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With training camp just a couple of weeks away, Craig Grialou, Darren Urban and Dani Sureck figure it is a great time to break out some predictions for the upcoming season. Are they Nostradamuses? Is that even a word? Ah, regardless, whether they are bringing up Walter Nolen III, Trey McBride, BJ Ojulari or even Fitz, these are the things to bank for now and break out the shame sticks when and if...

There’s nothing like a riveting game of What If, as Darren Urban pitches five scenarios to Craig Grialou and Dani Sureck and our trio chew on those possibilities and all the different things they could ultimately mean for the Cardinals. Will there be a Jeremiyah Love situation considered? Why yes, yes there will be. There are no right answers here, only possibilities. Kind of like one of those old...

As the Cardinals reach the dead of the summer, Craig Grialou, Darren Urban and Dani Sureck each take a shot at picking what position unit will be the most crucial for the team this season – not counting quarterback, which remains No. 1 for every team every year. What positions did they choose? The hint: one on offense, two on defense. Let the debates begin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

OK, so Craig Grialou and Dani Sureck probably don’t want to be an assistant to Darren Urban. That’s OK. At some point, Darren needs to be more efficient with his time - on or off the clock. In the meantime, our trio delve into the Cardinals minicamp and the last practice being canceled (and what it means, and does not mean), they chew on Darren’s top takeaways from the offseason work, thinking abo...

Minicamp is here, and so are all the players, and Craig Grialou, Darren Urban and Dani Sureck have lots to talk about. That includes the arrivals of Jacoby Brissett and Josh Sweat to mandatory work, Brissett’s situation heading into training camp, our first mailbag entry on the podcast, needing a full running back room, Trey McBride’s continuing evolution, Getting Cultured with Dani, Nick Rallis’...

Dani Sureck has returned much to her chagrin, but Craig Grialou and Darren Urban welcome her back anyway, as they chat about what they would be willing to spend for a ticket to a big sporting event, how to interpret OTA workouts, Marvin Harrison Jr.’s big third year coming up, expectations on any player in his rookie year (like Carson Beck), how people use “bust” too easily, Myles Garrett’s arriva...

Craig Grialou just wants to have people understand how to drive, full stop. But there is also a lot of football to cover. Along with Darren Urban and Zach Gershman, the trio discuss the authenticity coach Mike LaFleur brings to the table, how quarterback will also be a top topic this time of year regardless of team or situation, Jacoby Brissett’s standing, Carson Beck’s unknown short-term future,...

Why would Craig Grialou and Zach Gershman consider the idea of shirtless fans? Who knows. But they join Darren Urban (Dani Sureck is on assignment) to chat about the initial OTAs and top takeaways like the mammoth Andrew Billings and Max Melton’s big third year, 13 personnel and Tip Reiman, Jacoby Brissett and how that situation could play out, cornerbacks galore, Michael Wilson and MHJ and how th...

As the rookies mesh with the veterans, the chant comes up, Craig Grialou Graduates! Or something like that. In the meantime, Craig talks with Darren Urban and Dani Sureck about Carson Beck’s reps and gravitas, no more 2027 QB talk, analyzing rookie minicamp, Larry Fitzgerald visits the first-year players, the scramble-ability of the QB room, Jeremiyah Love’s financial sense and NIL impacting playe...

As our trio say goodbye (again) to Calais Campbell, Craig Grialou, Darren Urban and Dani Sureck dive back into the rookie class as they arrive for their first minicamp. What we see this first weekend might not really have any lasting impact, but with Carson Beck on the field for the first time, the question is about the upcoming quarterback competition and how that could play out. The three also a...

We open this week with Darren Urban’s apology about his outlook on Jeremiyah Love at 3, but now that Love is in the Arizona air, Darren joins Craig Grialou and Dani Sureck to discuss Love’s potential role in the offense, why it made sense to take him at 3, what the Cardinals might do with QB Carson Beck in Beck’s rookie season (and what it might/could mean in the 2027 draft), Dani’s own editor’s n...

No, Craig Grialou doesn’t have a contract regardless of what he thinks, but still he’s willing to discuss with Darren Urban and Dani Sureck Thursday’s first round. Darren has a mea culpa from past podcasts and comes clean about his choice at 3 with Dani and Craig chiming in, edge or offensive line as the choice, whether a trade will even be an option, a three-pick first round(?), drilling down on...

Paul Calvisi has some breaking speculation about the draft, and why not? Trade back in the draft? Stick at 3? These are the heavy questions Paul poses to Darren Urban and Dani Sureck on this week’s podcast. Also under conversation: the Aaron Curry effect in the top 5, Sonny Styles as an early pick, the idea of Arvell Reese as inside or outside, Bain early, the future of Calais Campbell, defense in...

Don’t miss your class picture and don’t take a punter in the first round - unless he’s a Hall of Famer. These are the questions Paul Calvisi are considering, as he brings in Darren Urban and Dani Sureck - voluntarily - on the first day of Cardinals offseason workouts. Our trio discuss the players being back in the building, Zaven Collins and Hjalte Froholdt’s analysis of first-day Mike LaFleur, up...

Paul Calvisi debates himself over onside kicks or tech neck, but eventually he gets to Darren Urban and Dani Sureck to talk NFL and the Cardinals with the annual meeting held in Arizona. Our trio chats about rules changes and potential replacement refs, Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur’s view of his QB situation now that Kyler Murray has moved on, Jacoby Brissett’s outlook, an incoming joint practice...

With Dani Sureck on assignment, Zach Gershman crashes the party with Paul Calvisi and Darren Urban, although not to sit around watching March Madness games. This discussion is about the draft, Ty Simpson’s ultimate draft spot, the idea of the “late-rising quarterback,” the best 1-2 draft combo in the first two rounds for the Cardinals, the search for a defensive playmaker, the possibility of tradi...

It’s been a tough few days for Paul Calvisi and a moment of pause this weekend for Darren Urban, but they rallied to join Dani Sureck to get into what the Cardinals’ free-agent additions mean for the draft, if Jack Gibbens reflects on Sonny Styles, the idea of trying to trade back, a quick look at the free agents from the last week, Jacoby Brissett and Gardner Minshew and the QB situation, a retur...

As free agency gets going, Paul Calvisi is crushed - the Blake Gillikin return means he can’t talk about drafting a punter. Still, Paul joins Darren Urban and Dani Sureck to talk about the Cardinals’ early returns in free agency including adding a starting guard in Isaac Seumalo, if the Cardinals will take a right tackle at No. 3 in the draft, the running game resurgence that could come by bringin...

The fun of live-to-tape hits our trio this week as Paul Calvisi, Darren Urban and Dani Sureck got halfway through this week’s pod when Kyler Murray put out an important tweet - saying farewell to the Arizona fanbase. That launched our discussion of what happens next with the Cardinals at QB and where Murray might go after seven seasons together. There was plenty to chat about there, but before tha...

With Darren Urban and Dani Sureck trying to stay warm in chilly Indianapolis, Paul Calvisi anchors things back in Tempe as our trio discusses the happenings at the Scouting Combine, including the latest on what the Cardinals are saying about their quarterback situation and Kyler Murray’s future, Monti Ossenfort’s hint at being willing to trade down, the chatter NFL-wide about Malik Willis, the tea...

Is it time for mock drafts? Probably. Paul Calvisi, Darren Urban and Dani Sureck know draft season is coming, so our trio chat about what the world seems to think the Cardinals will do at 3 overall (at least right now), the upcoming Scouting Combine information incoming, Kyler Murray’s future and NFL teams dealing with cap ramifications after player moves, a new Getting Cultured, the return of Nic...

Dani Sureck has a message for that Norwegian skier, and it isn’t that you shouldn’t bare your soul to the world after winning a bronze medal, but otherwise Dani, Paul Calvisi and Darren Urban will talk a bunch about gold - as in Larry Fitzgerald and a gold jacket. Fitz is going to Canton and Darren talks about his trip to San Francisco to cover the announcement, while our trio chat about Fitz as a...

The Cardinals have a new head coach, he spoke for the first time, and Paul Calvisi, Darren Urban and Dani Sureck are all over it. Our trio noticed the authentic Mike LaFleur as he stood at the podium for the first time, his need to work with the players, his self-awareness of the job ahead (but still a heavy confidence), his premonition of become the Cardinals coach a year ago, who his coordinator...

As our fearless trio recorded, the Cardinals still were on the lookout for a head coach, so Paul Calvisi, Darren Urban and Dani Sureck talk about the reported three candidates getting further interviews (and note, mid-pod, about Anthony Campanile staying with the Jaguars), how important the coordinators will be for the next guy in charge, Dani cultures the boys, we have another Patriots-Seahawks S...

In a rare video-less version of the podcast, Paul Calvisi, Darren Urban and Dani Sureck - true humans, no AI here - are still saving for the future as well as wondering who the Cardinals will get as their new coach. That’s the big topic as the Cards sort through the multiple names for interviews, as well as the possibility of getting an NFC West assistant, the benefit of previous head coaching exp...