WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Roy Lopez Does Dirty Work For Cardinals 0:00:01.800 --> 0:00:05.280 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles. 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I'm one hundred percent ready. 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:55.400 I'm telling you I'm ready. 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:59.080 And Ron Wolfley it doesn't get any better than that bo. 0:01:03.040 --> 0:01:05.160 All Red see here we go. I want to show 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:07.760 a hands right off the top who has already violated 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:11.240 their New Year's resolution. Come on now, oh look at that. 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:11.680 Yep. 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:14.319 Okay, we're in the trust tree here right up. Knock 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:17.760 it off. Wolf who says there's no NFL programming on 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:20.000 this Thursday night. Are you kidding me. We are the 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:24.880 original Thursday Night Football, and whenever we have a nose 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:28.679 tackle a fifteen games starter, we're most definitely putting the 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:32.080 big into Big Red Rage tonight. How about it, everyone, Roy? 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:36.199 Oh yeah, there we go. What I'm talking about? Paulie. 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:39.560 By the way, right now, I'm on vacation, paul as 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:42.720 you well know, fourteen days of vacation. Yet at the 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:44.480 same time, I have all these things I have to 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:47.400 do for the Arizona Cardinals, like Big Red Rage Jeff tonight. 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:50.400 Yet at the same time, Paulie, you know that these 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:53.440 fourteen days, I'm putting on about sixteen pounds. 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:58.120 Okay, Well that's really hard to do, is it not, Roy? Fourteen? 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:00.400 I mean seasy time? 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:03.080 Really this time? 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:05.520 Okay, so this time of the year where you'd. 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:07.680 Like to go ahead and maybe have a feast from 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:10.640 time to time or sit down and chow something. What 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.080 is Roy Lopez like to chow the most? 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:16.440 Well, I'll eat, I'll eat. Uh, I'll throw down some tacos. 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:19.960 So what kind of tacos I mean? 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:24.000 You know, well, most likely they're probably my mom's tacos. Okay, 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:27.080 she tries to keep them healthy, which is nice. So 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:31.440 I'll eat like ground turkey tacos o ground some shredded 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:34.240 shredded beef tacos. But I'm clearing ten. 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:36.760 Okay now, now, Roy, I was gonna say, you said 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:38.959 some what's the over under a number of tacos? 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:41.519 I'm clearing ten? Wow? 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:43.680 Okay, Well, first of all, I love the fact that 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:47.560 that the man admits it. Right, I'm clearing ten easily. 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:49.919 That's what I've did. Are you a spice guy? Though 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:51.800 not too much, not too much. 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:54.160 Just for the taste, okay, just for the taste, all right, 0:02:54.240 --> 0:02:55.120 I like that right. 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:55.480 There for me. 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:57.040 We go food. 0:02:57.639 --> 0:02:58.600 We can go food all day. 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:01.560 Oh yeah, okay, Hop and Arrol loaded up. 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:04.680 Speaking to mom. All you have to do is look 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:07.600 into the front row here at Trophy and channel watch 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.840 you name some names because the Lopez family is representing 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:11.400 here tonight. 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:11.760 Yeah. 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:14.160 You know so, I think that's one of the beauties 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:17.639 of me, you know, being from Arizona, is I get 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:19.320 to do a lot of these things with my family, 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:22.359 which is pretty cool, you know. So, uh, front Rock, 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:25.079 I got my mom my dad here, I got my 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:29.040 my cousin who is also my trainer, Marco's Escerville. I 0:03:29.040 --> 0:03:30.399 got my THEO Larry here. 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:34.960 Oh yeah, Larry back there, Yeah, Larry. 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:37.760 It's amazing. I see some of these spaces on the road, like, 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:40.320 oh yeah, right, your family members are there like in 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:41.520 row three a lot of times. 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:44.800 Yeah, they travel well, man. My family's uh, they got 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:45.680 the biggest hearts. 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:45.880 Of the world. 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:52.080 And I got my cousin Michelle back there, yeah. 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:53.600 And her family as well, man. So just uh. And 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:55.760 then I got my other deal coming out later the 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:58.120 night as well. So this is awesome. 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:00.880 Here's the really cool thing about right now. Of course, 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:04.160 your dad is a coach, okay, And how many other 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:07.480 people in your family work in the game of football. 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:09.160 In regard to being a coach. 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:10.920 I don't think there's a man in my family that 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:12.560 does not do football. 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:13.760 Are you see everybody? 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:15.360 He's a high school football coach somehow. 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:17.560 Oh oh my goodness, whether. 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:19.839 It's a head coach, O line, d line coach something. 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:23.000 It's been like that since my whole life. 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:25.440 See that is that is that blows me away, because 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:27.760 you know, I grew up in a football family. My 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:30.880 older brother, Craig, he played twelve years in the NFL. 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:33.240 My younger brother Dale has passed, but he was better 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:36.039 than both of us put together. He played a long 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:38.800 time at college football, and yet at the same time, 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:42.760 that's nowhere even close to what you've just described. You 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:45.440 are a football family, Are you. 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:49.000 Not the hunter for saying I always say that, you know, 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:51.680 all their journeys, you know, led up to me being 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:54.400 right here, right, everything that they learned throughout their time. 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:56.960 And they were all great football players and in every 0:04:56.960 --> 0:04:59.480 sport they played in, really, and so they understood what 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:01.960 it took to get to where they were at, right 0:05:02.000 --> 0:05:04.120 and so, and then in order for me to take 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:06.880 the next step, they invested all their love, time, energy 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:09.359 and effort into me growing up, whether it was in 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:13.279 junior high, high school, college, and you know, it wasn't 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:15.239 just me that made it, you know, A to the NFL. 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:17.599 It's all those man. That's why they always come to everything, 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:21.320 because it's they deserve it, man, They deserve it. Oh, 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:22.560 I love it right and. 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:25.640 A temp native. It's not like anyone needs GPS around here. Okay, 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:28.040 they know exactly where they're going. And we're gonna get 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:30.720 into this and do a deep dive a little bit later, 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:34.240 all right into his upbringing, high school ball here. Maybe 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:35.880 we'll even get into the fact a year at U 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:38.120 of A even if former U of A guy saw 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:41.600 last night that it was targeting against Texas in that game. 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:43.680 We'll get into that maybe a little bit later. But 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:45.279 here you are. You have one week left in the 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:47.680 regular season. Just tell us about the mindset you had 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:50.520 a division game, right, Nobody likes the stinking forty nine ers. 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:53.520 Everybody wants the season sweep against San Francisco. Okay, So 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:55.440 tell us about the vibe in the locker room, the 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:56.920 mindset going into week eighteen. 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:59.440 Yeah, I think it's the same thing every single week, 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:02.200 you know, And and we're hungry as ever, you know, 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:03.280 because because. 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:05.599 This group of guys, we truly do love each other. 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:07.640 And I think that's something you can see whether you're 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.719 at the game where you're watching on TV. We'll fight 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:12.880 tooth and nail for every single yard someone's got to 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:15.080 get on us and every sing yard we gained, you know, 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:18.279 and that comes from the top down, from the coaches 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:20.159 to the leaders on our team. 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:20.960 You know. 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:24.400 JG started the week meeting hot this week, right, just 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:27.480 coming in fire and yelling, and that's something that you know, 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:30.159 it doesn't matter that happened week three, you know. So 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:33.880 we're fifteen and now eighteen weeks, but fifteen week difference 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:36.560 of this man just fired up every single day, you know. 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:38.600 So being able to play for a guy like that, 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:40.520 it's it's easy, you know, to go to work. 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.680 We host his TV show every Monday. Wolf Does that 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:47.760 surprise you that came in hot? It sounds like him. 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:49.000 Coming in level studio. 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:50.200 Yeah. 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:53.280 But you know, for the most part too, I know 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:55.239 what it's like to play on a lot of teams 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:58.960 where you've been eliminated. Unfortunately for me, I know what 0:06:59.000 --> 0:06:59.520 that's like. 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.520 No, right, okay, being eliminated. 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:05.080 Yet at the same time, it really taught me what 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:07.880 the game was all about, right when you were playing 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:11.760 in a quote unquote meaningless game. There is no such 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:14.440 thing as a meaningless NFL game. 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:15.320 Yeah, I can agree. 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:17.240 Man, I've been on the teams that were you know, 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:20.680 done in November, right, And so yeah, I would say 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:22.360 it every week to my family, like, oh, that next 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:24.200 week's a big game, but that next one, next one 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:25.680 is going to be a really big game. And my 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:27.320 kind of my deal kind of just told me, like, 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:30.120 you know, every game from here on now is big. 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:32.240 So it was one of those It was definitely a 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:34.000 cool moment in my career to be able to play 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:36.600 in a game where you know every play matters. You 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:38.640 know so and every single one does in every game, 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:40.120 but those ones you can feel it. 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:40.320 Man. 0:07:40.680 --> 0:07:42.960 I've got this idea that there's a lot of guys 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:46.400 in the locker room who play this game and played 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:48.360 as hard as they possibly can. It's one of the 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:52.120 reasons why j G and Manti Assen for brought you 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:54.239 in and a lot of other guys that are built 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:56.880 like you mentally, to bring you in and say let's 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:59.800 go and let's ball out and let's do the best 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:02.800 that we possibly can't. To me, I used to love 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:07.280 playing in games that were quote unquote meaningless because I'd 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:10.680 go out there and challenge myself coming out of the tunnel. 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:13.040 What are you gonna do today? What are you gonna 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:15.760 do today? Now what your team is gonna do today, 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:18.440 but what are you gonna do today? Are you gonna 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:20.040 win or lose yourself? 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:22.440 Do you think there's a lot of guys that come 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:25.320 out of the locker room and have that mentality. 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:25.480 One hundred percent? 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:27.080 I mean, you can take it back to last year 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:29.640 when we went into Philly, right, it's not much to 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:31.800 play for. People say, but you're going there and to 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:34.040 a playoff team and we take them four quarters to 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:34.959 take them down the wire. 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:35.960 And end up winning the game. You know. 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:38.960 So that's the beauty of football. I think the biggest 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:41.800 thing a lot of guys in this locker room. You know, 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:44.120 people can say you're playing for money, or you're playing 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:46.200 for status or whatever, but the biggest thing on this team, 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:48.360 there's the reason why this team was brought together is 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:50.960 for respect or a bunch of guys that just are 0:08:51.120 --> 0:08:54.960 dying for respecting the NFL, right, And so we play 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:57.680 like that in the moment we get recognition, we try 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:00.599 to bring it as a group because that's throughout this 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:01.160 whole process. 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:03.800 So I have to ask you this right here, because 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:08.000 I expected you guys to come out against Carolina Hot, 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:11.120 so to speak, and you guys did not. Why do 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:13.200 you think that might have been Roy Lopez? 0:09:13.440 --> 0:09:15.360 I think, honestly, I think they played a great ball. 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:17.960 They played a great game too, but played a great game. 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:21.240 Bryce played a great game, and you know, hats off 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:23.200 to them. You know, at the end of the day, 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:26.760 obviously we do got to play better, but they had 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:29.280 a great game plan. They executed well, their coaches called 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:32.679 a great game, and you know it's tough we were 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:33.280 able to pull down on. 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:36.160 You know, I was thinking, there's there's about thirteen or 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:39.520 fourteen guys that are year two or under that are 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:43.840 actually playing in rotations or are starting on this team 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:46.320 right now. Do you think it's the young guys that 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:50.960 are still developing that they suddenly brought up to you 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:51.720 in Carolina? 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:51.960 Right? 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:55.560 I think that's also something that's it never gets you 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:57.640 never get over that, right, And here I am a 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:01.480 year four, still improving, still learning. Right, So as far 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:04.440 as to say it's the young guys you know doing that, 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:06.199 that's gonna that's gonna be for as long as we 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:07.160 play football, you know. 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:11.480 So thankfully we have a great coup of young guys. 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:13.280 On this And the reason why I keep asking you 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:16.600 about this, Royd, is because it was so unlike everything 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:20.320 else I have seen that from you guys all season 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:21.680 long for the most part. 0:10:21.840 --> 0:10:23.959 Right and right right in the thick of that game, 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:27.440 you can if anybody were able to see our sidelines, 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:29.600 you can just see us look at each other and 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:32.800 lean out like nobody crossed each other, nobody gave up 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:35.600 on one another. It was Okay, we got eight minutes 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:37.839 left and it's close, like we just made it a 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:40.480 game again. And so it's that was the biggest thing, 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:42.640 is like we need one to stop and it's so hard. 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:45.960 So hard to do that well. 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:48.320 And last year you guys did something similar, right, not 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:50.720 only at Philly, at Pittsburgh, a couple of playoff teams 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:53.600 you knocked off on the road. Here's Kyler Murray. I'm 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:55.320 going into the offseason on a high. 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:58.920 Note, going into last game offseason. You know, I think 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:01.440 it's big to feel good your last performance, at least 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:03.960 me personally. I would like to go into the all 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:06.880 season playing well and have that, you know, on your mind. 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:09.120 That's the last thing you remember, you know. So that's 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:10.240 why I think that's what we want to do, is 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:12.360 go out there and play well, obviously to. 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:12.920 Win the game. 0:11:13.520 --> 0:11:15.760 If you go back to Week seven, this Cardinals defense, 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:18.360 ever since Week seven, has allowed the fewest touchdowns in 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:20.800 the NFL. Let that hang in the air a minute. 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:23.600 Buda was asked about that earlier today. He said, yeah, 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:25.840 you know, to begin the season, maybe we didn't quite 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:28.720 have the run fits correct. You know, we're doing a 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:30.839 better job now of affecting the quarterback. What do you 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:33.600 think has gone into the improvement in the defense as 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:35.400 a whole this second half of the season. 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:37.600 Yeah, I think that's from the top bottom, top to 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:39.920 the bottom as well. You know JG and Nick Gralis 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:43.559 man Nicholas is a dog man. He's he's going to 0:11:43.600 --> 0:11:45.959 be a great coach for a long, long time man. 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:49.560 So he's something that he's someone that learns from himself, 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:53.040 you know, and being able to step back and watch 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:56.600 the game tape and study himself as a play caller, right, 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:58.360 And so that's something that as. 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:00.559 A player, you'd love to play for somebody like that, Right. 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:03.080 It's it's something that you have to have humility in 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:05.360 doing that, you know, and so being able to make 0:12:05.400 --> 0:12:09.000 adjustments where they're at halftime before the game, during the game, right, 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:12.079 It's it's it's something that we've all grown together. 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:15.200 Maybe even season to season. As an example, this last game, 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:17.560 Kien Williams a year ago, he ran for over three 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:19.680 hundred yards into two games. Both pointed this out on 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.360 the broadcast during the game. Look what you guys did 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.320 against him this year? You guys stuffed him in both games. 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:27.320 Can you see that as a sign of growth? And 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:29.880 maybe even the coaches with the game plan right, getting 0:12:29.880 --> 0:12:32.360 ready for Kien Williams from one season to the next. 0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:34.559 Yeah, for sure, I think that's something that it goes 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:37.920 into mindset, It goes into respect, understanding that you know, 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.280 he probably he had over three hundred yards and both 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:43.360 times we played him, and so you know, he probably 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:45.280 went into the game thinking that he's probably gonna do 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:47.040 it again, you know. So that's just goes into the 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:50.080 respect aspect of you know, we don't want to be 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.320 that defense that people highlight and say, we want to 0:12:52.679 --> 0:12:55.720 get three hundred yards this game, right, like, so it 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:56.560 goes into respect. 0:12:57.040 --> 0:12:59.880 All right, We're gonna continue just getting rolling. Starting nos 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:03.400 Roy Lopez and the Arizona Cardinals. It is the Big 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.560 Red Rage resented by San Stanford and Gilbert Live from 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:09.320 Trophy and Chandler looking and a Queen Creek rode between 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:16.000 Price and Dobson moving around in the pocket looking everybody covered. 0:13:16.000 --> 0:13:16.800 Now I want in trouble. 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:19.880 Second fun of the ball and the Cardinals recovered at 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:21.400 the twenty nine yard line. 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:23.520 Roy Lopez gets the sack. 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:27.120 Roy Lopez with the tomahawk. 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:30.400 Baby Stevenson, the tailback, gets the carry, running to the 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:33.199 left and it's gonna be close. I don't think he 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:36.440 got it, and the Cardinals take over on downs at 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:37.839 their four yard line. 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:42.120 Shades of dumpster Dan right there from Roy Lopez. 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:45.559 Oh my goodness, what an awesome job. At the point 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:46.640 of attack. 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:48.839 Darna looking over the middle, dumps it off complete to 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:52.320 Jones and the balls out and it's recovered by the Cardinals. 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:55.040 It was punch free and Roy Lopez balls on it. 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:58.400 My lowped right there. Roy Lopez fell on that ball. 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:01.360 Man stuck that this belly button. 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:07.040 There you go, Sean Murphy bunding the force fumble and 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:09.880 the fumble recovery. I don't know about the belly button. Well, 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:11.760 you know what, let's just ask Roy Lopez here on 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:14.160 the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:16.760 We are santan Ford, Roy, have you or have you 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:18.680 not ever stuffed a football into your belly? 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:18.880 Man? 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:22.320 No, he's a big met. 0:14:24.960 --> 0:14:27.560 What percentage of plays as a nose tackle for those 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:29.680 of them, and that's ninety nine point nine percent of 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:32.280 the world who's never played nose tackle in a football game. 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:36.080 How would you describe your job? But how often you 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:37.000 get double teamed? 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:37.440 Uh? 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:40.280 Just how dirty and filthy and physical does it get 0:14:40.360 --> 0:14:42.280 down there at the epicenter of humanity. 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:45.280 Yeah, it's uh, it's the real deal man. That's uh. 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:48.400 When people think, you know, football banging and everything like that, 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:51.760 that's that's the noseguard position. You know, everything happens so fast. 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:54.880 You're the first person may contact every single play, you know, 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:58.960 so you're getting double team, you're getting washed down the 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:00.920 line of scrim as you to be able to you know, 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:03.960 anchor the point of contact. And it's something that you know, 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:06.240 I love to do because you know, not a lot 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:07.880 of guys get to go against the same guy. 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:08.600 For sixty minutes. 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:11.920 Monoi mono, right, And it's something that it comes down 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:14.200 to off season training, comes down the mindset. It comes 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:16.160 down to if you really want it or not. You know, 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:19.920 so anything between the White Lions for sixty minutes, it's on. 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:23.160 You know, I played with many noseguards and they would 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:27.160 say often that it's the most paranoid position on the field. 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:29.920 And the reason being is because typically you line up 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:32.960 over the center. Of course, if you are playing nose tackle, 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:35.320 you have the center, you have the right guard, and 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:38.160 you have the left guard, and you never know which 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:40.000 way it's actually gonna come from. 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:42.320 Do you feel that, Roy, would you agree with that? 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:44.720 Yeah, I'm in I'm in the whole little world in 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:46.560 there in that little box, you know, like there's so 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:49.200 much a football you guys, you know, are watching from 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:52.680 from from the stands or up top, and I got 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:55.200 my own little center to guards, right. It's it's something 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:57.840 that you know, I I love it. I appreciate it, 0:15:57.840 --> 0:15:59.840 even you know, I'm taking a double team. I'm probably 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:02.320 not make the tackle. But you got to find loving 0:16:02.360 --> 0:16:04.240 the little things when he comes to nosegar world, you know, 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:06.960 so my family has gotten to a joint enjoy the 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:08.760 enjoy the nose guard life. 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:10.080 You know, since I've been the lakes. 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:12.400 You know what else is coming back in the NFL. 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:14.080 I just thought I've seen us do it. As a 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:15.480 matter of fact, the wham block. 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:20.160 Oh yeah, oh yeah, man, you know what I'm talking about. 0:16:19.320 --> 0:16:22.440 That center is going to look at that nose tackle, 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:24.960 set him up, and then go away from the wham 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:28.280 and here comes the tight end. Here's a full back. 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:30.960 Yeah literally, man. 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:34.040 I want to know how much your heavyweight wrestling career 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:36.560 has served you well at the position. But first you 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:39.600 spoke of the offseason. Here's Nick Rolis, your defensive coordinator. 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:42.320 This is in training camp right going into this season. 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:45.000 On how he was challenging you to lead more. 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:48.560 I challenged Roy to become a leader on his defense, 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:50.280 and I think he's done a great job of that. 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:53.080 He does a phenomenal job for us. In the run game. 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:56.120 You want to talk about anchoring a double team, He's 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:58.080 hard to move in there, and then when he gets 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:00.240 his shot to go one on one, he'll get knocked back. 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:01.840 And he does a good job pushing the pocket on 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:02.720 pass downs. 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:05.440 Your reaction that and and how is this season gone 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:06.440 in your estimation? 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:09.439 Yeah, I think that's something that if you watch the 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:12.200 tape or watch games, you know, that's what he says. 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:14.359 As far as taking the double team, inching, anchoring the 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:16.760 double team, and and the moment, you know, I get 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:18.560 on one on one, I lick my chops, right, It's 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:21.760 it's something that I wait sixty minutes for one on one, 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:25.240 you know. So, and as far as the leader, I 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:27.600 think that just goes into you know, being who I am. 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:29.919 You know, at the end of the day. Thankfully I 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:32.440 was growing I grew up with a family that they're 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:32.960 all leaders. 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:33.720 In their workplace. 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:35.840 And you know, so it's signed kind of just being 0:17:36.040 --> 0:17:38.359 second nature of being able to have a voice and 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:41.240 and but also it comes through actions. You know, it 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:44.040 comes through Uh you get your reputation through your reps, 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:46.640 right and and so being able to show up every 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:50.359 single day early do the little things pop out on 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:54.240 tape with just effort and UH want to you know, 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:58.080 I think that's something that when leading a room goes 0:17:58.119 --> 0:17:58.600 a long way. 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:03.400 You know, Roy, a football player is body, soul, in spirit, 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:06.600 all three. You've got to have all three to play 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:09.639 the game correctly. So tell me what a nose tackle 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:13.760 needs in terms of body, soul, in spirit in order 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:16.240 to be a good nose tackle right in the NFL. 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:19.919 I think the body I kind of don't fit the 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:21.240 normal nose guard description. 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:23.639 Why do you say that most nose guards are about 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:27.880 six five three twenty three thirty Yeah, and I'm not. Okay, 0:18:28.440 --> 0:18:29.800 so I'm. 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:32.159 But the biggest thing for me, which is nice, is 0:18:32.240 --> 0:18:36.200 I'm a little shorter, so I get the embedded pad level. 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:37.680 I think that's the biggest thing as far as a 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:40.280 nose guard is pad level, you know, getting your screws 0:18:40.359 --> 0:18:41.560 underneath their screws. 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:42.800 Low Man wins. Low Man wins. 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:45.240 You hear that, you know, from the moment you start football, 0:18:45.320 --> 0:18:48.160 you know, so thankfully I'm usually lower than everybody. 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:50.159 And you got a really good feet too, don't you. 0:18:50.440 --> 0:18:52.760 I think that, Yeah goes back to me growing up 0:18:52.800 --> 0:18:55.199 around football, you know, and I'd get bored and just 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:59.040 hop on the juiliy ladder. And also my trainer, you know, 0:18:59.240 --> 0:19:01.600 is he's my cousin, but he's pretty mean to me, 0:19:01.800 --> 0:19:03.680 so so. 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:05.760 He'll make fun of me and say I got slow feet? 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:08.920 What is your feet? What is your weight at? I 0:19:08.920 --> 0:19:09.920 should say right. 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:12.760 Now, I range from three h five to three ten okay, 0:19:13.160 --> 0:19:14.960 so throughout the season that's kind of where I go. 0:19:15.200 --> 0:19:16.560 Usually play around three oh eight. 0:19:16.520 --> 0:19:21.200 Okay, I like it about three twenty. 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:23.560 That makes won't feel better about himself considering all the 0:19:23.560 --> 0:19:25.080 weight he's put it on the holiday season. 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:25.960 That's why. 0:19:26.080 --> 0:19:27.680 Yeah, that's big boy weight right there. 0:19:28.080 --> 0:19:31.919 So to what degree does your wrestling background serve you 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:34.199 well in the trenches, because for those who don't know, 0:19:34.280 --> 0:19:36.800 you won two state titles in high school? Is a 0:19:36.840 --> 0:19:39.239 heavyweight champion? I mean, how about that? And you let 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:41.520 it all four years? So how often is that coming 0:19:41.560 --> 0:19:42.680 to play? In this job. 0:19:43.000 --> 0:19:45.399 Yeah, I think you know, some people reference it all 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:47.399 the time when watching my tape. Is it looks like 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:51.240 I'm wrestling right because everything is about inside hand placement, 0:19:51.280 --> 0:19:54.280 pad level low man wins. The moment you lean too much, 0:19:54.480 --> 0:19:57.439 I'm gonna snatch you right in. Being able to attack 0:19:57.520 --> 0:20:00.320 one arm at a time is the biggest saying. I 0:20:00.400 --> 0:20:02.800 do it in off season training, whether it's boxing or wrestling. 0:20:04.119 --> 0:20:04.280 You know. 0:20:04.560 --> 0:20:07.720 Thankfully, my THEO also does a self defense for the 0:20:07.760 --> 0:20:10.000 police academy, so I'm able to go in there and 0:20:10.000 --> 0:20:13.399 train with him, roll around with him. So it's all around. 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:15.640 It's a It's changed my life for sure. I love 0:20:15.680 --> 0:20:16.359 the game of wrestling. 0:20:16.800 --> 0:20:19.840 So you grew up here and you went to Mesquite 0:20:20.200 --> 0:20:20.679 High School. 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:22.840 I went to two high schools. Went to Marco's Denisa. 0:20:22.960 --> 0:20:24.000 I transferred to Mesquite. 0:20:24.080 --> 0:20:27.840 Okay, talk to me a little bit. Why did you transfer? Well, 0:20:27.960 --> 0:20:28.880 what's going on with that? 0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:31.200 Yeah, my dad was the head coach of Marco's Denisa. 0:20:31.280 --> 0:20:34.320 Okay, So then after my sophomore year he resigned, so 0:20:34.440 --> 0:20:37.040 we kind of, uh, it was kind of crazy. We 0:20:37.119 --> 0:20:39.720 went on to it was like we were doing college visits, 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:42.840 man to bunts of schools and seeing where we're gonna go. 0:20:42.960 --> 0:20:45.400 And you know, ultimately we chose Mesquite to play both 0:20:45.400 --> 0:20:47.880 ways in high school and uh, they had a good 0:20:47.880 --> 0:20:49.840 wrestling program, you know, so we wanted to you know, 0:20:49.960 --> 0:20:52.320 I wanted to chase the dream of winning more state 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:53.120 titles than my dad. 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:53.600 Wow. 0:20:53.640 --> 0:20:56.960 So thankfully I was able to do that, you know. So, 0:20:57.320 --> 0:20:59.760 but that was the biggest thing was for me. I 0:20:59.760 --> 0:21:01.159 want to I wanted to wrestle, and I wanted to 0:21:01.160 --> 0:21:01.959 play both ways. 0:21:02.280 --> 0:21:04.680 What's amazing too, is in the course of basically two years, 0:21:04.680 --> 0:21:06.840 you went from New Mexico State to u of A 0:21:07.240 --> 0:21:09.600 to the NFL. What was that like that whole two 0:21:09.720 --> 0:21:12.679 years and think about the competition, right, and how it 0:21:12.760 --> 0:21:15.320 accelerated from New Mexico State and all of a sudden 0:21:15.320 --> 0:21:17.480 you're in Houston, Texan and you're playing an NFL games 0:21:17.520 --> 0:21:18.200 your rookie. 0:21:18.000 --> 0:21:18.600 Year, right. 0:21:18.760 --> 0:21:22.520 I think going to New Mexico State, it kind of 0:21:22.800 --> 0:21:25.000 comes full circle of me standing up here and saying 0:21:25.000 --> 0:21:26.919 that the biggest thing that this team fights for is 0:21:26.960 --> 0:21:29.560 respect and there's a reason why we're all on this team. 0:21:29.600 --> 0:21:31.600 And because you know, a guy like me goes to 0:21:31.600 --> 0:21:35.040 New Mexico State, you know, I feel like I'm a 0:21:35.080 --> 0:21:37.080 great player, you know, So you got to fight for 0:21:37.119 --> 0:21:39.520 respect every single down, you know, in some games when 0:21:40.160 --> 0:21:43.360 at New Mexico State, you're down fifty to six, right 0:21:43.400 --> 0:21:45.680 and so, and I'm still in there in the fourth 0:21:45.720 --> 0:21:49.320 quarter fighting for respect, you know. So it taught me 0:21:49.359 --> 0:21:51.200 a lot. It taught me a lot to come from 0:21:51.240 --> 0:21:53.320 there and then ended up transferring being able to come 0:21:53.320 --> 0:21:55.000 home and play for U of A, you know, and 0:21:55.560 --> 0:21:59.240 that was amazing changed my life, and I made the 0:21:59.280 --> 0:22:01.720 decision to leave from U of A. Only went there 0:22:01.720 --> 0:22:05.160 one year, and there I was getting drafted in front 0:22:05.200 --> 0:22:07.480 of my whole family. It was one of the best 0:22:07.560 --> 0:22:09.280 days of my life. But it was it was a 0:22:09.359 --> 0:22:12.480 humbling moment for sure, once all the phone calls started 0:22:12.520 --> 0:22:14.720 hanging in. And because I never had that right, I 0:22:14.760 --> 0:22:18.560 never was the big recruit, star guy. And so when 0:22:18.600 --> 0:22:20.399 I got to Houston, it was the same thing of 0:22:20.560 --> 0:22:23.040 having to earn respect. And I come here as a 0:22:23.080 --> 0:22:25.560 guy that just got injured. Wave coming off an injury, 0:22:25.680 --> 0:22:28.199 nobody really knows who I am, and they kind of 0:22:28.240 --> 0:22:30.639 just saw me on tape before. And now it's like 0:22:31.320 --> 0:22:33.560 that feeling again of being the new kid at new 0:22:33.640 --> 0:22:36.240 school and the new kid on the team of you know, 0:22:36.280 --> 0:22:38.240 you got to prove yourself every single day, you know, 0:22:38.280 --> 0:22:40.560 and I think that's something that never leaves you as 0:22:40.560 --> 0:22:41.440 long as you're in the league. 0:22:41.880 --> 0:22:44.040 You know, what's amazing about your story as well. I 0:22:44.080 --> 0:22:46.480 grew up in Orchard Park, New York, where the Buffalo 0:22:46.520 --> 0:22:49.400 Bills played, right They play right there, and I grew 0:22:49.480 --> 0:22:52.639 up there, born and raised there, and I always wondered 0:22:52.640 --> 0:22:55.560 what that would be like to actually go and play, 0:22:55.840 --> 0:22:58.680 to play for the Buffalo Bills in I never had 0:22:58.720 --> 0:23:01.439 that opportunity to do it, and loved my time of 0:23:01.480 --> 0:23:05.040 course with a Cardinals organization for seven years. But talk 0:23:05.080 --> 0:23:09.320 to me about what it's like to actually play here. Yeah, 0:23:09.720 --> 0:23:13.639 where you grew up with your family, and there seems 0:23:13.680 --> 0:23:16.000 like there could be a lot of distractions, and at 0:23:16.040 --> 0:23:18.320 the same time, it feels like there could be a 0:23:18.359 --> 0:23:20.280 lot of good things that come from that. 0:23:20.520 --> 0:23:22.959 And so I'll start off with the you know, as 0:23:23.000 --> 0:23:27.280 far as distraction goes everything that I do. My family, 0:23:27.480 --> 0:23:30.679 you know, thankfully, is very understanding and they allowed me 0:23:30.760 --> 0:23:34.560 to to focus on my career because they've been through 0:23:34.600 --> 0:23:35.480 the whole part. 0:23:35.359 --> 0:23:35.919 You know with me. 0:23:37.080 --> 0:23:40.560 Yeah, they know my they know my my daily routine 0:23:40.720 --> 0:23:43.800 and so they don't ever really budge and they're kind 0:23:43.800 --> 0:23:44.719 of really patient with me. 0:23:44.760 --> 0:23:46.280 If I can go to things, I can go to things. 0:23:46.280 --> 0:23:48.760 But I think the coolest thing for me playing here was, 0:23:49.080 --> 0:23:51.520 you know, being able to throw my youth camps in 0:23:51.520 --> 0:23:55.360 the off season and say an Arizona Cardinal right, and 0:23:55.680 --> 0:23:59.040 for the kids to see, oh, he's from here any 0:23:59.040 --> 0:24:02.000 place record like it's it's insane to say out loud. 0:24:02.080 --> 0:24:06.720 And then but also doing my foundation events as far 0:24:06.720 --> 0:24:10.160 as being able to meet people throughout the state and 0:24:10.440 --> 0:24:13.040 say I'm also from here. You know, the kid's eyes 0:24:13.160 --> 0:24:16.120 or or or men's eyes and women's eyes is kind 0:24:16.119 --> 0:24:17.760 of light up the moment I say it and tell. 0:24:17.600 --> 0:24:18.320 Them where I'm from. 0:24:18.960 --> 0:24:21.359 And uh, I think that's been the coolest thing, you know, 0:24:21.440 --> 0:24:24.400 playing here and the Arizona across your chest and means 0:24:24.400 --> 0:24:26.680 something to me, you know, and I got it tattooed 0:24:26.720 --> 0:24:30.159 on me, and uh, it's it's truly a blessing that 0:24:30.200 --> 0:24:31.639 I know. Not a lot of people get to do 0:24:31.920 --> 0:24:35.480 that players in the NFL. So I played here as 0:24:35.520 --> 0:24:39.280 an away team. Houston played here my rookie year and 0:24:39.359 --> 0:24:41.240 we cleared over one hundred people. 0:24:41.000 --> 0:24:43.679 In that game. It was. It was insane, you know, 0:24:43.800 --> 0:24:48.360 so speaking of right right, right. 0:24:48.480 --> 0:24:52.040 So it's been, uh, it's been a ride, man, and thankfully, 0:24:52.280 --> 0:24:54.000 you know, God blessed me to be able to play 0:24:54.040 --> 0:24:55.760 here for the home home States. 0:24:56.080 --> 0:24:59.160 By the way, the fourth annual Roy Lopez Football Camp 0:24:59.240 --> 0:25:01.840 gonna be April of this coming year. Now, this is 0:25:01.880 --> 0:25:05.520 twenty twenty five, the Roy Lopez Foundation dot org. How 0:25:05.520 --> 0:25:07.440 about that, we're we got this all down here, Roy 0:25:08.480 --> 0:25:10.760 in fact awesome. Here's Jonathan Gann and this is back 0:25:10.800 --> 0:25:13.719 in training camp, just talking about how he'd love a 0:25:13.760 --> 0:25:15.440 bunch of Roys on his roster. 0:25:16.200 --> 0:25:18.160 If you had ninety roys, you'd be good to go. 0:25:18.760 --> 0:25:21.359 He keeps a good attitude, He's always working on his game. 0:25:21.400 --> 0:25:25.160 He's team first. He's willing to do whatever you tell 0:25:25.200 --> 0:25:27.879 him to do. He's got a smile on his face 0:25:28.000 --> 0:25:31.960 like he's a phenomenal human being. He enjoys coming to 0:25:32.040 --> 0:25:34.479 work and he gets better at his game. So yeah, 0:25:34.640 --> 0:25:36.119 I'd love a bunch of Roys. 0:25:36.240 --> 0:25:39.080 And having grown up here, did you take a moment 0:25:39.119 --> 0:25:41.000 the first time he went into the Cardinals locker room 0:25:41.080 --> 0:25:43.400 and there was a Cardinals jersey and helmet in your 0:25:43.440 --> 0:25:44.919 locker Was that a moment for you. 0:25:45.160 --> 0:25:46.600 I take that moment every day. Man. 0:25:47.840 --> 0:25:51.680 Literally, I sit there and I just kind of take 0:25:51.720 --> 0:25:54.040 a deep breath and realize where I'm at at that moment, 0:25:54.240 --> 0:25:55.879 you know. And not a lot of people, you know, 0:25:56.160 --> 0:25:57.919 people always say I wish I was new I was 0:25:57.920 --> 0:25:59.479 in the good moment when I was in it, you know. 0:26:00.160 --> 0:26:01.159 So I always just kind. 0:26:01.040 --> 0:26:04.359 Of breathe and look around, Like every game day, especially 0:26:04.359 --> 0:26:06.879 every home game, man, I look around like I'm really 0:26:07.200 --> 0:26:09.280 here right now, you know. Okay, lock it right, like, 0:26:09.359 --> 0:26:12.199 but yeah, the first day I showed up and I 0:26:12.240 --> 0:26:15.040 had a shirt in my locker and had Lopez number 0:26:15.080 --> 0:26:17.480 ninety eight and my theold war number ninety eight at 0:26:17.480 --> 0:26:20.600 Illinois State. He was my d line coach growing up. 0:26:21.640 --> 0:26:24.280 So I sent a picture to him and told him 0:26:24.320 --> 0:26:26.600 I was gonna wear ninety eight and told him I 0:26:26.640 --> 0:26:27.560 wore better, you know. 0:26:27.640 --> 0:26:33.159 So oh yeah, So and then there's Week one and 0:26:33.440 --> 0:26:36.720 you get the sack and the fumble forced against Josh Allen. 0:26:36.920 --> 0:26:38.600 How about that right out of the gates, by the way, 0:26:38.880 --> 0:26:41.080 three career sacks. Are you a guy who remembers every 0:26:41.119 --> 0:26:43.159 single quarterback or does it all bleed together? 0:26:43.280 --> 0:26:43.960 Every single one? 0:26:44.000 --> 0:26:44.320 Okay? 0:26:44.600 --> 0:26:45.000 All right? 0:26:45.040 --> 0:26:47.120 So let's test you because you had one year rookie 0:26:47.160 --> 0:26:48.600 year you had you won your second year, who are 0:26:48.600 --> 0:26:49.280 the quarterbacks? 0:26:49.560 --> 0:26:50.200 Do you remember? 0:26:50.520 --> 0:26:51.360 Uh Brissett? 0:26:51.720 --> 0:26:52.000 Yep? 0:26:52.600 --> 0:26:57.640 Year set My second year was Malik willis correct, Yeah, 0:26:58.000 --> 0:26:59.040 this year was Josh Allen. 0:26:59.160 --> 0:27:03.639 Yes, indeed, Josh Allen's a big dude, was it? I 0:27:03.640 --> 0:27:06.040 mean there's a degree of difficulty in getting him to 0:27:06.040 --> 0:27:06.800 the ground, isn't there? 0:27:06.880 --> 0:27:10.359 Right after the play, you know, celebrated everything that uh 0:27:10.600 --> 0:27:12.760 my mom, my dad and my thee were there, and 0:27:13.320 --> 0:27:15.119 I kind of looked up at the stands. 0:27:14.800 --> 0:27:16.520 And they're all crying, right. 0:27:16.440 --> 0:27:20.760 Just just completely bawling their eyes out right, and so. 0:27:21.119 --> 0:27:23.679 And I look at um, like what just happened? And 0:27:23.720 --> 0:27:26.119 they're like, I don't know, but I don't know. 0:27:26.640 --> 0:27:29.119 And so I'm just like I'm like pacing back on 0:27:29.200 --> 0:27:31.720 the sideline, trying to just lock in and remember that 0:27:31.760 --> 0:27:33.520 I got to play a scoop block coming up, but 0:27:34.200 --> 0:27:35.320 you know, I got a couple. 0:27:35.119 --> 0:27:36.400 Of double teams come my way. 0:27:36.640 --> 0:27:38.479 So I think that was the biggest thing, was just 0:27:38.520 --> 0:27:42.119 being able to enjoy the quick ten seconds of it 0:27:42.160 --> 0:27:44.439 and then all right, like it's it's we're still in it. 0:27:44.480 --> 0:27:44.600 Man. 0:27:44.640 --> 0:27:46.959 That was the first quarter, right, so you say out 0:27:47.000 --> 0:27:51.520 another three quarters to go? So so your dad, he 0:27:51.560 --> 0:27:52.800 and I. This guy is a coach. 0:27:52.920 --> 0:27:55.200 This guy knows what he's talking about and regarded the 0:27:55.200 --> 0:27:56.000 game of football. 0:27:56.520 --> 0:27:59.520 Does he coach you? Does he say, boy, you gotta 0:27:59.600 --> 0:27:59.840 do this? 0:28:00.119 --> 0:28:00.320 Yeah. 0:28:00.560 --> 0:28:02.280 I think a lot of things that they do say 0:28:02.720 --> 0:28:05.600 in between him and my theos and my grandpa is 0:28:05.640 --> 0:28:10.920 everything that they say is more pointers right, being able 0:28:10.960 --> 0:28:14.600 to be there for me mentally right and whether that's 0:28:14.720 --> 0:28:17.679 just breathe, calm down, next play, if it was a 0:28:17.680 --> 0:28:19.520 good play or a bad play right, and being able 0:28:19.560 --> 0:28:21.280 to a pad level, keep. 0:28:21.160 --> 0:28:23.600 Your feet hot, keep right. 0:28:23.720 --> 0:28:24.280 I suppose. 0:28:25.119 --> 0:28:26.280 So I think that's the biggest thing. 0:28:26.280 --> 0:28:28.800 And then the off season we get to it and uh, 0:28:28.920 --> 0:28:30.320 and that's when we really lock in on. 0:28:30.480 --> 0:28:33.119 You know, being harsh on me. You know, but I 0:28:33.200 --> 0:28:35.720 need that, man, I need it hard cool, I need 0:28:35.760 --> 0:28:36.280 it all Right. 0:28:36.280 --> 0:28:36.879 We roll on. 0:28:37.200 --> 0:28:39.560 Roy Lopez is our guest. It is a big red 0:28:39.640 --> 0:28:42.720 range presented by sand san Ford and Gilbert. We are 0:28:42.800 --> 0:28:45.520 santan Ford Live from Trophy and Chandler are located on 0:28:45.640 --> 0:28:48.360 Queen Greek Road between Price and Dobson. 0:28:51.080 --> 0:28:55.800 Jet Sweet near side McBride Stiff Arming touchdown Fray McBride 0:28:56.120 --> 0:28:58.320 on the handoff McBride. 0:28:58.880 --> 0:29:01.800 It's so good running the football. 0:29:02.080 --> 0:29:05.520 Cardinals rush Byve and Trouvil Smith steps up. Sack by 0:29:05.560 --> 0:29:09.040 Fooda Baker. Hot by McBride, wrapped up, broken tackle though, 0:29:09.200 --> 0:29:11.160 and then he hurdles a defender at the forty. 0:29:11.440 --> 0:29:13.120 That was gronk esque. 0:29:13.360 --> 0:29:16.000 You can't control Trey McBride. 0:29:16.120 --> 0:29:19.920 Blitz coming Rodgers has no chance. Sack by Fooda Baker. 0:29:20.120 --> 0:29:22.400 It's Tray McBride on a quick, tight end screen and 0:29:22.640 --> 0:29:26.800 into the end zone. Trey McBride who finds paydirt. 0:29:26.880 --> 0:29:30.800 Budda Baker came off the edge clean and Aaron Rodgers 0:29:31.320 --> 0:29:31.640 got his. 0:29:31.840 --> 0:29:36.360 Backwax between four jets. The ball is caught by Trey McBride. 0:29:36.600 --> 0:29:38.280 Trey McBride, you are. 0:29:38.280 --> 0:29:39.800 A bad, bad man. 0:29:40.600 --> 0:29:41.600 Are you kidding me? 0:29:42.680 --> 0:29:44.840 We could spend the rest of the show just going 0:29:44.880 --> 0:29:48.400 through the stats and the accomplishments from the two Pro bowlers. 0:29:48.440 --> 0:29:51.480 Arizona Cardinals official today. How about a Trey McBride and 0:29:51.600 --> 0:29:55.520 Fooda Baker going to the Pro Bowl twenty twenty four. 0:29:55.720 --> 0:29:58.160 It is a big red rage presented by Santane Ford 0:29:58.160 --> 0:30:01.520 and Gilbert. We are Santan Ford, Roy Lopez is our 0:30:01.600 --> 0:30:04.040 guest here on the Big Show and the I mean, 0:30:04.080 --> 0:30:07.920 think about Buddha Baker number two in the NFL and 0:30:08.080 --> 0:30:12.960 tackles the top twenties, like nineteen linebackers and Buddha, right, 0:30:13.120 --> 0:30:15.000 and then you got Trey McBride who's had three he 0:30:15.080 --> 0:30:17.360 count him three twelve catch games. Nobody's done that in 0:30:17.480 --> 0:30:19.640 NFL history in one season. If he has another one, 0:30:19.960 --> 0:30:22.720 he ties zach Ertz for the all time single season 0:30:22.800 --> 0:30:25.840 catch record by a tight end one sixteen, which was 0:30:25.920 --> 0:30:28.080 back in twenty eighteen or something like that. I mean, 0:30:28.640 --> 0:30:31.200 put into perspective what you've been able to see out 0:30:31.240 --> 0:30:32.480 of those two guys this year. 0:30:32.720 --> 0:30:35.040 Yeah, I think, you know, starting with Buddha, you know, 0:30:35.120 --> 0:30:37.400 he's he's the greatest player I ever played with. Man, 0:30:37.560 --> 0:30:41.640 he's every single day he literally doesn't change, you know, 0:30:42.160 --> 0:30:44.080 And so as a fan, trust me, you guys know 0:30:44.160 --> 0:30:47.040 who Buddha is like, he's he doesn't ever change since 0:30:47.120 --> 0:30:50.400 the guy is you know, on the field, off the field, 0:30:50.480 --> 0:30:54.080 he's a he's a leader. It's it's it's amazing to 0:30:54.120 --> 0:30:57.200 watch him on tape the way he plays like I 0:30:57.240 --> 0:30:59.360 always say, he has that clip from a couple of 0:30:59.440 --> 0:31:02.960 years ago and against Seattle or he's like the guy 0:31:03.040 --> 0:31:04.680 asked him, like, how'd you make that play? And he 0:31:04.800 --> 0:31:09.520 was like, fearless, fearless right, Like yeah, it's it's exactly 0:31:10.000 --> 0:31:11.880 what he's thinking. He's fearless man. 0:31:11.960 --> 0:31:13.960 He's Uh. It's been a blessing to be able to 0:31:14.000 --> 0:31:16.400 play with him because I've got to see him play 0:31:16.480 --> 0:31:16.840 on TV. 0:31:17.000 --> 0:31:19.680 You know, so yeah, when you're young, I'm sure he 0:31:19.760 --> 0:31:21.800 loves hearing that. When you were younger, used to watch. 0:31:21.640 --> 0:31:23.320 Him right and go on to college. 0:31:23.440 --> 0:31:25.520 Yeah, yeah, he came up to be after you heard that, 0:31:25.720 --> 0:31:28.040 he started dying laughing. He was like, hey, man, you'll 0:31:28.080 --> 0:31:29.720 be saying that, you know, but it was funny. 0:31:29.760 --> 0:31:32.600 It's uh. And then to go on the tray that 0:31:32.720 --> 0:31:34.680 is easy. The most exciting tight end to watch in 0:31:34.720 --> 0:31:35.959 the league. He's uh. 0:31:36.480 --> 0:31:38.440 Every time he touches the wall, you think he's gonna 0:31:38.480 --> 0:31:41.000 do something right, like yeah, and then whether it's Hurtle, 0:31:41.040 --> 0:31:44.840 somebody run somebody over. But he's a he's a he's 0:31:44.880 --> 0:31:48.360 a fun guy to watch. He's he's amazing. And to 0:31:48.880 --> 0:31:51.080 know that this is your three for him, right, that's yes. 0:31:51.680 --> 0:31:54.000 Could you imagine what he's gonna do the next ten 0:31:54.320 --> 0:31:56.840 fifteen years forever long, he's gonna play like he's gonna 0:31:56.840 --> 0:31:59.880 be insane, you know, And then to say he's already 0:32:00.200 --> 0:32:02.640 on pace or trying to beat the tight end record, 0:32:02.760 --> 0:32:05.000 like who knows how many tight end records he's gonna 0:32:05.040 --> 0:32:05.520 go for, you know. 0:32:05.640 --> 0:32:09.000 So yeah, for me, you know, Trey McBride is a 0:32:09.080 --> 0:32:11.720 guy that I continue to want to see him develop 0:32:11.800 --> 0:32:14.040 as a blocker at the point of attack, and he's 0:32:14.080 --> 0:32:16.200 done a great job of that. Now, we had a 0:32:16.240 --> 0:32:18.160 couple of games where there was a little bit of 0:32:18.200 --> 0:32:20.760 a speed bump in there, and and Trey would be 0:32:20.800 --> 0:32:22.440 the first guy to admit that. 0:32:22.960 --> 0:32:24.680 But that's what I love about the kid. 0:32:24.960 --> 0:32:26.440 He wants to be good. 0:32:26.880 --> 0:32:29.240 He wants to be a true tight end, a true 0:32:29.320 --> 0:32:32.400 stud tight end, and that's the reason why. So he's 0:32:32.480 --> 0:32:33.720 developed to speak on that. 0:32:34.000 --> 0:32:36.840 So on the plane rides me and him, or we 0:32:36.920 --> 0:32:38.960 sit right next to each other on the playing rights 0:32:39.000 --> 0:32:40.960 for away games, and so after the game, you know, 0:32:41.000 --> 0:32:42.720 I'll sit there and watch the defensive tape, and he 0:32:42.760 --> 0:32:44.080 SAIDs here, what's offense tape? 0:32:44.080 --> 0:32:47.520 You know, And and we watched all his blocking tapes. 0:32:48.600 --> 0:32:52.520 He's like, ah, getting on that, or he's like, what's 0:32:53.040 --> 0:32:56.040 like he loves it, man, he loves the game of football. 0:32:56.040 --> 0:32:58.920 And then I always tell people, when you're around a 0:32:58.960 --> 0:33:01.000 bunch of people that love the game of football, you're 0:33:01.040 --> 0:33:03.040 able to thrive, right. But if you're that person that 0:33:03.120 --> 0:33:05.720 doesn't love football around everybody that loves football, you'll stick 0:33:05.760 --> 0:33:09.600 out like a sore throw man, because because oh yeah, 0:33:09.720 --> 0:33:11.960 he loves it, man, he loves football through and through. 0:33:12.120 --> 0:33:14.600 So just being able to talk about him, Buddha and 0:33:14.760 --> 0:33:16.600 everybody else and on that, on that. 0:33:16.760 --> 0:33:19.200 Note right there, when I think of Buddha Baker and 0:33:19.320 --> 0:33:22.080 you watch him on tape, it is truly incredible to 0:33:22.160 --> 0:33:28.720 see him man play fearlessly on every play, play after 0:33:28.880 --> 0:33:34.000 play after play. It's it really, And he's the smallest 0:33:34.040 --> 0:33:39.280 guy on the field. He doesn't play after play after play. 0:33:39.480 --> 0:33:42.320 You see all the pictures and stuff of me playing, 0:33:42.480 --> 0:33:44.520 or I'm going through all my pictures and you can 0:33:44.560 --> 0:33:47.840 see Buddha just back there just like tiny man, but 0:33:48.440 --> 0:33:50.600 like it looks like he's just ready to pounce. 0:33:50.720 --> 0:33:51.600 Man, he's a beast. 0:33:51.840 --> 0:33:55.600 But tell people what that's like to watch a guy 0:33:55.760 --> 0:33:59.320 play like that when he's the smallest guy on the field. 0:33:59.120 --> 0:34:01.280 Right, you're able to really back to practice though, you're 0:34:01.280 --> 0:34:03.240 able to relay it back to OTA's and then you 0:34:03.320 --> 0:34:05.720 go on to training camp and he's he's the one 0:34:05.840 --> 0:34:08.600 flying around on tape and you understand why this is 0:34:08.640 --> 0:34:10.680 the seventh Pro Bowl. You know he's selected to you 0:34:10.800 --> 0:34:13.239 understand why he's a there's nobody like him. 0:34:13.239 --> 0:34:16.360 Man. He's uh, he's truly one of the great greatest 0:34:16.400 --> 0:34:17.239 safeties've ever played. 0:34:17.239 --> 0:34:20.000 Again, well, it's a great segue because here's Buddha Baker today. 0:34:20.000 --> 0:34:22.279 I'm being named to his seventh Pro Bowl. 0:34:22.719 --> 0:34:25.239 It's just, you know, head down, take one day at 0:34:25.239 --> 0:34:28.160 a time. That's how I truly feel. And these accolades 0:34:28.200 --> 0:34:31.040 are definitely a blessing. And some people don't make a 0:34:31.080 --> 0:34:33.160 Pro Bowl, you know, one time in their career. So 0:34:34.040 --> 0:34:37.080 for me to get seven, that's definitely special. And you know, 0:34:37.120 --> 0:34:40.040 I'm gonna continue to try to stay consistent, continue to 0:34:40.080 --> 0:34:42.399 be the best teammate I can be, to of course 0:34:42.440 --> 0:34:44.080 the best player I can be on the field, and 0:34:44.600 --> 0:34:46.240 you know, ultimately get to winning games. 0:34:46.600 --> 0:34:49.200 And you talked about Nick rawlis right in the adjustments 0:34:49.239 --> 0:34:51.800 and how this defense is of all, I probably couldn't 0:34:51.800 --> 0:34:53.800 explain it. I couldn't sit here with the ex's and 0:34:53.880 --> 0:34:55.840 o's and break it down. Maybe I'll leave that, you know, 0:34:55.960 --> 0:34:58.440 to your dad and your uncle. But they have unlocked 0:34:58.440 --> 0:35:00.560 Buddha Baker and your two of this ski, have they not? 0:35:00.880 --> 0:35:01.239 For sure? 0:35:01.360 --> 0:35:03.600 There's no I mean it used to be teams would 0:35:03.640 --> 0:35:05.600 run to the opposite side or run away from him 0:35:05.640 --> 0:35:08.120 throw it. But no, there is no escaping Budda Baker 0:35:08.160 --> 0:35:08.440 this year. 0:35:08.600 --> 0:35:10.239 I think the biggest thing is, you know, if you're 0:35:10.239 --> 0:35:12.120 a pitcher, you're gonna throw your best pitch right, and 0:35:12.239 --> 0:35:14.760 so you might as well just send that bullet flying. 0:35:14.600 --> 0:35:15.600 Every single play, you know. 0:35:15.760 --> 0:35:18.680 So, Uh, he's ready to go whenever you call his number, 0:35:18.760 --> 0:35:20.960 you know, So it doesn't matter if you call it once, twice, 0:35:21.239 --> 0:35:22.160 thirty times a game. 0:35:22.280 --> 0:35:25.480 He's shooting it right. So he's Uh, he's awesome. 0:35:25.760 --> 0:35:27.680 By the way, we had Trey McBride on not too 0:35:27.760 --> 0:35:31.759 long ago, and he dubbed Wolf the Quality Control run 0:35:31.880 --> 0:35:35.440 game blocking Coordinator is what he called Wolf, because we'll 0:35:35.480 --> 0:35:38.239 spend the majority of the show talking about his run block, right, Trey, 0:35:38.239 --> 0:35:39.440 He's like, come on, man, let's you know. 0:35:40.000 --> 0:35:42.920 I'm glad you did that, but you know what I mean, honestly, Roy, 0:35:43.000 --> 0:35:45.080 I want this guy to be a true stud tight end, 0:35:45.440 --> 0:35:48.000 because if you can go eleven personnel in the NFL, 0:35:48.280 --> 0:35:52.120 one back, one tight end, three wide receivers in rundown 0:35:52.200 --> 0:35:55.080 situation first and ten second and one to six, if 0:35:55.120 --> 0:35:57.560 you can go ahead and be balanced running the ball 0:35:57.880 --> 0:36:00.880 and throwing it out of that personnel group, oh my goodness. 0:36:01.000 --> 0:36:03.839 It is such an advantage. It's one of the huge 0:36:03.880 --> 0:36:07.040 advantages that a lot of teams have when they've got 0:36:07.120 --> 0:36:10.000 that true stud tight end who can be a blocker 0:36:10.080 --> 0:36:12.880 at the point of attack and yet still produce in 0:36:12.960 --> 0:36:13.640 the past. 0:36:13.520 --> 0:36:17.319 Especially especially with a back like James Connor. So that's 0:36:17.960 --> 0:36:21.279 that's another thing is is that's another dog right there. 0:36:21.400 --> 0:36:24.120 Well, the team you're playing on Sunday, right, George Kittle, 0:36:24.520 --> 0:36:25.919 they've been able to do that for years. 0:36:26.000 --> 0:36:29.439 Correct, You're you're able to hide your you know, past 0:36:29.520 --> 0:36:32.399 run keys when you're tight end can catch in and block. 0:36:32.520 --> 0:36:33.759 So that's the biggest thing here. 0:36:33.800 --> 0:36:37.200 You go, Trey mcplay, Trey Mcpro Bowl now being named 0:36:37.239 --> 0:36:38.000 to his first Pro. 0:36:38.080 --> 0:36:40.440 Bowl something you dream about as a little kid. You know, 0:36:40.560 --> 0:36:42.000 obviously you want to make it to the pros and 0:36:42.080 --> 0:36:43.920 then you want to be the best. This is just 0:36:44.000 --> 0:36:46.160 one step, you know, into that right direction. This is 0:36:46.200 --> 0:36:48.960 a huge honor for me. Proud just to bring this 0:36:49.120 --> 0:36:52.320 back home where I'm from. Just a huge honor for 0:36:52.440 --> 0:36:55.400 not only me, my community, my family, and obviously this 0:36:55.560 --> 0:36:58.239 organization you know, hasn't been done by a tight end 0:36:58.280 --> 0:37:00.160 in a very long time. So this is it's a 0:37:00.239 --> 0:37:02.360 huge on it for not only me, but this organization 0:37:02.480 --> 0:37:03.000 and everybody. 0:37:03.200 --> 0:37:04.799 I mean, he's got the best hands on the team. 0:37:05.320 --> 0:37:07.320 He's a tight end, he really does. I mean, he 0:37:07.360 --> 0:37:08.840 had this stretch of three games in a row with 0:37:08.920 --> 0:37:12.560 a hurdle and then on the sideline, he's really hard 0:37:12.600 --> 0:37:15.000 on himself, Like he could catch ten out of eleven 0:37:15.120 --> 0:37:17.479 and he is seething he didn't get that eleventh catch. 0:37:17.600 --> 0:37:19.520 Oh yeah, he's really competitive his name. 0:37:19.600 --> 0:37:21.640 Yeah, I think that's you know, being a great player. 0:37:21.680 --> 0:37:22.640 That's part of it, you know. 0:37:22.760 --> 0:37:25.920 And you look at the you know, the leaders on 0:37:26.000 --> 0:37:28.600 our team, they're the hardest on themselves man and truthfully, 0:37:29.080 --> 0:37:31.640 and so it's it's great to see him, you know, 0:37:31.760 --> 0:37:34.279 in year three, because you know down the road, you know, 0:37:34.320 --> 0:37:35.800 I'll be able to get to watch him and be 0:37:35.920 --> 0:37:38.200 like I leave, man, this guy's still doing it, you know. 0:37:38.360 --> 0:37:40.560 So because I understand how much he loves the game 0:37:40.600 --> 0:37:42.840 of football, how much he puts into it, he bleeds 0:37:42.880 --> 0:37:45.440 for it, and so it's a blessing to watch him. 0:37:45.800 --> 0:37:47.600 I think you had an excellent year this year. 0:37:47.840 --> 0:37:48.080 Thank you. 0:37:48.239 --> 0:37:50.280 How how do you feel about your season? 0:37:50.600 --> 0:37:52.600 Yeah, I think thankfully. 0:37:53.040 --> 0:37:55.440 You know, I know who I am, I know what 0:37:55.520 --> 0:37:58.680 I bring to the team, and uh, you know, every 0:37:58.719 --> 0:38:00.839 single week I kind of tell my family I felt 0:38:00.840 --> 0:38:02.759 like I played great, you know So I think that's 0:38:02.760 --> 0:38:03.560 the biggest thing is. 0:38:05.120 --> 0:38:07.560 Being happy the way I played. I enjoy it. 0:38:07.920 --> 0:38:12.279 I get double teamed a lot, and I live for those, man. 0:38:12.520 --> 0:38:14.279 I live for the double teams, being able to split it, 0:38:14.360 --> 0:38:16.239 being able to anchor it, and like I said, when 0:38:16.239 --> 0:38:18.279 I get a single block, I lick my chops, you know. So, 0:38:21.239 --> 0:38:24.000 I think the film will speak for itself. And I'm 0:38:24.360 --> 0:38:25.399 happy with what I've done the season. 0:38:25.520 --> 0:38:27.360 And you take your face and turn it into a 0:38:27.440 --> 0:38:29.680 flat shovel, which I happened to. 0:38:30.040 --> 0:38:31.359 Yeah. Hey. 0:38:31.440 --> 0:38:34.480 We continue with Roy Lopez, our special guest here on 0:38:34.560 --> 0:38:37.440 the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. 0:38:37.440 --> 0:38:40.880 Where are santan Ford? We continue live from Trophy and Chandler, 0:38:41.200 --> 0:38:44.560 located in a Green Creek Road between Price and Dobson. 0:38:46.719 --> 0:38:47.359 First and ten. 0:38:47.560 --> 0:38:51.080 I'm the Sanfred twenty four snapped a purty standing in 0:38:51.160 --> 0:38:54.480 the bucket all day to throw out passes, tipped and 0:38:54.680 --> 0:38:58.799 it's intercepted. It was tipped by Lopez and picked off 0:38:58.880 --> 0:39:02.160 by mac Wilson at the twenty five. The Cardinals get 0:39:02.200 --> 0:39:04.920 a huge takeaway early in the third Rock. 0:39:04.840 --> 0:39:07.920 Perty in the pocket working to his left, comes back 0:39:08.000 --> 0:39:11.800 to his right, throws the ball. It's batted into the 0:39:11.920 --> 0:39:17.279 air by Roy Lopez and mac Wilson Senior comes. 0:39:17.040 --> 0:39:18.040 Down with the ball. 0:39:20.040 --> 0:39:22.320 When you tip it and another guy gets a takeaway, 0:39:22.400 --> 0:39:24.920 does like he owe you something of any sort? How 0:39:24.960 --> 0:39:25.600 does that work? 0:39:25.760 --> 0:39:28.600 Just a high five, That's all I asked. But no, 0:39:28.760 --> 0:39:31.759 it's it's something that we get to laugh and share 0:39:31.800 --> 0:39:33.879 the moment about. But yeah, it was a great play 0:39:33.960 --> 0:39:34.359 by mac. 0:39:34.680 --> 0:39:34.839 Oh. 0:39:34.960 --> 0:39:36.959 Yeah, and you know what, that was a great second 0:39:37.000 --> 0:39:39.719 half by the Cardinals defense. They had four possessions, three 0:39:39.840 --> 0:39:42.400 takeaways by the Cardinals in a turnover on downs and 0:39:42.480 --> 0:39:44.719 you guys came from thirteen down and a half ten 0:39:44.840 --> 0:39:47.080 down to start the fourth quarter got out of there 0:39:47.120 --> 0:39:48.800 with that one point win. It was also about a 0:39:48.840 --> 0:39:51.080 buck eleven on that field. I mean that was hotter 0:39:51.160 --> 0:39:53.120 than Arizona. Yeah, you baye that you. 0:39:53.120 --> 0:39:55.600 Know, Like I keep saying, from the top to the bottom, man, 0:39:55.800 --> 0:40:00.120 it's all about respect. In that halftime, I rememb I'm 0:40:00.239 --> 0:40:02.480 in the locker room, man, everybody's fired up because it 0:40:02.560 --> 0:40:04.880 was there was something that you know, I knew, we 0:40:04.960 --> 0:40:07.200 knew we got thirty minutes to go get respect, you know, 0:40:07.320 --> 0:40:10.200 And so that was the difference of I don't get 0:40:10.239 --> 0:40:11.880 me wrong, I think we were two and four at 0:40:11.920 --> 0:40:15.480 the time, right, trying to remember was week five. 0:40:15.480 --> 0:40:19.000 So you were yeah, well no, you're two and two. 0:40:19.120 --> 0:40:21.800 Maybe yeah, maybe one and three something. 0:40:21.880 --> 0:40:24.160 But I know the record could have went way different 0:40:24.200 --> 0:40:25.040 if we lost that game. 0:40:25.120 --> 0:40:26.799 That was a turning point because that was the first 0:40:26.800 --> 0:40:28.279 of the four straight wins to get to six and 0:40:28.360 --> 0:40:31.200 four at the buy. Yeah, that was all part of that. 0:40:31.400 --> 0:40:34.000 So when you watch tape right now of the forty 0:40:34.080 --> 0:40:35.600 nine ers, what are you seeing on tape? 0:40:36.120 --> 0:40:38.000 I think the biggest thing is that they have so 0:40:38.120 --> 0:40:38.800 many weapons. 0:40:38.840 --> 0:40:41.360 I think that's every single time, right, And even with 0:40:41.800 --> 0:40:44.680 losing some weapons, they still have so many weapons. That's 0:40:44.719 --> 0:40:47.080 a deep roster, you know, and so they played great 0:40:47.080 --> 0:40:49.080 team ball. So I think that's the biggest thing. Is 0:40:49.719 --> 0:40:52.080 you know, as a defense, we got to outperform their defense, 0:40:52.280 --> 0:40:54.160 you know, and they have a great defense. 0:40:54.320 --> 0:40:57.480 So brock Party has been ruled out. It's that he's 0:40:57.520 --> 0:41:01.520 been ruled out for this game of course. Mc Christian, McCaffrey, 0:41:01.640 --> 0:41:05.160 Brandon Ayuk, Trent Williams. These guys are all on I 0:41:05.520 --> 0:41:10.120 R right now. So they've been decimated by injuries. Of course, 0:41:10.840 --> 0:41:13.759 tell me what you're seeing scheme wise, what kind of 0:41:13.840 --> 0:41:15.320 schemes are they still running? 0:41:15.520 --> 0:41:15.640 Right? 0:41:15.680 --> 0:41:18.560 We're expecting Josh Dobbs, you know, to to play, yes, 0:41:18.800 --> 0:41:20.560 you know, so you know, thankfully. 0:41:20.320 --> 0:41:22.839 He was here, you know, so so you here kind 0:41:22.920 --> 0:41:25.000 of familiar with right talent. 0:41:24.920 --> 0:41:26.719 Right, so being able to you know, prep for him 0:41:26.800 --> 0:41:29.480 and and he's great with his legs as well, you know, 0:41:29.640 --> 0:41:31.920 so he's also a great runner. So that's something that 0:41:32.000 --> 0:41:34.600 we got to prepare, you know, on film, you know, 0:41:34.880 --> 0:41:38.440 when watching tape san Fran understanding that you know they 0:41:38.480 --> 0:41:40.000 are going to be a great offense. 0:41:40.120 --> 0:41:41.359 You know, I got a great one of the great 0:41:41.800 --> 0:41:43.160 play callers in this league, you know. 0:41:43.320 --> 0:41:47.800 So but then also understand that you know, uh, Josh Dobbs, 0:41:47.880 --> 0:41:49.680 the guy that can extend a play, you know, with 0:41:49.800 --> 0:41:51.120 some of the best quarterbacks. 0:41:50.719 --> 0:41:51.120 In the league. 0:41:51.280 --> 0:41:54.160 Really is a different type of quarterback from Brock Purty, 0:41:54.280 --> 0:41:54.560 is he not? 0:41:54.800 --> 0:41:56.960 Yeah, he's I know, he's confident in running the ball 0:41:56.960 --> 0:41:59.200 as well, you know, so whether that's you know, rushing 0:41:59.200 --> 0:42:01.080 to get yards or just to extend the play and 0:42:01.120 --> 0:42:03.359 make it make it throw. He's a guy who's played 0:42:03.360 --> 0:42:04.680 a lot of games in this league, you know. So 0:42:05.560 --> 0:42:07.120 you know, I know they're not going to really you know, 0:42:07.200 --> 0:42:08.960 hold back, hold him back too much here to give 0:42:09.040 --> 0:42:10.080 him the reins to run the offense. 0:42:10.160 --> 0:42:14.520 And so I'll tell you what he can really run. 0:42:14.640 --> 0:42:16.319 I mean, he's not just mobile like he I think 0:42:16.360 --> 0:42:18.680 the sideline was like, wow, he can really run. Last 0:42:18.760 --> 0:42:20.640 year he took off a few times. Here's the other 0:42:20.680 --> 0:42:23.600 thing before he before Kyler came back, I asked him, 0:42:23.719 --> 0:42:26.759 as a NASA intern and a guy with an aerospace 0:42:26.840 --> 0:42:29.279 engineering degree, right, I asked him, do you believe in 0:42:29.400 --> 0:42:32.000 UFOs and aliens? He said no, So, just just so 0:42:32.120 --> 0:42:33.920 you're aware of that, he does not believe in UFOs 0:42:33.920 --> 0:42:36.400 and aliens astronaut right aster or not? 0:42:36.920 --> 0:42:37.120 Yes? 0:42:37.520 --> 0:42:42.680 Yes, hey, Roy, every member, well many members of your 0:42:42.719 --> 0:42:44.480 family are here. Okay, we want to shout out a 0:42:44.520 --> 0:42:46.600 couple of members of the Big Red Rage family. Okay, 0:42:46.719 --> 0:42:49.080 first off, we want to give special thanks to Jeff Marley, 0:42:49.160 --> 0:42:52.319 Russell Young's and the crew all season long here at 0:42:52.880 --> 0:42:56.440 and Chandler. How about that? Yes, of course our sponsor 0:42:56.600 --> 0:43:01.759 santan Ford, Tim Hovic Forard Roy rolls up and what 0:43:01.880 --> 0:43:04.440 is that f two fifty super duty you got there? Yeah, 0:43:04.480 --> 0:43:07.120 it's a too fifty super Due Limited Yeah, six point 0:43:07.160 --> 0:43:07.680 seven leader. 0:43:07.760 --> 0:43:09.640 Yeah. Over there, that's a big girl. 0:43:09.760 --> 0:43:11.080 That's a double ding right over there. 0:43:11.160 --> 0:43:12.359 I like that girl over there. 0:43:12.719 --> 0:43:16.320 Our engineer right and our our dear friend and a 0:43:16.560 --> 0:43:19.520 veteran of the army. Fifty six years ago today, Folks 0:43:19.680 --> 0:43:22.719 wald Ellis was awarded the Purple Heart. How about that? 0:43:23.440 --> 0:43:28.279 Let's celebrate that culture thirteen ladies and gentlemen. And then 0:43:28.480 --> 0:43:31.160 seated right here in the front row on the other side, 0:43:31.640 --> 0:43:34.880 one of the longest tenured Cardinals employees in team history, 0:43:35.200 --> 0:43:39.040 John Olmahundro, former Cardinals trainer Wolf. I mean you were 0:43:39.080 --> 0:43:40.920 in the training room every day and he took care 0:43:40.920 --> 0:43:41.080 of you. 0:43:41.200 --> 0:43:41.800 Are you kidding? 0:43:42.239 --> 0:43:42.359 Oh? 0:43:43.680 --> 0:43:46.200 Honored with the inaugural Award of Excellence from the Pro 0:43:46.280 --> 0:43:48.279 Football Hall of Fame here a couple of years ago, 0:43:48.360 --> 0:43:48.640 as well. 0:43:48.680 --> 0:43:49.080 How about that. 0:43:49.360 --> 0:43:52.160 About that Hall of Famer right there, Johnny, oh of course, 0:43:52.200 --> 0:43:55.719 said how many times I've actually seen him kneeling over 0:43:55.880 --> 0:43:59.240 me as I was laying on my back. Oh my goodness, 0:43:59.320 --> 0:44:03.120 what is that? Okay screaming? Take wolf's helmet? 0:44:03.239 --> 0:44:05.560 Take his helmet before he goes back into the game. 0:44:06.480 --> 0:44:09.359 Oh man, all right, So what you got anything lined 0:44:09.440 --> 0:44:10.680 up for the off season? How are you gonna get 0:44:10.719 --> 0:44:12.680 some mental health after this last game? What do you 0:44:12.800 --> 0:44:14.680 do for fun in the off season before you start 0:44:14.719 --> 0:44:15.319 training again. 0:44:15.560 --> 0:44:20.480 I hang out with my family and we sing a 0:44:20.560 --> 0:44:24.040 lot of country music and we laugh a lot. 0:44:24.680 --> 0:44:28.680 I just picked up golf, which I'm terrible at. Oh man, 0:44:28.719 --> 0:44:32.640 that's pretty fun. So yeah, we'll do that. We'll go 0:44:32.719 --> 0:44:37.080 to country concerts around the nation and entertain ourselves. 0:44:37.120 --> 0:44:39.080 Do you play anything any instrument? Do you play it? 0:44:39.200 --> 0:44:42.560 Or no? You just I'm a great, sham, I'm a 0:44:42.640 --> 0:44:45.480 great Are you serious? Like in the car? 0:44:46.120 --> 0:44:46.319 Yes? 0:44:46.560 --> 0:44:52.680 Okay, Starling Thomas was trying to get booted. Listen, Chris Stapleton. 0:44:52.840 --> 0:44:55.160 It didn't didn't work out, So well that does you 0:44:55.320 --> 0:44:56.719 need to hang out with star I. 0:44:56.719 --> 0:44:58.759 Gotta I gotta throw it on the throw it on 0:44:58.840 --> 0:44:59.280 the stereo. 0:44:59.400 --> 0:45:02.320 That's right, all right special thanks Jim Almonro, Cody Fincher, 0:45:02.440 --> 0:45:05.080 Wald Ellis, Lawrence Ellis, Allen or any barambo Field, Paul 0:45:05.160 --> 0:45:09.560 calpc What a season The Big Red Rage presented by 0:45:09.640 --> 0:45:11.480 San san Ford and Gilbert. 0:45:13.360 --> 0:45:17.239 You've been listening to The Big Red Rage presented by 0:45:17.400 --> 0:45:20.719 santan Ford and Gilbert right on the Price, right on 0:45:20.800 --> 0:45:24.240 the corner of the Santan two two Freeway in val Visca. 0:45:25.320 --> 0:45:29.400 The Rage is brought to you by Arizona Cardinals Podcast. 0:45:29.960 --> 0:45:33.080 Visit Azycardinals dot com slash podcast. 0:45:33.280 --> 0:45:36.520 We're gonna see a little big Red Rage football right here. 0:45:37.000 --> 0:45:40.600 This has been an exclusive presentation of the Arizona Cardinals 0:45:40.640 --> 0:45:41.360 Football Club.