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Speaker 1: gonna be a show and Ron will flee. It doesn't
Speaker 1: get any better than that. Unleash the far, Ron Wilfley,
Speaker 1: you're a man who appreciates the written word, do you not?
Speaker 1: I think we need to write a letter right here
Speaker 1: off the top. I'll start. Okay, dear Preseason, we missed you,
Speaker 1: and we apologize if we ever dissed you. After twenty
Speaker 1: twenty and the pandemic protocols took you so far away
Speaker 1: from us, Well, you don't know what you have till
Speaker 1: you don't have it, So it is great. It is
Speaker 1: great to have you back preseason. At the same time,
Speaker 1: we're also glad you're only three games, nothing personal, but
Speaker 1: you are the preseason unless it's still more. And here
Speaker 1: we go, not only the preseason, kicking things off tomorrow night.
Speaker 1: It is the Big Red Rage twas the night before
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty one preseason, all presented by santan Ford
Speaker 1: and Gilbert. We are santan Ford, not just Paul Kelvs
Speaker 1: here Ron Wolfley, there about upcoming Robert Alfred bringing some
Speaker 1: football knowledge and energy and intensee so boom. We are
Speaker 1: good to go with the game plan tonight. Polly, I
Speaker 1: am so stoked, there's no doubt about it. Just knowing
Speaker 1: that there is football that is looming. I'm talking about
Speaker 1: football in the silks, baby, where the eye black is
Speaker 1: on and the bloody knuckles come out. Babe. I cannot
Speaker 1: wait to see somebody drill somebody. And Polly, I'll tell
Speaker 1: you this right now. Marcus Golden, that's the guy that
Speaker 1: I think is gonna drill somebody first. There's my bet,
Speaker 1: Marcus Golden. You know, arguably the quota camp so far,
Speaker 1: somebody asked him, when was the last time you had
Speaker 1: a low energy day? And he stared straight at the reporter.
Speaker 1: He said, probably Juco Junior College. Juco will bring you. So,
Speaker 1: you know what, Well, let's see if you're ready for
Speaker 1: the preseason. I'm gonna I'm gonna attempt to earhole you
Speaker 1: right off the top. Are you ready with this following quiz?
Speaker 1: You're ready for? Well? You know what, the star did
Speaker 1: make a good target. Go ahead, that's true. The longest
Speaker 1: tenured player on the Arizona Cardinals roster right here, right
Speaker 1: now is the longest tenure cardinal Without Patrick Peterson, without
Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald, who is the longest tenured cardinal. Wow, Paul,
Speaker 1: that's blowing my mind right now. Of guess what there
Speaker 1: is a direct link to the big Red rage the
Speaker 1: past few years. Okay, DJ, okay, that how he's gonna
Speaker 1: guess that, Paul? Isn't that that's mind blowing? Twenty fifteen?
Speaker 1: Oh that is dull? There you go. I mean if
Speaker 1: Aaron Judge can hit a home run into the corn
Speaker 1: a few moments ago, then DJ Humphreys gonna be the
Speaker 1: longest tenured Cardinal going into this season. Corsett's pending the
Speaker 1: return of Larry Fitzgerald, according to Larry Senior in a
Speaker 1: couple of tweets that went out in the last twenty
Speaker 1: four hours. So who knows what's going on on that front.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the known wolf and what we think
Speaker 1: we know when it comes to tomorrow night, um Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray may or may not play. We're not exactly sure
Speaker 1: how that's gonna stack. We'll wait and see. We know
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott is not playing for the Dallas Cowboys. Okay,
Speaker 1: we will see the offensive line, there's no doubt the
Speaker 1: starting offensive line featuring Rodney Hudson. And if this was
Speaker 1: the other arguably quote of camp when Justin Peuse said
Speaker 1: the following about the former two time Pro bowler or
Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson going through the offseason, he hanging out and
Speaker 1: just getting the note type of man he is. He's
Speaker 1: he's awesome. We all know what he can do on
Speaker 1: the football field, but the integrity, it's almost like he's
Speaker 1: gonna get mad at me. For a Chris Paul type
Speaker 1: of addition, where you're bringing a guy with that veteran
Speaker 1: leadership who knows how to do things right off the field.
Speaker 1: It you know, trickles onto the field. Really, wow, really,
Speaker 1: you know what, I honestly, Pauli that resonates with me,
Speaker 1: and the reason being is because of the position that
Speaker 1: he plays, the center position. Once again, listen, there's no
Speaker 1: doubt about it. Your quarterback that is the most important
Speaker 1: position on your team. And they're called franchise quarterbacks for
Speaker 1: a reason. But offensively, when you talk about the point guard, man,
Speaker 1: if you want to, if you want to, look at
Speaker 1: somebody in point to them and say, no, it's not
Speaker 1: the guard, it's the center. It's the point center in
Speaker 1: the game of football that calls the place and gets
Speaker 1: protections and gets people on the same page. Do you
Speaker 1: know how important that is, Pauli to any offense. It's critical.
Speaker 1: So I get exactly what Justin Pugh was saying in
Speaker 1: regard to Rodney Hudson being that point guard if you will,
Speaker 1: or point center in this case. You know, I've heard
Speaker 1: a lot of good stuff about Rodney Hudson, and I
Speaker 1: mean there's some absurd stuff like he hasn't been called
Speaker 1: for a false start since two thy sixteen. Think about that,
Speaker 1: stunning didn't have a penalty flag of any sort all
Speaker 1: of last season. Obviously, that's an area of need for
Speaker 1: an Arizona Cardinals team that led the NFL in that category.
Speaker 1: But when I hear he's an absolute grinder and he
Speaker 1: devours game film and he just sits in there and
Speaker 1: he grinds on the film and he's really prepared. I mean, Wolf, yes,
Speaker 1: you can't tell me that's not going to go a
Speaker 1: long way when he's trying to make sure that your
Speaker 1: quarterback is prepared and into the game plan and into
Speaker 1: the game field and knowing exactly what the opponent is
Speaker 1: going to bring week to week or your spot on
Speaker 1: and that one PAULI ding ding ding ding ding. Somebody
Speaker 1: gives the sideline reporter or a treat because you nailed that, Paul. Listen,
Speaker 1: this is why it's so important that you bring not
Speaker 1: only Rodney Hudson in, but the impact that he's going
Speaker 1: to have on everybody else on that offensive line. This
Speaker 1: is why Steve Kim went out and got Rodney Hudson.
Speaker 1: How we got Rodney Hudson. Still, I'm still wondering how
Speaker 1: that transpired. Mike Mayock, are you feeling okay? And I
Speaker 1: love Mike Mayock, He's a friend of the family, But
Speaker 1: my goodness, I still can't believe the Arizona Cardinal somehow,
Speaker 1: some way, God, Rodney Hudson right now, and Paul, when
Speaker 1: you talk about him grinding, this is what I love
Speaker 1: about Rodney Hudson. What's your excuse if you're not doing this?
Speaker 1: Guy is hot, a ten year veteran in this league.
Speaker 1: He's considered to be maybe the best center in the league,
Speaker 1: top three certain and now all of a sudden, he's
Speaker 1: grinding away on film and he's doing all of the
Speaker 1: things he needs to do to be successful, and he's
Speaker 1: putting in the time and you're not. What are you doing?
Speaker 1: So your offensive line to start the game tomorrow night.
Speaker 1: Dj Humphreys left tackle, Justin Pugh, left guard, Rodney Hudson,
Speaker 1: your center. Josh Jones, a third round pick a year
Speaker 1: ago he didn't play a single preseason game, said he's
Speaker 1: really looking forward to to play in tomorrow night because
Speaker 1: he just hasn't gotten many snaps at all since his
Speaker 1: college days at Houston. He'll be the right guard without
Speaker 1: Brian Winners, without Justin Murray, and then your right tackle
Speaker 1: of course, Kelvin Beacham. Now, we also had news about
Speaker 1: who else won't be around tomorrow night. As reports say
Speaker 1: that there are additions to the COVID list, Andy Isabella
Speaker 1: was already there as of a couple of days ago. Well,
Speaker 1: now you can add James Connor, Durrell Daniels the tight end,
Speaker 1: Charles Washington, the safety and special team standout Lecky Foe
Speaker 1: to another defensive lineman, Ron Wolfley. The Cardinals will be
Speaker 1: without JJ Watt, Jordan Phillips, Zach Allen, Richard, Lawrence Lecky
Speaker 1: Foe to their top five defensive linemen. So, okay, that's
Speaker 1: what we know on that front. Now, it's a good
Speaker 1: thing we haven't had cutdowns yet, Paul, Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: and by the way, that's August thirty. First they have
Speaker 1: to get down to the final fifty three. And then
Speaker 1: there's the head coach who was asked earlier this week
Speaker 1: about the twenty nineteen preseason, and remember what he told
Speaker 1: us on his weekly TV show right where in hindsight,
Speaker 1: maybe trying to hide everything in the preseason didn't exactly
Speaker 1: help the Cardinals as much as it hurt them as
Speaker 1: they were trying to confuse the Lions, and maybe they
Speaker 1: confuse themselves. And Cliff king Zario was asked about that,
Speaker 1: you want to give them plays they understand can execute
Speaker 1: at high level, play fast, be aggressive, and really get
Speaker 1: to see the best version of themselves. So that's what
Speaker 1: we're trying to do. The first year, we were really
Speaker 1: trying to keep it all tech to him tie the offense,
Speaker 1: and like I said, it was a mistake, and so
Speaker 1: this year we'll be a little bit more open and
Speaker 1: play our game to an extent. What do you think
Speaker 1: that means, Wolf, You know what, the best version of themselves.
Speaker 1: That's what I keep focusing in on, Bully. In other words,
Speaker 1: it's about the player and not the play, right, Paul,
Speaker 1: It's about the player and not the play the best
Speaker 1: version of themselves. We want them to play fast, We
Speaker 1: want them to go out there and be aggressive and
Speaker 1: be physical. By limiting the scope of what it is
Speaker 1: that we're going to do. What that means, I really
Speaker 1: don't know, but I'll tell you what I'd love to
Speaker 1: see in this situation, Paul, is a quarterback under center
Speaker 1: about fifty percent of the time, go twenty five percent
Speaker 1: in the gun, go twenty five percent of the pistol
Speaker 1: fifty percent of the time. Because I do believe a
Speaker 1: quarterback under center is where this offense can grow and
Speaker 1: expand the most this season from what we've seen in
Speaker 1: seasons past. It's the quarterback and undercenting. Now, listen, I'm
Speaker 1: not saying you're ever going to run it fifty percent
Speaker 1: of the time in the regular season. They are not
Speaker 1: going to do that. That's not who Cliff Kingsbury is.
Speaker 1: It's not who Kyler Murray is. They're gonna put him
Speaker 1: in the gun. That's gonna be the number one quarterback position.
Speaker 1: They're gonna put him in the shotgun and run their offense.
Speaker 1: But I do believe if in fact, you're going to
Speaker 1: expand a quarterback under center, Polly Hey, why not in
Speaker 1: the preseason, wrap it out, and wrap it out, and
Speaker 1: wrap it out, because when you put that quarterback under center,
Speaker 1: what you're really saying is, listen, we're not going to
Speaker 1: try to trick you. We're gonna try to truck you
Speaker 1: right here, because everyone knows what kind of plays you're
Speaker 1: gonna run. If you put Kyler Murray under center, and
Speaker 1: you put a you put a running back with his
Speaker 1: toes at seven yards and it's twelve personnel where it's
Speaker 1: eleven personnel, you're gonna run the tackle zone. That like
Speaker 1: everybody else in the league. That's what you're gonna do.
Speaker 1: You're gonna run the stretch, You're gonna have a bootleg,
Speaker 1: you're gonna have a waggle, you're gonna have a seven
Speaker 1: stop play, seven step play action off of that, You're
Speaker 1: gonna run those set of plays right there, and why
Speaker 1: not you need to wrap them out because sometimes, Polly,
Speaker 1: you gotta be able to line up and just be
Speaker 1: better than the guy across from you. You've said it before.
Speaker 1: You have to be able to run the ball when
Speaker 1: everybody knows you're going to run the ball. Right There
Speaker 1: was a moment in camp the other day and James
Speaker 1: Conner and run off the field and then he came
Speaker 1: running back on and I happen to have my head
Speaker 1: down and almost got in the way of an almost
Speaker 1: full galloping James Conner, which would have been a critical
Speaker 1: mistake on my part. He's a large dude. You know what,
Speaker 1: your hair would have helped you though. And look, if
Speaker 1: there's one thing I know is standing next to football
Speaker 1: players on the sideline. He is a large dude and
Speaker 1: I look forward to seeing his two hundred and thirty
Speaker 1: three plus pounds coming full force, full charging down the
Speaker 1: field at the Tennessee Titans in week one. Whether we
Speaker 1: see him tomorrow or night, I have no idea. Chase Edmonds,
Speaker 1: I'm not exactly sure. I figure we're gonna see Zavan
Speaker 1: Collins and Isaiah Simmons for a couple of series, and
Speaker 1: I'm guessing we're gonna see Robert Alfred and the starting
Speaker 1: corners out there. What exactly does that mean? We'll talk
Speaker 1: to the Cardinals Robert Alfred next and the Big Red
Speaker 1: Rage presented by Santan Ford in Gilbert Brady gets a
Speaker 1: stamp from Andrew Falcon's trying to get them or snap
Speaker 1: that coming back up the field. It's Robert Alferd, Albert
Speaker 1: forty thirty twenty fifteen, ten five and he will walk
Speaker 1: into the end tone on an eighty one yard pick six.
Speaker 1: He knows if he's healthy. Man, he's a big party's defense.
Speaker 1: And when you're speaking about leaders and guys, that's pushing
Speaker 1: guys man. He is on top of our lists forward leaders,
Speaker 1: that is Cardinals de coordinator, Vance, Joseph and Wolf. The
Speaker 1: competition level, the compete level officially just went up in
Speaker 1: a big way on The Big Red Rage based on
Speaker 1: our next guest start barkatball. If I asked you to
Speaker 1: name one player who has stood out each of the
Speaker 1: last three Cardinal camps, right, A guy who's getting you
Speaker 1: fired up, because we're most definitely looking forward to seeing
Speaker 1: come September and beyond. A guy when you're down on
Speaker 1: the field, A guy you here, I mean before you
Speaker 1: even see him, and now we get a chance to
Speaker 1: hear him tonight on the Big Red Rage, our special
Speaker 1: guest corner at Robert Alfred, Robert, how are we doing?
Speaker 1: I'm doing good? How you guys doing? Man, really appreciate
Speaker 1: you joining us right now, Robert. I have to start
Speaker 1: with this. What is Hammond, Louisiana? Like? Oh, man, it's
Speaker 1: a little small country town, man, really, Yeah, everybody knows everybody, man.
Speaker 1: Pretty much, everybody that that's from there is pretty much
Speaker 1: in some sort of way kin to each other. So
Speaker 1: that's just telling you just how small it is. You know.
Speaker 1: So you went to Southeast Louisiana. Look at you in
Speaker 1: your NFL career, Malcolm Butler went to West Alabama. Look
Speaker 1: it this NFL career. Is there something that ingrained in
Speaker 1: the two of you? Is that? I mean? Is there
Speaker 1: something you guys share and is there a trait between
Speaker 1: the two of you that led to each of you
Speaker 1: having successful NFL careers and defining the odds. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: most definitely. Man being from a small school, I think
Speaker 1: Malcolm Um started off at a at a junior college,
Speaker 1: just speaking with him and just getting to know him.
Speaker 1: But most definitely though it come from a small school, man,
Speaker 1: you always gonna have a chip on your shoulder because
Speaker 1: both of us we felt like we could have win
Speaker 1: D one and and just not being able to go
Speaker 1: D one made a bigger chip upon our shoulder. So
Speaker 1: for us to have Um the career that we have,
Speaker 1: I think he going into his eight year. I'm going
Speaker 1: into my ninth year. Man, Um, it's real big for us.
Speaker 1: Like I said, we came from a small school, was
Speaker 1: pretty much like overlooked and Um I always had to
Speaker 1: prove ourselves during our football career. So yeah, that was
Speaker 1: That's that's major. Robert, you already talked about it. You
Speaker 1: touched on it, the fact that you missed the last
Speaker 1: two training camps coming into this training camp here, What
Speaker 1: did that teach you? If anything? The last two years.
Speaker 1: I'm just telling me just to um take it day
Speaker 1: by day. And never um like never never regret um
Speaker 1: like never that look over a day. You know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying, Like always um be like take advantage of
Speaker 1: each day that you're out there on the field. Like
Speaker 1: you said, I was out for two years. Man, that
Speaker 1: was that was very tough for me, man, just um
Speaker 1: coming from being released by by Atlanta and then that
Speaker 1: offseason just busting my butt to UM to prove myself
Speaker 1: and then just went down with a leg injury and
Speaker 1: then come back off the leg in drafted, grinding again
Speaker 1: another offseason and then tearing my pick. Man was was
Speaker 1: um it taught me a lot, man, It really like
Speaker 1: taught me like patience and and and just like I said,
Speaker 1: not to regret like no days, man like, take advantage
Speaker 1: of each and every day that God has blessed me
Speaker 1: to um to play this game. So here you are now, Robert,
Speaker 1: You're thirty two years old. You're in this training camp.
Speaker 1: How's the body holding up right now? I mean I'm
Speaker 1: thirty two. I feel like I'm twenty five. So that
Speaker 1: tells you a lot. But um nah, I've done a
Speaker 1: lot of things man this offseason. Like you said, I
Speaker 1: came from those two two injured these past years. On
Speaker 1: my wife, she's um got me on the um some pills.
Speaker 1: Um that that helped with recovery, tumor rick and things
Speaker 1: like that, casting um pills. So um she done her job.
Speaker 1: And um we added in polides this offseason. So it
Speaker 1: was more so like stretching, um, getting nobody ready for training. Kevin,
Speaker 1: I think those things helped me a lot. Hey, Robert
Speaker 1: Alfred is our guest Cardinals cornerback here on the big
Speaker 1: Red Rage present of a Santan Ford in Gilbert. I
Speaker 1: mean you're right. I mean you have little miles the
Speaker 1: last couple of years, right, so so you're probably feeling
Speaker 1: good in a lot of ways. But it was important,
Speaker 1: if I remember right, well, you told the media to
Speaker 1: start camp, to stay in Arizona and talk about this
Speaker 1: to prove that the Cardinals that you're still the player
Speaker 1: they signed three years ago. Correct, correct, Man? That was
Speaker 1: that was the main thing for me, Man, to to
Speaker 1: get back what they what they blessed me with. Like
Speaker 1: I said, I was released after the twenty eighteen season
Speaker 1: from Atlanta, and they blessed me to come here just
Speaker 1: to show my talents and to prove myself that I
Speaker 1: was still UM that that good carnerback, that great cornerback
Speaker 1: in the league. And UM, like I said I did,
Speaker 1: was UM hinder and got hurt the past two years.
Speaker 1: And my main thing was, like I told my agent, man,
Speaker 1: I had the return here. I had to UM give
Speaker 1: them back what they what they blessed me with UM
Speaker 1: these past two years. And I just wanted to prove
Speaker 1: myself and the show my show my skills UM this
Speaker 1: year to them and show them that I am the
Speaker 1: player that UM that they bought from Atlanta. Robert. That
Speaker 1: is so cool. I gotta tell you. It's a guy
Speaker 1: that played ten years in the National Football League. To
Speaker 1: hear you say you felt like you owed something to that, dude,
Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, man, props to you right right.
Speaker 1: Appreciate it. And I see how you got through the
Speaker 1: last two years. I know you mentioned your faith and
Speaker 1: your stepfather is a pastor and that you know that
Speaker 1: helped you that mental strength. So so does that help
Speaker 1: you when you're lined up? Oh, I don't know. Over
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins one of the best in the game. And
Speaker 1: then because you guys have had some legendary one on
Speaker 1: one so far, haven't you. Oh yeah, oh yeah, Man,
Speaker 1: it's it's it's good to go against the petition plus
Speaker 1: UM to have a receiver on the team that's UM.
Speaker 1: If not the best, he's definitely in the top three
Speaker 1: UM in the league for sure. And being able to
Speaker 1: practice practice against him and ask questions, UM, what he
Speaker 1: see that I can improve on vice versa and UM. Yeah, man,
Speaker 1: we've been going there to each and every day, man,
Speaker 1: And it's great competition. UM. I've been knowing hop since
Speaker 1: we since we enter into the NFL. We trained together
Speaker 1: at IMG, so pretty much we already knew about each other,
Speaker 1: knew knew each other high mental was and I mean,
Speaker 1: it's it's great competition to be able just to practice
Speaker 1: UM against him each and every day. Roberts, everybody tells
Speaker 1: me what a dog you are, and I don't have
Speaker 1: to be told. I can watch you practice and you
Speaker 1: go about your business. Over these last two training camps,
Speaker 1: there's no doubt about it. You got all dog in
Speaker 1: you right now. Let me ask you this, do you
Speaker 1: engage in trash talking? And if so, why UM? And
Speaker 1: some yeah, yeah, yeah, I love the trash talk UM
Speaker 1: most of the time. UM. I pretty much like when
Speaker 1: the receivers or whoever, um to start talking to me first,
Speaker 1: because once they talk to me, that makes me real.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. That made me real competitive.
Speaker 1: I really like turn on the switch. So I love
Speaker 1: when when someone talks to me. But if I feel
Speaker 1: like the receiver isn't talking, I just thought when him
Speaker 1: just so he can start talking, you know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: And it makes me. It fires me up at the
Speaker 1: end of the day, because that what drives me. You
Speaker 1: know what. It's so funny, Robert, because I remember being
Speaker 1: a player, and sometimes I would challenge myself. I didn't
Speaker 1: feel like I was good, I didn't feel like I
Speaker 1: was ready to go, so I'd start talking trash because
Speaker 1: I knew if I if I was talking trash, you
Speaker 1: better be through it. Do you ever do that to
Speaker 1: get yourself going? Um? Sometimes I do. But most of
Speaker 1: the times, Um, I'm already like eager than and ready
Speaker 1: to to start. I'm already liked comfany and and my
Speaker 1: film studied during that week, and comfany and the coach
Speaker 1: is gonna put us in the right position. So pretty
Speaker 1: much I already be like be empty up. Of course,
Speaker 1: like if if I feel like I need a little edge.
Speaker 1: I'm definitely gonna start a trash talking to make him
Speaker 1: say something. You know. That was Richard Sherman back in
Speaker 1: the day. He used to complain he tried to talk
Speaker 1: trash talk Larry, and then Larry would be complimentary. He'd
Speaker 1: be like, you know, hey, you're looking good, Richard. Your
Speaker 1: film's good, You're in good shape. How's the family? And
Speaker 1: Richard Sherman's like, I'm trying to trash talk right right.
Speaker 1: That doesn't work. So I don't know if that was
Speaker 1: like reverse psychology. How about de Hoop though, he's come
Speaker 1: over to the defensive sideline a few times and he's
Speaker 1: made some noise. He sparked a little, hasn't he Yeah, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean that's hot man hop hop gonna trash talk
Speaker 1: to Um. I mean that's just him. I mean he
Speaker 1: has that dog in He just on the offensive side,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. But um, like I said,
Speaker 1: man like, he's he's a he's a big competitor. He's
Speaker 1: a big competitor. So as my own myself, you are
Speaker 1: a huge competitor. It's one of the things I love
Speaker 1: watching you practice. Just go about your business. May ask
Speaker 1: you this, you played for a lot of defensive coordinators.
Speaker 1: Who was the toughest defensive coordinator you've played for? Oh Man,
Speaker 1: I probably say they always on the same same category
Speaker 1: from um, from coach Quinn to VJ to Mike Nolan. Um,
Speaker 1: all of them had that that um, that dog mentality
Speaker 1: and ain't gonna push. They're gonna push their players. You
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. They want the best out of
Speaker 1: each and every one of them. And then, UM, I
Speaker 1: can't just point out one defensive coordinator. You know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying, They all of us was in the same
Speaker 1: was in that same mindset for me, Has anyone ever
Speaker 1: had to coach you hard? Robert as a hard coaching
Speaker 1: and do you respond to hard coaching? Well, um, that's
Speaker 1: the number one thing that I tell my defensive coordinators
Speaker 1: and my um, my corner best coach is to coach
Speaker 1: me hard, um, because I want to be great, So UM,
Speaker 1: I'm able to take everything they throw at me. But
Speaker 1: the number one thing that I want them to do
Speaker 1: is is to coach me hard because I want them
Speaker 1: to push out the best in me. Because I know
Speaker 1: that I want to be great and the only way
Speaker 1: to be great is to have that coach. That's gonna
Speaker 1: push the best out of you. Dude. That's like a
Speaker 1: warm blanket being wrapped around me on a cold winter's day.
Speaker 1: To actually hear you say that, that's exactly the way
Speaker 1: I felt as walking would drive me. That's what I
Speaker 1: want because I know if it's when they don't yell
Speaker 1: at you, man, and that's when you start worrying about it.
Speaker 1: So you guys aren't interested in the participation trophies. It's
Speaker 1: not what you're saying. Okay, all right, Hey, it's all
Speaker 1: about you, Robert Alfred here on the Big Red Rage.
Speaker 1: All right, So speaking to your de coordinator, advanced Joseph, Look,
Speaker 1: we know the number one thing with the corner is
Speaker 1: you gotta cover. But he mentioned on his own this
Speaker 1: crew in this room and their ability to tackle, whether
Speaker 1: it's you, whether it's Malcolm Butler, Byron Murphy. How big
Speaker 1: a deal is that to this defense in your opinion, Robert,
Speaker 1: m that's real big. Come into the into the new
Speaker 1: rule that they add this year that we can't cut.
Speaker 1: So we know that a lot of teams is gonna
Speaker 1: try to um come on on the edge on the perimeters,
Speaker 1: and they're gonna expect to tackle. And I think that
Speaker 1: VJ coach, coach rob everybody on defensive side. I think
Speaker 1: they bought in, um a great secondary group. That shoot,
Speaker 1: if one of us go down, that the next president
Speaker 1: gonna step up. And we all got that dog mentality
Speaker 1: and go come up and stick out, nose in and
Speaker 1: make tackles. Talk about Byron Murphy, what kind of growth
Speaker 1: have you seen from Byron Murphy? Man? Real big man.
Speaker 1: He made a big jump man, just from from when
Speaker 1: he first got here, um to now. But um, I
Speaker 1: mean he's made a tremendous jump from his rookie year
Speaker 1: to what it is, his third year, um, whatnot. But
Speaker 1: you see each and every year that that Murphy is
Speaker 1: is growing as a as a as an NFL talented
Speaker 1: UM cornerback. And I think the sky's the limit for him. Um.
Speaker 1: He has the right mental Um, he has athletic ability. UM.
Speaker 1: With that man, you can't go wrong. He just got
Speaker 1: to just stay stay in a moment and keep on
Speaker 1: pushing and keep on reaching the top. I know you
Speaker 1: guys don't make a lot of questions about the rookies,
Speaker 1: but just give us a little bit. Marco Wilson and
Speaker 1: what you're seeing because he appears from what we can tell,
Speaker 1: to be that fourth corner right now. Yeah, man, Marco
Speaker 1: is going to be great. Man. You can see it
Speaker 1: right now, just from him being a rick and how
Speaker 1: he likes to soak up whatever he can. He's willing
Speaker 1: to ask all the questions. Great, great, fundamentally sound um.
Speaker 1: The sky's delemmit from him, for sure. Man, He's going
Speaker 1: to be a great talent um in the near future. Robert,
Speaker 1: you're one of my favorite guys man on the team. Seriously,
Speaker 1: I hope you're able to stay healthy this year and
Speaker 1: show everybody what it is that you can do. Thank
Speaker 1: you so much, brother for joining us. We appreciate it. Yes,
Speaker 1: thank you all for having Wolf wanting to talk about
Speaker 1: Julio Jones and j Brown. I told him no, it's
Speaker 1: too early, right Thank you, Robert, thank you all. There
Speaker 1: you go, Cardinals cornerback Robert Alfred joining us for a
Speaker 1: few minutes here on the Big Red Rage. Oh man,
Speaker 1: we'll talk about that and more next as we continue
Speaker 1: right here. The Big Red Rage, presented by Santan four
Speaker 1: in Gilbert snapped the Wilson Cardinals bringing to pressure. It's
Speaker 1: picked up Wilson the time of the pocket now and
Speaker 1: trouble and sacked about four Cardinals in the backfield. But
Speaker 1: it's Isaiah Simmons, the rookie that gets the Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: first to force a funk. Shotguns snapped to Wilson straight
Speaker 1: drop back, steps up in the pocket, takes off running
Speaker 1: far side at the forty and drilled by Simmons at
Speaker 1: the forty one. Isaiah Simmons is ball at Shotguns dat
Speaker 1: Wilson quick throw to the left, flat metcalf caught it
Speaker 1: at the thirty eight, dropped by Isaiah Simmons for a
Speaker 1: loss at the thirty seventy yard line. Simmons has played
Speaker 1: terrific football tonight. The rookie really starting to get comfortable
Speaker 1: out there. Two primetime games against Seattle last season and
Speaker 1: two big time first impressions by Isaiah Simmons against the
Speaker 1: division rival. That was at Seattle where he had ten
Speaker 1: tackles in a sack in that game, and we know
Speaker 1: what happened against the Seahawks in overtime at home where
Speaker 1: he had the big interception that set up the game
Speaker 1: winning field goal. Isaiah Simmons looking to pick up where
Speaker 1: he left off against the Seahawks a year ago. It
Speaker 1: is the Big Red Rage presented by Satan Ford and
Speaker 1: Gilbert Paul kelvc Ron Wolfley's special thanks again to Robert
Speaker 1: Alford obviously, the football IQ, the intensity, the man and
Speaker 1: some great stuff in there, and just talking about his
Speaker 1: trash talking wolf his battles with d Hop and you
Speaker 1: know what, towards the end of that interview, someone we're
Speaker 1: going to keep an eye on tomorrow night, Marco Wilson.
Speaker 1: He mentioned Marco Wilson and he had some pretty big
Speaker 1: props because earlier in camp he didn't want anything to
Speaker 1: do with any of the rookies and mentioned anything about
Speaker 1: those guys. But he is willing to give a few
Speaker 1: words on Marco Wilson and those were very positive. So
Speaker 1: that should be encouraging to Marco Wilson. But you know what,
Speaker 1: you need three corners. You gotta have three corners on
Speaker 1: this team in today's NFL. And that's why I'm so
Speaker 1: hopeful Robert Alford will actually stay healthy. With Byron Murphy
Speaker 1: of course, and then Malcolm Butler. Speaking of young guys
Speaker 1: and the defense, it's gott herrop all around, Zaven Collins
Speaker 1: and Isaiah Simmons and just curious because I know a
Speaker 1: lot of people are curious. What have you seen from
Speaker 1: those two guys in camp so far? Man? They look
Speaker 1: good in the uniform. Ball that much, I'll tell you wow.
Speaker 1: I mean, the athleticism is there, the length is there,
Speaker 1: the ability to make plays, it is definitely there. I
Speaker 1: am greatly encouraged to see Zaven Collins progressing the way
Speaker 1: that he is in Isaiah Simmons as well. But you
Speaker 1: know what, Polly, it comes down to doing. It comes
Speaker 1: down when the silks go on, baby, and you go
Speaker 1: out and you play a game against an opponent that
Speaker 1: is trying to drive you into the ground. How are
Speaker 1: you going to play? Man, Let's hope these two come together.
Speaker 1: Let's hope these two can ball out and play well.
Speaker 1: Because if they can play, and that's still a question mark. Sorry,
Speaker 1: you gotta prove it. To me, Polly, I don't know
Speaker 1: how you feel about it, but to me, you gotta
Speaker 1: prove that you can play when the silks are on.
Speaker 1: But if they can, is defense is going to go
Speaker 1: as they go well? And if he doesn't prove it,
Speaker 1: if he isn't the guy in the first two three weeks,
Speaker 1: he will no longer be the guy you can't risk
Speaker 1: regular season games, so he's gonna And I thought your
Speaker 1: interview with Bill Davis, the inside linebackers coach, this week,
Speaker 1: you know, was excellent in a lot of ways. And
Speaker 1: if I remember right, he said Zavin Collins would go
Speaker 1: into a game in college, he'd have three, four, maybe
Speaker 1: five defenses to call. Now he's got thirty. Now they
Speaker 1: narrow that downcome game day and for that particular opponent.
Speaker 1: But it just shows you how a kid can be
Speaker 1: swimming when he all of a sudden he's tasked with
Speaker 1: cowen a entire defense. And in fact, here's Zaven Collins
Speaker 1: in camp and just talking about the you know, the
Speaker 1: push he's getting from everyone around him. Guys in this
Speaker 1: locker room are great, you know. Of course, being the
Speaker 1: young guy on the team, guys have been on me before.
Speaker 1: Guys have come up to me and yelled at me,
Speaker 1: done stuff like that because they have a passion for
Speaker 1: the game. I have a passion for a game as well.
Speaker 1: I have no experience right now, but pretty soon, to
Speaker 1: do or die, you have to do it. And those
Speaker 1: guys are put me every day to be in that position.
Speaker 1: So it's a very friendly environment and It does make
Speaker 1: a difference whenever you're close to your team. And I
Speaker 1: cannot wait to watch as Paula. I really cannodd, Zaven
Speaker 1: Collins of course, and Isaiah Simmons, especially Paul tomorrow night
Speaker 1: and run down. I don't care how many reps they get, Polly,
Speaker 1: I don't care what it is. And run down situation
Speaker 1: first and ten second and one to six with a
Speaker 1: power personnel group out there. Whether they have eleven personnel,
Speaker 1: I'm not going to consider that a power personnel, but
Speaker 1: a twelve personnel unit that's one back, two tight ends,
Speaker 1: two wide receivers, maybe a thirteen where it's one back,
Speaker 1: it's three tight ends and one wide receiver. But a
Speaker 1: power personnel group and rundown situation. And then whether the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys try to run the ball or use play action,
Speaker 1: how does Zaven Collins and Isaiah Simmons do in those situations?
Speaker 1: In particular, that's what I'm looking for, rundown situation against
Speaker 1: power personnel and play action or running the ball, because
Speaker 1: obviously Week one against the Tennessee Titans, that's what they're
Speaker 1: gonna see. And guess what we expect Zaman Collins to see.
Speaker 1: Zekiel Elliott, that Zeke Elliott will probably be out there
Speaker 1: for at least a series, maybe two. He did not
Speaker 1: play in that Hall of Fame game, and so there
Speaker 1: you go. That's gonna be a marquee top five running back.
Speaker 1: He's gonna be able to match up against. Also intriguing
Speaker 1: what Bill Davis said this week to you Wolf was
Speaker 1: that Jordan Hicks is quote having the best camp I've
Speaker 1: ever seen him half. Now, remember Bill Davis was a
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator in Philly when they drafted Jordan Hicks in
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. So very interesting there. In fact, on the
Speaker 1: Big Red Rage earlier this year, Bill Davis, we asked
Speaker 1: him here right here about where he just thinks the
Speaker 1: Arizona d is going to improve the most. Our turnovers,
Speaker 1: I think are going to increase. One of the things
Speaker 1: you get when you get the two six four inside
Speaker 1: backers who can move and run. Now is a quarterback
Speaker 1: when you try to high lowis and you've got a
Speaker 1: short little stop route in an in behind it, trying
Speaker 1: to throw over those two inside, You're going to elevate
Speaker 1: your pass a little bit. To safeties are gonna get
Speaker 1: more balls, I believe. I think there'll be more tips
Speaker 1: and overthrows, and tips and overthrows in the NFL turn
Speaker 1: into interceptions. Yeah, I mean, think of everything on paper. Now, okay,
Speaker 1: this is on paper, all right. The Cardinals, if your advanced,
Speaker 1: Joseph and you're Bill Davison, you're drawing up this defense
Speaker 1: and you're saying, okay, potentially you're gonna have Ryan Tannehill
Speaker 1: coming up the line of scrimmage on September twelfth in Nashville.
Speaker 1: And on the left side, he's got Chandler Jones. Old boy,
Speaker 1: there's fifty five. He's got a nineteen sacks season under
Speaker 1: his belt two years ago. Right next to him is
Speaker 1: ninety nine JJ Watt. I got Marcus Golden blowing spit
Speaker 1: bubbles off the right side. Now here's Isaiah Simmons off
Speaker 1: the edge. Wait a minute, Buddha Baker is flashing six
Speaker 1: foot five Saving Collins is in the middle. I gotta
Speaker 1: throw over him on third and seven. I mean, there's
Speaker 1: a lot to think about matchup wise. Yeah, you know what, honestly,
Speaker 1: right now, to the Arizona Cardinals. And they've done this
Speaker 1: at public setting right here, so I'm not divulging any
Speaker 1: inside information, but they ran a personnel group out there
Speaker 1: that you know I've been talking about, PAULI, and you
Speaker 1: hit on it in a little bit with Isaiah Simmons
Speaker 1: coming off the edge. A lot of times you're gonna
Speaker 1: see Isaiah Simmons on the outside. You're gonna see Chandler
Speaker 1: Jones on the other side, You're gonna see Jordan Hicks
Speaker 1: on the inside with Zaven Collins. That to me is
Speaker 1: a true three four defense right there. And you know what,
Speaker 1: why not why not start moving Isaiah Simmons around. This
Speaker 1: is year two, it's not year one. You know, last
Speaker 1: year I did not want them to move him around.
Speaker 1: But man, now you can start doing it because I
Speaker 1: think he's much more comfortable with the offense with the defense.
Speaker 1: I should say, listen that thirty four unit that they
Speaker 1: ran out there with those linebackers, those four linebackers on
Speaker 1: the field, Paul, that's what you're gonna see against the
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans Week one. Once again, I believe this is
Speaker 1: a personnel group that they're working with right now that
Speaker 1: they want to get reps in game because they know
Speaker 1: that they're going to use that against the Tennessee Titans.
Speaker 1: That is just me pure speculation. Maybe you have to
Speaker 1: walk down Buddha Baker, make an eight man front against
Speaker 1: two tight ends, twelve personnel, Derek Henry attack a line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage, run the ball. Heck, yeah, that's the personnel group.
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna use advance. Joseph hinted at it
Speaker 1: a little bit. He was asked in a roundabout way,
Speaker 1: and his response was, Look, we want to get the
Speaker 1: eleven best players on the field. And if Jordan Hicks
Speaker 1: is truly having what they're calling the best camp of
Speaker 1: his career and he knows that defense cold, you don't
Speaker 1: have to worry about any mental errors because not only
Speaker 1: and well if you know, it's a lot better than me.
Speaker 1: But to listen to other guys say it, not only
Speaker 1: is Zavan Gallan's the guy wearing the green dot call
Speaker 1: in the defense, he's trying to align other guys. Yes,
Speaker 1: and so he's got enough to worry about making his
Speaker 1: NFL debut. But if Jordan Hicks all of a sudden
Speaker 1: has taking that off his plate in that three inside
Speaker 1: linebacker set, then man, I just I like those possibilities
Speaker 1: and just the fact it would reduce the mental errors
Speaker 1: of the possibility there up that we saw, for example,
Speaker 1: in Week one against the forty nine ers when Raheem
Speaker 1: Mostert tasted Isaiah Simmons. It's one of the things, man,
Speaker 1: I'm so excited to look for tomorrow night is those
Speaker 1: two guys, Zaven Collins once again and Isaiah Simmons, Paull
Speaker 1: and how well they do in those situations, how they
Speaker 1: hold up. There are more things that we're going to
Speaker 1: be looking for. I know we're talking about that and
Speaker 1: the next beautiful part of the program, but never forget this.
Speaker 1: Bill Davis also said Wolf, we're always preparing for the
Speaker 1: Week one, We're always preparing for the Tennessee Titans. He
Speaker 1: was talking about that when I talked about that personnel
Speaker 1: group right there, because that is going to be the
Speaker 1: game in my opinion, to a gross simplification of the truth, Paully,
Speaker 1: but breaking it down, it's going to be rundown situation
Speaker 1: with the Tennessee Titans. I've been talking about it for weeks.
Speaker 1: They're one of the best offense. I think they might
Speaker 1: be the best offense in the league. And it's going
Speaker 1: to be a throwback offense. It's going to be more
Speaker 1: of a traditional offense now they blend the old and
Speaker 1: the new. They'll put Derrick Henry right there in the
Speaker 1: shotgun next to Ryan Tannehill. They'll run some zone reads
Speaker 1: with Derrick Henry. What a mother that is. Right. When
Speaker 1: you've got Ryan Tannehill, who can also run the ball
Speaker 1: in that situation, they'll they blend the old and the new.
Speaker 1: Eye absolutely love watching this offense play. I think they're
Speaker 1: gonna be one of the best. That's gonna be the
Speaker 1: game to me, in a gross simplification of the truth.
Speaker 1: Can the Arizona Cardinals and those two young linebackers hold
Speaker 1: up against the Tennessee Titans and their rundown offense? And
Speaker 1: you know what you are so right? Ryan Tannehill, the
Speaker 1: former receiver, he's not a running quarterback, but he's a
Speaker 1: quarterback who can run. Yes. And when you have all
Speaker 1: those athletes out on the field and they're every down players,
Speaker 1: think of all the teams all of a sudden, who
Speaker 1: are going up tempo. That's the word out of Seahawks camp.
Speaker 1: By the way, is Seattle has been showing a lot
Speaker 1: of up tempo with Russell Wilson. So if you can
Speaker 1: have guys who are every down players and athletes like
Speaker 1: Zaven Collins, Isaiah Simmons, the food of Bakers. Those kind
Speaker 1: of guys who can stay on the field regardless of
Speaker 1: the personnel groups, then that's got to be a big
Speaker 1: time advantage to vance Joseph and company when they're calling
Speaker 1: that d interesting, very interesting. And we know the value
Speaker 1: of a linebacker knowing where he's supposed to be. I'll
Speaker 1: give an example Week seventeen against the Rams. Last year,
Speaker 1: Tanner Valley, Oh, out of nowhere, had twelve tackles in
Speaker 1: a sack because he knows where to be. We'll find
Speaker 1: out who Wolf wants to see tomorrow night in the
Speaker 1: preseason debut against the Cowboys. Next and the Big Red
Speaker 1: Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert Next. You know
Speaker 1: the steps Benjamin makes, he got a mess. They're gonna
Speaker 1: get a chance to see Eno Benjamin playball again because
Speaker 1: we know a year ago that didn't happen, didn't get
Speaker 1: into a regular season game. There were no preseason games
Speaker 1: or no fans allowed during camp. So now boom tomorrow
Speaker 1: night against the Dallas Cowboys preseason game number one of three.
Speaker 1: And if you're figuring that Chase Edmonds and James Connor
Speaker 1: will get very limited reps, if any at all, then
Speaker 1: guess what, hello, Jonathan Mooard, you know Benjamin edo Smith.
Speaker 1: These are guys who have a chance to put some
Speaker 1: reps down on film. As we wrap up this edition
Speaker 1: to the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and
Speaker 1: Gilbert Paul Kelvic and Ron Wolfley. Yeah, you're right about that, Paulino. Benjamin, though,
Speaker 1: I have to tell you right now. You know, when
Speaker 1: they drafted Eno Benjamin, I compared him to Chase Edmonds,
Speaker 1: and you did. I will continue to say that. I
Speaker 1: think it's an accurate comparison. I think the size, the
Speaker 1: body type, I think the brain, I think the emotion,
Speaker 1: I think the spirit, how they go about their business.
Speaker 1: I think it's very very similar. There's it was interesting
Speaker 1: because I had the opportunity to talk to you know,
Speaker 1: Benjamin Paul and you know, Benjamin was talking about that
Speaker 1: very thing. He was talking about how he loves to
Speaker 1: talk to Chase Edmonds. They sit down and they have
Speaker 1: conversations and they watch tape together. I knew these guys
Speaker 1: were going to be really good friends, but I also
Speaker 1: knew they were going to be really good competitors as well,
Speaker 1: and that is probably what we're going to see through
Speaker 1: the course of this preseason eno Benjamin competing big time. Well,
Speaker 1: we know you don't have to ask Chase Edmonds twice
Speaker 1: to talk. That's what he does really well, almost as
Speaker 1: good as running the football. So that makes sense there.
Speaker 1: In terms of guys you want to see. Obviously, we
Speaker 1: talked about Zavin Collins, Rondale Moore, no doubt about that. Wolf.
Speaker 1: I had someone in the know compare the potential impact
Speaker 1: of Rondelle Moore to this offense to another rookie receiver
Speaker 1: at Cardinals history. Do you remember a guy by the
Speaker 1: name of an Quon Bolden. Yes, that's them, some tall
Speaker 1: words and expectations. But Rondel Moore is at a few
Speaker 1: moments where he has really flashed. Yeah. But you know what, Pauly,
Speaker 1: that is such a weird comparison right there, because Rondelle Moore,
Speaker 1: as you know, I mean, okay, he's got massive thighs.
Speaker 1: We understand that he can squat six fifty whatever it is, Paul,
Speaker 1: you know, I mean, I get that, But it was
Speaker 1: on the impact, not the player. Now, Camp is a
Speaker 1: player to play, but he might have on the offense. Okay,
Speaker 1: if he isn't able to take the top off Louit
Speaker 1: be the Jets sweep guy, get the ball and Sebody's right.
Speaker 1: He's so different. He truly is an Quan was not
Speaker 1: going to be a take the top off guy. He
Speaker 1: was going to be throw it to him and get
Speaker 1: out of his way because he was gonna truck you
Speaker 1: or run you over. But listen, as far as things
Speaker 1: that I'm looking for, Paul number one, I'm going to
Speaker 1: start with some personnel information. I'm going to look for
Speaker 1: under center, how many times we have a quarterback that
Speaker 1: is actually under center? Then I'm going to look on
Speaker 1: the defensive site. If in fact they run out to
Speaker 1: start this game, that that three four defense where he
Speaker 1: got Joe Hicks, Avin Collins, Isaiah Simmons on the outside
Speaker 1: and Chandler Jones on the outside. Will they show that
Speaker 1: in a game. They've showed it in practice, why not
Speaker 1: show it in a game? I don't know. I'm looking
Speaker 1: for that as well. Rondale Moore, There's no doubt about it, Polly,
Speaker 1: you hit it right on the head. Rondale Moore. And
Speaker 1: whether or not he shows the ability to get vertical,
Speaker 1: I don't know how many reps he's gonna get I
Speaker 1: would imagine it be maybe ten, maybe twelve, somewhere in there.
Speaker 1: I don't know how long they plan on playing them,
Speaker 1: but I'm going to be looking to see if Rondale
Speaker 1: Moore can make some plays, but get vertical in particular,
Speaker 1: Josh Jones as the guy that could be the starting
Speaker 1: right guard in this game, going into a Josh Jones
Speaker 1: in his development, and then Polly Rashard Lawrence, Richard Lawrence
Speaker 1: getting the opportunity to play that one technique over the
Speaker 1: knows Corey Peters. Of course they brought him in. Rashard
Speaker 1: Lawrence is a mini me, if you will, of Corey
Speaker 1: Peters and these guys are hanging out together. They're really
Speaker 1: good friends. As a matter of fact, where Chard Lawrence
Speaker 1: told me that the biggest influence on the team for
Speaker 1: him is Corey Peters. That's not a surprise to you.
Speaker 1: It's not a surprise to me knowing Corey Peters. And
Speaker 1: you know what, there's a lot of question marks here.
Speaker 1: For example, the first team offense, if they go three
Speaker 1: and out, are they done? Will they get a second series?
Speaker 1: My expectation would be yes, what of guys like we're
Speaker 1: Chard Lawrence, who are on that you know that COVID
Speaker 1: list right or actually on the defensive line list would
Speaker 1: deal with injuries. Are some of these guys gonna go
Speaker 1: or not? We'll see about that. And then there's Marco
Speaker 1: Wilson and he's the fourth round rookie, but in terms
Speaker 1: of a skill set and being a corner in the
Speaker 1: size and the measurables, Cardinals had him among the top
Speaker 1: ten corners in the draft just based on the measurables.
Speaker 1: And with that in mind, Marco Wilson was talking about
Speaker 1: some of the advice he's been getting from DeAndre Hopkins.
Speaker 1: He was on the Red Sea Report and said this, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I've actually talked to hop a great amount about things
Speaker 1: I can do to help my game. He's also mentioned
Speaker 1: stuff like because you know him and him and Jay
Speaker 1: Loramzy go at it every year, so he's mentioned a
Speaker 1: lot of things that he does because he knows that's
Speaker 1: a great cornerback, and things that I could do to
Speaker 1: put into my game to make make sure I elevate
Speaker 1: my game every day. So I'm very very appreciative that
Speaker 1: I have a guy like DeAndre Hopkins that I could
Speaker 1: learn from um every day in practice. So it's just
Speaker 1: a blessing to be out here and be able to
Speaker 1: compete every day. Your thought that you know, Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean there's there's no doubt about it. Pat He and
Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald used to make each other better in camp, obviously,
Speaker 1: and so all the young corners. That's where you can tell.
Speaker 1: Look for all the practices where no one's hit anyone,
Speaker 1: you can at least watch a cover corner and see
Speaker 1: if he can stay with DeAndre Hopkins and Marco Wilson.
Speaker 1: That's how we knew Robert Alford, right, Robert Alford was
Speaker 1: was given no quarter against DeAndre Hopkins. So now we
Speaker 1: get to see it because to your point, Wolf, not
Speaker 1: only do you need three sometimes you need four corners
Speaker 1: and cardinals, right, And if you have two corners age
Speaker 1: thirty and above and Robert Alford and d and Uh
Speaker 1: and Malcolm Butler, then guess what you know, Marco Wilson
Speaker 1: might be imperative to go along with a Byron Murphy
Speaker 1: at some point this season. Yeah, you know, Josh Jones, again,
Speaker 1: this is a guy. I know exactly what you're saying, Paulie,
Speaker 1: but I'm going to be looking at him if in fact,
Speaker 1: Josh Jones gets that opportunity to go out there and
Speaker 1: get a lot of reps. And I'm hoping that he
Speaker 1: is going to get that opportunity to do it. Paul.
Speaker 1: I want to see him come off the ball. He's
Speaker 1: got everything you'd want from an offensive lineman. He's got
Speaker 1: the skill, he's got the technique. Now he's just got
Speaker 1: to go out there and blow somebody off the ball.
Speaker 1: And I'll throw out there tight end after Max Williams,
Speaker 1: who arguably is having the best camp of anyone on
Speaker 1: that field based on what I've seen. After that, Wow,
Speaker 1: is it wide open? I mean, you got a bunch
Speaker 1: of guys that no one's ever heard of. I'll give
Speaker 1: you a complete name off the radar. He was signed
Speaker 1: the other day. He's got one practice under his belt.
Speaker 1: Demetrius Harris. He's going into his eighth year. He's wearing
Speaker 1: number eighty six. He's six seven, two thirty and wolf.
Speaker 1: He made three really slick catches. The dude can move
Speaker 1: and he can catch, and I can tell you right
Speaker 1: now he raised some eyebrows from some of the personnel
Speaker 1: guys in the sideline. I think eighty six Demetrius Harris
Speaker 1: is gonna get a lot of reps. And guess what,
Speaker 1: whether you're Demetrius Harris, whether you're Ross Travis, whether you're
Speaker 1: Bernhard's psycho, it's mandatory psycho. There is a chance for
Speaker 1: a tight end to make an impression and try and
Speaker 1: be the fackup to Max Williams. Yeah, there's no doubt.
Speaker 1: A bonnet. Who's eighty two? Paul eighty two? A sere Butchelly.
Speaker 1: All I see is Andre Butchelli making plays all over
Speaker 1: the field. And I saw Chris Cliff Kingsbury walk by
Speaker 1: him and look at him and shake his head and
Speaker 1: really get him pumped up and saying I see you,
Speaker 1: I see that was really cool. Ball the other off
Speaker 1: the radar guard Michael Dogby, who will get a lot
Speaker 1: of reps with all the d linemen out there. You go.
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