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Speaker 1: hundred percent ready. I'm telling you I'm ready. And Ron
Speaker 1: will flint. It doesn't get any better than that. Unleash
Speaker 1: the far hashtag. Don't blink before you know it, Ron Wolfley,
Speaker 1: They're all grown up. Cards Camp twenty twenty two seemingly
Speaker 1: kicked off like yesterday and tomorrow. It's already a rap.
Speaker 1: I mean three words. Every player in that locker room
Speaker 1: looks forward to you did once upon a time. Cardinals
Speaker 1: break Camp. Although we still have a couple of joint
Speaker 1: practices to go next week. And by the way, did
Speaker 1: you see did you hear what happened at joint practice
Speaker 1: today between the Titans and the Buccaneers what was described
Speaker 1: Ron Wolfley as a quote mini brawl at the end
Speaker 1: of today's practice featuring a couple of heavyweights, Leonard Fournette
Speaker 1: and Jeffrey Simmons exchanging punches, actually a root and a twoting,
Speaker 1: wolping and a stopping out there and that joint practice
Speaker 1: between the Bucks and the Titans. I did not hear that, Paul.
Speaker 1: I did not, Okay, I took a little nap. I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna lie to you. Paul down a little bit.
Speaker 1: Maybe he had a little something something right there. You're
Speaker 1: telling me there was a near brawl once again. Although
Speaker 1: were blows exchanged, they were there, they were there, There
Speaker 1: were hands thrown in the Titans Buccaneers at the various
Speaker 1: Some described it as a full on melee. But the
Speaker 1: beat writer who's got like thirty years experience, that nah,
Speaker 1: wasn't a melee, but it got good. This is exactly
Speaker 1: what happened last year. This is what happened between the
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Last year they
Speaker 1: had two practices and on the second day there was
Speaker 1: brawl City. Well, apparently Jeffrey Simmons there stand out All
Speaker 1: Pro defensive lineman, defensive end um. Apparently he was the instigator.
Speaker 1: He had gotten into it earlier with a Tampa guard.
Speaker 1: So I just have a h that possibly happened. Paul hugged.
Speaker 1: That happened on the football field exactly. So so what
Speaker 1: do you think, what are the odds? Let's go ahead,
Speaker 1: I mean, somebody called bet MGM. We need a Pauli
Speaker 1: prop here. What are the odds that, oh, I don't know,
Speaker 1: Jeffrey Simmons might get into it with a Will Hernandez,
Speaker 1: or Jeffrey Simmons might get into it with the guy
Speaker 1: they're calling Big Mo, Markus Hayes, who will cover in
Speaker 1: depth in this edition of The Big Red Rage, presented
Speaker 1: by Santan Ford and Gilbert. By the way, it's featuring
Speaker 1: Justin Pugh and we talk about this seventh round rookie
Speaker 1: and mister nasty Marquis Hayes coming up here shortly on
Speaker 1: the Big Red Rage. Just amazing, Polly, I cannot even
Speaker 1: believe the way Marquis Hayes is starting to explode this
Speaker 1: after Justin Pugh I had a conversation with him. I
Speaker 1: cannot wait to talk about Marquis Hayes because of Justin
Speaker 1: Pue and what Justin Pew was saying about Markuis Hayes well,
Speaker 1: and I can't wait to hear what he told you
Speaker 1: in your conversation. Like I said, we're gonna talk to
Speaker 1: Justin Peue. I'll just say this. There were two other
Speaker 1: members of the old line Ink was yesterday who pointed
Speaker 1: to seventy eight and said, that's a real popular kid
Speaker 1: in our room right now because they like the way
Speaker 1: he's taking it to the D line. They like the
Speaker 1: tone that he's setting. So that's a very very physical
Speaker 1: PAULI in the first preseason game. All right, So we're
Speaker 1: gonna get into that. We're gonna talk to Justin Pugh
Speaker 1: about Oh, I don't know, Kyler Murray and his head coach.
Speaker 1: There'll be some interesting comments on that front. Here is
Speaker 1: the head coach though, talking about things that happened this week.
Speaker 1: You couldn't help but notice, in fact, we saw it
Speaker 1: again today. Kyler Murray Hollywood Brown out on the field
Speaker 1: together on Twitter at Paul kelvc. We coined it the
Speaker 1: one two punch. That's their new nickname. Kyler to Hollywood Brown,
Speaker 1: he wears one, then Hollywood wears two, the one two punch,
Speaker 1: And people let me know that Actually Cardinals Twitter had
Speaker 1: coined that like in the off season, so apparently I was. Anyway,
Speaker 1: here's Cliff Kingsbury talking about Kyler and Hollywood finally together
Speaker 1: out on the practice field. Look good, Kyler looks sharp,
Speaker 1: Hollywood look fast. So that's what we're looking for, and
Speaker 1: we just gotta keep building that rapport. Did some ten
Speaker 1: personnel and lined up all four of those whiteouts together
Speaker 1: and look like we could have some fun with that.
Speaker 1: You know, he's gonna fun with that ten personnel. You
Speaker 1: know that, Ron wolf Lay, Yeah, you know what ten
Speaker 1: personnel one back of course, no tight ends. That means
Speaker 1: four wide receivers out there, Paully, did you know the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. Of course, they lead the National Football League
Speaker 1: year after years since Cliff Kingsbury has been their head
Speaker 1: coach in four wide packages, ten personnel. Did you know that, Paully?
Speaker 1: I knew they were near the top, really, so they're
Speaker 1: ahead of the Rams and Sean McVay yes, no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. As a matter of fact, Polly, it's a
Speaker 1: situation where you've got the New York Jets. The New
Speaker 1: York Jets are number two at eight percent use eight
Speaker 1: percent use of ten personnel, where the Arizona Cardinals are
Speaker 1: at thirteen percent. Paul, that's number one in the National
Speaker 1: Football League, and the Buffalo Bills are number three. Largely
Speaker 1: I would say, based on what they did in the
Speaker 1: first half of last season their number seven, Paul. So
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals basically almost double the Buffalo Bills and
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and how much ten percent they actually use
Speaker 1: really interesting. I've got a little bit of a prediction
Speaker 1: for you, Paul. I think that thirteen percent for the
Speaker 1: Cardinals goes up to about all sixteen, seventeen percent somewhere
Speaker 1: in there, especially effective week seven when it's d Hop
Speaker 1: and AJ Green and Hollywood Brown and Rondale Moore. Is
Speaker 1: that what you're saying, Yeah, especially Week seven, which means,
Speaker 1: of course it'll increase exponentially. Well, what's interesting is Cam
Speaker 1: Turner told us recently here in the Big Red Rage,
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator, that the Cardinals
Speaker 1: that the offense, quote majors and eleven personnel. Yes, and
Speaker 1: so okay, but yes, you see plenty of four wide
Speaker 1: receivers out there. Now. You're not going to see either
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray or Hollywood Brown we expect on the game
Speaker 1: field this preseason. That was according to the head coach.
Speaker 1: Whereas a Josh Allen, you actually are going to see.
Speaker 1: I mean, you saw Jalen Hurts. He saw a big
Speaker 1: hit taken by Jalen Hurts. He saw Zach Wilson go down.
Speaker 1: You speak into the Jets the back. You're not going
Speaker 1: to see a preseason game with Kyler Marie and Hollywood Brown.
Speaker 1: But the two of them were talking about their chemistry
Speaker 1: because I know there's been some consternation WAYNMUK and I
Speaker 1: get their chemistry down well, as we know. We saw
Speaker 1: him out together in Cincinnati. I saw him together after
Speaker 1: practice today today hanging out. These guys are the best
Speaker 1: of friends, legit. They have the chemistry going back to Oklahoma,
Speaker 1: and they were both asked about that this week. Starting
Speaker 1: with Hollywood, me and him be apart for months. We
Speaker 1: get together in summer good against some DBS and were
Speaker 1: clicking like never before. I mean, I know him he
Speaker 1: knows me, he knows what I like, I know what
Speaker 1: he likes. So it's just something that you know, we
Speaker 1: kind of just got what we did was in the past,
Speaker 1: but like this is just natural connection. That first practice,
Speaker 1: just being out there, seeing him out there was kind
Speaker 1: of weird. But you know, I think everybody you see
Speaker 1: him make a couple of plays, I'm like, oh, yo,
Speaker 1: he's not just this fast guy or whatever you know,
Speaker 1: people think he is. But I'm excited for him to,
Speaker 1: you know, prove a lot of people are wrong and
Speaker 1: make a lot of plays. Yeah, but yeah, I'm really
Speaker 1: excited to see that as well. I think it's going
Speaker 1: to be a situation though. Oh you've got to keep
Speaker 1: in mind, Paul. With Hollywood Brown, it's not just about
Speaker 1: him making place. It's about him running routes. He runs
Speaker 1: routes pawly, those vertical routes in particular in the secondary. Man,
Speaker 1: that's gonna get a safety's attention, and that's gonna get
Speaker 1: a defensive coordinator's attention as well. It's what he does
Speaker 1: even when he doesn't get the ball. I talk about
Speaker 1: it all the time. Yeah, I think it was yesterday
Speaker 1: he got behind the secondary for a deep ball, big,
Speaker 1: big connection with Kyler Murray. So that obviously was good
Speaker 1: to see. And you wonder about that chemistry because you
Speaker 1: know what, players talked about it in the off season,
Speaker 1: during the OTAs, during the mini camp. Greg Dortch talked
Speaker 1: about it with the media this week. He said, instantly
Speaker 1: you could see the chemistry they have and you forget
Speaker 1: they just didn't have twenty eighteen, the Heisman winning campaign
Speaker 1: by Kyler. They spent their two years prior when Baker
Speaker 1: Mayfield was a starting quarterback at Oklahoma on the scout
Speaker 1: team and that was their game day, those scout team practices,
Speaker 1: Kyler to Hollywood Brown. They would try and take it
Speaker 1: to the first team defense at Ouse. So they really
Speaker 1: have three years of that sort of of chemistry going.
Speaker 1: By the way, we'll speaking of personnel groups. Did you
Speaker 1: see the signing late today out of the Cardinal's front office? Oh? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I did. As a matter of fact, PAULI, what are
Speaker 1: you saying. Are you saying that there's an actual fullback
Speaker 1: on the roster? Paul? You did see it, and you
Speaker 1: do know where I'm going with this hashtag fishy fishy
Speaker 1: When the tight end happens to be six one two
Speaker 1: twenty six, and has spent parts of the last two
Speaker 1: years on the Niners practice squad, mostly as a full
Speaker 1: bat Josh hokit, so if he's been studying under Kyle
Speaker 1: Uschek in San Francisco, interesting, is it not? Yes? It is, Paul.
Speaker 1: Can I just say this to PAULI are you sure
Speaker 1: it's hoke it Paul, because I was hoping it was hocket?
Speaker 1: Well is that high? I saw the pronunciation and it
Speaker 1: was a capital ho, which I translate is as hoke it. Okay,
Speaker 1: So that's the way I'm going, Paully. Okay, you know what,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with the hocket right now. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna go with hacket because it sounds so
Speaker 1: much better and it looks so much better on the
Speaker 1: back of a full backs jersey. Hack it. Yeah, but
Speaker 1: nobody wants to hear you clear your throat what you're saying.
Speaker 1: That was really why, Paul, I ask you what exactly
Speaker 1: why would you do that? So? I don't know, but
Speaker 1: that's gonna be interesting to watch right now, you know
Speaker 1: the way that I feel. Listen, last year, the Arizona
Speaker 1: Cardinals on a twelve personnel one back two tight ends, PAULI,
Speaker 1: they were right in the middle of the league, number
Speaker 1: fourteen in use of two tight ends. I think that's
Speaker 1: a little surprising to most people right there as well,
Speaker 1: Right number fourteen, Paul, right in the middle. I think
Speaker 1: that number is going to go up significantly as well well.
Speaker 1: The preseason opener at Cincinnati, how many times did we
Speaker 1: see a tight end in the backfield in the gun,
Speaker 1: whether two backs flanking the quarterback? In that game, you
Speaker 1: saw it fairly often. You saw Steven Anderson in that role.
Speaker 1: Steven Anderson is nicked up right now, so maybe you
Speaker 1: know they bring in Josh Hokit. He fills that Steven
Speaker 1: Anderson role at least for now. And and so yeah,
Speaker 1: I think this is an aspect of the offense that
Speaker 1: will evolve this year because Steven Anderson himself has played
Speaker 1: a lot of fullback in his four years in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Trey McBride will go Sunday Night. According to Cliff Kingsbury,
Speaker 1: the second round rookie tight end out of Colorado State,
Speaker 1: and then a guy's got a lot of reps and
Speaker 1: got his first career catch of any sort in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Bernhard's Psychovitz. He met the media today, Wolf And here's
Speaker 1: the beginning of the press conference, starting with Darren Urban
Speaker 1: and a little Q and a. Here, you're a year
Speaker 1: into this thing, a little bit more in the year.
Speaker 1: Just how far have you called today football player? At
Speaker 1: that time? Yeah, I was coping this man, and yeah
Speaker 1: we have been first effort at Tweland. I'm choking. Um.
Speaker 1: I think I think I got pretty far in this
Speaker 1: one year alone. Um, I feel way more confident. Um,
Speaker 1: I know their calls, I know how people move solid.
Speaker 1: That's good, Wolf, I mean, okay, some personality out of
Speaker 1: Psycho and then you know, I mean yourself as a
Speaker 1: guy with a last name like wolf Ley. Do you
Speaker 1: care to translate what he said? They're in German? No,
Speaker 1: you know what he said, they're in German, Paul, I'm
Speaker 1: going to kick your face in. That's what I think
Speaker 1: he said. I don't hold me to that, Polly, But yeah,
Speaker 1: this is seriously psycho Vitz. Psycho is I like to
Speaker 1: call him, and I think he actually likes it when
Speaker 1: I do call him that, Polly. I honestly think this
Speaker 1: guy has got a chance now again. Um, I think
Speaker 1: practice squad could be his final destination. But I really
Speaker 1: like what I'm seeing from this guy. There's no doubt
Speaker 1: he has taken the next step. He's holding his own
Speaker 1: in the full contact drills and in his hands, he's
Speaker 1: been catching most everything I've seen in all the passing drills,
Speaker 1: and so then they targeted him and he's been getting
Speaker 1: a lot of reps with even the first team, with
Speaker 1: some of the other tight ends either getting a vet day,
Speaker 1: you know, zach Ertz obviously has missed most of the
Speaker 1: last two weeks, and then they're going easy somewhat on
Speaker 1: Max Williams and then Trey McBride with a back, So
Speaker 1: he's had a lot of opportunities. Just getting ready poly
Speaker 1: twenty one personnel coming your way to the Arizona Cardinals. Okay,
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Speaker 1: Popularity Contest in the Old Line Room, DJ Humphrey's Justin
Speaker 1: Pew I mean Kelvin Beecham or the new rookie that
Speaker 1: is all next Justin Pew on the Big Red Rage.
Speaker 1: Justin Pew came off the ball with a dark heartner
Speaker 1: painted face, getting some movement at the point of attack.
Speaker 1: That's a physical football play for pay Dirt. We have
Speaker 1: a lot of competition in our offensive line room, and
Speaker 1: I always says every year, the more competition you have,
Speaker 1: the better. We played fourteen different offensive lineman last year,
Speaker 1: so you have to have guys ready to play. So
Speaker 1: having Harlow getting valuable reps, having Josh Jones getting valuable reps,
Speaker 1: that that's great for our team. You know, I learned
Speaker 1: over the years that if you really want to know
Speaker 1: what's going on in a training camp, you go into
Speaker 1: the old line room. You find a guy with a
Speaker 1: decade under his belt the wisdom that comes with that,
Speaker 1: and then and then you bring him in here onto
Speaker 1: the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert.
Speaker 1: So that said, that's our intro for starting left guard
Speaker 1: Justin Pugh. Although does your intro still include backup center?
Speaker 1: Where does that stand these days? Swiss Army Knife? You know,
Speaker 1: we played right guard, right tackle, left tackle. I actually
Speaker 1: haven't played center in a game, so the other three
Speaker 1: positions probably fit a little bit better. You take everything
Speaker 1: in stripe, But if you had to play center, that
Speaker 1: would be a little daunting, wouldn't it. Yeah, it would be,
Speaker 1: But you have to do you have to do for
Speaker 1: the team. I mean, I enjoy the challenge. I would
Speaker 1: have fun with it. I mess with Kyler a little
Speaker 1: more than I do already because we've been interacting a
Speaker 1: little bit more. It would definitely be a difficult task,
Speaker 1: but something that I'll be up for. Speaking of messing
Speaker 1: with people, I asked some of your colleagues, Okay, I
Speaker 1: went into the old line room. I said, what should
Speaker 1: I hit? Justin peu up with? Okay, let's see. Sean
Speaker 1: Coogler said, just everything. Everything's fair game, didn't specify. A
Speaker 1: couple other guys said, you know what, you should ask him?
Speaker 1: How much did he weigh on his wedding day. I
Speaker 1: had gotten pretty light on my wedding day. Again, I
Speaker 1: didn't know. I just found out that I was coming
Speaker 1: back to play this year. I thought after the pay
Speaker 1: cut last year and the way things were going, I'm like, oh,
Speaker 1: you know, they're gonna have me walking out the door
Speaker 1: here and all my wedding day. I pretty light. I
Speaker 1: would say probably two sixty five and today I waited
Speaker 1: into two eighty six, twenty pounds since my wedding, And
Speaker 1: what'd you play at most of the last year two
Speaker 1: eighty two eighty five. Really, I'm as heavy as I
Speaker 1: was last year, and you like the weight you put
Speaker 1: on since since getting light over the off season. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's a different type of strength. I mean since I
Speaker 1: started training at with La Charles Bentley over in Tempe
Speaker 1: with a bunch of the offensive lineman, it's more being
Speaker 1: able to control your body weight, doing weren't more O
Speaker 1: line specific drills every day all day and I feel
Speaker 1: a lot better. I mean I can do ten pull
Speaker 1: ups now, where when I started with you know, it
Speaker 1: was OLP. Now it's amdgum training. I wasn't I wasn't
Speaker 1: able to do any So it's been something that's been
Speaker 1: great working with those guys. I work with DJ Humphries
Speaker 1: all throughout the offseason, Calvin Beacham, so we have a
Speaker 1: great rapport that we can just show up and you know,
Speaker 1: take pick up where we left off. Justin Pugh was
Speaker 1: our guest here on the Big Red Race presented by
Speaker 1: Santan Ford and Gilbert So what stands out about this
Speaker 1: camp so far. Um, you know, it's been been a
Speaker 1: lot of ups and downs. We've had a chance to
Speaker 1: you know, things don't always go your way in a
Speaker 1: training camp, and then the same cliche cliche things are
Speaker 1: set over and over again. You know, we got to
Speaker 1: get back to the drawing, but we got to have
Speaker 1: time to gel and you know tomorrow is gonna be
Speaker 1: a better day. There's always a day where the head
Speaker 1: coach yells at you. There's a day where everyone gets
Speaker 1: into a bench clearing brawl. M So we've checked all
Speaker 1: the boxes. I mean, this is just like most training camps.
Speaker 1: I mean we've the beauty of being in Arizona as
Speaker 1: we get to be inside on this grass and it
Speaker 1: really takes care of your lower extremities. The knees feel good,
Speaker 1: the ankles feel good. I know a lot of places
Speaker 1: you're on a tour for your outside and the heat.
Speaker 1: This has been good for us and I'm excited to
Speaker 1: get over a Tennessee for a few days go against
Speaker 1: someone else other than our defensive line. I know we're
Speaker 1: tired of seeing each other and it's been it's been
Speaker 1: a good camp so far. Yeah, you termed Will Hernandez
Speaker 1: an enforcer. Right the first week of camp, I took
Speaker 1: that Calvisia consulting. We said, we're gonna print up some
Speaker 1: T shirts will versus everybody, but now we have to
Speaker 1: put out another T shirt seventy eight against everybody. That
Speaker 1: would be Marquis Hayes, the rookie, and he was filling
Speaker 1: in for you on your VET day at left guard.
Speaker 1: Tell us about him because he met the media and
Speaker 1: if you want to catch everyone's notice as a seventh rounder,
Speaker 1: I mean he's been doing that recently, hasn't he. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's playing awesome. I mean that's one of the things.
Speaker 1: I mean I tell him every day when I take
Speaker 1: a day off, if you're not, if I don't come
Speaker 1: back the next day and you're closer or taking my job,
Speaker 1: you messed up. It's that I love. I love the competition.
Speaker 1: I want him to go out there and push me
Speaker 1: to be better. I want him to be the next
Speaker 1: left guard that plays for the Arizona Cardinals. That's that's
Speaker 1: that's my goal for him, and giving him all the
Speaker 1: advice that I can, everything that I see or little
Speaker 1: nuances and when Coach Coogler corrects him, he's not correcting
Speaker 1: him on losing a rep. He's saying, all right, this
Speaker 1: is what you can do to get a little bit better.
Speaker 1: And that's something that's very impressive for me to see.
Speaker 1: It's not like he's having these to make overarching, overhaul changes.
Speaker 1: It's little nuances that once he gets those down, he's
Speaker 1: going to be even better. So excited to see him
Speaker 1: play this weekend. And he's got that element that you
Speaker 1: can't teach, that edge, right. DJ called him an old
Speaker 1: school mawler. That dog. I mean, when you have a
Speaker 1: dog in there and you got there and you bully people,
Speaker 1: that's going to catch the odds of everybody. And he's
Speaker 1: been going out there playing that way and he's got
Speaker 1: a great attitude, he's asking questions, he's and then on
Speaker 1: top of that, he's been a great rookie. For my birthday,
Speaker 1: they went out and got me blizzards from Dairy Queen.
Speaker 1: They got pizzas for coach Coog's on his birthday. So
Speaker 1: they've done their rookie duties as well. That's well done. Absolutely.
Speaker 1: I asked this a lot of veterans players, no players, right,
Speaker 1: how long does it take you to determine when a
Speaker 1: rookie comes in If he's got a shot if he
Speaker 1: can be a player. How long does it take you
Speaker 1: the first day in meeting him, I mean it's more
Speaker 1: offensive lines, more about demeanor. It'd be the first day
Speaker 1: meetingum if I know his mentality is right, and then
Speaker 1: the first day in full pads in training camp whether
Speaker 1: I know they're gonna match up, because sometimes so I
Speaker 1: guess that there's a difference in those two. It probably
Speaker 1: takes the first day of training camp, once we get
Speaker 1: in full pads to see how they're going to react.
Speaker 1: And then I guess there's three tests. The first one
Speaker 1: meeting him is a mentality right to fit into the
Speaker 1: offensive line scheme. This isn't a me, me and me
Speaker 1: type atmosphere. You got to fit into the room, first
Speaker 1: day in pads, and then first real game once the
Speaker 1: bullets are flying live, you got fans in the stadium.
Speaker 1: There's a little more pressure, there's a little more angst
Speaker 1: of like having to you know, it's not in the
Speaker 1: same as as going through a full pad of practice.
Speaker 1: Those three tests. You pass those three, we know that
Speaker 1: there can be some success down the road, justin pure
Speaker 1: I guess in the big red rage. So look, if
Speaker 1: you're Marquis has Lucida Smith. These guys training camp is
Speaker 1: very important. The preseason games are important, But for veterans
Speaker 1: who are already atop the depth chart, it just seems
Speaker 1: like preseason games they just don't matter much anymore. Think
Speaker 1: about this time a year ago. Kyler didn't play in
Speaker 1: the first game, there was no third game. In the
Speaker 1: middle game, he was one of four passing for two yards.
Speaker 1: A lot of guys like me, well, it's the end
Speaker 1: of the world. Are they gonna be ready in what happens?
Speaker 1: Week one of Tennessee throws four touchdown passes and a
Speaker 1: passer rating to one twenty one. So I guess my
Speaker 1: question is why do these preseason games seemingly matter less
Speaker 1: than ever? I think they just never mattered. I mean
Speaker 1: I really do. I think it's for young guys to
Speaker 1: come in and get a chance to get a fresh
Speaker 1: start and really start to mold and who they're going
Speaker 1: to become, to shake out those last ten to fifteen
Speaker 1: position groups. Only bad things can happen in preseason. You
Speaker 1: lose a guy for the year. You look at the Jets,
Speaker 1: they almost just lost their starting quarterback for the year
Speaker 1: playing him in a preseason game, Jalen Hurtz got hit
Speaker 1: so hard that they might need to sit him down
Speaker 1: for a week. If he might you don't get a
Speaker 1: concussion or something like that. I get playing a short
Speaker 1: period of time to go out there and knock the
Speaker 1: rust off, punch somebody else other than your own teammate,
Speaker 1: and then pass I say punch, I mean pass protectics.
Speaker 1: So we don't get the Twitter army over me going
Speaker 1: out punching people. But I truly believe the games on
Speaker 1: Sundays is where we get paid to play. It's what
Speaker 1: the fans show up to see, and it's the most
Speaker 1: important thing. And you look at the LA Rams last year,
Speaker 1: I think a lot of teams are kind of you
Speaker 1: see teams that won the Super Bowl and how they're
Speaker 1: doing things. The Rams didn't play anyone in preseason last year,
Speaker 1: and it's about staying healthy. You need your stars out
Speaker 1: out there on Sundays, and you need the stars in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. No, that's a good observation. Coach Cliff has
Speaker 1: sighted Sean McBay and the way they've done things. I
Speaker 1: saw justin Herbert's going into year three with the Chargers
Speaker 1: of Franchise QB. He's yet to play a preseason snap ever,
Speaker 1: even though he's a young guy. So that just shows
Speaker 1: you the approach. How about that game in Cincinnati from
Speaker 1: this following aspect, there were three goal line situations and
Speaker 1: that offensive line, the backups came off the ball, and
Speaker 1: man did they not dominate? And was it not good
Speaker 1: to see the straight ahead run game boom right into
Speaker 1: the end zone. One of the things that we're trying
Speaker 1: to improve upon is our red zone offense. I mean, now,
Speaker 1: there's there's a glaring issue last year of us not
Speaker 1: converting and getting touchdowns, and it was awesome to see
Speaker 1: that and as the first game and set a tone
Speaker 1: that hey, this is something that we've worked on in practice.
Speaker 1: To see it actually be successful in the field was great.
Speaker 1: Now we got to go out there and do it
Speaker 1: against the Chiefs for the first game of the season,
Speaker 1: and then we can start to build off of that. Yes,
Speaker 1: there's a long way to go, but there's a foot
Speaker 1: in the right direction with the last game against the
Speaker 1: Bengals that is very positive. But that is a mentality,
Speaker 1: is it not? Because that that red zone touchdown percentage
Speaker 1: is a huge dictator of the win loss record, right,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of things that go into I mean,
Speaker 1: you can look at turnovers, you could look at you know,
Speaker 1: there's certain different things that are very highly predictive of
Speaker 1: if a team is going to be in the playoffs
Speaker 1: and be successful in the playoffs. And I think red
Speaker 1: zone offense, scoring, touchdown, it's another one of those stats.
Speaker 1: It's very indicative of who's going to be in a playoffs,
Speaker 1: So we have to get better at that. And it's
Speaker 1: also indicative the red zone offense and efficiency is the
Speaker 1: same of big game efficiency. I just think there's a
Speaker 1: correlation there. Things get more intense, there are more there's
Speaker 1: more pressure when you get in the red zone. Everyone's
Speaker 1: antennas go up, the windows are tighter, the holes are smaller.
Speaker 1: In the run game, and that's just like a big
Speaker 1: playoff game or a big Monday night game late in
Speaker 1: the season for can you know, playoff positioning. Those things
Speaker 1: go hand in hand, and we've lacked both. So I
Speaker 1: think if we can start succeeding in the red zone
Speaker 1: and getting better at those high, high intensity, high pressure moments,
Speaker 1: that will translate more to the end of the season
Speaker 1: and winning those big games. Justin pure guests here in
Speaker 1: the big red rate the style of the offense this year,
Speaker 1: how do you think it evolves? Because guys like me,
Speaker 1: we say, now, wait a minute, that game against Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: the quarterback was under center quite a bit, especially in
Speaker 1: goal line. We see the three tight ends, resigning James Conner.
Speaker 1: These are all indications that maybe there's a more of
Speaker 1: a straight ahead power approach to this offense. What do
Speaker 1: you think in terms of the identity in the style
Speaker 1: of offense this year? It's still evolving. It's you never
Speaker 1: know what's going to happen, what pieces you're going to
Speaker 1: have that week, who you're playing, what their philosophy is.
Speaker 1: You have to be able to be multiple. To just
Speaker 1: go out there and line up in ten personnel, which
Speaker 1: is all receivers in one running back is something that
Speaker 1: I'm sure Cliff would love to do, and that's when
Speaker 1: everyone thought we were going to do from the from
Speaker 1: season one on. But we've shown that we can evolve,
Speaker 1: we can be multiple, we can do different things. We
Speaker 1: can have that power running game because you need that
Speaker 1: late in the year. So I think having the flexibility
Speaker 1: is what's gonna do us the biggest benefit going forward.
Speaker 1: We can go up there and run the ball if
Speaker 1: we need to if we're up in a game, or
Speaker 1: we can spread them out and we have so many
Speaker 1: different skill guys that can make plays out in space
Speaker 1: that we get the ball to him, we can go fast. Hey,
Speaker 1: we saw an edge with your head coach starting in
Speaker 1: Tennessee a year ago. You saw him, We've seen him
Speaker 1: in camp so far. Give me one false narrative or
Speaker 1: missnomer about Cliff Kingsberry now in year four, or even
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray that you see in the national media. Do
Speaker 1: you just shake your setting, oh man, that is false. Well,
Speaker 1: I think, like the whole we've seen the Kyle Um
Speaker 1: drama unfolded in the beginning of training camp. He's showed
Speaker 1: up every day and done when he's supposed to do.
Speaker 1: I was here before Kyler Murray came and became a Cardinal,
Speaker 1: and we were probably the worst offense in the NFL,
Speaker 1: so I think it was historically bad at a team.
Speaker 1: I really think people forget that quickly and it's always like,
Speaker 1: what can you do more? I mean, Kyler's got us
Speaker 1: in contention, We're in primetime games, we're making the playoffs.
Speaker 1: There's something to be said about that, and obviously the
Speaker 1: Cardinals feel the same way. They gave him a new contract.
Speaker 1: Cliff Cliff coming in, I think he came in as
Speaker 1: Larry fitz Jail. He's had a lot of veterans. He's
Speaker 1: trying to see how am I going to fit into
Speaker 1: the NFL. He's never coached at this level before. And
Speaker 1: he started to become abserve himself more in the locker room.
Speaker 1: He'll get out and get on guys a little bit
Speaker 1: more now and and and just in the meeting rooms,
Speaker 1: he's more assertive than he's ever been. And that's something
Speaker 1: that's great for us to see. He is, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: obviously he got he got a new extension as well too,
Speaker 1: so that that continuity and that continuous continuity has been
Speaker 1: great for the team to see, like, Okay, we have
Speaker 1: a quarterback for the future. The GM's resigned, the head
Speaker 1: coaches resigned. Let's everyone breathe a sigh relief and get
Speaker 1: back to football and not worry about off the field things.
Speaker 1: All wrap it up here with Justin Pugh. You mentioned
Speaker 1: the joint practices. What do you expect and are you
Speaker 1: going to see your guy? Blake Shelton and Nashville, by
Speaker 1: the way, didn't didn't you hang out at the Shelton concert.
Speaker 1: I hope. So. Yeah, Me and my wife went to
Speaker 1: the Blake Shelton concert. Cliff was there, Kid was there,
Speaker 1: Earths was there. Got to meet Blake and his wife
Speaker 1: Gwenn and and they're and they're and the kids. So
Speaker 1: that was awesome. They're great family there. And honestly, when
Speaker 1: you meet somebody of that fame, you're like, oh, what's
Speaker 1: he gonna be? Like? Blake Shelton couldn't have been a
Speaker 1: cooler guy. He is so down to earth. It's like
Speaker 1: talking to your best friend. You feel like you known
Speaker 1: him forever. And he's a huge Cardinals fan. I mean
Speaker 1: he's a legitimate Cardinals fan. He knows everything. He knows everything,
Speaker 1: and that was something where we could talk ball on.
Speaker 1: It was, it was, it was very cool. You're given
Speaker 1: a mini commercial real estate tips Blake Shelton. You guys
Speaker 1: gonna do some business together maybe if he wants to.
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm working through it right now. The company
Speaker 1: I'm working for and interning for. You know, it's been
Speaker 1: it's been good. So if Blake wants to get into
Speaker 1: the commercial real estate, come on now, I've got the
Speaker 1: right guys for you all right, justin thank you, appreciate it,
Speaker 1: thanks a lot, all right, looking forward to this season.
Speaker 1: We'll continue with a big red rage presented by Satan four.
Speaker 1: Right after this Cardinal's first and goal from the one,
Speaker 1: Karon Tanno under center and here's Ingram Nick Gibb. They
Speaker 1: Farell straight ahead powers his way to the end zone
Speaker 1: and touchdown Cardinals that pole run game year the goal
Speaker 1: line a council yet another touchdown in this game. Jonathan
Speaker 1: Moore to pair now, Keyante Ingram. We think we have
Speaker 1: a really talented a group, there's no doubt. I mean,
Speaker 1: there's six guys in there right now, and we feel
Speaker 1: like all of them can play at this level and
Speaker 1: we're gonna see how it shakes out over the next
Speaker 1: couple of weeks and hopefully, you know, we can do
Speaker 1: what's best for the organization. But there's some impressive performances
Speaker 1: by those guys in camp so far. Someone say on
Speaker 1: the sideline this week, well, if that the Cardinals have
Speaker 1: five running backs who will be on a week one roster,
Speaker 1: and there's stilly the Cardinals Week one roster because it'll
Speaker 1: be musical chairs and there's probably four spots for five guys.
Speaker 1: But that's how talented and deep they are at that
Speaker 1: running back spot. It is the Big Red Rage presented
Speaker 1: by Santan Ford and Gilbert Paul kelvc Ron Wolfley's Special
Speaker 1: Thanks to Justin Pugh and Justin Peu talked about the
Speaker 1: importance of the red zone touchdown percentage and how when
Speaker 1: the Cardinals struggled last year on offense that was a
Speaker 1: big problem. It has been a big focus in this
Speaker 1: training camp. Yeah, Polly, you know, you're talking about a
Speaker 1: team that was tied for fifteenth in the red zone
Speaker 1: and at the same time they got so much better
Speaker 1: at running the ball in short yardage and goal line situations.
Speaker 1: They need to do better when they're just in rundown situation.
Speaker 1: I would say, first in ten, second and one to six.
Speaker 1: When you're in the red zone, that's where I think
Speaker 1: they really can't improve an awful lot. But I love
Speaker 1: to hear Justin pu talk about that, Polly, because it's
Speaker 1: signified eyes a change, it signifies acknowledgement of a physical
Speaker 1: nature that they need to adopt, and especially in the
Speaker 1: red zone areas, PAULI, they got to get more physical
Speaker 1: and do a better job running the ball and you
Speaker 1: heard him say, oh, look, you gotta be multiple. You
Speaker 1: just have to any team in the NFL, you have
Speaker 1: to be multiple. You can't just do one thing because
Speaker 1: it'll be too predictable. So the Cardinals, you gotta figure
Speaker 1: they at least they have the depth of talent on
Speaker 1: offense now to do a variety of things. Interesting other
Speaker 1: takeaways from that interview. I know about you Wolf, and
Speaker 1: when he said that that Cliff is asserting himself more
Speaker 1: than ever in the locker room, in the meeting rooms,
Speaker 1: out on the field with guys, and you know, just
Speaker 1: that contract extension now year four and he came in
Speaker 1: from the college game. You have guys like Patrick Peterson
Speaker 1: and Larry Fitzgerald out there. So that was intriguing. And
Speaker 1: then just the progress he's made his own body. And
Speaker 1: now he said, when he started his offseason work and
Speaker 1: he's putting the weight back on, he couldn't do a
Speaker 1: single pull up and now he can do ten and
Speaker 1: he said he feels great. Yeah. Know what, I want
Speaker 1: to go back to Cliff Kingsbury and what you just
Speaker 1: said about Cliff and what Justin Pugh was saying about
Speaker 1: Cliff as well. I really do believe this is great
Speaker 1: news because Cliff Kingsbury has got to continue to grow
Speaker 1: as the head coach at the Arizonal Cardinals. And it
Speaker 1: doesn't surprise me to hear that Cliff is being more assertive,
Speaker 1: that he's being more demonstrative, if you will, not only
Speaker 1: in a team meeting maybe, but also out on the field.
Speaker 1: It's not a surprise to me, Polly. This is just
Speaker 1: the evolution of the head coach, and Cliff has got
Speaker 1: to continue I think to do that because it's certainly
Speaker 1: having an impact I think on these guys. And you
Speaker 1: know what's also interesting, Polly, for the first time we
Speaker 1: heard Cliff actually call a player out. I can't remember
Speaker 1: Cliff ever calling a player out and speaking to the
Speaker 1: media publicly, and yet he has done that a couple
Speaker 1: of times so far this training camp. That just tells
Speaker 1: me he is growing as the alpha. Yeah. No, that's
Speaker 1: a great point. I totally agree with that. And then
Speaker 1: we asked Justin Pugh about seventy eight. Markis says, seventh
Speaker 1: round pick guard out of Oklahoma. I want to hear
Speaker 1: your story. And when you were talking to p about
Speaker 1: we heard him a little bit just giving him props
Speaker 1: the rookie and he said when he is corrected by
Speaker 1: Sean Kugler, it's not like it's huge issues. It's just
Speaker 1: little nuances in the words of Justin pu here and there.
Speaker 1: But you know, he has that dog in him where
Speaker 1: he's he's able to quote bully people. And so just
Speaker 1: DJ Humphreys was echoing some of those comments from Justin
Speaker 1: Pugh and just those intangibles that they've seen in the
Speaker 1: rookie Marky's Hayes. There's a certain stuff that you just
Speaker 1: can't coach, you know what I mean, Like we can
Speaker 1: get your feet right, we can get to tatany right.
Speaker 1: We can't make you want to punch somebody in the face.
Speaker 1: If you don't want to do it. It's just like
Speaker 1: you're never really gonna want to do it. But nature,
Speaker 1: that's what he's thinking about. Like I might miss him,
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna try to punch right, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. It's like I love that, Like it's great,
Speaker 1: Like you a pup and like that's your mindset. We're
Speaker 1: gonna be fine. Yeah, you know what, honestly, why are
Speaker 1: you so bellicos? DJ? Why you punch you in the
Speaker 1: face right there? You know what, though I love that can.
Speaker 1: I also tell you that Justin Pugh. It was interesting.
Speaker 1: You heard Justin Pugh call Marquis Hays a dog, did
Speaker 1: you not, Polly? He called him a dog right there, Paul.
Speaker 1: When I had the opportunity of talking to Justin Pugh
Speaker 1: during a practice on the sideline, he called him a
Speaker 1: butthole Paul now again, and he was much more profaned
Speaker 1: when when he called him that, Polly. Okay, he called
Speaker 1: him that, and I said to him. I looked at
Speaker 1: Justin and I said, Justin, what do you what do
Speaker 1: you mean you mean on the field right? He said, oh, totally,
Speaker 1: on the field. When he walks in between those white lines,
Speaker 1: he becomes a butthole ball And that's what he said.
Speaker 1: And you know, honestly, Um, he's got the nasty, he's
Speaker 1: got it. He's got that something something coming out of
Speaker 1: the side of his neck. And if you watch it
Speaker 1: on Hey. I don't know if he had the opportunity
Speaker 1: to see some of the tweets that actually hit the air,
Speaker 1: but man, a lot of it had to do with
Speaker 1: Markis Hayes going after guys and railroad Num. I did
Speaker 1: not see those tweets. Was he finishing guys? Is that
Speaker 1: what it was to the echo of the whistle of guys, Paul,
Speaker 1: he was burying guys. As a matter of fact, that
Speaker 1: may or may not have been what he did earlier
Speaker 1: in camp this week, That may or may not have
Speaker 1: started with somebody called a six car pile up during practice.
Speaker 1: So um yeah, here's Cliff Kingsbury on what the seventh
Speaker 1: round rookie, and by the way, goes like six five
Speaker 1: three twenty. I mean he's eye to eye, if not
Speaker 1: more even a notch taller than a DJ Humpreys. He
Speaker 1: is enormous. And here's his head coach on Markus Hays.
Speaker 1: He's got that size and I think he can continue
Speaker 1: to improve the footwork different things. The more comfortable gets
Speaker 1: in our system, I think he'll move quicker and process quicker.
Speaker 1: But when he knows where to go, I mean he's
Speaker 1: moving bodies and he's coming with a purpose. You know.
Speaker 1: Once again, Paul, it's already interrupt Polly. But I love
Speaker 1: the fact that he's from Oklahoma. You know, he's gone
Speaker 1: against some really, really good talent. He does have that size, Polly,
Speaker 1: number two hundred and fifty seven taken overall in the draft, Paul,
Speaker 1: Wow think about that a seventh round pick. Do you
Speaker 1: think he's got a chip in his heart or is
Speaker 1: it on his shoulder? Paul, I'll tell you it's in
Speaker 1: his heart. Yeah, that's like Lucida Smith going in the
Speaker 1: sixth round. He could be something. Keante Ingram was the
Speaker 1: nineteenth running back taken. He was round six as well.
Speaker 1: And speaking Oklahoma, Cliff Kingsbury cited, they're very well known
Speaker 1: position coach, the old line coach at Oklahoma who's known
Speaker 1: for instilling a lot of nasty in his pupils, and
Speaker 1: so he comes from that program. Mark, he says, also
Speaker 1: telling the media today that that he's calm off the
Speaker 1: field and quote out of control on the field. That's
Speaker 1: the way he described his own style. So that's very interesting.
Speaker 1: And you know what, let's zoom out now and talk
Speaker 1: about the room, because man, it is loaded, is it not? Wolf?
Speaker 1: You look at the depth in that room and whether
Speaker 1: it's nine guys, whether it's ten guys, there's gonna be
Speaker 1: a quality offensive lineman that's left off because beyond the starters,
Speaker 1: you have Sean Harlow, Josh Jones, Justin Murray or Shot Coward,
Speaker 1: Josh Miles, and then the two rookies, Lucida Smith and
Speaker 1: Markus Hayes. Yeah, Polly, you know Markus Hayes is messing
Speaker 1: this thing up right now, because it was a situation
Speaker 1: you were looking at it and you were saying to yourself, Man,
Speaker 1: I know eight, I know eight of the ten guys
Speaker 1: they are probably gonna keep right here. And of course
Speaker 1: you already mentioned him, Josh Jones, Justin Murray, Sean Harlow,
Speaker 1: those three probably the five starters, and then those three
Speaker 1: guys right there, they're gonna be the eight, and maybe
Speaker 1: they're gonna go out and they're gonna get some offensive
Speaker 1: lineman from somewhere else. When the cuts actually come down
Speaker 1: and happen, maybe it's gonna be Lucida Smith, Markus Hayes,
Speaker 1: the seventh round pick. Marky's Hayes. I don't know, Polly,
Speaker 1: based on what he's laying down on tape right now.
Speaker 1: If he continues to play like this through preseason game
Speaker 1: number two at number three, there's no way you're gonna
Speaker 1: call him loose out there, Paul, No, there's no way.
Speaker 1: And you know what, it reminds me a little bit
Speaker 1: wolf And you'll remember this, the late great Pat Tillman,
Speaker 1: who came in as a seventh rounder. He came in
Speaker 1: as a tweener, and what did he do. He was
Speaker 1: the nastiest guy on the field. If a drill was
Speaker 1: three quarter speed, he was going one hundred and twenty percent.
Speaker 1: He started multiple fights and by the end of camp,
Speaker 1: and Vince Toben confirmed this. Recently, we did a story
Speaker 1: on Pat Tillman for Cardinal's Folk Tales and I sat
Speaker 1: down with that then Cardinal's head coach. He said, you
Speaker 1: know what, we needed that physicality, we needed that mentality,
Speaker 1: We needed Pat Tillman. That's why I kept him on
Speaker 1: the team. Yeah. Man, you know what, PAULI, it's a
Speaker 1: great point. It really is. And I do believe that
Speaker 1: the offensive line is always gonna be what sets the
Speaker 1: tone for this team. Yes, the offense is incredibly talented,
Speaker 1: Oh my god. You look at all the talent theories
Speaker 1: under Cardinals have. But you know what, PAULI, you also
Speaker 1: have to be tough when you play the game of football.
Speaker 1: It's a combination of talent and tough. Now, I played
Speaker 1: on a lot of teams. We had a lot of
Speaker 1: tough guys, Paul. We weren't very talented and because of that,
Speaker 1: we weren't good. You have to have the talent to
Speaker 1: win to begin with. If you don't have that, you're
Speaker 1: not gonna win. All the toughness in the world isn't
Speaker 1: going to help you win. But man, when you do
Speaker 1: have the talent and you're also tough, now you've got
Speaker 1: something special. Bawling Yeah, because the other great quote this
Speaker 1: week came out of the secondary Antonio Hamilton, who's bidding
Speaker 1: to be a starter across from Byron Murphy Junior. At
Speaker 1: this point, he was asked us about the cornerback room
Speaker 1: and how there might be a lot of doubters and
Speaker 1: haters on the cornerback position on the team, and his
Speaker 1: quote was, Hey, if they want to make us the underdogs,
Speaker 1: I'm all for it. We're going to carry that chip.
Speaker 1: And if you all think that we're going to be
Speaker 1: the slouch of this team, then you all got another
Speaker 1: thing coming Antonio Hamilton's So, I tell you, if there's
Speaker 1: one theme of this camp, I mean there's definitely an
Speaker 1: edge out there for everything that's you know, the indoor
Speaker 1: and the climate control and every an. I get it.
Speaker 1: It's not old school football, but this team has been
Speaker 1: practicing with an edge so far. The great thing about it, Paulie,
Speaker 1: is the great thing about it, Antonio. You get a
Speaker 1: chance to prove it. And the next test we'll be
Speaker 1: on Sunday night against the Ravens. He can catch that
Speaker 1: right on the Arizona Cardinals radio network. Lamar Jackson not going,
Speaker 1: Kyla Murder not going. But it'll be plenty to see.
Speaker 1: And you know what, we'll talk about some of those things.
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Speaker 1: Ray back right after this, Alan looking for room and
Speaker 1: he doesn't get it as he has sacked from behind.
Speaker 1: Victor Demo tag crashes the pocket and registers the sack.
Speaker 1: Trips to us right looking right now, coming across the middle,
Speaker 1: he said, from the fact side, and strip sack fall
Speaker 1: down on the turf. It's recovered by the Fangles. But
Speaker 1: a huge rush and sack by Victor demukg It wasn't
Speaker 1: just those two sacks. Woll talking to some folks on
Speaker 1: the sideline this week, they said his entire body of
Speaker 1: work against the Bengals was really solid. He really grated
Speaker 1: out well on the film, both in the past and
Speaker 1: against the run, and that he's a different player in
Speaker 1: year two. It's the Big Red Rage presented by Satan
Speaker 1: Ford in Gilbert. We are Satan Ford, Paul kelbc, Ron Wolfley,
Speaker 1: and Victor Demokg. I mean, sort of the theme in
Speaker 1: this one, talking about six and seventh round picks throughout
Speaker 1: the show. Here's a guy out of Duke a year ago. Paul.
Speaker 1: I absolutely love what I saw from Victor Demokge. First
Speaker 1: of all, he's got a great last name is you know.
Speaker 1: I love the Demokg. It just it just sounds like
Speaker 1: football Demokg. They got him listed here Paul at six
Speaker 1: two two sixty five. Paul, can I say he's not
Speaker 1: six too? I mean, this is just me, all right.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, what are you doing? I'm looking at
Speaker 1: a guy who's probably not even six. But having said that,
Speaker 1: he reminds me so much of James Harrison. You've heard
Speaker 1: me say this before, Polly. He does. He's built low
Speaker 1: to the ground, he's got a thick base, and he's
Speaker 1: got a little burst to him, and he's got that strength,
Speaker 1: that bullrush strength that he can always waylay an offensive
Speaker 1: tackle with. He's going to be one of the guys
Speaker 1: that I'm going to be watching coming up against the
Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens. I think this is going to be a
Speaker 1: physical preseason game. I think this might be the most
Speaker 1: physical preseason game because you know how the Baltimore Ravens,
Speaker 1: how they like to roll in the preseason. Polly, I
Speaker 1: think they're twenty one and oh they're undefeated since twenty fifteen.
Speaker 1: It's just incredible. They're a physical team. They're gonna play downhill.
Speaker 1: That means Zaven Collins. I'm looking at Zaven Collins right now.
Speaker 1: He's going to get the opportunity to get some juice.
Speaker 1: It is a no compreendo. The twenty one game preseason
Speaker 1: win streak by the Ravens. I think DJ Humphreys today
Speaker 1: was presented with that, Stad said he was not aware
Speaker 1: of it. He paused, he said, well, that's that's exciting
Speaker 1: and also a little confounding. But okay, is the Ravens
Speaker 1: have one twenty one and it's funny you bring up
Speaker 1: Victor dimukg size because the Ravens are known. I mean,
Speaker 1: if any team has their own philosophy and their own
Speaker 1: culture and their way of doing things, it's the Baltimore Ravens,
Speaker 1: and one thing they're known for is massive tackles, and
Speaker 1: so I know some of the town evaluators want to
Speaker 1: see Victor de mukge on Sunday Night against the size
Speaker 1: of tackle that the Ravens usually have on the roster
Speaker 1: because of his lack of size. But he has changed
Speaker 1: his body, he told us after the game in year two.
Speaker 1: In fact, here's some of what he told us where
Speaker 1: he has improved in his second year in the NFL.
Speaker 1: The biggest thing was, you know, working on my mental game,
Speaker 1: you know, getting to plays down, which had helped me
Speaker 1: play fast. I feel like that that's the biggest thing
Speaker 1: that I've improved on. You know, everything is second nature
Speaker 1: to me now and I'm playing way faster. And you know,
Speaker 1: it's not just the mental side. Because we asked him
Speaker 1: later in the interview if he's actually improved his get off,
Speaker 1: because well, if you don't hear that very often, right,
Speaker 1: that a guy's able to really proved significantly his first step,
Speaker 1: his explosion. But both Victor d Mukajee and some of
Speaker 1: the coaches have told me, yeah, he is. He's much
Speaker 1: better with that first step, and he's sort of redefined
Speaker 1: his body. Worked with Buddy Morris in the offseason like
Speaker 1: a number of the guys, and he just you can
Speaker 1: just see it. He just has that explosion now, yes, Polly,
Speaker 1: you know, and he's almost two hundred and sixty five pounds.
Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, when we had that conversation,
Speaker 1: Victor Or di Mukajee was telling me that he was
Speaker 1: two hundred and sixty three to two hundred and sixty
Speaker 1: five pounds somewhere in there, and he wanted to be
Speaker 1: right there, Polly. You know what. He's built so low
Speaker 1: to the ground once again, and his legs are so
Speaker 1: thick when he bowls you, he comes upfield and then
Speaker 1: the bull rush comes. Oh my goodness, look out. That's
Speaker 1: a tough proposition for a tackle because Victor can get
Speaker 1: underneath these guys. But man, I'm gonna be looking at him.
Speaker 1: Pay Trey McBride is well, Polly, Trey McBride's gonna play
Speaker 1: on Sunday night. I'm looking at that guy. He made
Speaker 1: a couple of catches yesterday, Oh my goodness, in traffic.
Speaker 1: He is such a natural pass catcher. You know. You
Speaker 1: got to see him now in a full contact, full
Speaker 1: go game. And see how he is at the point
Speaker 1: of attack. But man, he makes catching the football look
Speaker 1: real easy. That's gonna be intriguing. And then Wolf look
Speaker 1: preseason game number two. I don't know if the Cardinal's
Speaker 1: got many answers when it comes to Marco Wilson and
Speaker 1: Zaven Collins, but those guys are on the radar. They
Speaker 1: have to show this coaching staff something, don't they. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Polly is Zaven Collins. Man, He's going to get the
Speaker 1: opportunity to do it. Because again, if ever there was
Speaker 1: a team that attacks in between the tackles, it's the
Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens. It's also the Tennessee Titans. Interestingly enough, over
Speaker 1: the next two preseason games, they're gonna get the Baltimore
Speaker 1: Ravens and the Tennessee Titans. Polly, it's about as physical
Speaker 1: as it gets in between the tackles. That's gonna give
Speaker 1: Zaven the opportunity to be at the point of attack,
Speaker 1: to get off blocks and to make a play. Man,
Speaker 1: I want to see Christian Matthew again. I want to
Speaker 1: see the six two seventh round corner. He has looked
Speaker 1: good in practice. He obviously looked good in the game
Speaker 1: of a couple of past breakups, Josh Jackson. I mean,
Speaker 1: what exactly do they have in that cornerback room? Do
Speaker 1: they have to go outside? Like you said, maybe they
Speaker 1: look for an offensive lineman after cuts. Maybe that's the
Speaker 1: same deal with corner. We don't know. So there's there's
Speaker 1: gonna be a lot on the radar, no doubt. By
Speaker 1: the way, congrats to Zach and Julie Ertz welcoming a
Speaker 1: newborn son. That announcement was made today, Madden Matthew Ertz.
Speaker 1: How about that? I love that Pali right there. And oh,
Speaker 1: by the way, look out for Trace McSorley as well. Yes,
Speaker 1: I know. By the way, Cliff Kingsbury says that their
Speaker 1: son the arts. His son eighteen years from now has
Speaker 1: a standing scholarship offer from the ana I a school
Speaker 1: that he's going to be coaching. So that was a
Speaker 1: solid line. Hey, special thanks to Justin Pugh has always
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