WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Thompson Ready For Chiefs Challenge 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:05.480 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles. Oh ahead, 0:00:05.559 --> 0:00:10.440 he got jacked. This is the big red Rain presented 0:00:10.440 --> 0:00:14.760 by Santanford in Gilbert. Harry's Gonna score touchdown Slim to 0:00:14.800 --> 0:00:17.759 the ground by Buddha Baker Like a torpedo, he came 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:23.079 flying into the backfield. The rage is brought to you 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:29.040 by satan Ford in Gilbert. Are you Santanford State Farm 0:00:29.280 --> 0:00:32.240 talk to an agent today at eight hundred State Farm 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:37.840 tan by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit Hacy Cardinals dot Com, 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:46.760 Slash podcasts, The Rods Rising Yard, Temperaturizing Vision, Flurring, Rage 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:50.880 taking over. Here's Paul Calvc. I'm ready. I'm one hundred 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:54.240 percent ready. I'm telling you I'm ready, and Ron will fleep. 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:58.880 It doesn't get any better than that. Unleash the far 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:05.000 with the real King of season openers. Please stand up 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:11.280 because we have several heavyweight contenders for that full crown 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:16.200 these days. Ron Wolfley, you realize that the Rams are 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:19.840 five and oh in season openers under Sean McBay, and 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:22.400 they're trying to make it six and oz as we speak. 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:24.920 A matter of fact, I did not know that, Paul. 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:27.640 Thank you for telling me that the Chiefs, as we 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:30.080 continue to coach you up on the game of football, 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:34.000 are eight and one in season openers under Andy Reid, 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:37.240 and they're five and oo on the road in season 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:39.640 openers with their Chiefs head coach. What are you trying 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:41.720 to do? Cheer me up here? Paul is at it 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:44.640 and a reminder about the team you actually cover and 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:48.240 once played for. The upstart Cardinals have not lost a 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:52.040 season opener under Cliff Kingsbury and Kyler Murray, and the 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:54.639 last two wins have both been on the road against 0:01:54.680 --> 0:01:57.559 the NFC champion forty nine Ers at the time and 0:01:57.600 --> 0:02:00.920 then the AFC number one seed last year Tennessee Titans 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:04.480 in an absolute jack stopping. So those are the contenders. 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:06.200 So we can debate those if you want. But what 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:09.920 is utterly known for sure, and there is no debate whatsoever, 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:12.720 who is who's not the king of Week one and 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:15.040 that would be the Cleveland Browns, another team you once 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:19.240 played for, who are Paul less. They are winless in 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:22.360 Week one over their last seventeen season. For last Week 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:26.280 one win was two thousand and four. You've got Paul 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:29.560 wa That is incredible. There's no way in the world 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:33.760 I thought it would have gone over ten years double digits, 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.919 where a team had not one in week one. Never 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:39.120 in a million years that I think that was possible. 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:41.560 And it's gonna be eighteen seasons in a row because 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:44.840 they get Hurricane Baker on Sunday. So they're they're so 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:47.519 host the Cleveland probably you know, no way the Browns 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:49.760 are looking at that and they're looking their jobs. Now 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:54.399 there's a possibility right there they're gonna win one. Hey, 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:57.200 it's the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. 0:02:57.240 --> 0:02:59.680 We are santan Ford. You know what, We're winners already 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:04.519 because our special guest tonight Jalen Thompson. How's that sound, Brandy? 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:08.240 Really really good ball. Yes, brand new captain, brand new 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:10.359 paycheck as they stay in the locker room, new money, 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:17.120 Jalen Thompson. So the new money, that's so good ball. 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:21.640 We know you come from old money ball, but I 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:24.800 love the new money man. I come from squandered money. 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:29.399 That's where I come from. The Wolf. How are you doing, 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:32.160 By the way, because it's been going around, the injury 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:34.840 report for week one is getting exceptionally large, How are 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:36.360 you doing? Because you know they try to take it 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:38.280 easy on you in the preseason, put you in the 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:40.680 TV booth. They try to give you know and and 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:43.120 go go pay you know, soft cupcake for you in 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:45.480 the preseason. I hope you're okay. Yeah, Paulli, it was 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:48.000 a little soft up there with Dave. Of course, David 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:50.240 putting its makeup on and getting ready to actually get 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:52.200 in front of the camera. Of course I'm breaking the 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:55.080 camera with my face. But pall, yeah, I'll tell you 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:57.920 right now, I am ready. Are you jacked up for 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:01.920 a little bit of football right now? I cannot wait here. 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:05.680 It is week one, of course, Buffalo already up on 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:09.480 the rams. I just absolutely love the fact the NFL 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:13.880 season is here. Man, it's time to ball out. Yeah. 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.800 There's some marquee matchups across the league, There's there's no 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:21.280 doubt about that, including Cardinals against the Chiefs, the Asy 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:25.599 against Casey got Mahomes against Kyler Murray. You got Mahomes 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:28.560 against his former head coach. In fact, if you go 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:31.719 back to May after the schedule release, here was Cliff 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:35.560 Kingsbury's initial reaction to facing his three years starting quarterback 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:39.640 from Texas Tech Patrick Mahomes. Yeah, I was really thankful 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:43.200 to the schedule makers for giving us a young quarterback 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:45.440 that hadn't quite found his way in the league just yet, 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:48.680 you know, still trying to figure it out. So no, 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:51.640 it's it'll be fun. He sent me like the little 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:56.080 Imoji before it even came out, so he'll be rebbed up. 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.720 Will definitely have some Texas Tech fans tune into that one. 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:01.560 I'm sure where do you begin when you think of 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:05.040 the Kansas City Chiefs, Well, Patrick Mahomes is a really 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:08.880 good place to start, Paul, especially now more than ever, 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:11.240 right after they've lost a few players here and there. 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:15.239 Patrick Mahomes with some new receivers across the board nine 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:17.840 of ten draft picks made the Chiefs team, a team 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:19.960 that won will that's gone to the last four AFC 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:23.120 Championship games and won six straight AFC West title. So 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:26.320 there's new players, but obviously, if you have the queue, 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:29.600 he's the guy that makes everything work. Yeah, he is man, 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:32.440 and you know Apoula, honestly, right now, I'm really really 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:36.000 curious to see how this Kansas City Chiefs team looks 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:41.239 without Tyree Hill. We've talked about it all off season. 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:45.039 Ball I know that, but this is something that is 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:47.599 a game changer to me, or at least has the 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:51.279 possibility to be, because Tyree Hill is in a class 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:55.039 by himself when it comes to a guy that can 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:58.560 open the can as some coaches like to say, or 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:01.720 take the top off, or give a lot of receivers 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:05.919 room back that secondary up. Tyreek Hill is in a 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:10.520 class by himself that changes a defense. Paul, you know what, 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:13.080 I'm pretty much in agreement with you on that, if 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.760 not even maybe more so. Here is my hot take 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:19.080 not hot take with Darren Urban this week. You're ready. Yeah, 0:06:19.200 --> 0:06:23.719 the Chiefs losing Tyreek Hill will be more debilitating to 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:27.160 their offense than the Cardinals losing DeAndre Hopkins the end 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:33.440 of last season. Wow. See the thing that makes that 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:37.159 so tough, though, PAULI is Nuke. We know how the 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:41.680 Cardinals did without Nuke. It was really really bad. We 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:44.160 don't know how the Kansas City Chiefs are going to 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:47.279 do without Tyreek Hill. That remains to be seen. Hey, 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:49.480 maybe Patrick Mahomes is about to find out what Kyler 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:51.640 Murray found out. That guess what, all of a sudden, 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:53.840 when you got an automatic double team being drawn by 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:56.480 your number one ride receiver, that guess what It's not 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:59.479 quite as easy to recoverage. And now when an experienced 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:02.440 Cardinals defense, at least under vanced Joseph's system comes in 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:06.239 and starts changing things up, and all of a sudden, maybe, Look, 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:08.960 all I would say is this with new receivers and 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:12.960 guys like Marcus Valda Scanling missing half the preseason and 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:15.760 Juju Smith Schuster dealing with injury as well. Yes, they're 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:19.160 veteran receivers, but not in this system, not with Mahomes. 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:22.760 If every team in the NFC West has to play 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:25.720 the AFC West, I think the Cardinals got a break 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:28.880 playing Casey in Week one because they're going to be 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:31.640 trying to get it in sync, especially that passing game. Yeah. No, 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:34.080 I think you're right, Paul. I've talked about this an 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:36.280 awful lot with you as well, not only on the 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:40.040 air but privately. This is a situation where Tyree Hill 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:43.040 was one of those guys where he impacted the defense 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:44.960 when he didn't get the ball. I mean, think of 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:48.520 how important that is right there, when he didn't get 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:52.160 the ball, he was impacting defenses and opening up a 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:54.840 lot of stuff for Travis Kelsey. And now they have 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:58.040 Juju Smith's shoe store as well. Those two guys are 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:01.320 going to really be the two guys I think will 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:05.200 be targeted by Patrick Mahomes. But this game, Paul coming 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:07.880 up against the Chiefs, it really it's amazing to me. 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:11.520 The two offenses are very, very explosive. Would you would 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:14.880 you say the offenses dominate third teams the Chiefs and 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:18.000 the Cardinals. Yeah, it could be a shootout, yes, yes, yes, 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:20.680 And not only that, it could be a shootout play, 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:24.760 but I think the defenses on both sides have an 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:29.280 awful lot to prove. The Chiefs and the Cardinals, no doubt. 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:31.000 And you know what, it's going to be there for 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:33.240 everyone to see because CBS is sent in the A 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:36.720 team Nance and Romo. It is a marquee matchup obviously 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:39.920 Kyler and Mahomes. And here's what Kyler Murray said this week. 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:43.360 Just done the challenge of facing a juggernaut like Kansas 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:46.520 City to start twenty twenty two. Yeah, I mean the 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:48.200 best of the best, You play the best of the best. 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.160 I mean that that shouldn't bring the best out of you. 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:52.520 Is the NFL every every week? You know, you look 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:54.520 at our schedule this year, it's probably the toughest that 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:56.960 you know since since we've been here, every week can 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.160 get a challenge. You got great pass rushers, so I 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:00.760 mean I got like I got be ready. You've got 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:04.040 great defenses, great quarterbacks. Of Leaves is getting tougher and tougher. 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:06.679 Reflect competition is real close. But at the end of 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:08.880 the day, like I said, I I like what we're at. 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:10.800 I like who we got in this locker room. I 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:14.800 like us, So I'm confident. You gotta be ready, Paul, like, 0:09:15.040 --> 0:09:17.200 you gotta be ready right now. And when you talk 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:20.360 about being ready, I loved what Kyler said about the readiness, 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:22.360 But when you talk about it, you gotta start on 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:24.920 the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:30.480 right now. The Kansas City Chiefs, their defense ball struggled 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:34.240 mightily to stop the run last year. Now, a lot 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:36.320 of that was because they're trying to keep everything in 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:38.360 front of them. They're trying to keep everything in front 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:41.200 of them. They're gonna play covered to two safeties, high 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:44.400 five underneath. They're gonna do that the vast majority of 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.240 the time. They're gonna try to play a lot of zone, 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:49.960 but keep everything in front of them. They're not going 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:53.160 to jam up the box unless it's a game in 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:55.800 the fourth quarter. They're not going to come after Kyler 0:09:55.880 --> 0:10:00.280 Murray unless it's a situation where, hey, this game is 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:02.400 up in the air and maybe we better take some 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:06.199 chances on defense because they're not. They're gonna try to 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:08.640 keep everything in front of them, and for the most part, 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.760 I think the Cardinals might take the same approach. Right. 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:13.640 So to your point and what Kyler said there, what 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:15.400 was good to see. It was good to see Rodney 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:19.199 Hudson out at practice today. Obviously Marcus Golden was out there. 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:22.319 The bad news we do not see zach Ertz jj 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:25.320 Watt while he was on the side Traymon Mullen. We're 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:27.280 not expecting him to go with that toe injury. And 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:29.439 then you can add Cody Ford with an ankle to 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:34.120 the injury list and Rondale Moore with a hamstring. What 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:38.640 exactly does that mean? Well, stay tuned for the final 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:41.600 injury report tomorrow, episode forty of the Day Pash Podcast 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:45.200 with Marcus Spears from ESPN. He can follow on Twitter 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:48.720 at Pashpod wherever you get your podcasts. So, do the 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:51.520 Cardinals have the best pair of safeties in the NFL? 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:53.920 You know what, We're gonna ask one half of that 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:58.480 equation because the best answer to typically wolfull tackling in 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:01.720 Week one of an NFL season would be Buddha Baker 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:05.680 and our special guest Jalen Thompson. He is next. The 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:08.040 big red rage was in a by Satan four in 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:16.200 Gilbert Dan pass away over the middle and a diving 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:18.440 intercepted by Thompson. He gets up at the twenty five, 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:21.960 runs left of the thirty and knocked down there. Jalen 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:26.280 Thompson with the pick. Thompson with a big time pick, 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.200 froze near side. It's high and picked off at the 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:33.120 thirty yard line by Jalen Thompson. He's run out of bounds. 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:36.840 The ball batted into the air and there was Jalen Thompson. 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:40.160 Johnny on the spot, dumps it off near side, patted 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:42.400 picked off in the thirty by Thompson running it back 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:45.160 to nearside. Went fifteen, ten to five and nine for 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:48.760 the Byelot. He's out of bounds inside the ten at 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:51.520 the five yard line. But what a huge play by 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:58.120 Jalen Thompson. Playmaker, difference maker. You know last year Wolf 0:11:58.160 --> 0:12:01.000 there were just five players and only three dbs in 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:03.680 the NFL that had one under tackles three picks in 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:08.160 five passes defense during the regular season. A single Cardinals 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:11.320 defender had one hundred twenty tackles last season. That was 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:13.720 a team high, and the only dB with more last 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:15.439 year was a two time All Pro by the name 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:19.560 of Minka Fitzpatrick. And there is one player, one player 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:22.640 only on an NFL Final fifty three right now, who 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:26.160 has acquired via the supplemental draft, and he is our 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:28.840 guest on the Big Red Rage for the next half hour. 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:32.559 A first time team captain with a brand new contract. Yes, 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:35.720 there's a lot to talk about with Jaalen Thompson. Are 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:39.800 we doing pretty good? Pretty good? Thanks for having me on, guys, Absolutely, 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:42.559 Jalen Man, we appreciated it. So let's talk about that 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:46.480 contract extension through the twenty twenty five season. I'm going 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:49.560 to ask you the cheeseball question, but it must be asked. 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:54.160 How do you feel about that? It's a big blessing, 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:56.920 you know what I mean, something that me and my 0:12:56.960 --> 0:13:00.480 family we've prayed about for a long time and something 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:02.840 that's finally coming true. So I can't thank anybody but 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:05.840 the man upstairs. And you celebrated with a big family 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:09.000 dinner I had. I had a nice little family dinner call, 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:12.200 call my brothers and you know, shared the whole experience 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:14.600 with him. So you know they're happy and ecstatic the 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:16.319 same way I am. Is that one of those deals 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:19.480 where you say, you know what, order whatever you want? Definitely, 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:24.600 definitely dinner. It was definitely on me that night. Did 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:28.520 you where did what did you buy for your dinner 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:32.640 with your new contract? You definitely got a nice steak 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:35.040 that night, got it, got a nice stay for me 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:37.520 and a family in the you know, chilled and talked 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.160 about some stuff. You know how that goes. Remember Darnell 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:42.600 Dockett back in the day, took a first round rookie 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:44.120 out to dinner. He had to pay, said, yeah, I 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:47.320 just ordered the left side of the menu. That was 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:50.320 That was Doc back in the day. Do you feel 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:54.600 any pressure because of this contract? Uh? Not really, you 0:13:54.640 --> 0:13:57.120 know what I mean. I know what I can do. Um. 0:13:57.160 --> 0:13:59.760 I feel like my teammates, my coaches, uh, and a 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:01.120 lot of the people that have been watching me, they 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:03.000 know what I can do. So it's all about going 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:05.520 out there and just making the most out of everything 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:08.200 that I do and just following what the coaches are 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:09.800 teaching me to do and that's going to put me 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:12.760 in the right position to make plays. Well. Speaking of 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:16.120 your coaches, here's your head coach, Cliff Kingsbury. Recently he 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:20.080 was asked about you, Jalen Thompson. It's incredible. He's everything 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:23.200 you want in your organization from work ethics standpoint, the 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:25.480 way he practices. I mean, it's one hundred and twenty 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:28.280 percent each and every day, each and every snap, whatever 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:30.800 drill he's doing, he's going at it. And to be 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:33.280 drafted in the fifth round of supplemental draft, ended up 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:35.920 starting that year and just get better and better each year. 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:38.200 It's just a tremendous story. I mean, I couldn't be 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:40.680 happier prouder for him. I mean, tell us about the 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:43.560 supplemental Draft. Yeah, I think a lot of people probably 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:46.400 are curious because we see the NFL Draft every year. Yeah, 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:49.320 it's huge TV ratings. But the supplemental drift is there? 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:51.560 Even like a designated time you're supposed to be home 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:54.320 or buy your phone. How does that work? I think 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:57.160 they told me to like be checking Twitter, you know 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:59.800 what I mean, check Twitter and see like if you 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.960 maybe I've gotten drafted So I was scrolling through Twitter 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:05.320 and me and my parents just refreshing the page, refreshing 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:08.240 the page, and I think they said that I was 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:10.560 going to get drafted by the Colts to start off with. 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:13.880 And I've seen the Colts around had already passed, so 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:16.320 I'm like, man, it might not happen this year. And 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:18.880 then I got the news from the from the Cardinals, 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:21.960 and um, you know, parents, me and my parents and 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:24.720 my brothers were just going crazy about it. Just a 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:27.840 big experience, you know what I mean. Huge, Jaitlin, if 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:30.560 you could, you got the Sea man, you got the 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:34.200 Sea first time team captain. What does that mean to you? Brother? 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:36.520 It's huge, you know what I mean. It shows that 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:39.200 my teammates they trust me, and uh, you know, I'm 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:41.240 gonna do everything I can on that football field to 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:44.440 make sure that that trust stays the same. But it's 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:46.520 not anything that I'm not I'm not used to, you 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:48.640 know what I mean. This is something I'm very used 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:52.360 to high school college, I was always captain, so, uh, 0:15:52.760 --> 0:15:55.600 this is something that that's not new to me. You know. 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:57.840 It was a challenge though, you know, getting to this 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:00.320 point just based on the fact you really did didn't 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:03.160 have a traditional off season for what three years in 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:05.240 a row. First do you arrive on July after the 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:08.720 supplemental Draft, Then twenty twenty is COVID, Then twenty twenty 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:13.000 was abbreviated and socially distanced. I mean, did it sort 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:15.040 of make sense the last year was your breakout year 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:18.760 just based on that? Um? I mean yeah, But I 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:20.600 feel like a lot of it was just more of 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:24.120 an experienced thing, you know what I mean, just being 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:27.760 in the league, seeing different types of plays, different play 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:31.520 calling from from different coaches, and I feel like that's 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:34.240 what really helped me in this third year. Also spending 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:37.080 a lot of time with my dB coach Mark Ray, 0:16:37.240 --> 0:16:42.640 with Buddha, Isaiah Buyering, guys like that, just watching film 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:45.120 in offseason, making sure that we got everything locked down 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.920 and everything ready to go. Because Buddha was saying today 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:50.440 that not only do you know the play calls, but 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:52.800 you know the checks everything, you can call everyone on 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:55.600 all three levels. That you're even now telling defensive linemen 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:58.400 out of position and adjust at times. Ze true, definitely, 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:01.480 And that's just one of the things are coaches, especially 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:03.280 my dB coachy harps On, we have to be the 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:07.280 quarterback of the defense and make sure that everybody's aligned right, 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:10.240 communication is right, technique is right. So that's just one 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:12.920 of the things I pride my cell phone when I'm 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:17.640 out there at safety. Janlen, can you describe your leadership 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:23.359 and how you go about your leadership technique? So really, 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:26.200 I'm not I mean, obviously I'm vocal on the field, 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:29.800 but I'm really not the most vocal guy. I feel 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:34.840 like my leadership style is basically, you know, just go 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:36.760 out there and perform to the best of my ability 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:38.479 and go out there and give it one hundred and 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:41.080 twenty percent. Like coach Cliff was saying, I feel like 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:43.800 guys will follow that when they see that a guy 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:46.479 is buying in all the way. So that's just one 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:48.040 of the biggest things for me is to set a 0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:51.600 good example for my teammates. Is the combination of Buddha 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:55.199 Baker and Jalen Thompson the best tandem of safeties in 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:57.919 the NFL. I believe so, yes, sir, I believe. So. 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:01.720 I feel like we're the most versatile um and you 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:02.919 know what I mean. I feel like we can we 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:04.399 can do it all. We can do it all. We 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:07.560 can play man coverage, zone coverage, we can play deep 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:10.200 in the post, play in the bucks, play at nickel, 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:13.280 play at corner, um, so many different different things that 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:16.000 Buddha and I can do. So I just feel like, yeah, 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:18.680 that's what makes us the most versatile in the best 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:21.520 safety due in the league. So, guy's real quick. Here's 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:24.400 Buddha Baker Wolf just on jailing, you know, the new 0:18:24.440 --> 0:18:28.400 deal being named captain. His reaction earlier today, seeing him 0:18:28.440 --> 0:18:32.760 growing up and seeing him understanding defenses and understanding play calls. 0:18:32.960 --> 0:18:35.360 So he's doing a very great job. Of course outside 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:38.880 of football. That's my bro And uh, definitely life changing 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:41.760 for him, very excited for him. And also with that 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:45.000 sea on his chest, that's definitely so excited him, so excited. 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:47.239 We both have that see and uh, we're just going 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:49.720 to continue to get better. He's going to continue to 0:18:49.720 --> 0:18:53.280 get better. And sky's the limit for that guy. WHOA 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:56.119 that is so cool right there. Who's your closest friend 0:18:56.200 --> 0:19:01.400 on the team. Uh, it's definitely definitely out of Buddha 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:07.879 and uh dt um you got guys Byron Isaiah pretty 0:19:07.960 --> 0:19:09.640 much the dbs, you know what I mean? Those are 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:13.080 my friends and the closest friends on the team. And uh, 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:15.240 you know what I mean, And uh yeah, we hang 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:17.800 out outside of this all football stuff. We go hang 0:19:17.840 --> 0:19:20.240 out at each other's cribs and you know, just laugh 0:19:20.240 --> 0:19:22.480 it up, talking, you know, have a good time. Yeah. 0:19:22.560 --> 0:19:27.280 Do you do you talk to any offensive players? I remember, yeah, 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:29.840 I remember, you know, back when I played, of course 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:32.360 a long long time ago, Jaylen, it was a long 0:19:32.440 --> 0:19:35.080 time ago. But back when I played, you know, yeah, 0:19:35.119 --> 0:19:37.800 you you pretty much hung with the guys on your 0:19:37.840 --> 0:19:39.879 side of the ball, the offensive side of the ball. 0:19:39.920 --> 0:19:42.360 I was a full back, but I did from time 0:19:42.400 --> 0:19:45.080 to time get the opportunity to know some of the 0:19:45.200 --> 0:19:48.320 defensive guys, but it wasn't as close. What's it like 0:19:48.480 --> 0:19:51.520 for you? For me, it's it's one of those things 0:19:51.560 --> 0:19:54.920 whereas obviously, defensive guys are gonna go with defensive guys 0:19:55.040 --> 0:19:58.640 and offensive guys are gonna go offensive guys. But I, um, 0:19:59.400 --> 0:20:02.000 I you know, I go against those guys every single day. 0:20:02.040 --> 0:20:04.000 We're all a family out here on the team, so 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:06.560 um yeah. I talked to the receivers a lot, you know, 0:20:06.880 --> 0:20:09.320 trying to figure out how I can build my game. 0:20:10.480 --> 0:20:12.240 You know, they talk to me to figure out what 0:20:12.280 --> 0:20:15.080 they could have done better. I talked to Kyler. You 0:20:15.080 --> 0:20:16.920 know what I mean. I talked to jac It's I 0:20:17.040 --> 0:20:19.719 talked to everybody on the team. It's pretty uh you know. 0:20:19.760 --> 0:20:21.480 Like I said, we're all a family on the team 0:20:21.480 --> 0:20:24.680 and we all love each other. So Jalen Thompson is 0:20:24.720 --> 0:20:27.360 our guest on The Big Red Rage, presented by Santan 0:20:27.480 --> 0:20:29.520 Ford and Gilbert. All Right, so, is there one thing 0:20:29.560 --> 0:20:32.520 that you really admire about Buddha's game? One thing you'd 0:20:32.520 --> 0:20:35.080 like to borrow from his skill set? And if we 0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:37.159 ask Buddha that question, what do you think he'd like 0:20:37.240 --> 0:20:42.000 to take from your game? Um? Oh, that's a tough one. Um. 0:20:42.040 --> 0:20:45.600 I feel like the most the best thing I like 0:20:45.600 --> 0:20:49.160 about Buddha's game is how he flies around one hundred 0:20:49.240 --> 0:20:54.119 and ten percent every single play. Now, crazy thing about that. 0:20:54.160 --> 0:20:58.120 The first time I've seen Buddha play was my freshman 0:20:58.200 --> 0:21:01.600 year in college. He came down to he came to 0:21:01.600 --> 0:21:04.920