WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Talking NFL Draft With Rashad Johnson 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 0:00:17.960 --> 0:00:23.079 flying into the backfield. The rage is brought to you 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:29.000 by satan Ford in Gilbert. Are you Satanford? State Farm? 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:32.159 Talk to an agent today at eight hundred State Farm, 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:37.800 And by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit Hacy Cardinals dot com, 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:46.680 Slash Podcasts, The rod scene, rising ud, temperaturizing vision, flurring rage, 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:50.640 take it over. Here's Paul KELVC. Get the popcorn ready. 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:53.400 It's gonna be a show, and Ron will flee if 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:57.920 it doesn't get any better than that. Unleash the far. 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:03.760 You know, since we're on a Wednesday, let's call roll 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:11.720 right off the top, just to be sure, Ron Wolfley present. Okay, 0:01:11.760 --> 0:01:15.360 now that we have that, yours truly, Polly Pencilneck has 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:21.319 a question, true or false? In your day you frequented 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:27.360 many a dive bar. You know what that's actually that's 0:01:27.360 --> 0:01:32.440 a rhetorical question. I didn't see that coming. Polly that's 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:35.320 a rhetorical question. You may have been earhold, but you 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:38.200 know the answer. Of course you did so with that 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:41.000 in mind. And that said, did you or did you 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:44.000 not advise J? J. Watt? I mean, were you the 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:46.880 mastermind of that game plan? Ron Wolfley, the idea man 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:50.200 behind the three time NFL defensive player that you're mingling 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:52.440 with the people out and about at a local tavern 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:55.280 this past weekend, throwing down Bruski's and I don't know, 0:01:55.400 --> 0:01:59.600 schooling the unwashed masses and golden tea No Polly had 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:03.560 definitely was not me. Um. I made as many enemies 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:07.280 on the sideline, even at home games, as I did 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:10.920 on the road. Paul, you work your way through college 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:14.600 actually in a dive bar, but that I mean honestly, 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:16.120 well if you you know, I don't know what your 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:18.240 major was in, but your miner was in dive bars. 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:21.560 Let's be honest. Come on, somebody hand me the poole 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:26.720 cube please. This guy's talking way too much. That's right, Hey, 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:29.080 we did our we did our pole. You know what's 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:32.280 the best dive bar game? And I said, well, there 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:35.560 are two. Number one is darts, anything anytime you can 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:37.880 throw something that'll kill a guy that's number one, and 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:40.280 then pool anytime you can swing something that kills a 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:42.239 guy that's number two. So you know, you know what 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:46.399 number three is, Polly knuckles. Have you ever heard of knuckles? Polly? Where? Yeah? 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:49.400 Card game? Yeah, the knuckles said, their card games? And 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:52.000 you know what they do, right, The miners would sit around, 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:57.240 they'd whip these cards at their knuckles, just in little cuts. 0:02:57.280 --> 0:03:01.760 These micro yeah, carry microscopic cots, Polly. They would they 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:06.280 would callous over and form this hard metallic it was 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:09.560 called knuckles, Paul. They'd sit there and just throw cards, 0:03:09.639 --> 0:03:12.480 playing cards that eat the other guy's knuckles. Think about 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:15.720 that bad? Well, I can say this. April nineteenth is 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:19.000 the official start date for the Arizoner Cardinals offseason strength 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:22.120 and conditioning program. And I'm guessing, Buddy Morris, you're raining 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:24.720 NFL Strength Coach of the Year, does not have knuckles 0:03:24.760 --> 0:03:27.839 as part of the regiment five. Polly. If you ask him, 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:32.360 Buddy will know knuckles. He'll know the game knuckles. Well, 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:35.600 he used his arms. Walk in your out balls, right, 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:37.440 I'm surprised you guys get along. He see's kind of 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:39.240 a Pittsburgh guy. You know, you and you and you 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:41.040 and buddy, but you find a way, you find a 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:44.000 way to connect. That's good. That's good. So yes, the 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.640 the offseason dates have been finalized, the mini camps and 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:50.360 OTAs they're upcoming. But first we're gonna have the NFL 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:53.040 Draft right before these guys are really hitting the field. 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:55.920 In earnest we are team minus three weeks in one 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:58.880 day away from the first round of the draft. In fact, 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:00.920 on this addition to the Big Red Rage presented by 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:04.000 santan Ford in Gilbert, we are santan Ford. How about 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:08.360 Rashaw Johnson, the former Arison A Cardinal, standout safety and 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:12.280 current member of the Alabama broadcast crew and that football program, 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:14.960 because you can't talk the draft without talking some of 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:18.520 Obama top recruits and the SEC as well, Because Wolf, 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:21.520 I mean, think of how many mock drafts have somebody 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:25.600 a playmaker from the SEC going to your Arizona Cardinals. Yeah, no, 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:27.760 that's gonna be great, just the fact we get to 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:30.400 talk to Rashad Johnson about that, Paul, I mean, there 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:33.479 there are some guys out there. Jordan Davis just comes 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:39.080 to mind immediately, the defensive tackle from Georgia. I don't know, Paul, 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:42.000 if I've ever seen anybody like this. Honestly, I'm trying 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:46.039 to think. Listen. I mean, there's the Jets left tackle 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:48.240 from two years ago, McKay Beckton, and they call him 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:51.479 Mount Beckton. Yes, but Mount Beckton ain't running No. Fort 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:54.000 seven eight. No, he's not running for seven eight, Paul, 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:56.720 do you know how fast that is for a man 0:04:56.800 --> 0:04:59.440 that's three hundred and forty one pounds to be running 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:05.120 a sub forty eight. It's it's like impossible that I've 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:08.400 never heard of somebody running a four seven eight that 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:11.599 weighed three hundred and forty pounds. Yeah. I played with 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:15.360 some guys, PAULI, that were really, really nimble on their feet. 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:19.120 Derek Kennard weighed three hundred and forty pounds, but he 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:23.080 had the butt the size of Jupiter in it. It. Honestly, 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:25.720 it slowed him down and anchored him a little bit. 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:27.800 That way. He wouldn't run an O four seven eight. 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:31.320 But off the ball quickness wise, oh my goodness, he was. 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:34.760 He was terrified. And you're a man who survived getting 0:05:34.760 --> 0:05:37.520 slimmed by the fridge, William the refrigerator, Perry, so he 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:41.520 don't see six three three eighty five. He was quick 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:43.120 as a cat, but he could only do it for 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:45.880 one playball. Then he had to go over and suck 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:49.160 it up a little. So will Jordan Davis or somebody 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:52.160 else being Cardinals rookie mini camp which will be mid May, 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:54.320 and then of course you're gonna have the official OTAs 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:56.799 you're gonna have the mini camp. And Drew Stanton, longtime 0:05:56.880 --> 0:06:00.240 NFL quarterback, former Cardinals quarterback, was on the re See 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:02.799 You Report this week and the simple question from Greg 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:06.440 Greeleu was just, Okay, what is the value exactly of 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:09.719 these off season workouts and mini camps when you kind 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:12.680 of start to crawl before you walk, walk before you run, 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:14.800 that whole process of the build up the training camp 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:16.840 for a lot of these guys because they haven't had 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:18.440 that luxury. And now you can sit there and you 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:20.680 can ask questions, you can be able to dive deeper 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:22.960 into what's going on. They can sit there and see 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.040 themselves on film. Why did you do this? You can 0:06:25.080 --> 0:06:28.200 diagnose things, So it's such a valuable asset and tool 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:30.960 if you approach it that way. There you go, Drew 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:33.240 stand on the Red Sea Report. In your mind, well, 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:36.239 is there a certain position group that will benefit most. 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:39.000 I mean certain players or areas where you think the 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:41.279 Cardinals can make that next step based on some of 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:43.640 the off season procedures. Yeah, you know, I've said for 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:46.320 the longest time, Paulie, the further you get away from 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.719 the football, the better your rods are of actually getting 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:52.960 better in the off season. Seriously, and yeah, Steve Breston 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:56.000 truly changed my mind on that, Pollie. Steve, do you 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:59.240 remember that off season that he had Paul from one 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:02.200 season to the next, that off season where he was 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:05.960 really really absorbing the offense. He was making plays, he 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:10.600 was learning how to get off the press. He just was. 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:13.160 He grew so much in the off season and then 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:16.559 came back and had that a thousand yard season where 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:19.480 he was part of the greatest show on turf, if 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:22.760 you know what I mean. And you too, yes, and 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:24.880 you saw it from your angle and I heard it 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:27.680 from the sideline his rookie year and how many times 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:31.400 he got aired out by Kurt Warner the offensive coaches 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:36.160 for just the mental mistakes, the failure to adapt or 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:39.080 adjust to a route and read coverage, but because you 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:41.320 know how critical that is for all the receivers obviously, 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:45.000 and so he made that that leap just mentally from 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:47.440 year one to year two. And dare I say that 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:49.480 there were too many times? It was too often? It 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:52.040 was too frequent a year ago where Kyler Murray was 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:55.480 not on the same page with a lot of his receivers. Yeah, 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:58.360 and you know aj green Yeah, how many times can 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:01.320 you think of? And it wasn't just the faithful failure 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:03.640 to turn around against Green Bay. There were other times 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:06.320 where they just learned on the same page. If Rondale 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:08.440 Moore truly wants to be wide receiver too, or at 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:10.880 least be that downfield threat, he's gonna have to get 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.240 that chemistry with Kyler Murray, right, Paul. And here's the 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:17.000 other thing too. Once again, honestly, we had this belief 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:19.080 as players back when I was playing in You gotta 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:22.400 remember that was nineteen eighty five. When I came into 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:25.000 the league, nineteen eighty five, Paul, it was a brutal, 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:28.440 physical game. Everybody was running the same offense for the 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:31.200 most part, everybody ran the same place. It was just 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:34.920 how much more brutal could you possibly be? So when 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:37.760 you've got that mindset and you're in the off season 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:40.440 and you're not putting the pads on. You're running around 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:44.400 in shorts and a helmet, Paul, Nobody respected anything that 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:48.520 you were doing because we all knew it's not football 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:52.319 until you put the mouth guard in and start leveling somebody, right, 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:56.160 And there are still some positions where I think that 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:59.280 might be true, Paul. And of course it's the offensive line, 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:02.640 and I think the defensive line, we'd look at that closely. 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:05.439 But a guy like Zaven Collins by way of example, 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:08.840 Oh my goodness, this is going to be a critical 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:12.480 off season for Zaven Collins, Paul. If he gets it 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:15.560 down mentally, if he gets his eyes adjusted where they 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:18.800 need to be, I think we can expect an awful 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:21.520 lot out of this dude. Yeah. Can he call the defense? 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:23.559 Can he wear the green dot? Can he communicate it 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:25.680 to a defense? Can he make those adjustments based on 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:28.480 what the offense is doing once they break the huddle? Yes, 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:31.280 these are all things where you can make progress in 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:33.600 the off season. In fact, that that was the next question. 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:36.720 And Drew stand former Cardinals quarterback on the Red Sea Report. 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:39.839 Certain guys that I worked with, they run routes, even 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:41.439 it might be the same route, but how they run 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:43.120 it on the right side is vastly different than how 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:45.080 they run on the left side. If they break down, 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:46.760 when they drop their weight, how they come out of 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:49.360 their cut? You know, is this a speed cut? Is 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:51.280 this a breakdown and come out of the cut? Is 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:53.080 this the right angle that you're at? Is this the 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:55.960 right coverage we're seeing? So yes, this allows you to 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:58.360 do those things, much like on the defensive side of 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:01.600 the ball, that secondary has to com unison they're disguising 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:03.720 of coverages. How much do we do and how active 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:05.760 we are at the line of scrimmage with our safeties, 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:08.160 rocking and rolling them, trying to hold it the last second. 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.640 If every NFL game comes down to a handful of place, 0:10:11.760 --> 0:10:14.920 maybe even one or two place, yeah, and that play 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:19.079 is decided by a matter of inches, then those are 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:21.480 the sort of things that can make a difference, a 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:25.560 big difference in the outcome of games. Yes, And of 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:28.440 course I didn't hear the whole conversation, which your standing, 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:32.240 but man, it's interesting to hear them talking about receivers 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:35.800 and trying to get some type of chemistry with receivers 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:38.280 whether they're on the right side or the left side, 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:42.360 and defensive backs as well. You know, I really believe 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:46.679 still that's where you can improve the most. But knowing 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:49.680 what to do is so critical, so important. Any position 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:52.120 where you know what to do, they're going to be 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:54.720 able to go out and execute better. Think about it. 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:56.680 The game winning driving the Super Bowl was Cooper cop 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:59.160 and Matthew Stafford and that was it. They were four 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:01.760 for four, connect down the field where no other weapons 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:03.920 really healthier on the floor at that point. And it 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:06.800 goes back to their all season workouts and getting there 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:10.679 at six am. You know who knows about that, Rashaw Johnson, 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:14.040 the former Cardinals safety. He joins us, we're talking draft. Next. 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:17.240 The Big Red Rage presented by Santan four in Gilbert. 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:20.960 We knew it was a big story because I was 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:23.760 like the guy made T shirts that saying that he 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:26.720 got nine more fingers. The question was asked like, hey man, 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:28.520 you know you lost a portion of your finger, you 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:30.959 lost a finger, you know, like, what are you gonna do? 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:34.720 I got nine more? And everybody warred under their shoulder 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:36.559 path for the rest of the year and all of that. 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:39.160 Nine more is a mindset, you know, like do I 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:41.280 focus on the one I? Do? I focus on what 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:44.400 I have? So I think it's just a shift in life. 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.520 It's what I do, you know, on a daily basis, 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:50.720 It's what's gotten me through the transition post my career. 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:53.800 It's like, do you focus on not playing football? No more? 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:56.520 Are on the beauty of your wife and the beautiful 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:59.640 girls that you have. It's a voice of Rashaw Johnson 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:03.679 from Cardinals Folk Tales Wolf It was it was debuted 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:07.679 this football season of great acclaim and these were Cardinals 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:11.080 documentaries and in particular, this was the tale, the story 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:13.600 of how the Cardinals lost a game in New Orleans. 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:17.880 Rashad Johnson lost more than a football game. He I mean, 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:20.920 he didn't just give a finger to the Saints, right, 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:24.600 He gave a fingertip literally in New Orleans. That's what 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:26.840 he gave is part of that game. And all I 0:12:26.880 --> 0:12:30.240 remember is Patrick Peterson saying, how oh boy, look, his 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:32.920 glove is leaking like a fawcet. And that is part 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:35.440 of the story. That is a part of his career. 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:38.520 Rashad Johnson, who joins us now on the Big Red 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:42.199 Rage all presented by santan Ford and Gilbert And it's 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:45.080 always a treat to hook up with a former Cardinal's safety. 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:47.800 Seven years with the Cardinals, sixteen career picks and a 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:50.560 wealth of knowledge, especially when it comes to the SEC 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:53.480 and Alabama, where he is currently one of the radio 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:57.480 broadcasters are shot. How we doing doing well, Paul Wolf, 0:12:57.480 --> 0:13:00.640 How you guys doing man? We're doing great. Man. Honestly, 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:03.199 I called my brother and let him know that you 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:05.960 were coming on, because he played twelve years in the NFL. 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:09.040 We sit around and tell that story about you losing 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:13.679 your fingertip, and we just speak of you in reverend terms. 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:18.000 How you doing, bro, I'm doing good, Man, doing good Man. 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:21.640 That's a crazy story. I'm still and you know, living 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:24.280 with that, but it's working out well in my favor. 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:26.800 My little girl asks about it all the time, so 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:29.680 it's pretty cool. By the way, you can see the video, 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:33.240 the documentary itself, YouTube dot com, slash az Cardinals or 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:37.600 the podcast that we put together with Jim Amhndro Cardinals 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:40.960 Folk Tales. Just search that wherever you get your podcasts. 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:43.040 Here's the here's the football stat though, because those who 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:46.640 are not familiar with Rashad Johnson's story, all right, forget 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:48.800 about the fingertip for a minute. We're talking Wolf and 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:51.720 you know this a walk on running back from a 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:54.880 tiny one a high school in state in Alabama. You 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:58.480 know if this is accurate as zero star recruit who 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:02.880 ended up first team All SEC as a safety for 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:05.360 Nick Saban and one of the only two time team 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:09.800 captains in Bama history. Man, I mean you want reverence, 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:11.760 how about that story? And here's a stat for you guys. 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:14.079 I don't even know if you know this rashod that 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:18.960 last season the NFL sixteen former Alabama defensive backs played 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:24.280 at least one game in the NFL in twenty twenty one. Wow, 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:27.880 that's a time, man, um And I guess you know 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:29.680 I can sell it was a tribute to that the 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:32.440 beginning class, No cook Sabans first year and no one 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:34.920 was drafted, and the next year he was able to 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.000 get three or four guys out and I was one 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:40.120 of the lone dbs so able to start that class 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:42.280 of a lot of great guys behind us. Man, there's 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:44.280 so much talent that comes out of that out of 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:46.240 that stadium. I'm just, you know, lucky, like I said, 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:47.800 to be a part of it, and its built my 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:50.720 legacy there. But it's been a lot of fun being 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:53.240 back now, Man, being on the radio and talking about 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:55.680 you guys know how exciting it is to stay close 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:58.080 to the game. Yeah, no doubt about it. Jot. How 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:05.720 does this draft class for l Obama compare two years past. Yeah, 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:07.960 it's a good one. You know, I don't think it's 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:11.240 as strong as some of the year's past. Um, you know, 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:13.400 I think we have some some some great talent. Evan 0:15:13.480 --> 0:15:17.720 Neil obviously, Um, you know Jamison Williams as well. Um, 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:19.640 you know John Metchie just thinking to some of the 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:23.480 guys initially right now, Uh, you know, possible first rounders obviously, 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:26.680 Evan Neil's gonna be first round and Jamison Williams as well. Um, 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:28.720 but I think they, you know, have some strong talent 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:30.360 in there. But man, if you look back at some 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:34.920 of the earlier years and still here recently, you know, 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:37.600 the top picks that we've had from Jalen Waddle to 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:40.320 the Vante Smith to you know, Jerry Judy, you know, 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:44.040 guys all in the same room together. You know, uh, 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:46.080 four or five draft picks in the first round that 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:48.240 we've done in some of these drafts. So, I mean 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:51.160 this is a strong one for us. Probably not our best, 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:53.840 but I mean still a lot of talent with some 0:15:53.880 --> 0:15:56.440 of these guys that's coming out, I'm excited to see, 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:57.960 you know, just how they start their careers and then 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:00.760 what they do with it. Man Or Johnson is our 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:02.560 guest on the Big Red Rage. It's All about You, 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:05.200 presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert all Right, let's get 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:06.920 into it. The Cardinals definitely have a need for a 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:11.120 wide receiver too. Jamison Williams. Some mock drafts have him 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:14.200 lasting until twenty three overall just because of the torn 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:17.920 ACL in the championship game. First off, how fast is 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.960 he do you think? Because when you watched his highlight reel, 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:24.640 man does he separate against sec dbs? He ended up 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:29.480 First team All American. Yeah, I mean it's unbelievable. I 0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:32.160 mean he's blink of an eye, beat beat, you know, 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:35.800 running past you, and it's long strides. He's a tall guy, 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:39.000 you know, six one six two are taller, and I 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:41.560 mean he is, you know, literally running past guys the 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:43.200 whole time. And the thing about it, he's one of 0:16:43.200 --> 0:16:45.960 those guys that you know he's running a deep route. 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:48.040 You know he's going to give you a post, you know, 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:50.440 a run to go on you. And it's nothing that 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:52.640 you can do about it. But what I love about 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:54.120 him is that you know, he's verse to though he 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:57.720 doesn't only just run those routes. He's good and out 0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:00.640 of his breaks um in other situations where he needs 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:03.360 to run come back third and longs and making separations there. 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:06.320 But the biggest thing that I loved about Jamison Williams 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:09.360 this year was how tough he was and how competitive 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:11.040 he was. I mean, he was a guy that was 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:14.160 running down on punt you know, as a gunner, making tackles, 0:17:14.240 --> 0:17:16.600 got kicked out of a game actually for you know, 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:19.640 a helmet to helmet hit. So I mean those type 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:22.679 of people at ryde receiver normally you don't see that. 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:24.720 I mean, and he that lets you know, like he's 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:27.359 just a different breed of player. And I think, you know, 0:17:27.680 --> 0:17:29.640 losing him ultimately, you know, it was a big loss 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:31.560 for us late in the season in that championship game. 0:17:31.800 --> 0:17:34.080 But I think whoever picks him up late in this 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:36.639 draft in his first round is getting the steal of 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:39.359 a player. Yeah, no, I'm with you on that shot. 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:43.320 I think that Jamison Williams is big time man. Um. 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:45.920 Let me ask you about some of the other guys 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:49.399 out there, Who's the one guy. Nobody's talking enough about 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:51.960 it as far as you're concerned, Who is that one 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:56.679 guy that's really good? I think just looking at that 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.920 at that group obviously, you know, like I said, Evan 0:18:00.359 --> 0:18:03.560 and Jamison Williams are getting a lot of the buzz. Um. 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:07.840 I like a kid who who hasn't he hasn't played 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:10.719 a whole lot um due to injuries. Um, but he 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:12.800 has all the twos. He may end up being a 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:16.360 late round round pick, or he may even be free agent. UM. 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:20.199 But Jalen Armor Davis Um, you know this season, you know, 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:22.719 was playing well. I was leading the team at one 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:25.919 point interceptions. And I've watched him, man, he has he 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:29.840 has great footwork, He's very athletic, competitive, will come up 0:18:29.880 --> 0:18:31.960 and tackle you. But he's just been plagued by the 0:18:32.000 --> 0:18:34.040 injury bug. And when we all know some of those 0:18:34.040 --> 0:18:37.119 guys that you know had talent and some way another 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:38.639 Jay just stay off the field. I mean he got 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:41.840 hurt in warmups one year, you know, with like a 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:43.639 messed up shoulder and was out for the rest of 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:45.840 the season. So this year was getting a chance to 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:48.200 get rolling um and showed that he had the ability 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:51.480 to make plays and do it you know, consistently. Um 0:18:51.640 --> 0:18:53.600 so I was excited to watch him playing, and obviously 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:55.360 he went down, and you know, we had to play 0:18:55.359 --> 0:18:58.040 some younger guys. So I'm looking at Jaalen armor Davis 0:18:58.040 --> 0:19:00.000 as a you know, late round free agent, a guy 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:01.560 it may be able to make a buzz if he 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:04.400 can stay healthy. You know, I jotted his name down. 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:06.879 He's a corner. The Cardinals have a need of that position. 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:08.639 A lot of people think they might even target corner 0:19:08.640 --> 0:19:11.240 in the first round. But yeah, that's a guy absolutely. 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:13.879 You know, he's described as long, fast, talented, but just 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:16.800 a one year starter, six one nearly two hundred pounds. 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:19.879 What about someone you mentioned earlier, John Metchi. You know 0:19:19.960 --> 0:19:23.119 they lost Christian Kirk five eleven, a buck eighty seven, 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:26.800 not a burner, but good quickness, and I mean he's 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:29.600 had a lot of experience. He was second team All SEC. 0:19:29.840 --> 0:19:34.000 What about a John Mechi as an NFL slot receiver. Yeah, 0:19:34.160 --> 0:19:37.200 I like that for John m because he doesn't, necessarily, 0:19:37.200 --> 0:19:39.080 like you said, have that long speed, you know, like 0:19:39.119 --> 0:19:41.840 a Jamison Williams of Jalen Waddle. He's not gonna pull 0:19:41.880 --> 0:19:44.440 away from anybody and make that seventy eighty yard run, 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:48.399 especially at the professional level, but he has a savness 0:19:48.480 --> 0:19:52.120 and a unique competitiveness about him. He's stocking his bill 0:19:52.440 --> 0:19:54.440 so he can fit in there and play in the 0:19:54.520 --> 0:19:56.560 run game and get a little bit rough in there 0:19:56.600 --> 0:19:58.520 if he has to um. But then I think he 0:19:58.560 --> 0:20:01.480 has that ability within the short area quickness is where 0:20:01.480 --> 0:20:04.240 he's at his best to separate on you know, those 0:20:04.280 --> 0:20:06.600 third and five, third and threes when we got to 0:20:06.640 --> 0:20:09.160 make a play, and we need someone that can make 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:11.479 that initial separation may not be to run away from 0:20:11.520 --> 0:20:13.760 him once he catches the ball, but all we need 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:15.680 to do is move the chains. And I think he's 0:20:15.720 --> 0:20:18.080 a guy you know, could that could definitely do that 0:20:18.119 --> 0:20:20.719