Welcome back to the Charter podcast, brought to you by St. Xavier University.

My name is Ruthie Polinsky, and I am thrilled to be joined by Bo Brock of Ph.NX covering the Cardinals for us and is going to help us break down this matchup that really feels like it could go either way here, Beau.

What, I guess, how would you summarize the vibe in Arizona,

especially as the Bears were coming off this catastrophic national televised loss

that everyone's been talking about all week?

Well, compared to those vibes, they're immaculate

out here in the desert. I mean, the Arizona Cardinals have won back-to-back games and walk-off

fashion with a replacement kicker. And finally, Ruthie, they were unable to unlock their fourth

overall pick, Marvin Harrison Jr. last week to the tune of six catches 11 yards and a touchdown

in this

passing attack downfield. It kind of found itself. And I think they're trying to parlay

last week's performance into this week against the tough defensive matchup with the Bears. But

you know, the cards won back-to-back games for the first time since 2021. And I think that

they're riding high right now. But, you know, with them at four and four coming

off kind of a gotlet stretch of an opener of their schedule, I think that they feel like, hey,

they can come up against the team that's kind of in the same weight class as them and maybe

win a third straight at home against the Bears out here in Bears West, which it feels like there's going to be a

heavy, you know, Chicago contingent here in the Valley. Yeah, I was going to ask, how does this

away crowd compare to the others? We know, we know Bears fans love Arizona and, and spent a lot of

time there. Exactly. Yeah, a ton of transplants out here that they love the Valley, the Sun. And like, it's been a struggle since this team has been down there. Exactly. Yeah, a ton of transplants out here that they love the Valley of the Sun.

And like it's been a struggle since this team has been down the last couple seasons,

not a whole lot of wins, especially in front of the home crowd. So, you know, opposing fan bases

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