 6th, you know? And, uh, it seems very cliche, it seems very elementary, but again, if you're just kinda where your feet are and you're worried about getting a little bit better every single day, why not, you know? And so I- I- I love the urgency.

I love, uh, when guys would be, you know, coming in the building.

Do you talk about the Rams and the Seahawks and the coaching and the Niners, or is it all Arizona in the building?

For those who don't know the story, what did you tell her, and where did that deeper connection come from?

There was, yeah, I mean, first of all, the division, right? So you have the seven years, four years with the Niners, three years at the Rams.

So, you know, inevitably we can all do the math right there.

I'll do it.

14.

But probably played them a few other times.

I know I played them in Atlanta, so whatnot.

What do you personally look for in a quarterback, and what do you like about him?

For those who don't know the story, what did you tell her, and where did that deeper connection come from?

There was...

Yeah, I mean, first of all, the division, right? So you, you have the, the seven years, four years with the Niners, three years with the Rams, so, you know, inevitably we can, we can all do the math right there.

I'll do it, 14.

Uh, but, but probably played them a few other times.

I, I know I played them in Atlanta, so whatnot.

I mean, I can't think of a team I've probably played more outside, I guess, maybe Seattle.

What do you personally look for, Mike, in a quarterback, and what do you like about him?

Mm

... right now we're s- we're, we're, we're such in the early stages of this, you know? I mean, we're only a few weeks in.

Uh, just started phase two basically this week.

We had the two weeks of phase one.

We had the voluntary mini camp.

So I mean, the guys are here in the offense for the, you know, just the fourth week right now.

Um, obviously with the guy that we have coming in, uh, you know, there might be a wrinkle or two, but I, I truly think right now you just give them the foundations of, of what's going on.

What do you like about Carson Beck, Mike?

How do you know when it's time to move to that new thing?

Yeah.

Well, one, I think the last part of what you just said is so vital, right? Like, it's still always gonna come down to our players.

We have a different set of players this year.

Like, Tutu knows exactly...

And not that he didn't know what his role was, but Tutu's a starter, you know? He's going into this thing, and obviously you got Puka and Tays, so y- you always start it.

There's a foundation, no doubt, within all our offenses, and then you build it around the skillset of these guys.

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