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It 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:57.960 doesn't get any better than bad on. Unleash the far 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:03.760 and we start with a shout out, a memo to 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:08.280 Ron Wolfle. Actually it's more of a vow, perhaps a 0:01:08.440 --> 0:01:11.680 promise if you will to our listeners here to find 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:14.480 Big Red Rage, presented by santan Ford and Gilbert that 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:18.000 if at any point over the next hour we get 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:21.520 the sense Ron Wolflee is not prepared in any way. 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:25.280 If wolf shall we say, fails to inform and or 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:28.759 entertain during this splendicular addition to The Big Red Rage 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:33.600 starring Dave Pash. Momentarily, I am armed and ready here 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:41.400 with combine knowledge and notes, NFL combine information, stats, and 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:45.759 information so profound that it's guaranteed to boggle the mind. 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:49.240 So if any point, Wolf, everyone starts dozing off and 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:52.360 you're just boring the pants office, then you know, like, 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:55.000 right now, Wolf, obviously you got nothing here we go 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:58.200 do Actually? I do, boy? Right now? I mean a bubble, 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:01.320 boy that you are right there? Your forehead one fit 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:04.880 in the bubble. JJ Watt and TJ Watter the only 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:07.920 pair of brothers who ever both win Defensive Player of 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:10.760 the Year honors. Did you know that each had the 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:16.880 largest hand size of any defensive player at their respective combine? Yeah, 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:18.760 how about bad Polly? I'd love to see you know 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:21.359 what if that is the truth right there? What size 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:23.480 was it, Paul? Do you know? Was it like the 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:26.800 legendary eleven? It was? They both were eleven, and I 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:30.840 believed JJ was eleven and an eighth. Oh my goodness, 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:33.440 are you serious? Do you know what your hand would 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:37.480 look like, Polly? Against that a size eleven hand of JJ's. 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:40.959 That'd be I don't want any part of that matchup. No, 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:43.520 you do not wantsoever right there? In fact, did you 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:45.480 see jj Watt and the tweetie where he's holding the 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:48.520 gatorade can and somebody split the screen and compared it 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.200 to the old infamous picture of Andre the Giant with 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:53.640 a can of beer in his hand, And it wasn't 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:57.639 that far off, I mean, by the way speaking, because well, 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:00.400 you are prone to giving us a lot of the noise, 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:02.760 a lot of the nonsense about hand size as we 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:05.160 lead up to the draft. Just allow you know, I've 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:08.600 got huge hands. Ball. Let you know that Joe Burrow 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:13.120 had the smallest hand size among all quarterbacks drafted in 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:17.640 the first round since two thousand and three. Joe Burrow 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:20.560 had the smallest hand size of any quarterback drafted in 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:23.200 the first since two thousand and three. So just I 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:25.200 don't want to hear you the hand size stuff between 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:28.639 now and the NFL drafts. Once again, though, Paully, you 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:31.280 got to understand there are norms, right, I mean, there 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:34.200 are standards that you're gonna look at and say the 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:37.320 vast majority, it's always going to be exceptions, Paully. You 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:40.680 know there's always going to be exceptions like, oh, I 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:43.160 don't know, having a fullback that's only two hundred and 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:47.080 twenty two pounds. That was an exception stroke right there. 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:51.360 You're always going to get the outlier on the combine numbers, 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:54.360 and that's the great thing about it because you just 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:58.520 in the end never know. So we're armed and ready. 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:01.760 We have more factoids on factoids from the combine, ready 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:04.800 to entertain as we lead up here to Dave Pass 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:07.200 joining us on this edition of the Big Red Rage Wolf. 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:10.280 Did you realize that earlier this week Tuesday, Tuesday not 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:14.680 only was a palindrome to twenty two twenty two, Yeah, 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:17.080 I got it, Paul, it was also the start of 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.880 the window in which teams can designate players with a 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:24.919 franchise or transition tag dot dot dot. Do you anticipate 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:28.000 either one being used by your Arizona car You know, honestly, 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:30.800 I've been thinking about this right here, and of course 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:32.800 you're going to have to go ahead and tell me 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:37.400 what contracts are going to be redone, so to speak, 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:41.080 What contracts are you going to go ahead and condense 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:44.200 and free up some money? How much money will the 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:47.760 Arizona Cardinals have when Steve Kim is ready to go 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:50.279 in free agency. That is the question that I have 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:53.800 right now. They're at the cap limit if you believe 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:57.480 all the websites, and the projected cap is two hundred 0:04:57.600 --> 0:05:02.520 eight million and change, not exactly officially official, yet Cardinals 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:04.560 are right there at about the cap, maybe eight hundred 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:06.200 grand over if you do that. So then you start 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:09.120 looking at certain candidates and you're right, Well, if you 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:11.960 look at a guy like DeAndre Hopkins, who's annual salary 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:14.320 is going from twelve and a half to twenty five 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:18.360 million this coming year, or a JJ Watt from five 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:22.600 million to nearly sixteen million, Yes, a Buddha Baker from 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:27.080 seven point eight to fourteen point eight, even a Rodney 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:30.440 Hudson from two point nine to twelve point six. So 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:34.200 are these guys candidates to redo? And then if you're 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:38.400 talking about perhaps a tag is at where Chandler Jones 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:41.960 might come into play. Pass Rusher to pass Rusher. Here's 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:44.480 Kyle Vannenbosch on the Red Sea Report this week, just 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:48.520 on the decisions that are coming from Steve Kim and company. 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.000 There's a lot of tough decisions and a lot of 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:53.200 it comes down to what does this team think they 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:56.240 can do in free agency and what positions do they 0:05:56.320 --> 0:06:00.880 value the most in upgrading? So what what says you 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:02.880 on this front? And in particular, let's start with Chandler 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:06.640 Jones because the math has been revised. Apparently if you're 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:10.159 gonna tag Chandler Jones, it's gonna cost you twenty five 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.320 million dollars. Wow, Polly, I thought it was twenty million 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:17.200 for a franchise tag on the edge. That's what I saw, 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:20.720 twenty million point one. So obviously you've got new numbers 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:24.240 that I have not seen right now on a franchise tag. 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:29.560 But Polly, what about a transition tag possibility? What about 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:33.839 that the top ten at the position right there? Maybe 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:36.040 that's something you could do. Give you the right of 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:40.560 first refusal because when you look at the pending free 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:43.480 agent class, there are not a lot of edge rushers. 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:46.240 There just aren't. There are going to be some receivers, 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:49.720 they're theoretically available. There are going to be some offensive 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:52.960 linemen that are potentially available in free agency that you 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:55.880 would be interested in. Not a lot of edge rushers. 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:57.560 And you know how it works, Wolf In the NFL, 0:06:57.640 --> 0:07:00.719 once you get your quarterback, it's all about protect quarterback. 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:03.920 And then get to the quarterback right, Yes, and minus 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:06.880 Chandler Jones the Cardinals, that's going to be a big 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:09.039 box to check if they don't bring him back. Yeah. No, 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:12.200 you're right about that, Paula. Honestly, to a point so much. 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:15.679 I was thinking about that this week. Is there anyway really? 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:21.000 What if they do slap the franchise tag on Chandler Jones? Listen, 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:24.240 I don't think Chan is done. I don't. I don't 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:27.080 think Chandler Jones. I don't think they want to pay 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:29.240 him twenty million dollars a year. As a matter of fact, 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:31.320 I know they don't want to pay him twenty million 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:34.680 dollars a year. But you know, honestly, if it's for 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:37.800 one year, I think it's more. It's something you can 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:40.480 actually do if you're Steve Kim in the Arizona Cardinals. 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:42.920 And you know, again, I want to see the best 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:45.000 for Chan. I want to see him go and be 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:48.160 happy wherever he plays, whether it's here or somewhere else, 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:51.120 finishing his career. But this is the way that it goes. 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:55.280 He is a quality edge Russia rim. Because of that, 0:07:55.520 --> 0:08:00.200 I could see them slapping as transition tag on him. Yeah, 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:01.720 I mean you think about Look, five of his ten 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:03.840 and a half sacks came in one game, we know that, 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:06.280 in the season opener at Tennessee. But he still had 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:09.360 the Cardinals in total pressures. He tied for the NFL 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:12.520 lead and turnovers cause by pressure. In fact, he was 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:16.200 tied with Marcus Golden in that category. And he did 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:20.120 it without that stud defensive tackle, that guy who was 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:23.240 supposed to be Jordan Phillips. He did it without, you know, 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:25.960 at Jeffrey Simmons. He did a while than Aaron Donald. 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:28.160 He did it without that guy a running mate where 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:30.640 they could do the t games you talk about, you know, 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:33.640 and so he got an inordinate amount of attention. We 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:37.160 know that. And so if you think about it, the 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:39.880 last time they tagged him, a month later they ended 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:42.280 up doing his long term contract extensions. So a lot 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:45.080 of times when you tag someone, that's the catalyst to 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:47.960 get a deal done because the number is so huge 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:50.920 that coming season. Yeah, PAULI, No, there's no doubt about it. Man, 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:53.040 at the edge is a great place to start. But 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:55.559 I also think right now, man, I'm thinking of Kyler 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:58.120 Murray and what the Arizona Cardinals have got to do 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:03.280 to continue the advancement of Kyler Murray and his career. 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:07.760 I'm looking at offensive guard. I mean, offensive guard is 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:10.360 a position. Maybe you want to address this, I don't know, 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:13.240 own free agency if you can. The problem is, if 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:16.160 you're going to address it in free agency, you're gonna 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:18.800 pay through the nose. For the most part, PAULI, that 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.280 is a position, offensive line. There's a lot of people 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:24.599 out there that are looking for offensive line. That is 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:27.640 a position I think needs to be addressed at some 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:31.280 point in time. For me, for the most part, I 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:34.439 love getting an offensive lineman, an offensive guard that has 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:38.280 got some experience behind him, you know, I mean, but 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:41.840 that's the problem. Suddenly a guy has got some experience 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:45.480 behind him, has some tape on himself as well, and 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:49.319 he's doing well. Guess what people want to pay that guy. 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:52.280 Maybe it's the draft. The Arizona Card will say, hey, 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:55.720 twenty three, we're going to take the best guard a valible. 0:09:56.640 --> 0:10:00.520 That's a position I want to see address because of 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:04.000 the NFC West and who plays in the NFC West, 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:11.080 of course, and also because Kyler Murray needs to be protective. Well, 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:13.160 two thoughts there. Number one, If you take a quick 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:15.000 look and I was looking today at some potential free 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:18.600 agent offensive lineman Mark Lewinsky in Indianapolis. Do you like 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:22.160 the Colts offensive line because their starting guard could be 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:24.800 out there? But to your point, you're probably gonna have 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:27.120 to pay through the nose. Here's the other thing, getting 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:31.679 back to the Combine notes and knowledge, fifty eight offensive 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:34.160 linemen have been invited to this year's Combine. That's the 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:38.199 most since twenty thirteen. So that's definitely a loaded position 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:42.040 group offensive line. And we'll see where the Cardinals may 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:44.880 be able to pull out of that. We'll hear what 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:48.360 Dave Pasha has to say about what needs are most pressing. 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:51.440 Next on the Big Red Rage presented by Satan four 0:10:51.720 --> 0:11:01.000 in Gilbert, Ah, I have yet to broadcast up. Well, hey, 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:02.640 there's an invitation here. You want to come to a 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.719 game with me sometime? What you're just a fan, but 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:09.160 you're a fan that had a podcast just wanted to 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:11.640 talk about football. And then I call in here and 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:15.400 we're already in overtime. Yep, because you talk so long 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:17.559 with that even get a question. So Ron Wolfley is 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:19.199 who I do the Cardinal games that there are a 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:20.880 lot of people that want to hear you and Ron 0:11:20.880 --> 0:11:27.520 Wolfley on a broadcast. Wolfe, let's go already invited us 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:33.839 in with Werewolves of London. That can be arranged. There's 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:38.000 the next certain take from the Pash podcast. And let 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.200 me tell you, if Dave wants a broadcast where he 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:42.839 really won't say anything, just get Walton and wolf Ley 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:46.040 together and guaranteed he'll have to be paid by the 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:48.439 word during that one. In fact, he'll probably say more 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:50.959 here tonight than he would during a three hour game broadcast. 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:54.000 As Yes, the voice of the Arizona Cardinals for the 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:57.320 past two decades is our special guest here on The 0:11:57.360 --> 0:12:00.800 Big Red Rage, presented by Santanford and Gil We're Dave Pash. 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:05.040 How are we doing, Paul wolf how are we doing? Guys? 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:07.800 We're doing good man. Thank you, David, really appreciate you 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:09.680 joining us right now. Do you want to rip Paul 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:12.360 right off the top? Do you want to do something? Oh, 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:14.760 nothing of the sort. You know, Aaron Rodgers. You gotta 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:17.280 see where Aaron Rodgers yesterday said each quote just came 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:20.800 out of a twelve day cleanse where you're eating a 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:24.520 specific diet. And I'm thinking, you know what, Dave hangs 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:26.719 out a lot with Bill Walton, especially this time of year. 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:29.520 Have you ever been on a Bill Walton cleans of 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:33.480 any sort? Dave, No, No, you know he used to. 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:37.320 So what he does in terms of his pregame routine 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:41.800 is he has a large amount of protein that he 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:45.560 takes into his body, and he also eats about three 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:48.880 hundred energy choose. And he used to give something to me. 0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:52.000 He is like this gel that he sucks on and 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:54.560 then he choose. He used to give me something. He 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:56.800 doesn't do that anymore, which is probably good because I 0:12:56.800 --> 0:13:00.240 could never fall asleep the night after games with them, 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:03.839 because for him, these broadcasts are like Game seven of 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:07.440 the NBA Finals, merrying up for a battle. So, David, 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:10.760 you're you're telling me he eats a ton of protein choose. 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:15.240 Is that what you say? Yeah? Protein bars? Oh my 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:20.920 good bars, a huge thermis that has like a chocolate 0:13:20.960 --> 0:13:23.040 protein shake. And then he'll sit there and he'll eat 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:26.520 energy choose like you've seen the little cubes. They're like, 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:29.680 you know, look like a little you know, jelly candy. 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:32.120 That he'll sit there and just down those. And there's 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:39.319 this other thing, this gel that he sucks on. It's hilari. David, 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:41.680 you had to be so thankful for the pandemic and 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:46.360 being masked up. I would imagine with the protein bars. Well, 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:49.360 I'll tell Aaron Rodgers called his clans a quote a 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:54.839 kind of recentering that heals you physically and spiritually with meditation. 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:56.959 So we need to get Aaron Rodgers and boll Walden together. 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.000 I think that's the conclusion there. And by the way, 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:01.920 for all the day Pass podcast you can go. In fact, 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:05.679 the latest one features Suns board and stand out mcale bridges. Right, 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:09.280 isn't that right, Dave? Yeah, we had mckel last week 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:13.040 talking about you know, the Suns and potentially winning defensive 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.480 player of the year, doing a little bit outside the 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.400 box here with that. And then this week we've got 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:21.920 George Klayoff cough and you're wondering who's that. He is 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.560 the new PAC twelve commissioner. He will be on this 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:27.320 week to talk about a lot of things, including the 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:30.520 college football playoff not expanding, which is you know, a big, 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:35.160 big topic right now in college football. Well, here on 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:37.040 the Big Red Rage, our big topic is the off 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:39.760 season and in a lot of ways, it really officially 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:43.000 ramped up and launched this week. Dave, do you expect 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:45.920 it to be inactive off season. A team that started 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:47.920 seven and zero ten and two lost five of their 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:50.680 final six. We all saw the ending. What sort of 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:53.880 offseason does that mandate? You think, if you want to 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:57.880 stay competitive and dare I say, make a run at 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:02.240 playing in your building comes Super Bowl fifty seven, I 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:04.840 think it'll be active, Paul, and I think it starts 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:08.360 with resigning your key players. I would assume that James 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.040 Connor and Zach Ertz are at the top of the list. 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:14.080 And then you know, trying to figure out, Okay, what 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:17.240 free agents do we need to target, what trades do 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:19.640 we need to make? And then I think the draft 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:23.280 is your last tool that you use to improve your 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:27.880 team because you're you're that close. The draft is still important, 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.000 but I think these other things, and that was the 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:33.360 case last year and really the year before. You know, 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:36.920 you've built your team. Now it's adding that piece that 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:41.120 can get you over the top. And you know, Kyler 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:44.040 Murray has to be Kyler Murray from the first two 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:46.640 months for the Cardinals to get where they want to go. 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:51.720 But you know, adding pieces around you or trading pieces 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:56.200 to get better players can help Kyler get to that 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:58.680 next level. There's no doubt about it, David. It's one 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:00.560 of the reasons why, you know, if you look at 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:06.000 the top three positions of importance maybe this offseason, if 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:09.040 you guys care to talk about that in regard to 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:13.120 what you think is your number one position, Polly, receiver. 0:16:13.600 --> 0:16:16.240 I'm gonna go a receiver. I'm gonna go flat out receiver. 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:18.600 Right now, you have DeAndre Hopkins, you have Rondale Moore 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:24.160 and TBA. And look, you had DeAndre Hopkins even when 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:26.800 he was healthy. Did you really have a legit number two? 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:31.600 You need that other outside guy and whether that can 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:33.600 be Rondale Moore, and we'll talk about that a little 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:36.280 bit later, and we'll hear, you know, just about the 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:38.560 prospects of perhaps moving him outside and what could his 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.560 route tree be. But to me, receiver is just vital, 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:45.880 especially in this Cliff Kingsbury offense. And so whether that's feasible, 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:48.000 whether you can pull a trade, whether there's somebody viable 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:51.080 be a free agency, I just think that has to 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:54.320 be addressed because look at how the offense just dried 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:58.920 up in its productivity once you lost d hop Yeah, Polly, honestly, 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:01.040 that really is that as a good answer right there, 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:03.680 and I don't know if there's any wrong answers. I 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:06.359 think this team does have an awful lot of needs. 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:11.080 But for me, you're talking about Kyler Murray and protecting 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:14.480 Kyler Murray. And because of that, especially in the NFC 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:17.400 West where you've got the likes of an Aaron Donald, 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:19.640 I think you have got to do whatever you can 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:24.159 to shore up that interior offensive line right there, and 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:28.120 in particular, I would say offensive guard that is number one. 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:31.119 Now listen, I don't know, guys, do you get that 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:34.280 in free agency? This is something we were talking about 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:36.600 PAULI in the last beautiful part of the program for 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:39.160 a couple of minutes. Do you do that in free agency? 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:42.160 Do you do that in the draft? I love this 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:45.879 Kenyon Green kid from Texas A and M. Have you 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:49.280 seen this kid? Six four three d twenty five pounds 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:53.280 Kenyon Green. I think he might be there at number 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:56.800 twenty three, And based on what I see, he's capable 0:17:56.840 --> 0:17:59.760 of playing in a zone scheme and a man blocking 0:17:59.840 --> 0:18:03.760 scheme or a power scheme, dave position group what he 0:18:03.800 --> 0:18:08.720 thinks most vital, most needed. Right now, I want all defense, 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:14.000 and I'll explain why I think you know, you can 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:17.200 still get somebody in the draft on the offensive line. 0:18:17.680 --> 0:18:21.880 You've got enough veterans there that you can get somebody 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:25.880 in the draft that you can plug in play. But 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:29.359 they were pretty good up front for the most part 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:33.840 this year, and they had depth up front, you know, receiver. 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:37.960 I'm with you, PAULI. After de hop went down, they 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:40.800 weren't as good at that position. But you know, how 0:18:40.880 --> 0:18:43.359 much of that, you know, is the offense as a whole. 0:18:43.359 --> 0:18:47.119 How much of that is Kyler wasn't as good, and 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:49.679 you know he has to adjust to d hop not 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:53.199 being there. It didn't seem like, you know, his numbers 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:55.560 obviously went down and things were not as easy for 0:18:55.680 --> 0:18:59.040 him in terms of reading defenses when DeAndre Hopkins is 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:02.480 not on the field. Uh, you know Aj Green, you know, 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:05.280 we saw that he's on the downside of his career. 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:08.560 Christian Kirk almost had a thousand yards, So what do 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:11.520 you do there contractually with him and Rondel Moore. I 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:14.520 was curious why he wasn't as productive the second half 0:19:14.560 --> 0:19:16.919 of the season, And again, how much of that is 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:19.439 the offense as a whole just wasn't as good without 0:19:19.520 --> 0:19:23.600 DeAndre Hopkins and Kyler wasn't as good. So for me, 0:19:23.680 --> 0:19:26.840 it's a defense. You know, the defensive line, you know, 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:31.480 was disappointing. A corner they're young. Byron Murphy was great 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:34.679 the first half, wasn't as good the second half. And 0:19:34.920 --> 0:19:38.240 you know, inside linebacker, you know, at some point you 0:19:38.280 --> 0:19:40.119 know whether it's going out and get somebody else, I 0:19:40.160 --> 0:19:42.280 mean outside linebacker for that matter. You know, do you 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:46.600 bring back Chandler Jones at his age, given the money 0:19:46.600 --> 0:19:49.239 that he's going to attract on the open market, and 0:19:49.280 --> 0:19:51.800 then you know your your draft picks. The last two years, 0:19:51.840 --> 0:19:54.439 Isaiah Simmons took a step, He's got to take another step. 0:19:54.880 --> 0:19:57.919 Zavian Collins has to be a factor. So to me, 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:01.639 I think you're good enough if Tyler Murray is the 0:20:01.960 --> 0:20:05.960 plays the way he did those first seven games, and 0:20:06.080 --> 0:20:08.040 if you can get a second tight end at Max 0:20:08.080 --> 0:20:10.119 Williams comes back that that was a key loss for 0:20:10.160 --> 0:20:13.040 them the man. If Kyler plays the way he did 0:20:13.080 --> 0:20:15.879 the first two months, I don't know that you need 0:20:15.920 --> 0:20:18.639 to have an all star lineup around him, but you 0:20:18.680 --> 0:20:20.679 do have to have better players on defense, or at 0:20:20.760 --> 0:20:24.240 least those younger players that step up on defense. Voice 0:20:24.240 --> 0:20:26.040 of the Cardinals Day pass our guest in the Big 0:20:26.080 --> 0:20:28.399 Red Rage. I will see my next two position groups 0:20:28.440 --> 0:20:30.680 after receiver, and we already talked about edge rusher to 0:20:30.720 --> 0:20:32.760 start the show. But my next two position groups do 0:20:32.840 --> 0:20:36.080 come on the defensive side corner and I think the 0:20:36.160 --> 0:20:39.560 loss of Robert Alfred was underrated. It was underestimated just 0:20:39.800 --> 0:20:43.040 how severe a blow that was to the Cardinals defense. 0:20:43.080 --> 0:20:44.840 When Marco Wilson all of a sudden had to be 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:48.200 your number two corner down in and down out. If 0:20:48.240 --> 0:20:51.000 you believe Pro Football Focus, he allowed a passer rating 0:20:51.080 --> 0:20:54.639 of one thirty four in coverage. Marco Wilson is a 0:20:54.720 --> 0:20:57.000 number three corner, you are a much better defense if 0:20:57.000 --> 0:20:59.280 you can get a legit number one or number two 0:20:59.320 --> 0:21:01.160 corner to go with Byron Murphy. And then the other 0:21:01.200 --> 0:21:03.639 spot was a spot that Jordan Phillips was supposed to 0:21:03.640 --> 0:21:05.359 fill in free agency a couple of years ago. And 0:21:05.359 --> 0:21:07.800 that's defensive tackle. And if you can have a guy 0:21:07.800 --> 0:21:10.680 who can start collapsing the pocket from the inside, from 0:21:10.720 --> 0:21:13.760 the inside out and or stopping the run, what was 0:21:13.800 --> 0:21:15.720 it a half dozen times that Cardinals gave up a 0:21:15.760 --> 0:21:19.000 buck fifty or more rushing? That was a problem, a 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:21.280 persistent problem, and if you can get that guy as 0:21:21.320 --> 0:21:24.480 an interior d lineman, that's big. So those are your 0:21:24.560 --> 0:21:27.320 two right there, Polly, those are your three altogether. You 0:21:27.320 --> 0:21:29.040 know what, I'm gonna go number two. I'm gonna go 0:21:29.119 --> 0:21:33.840 corner back. Listen, Marco Wilson. I'm bullish on Marco Wilson. 0:21:33.880 --> 0:21:37.199 I am. I understand the Pro Football Focus grade that 0:21:37.320 --> 0:21:39.920 is out there right now. Here's what I know watching 0:21:40.000 --> 0:21:43.320 him through the first ten to twelve weeks of the season. 0:21:43.359 --> 0:21:46.280 He was a different player the first ten to twelve 0:21:46.280 --> 0:21:48.800 weeks of the season than he was to finish out 0:21:48.880 --> 0:21:51.520 the season. Would you can agree with that? That? I mean, 0:21:51.560 --> 0:21:56.360 I'm wondering about that, Paul, Yeah, I seriously wonder about that. 0:21:56.520 --> 0:22:00.600 I know how high the Arizona Cardinals coaching staff was, 0:22:00.840 --> 0:22:04.240