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Speaker 1: Fresh off the very first day of Card's camp. And
Speaker 1: what a players like to do. They like to compare
Speaker 1: the first day of camp to everybody now the first
Speaker 1: day of school, Christian Kirk, yesterday, Wolf, whether you realize
Speaker 1: it or not, you were the hitome of the first
Speaker 1: day of school today. What are you talking about? Paul
Speaker 1: Basin onions, Let me paint you a picture. Little Ronnie
Speaker 1: Wolfley over there, Ronnie Paul Wolfley on the sideline. He's
Speaker 1: got his preppie collared shirt. It's all press nice. He's
Speaker 1: got his dress shorts on. None of the traditional camo
Speaker 1: for Cardinals camp. Nope, it's the first day of camp.
Speaker 1: His hair, it's slicked back, he's clean shaven. He's clutching
Speaker 1: his laminated roster card, not just a roster, but laminated.
Speaker 1: His eyes are bright, they're wide open. He's taking note
Speaker 1: of personnel groups. He's he's raising his hand to call
Speaker 1: out formations. I mean, wolf, the only thing missing, and
Speaker 1: maybe I missed it. Did you bring a shiny, new
Speaker 1: fresh apple for the head coach, Cliff Campsberry. I did, not, Paully,
Speaker 1: And nobody calls me Ronnie Paul except TUPI. Yeah, except Topi,
Speaker 1: my mom. Of course, that's right. Nobody Paul, not you,
Speaker 1: that's for sure. What are you talking about the apple?
Speaker 1: Why are you talking about that? Wolf? I mean, you
Speaker 1: were really um, you were attentive. You are you know?
Speaker 1: You even forgot to bring snacks today. You were so
Speaker 1: into football you forgot your snacks. And honestly, I did
Speaker 1: like the laminadd roster. That was very very cool because
Speaker 1: it was broken down by position. Did you notice that, Paully,
Speaker 1: all the running backs were actually together, right, All the
Speaker 1: offensive linemen were together, all the wide receivers. It was
Speaker 1: like looking at a roster based on the different rooms,
Speaker 1: the position rooms on the team. I love that it
Speaker 1: was beautiful. It's the way a GM would look at
Speaker 1: the roster. That's exactly right, Polly, yep. And the fact
Speaker 1: you were looking at it with your readers, you actually
Speaker 1: remembered your readers was another indication, boom Ron Wolfley, you
Speaker 1: were mentally ready to go. Today. It is the Big
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Speaker 1: Santanard and wolf just like those guys who are going
Speaker 1: to be inducted into the Hall of Fame this coming weekend.
Speaker 1: We might have to put you on a time limit. Okay,
Speaker 1: there are speech limits this year, six minutes. By the
Speaker 1: eight minute mark, you're gonna get ushered off the stage
Speaker 1: with the Academy Award like orchestra music. So you might
Speaker 1: have to just you know, make it tight, make it
Speaker 1: brief today because we have Malcolm Butler Cardinals starting corner
Speaker 1: CB one coming up around the corner. You want to
Speaker 1: talk about an alpha dog, Polly right there, and Malcolm
Speaker 1: Butler once again, listen, is he Malcolm Butler of year,
Speaker 1: number two, number three, number four when he was young?
Speaker 1: Now he's getting a little long in the tooth. But
Speaker 1: I can tell you right now what he has done
Speaker 1: is used technique. He has, to me, some of the
Speaker 1: best techniques, some of the best hands that you could
Speaker 1: possibly want as a corner. It's one of the reasons
Speaker 1: why he's had the kind of success that he's had
Speaker 1: in the National Football League. Last year was a bit
Speaker 1: of a downer and then he got stronger as the
Speaker 1: year went along. The second half of the season, Malcolm
Speaker 1: Butler was playing like Malcolm Butler. I expect him to
Speaker 1: come in here and be a starting corner for the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals, and I mean make a difference. Paul, would
Speaker 1: you say that just based on today and we can't
Speaker 1: get into specifics exactly, but would you say Robert Alford,
Speaker 1: speaking of corner, made an impression today? Yes? How about
Speaker 1: AJ Green? Would you say he showed up? There's no
Speaker 1: doubt about it, Bally, AJ Green, I I was there
Speaker 1: was only one other guy that impressed me more than
Speaker 1: AJ Green. Okay, and that was Chandler Jones. Did you
Speaker 1: see chan Did you see Champ? Because I'm telling you
Speaker 1: right now, when that portion of practice that we can
Speaker 1: report on that we were watching, did you see Chandler Jones, Paul,
Speaker 1: It's it's what. I didn't see a Chandler Jones. I didn't.
Speaker 1: I didn't see a two hundred eighty pound Chandler Jones.
Speaker 1: Oh No, I'm talking spelt like I've never seen him spelt.
Speaker 1: That's that's intriguing. There's because Arizona Cardinals finished fourth in
Speaker 1: the NFL with forty eight sacks a year ago minus
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones. Yep. So if all of a sudden he's
Speaker 1: back to the form of his nineteen sax season or
Speaker 1: his seventeen sacks season, which he's just removed from those years,
Speaker 1: then look out. So yeah, Chandler Jones. Okay. By the way,
Speaker 1: Chandler obviously did report he was there for the run test,
Speaker 1: same with Jordan Hicks. So that was some of the
Speaker 1: initial headlines on the conditioning test day yesterday. Then today,
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones running mate JJ Watt was not out on
Speaker 1: the practice field, and after practice we learned that he
Speaker 1: tweaked his hamstring. He called it a little soreness, and
Speaker 1: he didn't practice today. He's not going to practice tomorrow,
Speaker 1: And it turns out he eventually ultimately went on the
Speaker 1: active pup list, the same listed as Dennis Gardeck, so
Speaker 1: he can't practice until he comes off that list. JJ Watt, Okay,
Speaker 1: that really is a bummer right there, because honestly, hopefully
Speaker 1: this is just a little scrain. He'll get over this quickly.
Speaker 1: It won't linger into training camp whatsoever. And sometimes, Fawley,
Speaker 1: that's exactly what happens, especially with some of the older guys.
Speaker 1: If you pull a muscle, that thing will linger from
Speaker 1: time to time. And hopefully this thing doesn't get tweaked
Speaker 1: again or get worse as the preseason unfolds. Right here now, listen,
Speaker 1: it's not critical that JJ Watt goes out there and
Speaker 1: is ready to practice and play on Monday when they
Speaker 1: put the pads on and go out and actually start
Speaker 1: trying to drive somebody into the ground. If he's not
Speaker 1: there on Monday, I'm not going to panic. I'm not
Speaker 1: going to get all worked up about it. This is
Speaker 1: something that happens that guys that from time to time
Speaker 1: get a little bit older in their career, they're more
Speaker 1: susceptible to a muscle pull and then trying to get
Speaker 1: it right, it takes a little bit more time. Now, again,
Speaker 1: I don't know anything about the severity of this pool
Speaker 1: of this poll, but Polly, I'm not concerned about it early,
Speaker 1: am not. It's July twenty eighth, yes, So with that
Speaker 1: in mind, the opener isn't until September twelfth. Yeah, thirty
Speaker 1: two year old JJ Watt, three time NFL Defensive Player
Speaker 1: of the Year, so he knows he's going to take
Speaker 1: his time. If he misses some time at this point
Speaker 1: of the season, who cares. Just got to make sure
Speaker 1: he's right for Week one. As the Cardinals pick up
Speaker 1: from last season. And I bring that up because that
Speaker 1: was a talking point the last two days with Cliff Kingsbury,
Speaker 1: especially on the heels of what Chase Edmonds had to
Speaker 1: say and now the Cardinals. One of the big keys
Speaker 1: to this season, in the opinion of the Cardinals running back,
Speaker 1: is to adjust to what they saw midway through last season.
Speaker 1: And the finish was well reflective of some of the
Speaker 1: struggles the Cardinals had on offense. They started six and
Speaker 1: three they lost five or the last seven, and Cliff
Speaker 1: Kingsbury was asked about twenty twenty. Nobody was half of
Speaker 1: how that ended. It's just an abrupt end. You don't
Speaker 1: expect it to happen, and then you kind of go
Speaker 1: your own way. And so we've definitely addressed it in
Speaker 1: the team meeting, and there's a lot of new faces
Speaker 1: that weren't around for it, but they understand how it
Speaker 1: happened and what it looked like, and there's a lot
Speaker 1: of highly motivated players. Yeah, suffice it to say that
Speaker 1: was part of his initial address to the team, talking
Speaker 1: about the finish a last season, and well, how would
Speaker 1: you diagnose that when people ask you about that the
Speaker 1: start and then the finish before and the after, what
Speaker 1: do you tell them? You know what? PAULI, honestly, I
Speaker 1: just think the Arizona Cardinals became a little bit I
Speaker 1: don't want to say cocky in any way shape or
Speaker 1: for him, but I think they became a little bit
Speaker 1: too predictable in what it was that they were going
Speaker 1: to do. I think it was a situation where they
Speaker 1: like to throw the ball an awful lot. They use
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray and Kyler Murray running the ball an awful lot.
Speaker 1: This is something that I think they've got to adjust
Speaker 1: their offense around. Bally. I don't think you can make
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray the central figure of your offense. And when
Speaker 1: I say that, I'm talking about obviously a quarterback. His
Speaker 1: job is to throw the ball. That's what his job is.
Speaker 1: His job is too scramble and use his legs to
Speaker 1: extend plays and make plays there's no doubt about that,
Speaker 1: and even run in some situations. But if you're going
Speaker 1: to build your rushing attack around your quarterback running the ball,
Speaker 1: in order to be successful, a successful running the ball,
Speaker 1: you've got to have your quarterback running the ball. I
Speaker 1: just don't think Polly, that is something that is going
Speaker 1: to be repeatable in the National Football League. I think
Speaker 1: at some point in time, Paulli, it's got to be
Speaker 1: about your offensive line and your running backs running the ball. Sometimes, Poly,
Speaker 1: you just got to line up and as you've heard
Speaker 1: me say all off season, sometimes you gotta line up
Speaker 1: and just be better than the dude across from you.
Speaker 1: You know, we talked about it in December, did we not,
Speaker 1: the final month of the season, and it was adjust
Speaker 1: to the adjustment whatever defensive coordinators did to nullify Kyler Murray.
Speaker 1: Through the first nine games of last season, he had
Speaker 1: twenty seven offensive touchdowns. It's either throwing it or running
Speaker 1: for it, and over the last seven games he had
Speaker 1: only ten. Now in between there he had the shoulder injury.
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that, and and Cliff Kingsbury mentioned that,
Speaker 1: and there's still all been no real mention as to
Speaker 1: the severity. It was a factor. We don't know how big,
Speaker 1: but there's out about it. When when you have Chase
Speaker 1: Edmonds at the podium yesterday and he says, and I quote,
Speaker 1: we put it on ourselves. We folded, point blank period.
Speaker 1: We have to be better. And then he talks about
Speaker 1: the offensive identity that they have to find to start
Speaker 1: this season, how they struggled the second half of last season,
Speaker 1: how they got certain looks and teams took away the
Speaker 1: primary identity and they didn't adapt. We've talked about it, Wolf,
Speaker 1: how many times the offseason, the two high safeties, zone
Speaker 1: coverage underneath and they challenge the Cardinals that way, Yeah,
Speaker 1: run the ball. That's what they did. They challenged him
Speaker 1: to run the ball. Look at Cliff Kingsbury is a
Speaker 1: smart guy, as you well know Polly, he's also a
Speaker 1: humble guy. But this is a return, I think, a
Speaker 1: return of this offense hitting the reset button. Overall, Cliff
Speaker 1: Kingsbury's got to lead the way in regard to just
Speaker 1: saying hey, sometimes sometimes boys, you gotta just be better
Speaker 1: than to do to cross from you. And that means
Speaker 1: you've got to run plays where the defense knows what's come.
Speaker 1: At Bully, you know what's coming, The defense knows what's coming.
Speaker 1: Everybody knows what's coming. But try to stop it now.
Speaker 1: You try to stop it now, even though you know
Speaker 1: what's coming. Taint team after team after team they do this,
Speaker 1: especially in the NFC. When you think of the Green
Speaker 1: Bay Packers, this is what they do. When you think
Speaker 1: of the Tennessee Titans, this is what they do. Everyone knows.
Speaker 1: Here comes Derrick Henry. Here comes Derrick Henry on the
Speaker 1: tackle zone. Here comes Derrick Henry on the twenty two
Speaker 1: and twenty three double. Here comes Derrick Henry Downhill, Tampa Bay.
Speaker 1: You play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, you better believe here
Speaker 1: comes twenty two and twenty three double the power without
Speaker 1: the poll. And then they're gonna use one play action
Speaker 1: to throw the ball. Everybody knows it. It's something altogether
Speaker 1: different to try to stop it. And I think this
Speaker 1: is where the offense for the Arizona Cardles can really
Speaker 1: grow is just hey, listen, you know, w lineup and
Speaker 1: just be better than somebody. You know. We'll get into
Speaker 1: this a little bit later because Malcolm Butler's around the corner.
Speaker 1: We'll talk more about the Cardinals offense and offense that well,
Speaker 1: it featured DeAndre Hopkins to the point where he had
Speaker 1: a larger percentage of a team's receiving yards in any
Speaker 1: other receiver in the league. Joelson oh will that the
Speaker 1: Cardinals in terms of pre snap motion ranked dead last
Speaker 1: last year. Yes, the forty nine ers were first with
Speaker 1: a raven seventy percent of their snaps compared to the
Speaker 1: Cardinals thirty three point five percent. So you wonder how
Speaker 1: the keyword is evolved on what's that going to look like?
Speaker 1: We'll hear from Malcolm Butler next on the big Red
Speaker 1: rage presented by satan Ford and Gilbert football is hit
Speaker 1: the Patriot one the quarterban gilfs fits in the shotgun formation,
Speaker 1: Lynch will flink into if left two wine to the airside,
Speaker 1: one to the far in the shot gun, there's the
Speaker 1: snape's belt high prick from the dinner sent the dintercepted
Speaker 1: by Molcolm Butler. Malcolm Butlers intercepted this little sent have
Speaker 1: the goal line twenty seven shift. Butler does an unbelievable
Speaker 1: job getting inside, and I'm surprised that Russell Wilson through it.
Speaker 1: Here Paula read the play perfectly, one behind the pick
Speaker 1: and ran right to where the slam was going to
Speaker 1: be throne. So Wolf, if we will never forget that
Speaker 1: Super Bowl winning pick and we're reminded of it every
Speaker 1: time we walk onto the field through that south end zone, yes,
Speaker 1: then how do you think the person responsible for it?
Speaker 1: How do you think he feels? How do you think
Speaker 1: he reacts? Because you know what, right here, right now,
Speaker 1: in the big Red Rage, you have a chance to
Speaker 1: ask that person. Because Malcolm Butler joins us, Cardinal's newest
Speaker 1: cornerback and yes, the author of that Super Bowl ceiling interception. Malcolm,
Speaker 1: how are we doing? I'm doing well? How about yourself? Man?
Speaker 1: We're doing great? Malcolm. Thank you so much for joining
Speaker 1: us right now. So have you had that moment? Have
Speaker 1: you had that opportunity to kind of revisit the spot
Speaker 1: on the field were you made one of the most
Speaker 1: incredible plays of Super Bowl history. Um Nah, I haven't.
Speaker 1: But you know when I walked in the stadium yesterday,
Speaker 1: you know we had walked through. Um I don't know
Speaker 1: how they got the field set up, but I couldn't
Speaker 1: get to the spot. But once everything get back flat
Speaker 1: and back to normal, I'm gonna sit on this spot.
Speaker 1: You know. I did an interview in Seattle about the
Speaker 1: NFCUS a couple days ago, and they talked about the
Speaker 1: Cardinals a lot. Obviously, I see my opinion, et cetera.
Speaker 1: And they asked about Pat Pete leaving and there and
Speaker 1: then they said, wait a minute, the guy replaced him
Speaker 1: as Malcolm Butler. We don't talk about Malcolm Butler and Seattle.
Speaker 1: So have you ever been back to Seattle? And how
Speaker 1: do you think you'd be treated if you were spotted
Speaker 1: on the streets? Um Nah, I never Actually I never
Speaker 1: played in Seattle, and um, I don't think there'll be
Speaker 1: a big fan of me. But at the same time, man,
Speaker 1: it's the game of football. Everyone should you know, love
Speaker 1: the sports. Competitive, you know, I always go out way
Speaker 1: and yeah, we got our opinions. Malcolm, I have to
Speaker 1: ask you about that play quickly because it was truly
Speaker 1: one of the most incredible plays I've ever seen. What
Speaker 1: tipped you off on that? What gave you the idea
Speaker 1: to jump at road? Well, Um, you know, obviously we
Speaker 1: went over at practice, and you know, once they got
Speaker 1: into formation, you know, it looked familiar to me. And um,
Speaker 1: you know, as a as a high school player, always
Speaker 1: you know, looked at the running back and you know,
Speaker 1: see what, look at his eyes and see which way
Speaker 1: he was going. But in that situation, I didn't think
Speaker 1: they was running the ball, So I looked at the
Speaker 1: quarterback and just see what he was eye in and
Speaker 1: what he was looking at. And you know, uh, you
Speaker 1: usually don't run stacks on the two yard line. And
Speaker 1: and I just told myself, if this wide receiver step
Speaker 1: to the right, I'm breaking it in. And that's what
Speaker 1: were you a rookie? Was that your rookie year? Yes, sir,
Speaker 1: I was a rookie. So think about that undrafted guy
Speaker 1: out of West Alabama and you're making a Super Bowl
Speaker 1: winning play, just that one snap, that one point. How
Speaker 1: do you think that's changed your life? Oh? It changed
Speaker 1: my life. A lot. Man. It brung a lot of
Speaker 1: pressure to me. Um, I think I handled it well.
Speaker 1: You know, I wouldn't be playing in the NFL for
Speaker 1: eight years if I didn't handled it well. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: things changed, man. You know I became a you know,
Speaker 1: a household name. You know. It wasn't perfect, but you know, um,
Speaker 1: you know I just gotta keep your head down, working in.
Speaker 1: You know it made me feel make me feel good, man.
Speaker 1: I you know I was a celebrity overnight. Well know,
Speaker 1: you know a lot of things changed. Man. So here
Speaker 1: y'are Malcolm your first training camp of course as an
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinal. Talk to me about where your thoughts are now.
Speaker 1: We're how's it going for you so far? And how
Speaker 1: much are you anticipating this season? Um? You know I'm
Speaker 1: looking forward to it. Um. You know I'm learning the playbook,
Speaker 1: you know, getting to know my teammates. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: trying to lead by example and not by talking all
Speaker 1: the time. You know, Uh, I hear hustling to the ball,
Speaker 1: you know, studying the studying my play book, you know,
Speaker 1: encouraging the young guys to make plays and you know,
Speaker 1: fight they weigh on the roster, you know, It's just
Speaker 1: like I did, man. Um. You know I got big
Speaker 1: expectation for for the Arizona cart this year. We just
Speaker 1: got to play as a team. Um. You know, play
Speaker 1: as a team and you know, work hard and grime man,
Speaker 1: and you know, be together and it won't be perfect,
Speaker 1: but if you put your heart and soul into it, man,
Speaker 1: it should work out your way. It's all about you,
Speaker 1: Malcolm Butler. Presented by Santan Ford. It is the Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage. What do you think vance Joseph and the
Speaker 1: defensive coaches have learned about you in your game so far? Um?
Speaker 1: You know I know they I think they I know
Speaker 1: they know I like to tackle. You know I like
Speaker 1: to cover. You know I like to do anything to
Speaker 1: help the team win. You know, it's not too many
Speaker 1: things I won't do on the field to help the
Speaker 1: team win. And you know they know I'm a competitor. Um. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that sums it up right there. Man. I want to win, Malcolm. Um.
Speaker 1: Your coaches call you a dog, Your teammates call you
Speaker 1: a dog, scouts call you a dog. You are, without
Speaker 1: a doubt, an alpha dog. Where does that come from? Oh? Man?
Speaker 1: It comes from you know, playing one year high school football. UM,
Speaker 1: going to um juco um, you know, going to the
Speaker 1: New England Patriots, UM making a try out out of
Speaker 1: forty people, two out of forty people. And you know
Speaker 1: it's I'm just I'm just an underdog man. And I
Speaker 1: you know, I had to fight fight my way to
Speaker 1: stay in this league. And that's that's what you gotta do,
Speaker 1: especially if you're not a first round pick. No, no
Speaker 1: offense against first round picks. But if you're an underdog
Speaker 1: in this league, you gotta you gotta grind and scratch
Speaker 1: each and every day, each and every play, you know,
Speaker 1: to stay in this league, because, um, it's very competitive.
Speaker 1: But you know, I always been a dog. I've always
Speaker 1: been a dog. You know what else called him a
Speaker 1: dog wolf? Rob Moore Titans receivers coach, our guy, Rob
Speaker 1: Moore played for the Cardinals, was on our broadcast team
Speaker 1: for a while, and I had a chance to talk
Speaker 1: with him. He immediately mentioned Malcolm bother And I know
Speaker 1: after you signed or after last season, you tweeted out,
Speaker 1: I balled at the age of thirty. I think I
Speaker 1: can ball harder at thirty one. So I mean, how
Speaker 1: much do you have left? Because I know that was
Speaker 1: a question. Probably a lot of the haters out there
Speaker 1: had to say on social media, right, yeah, yeah, man,
Speaker 1: I still got a lot in the tank. Man. You know, um,
Speaker 1: I you know, I haven't had much injuries, a lot
Speaker 1: of injuries and stuff like that. But you know, you know,
Speaker 1: your body gonna talk to you. But I'm very confident
Speaker 1: and my skills set. I'm very confident um of my
Speaker 1: performance on the field. So we'll see high go. But
Speaker 1: I'm confident. I'm a bag that. Uh. Because you had
Speaker 1: a career high four picks last season, you also had
Speaker 1: a career high one hundred tackles. I mean a corner
Speaker 1: with a hundred tackles. I mean, what what do you
Speaker 1: attribute that to? Malcolm? Someone someone? Right? Oh no, ok,
Speaker 1: how about Derek Henry though? Are you ready to tackle
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry, your former teammate. Yeah, yeah, I'm ready to
Speaker 1: tackle whoever. Man, I'm ready to tackle whoever whoever comes
Speaker 1: my way. Man. Hey, on that note, right there, Malcolm,
Speaker 1: you've got one technique, you got one technique that you'd
Speaker 1: like to use on one play? What technique are you
Speaker 1: gonna use? What? What would you what? What technique would
Speaker 1: you choose? If you had one play? With there carry No, no,
Speaker 1: not tal Ken. I'm talking about man, I'm talking about
Speaker 1: a zone. I'm talking about any type of technique in
Speaker 1: the secondary that you would employ on a third and
Speaker 1: obvious pass situation. Um, man, I you know I'm gonna
Speaker 1: have to go with man and man, I'm gonna have
Speaker 1: to go to man. What kind of man press? Man?
Speaker 1: Would you? You want to walk up? You want to
Speaker 1: jam them, you want to play off? I'm walking up man,
Speaker 1: I'm walking up there? Man? Why okay? Why? Why do
Speaker 1: you Why does that appeal to you? What's telling my life?
Speaker 1: Walking up there? Yes? Because, um, you're giving them a chance.
Speaker 1: You really like giving them space and you know, uh
Speaker 1: in in a slanting goal, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: It's I don't know, I just want to eat that
Speaker 1: space up right there. I just want to be Yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: so I'll go there. How about week one, we said,
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry, what about Julio Jones. Have you gone against
Speaker 1: Julio Jones before? And what do you think is gonna
Speaker 1: be most important in that matchup? Um? You know I
Speaker 1: went against Julio Jones over there, Beckham Tonio Brown. You
Speaker 1: know I didn't You know, I didn't played played against
Speaker 1: a lot of good wide receivers in this league, and
Speaker 1: obviously you know I used to go head to head
Speaker 1: with A J. Brown. But you know, it's it is
Speaker 1: what it is, you know, Um, September to twelve. You
Speaker 1: know they're gonna tell it all. But you know, I'm
Speaker 1: here to compete. I'm here to do anything to help
Speaker 1: the team win. I know those are good players, but
Speaker 1: I think we got good players too. I think I'm
Speaker 1: a good player, and we'll see how I go there. Malcolm,
Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, man, I got so much respect
Speaker 1: for you because I share a coach, Bill Belichick. Of course,
Speaker 1: in nineteen ninety two ninety three, he coached the Cleveland Browns.
Speaker 1: I absolutely I need to tell you this. I absolutely
Speaker 1: loved playing for him because he was a guy that
Speaker 1: basically was like, you know what, I'm gonna leave you alone.
Speaker 1: You just do your job and I'm gonna leave you alone.
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on Bill Belichick? Man, I got
Speaker 1: so much respect for you know, Bill Belichick. You know
Speaker 1: I know things that um, you know, it didn't work
Speaker 1: out the way that you know, the opposed to win
Speaker 1: at the end, but I got so much respect for him. Man.
Speaker 1: So if he was a great coach. You know, it's
Speaker 1: like everything that he says, it's right, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, you can't sometimes but like I don't like
Speaker 1: what he's saying, but he's right right, And I've seen
Speaker 1: he's got to do some things that, um that I
Speaker 1: that I never seen coaches do before, you know, spraying
Speaker 1: water on a on a on a snapper, hands wise
Speaker 1: field goal, uh, making the DBS take their hands up
Speaker 1: with tennis balls. He's a great coach. I got a
Speaker 1: number great things to say about Bill Belichick and Robert
Speaker 1: Kraft in the organization, and I appreciate hungry for give
Speaker 1: me an opportunity. What was the one with the hands
Speaker 1: and the tennis balls? Explained that real quick? Yeah, man, Uh,
Speaker 1: I guess were grabbing one day and he said, we're
Speaker 1: gonna stop that. So in other words, you had to
Speaker 1: hold the tennis balls. Now he take to me hand what,
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, man, at this next level, that's that's
Speaker 1: coach Melchers. Oh my goodness. All right, Malcolm Butler, I
Speaker 1: guess wrapping it up here on the big red rage.
Speaker 1: So from one dog to another, tell us what you've
Speaker 1: seen out of Robert Alford so far because the Cardinals
Speaker 1: are searching for that corner opposite of you, Malcolm. Um,
Speaker 1: you know Robert Alfred, he's he's a he's a good
Speaker 1: he's a good player. Man. He's a he's a he's
Speaker 1: a dog. I think he'll a dog. You know, he's
Speaker 1: a small school guy. You know that had to work
Speaker 1: his way up. Um. I know he about a few
Speaker 1: injurvision and stuff like that, but he's a he's a
Speaker 1: he's a good player. Made some good plays today. Um.
Speaker 1: You know he helped me out when I asked some questions.
Speaker 1: And you know Byron Murphy, we got him too. So
Speaker 1: we all working together. It's a collective. Um, it's a
Speaker 1: collective group. And you know if we all on the
Speaker 1: same page, you know we should look good. How do
Speaker 1: you like playing for Vans? Joseph the defensive coordinator right now?
Speaker 1: I like playing for Vans. You know, Um, he liked
Speaker 1: to run multiple defenses. Um, he's a he's a good coach. Man,
Speaker 1: he's a good coach players. Coach. Let me give you
Speaker 1: one stat from last year you played on a defense
Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. There was bottom three in sacks the
Speaker 1: Arios on our Cardinals. Ron Wolfley were top five, Yes,
Speaker 1: number four total sacks, forty eight sacks. Here we go.
Speaker 1: What can that do? That sort of pass rush? What
Speaker 1: can that do for you and the DBS? Malcolm, Um,
Speaker 1: quick passes, man um bad throws into our hands. You know,
Speaker 1: pass rushes everything. You can have a good corner, a
Speaker 1: great corner, Hall of Fame corner. You ain't got no
Speaker 1: pass rush. You know you can't cover that long. So
Speaker 1: um it should help out a lie. You know this
Speaker 1: might date me a little right here in Malcolm, Okay,
Speaker 1: all right, but do you know what clueing is? Do
Speaker 1: you know what clueing is? Um? Is it a football term? Yeah?
Speaker 1: It's peaking into the backfield clueing. It's like, look at
Speaker 1: it's what you did. I'm that unbelievable play in the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. You were looking more at the quarterback right,
Speaker 1: you were peaking. What do you call that when you
Speaker 1: peek inside? Um? I just got a term for that.
Speaker 1: I don't know that it's just a technique, but it's
Speaker 1: just something that I the gang was on the line
Speaker 1: and you know, I'm trying to make a play. But
Speaker 1: I told myself, if it's a run, you know they
Speaker 1: gotta handle that if it's a pass. I'm a hand
Speaker 1: of this. And you know, I just keep looking and
Speaker 1: the wide receivers outside and I just broke. So so
Speaker 1: are you? I mean, do you pass your knowledge along
Speaker 1: to a Byron Murphy? Do you talk to him about that? Um?
Speaker 1: Not really something? What you know, I just try to
Speaker 1: I try to lead by example. Yeah, And like like
Speaker 1: my coach, I always told him, you eat the guy
Speaker 1: to or you don't. Last question for me, for Malcolm Butler,
Speaker 1: the two young guys, the two draft picks. You got
Speaker 1: the fourth rounder, Marco Wilson, you got the sixth rounder,
Speaker 1: take Allen Man. Those guys look good out there. They
Speaker 1: look good at least in terms of their size, the athleticism.
Speaker 1: What have you seen so far from the young guys? Um?
Speaker 1: You know, we usually don't talk about other players, but
Speaker 1: I really like Marco Man. He's uh, he got nice size,
Speaker 1: he quick, he fast, UM got nice speed, he can
Speaker 1: jump run, He's very athletic man. And if he just
Speaker 1: grind it out and you know, work hard, you know
Speaker 1: he'll be he'll be a good player in this league.
Speaker 1: In the same for Xavier the big guy, he can move, drop,
Speaker 1: Karil Flett drop. You know he can blitz um. Guys
Speaker 1: got talent, and I think the Cards did a good
Speaker 1: job picking those guys up. It's amazing thing because I
Speaker 1: hear you say, you know, we don't talk about players
Speaker 1: right there, And you know what's amazing about that. Back
Speaker 1: when I played those rookies, we wouldn't talk too with
Speaker 1: the rookies. That's right. How dare I ask about rookies?
Speaker 1: You're right, exactly right. That's old school, Malcolm. Are you
Speaker 1: chopping it up with these guys or are you just
Speaker 1: kind of keeping Yours're getting the donuts is what they're doing.
Speaker 1: I say some here now, I'll be talking to Robin
Speaker 1: Alfred is born in two thousand. That's right, Oh buddy,
Speaker 1: all right, Malcolm man, we've enjoyed it. Thank you, bud,
Speaker 1: all right, thank you. There you go, Malcolm Butler joining
Speaker 1: us on the big Red Rage Wolf. What if I
Speaker 1: told you his coverage grade last year for Tennessee would
Speaker 1: have led the Arizona Cardinals a year ago. Think about
Speaker 1: that not have been a surprise ball, and think about
Speaker 1: the fact he has a dozen playoff games under his belt.
Speaker 1: So if the Cardinals get where they want to go,
Speaker 1: to the postseason. There's a guy who's been there and
Speaker 1: done that. How many tackles did he have? He had
Speaker 1: one hundred exactly, Thank you, Baul, appreciate it. Next and
Speaker 1: next on The Big Red Rage will continue with our
Speaker 1: Cards Camp Week one edition of Cards Camp Edition, The
Speaker 1: Big Red Rage presented by Santan four in Gilbert shotguns
Speaker 1: half to Kyler Murty from the pocket, deep pass left
Speaker 1: side going for Hopkins, one hand to catch in a touchdown.
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins was blanketed by a Jet, but it don't matter.
Speaker 1: Hopkins makes the catch and the Cardinals man just put
Speaker 1: the Jets to sleep. Oh can you taste it right there?
Speaker 1: Maybe the fifty fifty balls to the left of Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray and a perfect pass the hop that is big
Speaker 1: time with a one hand snack, perhaps the best ball
Speaker 1: around receiver in the NFL. Great hands, great vision, great speed, playmaker.
Speaker 1: Make a play. That's exactly what happened right there. That
Speaker 1: was a key play in the Week five win at
Speaker 1: the Jets thirty to ten. Cardinals. Get the way Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray and up your NFC Offensive Player of the Week
Speaker 1: went twenty seven to thirty seven. Three eighty had that
Speaker 1: touchdown there the thirty seven yard strike a passer rating
Speaker 1: to one oh four. He had a rushing touchdown as well.
Speaker 1: Kyler was out there today, same with DeAndre Hopkins. It
Speaker 1: is the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert.
Speaker 1: We are santan Ford, Paul kelbc, Ron Wolfley after day
Speaker 1: one of Cardinal's camp at least out on that field.
Speaker 1: And well, if you're takeaways from Malcolm Butler, you know,
Speaker 1: how about the propster coach Belichick. One thing you guys
Speaker 1: have in common. You both played for Belichick, and in
Speaker 1: his words, it was a great way to say said,
Speaker 1: you know what, you don't always like what he's telling you,
Speaker 1: but he's always right. Yeah, quote unquote that's what he
Speaker 1: said about Belichick. Yeah. I wouldn't say he's always right bell.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say that, but he's got his opinions, there's
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. Listen, It's interesting you start there
Speaker 1: because that's exactly my number one takeaway from that talk
Speaker 1: that we had with Malcolm Butler, because of Bill Belichick.
Speaker 1: What does it say when a player really gets along
Speaker 1: with Bill Belichick and respects him. Number One, he's a
Speaker 1: dog that's not a surprise. That's exactly what Malcolm Butler is.
Speaker 1: He's a dog meeting. He's he's a self motivated individual.
Speaker 1: He's a guy that a coach doesn't need to ride.
Speaker 1: He's a guy that you don't have to be rate
Speaker 1: in order to get him to do his job. He's
Speaker 1: a self motivated, self starter type guy. He's a dog.
Speaker 1: Not only that he takes pride in doing his job
Speaker 1: that it tells me that that's who Malcolm Butler is.
Speaker 1: He takes a lot of pride in that polly. He
Speaker 1: lives for the details. Because Bill Belichick is a detailed guy.
Speaker 1: Walk in and talk about some guy in a certain situation,
Speaker 1: a down in distance, walk into the room and say,
Speaker 1: if you get this look, this is what is going
Speaker 1: to happen on a single play. Bill Belichick would walk
Speaker 1: in and tell you exactly what was going to happen there.
Speaker 1: The details are important to Bill, and the details are
Speaker 1: important to Malcolm Butler, and he doesn't need words of affirmation.
Speaker 1: If you get along with Bill Belichick and you like
Speaker 1: playing for Bill Belichick and you respect him the way
Speaker 1: Malcolm Butler said, you know what, you don't need words
Speaker 1: of affirmation because you don't get it from Bill. I
Speaker 1: love his story of how he made the Patriots. That
Speaker 1: along with the draft class, they had a rookie minicamp
Speaker 1: and there were forty undrafted guys they brought in. Two
Speaker 1: made the team, one of which is Malcolm Butler. And
Speaker 1: here he is as an Arizona Cardinal nine seasons later,
Speaker 1: at thirty one years of age, with a Super Bowl ring,
Speaker 1: and there is going to be in Week one going
Speaker 1: against maybe their number one receiving duo in the NFL,
Speaker 1: at least if you believe some of the headlines you
Speaker 1: saw in the offseason with Julio Jones and aj Browne.
Speaker 1: And so now the Cardinals question is, all right, how
Speaker 1: did he get to that point? How did they get
Speaker 1: to the point where the Titans are gonna ender that
Speaker 1: Week one game? Having led the NFL since twenty nineteen
Speaker 1: and touchdowns and plays of fifty plus yards and red
Speaker 1: zone TD percentage and rushing touchdowns. That's the sort of
Speaker 1: juggernaut this Titans offense has been the last two years.
Speaker 1: And Cliff Kingsbury was asked about that the next step
Speaker 1: not just for his offense, but for his quarterback, Kyler Murray.
Speaker 1: You know, I think, more than anything, just consistency and
Speaker 1: everything we do. You know, he obviously got banged up
Speaker 1: a little bit last year and that was tough, but
Speaker 1: he battled through, and I just think all of us
Speaker 1: as an offense coaching staff have to continue to be
Speaker 1: consistent everything we do, and if he does that, he'll
Speaker 1: continue to get better. What do you think, Wolf, do
Speaker 1: you have a checklist on Kyler what you'd really like
Speaker 1: to see this season? Yeah, Paulie, honestly I would. Of course,
Speaker 1: you'd like to see him get more consistent, There's no
Speaker 1: doubt about that. But I think, Paul, there's a big
Speaker 1: tangible area in an intangible area where I want to
Speaker 1: see him get better. The intangible is something that he's
Speaker 1: already been talking about this offseason. It's one of the
Speaker 1: things that really encourages me, the fact that Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: is already identified he needs to be a better leader. Paul.
Speaker 1: That is so important that he's able to actually point
Speaker 1: at that and say, this is what I need to
Speaker 1: do in order to get better. I need to be
Speaker 1: a better leader. Because once you can identify it as
Speaker 1: a human being, forget about being a professional football player,
Speaker 1: forget about being a franchise quarterback as a human being,
Speaker 1: if you can point to the obstacle in your way,
Speaker 1: that need that you need to be able to overcome
Speaker 1: in order to get better. Man, that is so important,
Speaker 1: and he's already identified leadership as that obstacle. Leadership is
Speaker 1: where he thinks he needs to get better, and he
Speaker 1: is right. That is the intangible. He's got to get better.
Speaker 1: He's got to be the face of the franchise always.
Speaker 1: He's got to be talking to his players, talking to
Speaker 1: his line, talking to his wide receivers, talking to the
Speaker 1: running backs, talking to the coaches on the sideline, talking
Speaker 1: to them and encouraging them in regard to what they're
Speaker 1: doing on the field, some of the plays that they're running,
Speaker 1: the adjustments they need to make. He's got to be
Speaker 1: talking a little bit more. He's got to be the
Speaker 1: face of the franchise on and off the field. Leadership
Speaker 1: is the intangible. The tangible is just reading defenses better
Speaker 1: and becoming more sure in his reads, going through his
Speaker 1: progressions and making good decisions. That's the tangible. Because remember
Speaker 1: what Sam Acho told us, who's now one of the
Speaker 1: ESPN analysts, And congrats to Sam the former Cardinals outside linebacker,
Speaker 1: and he told us this offseason, you're on the big
Speaker 1: red rage. That's what teams will do. It's exactly what
Speaker 1: they did with Russell Wilson. Force him to go through
Speaker 1: his reads, keep them in the pocket, yes, make him
Speaker 1: beat him with what's between his ears to be able
Speaker 1: to read and react and diagnose a defense. So you
Speaker 1: have that and look, well, something was wrong down the
Speaker 1: stretch a year ago the XS and os. Maybe, okay,
Speaker 1: we can talk about that. But when you come out
Speaker 1: in Week sixteen with the playoffs on the line at
Speaker 1: home against the Niners team with third string quarterbacks CJ.
Speaker 1: Bethard and a third string running back named Jeff Wilson
Speaker 1: who ran for a buck eighty three, Yeah, you know
Speaker 1: that's where a leadership, to me comes into play and
Speaker 1: you prevent that sort of letdown. You know, when you
Speaker 1: lead the league in penalties for example. In fact, Cliff
Speaker 1: Kingsbury was menting that here today, listen up. Offensively, we
Speaker 1: led the league install drives due to penalty and that's
Speaker 1: I think we're a top six offense. And had we
Speaker 1: not done that, who knows what it could have been.
Speaker 1: You know that that's a lot of drives to give
Speaker 1: up throughout an NFL season with limited possessions, so there's
Speaker 1: no questions. Little things we'd happen every day that we
Speaker 1: gotta get better at. And look, the coaches take the
Speaker 1: blame and Cliff Kingsbury did the same. But if it's
Speaker 1: a pre snap penalty, to what degree is that on
Speaker 1: the players? Bawl? Yeah, Paul. First of all, it's all
Speaker 1: on the players. It is. I don't care you get
Speaker 1: hit for a holding call, that's on you, all right. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the off side discipline is so important. It's interesting because
Speaker 1: we started this beautiful part of the program with you
Speaker 1: asking me, you know what's a Bill Belichick and you
Speaker 1: know Malcolm Butler? What what does that say about Malcolm Butler?
Speaker 1: We were talking about this very thing. The other thing
Speaker 1: that I forgot to mention is Bill Belichick love guys,
Speaker 1: PAULI that commit penalties. Guy, Guys that were disciplined, Guys
Speaker 1: that didn't go out there and take shortcuts, put himself
Speaker 1: in a bad position where suddenly they had to hold
Speaker 1: as an offensive lineman or as a dB a bad technique,
Speaker 1: using a jam technique and then missing on that jam
Speaker 1: and then having to hold and get a penalty on
Speaker 1: that he liked guys that didn't get flagged for penalties,
Speaker 1: guys that were disciplined. And it's interesting because nobody knows
Speaker 1: that better than Cliff Kingsbury. I think Cliff this year,
Speaker 1: if there's one area I think he's really going to
Speaker 1: improve with, it's gonna be the Hey, listen, you know what,
Speaker 1: Your playing time is going to be greatly impacted if
Speaker 1: you commit penalties. You know, I did this Seattle thing
Speaker 1: earlier in the week. I looked at one of the
Speaker 1: game summaries Cardinals at Seattle. That game they lost. Remember
Speaker 1: there was the brutal Drake Kirkpatrick flagrant foul penalty where
Speaker 1: they had a stop on thirsty team continue to drop.
Speaker 1: In addition to that, there were four false start penalties
Speaker 1: against the Cardinals offensive line. Wolf there were no fans
Speaker 1: in the stands yea, the place false start field was
Speaker 1: empty and the Cardinals committed four false starts as an
Speaker 1: offensive line in the game. That's the kind of inexcusable stuff,
Speaker 1: brutal ball. And by the way, when they bring into
Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson and he wasn't flagged for a single penalty
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty and the man hasn't had a false start.
Speaker 1: Write this down possible and knock on wood since two
Speaker 1: thousand and sixteen. The new starting center. Two time pro
Speaker 1: bowler Rodney Hudson has not been flagged for a false
Speaker 1: start since two thousand and sixteen. There's a cause and
Speaker 1: effect there when Steve Kim made that trade. We wrap
Speaker 1: up the Big Red Race presented by Santan Born and Gilbert. Next,
Speaker 1: it's a run play right inside the Big Hole Edmonds
Speaker 1: twenty five twenty ten five touchdown the inside zone being
Speaker 1: run and Chase Edmond's farm. The hole, if to the house,
Speaker 1: Baby gives it to Connor, sweeps the left side, got
Speaker 1: him at the tam Connor to the five into the touchdown.
Speaker 1: James Cotter explosive. Just the weapons that we have, Chase
Speaker 1: doing this thing already, and so you know, watching film,
Speaker 1: I'm like, man, just do he can he can ball
Speaker 1: And I want to, you know, learn from him, be
Speaker 1: a part of it, get to work with him. You know,
Speaker 1: I ain't no telling, I can't predict not him, but
Speaker 1: I know I can guarantee I'm gonna come in here
Speaker 1: and work the day in and day out from my
Speaker 1: head down to grind and you know, I'm in it
Speaker 1: for the long cost. So seventeen game season, I'm looking
Speaker 1: forward to it. And it's James Conner on the Cardinals
Speaker 1: array of weapons, the offensive potential two twenty one, a
Speaker 1: two headed running game. Perhaps we'll see that's all being
Speaker 1: decided over the next month. Cardinals Campus underway. We're wrapping
Speaker 1: up this edition carts Camp edition of Big Red Rage,
Speaker 1: presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert. We are Satan Ford,
Speaker 1: Paul kalbc Ron Wolfley Special thanks again to our guest earlier,
Speaker 1: Malcolm Butler. Wolf When you look at the offensive side
Speaker 1: of the ball, and I know you had your eyes
Speaker 1: on the backfield today, number six, James Conner, and the
Speaker 1: stakeaway is Okay, there's the big back, the big back
Speaker 1: the Cardinals now have at their disposal, whether it's third
Speaker 1: and short, whether it's inside the five. You just you
Speaker 1: can't help but daydream as you're watching Cardinals practice, even
Speaker 1: though the pads aren't going to come on for another
Speaker 1: half week or so, But just thinking of the possibilities
Speaker 1: with a big back like James Connor. Yeah, six one
Speaker 1: two thirty two, Paul, how's that taste right there? You know?
Speaker 1: And I love that. I love the fact that they're
Speaker 1: going to run some inside zone with him. Hopefully they're
Speaker 1: going to run some tackle zone with him as well.
Speaker 1: But I think in terms of training camp, in some
Speaker 1: of the position battles, I do believe James Conner and
Speaker 1: Chase Edmonds. Yes, you're gonna use both these guys, we
Speaker 1: know that, But I wonder what that rep ratio is
Speaker 1: going to be, Paul, Is it going to be more
Speaker 1: Chase Edmonds? Is it going to be more James Conner?
Speaker 1: You and I have been talking about this. I don't
Speaker 1: know what that rep ratio is going to be. But
Speaker 1: I think as the offense evolves in as preseason unfolds,
Speaker 1: I think we'll get a better idea. Could it be
Speaker 1: that Chase Edmonds is your guy between the twenties and
Speaker 1: then here comes James Connor once you get into the
Speaker 1: red zone. Could it be that Chase Edmonds gets the
Speaker 1: bulk of the touches the first three quarters and then
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter when you want to wear down a defense,
Speaker 1: especially if you have a lead, then you bring in
Speaker 1: the big, bruising back, James Connor. Yeah, Polly, it could
Speaker 1: be something that elementary. It could, but It's going to
Speaker 1: be interesting to see the way they divvy that up.
Speaker 1: And not only that, when James Connor is in there, Polly,
Speaker 1: what is the run pass ratio? When Chase Edmonds is
Speaker 1: in there? Polly, what is the run pass ratio? Because
Speaker 1: this is what defensive coordinators do. They just break you
Speaker 1: down by personnel groups, by formation, Paul, they break everything down.
Speaker 1: And what kind of tendencies do you have, because everyone's
Speaker 1: looking for tendencies. That's going to be an interesting tendency
Speaker 1: to watch. What do they do when James Connor's in there,
Speaker 1: and what do they do when Chase Edmonds in there?
Speaker 1: And how much does that differ from each other? Cliff
Speaker 1: Kingsbury was asked. In fact, I followed up and asked
Speaker 1: him today just about some of those position battles, and
Speaker 1: you know, where does he think those are going to
Speaker 1: play out and what questions does he want answered by
Speaker 1: the time he gets to the end of camp. Here's
Speaker 1: the head coach. Every position to me, each year is
Speaker 1: a new battle, you know, to see who steps up,
Speaker 1: who kind of grabs the starting role and runs with it.
Speaker 1: We get some great young guys who we think have
Speaker 1: a chance to really step up and you know, make
Speaker 1: the roster and make an impact. But every position group
Speaker 1: this year has been upgraded, and so I'm interested to
Speaker 1: see how it kind of plays out beyond running back Wolf.
Speaker 1: Where are you looking? Right guard, the corner opposite Malcolm Butler?
Speaker 1: Would you say those are the next biggest and best
Speaker 1: position battles? Yeah? For me right now, I don't think
Speaker 1: there's going to be a position battle the corner opposite
Speaker 1: of Malcolm Butler. If Robert Alfred is healthy, If he's healthy,
Speaker 1: I don't think there's anything such as a position battle.
Speaker 1: That's just me Paul. Even watching him today make plays,
Speaker 1: he was once again really really good. Now granted it's practice,
Speaker 1: I understand that, but very very impressed with Robert Alfred.
Speaker 1: I would have to say right guard reich guard be
Speaker 1: on a shadow of a doubt. I think Justin Murray,
Speaker 1: of course, Brian Winters, the guy they signed from the
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills and brought him in, a grizzled veteran, a
Speaker 1: guy that's a mall or a guy that's a slug
Speaker 1: fest guy. At reich guard, I think that is going
Speaker 1: to be a big battle with Justin. Maybe maybe you
Speaker 1: throw in Josh Jones into the mix, even though I
Speaker 1: still think he's more a candidate to play on the edge,
Speaker 1: play left tackle, play right tackle. Somewhere in there, Josh
Speaker 1: Jones is a guy that maybe they want to get
Speaker 1: him reps and they move him in at that Reich guard.
Speaker 1: I don't know defensively, how much is Lucky Foe too
Speaker 1: gonna play or how much is We're Shard Lawrence going
Speaker 1: to play Pollie? What is their rep ratio going to be? Like?
Speaker 1: Right there? This is these are all things. It's not
Speaker 1: just about who starts and who doesn't start. It's also
Speaker 1: who gets the vast majority of reps as well. So
Speaker 1: it's playing time that a lot of these guys are competing.
Speaker 1: And having said that, it made me think of today
Speaker 1: and just watching AJ Green go out there and run. Polly.
Speaker 1: I'm listen, We're not going to say anything about AJ Green.
Speaker 1: This is a guy that has proven he is one
Speaker 1: of the best receivers in the National Football League when
Speaker 1: he is healthy. He's done that for years. He is
Speaker 1: getting a little long in the tooth. But I will
Speaker 1: tell you right now, I saw this guy and I
Speaker 1: was shocked at how well he ran. That's what everyone
Speaker 1: told you he's slowing down. He's slowing You know what, paul,
Speaker 1: I didn't see a guy slowing down. I don't know
Speaker 1: about you, but I saw him run today. And guess what.
Speaker 1: There's a need for aj Green on this team. DeAndre
Speaker 1: Hopkins had one hundred and sixty targets. He had thirty
Speaker 1: four percent of the receiving yards in that receiving room,
Speaker 1: which is the highest percentage of any receiver in any team.
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins line up on the left side according to
Speaker 1: Next Gen Stats, ninety one percent of the time. So
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsberry needs some more options at receiver. He needs
Speaker 1: guys who will get yards after catch and other than
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins and Chase Edmonds. There was very little of
Speaker 1: that last year, No, Paula, you're right about that. Again.
Speaker 1: You have to wonder how much no huddle will they
Speaker 1: go with this year, Cliff Kingsberry, what about that off
Speaker 1: tempa with no movement whatsoever? Right spreading out DeAndre Hopkins.
Speaker 1: You're gonna move him around. You're gonna put him on
Speaker 1: the right side of the formation as opposed to the
Speaker 1: left side. What are you gonna do with how much
Speaker 1: end personnel, how much four wide will we see. Yeah,
Speaker 1: these are all just some of the questions. We have
Speaker 1: three weeks of practice at camp, you have three preseason games,
Speaker 1: and we're just getting started. Thanks again to Malcolm Butler's
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