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Speaker 1: Zero chance. There is zero chance here on the Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage tonight that Ron Wolfley will run rough shot
Speaker 1: and have the last word. Tonight. There is zero chance
Speaker 1: that Wolf will cut off any of my brilliant takes.
Speaker 1: Paulli piskin here this evening, just like there's zero chance
Speaker 1: that Wolf will be allowed to go on some five
Speaker 1: minutes soliloquy, waxing, poetic about Devonte Wyatt or maybe twelve
Speaker 1: percent ALB zero chance or getting under center zero chance
Speaker 1: that we're gonna fail, that we're gonna fail. Yes, I'm
Speaker 1: calling my shot that we're gonna fail to put the
Speaker 1: big into Big Red Rage tonight. Because our big time
Speaker 1: guests none other than a seven time Pro Bowl receiver
Speaker 1: by the name of AJ Green. Here on the Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert We are
Speaker 1: Santan Ford, Paul Calvci here, Ron Wolfley there. You know what,
Speaker 1: Paul cannot wait for that once again. And because Aj
Speaker 1: Green and the ability, I know you had the opportunity
Speaker 1: to talk to him a little bit earlier in the day.
Speaker 1: But Aj Green, this is going to be a situation,
Speaker 1: Paul where the Arizona Cardinals. It's interesting they love their
Speaker 1: free agency from a year ago so much they're doubling
Speaker 1: down on it once again. And to me, Paul, that
Speaker 1: is an admission by them that they believe the ten
Speaker 1: in two was real. Yeah. I mean they're saying it
Speaker 1: with the check book, They're saying it with the roster moves.
Speaker 1: They're saying that whatever was illen and ail in this
Speaker 1: team over the last six weeks of the season when
Speaker 1: they lost five of their final six, including the playoff
Speaker 1: loss at the Rams. Is correctable? Is something we can
Speaker 1: do something about. That's essentially what they're saying. You're right
Speaker 1: when you hit zoom out and you look at the
Speaker 1: big picture on the big red and it'll be interesting
Speaker 1: because Aj Green, we had a chance, you know, at
Speaker 1: length to discuss a lot of these issues. He talks
Speaker 1: about Kyler Murray, he talks about his chemistry or lack
Speaker 1: thereof with Kyler Murray. He's very forthright. He's much more
Speaker 1: honest in this setting. We had more time to deal
Speaker 1: with it than he did with the media via zoom
Speaker 1: earlier in the week. So that's straight ahead. But I
Speaker 1: mentioned the quote zero chance, and we mentioned Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: because Steve Kim and Cliff Kingsbury met the media today.
Speaker 1: As you know, Ron Wolf Lean, well, we'll just get
Speaker 1: right to it. Ken Summers, longtime Cardinals reporter and local columnists,
Speaker 1: was the one who asked the question of the Cardinals GM,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of speculation out there in the possibility
Speaker 1: of you guys trading Kyler you can do can you
Speaker 1: rule that out? Zero chance? Do you believe it Rono. Yes,
Speaker 1: you know what I do, Bully, I do because of
Speaker 1: how definitive he said that. Now you know, once again
Speaker 1: I understand things can change and do change down the road.
Speaker 1: But yeah, he said it so definitively, Paul, and with
Speaker 1: no follow up whatsoever. I think that was it was
Speaker 1: done on purpose by Steve Kim, and I think it
Speaker 1: points to where the Arizona Ardinals are headed on this,
Speaker 1: which means at some point in time after the draft,
Speaker 1: probably not before, but after the draft, there's going to
Speaker 1: be an extension of Kyler Murray because tis the season
Speaker 1: for smoke screens. We know what this is all about.
Speaker 1: A lot of people correctly pointed out there were similar
Speaker 1: comments made leading up to the twenty nineteen draft about
Speaker 1: Josh Rosen when Kyler Murray was a number one pick.
Speaker 1: Now the circumstances are completely different this time around. Correct
Speaker 1: A lot of obvious reasons we don't have to get into.
Speaker 1: But and I'm with you, I do believe it. I mean, honestly,
Speaker 1: what are the alternatives? What are the alternatives? If Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray's in your quarterback, even if you get a Mondo
Speaker 1: Draft Hall el Grande, Yeah, then what you're automatically back
Speaker 1: in QB purgatory. You're right where you've been in between
Speaker 1: Kurt Warner and Carson Palmer, and Carson Palmer and Kyler Murray.
Speaker 1: You're looking for that next guy, and there's no guarantee
Speaker 1: no matter how many picks you have, that you're gonna
Speaker 1: find the right guy. So once again, paul I'll cotinue
Speaker 1: to talk about the fact that the Cardinals, instead of
Speaker 1: being aggressive in free agency, they decided to be aggressive
Speaker 1: in pursuing their own guys and the possibility of winning
Speaker 1: games with their own guys all over again, which tells
Speaker 1: me they think they have something. To your point, Paulie,
Speaker 1: they think they have something that is fixable, completely fixable
Speaker 1: the way they've finished the last two seasons. And by
Speaker 1: the way, Michael Biddwell, team owner, to Ken Summers as
Speaker 1: well on the potential that there might be a Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray trade, and we're quoting Michael Biddwell quote, Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: not happening. There's just too much outside noise of people
Speaker 1: listen to. We understand that's just part of what goes
Speaker 1: on these days with social media. It's just not the case.
Speaker 1: And your point about the timeline and We've talked about
Speaker 1: this for two three months now here on the Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage, have we not how the other six quarterbacks
Speaker 1: after year three who got their contract extensions, if you
Speaker 1: go back, every one of them was in June, July, August,
Speaker 1: or September, and Steve Kime he doubled down on that.
Speaker 1: The way we've approached it is we have free agency,
Speaker 1: we have the draft, and then you know, we'll take
Speaker 1: a deep breath and sort of refocus. And that's the
Speaker 1: same reason that every other player that's been a third
Speaker 1: year quarterback has been done in the middle of the
Speaker 1: summer to late summer, and it's just sort of the
Speaker 1: way that the system works. But nothing has changed in
Speaker 1: terms of him being our long term and short term quarterback.
Speaker 1: Steve Kime did verify with the media that he has
Speaker 1: spoken recently to Team Kyler about a contract. So, you know,
Speaker 1: considering the comments made and just sort of the vibe
Speaker 1: at today's press comments and then you take into account
Speaker 1: Kyler's tweets and you wonder, Wolf if there has not
Speaker 1: been some significant progress in forward momentum to getting that
Speaker 1: deal done. Well, you know what you just said up
Speaker 1: Ali right there. The reason why I think I'm going
Speaker 1: to put this in the positive column in a big,
Speaker 1: big way. It's because of kylermur restweets. I'm sorry, hey, listen,
Speaker 1: nobody's ever going to be able to convince me the
Speaker 1: social media thing wasn't a thing, right, Oh, it was
Speaker 1: a thing. I'm just saying. He scrubbed it and suddenly, um,
Speaker 1: you know what, there was an all caps letter that
Speaker 1: was sent out as well. You know, I mean, listen, Um,
Speaker 1: I don't think we're naive or or stupid here. So
Speaker 1: once again, it was a thing, and Kyler Murray has
Speaker 1: used it in the way that he used Twitter. I
Speaker 1: absolutely loved because he was supporting him being in Arizona
Speaker 1: Cardinal in twenty twenty two and going forward and being committed.
Speaker 1: And there were basically three tweets today from Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: and two in response. One late in the day was
Speaker 1: Ian Rappaport and he tweeted out that quote from Steve
Speaker 1: Kimes zero chance for trading Kyler Murray. Kyler Murray's response
Speaker 1: via Twitter was one hundred as in one hundred percent,
Speaker 1: as you know. And then then there was Kyler in
Speaker 1: response to the Patrick Peterson podcast that featured Chase Edmonds
Speaker 1: and in some shade throne by Pat pe not the
Speaker 1: first time towards his former team. Kyler's response and I quote,
Speaker 1: I want to win Super Bowls with the Cardinals. A
Speaker 1: Z is home and tweet Kyler Murray. Paully. That was
Speaker 1: intentional that much we do know, right, I mean, that
Speaker 1: was an intentional act right there by Kyler Murray to
Speaker 1: support his team. And again I'm going to put that
Speaker 1: in the positive column and expect and make make me
Speaker 1: think that a deal is going to get done, and
Speaker 1: it's going to get done after the draft. And then
Speaker 1: the third tweet was in response to Colin Cowherd, and
Speaker 1: Cowherd was on this rant and there was a graphic
Speaker 1: on his TV show that read and I quote Kyler
Speaker 1: is harder to build a culture around. That's all it's said, right,
Speaker 1: And then and then he was comparing Kyler doing Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers and guys who do their own thing, and Kyler's
Speaker 1: reply via Twitter was and I quote, run whatever narratives
Speaker 1: y'all want to run, but questioning my work ethic. I'm
Speaker 1: not going for that. Stop playing with me, Colin. I
Speaker 1: still rock with you, but come on and tweet Kyler Murray. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, just the fact he is
Speaker 1: engaging at what is going on and being set out
Speaker 1: there instead of the sound of silence, I think is
Speaker 1: a positive, don't you, Bully? Absolutely? I mean the fact
Speaker 1: that you know he's a the fact that he's actually
Speaker 1: acknowledging that he's part of the Cardinal's future, which to
Speaker 1: your point when he scrubbed the instagram right when there's
Speaker 1: no tracer, barely a trace of the team he played for.
Speaker 1: So now at least you have he's commenting basically and
Speaker 1: having a future with the team, and we get it.
Speaker 1: It's a whole part of the contract process, in the
Speaker 1: back and forth and the negotiations, and there's a realization
Speaker 1: I think on Kyler's part that he has a great
Speaker 1: fit with the offense and the head coach, does he
Speaker 1: not no doubt? And then the GM, right, I mean,
Speaker 1: and this is me, this is Steve Kyme. Listen to
Speaker 1: Steve Kiman what he had to say about having a
Speaker 1: franchise quarterback that was a decent GM when Carson Palmer
Speaker 1: was our quarterback when he retired, I wasn't very good.
Speaker 1: I am smart enough to know that Kyler Murray makes
Speaker 1: me a better GM. So he you know again, we
Speaker 1: took him with the first overall pick. We love him.
Speaker 1: The guys continue to improve. He's made us a better
Speaker 1: football team, so we were excited about his future. How
Speaker 1: many times does Steve Kim tell us on this very
Speaker 1: show that pre Kyler Murray, every single day he would
Speaker 1: wake up and think to himself, how and where am
Speaker 1: I getting a franchise quarterback? Yes Na, that's right, Bali,
Speaker 1: I mean that is a problem right there. But to
Speaker 1: his point, Steve Kim, after how many times has he
Speaker 1: won the NFL Executive of the Year award twice? Paul
Speaker 1: as a matter of fact, and it's laughable when you
Speaker 1: talk about Steve Kim in the way that a lot
Speaker 1: of people out there don't want Steve Kim to be
Speaker 1: the general manager for the Arizona Cardinal. I'm sorry. You
Speaker 1: know what, you built a team, a playoff team, a
Speaker 1: playoff caliber team, not once but twice. And I realized
Speaker 1: you could say, well that was over the course of
Speaker 1: nine years and everything, Well, you know what, a lot
Speaker 1: of times you're finding a quarterback that you're going to
Speaker 1: with three four years, and Steve Kim found two different
Speaker 1: quarterbacks and built two different teams that actually went to
Speaker 1: the playoffs. And by the undeniable yes, and by the way,
Speaker 1: he doesn't that go for every single GM. I mean
Speaker 1: Jason Light before Tom Brady, the Buccaneers are on a
Speaker 1: twelve year run of no playoff appearances. What were the
Speaker 1: Buccaneers gonna look like this year minus Tom Brady until
Speaker 1: he unretired and came back, right, Yeah, I mean Light too, sure,
Speaker 1: and he's not. Look at John Schneider up in Seattle.
Speaker 1: Look at his last six or seven draft classes or
Speaker 1: lack thereof, and then they got rid of Russell Wilson.
Speaker 1: Good luck the last place Seahawks on that one. So okay,
Speaker 1: if they're tracking and trending towards a contract extension, what
Speaker 1: does that mean for Kyler Murray? Now that the offseason
Speaker 1: activities began officially this week, Will Cliff Kingsbury was at
Speaker 1: the press conference and he was asked that question. You know,
Speaker 1: we understand it's voluntary at this point. Um, I do
Speaker 1: expect him here at some point, but I think if
Speaker 1: you any coach, we'd all want them here a lot
Speaker 1: more than we get them. But that's part of the CBA,
Speaker 1: and they're all professionals. In hand of their business. All right,
Speaker 1: So this week, you know, well, if it's weight room
Speaker 1: work and it's you know, some conditioning out on the field,
Speaker 1: there's no actual football going on. But I will say
Speaker 1: and and AJ Green, we ask AJ Green about it
Speaker 1: coming up here in a matter of moments on the
Speaker 1: Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert that
Speaker 1: you know, if one of the keys of this offense
Speaker 1: is getting the receivers on the same page with the
Speaker 1: quarterback and developing greater chemistry in the passing game and
Speaker 1: that connection and everyone being in sync, and especially when
Speaker 1: the game's on the line, you know what. To me,
Speaker 1: these off season activities are important when it comes to football. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and I don't I don't care if it's on air.
Speaker 1: I don't care if it's seven on seven. I don't
Speaker 1: care if it's just the offense before they can even
Speaker 1: go against the defense, Kyler throwing a receiver who's got
Speaker 1: to be in the right spot at the right time
Speaker 1: and get that precision in the passing game that matters. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I know you're absolutely right about that, Paulie, But you know,
Speaker 1: can I just also throw in the fact that I
Speaker 1: think even strength and conditioning matters I do. I'm sorry, Listen,
Speaker 1: this is when you get a great opportunity to work
Speaker 1: out with your teammate, Paul. You get a great opportunity
Speaker 1: to get to know relationally your teammate better than you
Speaker 1: will when you actually go into the regular season. And
Speaker 1: the reason being, of course, the regular season, Paul, there's
Speaker 1: so much structure, there's so much order, there's so much stress.
Speaker 1: It's a get to now do everything now, check ABCD
Speaker 1: all the boxes. Now. You're more split up than you
Speaker 1: are in the off season. Of course, where you don't,
Speaker 1: you don't have this rigid schedule all day. Look, Polly,
Speaker 1: I used to love it. I used to love going
Speaker 1: in and working out with my brothers, whether it was
Speaker 1: running out on the field, Paul, whether it was in
Speaker 1: the weight room thrown around. So I don't want to
Speaker 1: say that's not important, because I think that's where you
Speaker 1: really build a lot of relationships as well. But look
Speaker 1: across the NFL, man, there's not a lot of guys
Speaker 1: that are showing up for strength and conditioning, and hey,
Speaker 1: push each other, right, I mean, guys push each other.
Speaker 1: And you have the NFL Strength Coach of the Year
Speaker 1: and Buddy Morris, So what's not to like? Right? Cut
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Speaker 1: get into some of these questions about the offense and
Speaker 1: the quarterback in chemistry, The Big Red Rage presented by
Speaker 1: Santan four in Gilbert. Let's start that off as Bruce
Speaker 1: arians at, I'm talking about that at Murray and shotgun
Speaker 1: snapped to Kyler at the town A little short set.
Speaker 1: So I did that short set a little bit now,
Speaker 1: throwing deep fireside and is pulled in into five yard
Speaker 1: All right, hold on, I gotta grab myself a crown
Speaker 1: row here. I have a little sippet debate, little sipp
Speaker 1: at debate detas new NIPPERU finished the college, Jack Nicholson,
Speaker 1: A Jay Green just too strong, too big, too athletic.
Speaker 1: To Tracy Morgan, I want a great read by Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray to throw the ball, Say it as Morgan Freeman,
Speaker 1: What a great read by Kyler Murray to throw the ball.
Speaker 1: You've got a scarecrow on a stick. Put it out there,
Speaker 1: let him go get it. That's exactly what A J.
Speaker 1: Green did. Can you do it as Liam Neeson? Want
Speaker 1: a great read by Kyler Murray? To throw the ball.
Speaker 1: You've got a scarecrow on a stick. Put it out there,
Speaker 1: let him go get it. That's exactly what A J.
Speaker 1: Green did. The unmistakable Frank Caliendo the mind the voices
Speaker 1: of only one Frank Callie ido on the passpot recently
Speaker 1: as he recreated in the different voices the AJ Green
Speaker 1: forty one yard touchdown catch against the La Rams week four,
Speaker 1: and now we have the real AJ Green in studio
Speaker 1: here and the big red rage. Your reaction just to
Speaker 1: hearing all the voices recreate that call man, he's very talented.
Speaker 1: He's sounded just like them. Never heard anything that good
Speaker 1: that he's can do. Each person like that so well.
Speaker 1: So as he's very talented guy, what's all good for
Speaker 1: you right now? Wires on him? Why year two with
Speaker 1: the Cardinals? I think if you look at my year
Speaker 1: last year, you know I had a productive year, and
Speaker 1: I feel like my second year was going to be
Speaker 1: even more productive. You know, had other offers in different
Speaker 1: places in one to me, but I made a decision
Speaker 1: that what fits me well. I didn't not divedn't have
Speaker 1: to start over. I know what the coaches like, I
Speaker 1: know the culture here, I know what they envisioned me
Speaker 1: going to be coming into this year like I was
Speaker 1: last year. So for me, it just not all about
Speaker 1: the money. It's about still building my legacy. And I
Speaker 1: think it was the best part for me. And there's
Speaker 1: room to grow, isn't there. I mean I need two
Speaker 1: hands to count how many times last year Cliff Kingsbury
Speaker 1: told us, man, we need to get the ball to
Speaker 1: number eighteen more. Aj Green needs to get more targets.
Speaker 1: So do you see that your role evolve being I
Speaker 1: think so. I think from last year even you know
Speaker 1: a lot of people didn't expect me to do that
Speaker 1: well in this offense. I think being another year with
Speaker 1: Cliff and Kyler and just getting that relationship more because
Speaker 1: I fell out. Like in the end, we tailed off
Speaker 1: a little bit once Kawe got hurt and coming back
Speaker 1: things were a little off, and then de Hop got hurt.
Speaker 1: So I hope in this year we can jail throughout
Speaker 1: the whole season. How much did the Cardinals offense leave
Speaker 1: out there in the last two months. I think we
Speaker 1: left a lot, you know, just looking back, even going
Speaker 1: back and this reflecting on the season and watching some
Speaker 1: of the games that we missed. You know, me personally,
Speaker 1: I didn't finish this season where I wanted to finish,
Speaker 1: and I got to be better on that. How do
Speaker 1: you diagnose it? I mean, until you can correct a problem,
Speaker 1: you got to identify it, right. I think it's just
Speaker 1: a lot of communication with us, you know, being this
Speaker 1: lead for so long. These NFL seasons is up and down,
Speaker 1: and we started so hot. I think the leadership of
Speaker 1: our team, you know, tailed off a little bit. I
Speaker 1: think we just had to mess ups, you know, injury
Speaker 1: whell that's not an excuse. But I think next year now,
Speaker 1: I mean this year is coming up, we just gotta
Speaker 1: be more honing on our details. What does d Hop
Speaker 1: do for you and what do you do for d Hop?
Speaker 1: I think d Hop, you know, he demand's attention and
Speaker 1: I think that's where helps everybody else this offense jail
Speaker 1: when he's going, you know, last year we had see
Speaker 1: Kirk and I and then d hop defense couldn't really
Speaker 1: key on one person. And when that happened, See Kirk
Speaker 1: had a good game while I have a good game.
Speaker 1: So having him out there just changed the whole dynamic
Speaker 1: of the game. The fact you're both South Carolina guys too,
Speaker 1: do you do you have an is that next level
Speaker 1: in terms of connection and the where you guys just
Speaker 1: sort of interact and get along. I think this is
Speaker 1: our personality. We both want to win. We don't care
Speaker 1: about the balls. We've already been that guy catching a
Speaker 1: lot of balls. We just want to win and try
Speaker 1: to get a ring. I think that's what helps us
Speaker 1: out in that room when we had a great room.
Speaker 1: Wanted a part of the best rooms I've been a
Speaker 1: part of last year when we had those guys, man,
Speaker 1: And I'm excited to get back with you know, Sean,
Speaker 1: Jay and Claire and get this thing rolling. And I
Speaker 1: know you guys we're on board with aj Green here
Speaker 1: on the big Red Rage. I mean, you're so competitive.
Speaker 1: You guys are perfectionists. You're demanding yourselves. How about you
Speaker 1: and your game? Where would you like to get better?
Speaker 1: You mentioned three times you led the team and catches
Speaker 1: five times and receiving yards. You tied with a See
Speaker 1: Kirk for most twenty five yard catches, you know, et cetera.
Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of great but if you're
Speaker 1: going to strive to improve upon last year, where and
Speaker 1: how for you? For me, it's just more of my
Speaker 1: attention to details, just being on Kiwa Kyla at all times,
Speaker 1: communicating with him, and I think that's for me, that's
Speaker 1: what I got to do better. It's communicating one k one,
Speaker 1: just not let it be somebody else, communicain what I'm
Speaker 1: saying to him. It's being me face to face to
Speaker 1: him and telling me what he's seeing, what I need
Speaker 1: to do, you know, just things like that, because if
Speaker 1: you listen to fans a lot of times, to say, man,
Speaker 1: it just seemed at times that Kyler and AJ weren't
Speaker 1: quite on the same page. Fair unfair, that's fair. That's
Speaker 1: one hundred percent fair. And I felt the same way.
Speaker 1: So that's what me got to be accountable, going to
Speaker 1: him and telling what I see and what he needs
Speaker 1: me to do better. I can take it like, AJ,
Speaker 1: you need to run this rod at this deep. You
Speaker 1: need to do this. You know it's no big I'm
Speaker 1: not I'm not bigger than the team. Man. I need
Speaker 1: him to communicate with me and I'll do the same.
Speaker 1: Where do you think in terms of Kyler in his
Speaker 1: upside and it just as a quarterback, What do you
Speaker 1: see in the future for him? Man? He's an MPP
Speaker 1: caliber guy. Man. I think the jury threw him off
Speaker 1: a little bit. But if you look at the first
Speaker 1: couple of games, man, he's playing at the AMPVG level.
Speaker 1: And for me, it just got to continue helping him,
Speaker 1: bringing him along. And I mean, he's not a guy
Speaker 1: that's gonna be in your face, but we got to
Speaker 1: make him be in his face because this is his
Speaker 1: team and we go as he go. What does it
Speaker 1: mean for receiver when he's extending plays. I forget which
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator was. They showed video like he extended to
Speaker 1: play thirteen seconds and then completed a pass. But what
Speaker 1: does it mean for you guys in the receiver room. Oh? Man,
Speaker 1: it's another part of the offense. There's another part of
Speaker 1: the offense that a lot of defense is not. You
Speaker 1: can't account for. You see a guy just running around
Speaker 1: making guys miss, and then all the ross all broke off,
Speaker 1: so as his back a football and I had to
Speaker 1: get used to that. I wasn't used to that. You know,
Speaker 1: I played with Andy Dotan ten years, so he was
Speaker 1: just on the time, but playing with k one place
Speaker 1: never did so I gotta stay alive. AJ Green our
Speaker 1: guest on the Big Red Rage It's All About You,
Speaker 1: presented by Santan Ford. James Connor. Your reaction when the
Speaker 1: Cardinals resigned James Connery. You're nodding right now, aren't you? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Why why is that? What does he do for this offense?
Speaker 1: And just the vibe on the sideline. I've been seeing
Speaker 1: j C since Pittsburgh day, so I understand what he
Speaker 1: could do. But watching him, his energy he brings to
Speaker 1: the locker room is unmatched. He's the same guy every day.
Speaker 1: And I'm so happy that he signed back here. Man.
Speaker 1: He deserves it. Man, he had an unbelievable season. If
Speaker 1: you see that guy work like he need more money.
Speaker 1: He need way more money. He need more money in that,
Speaker 1: but just to have him back, and he made him
Speaker 1: to him the pro bow, his whole story. You're rutheful
Speaker 1: guys like that, and James is unbelievable guy. Physicality, his mentality.
Speaker 1: You bring him Max Williams back right, he had a
Speaker 1: zach Ertz. I mean, is this offense trending in a
Speaker 1: certain direction, because when you guys were at your best,
Speaker 1: you were a physical offense, weren't you. Yes, And I
Speaker 1: think people didn't understand how physical we were if they
Speaker 1: look at us and being the mar finess. But we
Speaker 1: put on tape that we can be physical when we
Speaker 1: need to. So we got to continue this next year,
Speaker 1: and I'm glad we got got most out pieces back
Speaker 1: so we can make a run out of this thing again,
Speaker 1: including Rondale Moore going into year two. Seawan Jefferson, your
Speaker 1: receivers coach, sat in that very chair, and he talked
Speaker 1: about Rondale Moore and what's in store for him in
Speaker 1: year two. What do you see? Because he talked about
Speaker 1: getting the ball to him down field, more, expanding the
Speaker 1: route tree, and he talked about how capable Rondale Moore is. Oh,
Speaker 1: he's very capable. I think people get lost in what
Speaker 1: he did last year and how he was used. But
Speaker 1: if you go look at his college tape, the guy
Speaker 1: has great hands, great routes, great run, apt to to catch.
Speaker 1: So I feel like he's gonna make a huge leap
Speaker 1: from last year to this year. It's gonna be It's
Speaker 1: gonna be special as a guy that works his butt
Speaker 1: off as well. A lot of the mock drafts have
Speaker 1: the Cardinals going receiver in round one, if not then
Speaker 1: in round two when a young receiver comes in, what
Speaker 1: do you look for? I mean, guys like me, I
Speaker 1: can see the measurables, you know, maybe some of the production.
Speaker 1: What do you look for when you see your young receiver?
Speaker 1: I think this that competitiveness. You know, you think you
Speaker 1: made it. My mentality was always there that you got
Speaker 1: to revenge yourself. And I think when you see young
Speaker 1: guys like that, when you see Rondelle and how he
Speaker 1: approached stuff last year, that's what I'm looking for. That's
Speaker 1: what I'm looking for. A guy that's put his head down,
Speaker 1: don't talk that much, just go to work every day.
Speaker 1: So you had other offers, huh, you had other offers
Speaker 1: out you thought about it, I agent, and it was
Speaker 1: you know, you know how left free agency healing works.
Speaker 1: I'm at a place in my career where I'm comfortable.
Speaker 1: I'm comfortable and I can take my time. I have
Speaker 1: the ability to take my time. But I felt like
Speaker 1: this was the right place from him. And I'll tell you,
Speaker 1: we're all grateful that the place for you is Arizona.
Speaker 1: So congratulations on that. Thank you. We look forward this
Speaker 1: year kJ Green on a Big Red Rage. We continue
Speaker 1: right after this corner number. Let go and Jeff Clatney
Speaker 1: like a shot shot, see him down, get him to me.
Speaker 1: It's a freebee. We got an extra first round pick,
Speaker 1: you know, basically in free agency. Incredibly quick footed, highly
Speaker 1: instinctive player. It's a reason again he went in the
Speaker 1: first round and we're getting a you know, a starter
Speaker 1: in our building with and we didn't you know, waste
Speaker 1: any draft capital basically, so um, he helps us out.
Speaker 1: Immediately excited to have him, and he's gonna help big
Speaker 1: time again. I'll take him that next up. Director of
Speaker 1: Player Personnel, Drew Grigson. Last week here on the Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert, we are
Speaker 1: santan Ford and that was the word that stood out
Speaker 1: about Jeff Gladney. Starter. I mean, we heard Paul Allen
Speaker 1: and the Vikings radio you heard him all miked up.
Speaker 1: Jeff Gladney is rookie year he sat out last year,
Speaker 1: so this will be year number three the former first
Speaker 1: round pick. You're a little bit of a scouter, report Putt.
Speaker 1: When you hear Drew Grigson use the word starter, you
Speaker 1: realize that they're counting on Jeff Gladney to make an
Speaker 1: impact immediately. Ron Wilton, Yeah, now you're right about that, Paully,
Speaker 1: And the other thing you've got to remember, of course,
Speaker 1: for the most part, I think most teams and most
Speaker 1: defensive coordinators and general managers think you got to have
Speaker 1: three starters at the corner position because how much Polly
Speaker 1: that you see teams going with eleven personnel, one back,
Speaker 1: one tight end, three wide receivers, And because of that,
Speaker 1: they pretty much feel like that nickel corner is a
Speaker 1: starter as well, and anytime they have the ability to
Speaker 1: move Byron Murphy around. Right, So let's say Gladney can
Speaker 1: in these only five ten you know they say, okay,
Speaker 1: plays bigger. He does he have the ability to match
Speaker 1: up against outside guys. But if he is that guys,
Speaker 1: we know Vans Joseph likes Byron Murphy to use him
Speaker 1: quite often and certain matchups inside, does he not? Yeah,
Speaker 1: there's no doubt Paula. I don't consider a corner that
Speaker 1: is five ten to be small. I'm sorry, I don't.
Speaker 1: And obviously there are teams out there that feel exactly
Speaker 1: the same way, because they draft a lot of guys
Speaker 1: who are five ten five eleven six foot tall right
Speaker 1: in that range. In terms of playing corner, I don't
Speaker 1: think he's necessarily small for the position. I think if
Speaker 1: you want to start talking about being under five ten,
Speaker 1: I get that, But I can't tell you how many
Speaker 1: guys I've seen, how many corners I've seen that are
Speaker 1: five ten, five ten and a half and almost two
Speaker 1: hundred pounds one hundred ninety five pounds who are stocky
Speaker 1: and play the position just fine. Yeah, well, all right,
Speaker 1: speaking of positions, the question is Steve Khme at his
Speaker 1: annual draft press conference pre draft presser, was all right,
Speaker 1: positions of need, what do you think do the GM
Speaker 1: Steve Kahn would acknowledge that, you know, edge rusher, wide receiver, corner,
Speaker 1: you know, any of those positions that are you know,
Speaker 1: they're hard to find. I mean, listen, when guys get
Speaker 1: the free agency and they get paid the kind of
Speaker 1: money they get, you know you're looking at left tackles, corners,
Speaker 1: you know, guys that are really hard to find. Obviously quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: Now receivers are playing into that a little bit. Obviously,
Speaker 1: you know when you see some of the salaries that
Speaker 1: these guys are getting into the receiver position. If you
Speaker 1: can get a number one receiver, there's no reason not
Speaker 1: to take one, and there's no doubt about that. I
Speaker 1: think the status there's eight receivers now making eighteen million
Speaker 1: or more per season in the NFL. It is absolutely rocketed.
Speaker 1: We know what Christian Kirk has gone to the salary
Speaker 1: structure for NFL receivers around the league. But when I
Speaker 1: hear him site positions Wolf, because we know how low
Speaker 1: the GMS are to actually name names and positions. So
Speaker 1: when he says edge rusher, wide receiver in corner, you
Speaker 1: know what my first thought was sitting there at that
Speaker 1: press conference today. That means that means zeros on our
Speaker 1: Cardinals in Round one are going to draft either O
Speaker 1: line or D line. That's what that means. That was
Speaker 1: my title. It's so funny you say that, Polly, because honestly,
Speaker 1: it's that time of year right now, is that not?
Speaker 1: It is that time of year where you can't believe
Speaker 1: anything that a general manager actually says in front of
Speaker 1: a microphone. Why in the world would a GM ever
Speaker 1: tip off anybody, in particular other gms across the league
Speaker 1: as to how he might go or how he might
Speaker 1: unfold in the draft. It's not going to happen. Why
Speaker 1: would anybody do that? They wouldn't you know? In mind
Speaker 1: what thirty years now doing this covering an NFL team.
Speaker 1: The only person I've seen get up there before the
Speaker 1: draft in front of him, Mike can actually tell the truth.
Speaker 1: It's Bruce Arius know it, Yes, it's BA. And what
Speaker 1: did he say after the draft? He said, Well, everybody
Speaker 1: thinks I'm lying exactly, so I guess the reverse engineer
Speaker 1: and I use some reverse psychology and I told y'all
Speaker 1: where we were going, and nobody believe me. Anyway, That's
Speaker 1: exactly right. At this point in time, You've got to
Speaker 1: consider this source, don't you be a Yeah? So, Polly,
Speaker 1: I would you agree with Steve Kim in regard to
Speaker 1: positions of need? Right there he mentions the edge, of course,
Speaker 1: and slarner and wide receiver. Yeah, I think those are
Speaker 1: positions of need. And I also will throw in defensive tackle,
Speaker 1: especially when a guy that might be a little freaky,
Speaker 1: maybe a Jordan Davis, there, maybe a DeVante. Why at, Paul,
Speaker 1: you know either one of those guys. Honestly, you've got
Speaker 1: a lot invested in Isaiah Simmons, do you not, Paul,
Speaker 1: You've got a lot invested in Zaven Collins. Do you
Speaker 1: double down right with Savan Collins the next year? Yes?
Speaker 1: I mean you got to protect these guys and try
Speaker 1: to keep them clean. Why. Because they can run. It's
Speaker 1: one of the things that put them in the first round,
Speaker 1: one of the reasons why the Cardinals loved him. They
Speaker 1: can run, they can cover, they can run with tight
Speaker 1: ends down the seam, either one of them. They can
Speaker 1: run with running backs, they can You've got to protect
Speaker 1: those guys and let them run and let him make tackles.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you if you want to believe anything about
Speaker 1: the mock drafts, and okay, I don't say that lightly,
Speaker 1: but there is one trend in all these mock drafts
Speaker 1: that Baltimore supposedly allegedly cannot stay away from Jordan Davis.
Speaker 1: That Jordan Davis is just a Baltimore Raven in the making.
Speaker 1: And so if they go with Jordan Davis. Wolf you
Speaker 1: might get your wish, you might get Davante Wyatt, he
Speaker 1: might fall to number twenty three and the Arizona Cardinals.
Speaker 1: But if Steve Kine was in the trust tree and
Speaker 1: he had the lie detector on and he had to
Speaker 1: answer that question honestly, truthfully, the top three positions of
Speaker 1: need would be edge, edge, and edge. Because there's only
Speaker 1: one position group on this team right now, Ron wolf
Speaker 1: Lee where you can't go into week one and say,
Speaker 1: all right, we have legitimate starters. You can't say that
Speaker 1: at Edge you have Marcus Golden and a couple of backups.
Speaker 1: You really don't have another starting, quality caliber Edge, and
Speaker 1: that's something that's gonna have to be addressed. Whether it's
Speaker 1: a free agency. Yeah, you know what, Paulie, You're right
Speaker 1: about that. I think they could get an edge guy.
Speaker 1: This draft is so deep if you listen to some
Speaker 1: of the experts, paul you know me. I'm not one
Speaker 1: of those draft expert guys. I really am not. And
Speaker 1: one of the reasons why is because a rookie you
Speaker 1: got to prove it to me. I can't tell you
Speaker 1: how many rookies I've seen. Oh my goodness, this guy
Speaker 1: is gonna be a pro bowler. This guy is gonna
Speaker 1: change the dynamic of our defense. He's gonna change our offense.
Speaker 1: He's going to go. He's gonna be at all pro.
Speaker 1: I can't tell you how many times I've heard this
Speaker 1: about rookies, and yet they just couldn't play Paul, and
Speaker 1: that was a problem right there. So I don't put
Speaker 1: a ton of stock into it. I don't. But having
Speaker 1: said that, Paul, this draft is supposedly very very deep
Speaker 1: on the edge. Maybe there's a guy there at fifty five, Paul,
Speaker 1: that you're gonna be able to get at fifty five
Speaker 1: who could be a difference maker. I mean some of
Speaker 1: those names, Nick Benito Oklahoma, Arnold Eba Katie from Penn State,
Speaker 1: Boye Mothe from Minnesota, Josh Pascal Kentucky. Maybe Drake Jackson
Speaker 1: USC didn't have a great workout so you know, or
Speaker 1: or maybe the Cardinals trade up if one of those
Speaker 1: elite pass rusher guys is within range. Because Steve Kim
Speaker 1: was asked about whether he's placed or received any calls
Speaker 1: on the trade front, Well, I've had some calls, you know,
Speaker 1: guys that just want to let me know that Hey,
Speaker 1: we're willing to move around. And then I've done the
Speaker 1: same you know, guys that you generally talked to prior
Speaker 1: to the draft, and just let them know we're up
Speaker 1: in for business. Well you like. For example, for example,
Speaker 1: if you're thinking receiver, receiver, receiver, they're at twenty three,
Speaker 1: and then look at four the five teams in front
Speaker 1: of you. Those teams all supposedly our targeting receiver as well.
Speaker 1: The Eagles, the Saints, the Packers, the Patriots all have
Speaker 1: a serious dire need for receivers. So when he says, oh,
Speaker 1: you know what, I've had some conversations maybe moving up
Speaker 1: four or five spots. To me, that is directly in
Speaker 1: consideration of those teams in front of him all may
Speaker 1: take receiver and leave the Cardinals holding the bag. Yeah, Polli,
Speaker 1: And once again, I don't know about you, but I've
Speaker 1: heard from some of the draft experts that there could
Speaker 1: be as many as seven wide receivers taken in the
Speaker 1: first round. And if that in fact is the case, yeah,
Speaker 1: maybe you do want to move up because you really
Speaker 1: love somebody or you covet somebody, but there's supposedly a
Speaker 1: drop off at that position after seven or eight receivers,
Speaker 1: you're supposed to be a considerable drop off, and maybe
Speaker 1: that's one of the reasons why you would move up, Paul.
Speaker 1: Maybe maybe. I mean, you know, it's all part of
Speaker 1: why the NFL Draft is so highly rated when it
Speaker 1: comes to the TV ratings, right, I mean, it's just
Speaker 1: it's reality TV sports, it's the original reality TV. And
Speaker 1: Steve Kim talked about Draft day and the potential for
Speaker 1: a big deal. It's a fast moving process. Probably the
Speaker 1: one thing in the draft that creates the most excitement
Speaker 1: is whenever those trade conversations start, because the level of
Speaker 1: excitement in the room sort of rises. But more than anything,
Speaker 1: whether you agree with the trade chart or the points,
Speaker 1: more than anything, to me, it's an instinctive thing. You
Speaker 1: got to feel good about what you're doing, and as
Speaker 1: long as you trust, you got I think you're being
Speaker 1: a good position So well, which position group would you
Speaker 1: feel more comfortable target in round two? Meaning would you
Speaker 1: go edge in round one or receiver in round two
Speaker 1: or vice versa? Or are you thinking a different position
Speaker 1: group altogether? Probably? I'm just I mean, honestly, right now, everybody,
Speaker 1: everybody that I've talked to, everybody that I've read everybody
Speaker 1: that I truly respect about this. They talk about how
Speaker 1: deep the edge is the edge, And if you're really
Speaker 1: serious about that, hey, listen, maybe you could get a
Speaker 1: wide receiver bully at number twenty three. Maybe you could
Speaker 1: get one of those wide receivers at number twenty three
Speaker 1: and still get an edge guy at number fifty five.
Speaker 1: That to me, how do you see it? Paul? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, Steve Coome has never drafted a receiver in
Speaker 1: round one, and the Cardinal's recent track record with a
Speaker 1: lot of receivers in the draft not robust, to be sure.
Speaker 1: And honestly, I'm the guy who the last three years said,
Speaker 1: check the hit rate for the position group that fare
Speaker 1: the worst in round one, and it's been receiver. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but I think this is the exception to your point.
Speaker 1: Seven receivers could go on round one and that would
Speaker 1: match the all time record, which by the way, was
Speaker 1: two thousand and four when Larry Fitzgerald was the first
Speaker 1: receiver off the board in number three. Overall, I get it.
Speaker 1: And after we's all witnessed what happened to the Cardinals
Speaker 1: offense minus d Hop last year, Yeah, that sort of
Speaker 1: reinforces the need for this team. Yeah, you know what,
Speaker 1: It's so interesting, though, what do you do? Do you
Speaker 1: go get a guy like a Jamison Williams? Do you
Speaker 1: go get that guy who can change the dynamic of
Speaker 1: a defense because he can run by so many guys?
Speaker 1: Do you try to find a run by guy even
Speaker 1: though Jamison Williams. Don't get sidetracked with the fact that
Speaker 1: he might not he might not be able to play
Speaker 1: until like November. But I'm talking about a speed guy.
Speaker 1: Maybe you are you going to draft a speed guy, Paul,
Speaker 1: or are you gonna draft a guy that like a
Speaker 1: Drake London from usc that could totally make a difference
Speaker 1: a great I think he's a bigger version of d Hop.
Speaker 1: I mean he catches so many contested balls, Paul, His
Speaker 1: hands are huge. I think Drake London is a guy
Speaker 1: that man, if he were there at number twenty three, well,
Speaker 1: I don't know. You gotta start, Drooland, don't you. Are
Speaker 1: you concerned though, that Drake London won't run the forty
Speaker 1: because you know a lot of comparisons to Mike Evans,
Speaker 1: But Mike Evans went out there and ran a four
Speaker 1: or five something at his size. Yeah, and I think
Speaker 1: most people think he'd run a four or five Paul,
Speaker 1: he'd run a four or five five Drake London, Okay,
Speaker 1: I just get a little word that at his size,
Speaker 1: will he be able to get separation? And I know
Speaker 1: how strong he is, you know, and contested catches, Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, play strength. I can get it. And Trason
Speaker 1: sighted that as well. It's kind of like d Hop
Speaker 1: I mean, d Hop is not a run by guy.
Speaker 1: He just isn't. How many contested passes do you see
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins patch all the time? And Drake London just
Speaker 1: like that. To address your original question, what sort of
Speaker 1: receiver would you go out? You know a lot of
Speaker 1: receiver coaches and offensive coordinators want a receiver room that
Speaker 1: looks like a basketball team. You want one of every
Speaker 1: sort of position. Right. You want the smaller, quick guy
Speaker 1: in the slot, and you want the big guy on
Speaker 1: the outside that would be your five, right, I mean
Speaker 1: you want the different size guys. So that being the case,
Speaker 1: you can give me Treylon Burks and hashtag who wants
Speaker 1: something and we're just going I mean absolutely And by
Speaker 1: the way, for more on everything related to the draft,
Speaker 1: you got to hit up the Dave Pash Podcast. This
Speaker 1: week's guest about NFL Network Draft analyst Extraordinary Daniel Jeremiah
Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts and you can follow me
Speaker 1: a Twitter at pashpod. Will continue to talk about the Cardinals,
Speaker 1: recap what AJ Green had to say, and see flight
Speaker 1: Plan next on the Big Red Rage. You got to
Speaker 1: play your best football at the most important times of
Speaker 1: the year, and I obviously don't think that we did that.
Speaker 1: I hope it's motivation for every single guy on the
Speaker 1: team to do everything in their power to make sure
Speaker 1: that we're not in a situation like that again the
Speaker 1: back half of the season and then specifically what happened
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. So if you can't look at that
Speaker 1: game and you can't walk out of that stadium feeling
Speaker 1: motivation and wanting to work harder and wanting to be
Speaker 1: better and wanting to do everything that you can, probably
Speaker 1: in the wrong business. J J. Water earlier this week
Speaker 1: and what Bye had asked him, I just said, was
Speaker 1: there a lesson learned from the way last season ended?
Speaker 1: It is? So what that was his response, which just
Speaker 1: the look on his face, the manner in which he
Speaker 1: delivered that, you can sense that it's still raw with
Speaker 1: a lot of guys the way last season ended, losing
Speaker 1: five of your final six. You heard what Aj Green
Speaker 1: said earlier in this edition of The Big Red Rage
Speaker 1: presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. I asked him, how
Speaker 1: much do you think the offense left out there at
Speaker 1: the end of last season? He said a lot, he said.
Speaker 1: I gotta be better, he said, I said, why do
Speaker 1: you diagnose the problem? And Aj Green was pretty fourth right.
Speaker 1: He said, quote, you know, the leadership of the team
Speaker 1: tailed awful little bit. We got to hone in on
Speaker 1: the details. Yeah, so you're just hopeful that they tried
Speaker 1: to figure out that they have successfully figured out and
Speaker 1: deciphered what went wrong at the end of the season
Speaker 1: for a second straight season, and if they have. Going
Speaker 1: full circle here, it gets back to your point. Wolf.
Speaker 1: Now you see the rhyme and reason why they're bringing
Speaker 1: back the core players. Yeah, no doubt about it. Paully.
Speaker 1: You know, once again, it's so important for people that
Speaker 1: are listening right now to understand the mentality of a
Speaker 1: football player is not that of a front runner poem.
Speaker 1: It's not. It's a guy that knows how to finish
Speaker 1: above all else, a guy that knows how to finish.
Speaker 1: A I that knows the task ad hand is never
Speaker 1: good unless you finish and finish strong, Polly. I can't
Speaker 1: tell you how many coaches will scream out, You'll hear
Speaker 1: it on the field right all the time, finish, finish
Speaker 1: right there screaming finish. Why they're trying to get that
Speaker 1: into the head of some player out there on the field,
Speaker 1: whatever it may be, to finish strong Polly is a player.
Speaker 1: You're looking to do that individually, and you're looking to
Speaker 1: do that collectively. And that's why the look on JJ
Speaker 1: Watt's face when you ask him that question, that's why
Speaker 1: it drooped. I'm sure because there's nothing worse for an individual,
Speaker 1: for a football player, and for a football team than
Speaker 1: not being able to finish Andy her guys take accountability.
Speaker 1: AJ Greenden today in that interview, right you know, asked him,
Speaker 1: was it fair to say you weren't always on the
Speaker 1: same page with Kyler? Murray said absolutely fair. He said
Speaker 1: I felt the same way. He said, I need to
Speaker 1: go to him more often. I need to communicate with
Speaker 1: him more. He's not a guy who's going to get
Speaker 1: in your faces off, and I need to get in
Speaker 1: his face and make him talk to me, you know,
Speaker 1: make him tell me how I can be better. So
Speaker 1: it's interesting if that's part of the plan and then
Speaker 1: you hit zoom out and Michael Bidwell. This week, it
Speaker 1: was just released season five, episode one of Cardinals Flight Plan.
Speaker 1: This is all access behind the scenes available now in
Speaker 1: the Cardinal's YouTube channel YouTube dot com. Slash Azy Cardinals
Speaker 1: and the team owner talking about the strategy in free agency.
Speaker 1: If you look at the last five seasons, about two
Speaker 1: thirds of the free agents that went to a different
Speaker 1: team and were paid more than ten million dollars played
Speaker 1: less than seventy five percent playtime. Many were not starters,
Speaker 1: most of them didn't go to the Pro Bowl. Just
Speaker 1: because you spend a lot of money in free agency
Speaker 1: doesn't mean you get the greatest players out there. And frankly,
Speaker 1: when I look back at Steve's success, Steve has had
Speaker 1: great success signing players that people have sort of forgotten
Speaker 1: about a little bit after the draft. There are a
Speaker 1: lot of great players out there. Being aggressive also means
Speaker 1: being patient and taking the risk that great players are
Speaker 1: going to be out there and having the confidence we'll
Speaker 1: be able to sign them at the right time. Cardinal's
Speaker 1: flight plan. Michael Bidwell and Steve Kime said it today. Well,
Speaker 1: if he said the disadvantage and free agency is you
Speaker 1: don't know the person. You can see the player on film,
Speaker 1: you don't know the person. It's not like the draft
Speaker 1: where you go to the combine you can interview him,
Speaker 1: you can have one of these thirty visits. You know,
Speaker 1: it's not the same that when free agency opens, you
Speaker 1: don't have that ability to get to know the person.
Speaker 1: And the immediate guy you think of most recently was
Speaker 1: Jordan Phillips and how that did not work. No, you're
Speaker 1: right about that, Polly. You know, once again, I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: but the Cardinals were really aggressive last year in free agency.
Speaker 1: We know that last off season, and this year not
Speaker 1: so much according to other people. But again I think Polly,
Speaker 1: that is by design. I think they looked at the
Speaker 1: fact they were ten intwo and what made him ten intwo.
Speaker 1: I go back to the five games that were played
Speaker 1: with Max Williams, with Max Williams as a tight end,
Speaker 1: and now all of a sudden, you're gonna bring zach
Speaker 1: Ertz into that as well, Paullie. You put Max Williams
Speaker 1: and zach Ertz on the field in rundown situation first
Speaker 1: and ten second and one to six. There's gonna be
Speaker 1: problems with James Connor as you're running back, and DeAndre Hopkins,
Speaker 1: and who knows on the other side. Maybe it's Rondel Moore,
Speaker 1: maybe it's Aj Green, maybe it's somebody else they go
Speaker 1: out and get. But that could be real problems. It's undeniable.
Speaker 1: The Arizona Cardinals were seven and ozho and they were
Speaker 1: ten and two Paul and right now this free agent
Speaker 1: period so far, Steve Kim and the Arizona Cardinals said
Speaker 1: that was real, and we're gonna go out and try
Speaker 1: to replicate it again. And you know, James Connor was
Speaker 1: banged up at the end. I think you only played
Speaker 1: two full games, was zach Ertz. So you get those
Speaker 1: two together. You had Max Williams And for example, you
Speaker 1: go through the draft and all of a sudden, or
Speaker 1: maybe right before the draft, the Cardinals signed a veteran
Speaker 1: edge rusher. Maybe they get a Jadeveon Clowney, maybe they
Speaker 1: get a Carlos Dunlap of Melvin ingram On a one
Speaker 1: year deal. Sting that John Abraham Twight Freeney type thing,
Speaker 1: and that that does change the outlook of what they've
Speaker 1: done in free agency to a significant degree, does it not? Well,
Speaker 1: it does, especially when you look at the fact that
Speaker 1: the Cardinals were number five in sacks per attempt the
Speaker 1: year Chandler Jones didn't play but five games. He had
Speaker 1: one sack in those five games, and the Cardinals overall
Speaker 1: there were number five in sacks per a time because
Speaker 1: of scheme. By the way, the NFL schedule came out today.
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