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Kyler Murray Wins Vikings QB1, J.J. McCarthy Trade Watch + Raiders’ Fernando Mendoza Debut & Steph Curry Extension Buzz · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to The Daily Play with Joey Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: So we're still a couple of weeks from final roster.
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  Speaker 2: Cuts, but things at the top of the depth charts
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  Speaker 2: are starting to get sorted out. Kyler Murray has been
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  Speaker 2: named the starter for the Vikings after beating out Minnesota's
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty four.
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  Speaker 1: Tenth overall pick.
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  Speaker 2: JJ McCarthy quote, the competition was what it was, and
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  Speaker 2: it's everything I expected it to be, courtingy to Kyler Murray.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't expect to be handed the job or anything
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  Speaker 2: like that. I just expected to come here and compete.
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  Speaker 2: I'm very appreciative of how it was. So Kevin O'Connell
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  Speaker 2: kind of backed himself into a corner here because he
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  Speaker 2: said at this point of camp he was going to
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  Speaker 2: decide who the quarterback was, and O'Connell said that he
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  Speaker 2: absolutely believes that McCarthy still has a future with the organization,
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  Speaker 2: even though Murray has replaced him for this season. He said,
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  Speaker 2: as he knows, he's holding the pen on his story
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  Speaker 2: and we're going to support him and try and help
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  Speaker 2: him to continue to improve as a young player in
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  Speaker 2: the most difficult position in sports.
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  Speaker 1: So this is a very interesting situation.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, Kyler was the heavy favorite to be the starter
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  Speaker 2: since he signed the one year deal one point three
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  Speaker 2: million on March twelfth.
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  Speaker 1: When he was released by Arizona.
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  Speaker 2: Arizona is paying him thirty five point five million, so
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  Speaker 2: money isn't really a factor in this decision by Minnesota
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  Speaker 2: to make him. To make Kyler Murray the starter, there's
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  Speaker 2: no organizational need to justify that McCarthy's in the third
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  Speaker 2: year of his rookie contract. The general manager who traded
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  Speaker 2: up to get McCarthy is.
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  Speaker 1: No longer there.
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  Speaker 2: He was fired in January Adafo Mensa, so Kevin O'Connell
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  Speaker 2: was free to pick the player that he wanted. There
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  Speaker 2: were no politics at play here, which makes it really
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  Speaker 2: interesting for JJ McCarthy. Obviously, when you're talking about Kyler Murray,
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  Speaker 2: he was going to get another opportun tunity.
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  Speaker 1: He's a very talented player.
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  Speaker 2: It didn't work out in Arizona, but he's young and
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  Speaker 2: he's talented.
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  Speaker 1: He's with a guy and Kevin O'Connell.
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  Speaker 2: Who has elevated players particularly at that position. He Kyler
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  Speaker 2: just turned twenty nine. O'Connell helped Sam Darnold get right.
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  Speaker 2: I'm interested to see what he can do with Kyler Murray.
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  Speaker 2: If he can run Kevin O'Connell's offense, then they can
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  Speaker 2: definitely have some success because they have some weapons and
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  Speaker 2: pieces there, obviously. But what is also interesting about this
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  Speaker 2: story to me is what happens with JJ McCarthy. Because now,
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  Speaker 2: you you don't have an embarrassment of riches by any means,
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  Speaker 2: but McCarthy's a young player that showed, you know, some
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  Speaker 2: some moments of.
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  Speaker 1: Spark.
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  Speaker 2: And when you're talking about a player that's drafted very high,
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  Speaker 2: you have Carson Wentz on the roster, still you have
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  Speaker 2: Kyler Murray is the starter. I wouldn't rule out McCarthy
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  Speaker 2: getting traded. I know that they are saying that he
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  Speaker 2: has a future there and that they're going to keep
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  Speaker 2: developing JJ McCarthy. But I believe that the marketplace when
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  Speaker 2: it comes to quarterbacks, particularly young quarterbacks, is very slim,
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  Speaker 2: and it gets very desperate when injuries happen, So I
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  Speaker 2: would keep an eye on this.
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  Speaker 1: I would not be surprised if JJ.
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  Speaker 2: McCarthy is traded, staying in camp heading to Las Vegas
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  Speaker 2: on Thursday, we'll get to our first glimpse of the
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty six first overall pick, Fernando Mendoza in the
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  Speaker 2: silver and black. The Raiders rookie quarterback should get plenty
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  Speaker 2: of action in his NFL preseason debut. He said, I
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  Speaker 2: look forward well, Clint. Coach Clint Kubiak said, I look
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  Speaker 2: forward to seeing him out there with his teammates. There
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  Speaker 2: are a lot of guys that we need to evaluate,
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  Speaker 2: but he will get plenty of reps. Mendoza practice with
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  Speaker 2: the starters for the first time this past Saturday, after
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  Speaker 2: Cousin was held out of practice for a scuffle with
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  Speaker 2: Max Crosby, which is a sentence I never thought I
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  Speaker 2: would say. So, I'm excited to see Mendoza. We are
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  Speaker 2: all excited to see Mendoza, number one overall pick, national champion,
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  Speaker 2: incredibly talented college football.
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  Speaker 1: Player, and.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I can't wait to see what he looks like.
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  Speaker 2: I'm rooting for the kid. I think the young man, sorry,
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  Speaker 2: the young man. I am rooting for the young man.
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  Speaker 2: I think that he is the type of quarterback that
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  Speaker 2: can develop into a franchise guy. I normally want to
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  Speaker 2: see young quarterbacks like him playing right away, but they
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  Speaker 2: brought in Kirk Cousins, and I do think that the Raiders'
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  Speaker 2: situation particularly, it's probably a good thing to not toss
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  Speaker 2: him out there right away to get eaten up by
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  Speaker 2: the Sharks, because that's an organization that struggled for a
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  Speaker 2: very long time to put things together and they are
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  Speaker 2: still in the process of putting things together despite having
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  Speaker 2: this pick. So the future of the franchise is going
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  Speaker 2: to be on his shoulders and.
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  Speaker 1: We will get to see what he does in the preseason.
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  Speaker 2: On Thursday, and I think you should get all the
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  Speaker 2: reps that they can possibly get him in the preseason
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  Speaker 2: because you know that you're going to have Kirk Cousins
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  Speaker 2: out there to start for the season. Let's slip over
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  Speaker 2: to hoops. Potential update on Steph Curry. The greatest shooter
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  Speaker 2: in the history of the NBA. So they put their
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  Speaker 2: pitch out there for Lebron obviously didn't go their way.
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  Speaker 1: He is with the Sixers.
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  Speaker 2: Warriors did not get the deal done, so maybe that's
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  Speaker 2: part of the reason why Steph won't finish his career
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  Speaker 2: with the Warriors. But Golden State Warriors General manager Mike
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  Speaker 2: Dunleavy Junior expressed confidence that Steff is committed to saying
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  Speaker 2: in one Jersey his entire career. So he hasn't said
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  Speaker 2: anything different. That's always been the message, has always been
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  Speaker 2: what he's discussed. I think that's tracking quite well. Ultimately,
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  Speaker 2: it's his call. It's decision whether that's allowing his contract
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  Speaker 2: to run out and move on. If he comes to
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  Speaker 2: me he wants to be moved, Joe Lacob and I
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  Speaker 2: will talk it through. We wouldn't love it, but he's
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  Speaker 2: earned the right to do what he wants. But as
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  Speaker 2: far as the messaging or any idea that to be
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  Speaker 2: any where else, that's not a thing we're looking.
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  Speaker 1: At or he's looking at.
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  Speaker 2: So Curry is on an expiring sixty two point five
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  Speaker 2: million dollar contract this upcoming season, his eighteenth with the Warriors.
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  Speaker 2: He becomes eligible in August twenty ninth for an extension
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  Speaker 2: about the two years, one hundred and thirty six point
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  Speaker 2: seven million dollars. So the only real angst here is obviously,
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  Speaker 2: if it is in Steph's desires to leave, he would
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  Speaker 2: have some control to do that. It was a stagnant
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  Speaker 2: summer obviously not getting Lebron James, and you know they
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  Speaker 2: need to re establish a culture and kind.
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  Speaker 1: Of reboot, so to speak.
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  Speaker 2: I really do not see Steph Curry leaving the Warriors.
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  Speaker 2: This is not a situation where he needs to chase
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  Speaker 2: anything or needs to validate anything. The organization is a
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  Speaker 2: very well run organization, even though it does look a
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  Speaker 2: little different at the top.
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  Speaker 1: Bob Meyer's no longer there.
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  Speaker 2: I would be very shocked if Steph Curry ever played
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  Speaker 2: a single game in another jersey other than a Warrior's jersey.
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  Speaker 1: He's not having a need to leave, and I think.
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  Speaker 2: The legacy that he has built there is one that
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  Speaker 2: is pretty unique in this modern NBA. So I don't
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  Speaker 2: think that there's anything to be concerned about here. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: until decisions are made, it is up in the air.
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  Speaker 2: But I think that Steph Curry is a player that
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  Speaker 2: is going to spend his entire career with Golden State
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  Speaker 2: and finish there. There's no reason for him to go
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  Speaker 2: anywhere else, and I don't think it would really it
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  Speaker 2: would really fit his brand.
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  Speaker 1: Now.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, stranger things have happened, but I see Steph finishing
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  Speaker 2: his career with the Warriors.
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