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Speaker 1: season to date and it just keeps getting more unique. Polly,
Speaker 1: here it is baby, I mean football night in America. Right,
Speaker 1: We've got Thursday night football going on right now between
Speaker 1: the Chiefs and the Texans. This is so exhilarating. You know,
Speaker 1: there's been a lot of talk around the Arizona Cardinals
Speaker 1: this offseason. Would you say that's a true statement, Bolli, Yes,
Speaker 1: Cardinals and beyond yes, talk the talk. Now, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be time this weekend to walk the walk, baby, I'll
Speaker 1: tell you what. It almost feels like everyone is one
Speaker 1: to oh right now, just based on the fact we
Speaker 1: have football right out on that field, that we're actually
Speaker 1: playing football. And then, to be specific, how about former
Speaker 1: Cardinal David Johnson already getting props from his former teammate
Speaker 1: Kenyan Drake one running back to another as Kenyan Drake
Speaker 1: tweeted out, good stuff David Johnson. And he's talking about
Speaker 1: what we already saw it on that field, is he not? Yeah, Paula,
Speaker 1: you know what, I don't know what it was. It
Speaker 1: looked like a trap play as a matter of fact,
Speaker 1: that they ran a power scheme play. They ran with
Speaker 1: David Johnson. They were in their shotgun. They handed it
Speaker 1: off to David, pulled the uncovered lineman. It looked like
Speaker 1: a trap. He made a nice move to avoid that,
Speaker 1: and then a nice move in the hole to avoid
Speaker 1: a tackler and then busted it to the outside and
Speaker 1: hit the Jets and scored. It looked like a twelve
Speaker 1: to fifteen yard touchdown. I don't have the official number
Speaker 1: in front of me right now, but it was a
Speaker 1: nice run ball, very very intriguing, very interesting because I
Speaker 1: had popped off more than once during the offseason. Has
Speaker 1: said the Cardinals should already be one to know themselves
Speaker 1: just based on the fact that they won the DeAndre
Speaker 1: Hopkins trade. Right, But so far some early returns for
Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien and very interesting. I know you're excited about
Speaker 1: it too, Bully. I mean, David Johnson, what a great
Speaker 1: guy David Johnson is and we wish him nothing but
Speaker 1: the best. And I feel like I can talk for
Speaker 1: you on that one, Bully, wish him nothing but the best.
Speaker 1: And man, that's fantastic. What a great start for David
Speaker 1: Johnson in that first quarter to show a little something something.
Speaker 1: By the way DeAndre Hopkins, in his last game against
Speaker 1: the Niners, had eleven catches for a buck forty nine
Speaker 1: and two touchdowns. Right right, we can expect a lot
Speaker 1: out of d hop as well. Balla what are you
Speaker 1: most intrigued to see? Just flat out Sunday Cardinals at
Speaker 1: the Niners Week one? I mean give me, give me.
Speaker 1: I was talking to KYLEO to guard Cardins inside, and
Speaker 1: I was saying, you know what, I still feel like
Speaker 1: the Cardinals lead the league in curiosity? Yeah, sure, yeah, physicality, Paul,
Speaker 1: That's what I'm looking for right now. The talent on
Speaker 1: this roster is dramatically improved. Steve Kraim has done his job.
Speaker 1: The talent on paper dramatically improved. Now you gotta go play.
Speaker 1: It's not about paper anymore. It's about playing. What will
Speaker 1: that talent do? What will they be like physically, especially
Speaker 1: on the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball,
Speaker 1: because guess what They're playing what I consider to be
Speaker 1: maybe the most physical team in the NFC, maybe in
Speaker 1: the NFL. Niners were number two overall in defense, they
Speaker 1: were number one overall in passing defense. We know what
Speaker 1: Jimmy g did in two games against heroes on the
Speaker 1: Cardinals a year ago. We also know the Cardinals played
Speaker 1: them very tough yes each of those two games, and
Speaker 1: now they're going to keep that Niners defense on us.
Speaker 1: With DeAndre Hopkins, we'll talk d hop We got Christian
Speaker 1: kirk Live coming up, just getting rolling on the Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage. Burst in goal to three yard line, fire's
Speaker 1: left side, looking for Hopkins, who tips it to himself
Speaker 1: with one hand, pulls it in the back left corner
Speaker 1: of the in song, he tipped it to himself, had
Speaker 1: a touchdown. What a catch, as dramatic afflay as you
Speaker 1: will ever see, unbelievable by one of the best in
Speaker 1: the game, DeAndre Hopkins. I never ever thought I would
Speaker 1: say the Arizona Cardinals have acquired a receiver with better
Speaker 1: hands than Larry Fitzgerald. It's the Big Red Rage presented
Speaker 1: by satan Ford and Gilbert. We are satan Ford, and honestly,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to see him to truly believe what
Speaker 1: I just said. But the stats, the analytics, the number
Speaker 1: of drops. No one has fewer drops in DeAndre Hopkins.
Speaker 1: And then when you hear stories Ron Wolfley just about
Speaker 1: the size of his hands, and you were all over
Speaker 1: it right at the beginning. You saw it from across
Speaker 1: the field when we are a Cardinals camp, and according
Speaker 1: to his teammates, he wears a three x qual Vans
Speaker 1: to slit the glove just to get it on those
Speaker 1: massive hands. It's just incredible, Bolly looking at him, and
Speaker 1: it's one of the reasons why I am so bullish
Speaker 1: about this. There are so many reasons why DeAndre Hopkins
Speaker 1: is going to improve the Arizona Cardinal's offense tremendously, But
Speaker 1: the fact that he catches as many contested balls as
Speaker 1: he does the fifty fifty balls, so to speak, I
Speaker 1: don't think there's there's not a element to his game
Speaker 1: that's more important than that. So we've been talking at
Speaker 1: nauseam at least the last couple of weeks, in particular about,
Speaker 1: oh geez, what did the Cardinals do against George Kittle.
Speaker 1: You know, they went out, they got Devandre Campbell, they
Speaker 1: drafted Isaiah Simmons, Buddha Baker played him pretty tough a
Speaker 1: year ago. Okay, but wait a minute, don't the Niners
Speaker 1: have to sit there and say, Robert cell On, Kyle Shanahan,
Speaker 1: what do we do against DeAndre Hopkins. How different is
Speaker 1: the Cardinals offense going into this game versus the two
Speaker 1: matchups last year. Bolly, it's night and day, it really is.
Speaker 1: This is a true wide receiver one for Kyler Murray.
Speaker 1: Now you've got Larry Fitzgerald, and Larry Fitzgerald is still
Speaker 1: highly productive, as we all know. Christian Kirk somebody we're
Speaker 1: going to talk to in a matter of moments. Christian
Speaker 1: Kirk is the forgotten ingredients, so to speak. And yet
Speaker 1: he makes the stew as dangerous as it possibly could be.
Speaker 1: And then DeAndre Hopkins, of course you've got to take
Speaker 1: him away as a true wide receiver one. That's gonna
Speaker 1: be job one for Robert Sell. How is he going
Speaker 1: to defend DeAndre Hopkins? It's really not. Hey, are we
Speaker 1: going to stop the Arizona Cardinal's run? Wolf? Of course
Speaker 1: we're gonna try to do that, but that's not job one. Hey,
Speaker 1: you know what, we got to make sure that Larry
Speaker 1: Fitzgerald doesn't beat us. You know, that's still not job one.
Speaker 1: Job one is taking away DeAndre Hopkins from Kyler Murray, Paul,
Speaker 1: and that means now a defense is going to show
Speaker 1: their hand. They're gonna tip their cards. So to speak
Speaker 1: to Cliff Kingsbury and he's going to be able to
Speaker 1: read those cards hopefully and say, I see what you're doing.
Speaker 1: And now because you know what they're doing, you can
Speaker 1: anticipate what they might do, and that makes them predictable, Paul.
Speaker 1: And when a defense gets predictable, they get beatable. Attenion
Speaker 1: forty nine years. You're going to see DeAndre Hopkins in
Speaker 1: the Cardinal's uniform through at least two twenty four based
Speaker 1: on the contract extension he just signed that includes a
Speaker 1: no trade clause or no franchise tag clause. Do you
Speaker 1: think de hop wants to be in Arizona? In fact,
Speaker 1: he talked about the fit after signing on the line
Speaker 1: that has dotted. You know, me being a top receiver,
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure a lot of teams wanted to be
Speaker 1: But I think I wanted to Cardinals just as much
Speaker 1: they wanted me. So I think it's a perfect match
Speaker 1: man and this organization and what they're doing. No, I
Speaker 1: wouldn't ask to be anywhere else in any other position.
Speaker 1: Being with a young quarterback that is great, and I
Speaker 1: think it's it's a perfect match. How about that? After
Speaker 1: he gets over forty two million guaranteed at signing a
Speaker 1: signing bonus twenty seven million plus and once again he's
Speaker 1: going to be an Arizona Cardinal through at least two
Speaker 1: twenty four for the next five years. Paul, he think
Speaker 1: about that Kyler Murray. Of course, I would imagine at
Speaker 1: some point in time he's going to get extended for
Speaker 1: some big big is you like to say, big money.
Speaker 1: He's gonna get the big contract extension at some point
Speaker 1: in time. Just the fact that these two are gonna
Speaker 1: be together and they're gonna grow together. Let's hope they
Speaker 1: build that chemistry, right and maybe not just the chemistry
Speaker 1: of one two three, throw the ball, one two three,
Speaker 1: four five steps throw the ball or seven step throw
Speaker 1: the ball down the field of DeAndre Hopkins, but also
Speaker 1: the untimed downs, the scrambles, if you will, the scramble
Speaker 1: drills that Deshaun Watson and DeAndre Hopkins were so good at. Paul.
Speaker 1: That's a chemistry thing, man, that really is, PAULI. That's
Speaker 1: just a thing where you know when you got it
Speaker 1: and when you know, you know when you don't have it.
Speaker 1: And let's hope they build that chemistry together where that
Speaker 1: untimed down man where Kyler can use his legs suddenly
Speaker 1: will open up for d hop Is it unrealistic to
Speaker 1: think that here we are on Sunday and Nick Boss
Speaker 1: given Chase and there's Kyler buying time and extending the play,
Speaker 1: that they can still find a way to have that
Speaker 1: chemistry and connect. Is it too soon? Should we know?
Speaker 1: Tamp down our expectations a little bit? Or is the
Speaker 1: fact these two guys are so experienced, is so talented
Speaker 1: they should be able to make that work. On a
Speaker 1: third nine, I think they can get better at a
Speaker 1: poli for the most part. But that's something that's in eight.
Speaker 1: You know, that's something that's an intangible so to speak.
Speaker 1: It's just a chemistry thing. You either got it or
Speaker 1: you don't. And let's hope they're going to build that.
Speaker 1: But it is something I think they can improve. You know,
Speaker 1: they're scramble rules. There are scramble rules that are out there,
Speaker 1: and yet it takes a feel I think from Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray and DeAndre Hopkins. But listen, Paul, the biggest thing
Speaker 1: is this right here. I don't know if DeAndre Hopkins
Speaker 1: is going to lead this team in receptions. I don't
Speaker 1: know if he's going to lead the team in yards.
Speaker 1: I really don't we know that it's going to be
Speaker 1: job one for every defensive coordinator to take him away
Speaker 1: from Kyler Murray. But I can tell you right now,
Speaker 1: I think he will lead this team in touchdowns. And
Speaker 1: the reason being is because you can line him up
Speaker 1: in the red zone, Polly, and you can run a fade.
Speaker 1: You can run a fade, a back shoulder fade, which
Speaker 1: is a fade. If that dB is running with him
Speaker 1: or in front of him, you're going to throw it
Speaker 1: to his back shoulder. If he's running behind him, you're
Speaker 1: gonna throw that fade over the top that play. Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray's so good at it because he's so accurate with
Speaker 1: his arm in DeAndre Hopkins on a fifty fifty ball.
Speaker 1: Even if you play a safety over the top, if
Speaker 1: you put two people on him on a fade, it's
Speaker 1: still not going to help you. If he throws the
Speaker 1: back shoulder, it's indefensable. It's an indefensable play. And that's
Speaker 1: why I think he's gonna lead this team in touchdowns
Speaker 1: in the red zone. Carts decordinator Vance Joseph was asked
Speaker 1: what makes Cliff Pingsbury's offense top and he said he
Speaker 1: makes you defend the entire field now more than ever
Speaker 1: with d hop. Christian Kirk is next to the big
Speaker 1: red rage presented by Satan Ford in Gilbert Well play
Speaker 1: action pass. Murray setting up, throws a deep ball right,
Speaker 1: so I've got a receiver. Kirk put down. Murray pumps
Speaker 1: right back to pass buyer's tea first sideline receivers. There
Speaker 1: it's caught in the thirty at the twenty at the
Speaker 1: ten to five touchdown, Christian Kirk again, sixty nine yard
Speaker 1: touchdown passed by Kyler Murray, who are read a great
Speaker 1: roll at a four four one for Christian Kirk. Rows
Speaker 1: over the middle. Kirk caught in touchdown. The third touchdown
Speaker 1: today for Christian Kirk, but Paul looked like it was tipped.
Speaker 1: It was by white Christian Kirk with great concentration. Man,
Speaker 1: how good is Christian Kirk? Wow? I'll tell you what
Speaker 1: Week ten against Tampa. That was about a month's worth
Speaker 1: of production in one game. Six grabs of buck thirty eight,
Speaker 1: the three touchdowns fifteen thirty three and sixty nine yards.
Speaker 1: That's what a healthy Christian Kirk can do for you.
Speaker 1: And your offense. And that is the Christian Kirk who
Speaker 1: joins us now on the Big Red Rage. Christian, good evening,
Speaker 1: thanks for joining us. We figured, you know what, Chase Edmonds, Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, we were tired of seeing him talk your
Speaker 1: year off, so we figured we talked to you a
Speaker 1: little bit, tear you away and it spent a little
Speaker 1: time with you. I was I was life treating now
Speaker 1: on the verge of the NFL season. It's great. I
Speaker 1: can't complain and I appreciate you guys having me on
Speaker 1: as always. Just excited that we get to finally take
Speaker 1: the field on Sunday. Christian Man, talk a little bit
Speaker 1: about your training camp. How did training camp go for you? Personally?
Speaker 1: I thought it went great. You know, I got everything
Speaker 1: out of it, um, you know that I wanted personally,
Speaker 1: you know, the main thing was just you know, making
Speaker 1: sure that I'm in playing shape and then you know,
Speaker 1: just making sure you know, take technique and scheme was
Speaker 1: all right in the timing down you know with Kyler
Speaker 1: and just kind of you know at the at the
Speaker 1: back half of it, you know, walking into the game
Speaker 1: plan for San Francisco and there's number one two just
Speaker 1: getting back out there and competing again. You know, it's
Speaker 1: been a long long time, you know for a lot
Speaker 1: of us, you know, without having OTAs or mini camp.
Speaker 1: You know, it's been a while since you've had you know,
Speaker 1: somebody out in front of you, uh, you know, covering
Speaker 1: you and whatnot. So it's just good to get back
Speaker 1: out there and compete, you know with uh, you know,
Speaker 1: the guys, and you know, like I said, it's just
Speaker 1: it's nice to know that, you know, we'll be lining
Speaker 1: up against somebody else on Sunday. How much of your
Speaker 1: chemistry with Kyler Murray actually goes back beyond the Cardinals
Speaker 1: days and when the two of you were at A
Speaker 1: and M. Does that help in anyway? Uh? Yeah, it does.
Speaker 1: I think it does. You know, we just I think
Speaker 1: more just because of you know, we've been in the
Speaker 1: same scheme before. We have a feel for you know,
Speaker 1: the signals and you know, just a different feel for
Speaker 1: how the RPOs work and you know what works against
Speaker 1: what coverages, and just you know, we're if if you
Speaker 1: know there's a certain alignment by the dB, you know,
Speaker 1: or just knowing you know what he's thinking and what
Speaker 1: I'm thinking, just being on the same page. So you
Speaker 1: know it does work, and uh, you know, getting to
Speaker 1: the point to where you know, if he's you know,
Speaker 1: sending out a signal, you know, full of formation and
Speaker 1: not kind of how already have an idea of you know,
Speaker 1: what player we're going to be running. Just just different
Speaker 1: things like that. That's just helped, you know, us take
Speaker 1: that next step, especially going into you know, our second
Speaker 1: year together and Christian talk to me about the wide
Speaker 1: receiver room. This is a very very special group, of course,
Speaker 1: and in particular, I would say eleven person at one back,
Speaker 1: one tight end, three wide receivers. Talk to me a
Speaker 1: little bit about that room and how your training camp went.
Speaker 1: It's just been it's been great. You know, you look
Speaker 1: out there and you know you you look across the
Speaker 1: ball and you know you got arguably the best receiver
Speaker 1: in the NFL right now, in future Hall of Famer,
Speaker 1: and then you know you got to solidify it, you know,
Speaker 1: hall of Famer and Larry. Just being on the field
Speaker 1: with those two guys and um, you know, competing with them,
Speaker 1: it is just amazing. Um, you know, I think about
Speaker 1: it all the time, just the position that I'm in
Speaker 1: to just be on the field and you know, one
Speaker 1: day say that, you know, when I'm done playing football,
Speaker 1: hanging it up that you know, I got to play
Speaker 1: with two of the greats and you know, share a
Speaker 1: room with them, and you know, just learn from them
Speaker 1: and just get a washing him on a daily basis.
Speaker 1: It's been good and you know, it's honestly of raised
Speaker 1: my level of play. You know, I felt like during
Speaker 1: training camp, Uh, you know, I performed even better just
Speaker 1: because those guys are out there sitting the town. Well,
Speaker 1: Larry was asked today about you. It is outlook for
Speaker 1: you this season. He's had a fantastic camp. You know,
Speaker 1: he's a he's a great teammate. You know, anybody that's
Speaker 1: around Christian and knows him, you know the kind of
Speaker 1: character that he that he has and what he stands
Speaker 1: for with work ethic. You know, he should. He should
Speaker 1: make every single person from the state of Arizona proud.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm looking forward to seeing him go out
Speaker 1: there and showcase all the hard work that he's put
Speaker 1: forward over this offseason, because he looks great. He's running fabulous,
Speaker 1: he's making contested catches, he's doing everything you can ask
Speaker 1: him to do. And I'm really I'm really happy where
Speaker 1: he's at. If you stay healthy, Christian, knock on wood,
Speaker 1: what's your confidence level? You can be really productive in
Speaker 1: this league. Yeah, you know, it's just one of those
Speaker 1: things that you know, my confidence level is always high.
Speaker 1: And you know, I know the injury thing is, you
Speaker 1: know what a lot of people are kind of hanging
Speaker 1: their hat on, you know with me. But you know
Speaker 1: I said it earlier. There were two. Uh I got
Speaker 1: a chance to just kind of like sit down and
Speaker 1: think about it, and there were two unfortunate injuries that
Speaker 1: I couldn't prevent. And that's just the game of football.
Speaker 1: And right now, I'm just going out there and I'm
Speaker 1: a player if you play like it's my last and
Speaker 1: I'm I'm gonna do my job. And that's that's in
Speaker 1: my mindset. And you know, I know the potential and
Speaker 1: the production that I can have. Uh if I'm out
Speaker 1: there for all sixteen games and then but I'm not
Speaker 1: gonna I'm not gonna look forward. You know, I'm taking
Speaker 1: a week by week and um, you know if at
Speaker 1: the end, you know, make it all the way through.
Speaker 1: You know, I know the type of season that I
Speaker 1: can ask Christian, how does the arrival of DeAndre Hopkins
Speaker 1: change this offense for you personally, Uh well, I mean
Speaker 1: as an offense as a whole. I just feel like
Speaker 1: you you have that guy, you know, on third down
Speaker 1: and in the ritzelling that you know, no matter what
Speaker 1: what you throw at him, you know, the football, if
Speaker 1: as long as it's in his vicinity, he's going to
Speaker 1: make that catch. And you know that's just what he's done.
Speaker 1: You know, since he's been in the league, He's just
Speaker 1: produced and make those hard thing tasty catches and you
Speaker 1: can rely on him on on third down to win
Speaker 1: those one on one battles. Um. You know, But for
Speaker 1: me personally, if the team decides to you know, you
Speaker 1: know person man you know, covers him and put a
Speaker 1: safety over the top, that leaves you know, one on
Speaker 1: one opportunities for the rest of us. Me Larry Um,
Speaker 1: you know, they running best coming out of the backfield,
Speaker 1: you know Dan Arnold, you know, so just it creates
Speaker 1: a mismatch opportunities for us. And you know, to have
Speaker 1: a guy like that over there, you know, even when
Speaker 1: he is you know, double covered, to still make plays
Speaker 1: and you know, just to have the defense worried about him,
Speaker 1: it just opens up a lot like I said, opportunities
Speaker 1: for for us other guys. Honestly, Christian, I think you're
Speaker 1: going to have an unbelievable year because of that, because
Speaker 1: of the fact you've got Larry Fitzgerald and Deandrey Hopkins,
Speaker 1: especially out of eleven personnel, that three wide receivers set
Speaker 1: right there, I think you're going to be the forgotten guy.
Speaker 1: And again no disrespect by saying that, but because of
Speaker 1: that and because of your talent either, you're going to
Speaker 1: have your best years so far. Do you feel that optimism? Uh?
Speaker 1: You know, I'm like I said earlier, I'm just I'm
Speaker 1: going to go out there and do everything that I
Speaker 1: can to just take advantage of every opportunity that comes
Speaker 1: comes to me. And that's a you know, every target
Speaker 1: and every ball that comes my way. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna make it and uh you know that's that's
Speaker 1: step number one. And if that happens, then uh, you know,
Speaker 1: I believe I can. I can do whatever I set
Speaker 1: my mind to and whatever uh you know, the offense
Speaker 1: and you know the opportunities allow me to do. So
Speaker 1: if it goes that way, then it goes that way.
Speaker 1: But you know, I'm just gonna let my place speak
Speaker 1: for itself. We know you're fluent now in Cliff Kingsbury's offense.
Speaker 1: That has been the challenge for DeAndre Hopkins as the
Speaker 1: newcomer here. He is talking about coach close offense and
Speaker 1: the key to learning it you have to learn on
Speaker 1: the fly. For me is studying at home, doing extra
Speaker 1: things outside of you know, practice, but being on the
Speaker 1: same page with Kyler. Also communicating with him, not just
Speaker 1: you know, on the football field, without the football field,
Speaker 1: in the locker room. Extra communication, I think is key,
Speaker 1: especially without having all season. It's kind of a cramming situation,
Speaker 1: but I take it as a challenge. Yeah, we see
Speaker 1: you guys talking all the time and just some degree
Speaker 1: you're helping the hop right, I mean you're coaching them
Speaker 1: up whatever you can within the offense. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: just being a guy who's been in the system before
Speaker 1: and you know, just just learning all the ins and
Speaker 1: outs of it, and you know, playing multiple positions amongst
Speaker 1: the offense. Uh, you know, just taking upon myself to
Speaker 1: help them anyway that I can, because I believe, you know,
Speaker 1: if you're on the field and you're not thinking and
Speaker 1: you can just go out there and play and react.
Speaker 1: You know you're at your best. So, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: DeAndre has done a great job, you know, learning the
Speaker 1: different positions, you know, knowing as assignment and getting a
Speaker 1: good field for the offense. I mean, you know, just
Speaker 1: having his knowledge of the game and you know, been
Speaker 1: in been in the league, the league for as long
Speaker 1: as he has, you know, it's been easier for him
Speaker 1: to pick up and grasp. So uh, you know, he's,
Speaker 1: like I said, he's done a great job. But you know,
Speaker 1: I try to help whenever I can. What about Andy Isabella,
Speaker 1: your former roomy, Andy Isabella, can you talk to us
Speaker 1: about the camp he had? I mean, he definitely took
Speaker 1: that next step. You know, you can just tell that
Speaker 1: the game's slowing down for him, and that's that's, you know,
Speaker 1: every player's main thing. You know, coming in as a rookie,
Speaker 1: you know, the game's just fast and you're kind of
Speaker 1: just learning on the flyde and then you know that
Speaker 1: second year, you know things should start to slow down,
Speaker 1: and that's what it's done for him. You know, he's
Speaker 1: framing the ball, you know a lot better, kissing with
Speaker 1: his hands and seeing coverages and recognizing leverages and using
Speaker 1: his technique so he's kind of putting it all together now.
Speaker 1: You know, I just can't wait to see, uh, you
Speaker 1: know him, you know, do do the things that he
Speaker 1: can do and get the opportunities that he deserves because
Speaker 1: you know he's worked his tail off, you know during
Speaker 1: training camp and all off seas and yeah, just excited
Speaker 1: from Well, we know the potential of that receiver room,
Speaker 1: there's no doubt about it, with Christian Kirk and Larry
Speaker 1: Fitshherald and DeAndre Hopkins. You add the elite speed of
Speaker 1: an Andy Isabella. If he ends up being a factor
Speaker 1: and he picks up where he left off in training camp,
Speaker 1: we know about that. We know the ability of Kenyan
Speaker 1: Drake to catch the football, Dan Arnold and a Max Williams.
Speaker 1: I mean again, when Vance Joseph says that Cliff Kingsbury
Speaker 1: is gonna make you defend every inch of that gridiron,
Speaker 1: I just see that coming to fruition with all the
Speaker 1: weapons this year, There's no doubt, PAULI. The Arizona Cardinals
Speaker 1: led the National Football League in ten personnel last year.
Speaker 1: One back, no tight ends for wide receivers. How Andy
Speaker 1: Isabella develops as a wide receiver, we'll determine how much
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury and their Cardinals go with ten personnel. We
Speaker 1: continue Christian Kirk, our guest out of the gates here
Speaker 1: the regular season addition to the Big Red Rage presented
Speaker 1: by santan Ford in Gilbert, Cardinals can tie it here
Speaker 1: shotguns that Murry back to pass rose to the lap
Speaker 1: It is caught. That's Kyler Murray wired up and sing
Speaker 1: with our day. Pass will be calling the game on
Speaker 1: Sunday from Santa Clara against the Niners. That was the
Speaker 1: season debut a year ago Ron Wilfley, the first game
Speaker 1: ever in the NFL for Kyler Murray. Think about it.
Speaker 1: The Cardinals are down twenty four to six early fourth quarter,
Speaker 1: and what does Kyler do in that fourth quarter? Fifteen
Speaker 1: to nineteen passing a buck fifty four, two touchdowns in
Speaker 1: fourth quarter and overtime. He had a passer rating him
Speaker 1: nearly one seventeen. And at that point we said, Okay,
Speaker 1: the kid can play. Brought him all the way back.
Speaker 1: Pauli in his first start in the National Football League
Speaker 1: with all that hype surrounding him, is a number one
Speaker 1: pick and oh he's only five town, He's still level.
Speaker 1: He's too small ride, all that hype and the expectation
Speaker 1: around him, and all he did was rally his team
Speaker 1: and bring him back in his first NFL start in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. If you can make plays, you will play.
Speaker 1: And speaking of that brings us back to her on
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk, who's on the Big Red Rage, and Christian
Speaker 1: you have a long relationship with Kyler. So we're just
Speaker 1: curious from last year to this year, where do you
Speaker 1: think he's grown the most. Well, I think just as
Speaker 1: a as a leader and just as a man. You know,
Speaker 1: I think he's just matured and you know, realized the
Speaker 1: position that he's in, and you know, he's been more
Speaker 1: vocal and uh, you know, just just learning how to
Speaker 1: be a pro. And you know it's been really encouraging
Speaker 1: to see and you can tell just the only thing
Speaker 1: on his mind, you know, right now is winning football games.
Speaker 1: And that's what it's been, you know, all offseason. It's just,
Speaker 1: you know, how can we make this team better? And uh,
Speaker 1: you know, how can we all individually him himself, you know,
Speaker 1: take that next step to make us a playoff contending team.
Speaker 1: And so he's been really locked in on that and
Speaker 1: you know it's taking everything you know, with with full
Speaker 1: steam ahead, just seriousness and approaching it as a pro.
Speaker 1: And you know he's just he's been been really great
Speaker 1: back there as as a leader, you know obviously you
Speaker 1: see he just got elected you know, to be one
Speaker 1: of the team captains. So you know that kind of
Speaker 1: speaks for itself right there, of how he's grown. On
Speaker 1: that note right there, Christian Kyler was named team captain
Speaker 1: of course, and he has grown in leadership. But what
Speaker 1: does leadership look like to you? What does it look
Speaker 1: like to you? Well, I think it can go hand
Speaker 1: in hand, um, you know, I think it can go
Speaker 1: both as vocally and you know leading by action, which
Speaker 1: he does both very well. Uh you know, showing up
Speaker 1: and get especially during practice, you know, giving it as
Speaker 1: all being locked in at all times and just you know,
Speaker 1: doing doing all the things that that you know, we
Speaker 1: need to do, like I said, to perform at the
Speaker 1: highest level. And then once he step on the field
Speaker 1: on Sundays, you know, just the way that he cared
Speaker 1: reason so you know vocally the things that he says,
Speaker 1: you know amongst the guys, you know, especially offensively and
Speaker 1: just leading us. And you know, when when practice is
Speaker 1: dragging a little bit, you know, maybe getting on somebody
Speaker 1: and you know, serious things of that nature that that
Speaker 1: you know, as a leader, you know you have to
Speaker 1: obtain to get the best you know, the guys around you.
Speaker 1: You know, Kyler had the off season I wish I had.
Speaker 1: You know, he put on ten to fifteen pounds of muscle.
Speaker 1: Looks really good, you know, all that offseason work, and
Speaker 1: he was asked about what he did in the off season.
Speaker 1: I prepared all quarantine, you know, for obviously this opportunity.
Speaker 1: We've been preparing for this all camp. I mean, I'm
Speaker 1: one of those guys I trust the words that I
Speaker 1: put in and I just go lay it out on
Speaker 1: the line. I can't really think about it too much
Speaker 1: or you know, going there hesitating. You know what, what's
Speaker 1: going to happen is supposed to happen. You know, I
Speaker 1: think we put the work in. I think this team
Speaker 1: is ready to go. You know, Christian Kyler talked about
Speaker 1: when he was in high school, any one of those
Speaker 1: three state championships. He got traction his sophomore year when
Speaker 1: he finally realized what the defense was doing, the same
Speaker 1: thing before his Heisman campaign, when he could read and
Speaker 1: react before the snap. Do you see a little bit
Speaker 1: of that now? Is he about to enter that stage
Speaker 1: of his pro career? Oh? For sure, I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: and I know that was the one thing that he
Speaker 1: learned to improve on, you know this offseason is you know,
Speaker 1: breaking down the defenses. You know, knowing especially with the
Speaker 1: teams that we played within our division, you know, what
Speaker 1: are their tendencies, what coverages do they play, you know
Speaker 1: what blitz packages is he going to see on third downs?
Speaker 1: And you know, just breaking down things like that and
Speaker 1: just really getting into the nuances of the game. Uh.
Speaker 1: And he's done that, and you know he's checking checking
Speaker 1: out of plays, you know, different certain certain works and
Speaker 1: he's just you know, playing more free and you know
Speaker 1: that's what you want to see. And you know he's
Speaker 1: making decisions quick, he's getting the ball out of his hands,
Speaker 1: he's not hanging onto the ball. And so you know,
Speaker 1: once once you start seeing a quarterback doing that, you
Speaker 1: know you just kind of had that feeling and know
Speaker 1: that they're taking that next step and they're becoming more comfortable. Christian,
Speaker 1: how do you anticipate, hey, the forty nine ers defending
Speaker 1: this offense? Well, you know, I think you know with them,
Speaker 1: they they're so talented. Um, you know, you're we're gonna get,
Speaker 1: you know, primarily the same thing you know that we've
Speaker 1: gotten last season the two times that we played them.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, they make their money up front
Speaker 1: with that talented defensive line, and you know that their
Speaker 1: front seven, uh is one of the best in the NFL.
Speaker 1: And then you know the back end is is very
Speaker 1: season as well, you know, with with Richard Sherman back there.
Speaker 1: So uh, you know, they they have really good players
Speaker 1: as well, and so that's why it's such a good matchup, uh,
Speaker 1: you know when we play one another, because it's it's
Speaker 1: all about winning your one on one battles and so,
Speaker 1: like I said, you know, we're gonna have to come out.
Speaker 1: You know, we're gonna have to be able to control
Speaker 1: the run, control the run game, and then you know,
Speaker 1: make the big plays, you know when when they're presented
Speaker 1: to us, your rookie here, what was more memorable the
Speaker 1: game winning touchdown catch for less than a minute ago,
Speaker 1: or about the seventy five yard or on the first
Speaker 1: offensive play from you know, it had to have been uh,
Speaker 1: you know, the the seventy five yard or just because
Speaker 1: you know, that was my first touchdown in the NFL,
Speaker 1: and now you can never forget that one. So it
Speaker 1: was a pretty memorable first first touchdown. Where do you
Speaker 1: want to get better? Christian? Where are you looking at
Speaker 1: yourself saying this is where I need to improve? Well,
Speaker 1: you know, for me this season, it's just you know,
Speaker 1: not pressing and uh, you know, it's it's been kind
Speaker 1: of you know, me kind of being a broken record,
Speaker 1: but you know, just just uh, you know, making the
Speaker 1: opportunities when they when they come to me, not trying
Speaker 1: to predict when they're going to come or how many
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get or you know, if I'm not seeing
Speaker 1: a target until the fourth quarter and you know, and
Speaker 1: I do get the ball and I'm trying to press
Speaker 1: to be a hero of just just make the play,
Speaker 1: make the opportunity and play the next play and do
Speaker 1: whatever I can to help the team win. And so
Speaker 1: that's gonna you know, that's that's my biggest goal this
Speaker 1: year and one thing that I'm just u looking forward
Speaker 1: to take advantage of this being the best that I
Speaker 1: can whenever the ball comes my way and making those opportunities. Well,
Speaker 1: there's no doubt that Kyler has options. And speaking of Kyler,
Speaker 1: DeAndre was asked about what he appreciates about Kyler Murray,
Speaker 1: at least so far, what he's realized, Kyler is a
Speaker 1: guy that if someone messes up, he's going to go
Speaker 1: over there and tell them what they need to do
Speaker 1: and vice versa. He's able to take criticism, and I
Speaker 1: think that's what all great players have, and I think
Speaker 1: that's something that he want to become great at, you know,
Speaker 1: is you know, being a great player, but also you know,
Speaker 1: being able to see our side of things and us
Speaker 1: see his side of things and be on the same page.
Speaker 1: But what sticks out to me is obviously his arm,
Speaker 1: how strong will arm he has, and his drive to
Speaker 1: be great. We know the release, we know the accuracy,
Speaker 1: just the fact he can run a four to three.
Speaker 1: What does that do to a defense? How does that
Speaker 1: change the dynamic when he's out on that field and
Speaker 1: playing quarterback. Well, it just first of all, you know,
Speaker 1: as a as a defense, you know, you just you
Speaker 1: want to contain you want to contain him, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know that's one of the things that as a
Speaker 1: defensive line, you know you got to worry about. But
Speaker 1: you know, already on top of you know, of all
Speaker 1: the things that we do offensively and the weapons that
Speaker 1: we have, it just adds another another thing that you
Speaker 1: have to worry about. And you know, I think it
Speaker 1: puts a lot of stress on the defense. It takes
Speaker 1: him out of their blitz packages. And you know, because
Speaker 1: they know if they go man coverage and turn the blitz,
Speaker 1: if he gets a crease, you know, he can take
Speaker 1: it all the way to the house. So it's just
Speaker 1: one of those things defensively that you have to ski
Speaker 1: for and that end, and you know creates a headache.
Speaker 1: And you know, especially on the RPOs and even on
Speaker 1: all the run actions, you know, the defense crushes the
Speaker 1: defensive end crushes down. You know, he can pull the
Speaker 1: ball and you know we saw him do that a
Speaker 1: couple of times last year and make big plays out
Speaker 1: of it. So, like I said, it's just it's just
Speaker 1: another one of those headaches that pauses for the defense.
Speaker 1: How many jet sweeps are we're going to see hot
Speaker 1: to you this year? Do you want that? Do you
Speaker 1: like that? Christian? That sounds like more of a coach
Speaker 1: Kingsberry question. Whenever whenever they're called, though, I'm more than
Speaker 1: happy to run them. We'll see about the Jets suite.
Speaker 1: We'll also see about punt return duties because we know
Speaker 1: we might see Andy Isabella back there. But there are
Speaker 1: several options at the disposal of the coaches. And we
Speaker 1: know this much. You know, Cliff Kingsbury said if he
Speaker 1: wasn't coaching football, he'd be on Wall Street and the
Speaker 1: same thing goes on the stock market. And with NFL
Speaker 1: football coaches, that is, they don't like the unknown and uncertainty.
Speaker 1: And so I know both Kyle Shannon and Cliff Kingsbury.
Speaker 1: I'm wondering, man, what is the other guy dialing up?
Speaker 1: You were six months of watching film where Cliff Kingsbury
Speaker 1: told us he got to the XFL and watching films,
Speaker 1: So what does that mean? We continue with Christian Kirk
Speaker 1: on the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford in Gilbert.
Speaker 1: That's gonna be a run play to Kenyan Drake straight
Speaker 1: ahead and he's a thirty five breaks attack of forty.
Speaker 1: He's got sweet at the fifty and Drake on his
Speaker 1: first carry for the Cardinals just passed the forty and
Speaker 1: all the way it is a thirty five yard line.
Speaker 1: So that's a run of about thirty five. But Drake's
Speaker 1: first touch he just got here about seventy two hours ago.
Speaker 1: Snapped a Murray pitch to Drake running to the right side.
Speaker 1: He's got the two yard line, dies for the end zone,
Speaker 1: pit in for the touchdown. The Cardinals get in the
Speaker 1: red zone thanks to Kenyan Drake, and Kenyan Drake gets
Speaker 1: the touchdown to get the Cardinals the early lead. So
Speaker 1: on three days prep, three days prep before Thursday Night football,
Speaker 1: he carried the ball fifteen times for one hundred and
Speaker 1: ten yards one hundred and sixty two total yards in
Speaker 1: that close lost twenty eight twenty five at home against
Speaker 1: the Niners. And as Cliff Kingsbury said after the game,
Speaker 1: his skill set is perfect for what we do. That
Speaker 1: Kenyan Drake got the big money eight point five million
Speaker 1: in the off season, and that's part of a run
Speaker 1: game run Wolfley that average better than five yards of carry.
Speaker 1: As we continue with christ and Kirk the receiver and Christian,
Speaker 1: what does the run game do for you in the
Speaker 1: passing game? Well, this offensive, the whole, just the scheme
Speaker 1: itself is built around the run game. I believe that
Speaker 1: it can't be successful without having a successful run game.
Speaker 1: Just with all the RPOs that we do and being
Speaker 1: able to open up the tight ends sort receivers and
Speaker 1: just being able to be dynamic and just gives the
Speaker 1: defense you know, obviously a lot more pressure to worry about,
Speaker 1: you know, different things based up the play action and whatnot.
Speaker 1: So it helps us as receivers a ton to have
Speaker 1: an effective running game. And Christ and you guys are
Speaker 1: so improved on paper, it's not even close. And there's
Speaker 1: been a lot of talk about you guys this offseason
Speaker 1: rights and how aware of that talk are you guys?
Speaker 1: And do you ever worry about that? To be honest,
Speaker 1: I get no, you know sense of worry you know
Speaker 1: about you know, expectations that we have to live up
Speaker 1: to or guys maybe talking about it or you know,
Speaker 1: we need to do this or we need to do that.
Speaker 1: You know, I haven't heard you know one guy even
Speaker 1: you know, whisper about it. Uh. You know, we're very
Speaker 1: um set on, you know, what we have to do
Speaker 1: and let's you know, go out and win one game
Speaker 1: at a time. And we still have the same chip
Speaker 1: on our shoulder that we did last year and the
Speaker 1: year before that. You know, no matter what, you know,
Speaker 1: how good we look on paper and whatnot. We still
Speaker 1: got to go out there and do it. And we
Speaker 1: know people are going to Countterselt regardless until we prove it.
Speaker 1: So that's just our goal right now. It's going out
Speaker 1: and improving everybody wrong. Speaking of listen to Patrick Peterson
Speaker 1: and what he said earlier today, because we haven't heard
Speaker 1: Pat P talk a whole bunch this all season, but
Speaker 1: he's been listening a bit last year. You know, you
Speaker 1: hit the chatter what people are saying. And but with me,
Speaker 1: you know, getting a wysyvet, a season vet, it just
Speaker 1: goes in one year out the other. But I love,
Speaker 1: you know, proving people wrong. So um, this is going
Speaker 1: to be a big year for me. I feel like
Speaker 1: my back is against the wall and that's when I
Speaker 1: operate out my best. If you want to know about
Speaker 1: a corner, ask a receiver Christian Kirk, what do you
Speaker 1: see in P twice so far? Me? Personally, I see
Speaker 1: I see the pet P that I see since I've
Speaker 1: got here, in my eyes, the best corner in the league. Um,
Speaker 1: I'd say that to everybody. The way that he approaches
Speaker 1: his work. I go against them in one on ones
Speaker 1: every single day every time. You know, Ones Verse Ones
Speaker 1: offerens Verse defense. I'm going against Pat, So if there's
Speaker 1: a one person to say, it's me because I get
Speaker 1: to see the work every day and I don't I
Speaker 1: don't feel like he's dropped off one bit. And you know,
Speaker 1: I feel like the games last year where you know,
Speaker 1: he was told you're covering this skuy Man and man
Speaker 1: all game long. You know, he proved that he's still
Speaker 1: at the top of his game, and you know the
Speaker 1: fact that he had that mindset and that chip on
Speaker 1: his shoulder, um, you know, due to whoever was saying
Speaker 1: what last year. I think it's just adding more fuel
Speaker 1: to his fire. And you know, I think he's gonna
Speaker 1: go out there and improve while he's still you know,
Speaker 1: the best in the league in my opinion, go big
Speaker 1: picture on the defense. What kind of improvement do you
Speaker 1: expect from them and why? Uh, you know, a very
Speaker 1: large improvement. And I just feel, uh, they're they're they're
Speaker 1: very dynamic, just like us. Obviously with the addition of
Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons, and you know you got Buddha, Pat pe
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones, Devon Kennard, m Jordan Higgs. I mean, you
Speaker 1: have so many big time playmakers on that defense. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, it just gives the offense. Uh. You know,
Speaker 1: like I said, so many different ways that they have
Speaker 1: to scheme around them and worry about. And you know
Speaker 1: when you have guys like that coming off the edge
Speaker 1: and Davon and Chandler and then you know run stoppers
Speaker 1: Isaiah and Jordan and you got Buddha back there, you know,
Speaker 1: coming down making tackles and being a ballhawk, and you
Speaker 1: got pet Pee. You know, it's just, you know, you've
Speaker 1: got so many guys that are just hard and those
Speaker 1: football players that love making plays, and so I'm just
Speaker 1: excited to watch them play together. You know, they they
Speaker 1: they men really well together. They've been playing discipline defense
Speaker 1: and they make a lot of plays with a lot
Speaker 1: of energy, and it's just always fun to watch when
Speaker 1: they're at their best. We've had a lot of guys
Speaker 1: say they've had a wild moment watching Isaiah Simmons just
Speaker 1: to sure aletticism. And we've seen him in some of
Speaker 1: the corner drills. Isaiah Simmons at six y Moore hasn't
Speaker 1: hasn't matched up over you at all? Has he in
Speaker 1: the slot? He actually got me once they're in training camp.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie. I thought I had aimna on
Speaker 1: a low release and I forgot his His arms are
Speaker 1: four feet long as it is, so I thought I
Speaker 1: was around him and he got me when I was
Speaker 1: crossed over and put me on the ground. So it
Speaker 1: was it was a moment to kind of laugh about.
Speaker 1: But I was like, oh, my goodness, knows his arms
Speaker 1: are so long's he's so strong. You know, you forget
Speaker 1: how big he is, you know, until you get up
Speaker 1: close to him. But it's mcflaw watching him, you know,
Speaker 1: get better throughout training camp and Christian, what do you
Speaker 1: guys have to do to beat the forty nine ers
Speaker 1: on Sunday? What do you gotta do? I think number
Speaker 1: one and the number one goal is is played disciplined football. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, not turn over the ball. I think penalties
Speaker 1: are going to be a big thing. You know that
Speaker 1: we'll see throughout week one. I think limited the team
Speaker 1: that limited limits the mistakes the penalties the most, and
Speaker 1: uh you know it doesn't turn over the ball. I
Speaker 1: think is are the teams that are going to come
Speaker 1: out on top and I know that's that's our Mangol
Speaker 1: gone into Sundays just playing smart football, uh, speaking to
Speaker 1: our technique and you know, kind of like what Kyler said,
Speaker 1: you know, trust your training going to the game and
Speaker 1: just just play and uh, you know, play smart football
Speaker 1: and be disciplined. Richard Sherman says that Fitz frustrates him
Speaker 1: because Fitz won't talk to him. Do you end up
Speaker 1: trading some trash talk with Richard Sherman when you play?
Speaker 1: I had not that I can remember, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: but if it happens, that happens. There's just kind of
Speaker 1: one of those things that in the heat of the moment,
Speaker 1: it's just a competitive talk. But you know, I always
Speaker 1: embrace you know, being able to go up against Richard,
Speaker 1: you know him, you know, being at the top of
Speaker 1: it game for a while and you know, one of
Speaker 1: the better corners in the league. And just to go
Speaker 1: against a guy like that and compete at a high level,
Speaker 1: it's obviously, you know, a lot of fun. Christian. I
Speaker 1: cannot wait to watch you play, man. Thank you so
Speaker 1: much for joining us. God bless you and your family, Buddy,
Speaker 1: and man, it's go time and I can't wait. Thank you, budd.
Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys. You guys, Uh, stay ready for
Speaker 1: Sunday and stay healthy. We'll do. We'll see you on
Speaker 1: the road trip. Thanks Christian Kirk. We continue with the
Speaker 1: Big Red Rage presented by Satan Ford in Gilbert. Oh
Speaker 1: hey there, right there, Oh hey, how are you doing
Speaker 1: it for pretty fourth South? I don't know if it's
Speaker 1: gonna snow today? Behind? Oh my gosh, we're in the
Speaker 1: state top Oh, I brought my tobogg and just in case.
Speaker 1: O my goodness, looking at weather here it's beautiful. And
Speaker 1: see Jimmy Jess chin line, holy gown. I'm ready, guys,
Speaker 1: got gin line. He's got a much chat. Oh my gooless.
Speaker 1: That is one of the nine. What a man he is.
Speaker 1: If you want to see an all time edition of
Speaker 1: Wired of Mike Duff, go find the George Kittle because
Speaker 1: there he is. Him and Joe Staley, who since retired
Speaker 1: on Jimmy g Right, the good looking guy that Jimmy
Speaker 1: g is and they're having some fun as a expense.
Speaker 1: And then George Kittle, the entirety of that Wired segment,
Speaker 1: is trying to tell everyone it's National tight Ends Day
Speaker 1: and they should treat him accordingly because it's his day
Speaker 1: and it's it's entertaining no doubt. Yeah, that's Snowdell Bali
Speaker 1: and that's going to be a big question right now.
Speaker 1: I cannot wait to see, especially if Deebo Samuel does
Speaker 1: not play in Brandon Auk if the wide receiver room
Speaker 1: is a mess the way the forty nine ers, at
Speaker 1: least we believe it to be. Matt, I'll tell you,
Speaker 1: how are the How are the Cardinals going to defend
Speaker 1: George Kittle? That's what I want to see, And how
Speaker 1: are they going to take him away? Very much Paul
Speaker 1: Like on the other side of the ball, how will
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers try to take away DeAndre Hopkins
Speaker 1: from Kyler Murray? I tell you, George Kittle is that guy,
Speaker 1: you know, especially if the other receivers are out. Do
Speaker 1: you even begin to think you can single cover him
Speaker 1: Devandre Campbell? We know that's what he excels at. But
Speaker 1: you gotta give him some safety help or some bracket coverage,
Speaker 1: don't you. I think you probably do, Paully, but not
Speaker 1: all the time. At some point in time, there's going
Speaker 1: to be a guy that will be singled up. I
Speaker 1: worry about play action pass because that's where the forty
Speaker 1: nine ers are at their best. When they run the
Speaker 1: ball and they use play action to throw the ball
Speaker 1: with Jimmy g that's when George Kittle is the most
Speaker 1: dangerous as well. I think this if you can lock
Speaker 1: it down on the outside with Pat p and Drake
Speaker 1: Kirkpatrick lock it down, especially if that wide receiver room
Speaker 1: is a mess for the forty nine ers. Now you
Speaker 1: can literally double George Kittle on every play. Here's the question,
Speaker 1: We'll tackling be a mess week one with no preseason games.
Speaker 1: Here's Vance Joseph. That's a major concern. You know, Well,
Speaker 1: you don't tackle live, you know, for you know, missing
Speaker 1: those four games in preseason. That's tough, you know, So
Speaker 1: I'm not sure how is it going to go, you know,
Speaker 1: But our focus now is to obviously, you know, get
Speaker 1: multiple hats to the football so if someone does miss
Speaker 1: that next guy will make the tackle. And look, it's
Speaker 1: not just Week one. There was a game it was
Speaker 1: Week three last year where the Cardinals had fifteen miss
Speaker 1: tackles Vance Joseph counted. So it's the whole first month
Speaker 1: of the year. Sometimes that can be a chronic problem. Physicality, Paul,
Speaker 1: That's what I'm looking for right now in this game.
Speaker 1: The Arizona Cardinals on both sides of the ball. Their
Speaker 1: defense in that front seven. That's the most improved part
Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals team is their front seven. Paul
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball with Jordan Phillips
Speaker 1: of course, right, and you're gonna have Corey Peters on
Speaker 1: the nose and Zach Allen as well. I want to
Speaker 1: see Zach Allen play with some talent around him, Chandler Jones,
Speaker 1: Devon Kennard, Davan Ray Campbell, Jordan Hicks, Isaiah Simmons. That
Speaker 1: is the most improved part of this team, and I
Speaker 1: would say maybe the most improved box in the National
Speaker 1: Football League. A total rehab, if you will. How will
Speaker 1: they play against the forty nine ers vaunted rushing attack,
Speaker 1: because that really is the key to their offense because
Speaker 1: of play action and how well they use play action
Speaker 1: to throw the ball, especially to George Kittle. We all
Speaker 1: remember what Raheem Moster did over the final ten games
Speaker 1: of last year, the regular season of postseason combined. He
Speaker 1: ran for a dozen touchdowns. They got that ground game
Speaker 1: in gears something fierce. It took him all the way
Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl. The other guy, I want to
Speaker 1: see if you're gonna talk about the front seven for
Speaker 1: Chard Lawrence. I mean, honestly, I'm not so sure with
Speaker 1: Chard Lawrence won't outshine Javon kim Law, the fifteenth pick overall,
Speaker 1: who has struggled a bit to get some traction in
Speaker 1: the NFL. That's the kid. If there's one guy off
Speaker 1: the radar, the fourth rounder Lsu and our guest last
Speaker 1: week that I'd love to see on Sunday. As a
Speaker 1: matter of fact, Javon Kinlaw was second team on the
Speaker 1: depth chart. Did you see that balling? Yeah? Second team.
Speaker 1: Now it's just a depth chart, it's the first one
Speaker 1: of the season, but I thought that was interesting. Well,
Speaker 1: the Niners bring back eighteen of their twenty two starters,
Speaker 1: but they traded away to Forrest Buckner, so we'll see
Speaker 1: how that works out for him. Cardinals a looking to
Speaker 1: win their first season oltener since twenty fifteen. Special thanks
Speaker 1: to Christian Kirk, Jim Almandro, Mitch Verldis for Run Wolfield
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