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Hello and welcome.

It's our number two, hour two of our radio show. And we go back to the story of stories this week, the most amusing story in the NFL,

a team giving a $200 million contract to a player that doesn't work hard.

That would be the Arizona Cardinals.

How much stock do you put in the praise coming from Arizona, the coach and some teammates

for Kyler Murray, are people making too much out of this homework clause in the contract?

And thumbs up or thumbs down, does Kyler Murray even enjoy playing in the NFL?

We'll talk about that as well right now in our number two.

Downplay, downplay and deflect.

That's what's going on right now.

Welcome in the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mather show.

We are in the air everywhere beside one another,

as we are like ships in the night, coast to coast, border to border, and beyond on the vast.

And gigantically powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from the board,

the sounding board that is the Fox Sports Radio Studios here,

secret location somewhere in the North Woods, and our lead this hour,

coming from the Valley of the Sun,

which lately has been the Valley of the Fun.

If you do sports talk radio, the laughing stock of the NFL,

the Arizona Cardinals continue to be a punchline,

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