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Speaker 1: you have maybe a cheeseburger. So now when you say
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Speaker 1: Speaking of faces, someone we all recognize and is a
Speaker 1: little bit of a setup. It was twenty seventeen and
Speaker 1: the Cardinals made a moving round two, made a move
Speaker 1: to the top around two, and we're all wondering, well, why,
Speaker 1: what exactly is going on? And the man they drafted
Speaker 1: is with us here tonight and we've seen exactly why.
Speaker 1: Because he's been a difference maker. He's been a playmaker.
Speaker 1: He's been a two time first team All Pro, a
Speaker 1: three time Pro bowler in four years. In the last
Speaker 1: two years he has led all dbs in total and
Speaker 1: solo tackles. He is Buddha Baker. Everyone nice, nice man.
Speaker 1: Do you do you feel as good as you look
Speaker 1: right now? You look out standing? Bodhis that you guys too, Man,
Speaker 1: you guys too. I do feel good. I feel awesome.
Speaker 1: I'm excited, you know, just to see this. Twenty twenty
Speaker 1: one first first schedule Man I'm definitely excited for Shore.
Speaker 1: So of course, Buda, for every player, what's in a number,
Speaker 1: Everything is in a number, right, and you change numbers?
Speaker 1: Of course, number thirty two, PAULI, you're gonna hold it
Speaker 1: up on you right here, number thirty two to now
Speaker 1: number three, Buddha, can you tell us? Yes, there it
Speaker 1: is a round of applause for number three. Don't figure?
Speaker 1: Can you tell us why, bud Why did you do that? Man?
Speaker 1: You know, I've been thirty two my whole life, little league,
Speaker 1: you know, middle school, high school, going to the college,
Speaker 1: thirty two, you know NFL, you know, as as you
Speaker 1: guys you know, knew. My first couple of years, a
Speaker 1: great Tyron Matthew was number thirty two, one of the
Speaker 1: guys that you know, I look up to, very great player.
Speaker 1: And then you know, once he left, you know, I
Speaker 1: kind of waited another year. Then that next year I
Speaker 1: tried to get my number back in. It was definitely exciting,
Speaker 1: definitely felt great, and then going into that fourth year
Speaker 1: was definitely also exciting. Great All Pro honors, all that
Speaker 1: type stuff. It was all cool, but you know, once
Speaker 1: they allowed the single digits, I was like, man, I
Speaker 1: gotta go to single digits. I gotta do something new,
Speaker 1: you know, my own identity, my own you know legacy.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be in that number three. So I'm definitely
Speaker 1: excited for sure. Well, he's gonna put his autograph on
Speaker 1: this jersey. So there will be one attend here, one
Speaker 1: Cardinals fan, lucky fan, who will win this by the
Speaker 1: end of the night. Will this be the first ever
Speaker 1: officially autographed Brudebaker number three jersey? Yeah? First we need
Speaker 1: like a number on this, you know, yeah, exactly. So, Hey,
Speaker 1: I've not signed any signatures. This will be the only one. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, Wolf Snowsey. He wants to know how many
Speaker 1: old jerseys did you have to buy out? What kind
Speaker 1: of check did you have to write? He wanted to
Speaker 1: ask you the TMZ question, you know, I mean, it
Speaker 1: would have cost you exactly to make this move, man,
Speaker 1: was it was a good, good, good piece of amount.
Speaker 1: Don't look at Paul question. Just put that put a
Speaker 1: five onto that three and that's how much it was. Right,
Speaker 1: Let's see you sign up a truck driver here. You know,
Speaker 1: it's an investment in your marketing future. Okay, you mentioned
Speaker 1: that the schedule we see you on here. We barely
Speaker 1: recognize you wearing the number three. We got to get
Speaker 1: used to us. Let's talk about the first installment of
Speaker 1: the schedule of first four games, by the way, the
Speaker 1: preseason out of the gates on the cardinal schedule, Dallas
Speaker 1: and Casey at home at New Orleans. Remember three preseason
Speaker 1: games because the seventeen game regular season. Wolf's pumping his
Speaker 1: fist on that one. I'm with you, you guys open
Speaker 1: at Tennessee. Give me a few thoughts and going against
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill, Derek Henry, Yeah, exactly, few thoughts. One thought
Speaker 1: is Derek Henry. You know, uh played against my rookie year,
Speaker 1: but you know they you know, it wasn't used as much.
Speaker 1: But now seeing him in Tennessee, see what he's doing
Speaker 1: is definitely special and definitely gonna be excited to tackle him.
Speaker 1: So that's a physical team right there, kind of like
Speaker 1: Minnesota in week number two, your first home game of course,
Speaker 1: but the Minnesota Vikings liked to pound it too, boat up, Yeah, exactly,
Speaker 1: great run game as well, Dalvin Cook got him, got
Speaker 1: him cooking over there, and definitely excited to play against
Speaker 1: them as well. The great P two Nations. He's gonna
Speaker 1: come back already. Hey man, you know Pat as well
Speaker 1: as anyone. How fired up is Pat pe gonna be
Speaker 1: for Week two back in the ac Oh? Yeah, he
Speaker 1: gonna be fired up. He will. He will definitely be
Speaker 1: fired up. And uh hopefully he's my dog and all
Speaker 1: I love you P two, but hopefully he doesn't have
Speaker 1: a good day that game. All right. Now, about going
Speaker 1: against the rookie quarterback this this could be the first
Speaker 1: of three rookie quarterbacks. You go against Trey Lance justin
Speaker 1: fields maybe, but you know you're gonna be going against
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence in week three. Yeah, that's Sunshine. That's what
Speaker 1: he reminds me of. Sunshine. So, uh, definitely a guy
Speaker 1: coming from Clemson who's definitely played great football over there.
Speaker 1: It's definitely gonna be exciting to play against the rook
Speaker 1: So then you travel in week number four, you travel
Speaker 1: to LA to play the Rams with Matthew Stafford as
Speaker 1: their quarterback. How do you expect that offense to look
Speaker 1: to you? Do you expect it to look different? Oh? Man,
Speaker 1: I kind of honestly and definitely yeah, They're definitely a
Speaker 1: run boot team. But with Matthew Stafford, I think he's
Speaker 1: gonna put a whole another, you know, whole another specialtiated
Speaker 1: to the Rams. So he's definitely a great quarterback. And uh,
Speaker 1: you know he he disokated my finger with the last game,
Speaker 1: so you know, he throws the ball very fast, very hard,
Speaker 1: great arm. Definitely gonna be excited to go after him.
Speaker 1: Rich One, boodh one. Got it my left one, my
Speaker 1: left left index finger. Yeah, this one right, Okay, at
Speaker 1: the time, I already had the thumb, so yeah, it
Speaker 1: went all the way back. It was a third, third
Speaker 1: and long, so thankfully we had to get off the
Speaker 1: field right there, so I was definitely I was able
Speaker 1: to get it, you know, put back to play former. Okay,
Speaker 1: we want to know the details of you still have
Speaker 1: a cast on one of those hands when you made
Speaker 1: your first career pick at Dallas, Right, yeah, I did.
Speaker 1: I did first career. People said I don't have hands,
Speaker 1: but I just I feel like I don't get much opportunities.
Speaker 1: I definitely think I have hands, And you know, that
Speaker 1: first pick definitely showed you a little bit about my hands.
Speaker 1: With that cast, it was it was a big whole thing.
Speaker 1: So if you ever try to use something without your thumb,
Speaker 1: it's definitely hard. So Buddha, on these first four games,
Speaker 1: is there one that stands out to you? Is there
Speaker 1: one that you say, Man, these first four games right here,
Speaker 1: what's the one game that might stand out to you? Oh? Man,
Speaker 1: I'm a very I'm a guy who believes in week one,
Speaker 1: take it one day at a time, one week at
Speaker 1: a time. So for me, would definitely be Tennessee in
Speaker 1: Tennessee ten a in game as you guys see, and yeah,
Speaker 1: out to be Week one. So the one I'm looking
Speaker 1: forward to the most is definitely Week one, and that's
Speaker 1: gonna be the fur is gonna fly. I think that
Speaker 1: is going to be maybe the most physical game up
Speaker 1: those first four games right there. It's not only the
Speaker 1: fact that the Tennessee Titans run the ball so well,
Speaker 1: it's also the fact that I think we're gonna try
Speaker 1: to attack them and they're rushing defense as well. I
Speaker 1: think they're gonna try to run the ball in between
Speaker 1: the tackles against the Titans because they struggled with that well.
Speaker 1: And we know the objective of Steve Kaine building this
Speaker 1: team in the offseason, physicality has been job one. Booty.
Speaker 1: I know you've heard that and he's proved that based
Speaker 1: on the guys he's signed and the guys he's brought
Speaker 1: in and the guys he's drafted. That seems to be
Speaker 1: a major focus this offseason. You guys are gonna be
Speaker 1: tested right out of the game in that regard, aren't you. Yeah, exactly,
Speaker 1: like you said, great running back in Dereck Henry, He's
Speaker 1: a great running back, huge, big guy who who's not
Speaker 1: afraid to hit the whole. And then like you said
Speaker 1: with Tannehill, he got he got guys on the outside
Speaker 1: who can you know, run the great over routes and
Speaker 1: the post routes and the and the slant routes that
Speaker 1: get him. You know those yack yards, so definitely. And
Speaker 1: you know what single game tickets are on sale right now.
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Speaker 1: they're on sale right What do you look for when
Speaker 1: you look at a schedule when it comes out? Is
Speaker 1: there anything in particular you look at first? A wolf
Speaker 1: mentioned by you obviously want to know where that stacks up.
Speaker 1: Is there anything else in terms of rivalries or weather.
Speaker 1: What do you glance at first? Yeah, you know, I
Speaker 1: glanced at the end of the year. Uh, you know
Speaker 1: the away games that we have, So right here is
Speaker 1: these black are away games for Chicago week thirteen. I
Speaker 1: look at that. That's gonna be a cold game. So
Speaker 1: I'm getting ready for that mentally, But honestly, like I said,
Speaker 1: one week at a time, I'm just only thinking about
Speaker 1: the team at hand. So right now, first game of
Speaker 1: the season is going to be the Tennessee Titans. I
Speaker 1: used to hate the bye boat. I did. I don't
Speaker 1: want to get into the reasons why I don't. I'm
Speaker 1: holding you know. I don't want to get into the
Speaker 1: reasons why the bye I couldn't stand it. But the
Speaker 1: bye week is the twelfth week of the season. Do
Speaker 1: you like that? Do you like where the bye week is?
Speaker 1: I mean me, I definitely like it. You know, if
Speaker 1: anybody who knows me and who's a fan of me.
Speaker 1: My girlfriend is actually pregnant, so her due date is
Speaker 1: actually November twenty fifth to November twenty eight, So that's
Speaker 1: so we've gotta win her. Hopefully it's that bye week,
Speaker 1: you know, disappear for a few days. Help the lady.
Speaker 1: Did you call Roger Goodell and say, you know what, hey,
Speaker 1: rog Man, n me out with this bye week? I
Speaker 1: wish I did, but I didn't, So thank you, thank you.
Speaker 1: I think you do. So. I think it's kind of
Speaker 1: cool though, because again in the twelfth week, then you
Speaker 1: have six games after that. So it's kind of cool
Speaker 1: that it's later. It's later in the year, it's later
Speaker 1: in November. What is it the twenty eighth, right, that's
Speaker 1: where it actually falls. Thanksgivember twenty eight, and then you
Speaker 1: got six games after that. To me, that's a playoff
Speaker 1: run right there. Yeah, you get that by and then
Speaker 1: here we go. Yeah, I mean I understand for sure.
Speaker 1: I'm definitely excited. I'm not going to talk playoffs. I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna that's good. I love that. But so yeah,
Speaker 1: I see the fat old guy can talk playoffs. You can't.
Speaker 1: You're right about the hotel. That's good one. That's well
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Speaker 1: hey you underneath run played a homer off the right
Speaker 1: side across the forty five. He gets leveled at the
Speaker 1: forty seven yard line. Buote Baker came flying in there
Speaker 1: with a head dropped down by Baker. At the thirty
Speaker 1: five hard line, food a Baker on the safety blitz
Speaker 1: sup gets hit hand slammed to the ground by Boodha
Speaker 1: Baker like a torpedo. He came flying into the backfield
Speaker 1: over the middle, picked off, intercepted by Baker at the
Speaker 1: fifteen gets up in round, passed near side, picked off
Speaker 1: by Baker. Pick the five running up to the ten
Speaker 1: of the twenty fit chases on booted Baker redded jumped
Speaker 1: in ticks one a day, Boodhe Baker a prime time.
Speaker 1: It was Buddha Baker time last year. Wolf You remember
Speaker 1: Umber against Seattle the ot win at home right, and
Speaker 1: he had Sunday night football and Buddha Bicker against his
Speaker 1: hometown team. Fourteen tackles, He had the pick, he had
Speaker 1: the tackle for loss, he had a past defense, and
Speaker 1: then you had at Dallas a Monday night football. He
Speaker 1: had seven tackles, had a sack at pick number one.
Speaker 1: I mean, think of I mean too many stats the
Speaker 1: list right there in primetime you were at your best.
Speaker 1: What is it about the national TV slot? Perhaps it
Speaker 1: gets the best audio? Oh man, I don't know. Honestly,
Speaker 1: That's been how I been since I was young, high school, college.
Speaker 1: Every every time the lights are on in those national
Speaker 1: stage games, I seem to do I feel like what
Speaker 1: I always do. But a lot of people see, you know,
Speaker 1: on national TV. So it's definitely, uh, definitely something that
Speaker 1: I want to continue to do for sure. Buddha, What
Speaker 1: is your demeanor before a game? Because I just heard
Speaker 1: the crazy laugh there? You couldn't you let the crazy
Speaker 1: laugh out right there? Is? That's kind of who you
Speaker 1: are before you start the games. Do you let yourself
Speaker 1: tap in to that side of you? Yeah? I do?
Speaker 1: I do? You know? Early on, you know, driving to
Speaker 1: the stadium or on the bus going to wherever stadium
Speaker 1: we're going, I usually listened to like our R and
Speaker 1: B music, you know, cool music, just chilling, lovey devy
Speaker 1: chill music, and just you know, let my emotions settle
Speaker 1: and just you know, hang out and chill and then
Speaker 1: once we once we start the pregame, that's when I
Speaker 1: listened to my you know, my rap music or heavy,
Speaker 1: heavy tempo music. And then we go back in and
Speaker 1: once I come out, you know, that's where my character
Speaker 1: comes out. So the excitement, passion's just excitement for the game,
Speaker 1: because when you've been miked up, you've had a lot
Speaker 1: of great moments. There's been a lot of mean whether
Speaker 1: it's you reacting or talking or pumping other guys up.
Speaker 1: So look, let's take a look at the next eight
Speaker 1: games in the Cardinal schedule and by the way, three
Speaker 1: primetime games. So the years on the Cardinals this year,
Speaker 1: including the game home against Aaron Rodgers and the Packers. Least,
Speaker 1: we think it's gonna be Aaron Rodgers Thursday Night Football.
Speaker 1: But it all begins that second set of four, the
Speaker 1: Niners at home and at Cleveland against Houston. Just tell
Speaker 1: me about that Niners matchup and the difference between maybe
Speaker 1: going against the Jimmy g or the rookie Trey Lance perhaps, Yeah,
Speaker 1: which one that would be? Week five? Week five? Yep,
Speaker 1: right there, man, you know, I think it's gonna be
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo. Uh, you know, let the young guy kind
Speaker 1: of see a little bit, just like how the Chiefs
Speaker 1: did with Patrick Mahones. But if it's a young guy,
Speaker 1: he's definitely one of those guys who can throw, who
Speaker 1: can run. He you know, puts a whole another aspect
Speaker 1: to the to the forty nine ers with the QB
Speaker 1: run games. You guys saw, you know last year when
Speaker 1: they use their backups, they kind of did a little
Speaker 1: bit more QB run games. So with this new with
Speaker 1: this new QB, I definitely feel like they're gonna utilize
Speaker 1: him in the run game. And he's a guy that
Speaker 1: you know, he doesn't turn down hits, so hopefully they
Speaker 1: they teach him that he needs to slide. But he's
Speaker 1: he's a big guy, fast um can throw the ball,
Speaker 1: and I'll definitely be excited to see him hopefully next year.
Speaker 1: So after San Francisco at home, you travel to Cleveland.
Speaker 1: All the Cleveland Browns right to add Cleveland in an
Speaker 1: afternoon start. That's gonna be a four or five afternoon
Speaker 1: start right there. Talk about Baker Mayfield. Who who would
Speaker 1: you rather sick Jimmy j or Baker Mayfield? Man? Both
Speaker 1: of them? Both of them. They're both purity. Yeah, they're
Speaker 1: both secks in the in the in the books. So yeah,
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, a guy who's definitely coming out of Oklahoma
Speaker 1: never being a number one played, a guy who's definitely
Speaker 1: has showed up and showed who Baker Mayfield can be.
Speaker 1: In that last game they had last year, he was
Speaker 1: throwing some dimes and um, he's a great qbad. I'm
Speaker 1: definitely excited to go against him too. I've never played
Speaker 1: in Cleveland, so you know, hopefully that's indoor, right, so
Speaker 1: that'll be cool. Actually it's the outdoor. Yeah, thank goodness,
Speaker 1: it's mid October. I actually played there two years ninety two,
Speaker 1: ninety three. Okay, but before I was born. Ye, your
Speaker 1: brutal GST, I'll say wolf by saying you know what. Honestly, guys,
Speaker 1: I'm surprised that they didn't put that in primetime, Baker
Speaker 1: against Kyler. Yeah, Cleveland coming off a playoff against the Steelers. Honestly,
Speaker 1: I was kind of surprised. I was one surprise in
Speaker 1: this thing for me. And then you're gonna have Houston
Speaker 1: at home, and of course you got J. J. Watt,
Speaker 1: you got d Hop going against their former team. I mean,
Speaker 1: how I amped up? Do you think those guys will be? Yeah,
Speaker 1: those guys would definitely be amped up and excited for two.
Speaker 1: And then of course Thursday night you have the green
Speaker 1: Bay Packers at home. Oh my goodness, the the media
Speaker 1: that is swirling around the green Bay Packers right now,
Speaker 1: and Aaron Rodgers and whether or not Aaron Rodgers is
Speaker 1: going to be the quarterback here? Would you like to
Speaker 1: weigh in on that at all? So whether or not
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is going to be the quarterback because I
Speaker 1: think he Yeah, it's just no way. I definitely believe
Speaker 1: he is as well. He's Aaron Rodgers, and he's one
Speaker 1: of those guys that you just can't trade him. You
Speaker 1: can't trade him. I'm sorry, you just can't do it.
Speaker 1: If you know, wants to uh not be there and
Speaker 1: you know, play like Adam Sandler and stop the yard,
Speaker 1: then all right, maybe you might have to trade him.
Speaker 1: But other than that, and then you cannot trade Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 1: That's like that's like trading uh Russell Wilson from the Seahawks,
Speaker 1: which everybody knew that wasn't gonna happen. What do you
Speaker 1: do to get ready for a quarterback of that caliber.
Speaker 1: Does it come down what is the key? Does it
Speaker 1: come down to film work? Is there something else you
Speaker 1: have to match with with a guy like that who's
Speaker 1: not only beating you with his rocket arm in the accuracy,
Speaker 1: but with his mind and his experience. I mean, what
Speaker 1: do you do going against a guy like that? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you gotta watch a lot of film you know. Our
Speaker 1: second year we actually played him and with Steve Wilkes
Speaker 1: over in Green Yes, Yeah, that was cold game. We
Speaker 1: got that w so um with Aaron Rodgers. You definitely
Speaker 1: have to watch a lot of film. Um during the game,
Speaker 1: you got to try and get whatever they're trying to do.
Speaker 1: It's it's a matchup league. They're gonna try and you know,
Speaker 1: see whatever matchup that we have that they have and
Speaker 1: displayed that matchup, so you know, whatever that is, they're
Speaker 1: usually gonna find it within the first fifteen plays and
Speaker 1: then you go from there. Hey, the best seats the
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Speaker 1: In fact, that game was Steve Wilkes. You got Mike
Speaker 1: McCarthy fired. He was fired about two hours after that,
Speaker 1: Cardinals win at Green Bay. So then wolf from there.
Speaker 1: Week nine at the Niners. Okay, we talked about the
Speaker 1: Niners a little bit. How about Week ten home against Carolina?
Speaker 1: What do you think of when you think of Carolina,
Speaker 1: especially now with Sam Darnold at quarterback, Matt Rule once again,
Speaker 1: your second straight you're playing in the new Carolina coach. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, of course you missed that game last year,
Speaker 1: FOODA last year. You don't want to see that again.
Speaker 1: I'll just leave it at that. So Christian McCaffrey will
Speaker 1: be back and you'll be back in that one. So okay,
Speaker 1: let's go to at Seattle. We got to save some
Speaker 1: time for this anyway, because it's your hometown. Come on, now,
Speaker 1: be honest. You always look for where the at Seattle
Speaker 1: game is, right? Oh? Yeah, for sure. I love playing
Speaker 1: against Seattle, playing against the hometown team. Train with a
Speaker 1: lot of guys over in Seattle, so definitely love to
Speaker 1: talk to them during a game. And you know, playing
Speaker 1: at home against fellow fans, fellow you know, you Dub fans,
Speaker 1: Bellevue High School fans, It's definitely fun to go against
Speaker 1: them because you know, after the game is definitely fun
Speaker 1: getting dubs and them talking. Russell was criticizing the front
Speaker 1: office a little bit and the coaching staff and talking
Speaker 1: about that offensive line and maybe getting some better players
Speaker 1: in front of him to help protect him a little
Speaker 1: bit more here. Do you think he's got a little
Speaker 1: bit of work to actually do inside that Seahawk locker room?
Speaker 1: Buddha man, I mean, I cannot control the Seahawk locker room,
Speaker 1: so I let the Seahawks be the Seahawks, And I
Speaker 1: don't really care about them. I just, um, you know,
Speaker 1: hopefully they do whatever they they gotta do. But at
Speaker 1: the end of the day, I'm a cardinal, so uh yeah,
Speaker 1: So I got it. It was so weird. All twenty
Speaker 1: twenty was strange. But to be in Seattle and have
Speaker 1: no fans, I mean, I can't believe I'm about to
Speaker 1: say this. I almost missed the twelves, almost missed the twelves,
Speaker 1: you know, but they fired you guys up, don't they.
Speaker 1: That venue, in that noise level, you guys, it just
Speaker 1: seems like you're guaranteed to play a good game just
Speaker 1: because it's you against the world in that venue. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's how it feels. It's definitely exciting, especially coming out
Speaker 1: that locker room and that Seahawks Heckler always cocked. I'm saying, whatever,
Speaker 1: it's definitely fun, you know, going against them in their
Speaker 1: hometown for do you know, was it two years ago
Speaker 1: he ripped my backpack? He said, uh, he said, my
Speaker 1: nine year old daughter has that backpack. He ripped me.
Speaker 1: The guy has heay ever had a sign at your expenses?
Speaker 1: He said, anything the Heckler guy about you. No sign
Speaker 1: in my expense. But he called me little guy one
Speaker 1: time two years ago was and uh called me a
Speaker 1: little guy before that game. In that game, I kind
Speaker 1: of I think I injured like two or three of
Speaker 1: the running backs that game and we got the w
Speaker 1: and uh after the game was very cool of him.
Speaker 1: He did. He definitely accepted the loss, and he shook
Speaker 1: hands and well he calls Paul. Okay, So after the buy,
Speaker 1: we've all already talked a little bit about the buy.
Speaker 1: Right there, buddy, you're at Chicago, your thoughts. I'm being
Speaker 1: in Chicago, the Windy City, playing the Bears the Windy City.
Speaker 1: Like he said, it's gonna be a grinded out game.
Speaker 1: I feel like it's definitely gonna be some type of
Speaker 1: weather rain, sleet, snow, something those that's gonna be a
Speaker 1: game where we're gonna have to grind it out. Okay,
Speaker 1: with that snow from the Sattle Seattle, you know what,
Speaker 1: that's a warm rain ball Chicago, right man. No, I'm
Speaker 1: definitely I'm cool with the rain. I'm cool with the
Speaker 1: snow anything. You know. The Cardinals assistants definitely have everything
Speaker 1: taken care of on the field. On the sideline, it's
Speaker 1: it's hot. I mean, if you saw us on a
Speaker 1: sideline where it feels like we're in Arizona. On the sideline,
Speaker 1: they got all types of machines that give you heat.
Speaker 1: And you know, you're only cold once you get into game.
Speaker 1: And by that time, your mentals already messed up. You're
Speaker 1: not coold, you just don't feel anything. So it's definitely
Speaker 1: that's a game where we're definitely gonna have to grind out.
Speaker 1: For sure. Well there's another game where you're likely I'm
Speaker 1: guessing at that point by week thirteen to see justin fields.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you know. I mean, it's amazing the athleticism
Speaker 1: of these quarterbacks. Remember a couple of years ago, Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray showed up we called them the future of football,
Speaker 1: and slowly but surely it has been trending in that direction.
Speaker 1: So get more into this schedule once again. The best seats,
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Speaker 1: dot com slash priority list. We'll talk about the additions
Speaker 1: to the defense in the offseason. We'll talk about some
Speaker 1: of these rookies in the secondary and what's the realistic
Speaker 1: expectation and what is the role of a team captain
Speaker 1: like Buddha in a two time All Pro, three time
Speaker 1: Pro bowler. We continue with a big red Rage all
Speaker 1: presented by Santan Pord and Gilbert. We are Santan Ford
Speaker 1: from Four Peaks Brewing Company in Tempe. JJ Watt has
Speaker 1: just tweeted that he has signed with the Arizona Cardinals.
Speaker 1: Whoa JJ Watt signing with the Arizona Cardinals. That came
Speaker 1: out of nowhere? So this is it? Is it? Okay?
Speaker 1: Let's go. I love the fit a massive deal for
Speaker 1: really one of the more up and coming teams in
Speaker 1: the NFL. JJ Watt coming to the NFC West. It's
Speaker 1: just gets better and better and better. That division is stacked.
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, that's an outstanding son. The Cardinal's point
Speaker 1: of view, this piece is the difference. Excited for Arizona
Speaker 1: Cardinals fans. Look at Steve kNN god is arrested, pushing buckets,
Speaker 1: make me call let's go day. J Watts pop, he
Speaker 1: does this little Dan unmistakable Pat mcabee show right there,
Speaker 1: and some of the national media reaction when the Arizona
Speaker 1: Cardinals started the offseason by signing wait for it, Jay
Speaker 1: Jay Watt and then just kept building the defense from there.
Speaker 1: We just heard the reaction on the Big Red Rage
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Speaker 1: here at Four Peaks Brewing Company in Tempe. Now, let's
Speaker 1: get the reaction to the additions of the defense to
Speaker 1: Buddha Baker right, Pro Bowl safety, what'd you think as
Speaker 1: Steve Kin made some of these moves start with JJ Watt, Yeah,
Speaker 1: jj Watt, I was definitely excited for that, getting Chandler
Speaker 1: Jones back as well, really good friend of mine. But
Speaker 1: JJ Watt, a guy who's been doing it for a
Speaker 1: very long time and a guy who's um definitely feels
Speaker 1: a lot of excitement about coming on to the team,
Speaker 1: and um wants to do everything that he can to
Speaker 1: help the team. You know, has talked to guys, already
Speaker 1: texted guys and seeing how guys are doing. You know,
Speaker 1: he's asked me about guys and players, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: what they like to do, what they don't like to do.
Speaker 1: So he's definitely invested. And he's a great, you know,
Speaker 1: great player, and to see him and Chandler on opposite
Speaker 1: sides is definitely gonna hopefully get get offenses in some
Speaker 1: trouble for sure, Bruda, what is going to be the
Speaker 1: biggest adjustment for saving Collins coming in as a rookie
Speaker 1: and how can you help him if at all? I
Speaker 1: think the biggest challenge he'll probably get is the speed
Speaker 1: of the speed of the game calling. You know, guy,
Speaker 1: he's like that. He's seen. He's huge, very fast. He
Speaker 1: thinks of hisself as a Brian r Lacker. So you know,
Speaker 1: I've definitely seen you know, a couple of highlights of
Speaker 1: him and it looks like a guy who can shoot
Speaker 1: the gap and uh, you know, play man plays his
Speaker 1: own do the things that we want him to do
Speaker 1: on a defense. So I definitely think he's gonna He's
Speaker 1: gonna be well in this league for sure. Malcolm Butler
Speaker 1: was signed a veteran corner head over under tackles as
Speaker 1: Robert Alfred. I know, you love the two training camps
Speaker 1: Robert Alfred had before he got hurt. So you know, boom,
Speaker 1: if he's healthy, you know he's gonna compete for playing
Speaker 1: time if not a starting gig. And then you have
Speaker 1: the two rookie corners that were drafted by the Arizona Cardinals.
Speaker 1: When you see some of the athleticism, for example, on
Speaker 1: the round four pick out of Florida Marco Wilson six
Speaker 1: foot even, he ran a four to three four. He's
Speaker 1: got a forty three and a half vertical and twenty
Speaker 1: six reps on the bench. He started as a true
Speaker 1: freshman in the SEC at corner. I mean there's some
Speaker 1: potential there. And then a guy like Tay Allen who
Speaker 1: sat out last year for family reasons, but guy with
Speaker 1: size and speed is six one eighty six and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, a supreme confidence. He's already called himself gowin Island.
Speaker 1: So when you have those two rookie corners, how are
Speaker 1: you gonna be able to mentor those guys to some degree. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm definitely excited to see what those guys
Speaker 1: can do. First and foremost, we're gonna see him on
Speaker 1: the field and you know, helped him out whatever however
Speaker 1: we can. But for me being a dB, being a safety,
Speaker 1: I'm definitely gonna have to give him the calls, help
Speaker 1: him out whatever they need help with and have a
Speaker 1: lot of we have a lot of faith in g Money,
Speaker 1: the corners coach over there, and uh, you know, even
Speaker 1: guys like Byron who is going to help the young
Speaker 1: guys for sure, And I'm excited to see what these
Speaker 1: guys can do for sure. You know, there's the rookie
Speaker 1: safety James Wiggins real quick. He said the other day
Speaker 1: that he's gonna be starstruck when he sees you in person,
Speaker 1: that this is the first maybe rookie was gonna show
Speaker 1: up who spent his college career watching your film Buddha.
Speaker 1: So that's gonna be a little different, Hugh, Yeah, definitely
Speaker 1: be different for sure. Are you gonna honestly yeah, rookie,
Speaker 1: how do you rookies? I'm a nice guy, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm guys that you know, the rookie hazing and get
Speaker 1: my pads and uh, you know, get what you get,
Speaker 1: the snacks and all that type of stuff. But um, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know I'm one of those guys. You know, I
Speaker 1: wasn't treated that way. I only had to get uh
Speaker 1: you know, food for the guys on the way games.
Speaker 1: So that was rough, sometimes almost missing the plane. But
Speaker 1: other than that, you know, these these guys will be
Speaker 1: all right, No, wait, what was Tyron Matthews order? What
Speaker 1: Tyrn Man? You want me to order everything out the book?
Speaker 1: Like I feel like they wanted me to get be
Speaker 1: late to the plane. Honestly, now, I'm just messing with you.
Speaker 1: They all they I think I got them. What was it?
Speaker 1: Popo those few times? Popeyes a few times? Uh yeah,
Speaker 1: all different types of food. Yeah, even if they didn't
Speaker 1: need it, they'd order it, I know. All right, let's
Speaker 1: go to the last five games of the schedule. You're
Speaker 1: gonna have the Rams that's gonna be Monday night football,
Speaker 1: and then you're gonna go to Detroit. You're gonna get
Speaker 1: the home game on Sunday, Chris Well on Saturday Christmas
Speaker 1: Day against the Colts, and then at Dallas and then Seattle.
Speaker 1: So those last five games here starting there, what pops
Speaker 1: out to you when you look at some of those matchups.
Speaker 1: I mean, La Rams like always team who you know
Speaker 1: we haven't beat, and a team that we're definitely excited
Speaker 1: they're going to be playing against in our division, a
Speaker 1: team we're gonna have to beat if we want to
Speaker 1: go to where we want to go to. You see
Speaker 1: the Colts game, of course, never played against the Colts Dallas.
Speaker 1: Is this Dallas in Dallas at Dallas? Okay, that'll be
Speaker 1: That'll be a fun game January second. That'll be a
Speaker 1: fun game. Dallas fans are always crazy, as you guys know.
Speaker 1: And of course that last week against the Seahawks. Really
Speaker 1: that last week against the Seahawks is gonna be fun.
Speaker 1: You know. I believe that both teams are gonna be
Speaker 1: good and we'll see what happens in week eighteen. Yeah,
Speaker 1: before we talk a little bit more about that, what
Speaker 1: about the Rams game on Monday Night? Do you like
Speaker 1: playing on Monday night? Bud? I like, you know, I
Speaker 1: like all national televised games. I'm not gonna complain the
Speaker 1: Monday night games. You know, you're sore for a couple
Speaker 1: of days, and you know you gotta get back going
Speaker 1: for that same week on Sunday. So those those games
Speaker 1: are definitely fun while it's happening. But the next day
Speaker 1: it's Tuesday, and you gotta be ready for Sunday games.
Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, no doubt about that. And then you'll
Speaker 1: you're gonna know the Lions quarterback Jared Goff right, so
Speaker 1: the former ram and then you're gonna have Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: against and the Colts. And then yeah, that trip to Dallas.
Speaker 1: What is it about playing the Cowboys that get guys
Speaker 1: amped up? And I know there's a Texas connection obviously
Speaker 1: with Kyler and Cliff Kingsbury and all that. And then
Speaker 1: there's the stadium, right, just has that fuel, doesn't it? Exactly? This?
Speaker 1: I feel like that stadium is just you know, has
Speaker 1: that feel text football. You know, people are crazy about
Speaker 1: their Texas football, um, and just going against the Americans
Speaker 1: team and the Dallas Cowboys, it's definitely fun to go
Speaker 1: against them. For sure. The star is maddening too. Just
Speaker 1: looking at the star, it makes you want to hit
Speaker 1: the star, no doubt about what what about playing on
Speaker 1: Christmas Day? How do you feel about that? Oh? Man?
Speaker 1: I mean never played a Christmas game. That would be fun,
Speaker 1: That would be a fun game. Um excited. That'll be
Speaker 1: a game that you know, a lot of fans will
Speaker 1: be able to see. Christmas Day kids will get to
Speaker 1: wake up, open the presence and watch Cardinal football games.
Speaker 1: So that will definitely be fun. Hey, you're gonna be
Speaker 1: a dad on Christmas Day? Yeah, exactly, it'll be awesome too.
Speaker 1: That'll be really cool that. I mean, at least it's
Speaker 1: a later game on on Christmas Day, so you know
Speaker 1: my birthdays. Oh, never mind, I was looking at week
Speaker 1: eighteen January. You know you can flex now, you can
Speaker 1: flex games after week twelve is the rule this year.
Speaker 1: I would be shocked. Dallas has a good season obviously
Speaker 1: Seattle and if there's a division title on the line
Speaker 1: or a playoff spot on line, I would not be
Speaker 1: shocked if one of those last two games got flexed
Speaker 1: into prime time, you know, looking ahead on that one. Yeah,
Speaker 1: with Russell Wilson. By the way, what have you learned
Speaker 1: about Russell Wilson? What are you gonna tell some of
Speaker 1: the rookies when they go against Russell Wilson for the
Speaker 1: first time. Yeah, he's he's Houdini and Houdini in the pocket,
Speaker 1: a guy who can throw at all angles. And a
Speaker 1: guy who can just get open and just throw the rock.
Speaker 1: You know, I remember last year a touchdown that was
Speaker 1: caught on me against DK. He ran like an over
Speaker 1: went vertical, went corner like Russell had the ball for
Speaker 1: at least eight seconds and it was a perfect dime.
Speaker 1: And that's what I'm gonna tell guys for sure, Plaster plaster.
Speaker 1: When you play the Seahawks, you got a plaster. It's
Speaker 1: not just their routes. They don't just run you know,
Speaker 1: football routes. They backyard football rust so gets open and
Speaker 1: less party. So that's the Seahawks. You know what's incredible
Speaker 1: about it. You guys were number five and sacks per
Speaker 1: attempt last year, sacks number five and sacks per attempt
Speaker 1: without Chandler Jones. How much better is your pass road's
Speaker 1: gonna be with him? Yeah, I definitely think it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a lot better. We'll see, and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: I don't really want to say much, but we'll see
Speaker 1: how it all goes. It definitely is gonna feel like, well,
Speaker 1: we'll do great things. That's what I love about your
Speaker 1: You're you're more about doing than talking. Yeah, yeah, you
Speaker 1: always have Zaly No, no, I'm not much of a talker.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry if it's boring to you, go, I'm not
Speaker 1: a big talker. I'm more about that action. No love
Speaker 1: the way you play without action. About it? For Buddha Baker,
Speaker 1: he's in demand. He's gonna leave us and go network.
Speaker 1: He's gonna go to NFL Network and join them and
Speaker 1: talk about the Cardinal schedule in the upcoming season. How
Speaker 1: about it once again, Buddha Baker. Everyone the Cardinals all
Speaker 1: pro safety and it's great to be great to have
Speaker 1: you coming up with a FISHI guys have me all right?
Speaker 1: We continue with the big red rage. Right after this,
Speaker 1: hurry back to throw. Flushed out, rolling left in trouble,
Speaker 1: slips a tackle, Gotta launch it. He does left side
Speaker 1: into the end zone jump ball and it is Is
Speaker 1: it caught? Is it caught? Oh my goodness, it's ft
Speaker 1: the Gray Hopkins mood. He caught him ducked down with
Speaker 1: one second lap. I can't believe that. You've gotta be
Speaker 1: joking me. Hopkinsiness rages off with freedom vendors around him.
Speaker 1: Head pulls it in head. The Cardinals lad at thirty
Speaker 1: two to thirty quit a second lap. Chad Cover Duke,
Speaker 1: You're not gonna be able the cover room throw the
Speaker 1: ball off. What a great call from the collective voice
Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals. Day pass Ron Wolfley Wolf is here,
Speaker 1: Paul Calvci special thanks again to Buddha Baker for joining
Speaker 1: us on this very special edition of The Big Red
Speaker 1: Rage presented by Santan four Gilbert. We are Santan Ford
Speaker 1: here at four Peaks Brewing Company in Tempee. I still
Speaker 1: can't believe that went down. I was in that end zone.
Speaker 1: All I know is you had four guys hit the ground,
Speaker 1: and I'm like, wait a minute. None of the bills
Speaker 1: dbs have the ball and I don't see the ball
Speaker 1: on the ground anywhere. So process of elimination. I'm going
Speaker 1: to reverse engineer this. DeAndre Hopkins must have the ball,
Speaker 1: and he did have the ball in the Hail Murray.
Speaker 1: It's incredible, paul A. Players win games, and you know
Speaker 1: that play. You go back and look at it, Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray escaping from the pocket and actually rolling out, buying
Speaker 1: himself time and then making that throw down the field.
Speaker 1: It wasn't a halmry A lot of people, you know,
Speaker 1: we call it the Hall Murray. Of course, it was
Speaker 1: not it was DeAndre Hopkins by himself over there. That
Speaker 1: was by design as well. And just the fact that
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray had the athleticism to extend the play get
Speaker 1: out of the pocket. And then that throw that that
Speaker 1: kid made down the field on the run like that
Speaker 1: somebody in his face, unbelievable pro And then to have
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins elbate go up high point the ball, catch
Speaker 1: it and bring it down with three guys literally hanging
Speaker 1: on him. Players win games, Paulie, never forget that. And
Speaker 1: then just the lack of a reaction from DeAndre Hopperts.
Speaker 1: He's like, it's almost if he expected to make the catch.
Speaker 1: Everyone else was going berserk. Except have you ever seen
Speaker 1: his hands bump? I mean right now, I know, seriously, yeah,
Speaker 1: he could palm like three bats sickles that It is
Speaker 1: amazing and you just never know when that moment is
Speaker 1: going to happen. The schedule is out and single game
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Speaker 1: game t i X. You look at this schedule. We
Speaker 1: went over it with Buddha. I don't know what stands
Speaker 1: out to you, Wolf, I do know it's gonna be
Speaker 1: great to have more fans in the stands, and many
Speaker 1: more fans will be able to see those sort of
Speaker 1: moments like the win again the Bills in the dramatic fashion.
Speaker 1: I look at this and I go, Okay, you know what,
Speaker 1: there's nothing really crazy. There's not like three straight games
Speaker 1: on the East Roast. You know, you start with three
Speaker 1: or your first four on the road, three of your
Speaker 1: last five at home. Okay, but three of those first
Speaker 1: four on the road. One of them is a road
Speaker 1: trip to La to take on the Rams. So it's
Speaker 1: just an hour. You only have one ten am kickoff
Speaker 1: from what I can tell, because your game at Cleveland
Speaker 1: is actually in the National Afternoon Showcase slot, a one
Speaker 1: o'clock Arizona kick four o'clock on the East. You know
Speaker 1: bad weather games, well, sure, early December at Chicago you
Speaker 1: never know what. You could be sixty degrees, it could
Speaker 1: be ten degrees. You have no idea there. Late September
Speaker 1: at Jacksonville could be hot and humid. We'll see about that.
Speaker 1: We've been there and done that one in Jacksonville before.
Speaker 1: Those are just sort of my initial takeaways and then
Speaker 1: of course you know some of the division games down
Speaker 1: the stretch, taking on the Rams in Seattle in the
Speaker 1: last five weeks. Yeah, paul you know what weeks four
Speaker 1: through six, that's the fifth fight there, Paula. I mean
Speaker 1: that to me. You know what it's like at kel Berkeley,
Speaker 1: how product it was all the fifth were passing at
Speaker 1: cal Berkeley week four through six at the Rams San
Speaker 1: Francisco at home at Cleveland, I think that is the
Speaker 1: first fist fight of the season, and then the brawl
Speaker 1: happens at the end of the season. As far as
Speaker 1: I'm concerned. That's home against the Colts. That's at Dallas,
Speaker 1: and I expect Dallas to be much better, much more physical, better,
Speaker 1: especially with a Dak healthy Dak Prescott. And then of
Speaker 1: course Seattle at home. I see that as a brawl.
Speaker 1: Those three games once again, back to back to back,
Speaker 1: right there, Those are the two rough spots, the tough,
Speaker 1: tough football games that are going to be played. I
Speaker 1: think of the season, they're all tough, Paully, but when
Speaker 1: you start stacking them up back to back to back,
Speaker 1: that's when it becomes really really physical and really difficult
Speaker 1: as a player inside that locker room. And for what
Speaker 1: it's worth, the Cardinal's strength of schedule is thirteenth in
Speaker 1: the NFL. That's based on last year's win lost. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: you know, as you know, it's your point. It always evolves,
Speaker 1: specially now in the NFL. There's so much change. There's
Speaker 1: so much of that is happening in the off season,
Speaker 1: especially with some of these quarterbacks. We've never seen an
Speaker 1: off season like this with a quarterback club. And the
Speaker 1: quarterback club is real, Paul, you know all about it,
Speaker 1: and the fact that now things are changing, the dynamic
Speaker 1: is changing with the likes of Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: and now there's a lot more say that these guys
Speaker 1: want to be involved in in some of the decisions
Speaker 1: in the off season. It's very interesting to watch. And
Speaker 1: those marquee quarterback matchups, that's what jumps off the page
Speaker 1: to me in this schedule as well. I mean Kyler
Speaker 1: against Aaron Rodgers, Kyler against Russell Wilson twice, Kyler against
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford twice, Dak Prescott, Trevor Lawrence, the other rookies
Speaker 1: that you have there, you know, I mean you mentioned
Speaker 1: it earlier, Kyler against Baker, Baker Mayfield. I can't believe
Speaker 1: that isn't in prime time. I just said that. That's
Speaker 1: shocking to me. And then the potential of going against
Speaker 1: three rookie quarterbacks. If you're Buddha Baker, he's not gonna
Speaker 1: say it, We'll say it four. He's got to be
Speaker 1: looking his chops at the prospect of going against the
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence, A, Trey Lance, A Justin Fields all in
Speaker 1: the same season. That's an area where a guy like
Speaker 1: Buddha can have some fun trying to exploit the inexperience
Speaker 1: of rookie quarterbacks, albeit very talented, yes, and athletic. All
Speaker 1: three of them have serious athleticists. That makes it intriguing.
Speaker 1: That first game against the forty nine ers, PAULI week
Speaker 1: number five right there, right, I think we're gonna see
Speaker 1: Jimmy g If. I'm I think we're gonna see Jimmy
Speaker 1: g and week number five. And it wouldn't shock me
Speaker 1: if week number nine at San Francisco we saw Trey Lance.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying now. Now listen, it's a year to
Speaker 1: year proposition, it truly is. But you know they want
Speaker 1: to get him some experience at some point, I would
Speaker 1: imagine week number nine not a bad way to go. Now, again,
Speaker 1: it's all going to depend on whether or not Jimmy
Speaker 1: g is playing at a high level. I don't expect
Speaker 1: him to play at a high level. I don't think
Speaker 1: he's gonna do well with his replacement right behind him either.
Speaker 1: That our history says he'll be injured by the time
Speaker 1: they get to week nine, So we'll see about that.
Speaker 1: And then, speaking of rookies, you mentioned it earlier, how
Speaker 1: can you not look at your two opening games against
Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans and the Minnesota Vikings and not think
Speaker 1: about Zaban Collins and Isaiah Simmons in the middle going
Speaker 1: against the likes of Derrick Henry and Dalvin Cook and
Speaker 1: the play action, especially for Hyan Tannehill. That is a
Speaker 1: serious challenge for any rookie middle linebacker who we presume
Speaker 1: is going to be expected to make all the calls.
Speaker 1: That's exactly right, Pauli, and we were talking to Buddha
Speaker 1: Baker about this very thing. He might actually help him
Speaker 1: out get involved in it. But those two teams right
Speaker 1: there are very, very similar because offensively they do they
Speaker 1: palm the box man, they line up and they run
Speaker 1: the ball in between the tackles. They do it very
Speaker 1: very well. Mike Zimmer, are you kidding me? He loves
Speaker 1: that and the same thing, Mike Frabel, Oh my goodness,
Speaker 1: are you kidding me. He's a physical player when he played.
Speaker 1: He's a physical minded coach. Right now, he demands that
Speaker 1: from his players. They're gonna hammer, hammer, hammer the box
Speaker 1: and then use play action to throw the ball down
Speaker 1: the field. For a couple of young inside linebackers right there, boy,
Speaker 1: you're gonna want to suck up and get in there
Speaker 1: and hit Derek Henry and how you know you and
Speaker 1: all of a sudden they're gonna throw it over your head. Ball.
Speaker 1: It's just gonna be a mess. Well, look, we saw
Speaker 1: what the Niners did at Santa Clara last year week one,
Speaker 1: early in that game, or he mostreed out of the
Speaker 1: backfield and they targeted Isaiah Simmons and it worked. It
Speaker 1: will take incredible discipline, I discipline from both those guys,
Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons and Zavian Collins to actually hold up there
Speaker 1: and play well. It's not out of the realm of
Speaker 1: possibility by any stretching the imagination. But having said that,
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a difficult adjustment right there. You're a
Speaker 1: guy coming from college where you play checkers, Paul, Now
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you're gonna be playing chess. It's
Speaker 1: very interesting that the Cardinals objected in the offseason, and
Speaker 1: you heard Steve Kim saying time and again is to
Speaker 1: get more physical. Well, that's gonna be tested right out
Speaker 1: of the game those two games right there, Polly again.
Speaker 1: You know, honestly, it's not like the Tennessee Titans are
Speaker 1: a very physical rush defense number nineteen as a matter
Speaker 1: of fact in the NFL, but you know, their coach
Speaker 1: demands that they are physical. We heard Voda Bakers say
Speaker 1: about the impact JJ Watt is already having behind the scenes, guys,
Speaker 1: talking to guys, trying to get to know guys culture,
Speaker 1: you know, firing those guys up and getting ready to
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