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Pittsburgh, green bay,
Cleveland, everyone

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thought JJ white would
go to one of those teams,

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but on Monday, the defensive
end broke the news on Twitter

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that he's signing with
the Arizona Cardinals.

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With me now is Sports
Illustrated's Robin Lundberg.

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Robin, are you
surprised by what's

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decision to head to arizona?

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Well, yeah, I'm surprised
because we didn't

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mention the cardinals, right.

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When we're listing
off all the teams

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and when people were doing
their crackpot theories,

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trying to decipher what
his tweets or Instagram

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posts might mean.

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But am I shocked?

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No I mean, look, there are a
lot of things that go into this.

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It's not just about is he
going to go to the team that's

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closest to the Super Bowl.

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He also has to get
a contract that

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works out for him in a situation
that works out for him.

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And I promise you, JJ watts
still thinks he's pretty good.

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So it's not like
a situation where

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he's like, well, I'm washed up.

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Let me latch on to a team.

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He was the seventh
best edge rusher,

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according to Pro
Football Focus last year,

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and he's going to a
team on the come up.

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So when you look at it
through the big picture lens,

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it makes some sense.

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I mean, they don't call him
JJ SWAT for nothing, right.

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Robin, let's talk
about the impact

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do you think he's going
to have in arizona?

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What is he bringing
to this team?

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Well, I mean, other than their
reunion with DeAndre Hopkins,

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right?

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I mean, I just mentioned it,
I think in a more limited role

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where you're not
completely relying

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on him to be the defensive
player of the year.

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He can still be a
disruptive defensive player

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and in the NFL.

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But I mean, what
do you want to do?

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You want to protect
your quarterback

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and you want to get after the
opposing team's quarterback

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on the offensive side, you
know, Kyler Murray, his ability

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to buy time, and obviously
the Hopkins edition,

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this shores up their
defensive side a little bit

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and maybe makes them more
competitive there, too.

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So this is a
Cardinals team that's

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attempting to build
towards something.

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And this is probably his
attempt to help put them

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over the hump a little bit.

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All right.

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Well, JJ watts is heading to the
Arizona Cardinals on a two year

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deal worth 31 million dollars,
with 23 of that guaranteed.

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Robin Lundberg, thank you
so much for joining me.

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And I think we can
trust the source here.

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It's him himself.

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Right

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