WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - New Beginnings For Greg Dortch 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:05.520 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles. Sold ahead, 0:00:05.600 --> 0:00:06.720 he got jacked. 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:11.639 This is the big Red Rage presented by santan Ford 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:12.280 in Gilbert. 0:00:12.360 --> 0:00:15.720 Mary's gonna score touchdown Slim to the ground by Buddha 0:00:15.760 --> 0:00:17.240 Baker Like a torpedo. 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:19.279 He came flying into the back bel. 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:25.680 The rage is brought to you by santan Ford in Gilbert. 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:30.040 Are you santan Ford State Farm? Talk to an agent 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:35.680 today at eight hundred State Farm. Hand by Arizona Cardinals podcast. 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:39.880 Visit Hazycardinals dot Com, Slash podcasts. 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:42.120 Red scenes, rising Up. 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:49.239 Temperaturizing vision, flurring rage, take you over. Here's Paul Calvis. 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:52.920 I'm ready. I'm one hundred percent ready. I'm telling you abready. 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:54.560 And Ron Wolfleep, it. 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:58.880 Doesn't get any better than that. Leash the fjord. 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:05.399 It's June first, and that means we are another month 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:12.959 closer to NFL football, almost exactly one hundred days away 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:18.119 from Week one at Washington, Oh Boy And after today's Ota, 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:20.640 Ron Wolfy new head coach Jonathan Gannon was asked about 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:22.959 the robust attendance out there and his answer, and I 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:26.360 do quote. If you want to get better at football, 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:33.080 play football end quote. Jonathan Gannon as at Cardinals practice 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:36.440 field is akin to a construction zone these days. The 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:38.560 only thing missing are the orange pylons and maybe the 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:42.639 backup beep of a big dump truck, because that heavy 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:45.959 machinery sound out there is that of a new foundation 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:50.640 being laid, a new culture being built, brick by brick, 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:53.040 if you will, and it is the big red Rage 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:55.840 presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. We'll get into all 0:01:55.840 --> 0:02:00.160 that with Greg Dorsch receiver extraordinaire momentarily right now, all 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:04.240 Calvc and Ron Wolfley on the original Thursday Night Football. 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:07.160 Paully so jacked up right now because as you can imagine, 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:10.040 of course, these OTAs, they're not just like some other 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:14.600 teams OTAs, Pauli. This is the Arizona Cardinals OTAs, and 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.440 they've got a brand new regime. They've got a brand 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:21.040 new way of doing things, a brand new culture, starting 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:23.960 with the general manager Manti asen Ford of course, and 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:28.840 now JG and the coaching staff. OTAs are very very important. 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:32.560 Of course, when you've got first time coaches, you've got 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:37.240 Jonathan Gannon and Monti asin Ford trying to absolutely create 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:41.280 this brand new culture out of nothing. These are important 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:43.160 days for the Arizona Cardinals. 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:45.160 I'll be honest with you, I have it right here 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:47.680 my roster. I was not walking on into that field 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:51.560 without a freshly printed roster. I don't think I've ever 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:55.200 in my almost twenty years covering the Cardinals here gone 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:57.320 to a roster as often as I did today. I'm like, Okay, 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:00.480 wait a minute, who's that again? What name and what number? 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:05.960 I mean, it's a turnover, just the new names and faces. 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:08.880 It is remarkable. And wolf a little bit later, I'll 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:13.520 regale you with my OTA takeaways from earlier today and numbers. 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:13.840 Good. 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:15.840 Number one is going to be Isaiah Simmons. We'll get 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:17.720 into that in depth a little bit later. Number two 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:19.720 is going to be the run game. We'll get into 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:24.080 that with James Connor. And maybe you're starting center as well. 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:27.120 But I tell you, there's so much here that you 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:30.040 can look at virtually every position group and guess what 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:34.240 we now include receiver because that has evolved as well. 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:38.240 After the Cardinals to begin well the Memorial Day weekend, 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:42.720 they released DeAndre Hopkins and Jonathan Gannon. With his first 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:45.720 comment when asked about the release of d hop today. 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:48.640 All the factors that were in play. We just felt 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:50.280 that it was the best thing for the team to 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:53.840 play with who we have really no big deal to me. 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:56.120 You know, we're operating on the premise that he's going 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:58.720 to be here and now we're not, so we're moving on. 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.000 Look, you could have gone to Manti Usin for the 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:05.080 new GM and his initial intro press conference when he 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:07.880 said the words that I quote again ego will not 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:10.960 be tolerated right there, you could have made a case, 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:13.680 guess what, d Hop is not coming back. But there 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:16.640 were a lot of reasons. It went far beyond that. 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:19.159 Wolf and I know you've talked about it at length. 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:21.960 What are your takeaways as a Cardinals sit right here 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:22.520 right now. 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:27.120 Yeah, Paula, you know, once again with d Hop, it 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:31.560 wasn't a me situation. It was a we situation that 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:35.400 got him gone. It was it was just the fact 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:40.080 that the Arizona Cardinals, as far as I'm concerned, looking 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:43.559 at Hop, they were all in on saying, hey, listen, 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:47.120 if he's not going to be the type of guy 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:52.240 from a practice perspective that we need, we're not going 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:55.360 to have him on this team. And I think that 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:59.080 may have got him out of here more than anything else, 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:04.640 because again, and you're taking a jackhammer to an old foundation, Paul, 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:07.559 That's what JG is doing right now, That's what Manti 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:10.400 Austin Ford is doing. You're taking a jackhammer to the 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:13.200 old foundation. You're ripping it up, and you're going to 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:17.760 pour all new foundation to build your culture on. And 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:21.520 a guy that isn't going to practice. I think they've 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:25.320 made it very very clear that he's not going to 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:27.960 be here and that's part of the old old culture. 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:30.640 Yeah, Yeah, it's just you're right. I mean, everything sort 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:33.440 of fits under the heading of not a great fit 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:37.320 about to turn thirty one. The fact his cap hit 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:40.520 would have been nearly thirty one million this year, you 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:44.240 just saved over nineteen million in real cash. You don't 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:47.039 have to pay him. You can take the entire cap 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:50.680 hit of over twenty three million here this season only 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:54.400 by letting him go before June first. Everything from the 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:56.279 style of the offense and there's going to pre be 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.640 a premium on receivers blocking to if you're going to 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:03.400 begin this season close to how you ended last season 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:07.280 with a backup quarterback. Dab didn't look all too interested 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:10.640 in that scenario. So there's a lot of different reasons 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:13.719 why the headline reads, and this is all jim O Mahundra. 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:17.120 Well done from X receiver as in the letter X 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:21.240 to X receiver as in e X. That's the headline. 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:24.839 Yeah, that is a headline right now, Pauline. Of course, 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:26.640 everyone is saying, you know, what are you going to do? 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:28.880 How are you going to replace him? Well, you're going 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:31.960 to replace him by starting with the running game, paul 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:34.320 That is how you're going to replace him. We're going 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:35.520 to start running the ball. 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:39.000 That and guess what, You're gonna see what you have 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:41.479 under the hood and the rest of that receiver room. 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:44.120 In fact, Jonathan Gannon commented on that today. 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:47.359 Obviously he's a great player. You know, with the guys 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:49.960 that we have on the team right now, they present 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:53.320 some challenges to the defense with their skill sets. I 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:55.840 think just with the guys that we have out there, 0:06:55.839 --> 0:06:59.719 getting the best eleven out there, who's our one, two, three, four, five, six, 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:02.880 and putting them guys in positions that make plays for 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:05.080 us and use their skill sets accordingly, I think will 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:05.479 be okay. 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:07.080 And again we're going to get into it with Greg 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:08.800 Dortch Right is going to be part of that rotation. 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:11.320 But if you have Hollywood Brown, Rondelle Moore, and Greg 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:14.239 Dorch and Zach Pascal and then the third round rookie 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:19.280 Michael Wilson, So there's basically the nucleus of your receiver room. 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:22.120 How comfortable are you when I list off those names 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:23.000 of that position group. 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:26.120 I'm really comfortable, Paully, because once again, you're going to 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:28.080 run the ball. Did I say that, Paul? You're going 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:29.600 to run the ball. You're going to line up and 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:32.000 you're going to play some smash model football. And that's 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:34.280 one of the reasons why I'm so fired up about that, 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:36.760 because they are going to run the ball. But having 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:39.720 said that, of all the names you just ripped off 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:42.600 to me, Michael Wilson is the guy. Michael Wilson is 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:45.520 a guy that is a large target. He's a guy 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:47.960 that is very, very smart, and because of that, I 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:50.600 think the learning curve of a wide receiver coming into 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:54.400 the National Football League is going to go so much 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:59.080 smoother for him because of his brain and a lot 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:01.040 of the times you've got to be able to run 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:03.960 these reid routes and be on the same page as 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:06.640 your quarterback. And I think Michael Wilson is going to 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:10.960 pick up the NFL game quickly. We'll see, that's a guess. 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:13.960 But we'll see if he is able to actually contribute 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:15.680 in a big way his rookie year. 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:18.560 And it's going to be different on game day. DeAndre 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:21.800 Hopkins a perennial Pro bowler. He commands a lot of 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:25.160 attention from the defense, yes, and that sort of attention 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:28.200 trickles down to everyone else. We know that. But here's 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:31.360 the thing. He has missed fifteen of his last twenty 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:35.200 six games. So the Cardinals became used to playing without 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:38.079 DeAndre Hopkins, and so when it comes to replacing d 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:40.480 hop well, guess what they've been there and done that. 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:42.640 Here's Jonathan Gannon on that challenge. 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:44.800 You know, I'm not really looking to replace d hop 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:48.240 What I'm looking for is us to play together winning 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:51.839 football as a team. And that's just not the receiver room. 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:54.200 That's the tight end group, deal line grouped quarterback group, 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:57.680 running back group, the defense, special teams at kicking. So 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:01.320 football is never about one guy, never has never will be. 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:03.880 And we all got to pull our weight. 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:06.000 And we're gonna ask Greg Dorts just about the upside 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:08.960 still in that receiver room, including Hollywood Brown. You remember 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:11.200 before he suffered the foot injury. In Week six, Wolf 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:14.600 Hollywood Brown was top five and receiving yards and top 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:18.600 seven in receptions. He was among the league leaders with 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:22.320 Kyler Murray out of the gate. So if you consider 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:25.960 him wide receiver one, Hollywood Brown, what do you think 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:30.240 what sort of season, especially a contract year for Marquise 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:33.199 Hollywood Brown. I just wonder what's in store for him. 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:36.440 Yeah, Paully, first of all, once again, because the Arizona 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:38.600 Cardinals are going to run the ball, and because they 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:40.800 are going to put a quarterback under center, and because 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:42.760 they are going to run play action, a lot of 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:47.040 play action. Hollywood Brown tore up the league on a 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:49.880 lot of play action when he was with the Baltimore Ravens. 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:53.520 It's what he does. His speed, of course, allows him 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:56.640 to get by. You run that play action, suddenly they'll 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:59.959 safety settle down and they pad their feet and they 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:03.280 chop it up and then suddenly you got Hollywood running 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:07.720 a nine route down the sideline right. And that's some 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:10.560 of the some of the plays I expect to see 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:15.560 from this offense going forward. And Marquise Hollywood Brown is 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:17.360 going to be right in the middle of that because 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:20.880 of how good he is as a receiver that gets 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:23.559 down the middle of the field as well on play action. 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:27.520 Paul, Well, to your point, James Connor was asked today, 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:30.000 and once again we'll hear from James Connor a little 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:33.000 bit later, but the takeaway quote, at least for your purposes, 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:35.360 I'm guessing, is when he was asked, Hey, James, what 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:38.000 do you like about this new offense, and he immediately said, 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.200 and I quote, that we're going to be running the 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:44.400 ball a lot, and that he's already watched Brown's film 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:48.480 for insight into the Drew Petsen scheme and he likes 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:50.440 the way they use Nick Chubb put it that way. 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:54.880 Oh my goodness, it is a beautiful thing to behold. Now. Granted, 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:58.320 the Cleveland Browns have an excellent offensive line. They do 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:00.920 and they run the ball very, very well. And Nick 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:04.840 Chubb is just simply I to me, he's the best 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:07.160 running back. If I was going to pick one running back, 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:09.200 I'd kid you not. I might surprise you with this, 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:11.360 but I was going to pick one to build a 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:15.800 running attack around, it'd be Nick Chubb. He is incredible 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:18.520 to watch. He's built, loaded, the ground. He's powerful. You 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:20.520 can't knock him off his feet easily. 0:11:20.880 --> 0:11:23.880 Love Chobb By the way, I think the Cardinals old 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:26.800 line is a little more subtled than most people might think. 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:28.880 We'll get into that a little bit later as well. 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:32.760 Reminders single game tickets on sale now. Easycardinals dot com 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:36.280 slash buy tickets to secure your seats today. Easycardinals dot 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:41.000 com slash buy tickets up next. Five teams in his 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:43.560 first two years in the NFL before he got traction 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:46.160 with the Cardinals. Right he went into last season only 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:49.240 three career catches, ended up being the Cardinals leading receiver 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:52.440 in multiple games. We're going to talk to Greg Dortch 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:54.960 when we come back. The Big Red Rage presented by 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:58.480 santan Ford and Gilbert. We are santan Ford. 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:05.440 Murray looking fires right side and it's caught in the 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:09.120 end Zona touchdown. Greg Dortch had his big time from 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:12.280 Dorch and Kylo Snafter. Murray quick throw left side, It's 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:14.880 caught at the one and into the end zone for 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:15.920 the touchdown. 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:17.760 Is Greg Dortch give. 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:19.960 To Greg Dortch is across the forty to the forty 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:24.120 five fifty into Tampa territory. Inside the forty five, spinning 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:28.000 his way to the forty two yard line. Greg Dorch 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:31.760 with more energy right now than the entire Tampa defense. 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:33.560 There's a big chunk run. 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:36.360 Hold in by dort breaks a tackle at the thirty barside, 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:39.240 thirty five mother broken tackle, forty pass the left, cut 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:42.160 by Dorts, burst out of the fifty barside forty thirty five, 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:44.600 thirty cuts back on the right, twenty five, twenty torch, 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:48.280 don't to speed fifteen and finally tackled at the thirteen. 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:52.320 This is the one thing that is undeniable about Greg Dortch. 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:56.920 Every time he gets the opportunity to play, he makes. 0:12:56.960 --> 0:13:03.600 Plas, make plays, make the team. It just started in 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:07.320 camp last year and it continued all the way through 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:09.920 the end of the season. And we're talking about a 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:12.360 season where our guest on the Big Red Rage set 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:17.840 career highs and games played, games started, catches, receiving yards, touchdowns. 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:21.000 Last time we talked, in fact, it wasn't even in America. 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:23.320 It was in Mexico City. It was after your big 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:25.720 game against the forty nine ers. There we were in 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:29.640 that cramp makeshift locker room at as Stadio as Teca. 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:31.520 And now you know what. We're done messing around here 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:33.200 on the Big Red Rage, brought to you by Santan 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:35.319 Ford and Gilbert. We're gonna talk some real ball. We're 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:39.400 gonna talk with Greg Dorsch. Greg, welcome back. And I 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:41.520 tell you what. Let me start with camp last year, 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:43.400 because at the end of camp all the coaches gave 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:45.920 you props and praise for setting the tone for virtually 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:50.440 everyone else. Right, And to what degree do you think 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:53.440 that propelled you through the regular season everything you did 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:55.160 in August? How much did that carry over? 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:56.839 Uh? 0:13:57.720 --> 0:14:01.800 Man? Just the whole process of me not knowing if 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:02.920 I was going to be on a team or not, 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:06.440 and then getting a car from the Cardinals and just 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:08.160 coming to training camp, and I was just trying to 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:10.719 just showcase my abilities and show the coaches that I 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:14.440 could show up every day and be consistent, and honestly 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:17.200 just carried on into the season, man, And I just 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:20.000 waited my turn, and my turn came, and I just 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:20.840 took advantage of that. 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:23.040 Even when you got the call that you made the team, 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:25.440 you still weren't totally certain, right. I remember you saying 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:27.360 that because your first year in the league. 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:29.360 It happened before. Yeah, my first year in the league, 0:14:29.400 --> 0:14:31.640 I made the fifty three, and then the next day 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:33.520 when they claimed the guy off waivers, they released me. 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:38.120 So you start last season right, You lead the Cardinals 0:14:38.160 --> 0:14:41.360 with seven catches for sixty three yards against KC week one. 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:44.080 Week two you had four grabs fifty five yards, had 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:48.400 the touchdown. Week three against the Rams, nine grabs eighty yards, 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:52.240 and then the snaps were inconsistent. Over the next seven games, 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:55.000 you only had five catches. You know what happened? Why 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:55.960 refresh my memory? 0:14:56.960 --> 0:14:58.760 Honestly, it was it's just the name of the game 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:02.560 man you coming in. Ryndeale was the starter. I think 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:05.320 he went down with Andrey, so my name got caught 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:06.840 and it was just time for me to step up 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:08.720 and make a play. But once he got healthy, it 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:11.920 was his job, so I went back to being his backup. 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:14.920 So that's rid of the main reason why I lost snaps. 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:16.880 But then when you, as Wolf and Pash said there 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:19.560 in the highlight montage, when you got your chance, you 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:22.080 made darn sure to maximize your chance, like the breakout 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:23.760 game in Mexico City against the Niners. 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:25.800 Right, yes, sir, you never know when your numbers gonna 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:28.920 get caught. Again. So shoot, man, I was excited to 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.040 be in Mexico and just get my name called and 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:33.400 my number called. And honestly, Randale was the starter. He 0:15:33.640 --> 0:15:35.320 was ready to go. And the first played the game, 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:38.160 I think he went down. So it was just right, 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:39.320 first pass he went down. 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:42.240 It just started raining right right before kickoff. And then 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:44.960 that's right, and you know what, your forty seven yard 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:47.040 catch and run against the Niners in Mexico City was 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:51.400 the longest play from scrimmage until until the very final game. 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:54.400 The seventy seven yard er right and then and the 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:55.960 aj Green catching run. 0:15:56.240 --> 0:15:58.920 I remember, I remember everybody talking about that, but I 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:00.920 was excited for Aja that happened for him. I knew 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:02.720 that was gonna be his last game, so for him 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:03.920 to go out like that, man, it was great. 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:05.400 Yeah. That was like the second play of the game. 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:08.600 They set him up, you know, and it's finale. Greg 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:10.360 Dortch is our guest here on the Big Red Rage. 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:13.720 How many times have you heard the following, Yeah, you're 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:14.840 not big enough to play. 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:17.360 Forball my whole life, man, I've been playing football since 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:19.480 I was six, and I've always been pretty much the 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:23.040 smallest guy. So you just gotta find ways to make plays. 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.320 Man's that's an excuse. Size is an excuse. 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:27.760 So I coached my son's little league team a few 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:29.840 years ago, right, and we play some of these teams. 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:31.960 I look over there, I go, what are they putting 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:34.920 hgh in the juice boxes? Like what is going on here? 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:36.400 And I used to have a saying with these kids 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:39.120 and the dug guy say, you know what, Bigger isn't better? 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:42.200 Better is better? Go out there and be better on 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:45.480 the field for sure? What is your mentality and how 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:48.080 have you been able to be the point one percent 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:50.120 of football players in the world just by making an 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:50.880 NFL roster? 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:52.720 Yeah, I think I've just been blessed. Man. When I 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:55.160 go out there, like, regardless of stature, I feel like 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:57.320 I played big, Like I really do. I feel like 0:16:57.640 --> 0:16:59.120 if you throw a ball my way, I can go 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:03.080 up and high pointed, I can make people miss. I 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:04.800 just felt like I play bigger than my size, man, 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:07.240 and it's taking me a long way because. 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:09.000 You're listened to at five seven one seventy five. 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:11.960 Right, Yes, so I'm a little bigger than that, but you. 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:13.760 Look like you put out a little wait huh. 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:15.440 For sure, I've definitely hit the weight room a lot 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:16.919 this off season. I'm ready to go. 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:18.520 But I remember you telling us last year in the 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:20.000 Big Red Rage, you said, you know what, in a 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:21.680 phone booth, I'll still make you miss. 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:24.239 Yeh's no doubt you're not. I promise you won't touch me. 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:28.440 Where does the confidence come from then? Uh? 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:31.199 Myself, man, just the amount of work that I put in, 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:33.560 and I really believe in myself, and I know that 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:35.720 what's done in the dark will always come to Like, man, 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:39.360 I'm always working, whether you see me or not, I'm 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:40.320 gonna be the same guy. 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:42.760 Because seriously, the other thing, what is your sophomore year 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:45.320 at college? You were a first team All American return 0:17:45.400 --> 0:17:51.040 Specialists by like sports Illustrated Pro Football Focus. So I mean, yes, 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:53.199 you defy the odds and you made it as an 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:55.840 undrafted rookie, right yep. But then again, there you were 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:58.480 at the combine and your roommate once upon a time, 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:01.359 right was Hollywood Brow. How'd that go, by the way 0:18:01.880 --> 0:18:03.639 memory in that story, Yeah it was. 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:07.040 I didn't know. So I got into the hotel room 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:09.399 and uh, you know, Hollywood. He had a lot of 0:18:09.840 --> 0:18:12.800 media and pressed around him, so he wasn't really in 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:14.439 the room that much. So I was in a room, 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:17.760 uh really like eating peanut peep and J's and just 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:20.639 trying to like up my weight for the combine. And 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:22.880 then he walks in with this big old like bags 0:18:22.920 --> 0:18:24.959 of like Adida's gear and he got He's got all 0:18:25.000 --> 0:18:27.000 this gear. And I'm like, bro, what's up? 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:27.160 Bro? 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:28.760 And like he was like, bro, what's up? Like it 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:30.280 was just crazy that we were roommates, you know what 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:31.919 I'm saying. Like we we've talked to each other, but 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:34.000 like that was really like our first time getting a 0:18:34.040 --> 0:18:36.160 chance to hang out and it was just cool. 0:18:36.200 --> 0:18:36.360 Man. 0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:38.199 It was cool. And now that we're teammates is just 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:39.560 like it's just full circle. 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:39.719 All right. 0:18:39.760 --> 0:18:42.080 So tell us about the receiver room, especially now minus 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:45.040 d Hot What is Drew Petsying? What is Drew Terrell? 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:46.760 What do they want to see out of you? What 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:48.680 do you think they envisioned as your role? 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:51.920 Yeah, just just being that guy that they can rely on, 0:18:53.600 --> 0:18:55.720 Just being consistent with whenever my name's called. They know 0:18:55.840 --> 0:18:58.560 that I can play. It's all on film, So just 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:02.240 getting adjusted to the new playbook. Can I don't know, man, 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:04.160 Just being consistent and being the person that they want 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:05.720 me to be in the right spots that they want 0:19:05.760 --> 0:19:06.240 me to be at. 0:19:06.359 --> 0:19:08.760 What is the best way to utilize your skill set? 0:19:08.800 --> 0:19:10.680 I mean, we saw you a lot of passes behind 0:19:10.680 --> 0:19:12.800 the line of scrimmage, a lot of sideline to side 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:15.119 and sort of you know, horizontal stuff. But then you 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:17.320 were effective when you were targeted downfield too. I mean, 0:19:17.720 --> 0:19:20.320 how would you draw things up to utilize your skill set? 0:19:20.520 --> 0:19:23.760 Uh, just call my number. It doesn't matter how you 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:25.600