1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: OTAs are officially underway. Which players were in attendance? What 2 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: is head coach clip King Jerry aiming to get out 3 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: of this week? That along with some exciting breaking news 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: that will give Cardinals fans behind the scenes looked throughout 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: the entire season. Episode five sixty eight of Cardinals Cover 6 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: two starts right now. Welcome to Cardinals Cover two with 7 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:33,279 Speaker 1: Craig Grigolu and Mike Jarecki. Cardinals Cover two is presented 8 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: by Hyundai, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals, and by 9 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals Podcasts, Visit Acy Cardinals dot Com, Slash Podcasts. 10 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: Going for Hopkins one hand to catch in a touchdown 11 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins. Here's Craig Griolou and Mike Jarecki. Volundary OTAs 12 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: are officially underway. Who was out there and who wasn't. 13 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: We're going to talk about what we saw out at 14 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: US earlier this morning, along with some fun breaking news 15 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: for Cardinals fans behind the scenes all access look this season. 16 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: We're gonna touch on a whole lot of things on 17 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: this episode of Cardinals Cover two, presented by Hyundai, proud 18 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: partner of the Arizona Cardinals. Alongside Mike Jarecki. I am 19 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 1: Danny's Rek filling in for Craig Grielow, and I'd have 20 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 1: to say in the first ten seconds, I'm doing a 21 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: pretty fine job if I do say so myself. Oh, 22 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: you're gonna be fine. We've done a few shows together. 23 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: We're gonna do the Red Sea Report. So you're you're 24 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 1: a pro, and I appreciate you filling in. And it 25 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,479 Speaker 1: was nice to be out there. You know, normally you're 26 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: out there for thirty minutes with the Cardinals allowed us 27 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: to stay out there in the entire practice. Obviously you 28 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: can't tweet or report, but it was just nice to 29 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 1: be out there. And you know, last week we got 30 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: a chance to see the rookies, and today we got 31 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: to see the veterans. And you know, obviously the news 32 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: is who's not here, But you know, it's interesting when 33 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: we got a chance to talk to certain players today, 34 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: whether it was Buddha Baker, Antoine Wesley, or even zach Ertz, 35 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: where everyone's a little bit different. And this is the 36 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: ramp up period, you know, Zack, so there's things that 37 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: he can work on tomorrow. So and listen, the elephant 38 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: in the room is Kyler Murray and we know that 39 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: he's working out. The good news, Danny is I'm told 40 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: that everyone's been in a communication with each other. So 41 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 1: when you see that tweet this morning, it was to 42 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: be expected. Now. Cliff also followed up he will be 43 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: here from mandatory mini camp and so listen. Kyler usually 44 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: post stuff on his Instagram stories he's working out. It's 45 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: just you'd like to have everyone here. But again, I 46 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: think there's the elephant in the room about you know, 47 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 1: he wants that long term deal. And again, least they 48 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: are all on the same page, where when the season 49 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: was in there there's a lot of noise out there, right. 50 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: That's that's the big news of OTAs that quarterback Kyler 51 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: Murray was now not out on the field. But you're right, 52 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 1: it's not much of a surprise, which with things we've 53 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: been hearing up until this point. And I do want 54 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: to remind everybody listening that these OTAs are voluntary. So 55 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: we know that Kyler Murray has been working out in Dallas. 56 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: This is not some sort of stunt necessarily that he's 57 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: doing and he's not working out or anything of that nature. 58 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: And he's been working out with Hollywood Brown, so we 59 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 1: know that Kyler has been working. I also think it's 60 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 1: important to mention that Kyler Murray is not the only 61 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,519 Speaker 1: veteran who is not out on the field. You're a 62 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: kiddy shocking, I know. And again voluntary, So there were 63 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: other players, whether that's for their own reason in working out, 64 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: whether they are rehabbing something, or they're just you know, 65 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: still taking a little bit of time or covering from 66 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: last season, whatever it might be. Kyler Murray was not 67 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: the only veteran not out on the field. So I 68 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: do think that is important to remind everybody that this 69 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: is not Oh, Kyler Murray is not committed, he's a 70 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: bad leader, he doesn't care about the team, he doesn't 71 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: want to win. It's not any of those things. Well, 72 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: and he's not the only quarterback that's not out at 73 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: his team's voluntary ota. Yeah, and I really don't take 74 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: attention anymore when it comes to attendance, I should say, 75 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: I mean, you want to see who's out there. It's 76 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: just because it gives us uff to talk about. But 77 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: I can tell you this, he was not the only 78 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: starter that wasn't on the field today. And you know that, 79 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: and that's personally that's not a concern to me. Would 80 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: it be great to see him out on the field, 81 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: of course, Cliff Kingsbury says that all the time, he's like, 82 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: I wish we could have more time, right, this is 83 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: just the time where allotted. So of course you want 84 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: to see your quarterback out on the field for a 85 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,039 Speaker 1: multitude of reasons. However, I'm not concerned that he's not 86 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: here a voluntary OTAs in terms of his leadership. Will 87 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: he do ready any of that sort of Well, it's 88 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: not like he's in cobble right now, right, I mean, 89 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 1: he's working out and he has his father's his quarterbacks coach, 90 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: and he has other receivers to throw too. And a 91 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: lot of people say, what does he lift to let 92 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: ton of weights? Well, when you're a dual threat quarterback, 93 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: you're lower torso you your frame. You have to be 94 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: strong to be able to make that throw in the pocket, 95 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: be able to make the run when the things break down. 96 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: So he puts the work and I'm never questioning his 97 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: work ethic. It's just a matter of him, you know, 98 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: being that leader and getting a chance to work with 99 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: Colt McCoy, and I do think with Spencer Whipple and 100 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 1: you're throwing Cam Turner being co passing coordinators. You know, 101 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: he's really close to ca. We know how Spencer Whipple 102 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: really came up with a great game plan. Even though 103 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 1: Kingsbury put the game plan together, it was by committee collaboration. 104 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 1: Cleveland and Cleveland that was probably one of Kyler's best games. 105 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: I think he emperied a little bit more. You had 106 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: Sean Kluger down there, you had Sean Jefferson, you had 107 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: Colton McCoy. So it's a collaboration. But yeah, I mean, listen, 108 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 1: there's different leaders out there, and to me, if he 109 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: leads his team like we all think he can, then 110 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 1: people will follow. I mean, Tyrod Taylor's a great leader, 111 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: but I don't want him as my starting quarterback. Right. 112 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: And another thing too is OTAs are very important. But 113 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 1: Kingsbury set himself this morning that the main reason to 114 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: have ots, the importance of them are mental reps. So 115 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: that's the importance of you really want your younger players, 116 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 1: not just your rookies, but year two, year three, even 117 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: maybe players who aren't necessarily starters. You know, they're lower 118 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: on the depth chart. That's what OTAs are for, are 119 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: those mental reps. And even though Kyler wasn't out on 120 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 1: the field, you have a plethora of different leaders on 121 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: all three sides of the ball out there, right. You've 122 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: got Buddha Baker, You've got JJ Watt, you got your 123 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: offensive lineman that we're out there right, like AJ Green 124 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: was out there. There is just no concern personally for 125 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: me of Kyler Murray not being out there because I 126 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 1: think the team is still getting out of this what 127 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: they want. Yeah, And the fact is, you know, according 128 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: to Schefter's tweet, it was going to be this week, 129 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 1: but according to Kingsbury, he will be here now. It 130 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 1: is a mandatory And like I said, he's the last 131 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: guy I worry about. You know, eventually you'll have to 132 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 1: be here. And then, you know, I don't think this 133 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: is because he doesn't have a new contract. This is 134 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: his offseason. This is what's gone on. And this year 135 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: it's a little bit different because we don't have COVID 136 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:41,239 Speaker 1: and all the protocols where listen, you know, watching Zaven 137 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: Collins out there. I mean it's important for Zaven Collins 138 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: to be out there now because it was growing pains 139 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 1: last year and he's expected to be a starter, and 140 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,360 Speaker 1: I like the way he's flying around with Isaiah Simmons, 141 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: and then you look at Buddha Baker and JJ Watt. 142 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 1: They're kind of the leaders of that defensive One guy 143 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: that I'm really impressed with and I think he's getting 144 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,080 Speaker 1: more and more comfortable, and you probably picked up on 145 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: this during the press conference is zach Ertz. I think 146 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: he could be a captain this year. And I don't 147 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: know how that affects Hopkins because he's gonna miss his 148 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: first six games, but he's more comfortable, you know, his situation. 149 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: He says a little bit different. I've signed a three 150 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: year deal. I am all in, so that's why I'm here. 151 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: We're in Philadelphia. Maybe he stayed away because he knew 152 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: who was going to be traded. So everyone's a little 153 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: bit different. But I just like the leadership on this team, 154 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: and I like the way the staff is. These guys 155 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: have good tempo in practice. Nobody's really sitting around. You've 156 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: got eighty five ninety bodies out there. And one guy 157 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: that really sticks out to me so far, and we 158 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: got a chance to see him coach. His position today 159 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: was Matt Burke. I like Brinson Buckner. Obviously he got 160 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: a job in Jacksonville. I know the Cardinals did want 161 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: to retain him, but Matt Burke, to me, it's really 162 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: when I look at this Danny, a different voice is 163 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: not a bad thing on the defensive line. Defensive line exactly. 164 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: And he's new. He obviously, you know, cut his teeth around. 165 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,239 Speaker 1: And I asked Cliff, he said, intelligent, and I'm seeing 166 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: new drills. And that's good because you know, again they 167 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,239 Speaker 1: say you can just gonna cut a couple of different ways. 168 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: But here I think a new voice because you know, 169 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: Jordan Phillis was a disappointment Robert Candici and I'm not 170 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: putting it on Buck, but you guys got to be 171 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: able to believe that. And when I asked that question 172 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: about Matt Burke, the first person he mentioned was JJ 173 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: was very happy JJ Watt because now I've got a 174 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: different voice, it doesn't hurt. And I think it's you know, 175 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: we know that this team last year got gashed in 176 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: the run game, and obviously having healthy JJ Watt, you 177 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: know they need Richard Lawrence and Lucky Foe to to 178 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:41,719 Speaker 1: step up. Michael Dogbee I like, um key key. I 179 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: think he's bringing some bringing some profession presents from the UH. 180 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:47,959 Speaker 1: I still think they're gonna have to address the nose 181 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: tackle because right now you only have really one and 182 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: that's Richard Lawrence. So there. I like what the coaches 183 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: they're doing because when you have six tryout players, make 184 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: it and get invited to this next part. Coaches are 185 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: always looking for a diamond and a rough. What the 186 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: Cardinals are doing here is they're taking the roster from 187 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,439 Speaker 1: eighty to ninety and whoever that last player is at 188 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:12,319 Speaker 1: that position, they're trying to upgrade that. So I give 189 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: the coaching staff because they all want to find a 190 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: diamond a rough, and here they were open to saying, hey, 191 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: we'll move on from this guy because we think this 192 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: guy's got more upside. So I think. I think what 193 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: they're doing, and that's what Steve's always done. Whoever the 194 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: last guys, you just keep turning that roster over and 195 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: that's how you get better, because you know, going into 196 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: the season, I thought they had a lot of depth, 197 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, you missed JJ Watt, 198 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: Phillips was on the shelf, Kyler was injured, and all 199 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: of a sudden that depth was questioned, and now you 200 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: relying on rookies, you know, like markol Wilson and you 201 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: know Robert Alford I thought was her best physical corner 202 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: and he would have been a matchup on Odell Beckham 203 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: in that playoff game. I don't know if we Cardinals 204 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: would have won. If the Cardinals beat the Seahawks in 205 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: Week eighteen, they're hosting that game. I think it's a 206 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: little bit different. But that injury, Yeah, it's just yeah exactly, 207 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: And you know it was obvious when they miss Hop, 208 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: But I'm more confident now that they have plenty of 209 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: time they get this figured out. In the first six games, 210 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 1: and you're gonna hear a lot about twelve personnel because 211 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: of a trade McBride and Max Williams, and then I 212 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 1: think they should shorten the game and run the football. 213 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: You know, they got a good one two punch, depending 214 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: on who the backup is, like Keante Ingram from USC. 215 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,079 Speaker 1: I think Jonathan Ward's more of a special teams player. 216 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: You know, Benjamin He's got to play on special teams, 217 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 1: Jaylen Samuel's and I think they'll add another running back here. 218 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 1: But you've got to figure out a way. But I 219 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: like the fact that you know you're not waking up 220 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: in September and you hear that hops out for six weeks. 221 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 1: Now you're scrambling right the way that the offense struggle 222 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: which Kingsbury minute too last season when they did not 223 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: have Hopkins, that was all making changes throughout the season, 224 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: and now you have plenty of time to game plan 225 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: for that. So my standards are definitely higher not having 226 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,319 Speaker 1: Hopkins on the field for this team than it was 227 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: last season. You mentioned zach Ertz taking lead this year, 228 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: and I think that's a sneaky player because you think 229 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: about you know, year two, year three players someone like 230 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,680 Speaker 1: Rondo Moore really stepping up, and those are the players 231 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 1: we talk about. But Art is a great player as well, 232 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: because he didn't even have a full season last year 233 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: after being traded, and so I think you're right. He 234 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,439 Speaker 1: ought he had that chemistry right off the bat with 235 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, and I think him playing twelve personnel with 236 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: Max Williams if he's healthy. If not true McBride, who 237 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: is more of that blocking tight end, I think will 238 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: be a really great pair OTAs is for us. At 239 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: least on the side. It appears like more of the 240 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:33,319 Speaker 1: light work, right, there's not intense practicing going on again, 241 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 1: it's more about those mental reps. So taking that into consideration, 242 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: let's make it a little broad and say new Cardinals players, 243 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: whether that's rookies, whether that's free agency signings. Anybody knew 244 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: to a Cardinals jersey today who was it nice to 245 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:48,959 Speaker 1: kind of see out in the field or maybe he 246 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: was like, oh, he looks a little faster than I thought. 247 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: Oh he's a little taller than I thought. You know 248 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:54,439 Speaker 1: who kind of stood out to you. That would be 249 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 1: a new Cardinal that you saw in the field today, 250 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 1: Nick Vigil And he's an underrated signing in obviously they 251 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 1: moved down from Jordan Hicks and they actually switched teams. 252 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks is with the Vikings now. And I know 253 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: that Isaiah Simmons and Zavan Collins are going to be 254 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 1: here inside linebackers, And I think when you look a 255 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 1: guy like Kennard, he's probably more of a first and 256 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: second down linebacker where he gets set the edge. But 257 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: I think we're going to see all three of those 258 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 1: linebackers on the field, along with possibly Marcus Golden, and 259 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: then we'll see how many of these rookies and some 260 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: of these uh, you know, other guys step up. But yeah, 261 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 1: I mean I read about him, and you know he 262 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: probably didn't. Fans were you know, they were getting ancy. 263 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 1: We didn't sign anybody. The whole idea was to resign 264 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 1: your own players. This team was seven and old last 265 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: year ten and two, and you can't resign everybode. Obviously, 266 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: Chandler moved on, Christian Kirk moved on, Chase Simmons, and 267 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: those guys gonna be hard to replace. But I like 268 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: where Ron del morris. I think bringing ag greenback it 269 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: was huge because all of a sudden doesn't put a 270 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: ton of pressure on Antoine Wesley and really Hollywood Brown. 271 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: I mean you could see zach Ertz the way he talked. 272 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: He said, I've never played with a guy like this before. 273 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,679 Speaker 1: Now ERTs. You know again, I don't want to go 274 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: back to that Rams game, but with Eric Weddle coming 275 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 1: out of retirement, I would have thought they would have 276 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: targeted him. And I'm not exaggerating fifteen times in that game, 277 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: but when you're down twenty one nothing to go for 278 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:17,199 Speaker 1: three outs, it's hard to there's not one possession you 279 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: can score those points. But he is a mismatch. You 280 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 1: can line you can go four wide. Okay, you're three 281 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: wide receivers and have ERT's in the slot. And one 282 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: thing he told us last year, you know, because he's 283 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 1: really savvy, he watches a ton of film, he takes 284 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: care of his body, is that in the first quarter 285 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 1: He'll run a route, but in the fourth quarter, I'm 286 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: gonna change that route because now I see some tendencies. 287 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 1: So he's really high in football. Like Houton, I've made 288 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: this comment a few times. I think when it comes 289 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: to James Connor, zach Ertz, Colt McCoy, all these guys 290 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,079 Speaker 1: that have been here for a year, AJ Green, you're 291 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: going to see them more comfortable. You go to a 292 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: new team and you're JJ Watt. You know, you got 293 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: people respect them and they wouldn't look how they work. 294 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: But you're too. And that's the reason why they retained 295 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: a lot of these players because they feel comfortable. Yeah, 296 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 1: you'd like to go out and spend big money and 297 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: free and seebe we know that's fool's gold. I mean, 298 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: you know Jackson went out and spend a ton of money. 299 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: Obviously they're building for the future. How many games are 300 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 1: going to win this year? So the Cardinals have more 301 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: intel when it came to their own players, and I 302 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: do like some of these undrafted free agents. There's a 303 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: couple of wide receivers out there, thirty three. That guy 304 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: can fly, and I think you can never have enough 305 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: depth on this roster, so I think they brought in 306 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: two or three wide receivers, obviously an offensive lineman and 307 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: then running back. I really like Ronnie Rivers, his father 308 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: played in the league. He looks like David met Mega 309 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 1: out there and we're seeing other guys, and I know 310 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: Cliff really likes Greg Dortch. I thought Dorge to me 311 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: today looked like he has grown a little bit from 312 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: not so much from getting faster, but just a little 313 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: bit stronger, more assertive himself. He was watching him catch 314 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 1: punts and you know last year you're kind of, you know, 315 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: looking for the ball and here it's in the sun. 316 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: So Darts is a guy that you know. And then 317 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: Antoine Wesley, I mean the fact that he played for 318 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: Kingsbury Kyler trust him. He's a big target. So it's 319 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: going to be interesting just how they utilize his receivering corps, 320 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: because I still think that they may have to go 321 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: out and try to get another one you know, maybe 322 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: short term. I don't know if that's o BJ because 323 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: he won't be ready for November. Des Brian he hasn't 324 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 1: played in a couple of years, so I wouldn't think. 325 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: But that's why I'm leaning with more twelve personnel and 326 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: running the football and make sure your defense is stout, 327 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: because when this team was rolling on the road, they 328 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: were forcing a ton of turnovers and we didn't see 329 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: that late in season. This wide receiver's corps has a 330 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 1: lot of consistency really, with the exception of Christian Kirk, 331 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: who is now with Jackson Developed or signing with them 332 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,479 Speaker 1: in free agency. Coaching staff has a lot of consistency 333 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 1: as well, which is very helpful. The defense, there are 334 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: a few key players and that's enough to make a 335 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: big difference you would expect on defense. There's no Chandler Jones, 336 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: no Jordan Hicks who was calling the defense right, we're 337 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 1: expecting that to now be Zaven Collins as he's heading 338 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: into year two. Buddha Baker, when he was talking to 339 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: the media today, was saying he's going to put a 340 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: lot of that leadership on his shoulders as a veteran 341 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: as Pro Bowl player who's proven himself and his abilities. 342 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: And it is interesting because you wonder if you really 343 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: only truly lost those big names of Chandler Jones and 344 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks, should you be super concerned if the defense 345 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: really hasn't had that much shaking up? Now? Those were 346 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: still big time players, playmakers on this defense. So are 347 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: you concerned though, of what this defense could do on 348 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: the field. I know it's early, but just you know, 349 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: looking at the different faces on defense, I mean, what 350 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 1: is your level of confidence I guess of what you 351 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: would expect from them this far out? Well, I mean 352 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: we need to see the growth of his Avan Collins. 353 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: You know, I'm a big Chandler Jones fan, and you 354 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: know you're not going to be at a place or 355 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: a guy that's had a you know, he had a 356 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: great career with the Cardinals, one of the better trades 357 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: they made under Steve kime Is. But he disappeared a 358 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: lot last year and you know, obviously he was going 359 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: into a contract year. I mean the way he started 360 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: and sometimes you know, we get fixated on sacks, but 361 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 1: it's always really about hurries, pressures and knockdowns getting that 362 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: quarterback off his spot. I think Ron del Moore can 363 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,959 Speaker 1: replace Christian Kirk. I think he may have more upside up, 364 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: you know, just from a speed standpoint. And Jordan Hicks, 365 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,640 Speaker 1: I mean, in fairness to him, he played a lot, 366 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 1: he got everyone lined up, and he was one of 367 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 1: the best players in training camp last year, so he 368 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 1: earned the job. But a lot of those tackles were 369 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: five or six yards down the line of scrimmage. And 370 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 1: that's not on him. That's on the front. When you 371 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: lose a JJ Watt and Jordan Phillips, you know, is 372 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 1: not able to play week in and week out. So 373 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: I think Vans, we know. I think you've learned it 374 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,239 Speaker 1: since you've been here. Vance is going to come up 375 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: with schemes and you know, as here, I think he 376 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: really wants to play man to man press. And when 377 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 1: I look at these cornerbacks, and it wouldn't surprise me. 378 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:09,400 Speaker 1: You know, if Robert Alford is on the radar, he's 379 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 1: still a free agent. But if I had a guess 380 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:14,640 Speaker 1: right now, Danny, I would look at the good news. 381 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: Antonio Hamilton, Byron Murphy and Jeff Gladney could all play 382 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: inside and outside, okay, and Murphy's natural position is probably 383 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,360 Speaker 1: on the inside, and Marco Wilson is strictly an outside guy. 384 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:31,400 Speaker 1: Alford's an outside guy. So if they had a lineup tomorrow, 385 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: I would think their three cornerbacks would be Murphy in 386 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,639 Speaker 1: the slot, Marco on the left side, and then Jeff 387 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,479 Speaker 1: Gladney on the other side, and then you have Buddha 388 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,880 Speaker 1: Baker and Jalen Thompson, so you can never have enough depth. 389 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,680 Speaker 1: And then Antonio Hamilton. You know, he was throwing the 390 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: mix last year with Borders and he's really a good 391 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: special teams player. So we all know if you're not starting, 392 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 1: you got to play on special teams. You know. Speaking 393 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 1: of Buddha Baker, did you know where I'm going? Clearly? 394 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: Buddha tweeted recently that he went to a bar by 395 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:08,160 Speaker 1: himself one night. That was all. It's all he tweeted, 396 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:10,679 Speaker 1: And it was brought up at the end of the 397 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 1: press conference today somebody asking, you know, did you make 398 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,959 Speaker 1: any friends? Did you have a good time? And I 399 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 1: think he caught all of us off guard because he said, yeah, 400 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,120 Speaker 1: I sat at the bar, I drink a lot of water, 401 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: and you know I made some friends. But you know 402 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,159 Speaker 1: I told them all my name was James, and we 403 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: were like, what, like, nobody recognized you. He was like, no, 404 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 1: it was dark. I told him my name was James, 405 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 1: and someone's well, if your name was James, what was 406 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: your profession. It's like, yeah, you asked that. He was 407 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 1: a great question because he's like, well, you know, I 408 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 1: didn't get to that part in a conversation with anybody, 409 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 1: but I think my answer would have been a dentist, 410 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: and he had all of us cracking it. Can you 411 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,679 Speaker 1: imagine like if you go up to your go up 412 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:54,679 Speaker 1: to this guy, you're having conversation at the bar, and 413 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: it's Buddha Baker, but he tells you his name is 414 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 1: James and he's a dentist. First thing you look as teeth. 415 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: He has good teeth, though I feel I would maybe 416 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: believe that I just find a hard see a dentist 417 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: is like forty years old, right right, Yeah, No, he 418 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 1: does not look for it. He's not anywhere near forty. 419 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 1: I just think it's funny that, like I feel like, 420 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: maybe that's just because we're so in the middle of 421 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:17,719 Speaker 1: all of this that Buddha, who is one of the 422 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: most social and charismatic players on this team, does so 423 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 1: much content with us and on his own that like 424 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: he would go to a bar. I mean, this guy's 425 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: he's been an All Pro player, he's gone through the 426 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl. I mean, he's one guy that can do 427 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:31,360 Speaker 1: the flip. I mean he talked about the injury last 428 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: year was obviously, you know, very scary, but he remembers everything. Yeah, 429 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: I mean, boodh is He's to me, Buddha is really 430 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 1: the glue of the defense. You know, Chandler, you know, 431 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: I thought Marcus Colden's kind of the energy Marcus Golden 432 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: brings the Buddha to me is the glue of this defense. 433 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: And to me, um and correct me if I'm wrong, 434 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 1: But I got the impression that maybe because Chandler was here, Um, 435 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: you know, he knew his his his position. It really 436 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 1: gets layers. Do you line JJ linebacker then DBS. But 437 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 1: it sounds like he's going to be a little bit 438 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: more revocal this year. Did you get that impression? I 439 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 1: diaget that impression. Yeah. And Buddha was saying that you 440 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: know that they know safeties call themselves quarterbacks of the defense, 441 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: from where they line up and what they're able to 442 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: see and just being able to really communicate, especially with 443 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: two young inside linebackers and Zaven Collins and Isaiah Simmons 444 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: of are we seeing the right things? Are we making 445 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 1: the right calls and working cohesively as a defense, And 446 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 1: I definitely got that same vibe of it almost seems 447 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 1: like how much more can Buddha put on his shoulder? 448 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 1: Is because he's always been a leader and always leading 449 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: by example, and he said, you know, he can handle that. 450 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 1: He knows that he has to step up, especially after 451 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: losing Chandler Jones in free agency. There was some exciting 452 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: news that broke this morning. I was surprised, did you 453 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 1: know about this? No, nobody knows about this. Okay, I'm 454 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 1: just saying, like, you know, you hear things. But I 455 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: woke up and I'm like, secret, The secret was well kept. 456 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: The Arizona Cardinals will be featured on HBO's Hard Knocks 457 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: this season. So last year was the first year Hard 458 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: Knocks did an in season team with the Indianapolis Colts. 459 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 1: They always do a preseason where they're following throughout training 460 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: camp in preseason. This year it's the Detroit Lions and 461 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,200 Speaker 1: then Colts were the first in season team last year, 462 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 1: and this year it's going to be the Cardinals. So 463 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 1: NFL Films will be out here. Now, the first episode 464 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:33,399 Speaker 1: doesn't come out until November week eight, but it's going 465 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 1: to be exciting because cameras and meeting rooms and getting 466 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: to know players off the field a little bit more 467 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 1: and a whole different access that even though we get 468 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: amazing access internally as our media department team, NFL Films 469 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 1: is going to be able to get stuff that we aren't, 470 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,439 Speaker 1: which I think is really great for everybody involved. And 471 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury at the podium had some really great answers 472 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 1: about this. You know, of course this is great for 473 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 1: the brand and the organization and getting more eyeballs on 474 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 1: this and getting to know the players and the coaching 475 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 1: staff on and off the field and shedding some light 476 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:11,120 Speaker 1: on all of that. And there were pros and cons 477 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: I think that come to this. And you know, when 478 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 1: somebody asked Cliff, who do you think the standout star 479 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,959 Speaker 1: would be, he was just as funny as Buddha because 480 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: Kingsbury said, you know, I would love for them to 481 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 1: follow d Hop around those six weeks he's suspended. It 482 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,160 Speaker 1: got to keep me in the loop, which I thought 483 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: was pretty clever. Yes, I don't think they will but 484 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:36,120 Speaker 1: I think that is great hope. Yes, yes, the thing 485 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 1: is back when the Cardinals made their running, when they 486 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,359 Speaker 1: would finish thirteen and three and then obviously it didn't 487 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: work out in Carolina, you were able to see NFL 488 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 1: films out here a lot. Now I know this and 489 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 1: we'll get a chance to maybe talk to Drew Stanton, 490 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 1: who may join us tomorrow. Is that Carson Palmer and 491 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks did not want any cameras in their room. 492 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 1: So there's there's stipulations there right, there's the team is 493 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: allowed to at the end of the day say yes 494 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 1: or no to things. Right now. Personality wise, they were 495 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 1: in the defensive backs room Tyron Matthews or our powers 496 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: Rashad Johnson. They had a lot of personality, so it 497 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 1: was good and it was times when the things weren't 498 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 1: going well and Matthew would get up there. So but 499 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: I couldn't agree more. We see a face in behind 500 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: a face mask, a jersey number, heightweight, with school you 501 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: went to. Now you think you're gonna need more personalities 502 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 1: and the branding is going to be great. Now we 503 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,159 Speaker 1: were informed today when the Colts got off to a 504 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 1: slow start, once they started opening up those cameras for 505 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: the for the team they started winning and we should 506 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 1: have beat them, or the Cardinal should have beat them 507 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: on Christmas night, so and then all or nothing. It 508 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: was so sad because you're sixty minutes away from going 509 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl and you could just see the 510 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 1: players in that locker room because it's hard to get there. 511 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: And give Cam Newton, he played really well in that 512 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: in that game. But now for the Colts, they lost 513 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 1: the last game to the Jaguars, and that was riveting 514 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: television just because here they're on this little role. Once 515 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 1: they started, you know, open the cameras in there, and 516 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,199 Speaker 1: they lose it to Jaguars. It's just so heartbreaking. And 517 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: Kingsbury said, you know, in his experience, whenever the cameras 518 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 1: are on, everyone kind of takes it up another notch. 519 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: So what might seem as a con of constantly having 520 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 1: cameras in your face might be a pro for this team, 521 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 1: especially coming off the year where they had the slide 522 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 1: they did at the end of the season. Maybe having 523 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: those cameras and every week people watching you on national television, 524 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,920 Speaker 1: maybe that's you know, a little extra boost of finishing, 525 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 1: maybe a little stronger, you know, trying something new, whatever, 526 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,880 Speaker 1: something new, whatever it takes, because we know that, you know, 527 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 1: if this team gets off to a good start, people 528 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 1: are gonna wait till December. And I get it. I mean, 529 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: and to a man, I've talked to coaches. They feel like, 530 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 1: you know, injuries were part of it, but they felt like, 531 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:05,440 Speaker 1: you know, you gotta you gotta adapt. If you're missing Hopkins, 532 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,399 Speaker 1: you gotta you have to adjust and adapt. But I 533 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: know they had a deep dive after the season and 534 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 1: we can't predict what's going to happen just based on 535 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: the schedule and who's healthy or not. But you got 536 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,159 Speaker 1: to be playing your best football going into the postseason, 537 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 1: and that wasn't the case. And again J. J. Watt 538 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: missed a ton of time hop Us out there, and 539 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: those are two guys that you're relying on on game day. 540 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 1: So I think it's great. And you know, Michael Bidwell 541 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 1: does a great job with the organization. So I'm glad 542 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: that the Cardinals got picked and now we're going to 543 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,959 Speaker 1: see stuff. It's no different than the flight plan, right right, 544 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 1: Cardinals flight Plan, and you can check all those episodes. 545 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: Great great behind the scenes. So there's been I think 546 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: three episodes out so far, and we work here, excuse me, 547 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: and we don't we don't hear those calls on draft, right, right, 548 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 1: you're great behind the scenes. Yeah, so, and this is 549 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,200 Speaker 1: going to be on steroids because you gotta films, right, 550 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 1: a lot more cameras. Yeah, and there are players who 551 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: have experience, which is going to be helpful because veterans 552 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: on the field and they have experience in these situations. 553 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 1: JJ Watt with the Texans with hard knocks, zach Ertz 554 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 1: with the Eagles with all or nothing, the Cardinals in 555 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen all or Nothing. DJ Humphries and Marcus Golden 556 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 1: were both on the team then. So there's still some 557 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: experience of you have some players here who kind of 558 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:22,400 Speaker 1: understand having the cameras and you know, maybe different comfort 559 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 1: levels or opening up a little. But you have players, 560 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: handful of players in the locker room, players who haven't 561 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,639 Speaker 1: experienced that they can go to them. Hey, you know 562 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 1: they gotta be saying this, or can I say this? 563 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: You know, things like that. How about how about Antoine Wesley? 564 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,160 Speaker 1: Everywhere I think it was Tyler Drake. He was asking 565 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: who's going to be the star, and first he goes 566 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: probably me, but you know what he's not. They might 567 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:47,719 Speaker 1: not be wrong. Tweez. He's got a really fun personal 568 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: he does. He likes to dance a lot. Yeah, I mean, 569 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: and the fact that he's played for Kingsbury and Kyler 570 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: trust him. I mean, he's he's going to be on 571 00:27:54,760 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: the roster. I gotta think it's hop Kyler J. J. Watt. Yeah, 572 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:02,880 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm sure. But I want to think about 573 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 1: maybe not those big players who jump out to you, 574 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 1: because because on a hard knocks usually it's a guy 575 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,639 Speaker 1: that's been an undrafted free yes, or a late draft, 576 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: late draft pick. All of a sudden, you're starting to 577 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 1: see him make strides in training camp and he's competing 578 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: for a job, right, So like I think of maybe 579 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: like dB Christian Matthew who had that story of you know, 580 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: he was almost giving up his dreams of playing in 581 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,920 Speaker 1: the NFL and was going to take a managerial jobs 582 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 1: with Walmart. Yes, I mean he was so close. I 583 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 1: mean he actually was. It was his girlfriend as a 584 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 1: mom who convinced him to give football a shot and 585 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,160 Speaker 1: now look at him. That to me would be if 586 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: that works out, a great storyline, yea. If HBO's listening 587 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 1: there is your intel. Yeah, because it was a great 588 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 1: story and the fact that he's twenty five years old, 589 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 1: he ran out of eligibility, so I had to go 590 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: play at his small school. And I'll tell you what, 591 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 1: I love his size six two one ninety five. I mean, 592 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 1: that's a tall drink of water. And in this day 593 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: and age, you need you need cornerbacks that can only cover, 594 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 1: but also be at the past defenses. When you have 595 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: those long arms, it's easy to not easy, but you 596 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 1: can put yourself in a position to defend the ball 597 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: persons letting it go over your head. So that is 598 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 1: that's a good call because we didn't know anything about 599 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: that until we got a chance to interview him. Yeah, 600 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: and I think coaching staff too, that's really important of 601 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: you know, giving them their flowers, and you know they 602 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,400 Speaker 1: work very hard at their jobs. And so I love 603 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,480 Speaker 1: that idea too, that you're not just going to get 604 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 1: to know the players, they get to know the coaching 605 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 1: stuff as well. And it'll be interesting because the experience, 606 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 1: you know, is really I mean, I just think it'll 607 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 1: be interesting throughout the whole season. This is not like 608 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 1: a training camp, preseason game deal. This is all season. 609 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:39,800 Speaker 1: Having cameras in your face and in the meeting rooms, 610 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 1: and it's going to show everything well. And we get 611 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 1: a chance to talk to Vans every Thursday during the season, 612 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: and he's fascinating. I mean, he'll tell you we got 613 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 1: to stop him on first and second down. Sean Coogler. 614 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 1: It's got personality. I mean, you look at the defensive 615 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 1: backs coaches and Marcus Robinson and Greg Williams, Billy Davis, 616 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 1: Charlie Bowling the new defensive line coach. So it'd be 617 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: interested to see those personalities where we only see him 618 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 1: and when they're working so to speak, you know, and 619 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:07,200 Speaker 1: so but that's that's what it's about. It's you know, 620 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 1: we all know the top names. It's about finding stories 621 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: and they do a great job with that. They over 622 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: the years, they've done a good job with that. And 623 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: JJ Watt was on there in twenty fifteen and I 624 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 1: still remember when he was on there. What do you 625 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: remember just some of his um, his workouts, like we 626 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 1: see it every day now. You know this guy, he's 627 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 1: an animal out there. UM just how he approaches things. 628 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 1: There's like no days off. We saw that at Ota today. 629 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:36,040 Speaker 1: I mean the defensive line drills. He was going one 630 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 1: hundred percent. It felt like we were back at practice 631 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: in the middle of October. Yeah, the way J J. 632 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 1: Watt was practicing today. Hey, and I asked him a 633 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 1: few weeks ago because I give him a ton of 634 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: credit playing in that game. Obviously, you know you were 635 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: hoping he give us a spark. But he was here 636 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 1: every He was actually here the next day working out, 637 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 1: and he told me he's officially healthy. He looks in 638 00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: great shape. So they're gonna need him on the field, 639 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 1: let alone in the locker room. But yeah, I mean, 640 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 1: see when I watch him and zach Ertz practice in 641 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: Buddha Baker and Jalen Thompson. If I'm anybody on the fringe, 642 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 1: I'm like, look at the work they're putting in. I 643 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 1: got to do that, you know. I know it's hot 644 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 1: out there, and it's it's really it becomes more mental, 645 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 1: Like I've done this drill one hundred times, I got 646 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 1: to do it one hundred time more times. And so 647 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:24,959 Speaker 1: then and then for some of these guys that are 648 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: running fourth or fifth string, you don't get as many opportunities. 649 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 1: So when you're in there, you feel the pressure that 650 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: you know. But I asked Zach what was like him 651 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 1: being a rookie and he had really good tight ends 652 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: there and Brince Selik and James Casey, But he said, 653 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 1: just play fast. I mean, the problem is these guys 654 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,400 Speaker 1: are learning and you'd be hopefully it becomes muscle memory, 655 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:47,480 Speaker 1: but they're afraid to make a mistake because there's so 656 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 1: much on the line. You want to make the team. Yeah, 657 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: and so, but once you like we saw Isaiah Simmons 658 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 1: slow down last year, we saw Zach Allen make a chump, 659 00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:00,080 Speaker 1: we saw Baymer Murphy in the first half, once a 660 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: game slows down for you, you can play faster and 661 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 1: you're more comfortable play play the way you play yourself 662 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 1: when you're when you're thinking, you're going to hurt the 663 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 1: team because you're not you're not sure what you're supposed 664 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,280 Speaker 1: to do. And that's what these these off season workouts. 665 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 1: Before Kingsbury sentence Pressor that there was a rookie who 666 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 1: said to him, I thought I knew what the NFL 667 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: would be like, getting here at six in the morning 668 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 1: in the hot tubs, starting my morning, getting ready for workouts. 669 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,640 Speaker 1: But then I see JJ Watt at six in the 670 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: morning has already worked out showered and done his recovery 671 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: and is done for the day. So is a work 672 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,640 Speaker 1: ethic is unmasked well. And when it comes to these rookies, 673 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: I mean there's no rules. See Batromanton, I don't think 674 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 1: you can keep me here for four hours because of 675 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 1: the uh the CBA. I leave the building four quarter 676 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 1: to five and I see these rookies there. They they're 677 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 1: getting a bust over in a van and it's like 678 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: four forty five and they're under a tree because they're 679 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 1: trying to stay in the shade and they get out 680 00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 1: on this nice bus and they take them to the 681 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaker 1: hotel and it's it's a job all day. You're you're 682 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:06,720 Speaker 1: not on scholarship anymore. See the veterans four hours, good 683 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: to go. When they get there, they'll have benefited from him. 684 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:11,680 Speaker 1: But the rookies, they can keep me here to like, 685 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 1: you know, it's not like you're trying to, you know, 686 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,880 Speaker 1: overwork them. It's just this is your craft. You want 687 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 1: to make sure you're prepared every single day you go 688 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,959 Speaker 1: in that meeting when if they ask you a question, 689 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:26,440 Speaker 1: and so it takes time. But I'm sure they when 690 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 1: they go back to the hotel, they're drinking a lot 691 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 1: of water, looking at that playbook, probably not playing video games, 692 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:34,600 Speaker 1: because that's that wake up call comes very early and 693 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,600 Speaker 1: it's not like you can hit the snooze button because 694 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,240 Speaker 1: this is you've got to be on time here. This 695 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 1: is about being a pro. And Buddha Baker mentioned that 696 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:43,760 Speaker 1: today as well as pressor that for these rookies, it's 697 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,040 Speaker 1: it's about helping them now at this point in the 698 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,120 Speaker 1: off season, because by the time you get to training camp, 699 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 1: it is much harder for you to earn a spot 700 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 1: if you haven't already earned one already, and there is 701 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:55,200 Speaker 1: no excuse to not know any of the plays or 702 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,240 Speaker 1: what you're seeing on the field. That's a great observation 703 00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:00,360 Speaker 1: because he said, we get coached up, we do reps, 704 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:01,959 Speaker 1: and you get to camp and you don't know if 705 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 1: it's an over and under on the defensive a line. 706 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:08,240 Speaker 1: He said, that's on you. So and it's not easy. 707 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,319 Speaker 1: And you know, we can sit here and look at 708 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,839 Speaker 1: their forty times and how big and fast they are. 709 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:16,640 Speaker 1: There's two things. It's tough for general managers. What's between 710 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:22,040 Speaker 1: the years, Okay, can you retain information? Can you can 711 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,120 Speaker 1: you play faster? And then what's in the heart and 712 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,359 Speaker 1: my motivate to be in the NFL. Oh, it would 713 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,560 Speaker 1: be great, and there's a difference, and you can do 714 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,719 Speaker 1: all the research you can, and I think a lot 715 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:32,400 Speaker 1: of these guys want to be great that are on 716 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,000 Speaker 1: the airs on the Cardinals. You could say that about 717 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 1: a lot of teams. But some guys, you know, it's 718 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,760 Speaker 1: it's a job for them and they're on the wrong profession. 719 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: Real quick, before we wrap this up, anything specific stand 720 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,520 Speaker 1: out to you from today? Anything now? Yeah, I want 721 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: to make a clarification because Antonio Hamilton is now wearing 722 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 1: UM thirty three, which he wore last year. So the 723 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:53,000 Speaker 1: guy I was referring to his Christian Blake, he's wearing 724 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 1: thirty nine offense they have two thirty nine is Jas Whittaker. 725 00:34:56,520 --> 00:35:00,800 Speaker 1: He's six one, he's twenty five years old than Illinois 726 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,759 Speaker 1: and to me, he stood out in the rookie mini 727 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:11,399 Speaker 1: camp and then they undrafted quarterback number sixteen, Jarrett Gee. 728 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:17,560 Speaker 1: It's a long last name, right, Granto. I'm probably scoring 729 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,759 Speaker 1: up this guy. He has an arm like. I'm looking 730 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:22,880 Speaker 1: forward to see him because we got a chance to 731 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 1: see a lot of trace McSorley today and Cooke McCoy. 732 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:29,719 Speaker 1: We're gonna see Trace McSorley in every preseason game, and 733 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 1: then we're gonna see this as young. He went to 734 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:35,799 Speaker 1: Tennessee for four years, okay, and then he went to 735 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:39,040 Speaker 1: Washington State. He had a knee injury. But man, when 736 00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:42,520 Speaker 1: they had two tryout quarterbacks and when Kyler got here, 737 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:44,800 Speaker 1: Bret Henley was on the roster. And I'm just like, okay, 738 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,120 Speaker 1: Bret Helen's eve and watching college where the ball was 739 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:50,000 Speaker 1: like night and day, like the ball comes out this 740 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 1: this young man. I mean, who knows worst case scenar 741 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,240 Speaker 1: will practice squad and then he can run the scout 742 00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:58,600 Speaker 1: team war when the Cardinals are playing a mobile quarterback. 743 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,200 Speaker 1: But eventually you like to get that similar skill set 744 00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:04,800 Speaker 1: that Kyler to be the backup in the future. The 745 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:07,600 Speaker 1: Colt McCoy has been a huge edition for Kyler Murray. 746 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:10,040 Speaker 1: But again, we're going to see a lot of these 747 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,160 Speaker 1: guys in the preseason, and I don't think we're going 748 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:14,480 Speaker 1: to see a lot of the veterans in the preseason. Well, 749 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,040 Speaker 1: the most exciting part of OTAs is that we get 750 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:20,120 Speaker 1: real football and we are inching closer and closer to 751 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:23,080 Speaker 1: that home opener the season opener for the Arizona Cardinals 752 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,720 Speaker 1: at State Firm Stadium hosting Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas 753 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:29,239 Speaker 1: City Chiefs, and Budho was excited about Huda always says 754 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:31,239 Speaker 1: it's one week at a time, so he said, right now, 755 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:34,080 Speaker 1: he's just focused on Week one against the Chiefs and 756 00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:35,880 Speaker 1: it's Patrick Mahomes, so you're gonna need a lot of 757 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:37,799 Speaker 1: time to get ready to And I remember they played 758 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:39,920 Speaker 1: him in Kansas City and they lost that game. I 759 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:41,919 Speaker 1: was hoping he would go like, I'm like he could 760 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:45,600 Speaker 1: AFC weston back to back weeks. No, he's he's like 761 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:47,719 Speaker 1: Chase last year, One game at a time, and I 762 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:51,319 Speaker 1: hope that's the approach because they cannot have that tail 763 00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:53,719 Speaker 1: spin at the end of the season. Again. Hopefully they 764 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:57,400 Speaker 1: eat it and they earn it and they learned by it. 765 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:01,480 Speaker 1: Ota coverage coverage throughout the rest of the week, throughout 766 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:04,120 Speaker 1: of the throughout the rest of the offseason, of course, 767 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 1: all on Acy Cardinals dot Com. Thanks too much for 768 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:10,200 Speaker 1: listening to Cardinals Cover Too, presented by Honda, proud partner 769 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:11,799 Speaker 1: of the Arizona Cardinals. That's going to do it for 770 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,359 Speaker 1: us today. For Mike Direci, I'm Danny Siak. We will 771 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:15,120 Speaker 1: talk to y'all soon.