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Speaker 2: There, what's going on, Paulie? How you doing well?
Speaker 6: Ding dong?
Speaker 5: The off season is over, wolf next stop training camp?
Speaker 7: Yeah?
Speaker 2: You know, Polly, it's interesting because the due point is
Speaker 2: coming up right now. Okay, the due point. I don't
Speaker 2: know if you happen to notice, Paul, fifty three. As
Speaker 2: a matter of fact, when it gets to fifty five degrees, Paul,
Speaker 2: the due point three days in a row. It's truly
Speaker 2: monsoon season. Will that happen? When will that happen? I
Speaker 2: have no idea, but you can almost feel it right now.
Speaker 2: When I feel the due point coming up here in
Speaker 2: the basin, PAULI I immediately think of football, and I
Speaker 2: think of training camp.
Speaker 5: Well, it can't come soon enough, because all I see
Speaker 5: is in the extended forecast by Sunday, it's going to
Speaker 5: be one ten plus for an extended stretch. So here
Speaker 5: we go, Cardinals, coming off the off season, brand new
Speaker 5: head coach, brand new culture. Dare we say Jonathan Gannon?
Speaker 5: So before we commence with what we observed and heard
Speaker 5: from the Cardinals here in twenty twenty three, the Cardinals
Speaker 5: new head coach was asked, where does the team stand
Speaker 5: exactly after Mini Camp?
Speaker 8: At a point there in the offseason, I felt like
Speaker 8: we're moving fast on a lot of things, a lot
Speaker 8: of different balls in the air, But I really like
Speaker 8: where we are as far as where we are right
Speaker 8: now at the end of Mini Camp and a lot
Speaker 8: of work to be done this summer. But I think
Speaker 8: that we set a good foundation for when we come
Speaker 8: back here. You know it's going to be it's going
Speaker 8: to be ratcheted up.
Speaker 5: Just to tad two words. We've heard plenty of wolf
Speaker 5: and it's a favorite phrase of Jonathan Gannon winning behavior.
Speaker 5: It either is or it isn't. And he's trying to
Speaker 5: check those boxes of accountability, attention to detail, all out
Speaker 5: effort all the time. These are all things you can control.
Speaker 5: We have no idea what's going to happen in camp.
Speaker 5: We have no idea what's gonna happen this season. I
Speaker 5: guess what the things you can control. He's been very
Speaker 5: much in favor of trying to set once again that
Speaker 5: winning behavior no matter what the Cardinals are doing at
Speaker 5: any point in the process.
Speaker 2: That's exactly right, Polly. And when you're talking about behavior
Speaker 2: as well, you're talking about the behavior as it relates
Speaker 2: to culture and what your culture is. I know it's
Speaker 2: an overused term, Polly, it's an overused word, but it's
Speaker 2: so legit. It's something that is so integral to the
Speaker 2: success of a professional sports team, in particular because money
Speaker 2: changes the entire dynamic. Culture is so important because it
Speaker 2: says what we do and it also says how we
Speaker 2: do it. See, that's where your behavior comes into play.
Speaker 2: It's what we do and how we do it. How
Speaker 2: are you going to behave under those two conditions. This
Speaker 2: is why this offseason was so important to JG. Because
Speaker 2: he's trying to lay the foundation of what they do
Speaker 2: and how they're gonna do it for training camp coming up.
Speaker 5: And I'll give you a real life example. You tell
Speaker 5: me if this is on point or not. Because Craig
Speaker 5: Reel and myself. We were going through some of these
Speaker 5: stats regarding penalties over the last three years twenty twenty,
Speaker 5: the Cardinals are the most penalized team. Right They had
Speaker 5: the most false starts last year, third most penalized team,
Speaker 5: but the most accepted penalties against the Cardinals in the NFL.
Speaker 5: And they led the NFL in pre snap penalties, including
Speaker 5: twenty five false starts, which was number two. See, to me,
Speaker 5: that's controllable. To me, that is culture. To me, that
Speaker 5: is attention to detail. And when we've heard the stories
Speaker 5: and I'm gonna ask Kyle solely about this a little
Speaker 5: bit later, has Jonathan Gannon held you accountable yet? Because
Speaker 5: how did the off season start with the owner? The
Speaker 5: owner instigating vast change through the organization, both the head
Speaker 5: coach and the GM and telling the media we have
Speaker 5: an accountability issue. And that's where this off season started.
Speaker 5: And guess what, I think that's the path they've tried
Speaker 5: to go down more than anything as they head into camp.
Speaker 2: And you know what, poly honestly, just to continue to
Speaker 2: harp on this a little bit here, but it's so important.
Speaker 2: Once again, when I talk about what we do and
Speaker 2: how we do it, think of the example of Zavan
Speaker 2: Collins who said he brought food into a meeting, right
Speaker 2: and JG was like, Nope, that's not gonna work. Get
Speaker 2: that out of here right now. Okay, that that right
Speaker 2: there is Okay, what do we do while we meet?
Speaker 2: Maybe it's the first thing they do is a team
Speaker 2: every morning. I'm not saying that's the truth. I'm just
Speaker 2: saying hypothetically, maybe that's what they do they meet. That's
Speaker 2: the first thing. That's what you do when you come
Speaker 2: into the facility building. You're gonna have an eight o'clock meeting.
Speaker 2: That's what you do first. And how you do it.
Speaker 2: Don't you dare bring anything to drink or anything to
Speaker 2: eat inside that meeting. That is the discipline. That's where discipline,
Speaker 2: team discipline starts, Paulie. And if you're talking about team discipline,
Speaker 2: you're really talking about what individuals. You're talking about individual
Speaker 2: player discipline. It starts with one that it goes to
Speaker 2: two and then four. You do the math, paul No math.
Speaker 5: That's my hashtag that I live by. But I will
Speaker 5: say this that you know that example there was zam
Speaker 5: and Collins, Hey, thou shalt not multitask because what are
Speaker 5: you doing that means you're not fully focused on what
Speaker 5: Jonathan Gandon's talking about. So I think there is cause
Speaker 5: and effect there. There is a message sin and it
Speaker 5: is a applicable to when the little things are big
Speaker 5: things in the NFL, and those little things can cost
Speaker 5: you games. So there's that. And by the way, Xavi
Speaker 5: and Collins, I'll tell you this much towards the end
Speaker 5: of camp, the end of mini camp, and you had
Speaker 5: two players say, and Dennis Gardek I'll quote him, he'll
Speaker 5: be a dominant outside backer talking about Zavon Collins. And
Speaker 5: then Josh Woods told you wolf on ninety eight to
Speaker 5: seven that Xavin Collins is quote going to be an
Speaker 5: amazing player in this league. That raised a couple eyebrows
Speaker 5: have have we missed a storyline in Xavi and Collins?
Speaker 5: Because if you're talking about position groups and where they
Speaker 5: could add to the roster, obviously edge is right up there.
Speaker 5: I'd say, d line is up there, cornerback is up there,
Speaker 5: maybe center, tight end. What's your gut feeling do you think,
Speaker 5: Manti asin Ford is this still a work in progress
Speaker 5: in what degree?
Speaker 2: Yeah? No, it is a work in progress right now.
Speaker 2: I think we're going to have a lot of veteran
Speaker 2: signings right before camp. Now we'll see how this whole
Speaker 2: thing shakes up. But Paully, I just want to go
Speaker 2: back to what you were saying about Zavon Collins and
Speaker 2: Zavon Collins being on the edge. Once again, if you
Speaker 2: were to look at Zavon Collins, where would you guess
Speaker 2: he was playing in the NFL?
Speaker 5: Yeah, in almost six five, two sixty, Yeah, Yeah, I'd
Speaker 5: say he's defensive end or an outside linebacker.
Speaker 2: Yeh, that's exactly right, Paully. That's what everybody would say,
Speaker 2: anyone who knows the NFL. You'd look at a body,
Speaker 2: you'd look at a type like Zavon Collins, and you'd say,
Speaker 2: that guy's playing on the edge. It was an anomaly
Speaker 2: that he was a Mike linebacker. When you think about it,
Speaker 2: you just don't get a lot of tall inside Mike linebackers. Now,
Speaker 2: Brian Urlacker was a big, tall Mike linebacker. Okay, Jack Lambert,
Speaker 2: you can go all the way, go all the way
Speaker 2: back to Jack Lambert's and the Pittsburgh Steelers that were
Speaker 2: winning Super Bowls. He was. He was a complete freak
Speaker 2: anomaly at six ' four for an inside linebacker right now,
Speaker 2: but you don't see a lot of them. They're typically
Speaker 2: lowered to the ground, and that's because you don't want
Speaker 2: to have somebody that's easy to get under as your
Speaker 2: mike linebacker when you're six ' five as tall as
Speaker 2: Zavian Collins. Now, all of a sudden, he's going to
Speaker 2: be out on the edge where his skills set I
Speaker 2: think really really benefits him. Now, can he learn the
Speaker 2: technique soon enough, PAULI to really make a difference on
Speaker 2: the edge. We're gonna see.
Speaker 5: And look, I can give you all these storylines that
Speaker 5: I can name names and position groups, but it always
Speaker 5: comes back to quarterback. So the number one storyline going
Speaker 5: into camp is going to be number one himself and
Speaker 5: Jonathan Ganning. Before kicking off a quick summer vacation, was
Speaker 5: asked about the outlook for Kyler Murray.
Speaker 8: Well, see long way to go, you know what I mean.
Speaker 8: I don't know if there's five or six weeks until
Speaker 8: we start, I think, or five and a half or
Speaker 8: whatever it is, But we'll take it day by day.
Speaker 8: And he's doing a good job improving his game every
Speaker 8: day in the training room, in the meeting rooms. He's
Speaker 8: out there. He's another one like Buddha. He asked a
Speaker 8: lot of questions, which is good.
Speaker 5: He's engaged, and look, we don't know. That's the honest answer.
Speaker 5: Could he be back right away in September? Sure, Could
Speaker 5: he be back in October? Absolutely, we just don't know.
Speaker 5: What we do know is when he gets back Wolf,
Speaker 5: this offense is going to look a lot different than
Speaker 5: the scheme he just ran the last four years.
Speaker 2: There's no doubt about it, Bully, and that is That's why,
Speaker 2: once again, in a gross simplification of the truth, you're
Speaker 2: looking at a year that most people believe is going
Speaker 2: to be a rebuilding year for the Arizona Cardinals. Who knows,
Speaker 2: we've seen Brian Dabile, of course, have great success with
Speaker 2: the New York Giants during a rebuild, still getting him
Speaker 2: into the postseason. I don't think there's a lot of
Speaker 2: people out there that look at the Arizona Cardinals and
Speaker 2: think they're going to win twelve games, ten games get
Speaker 2: into the postseason. I don't think there's a lot of
Speaker 2: analysts that are out there that look at the Arizona
Speaker 2: Cardinals and think they're going to win a lot. But
Speaker 2: what they are going to do is start building this
Speaker 2: team from the ground up once again. In this this
Speaker 2: to me is so important for Kyler Murray that he
Speaker 2: learns how to play from under center. I've talked about
Speaker 2: it for a long long time. Paully, He's got to
Speaker 2: evolve that part of his game. Kenny do it, Kenny
Speaker 2: do it. That's what this season is really gonna be about.
Speaker 2: In a gross simplification of the truth.
Speaker 5: Cole McCoy, when asked about the offense just a couple
Speaker 5: of weeks ago, said quote, it's all new. Everybody has
Speaker 5: gone back to school. So yeah, that peaked Oark curiosity.
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Speaker 5: rookie linebacker at ASU Scottsdale. Guy, what does it mean
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Speaker 9: A pump fake by Martinez Now throws across the middle
Speaker 9: intercept it. Kyle Solely caught that one just off the
Speaker 9: turf and solely the Sun Devil's Senior captain mix up
Speaker 9: for the interception the first of the year for the
Speaker 9: Arizona State defense.
Speaker 5: The unmistakable voice of ASU Athletics Tim Healy, and that's
Speaker 5: sort of three time team captain at ASU sounds like
Speaker 5: I mean you talk about all Arizona from first team
Speaker 5: All State at Swarrow High School to ASU's leading tackler
Speaker 5: each of the last two years, to Arizona Cardinals rookie
Speaker 5: who joins US now on the Big Red Rage presented
Speaker 5: by santan Ford in Gilbert. We say good evening. Kyle
Speaker 5: Solely is in studio and is rocking some Cardinals gear. Kyle,
Speaker 5: how are we doing it? And how did it feel?
Speaker 5: How did it feel to put that on for the
Speaker 5: first time?
Speaker 10: It was great, I think I said you know before,
Speaker 10: it was a surreal moment to put on the Cardinal Red.
Speaker 10: Growing up as a kid, I was obviously a fan,
Speaker 10: hometown guy through and through. I love all the hometown
Speaker 10: sports teams. So when I got to put on the
Speaker 10: Cardinal red in that jersey, it was a surreal moment.
Speaker 10: And you know, once you step on the grass, just
Speaker 10: right back to work. So it's a great opportunity. I'm excited.
Speaker 5: And your family was emotional as well. I remember you
Speaker 5: mentioned in.
Speaker 10: That absolutely absolutely, you know they love that I'm right
Speaker 10: down the street. They get to come to the practices,
Speaker 10: you know, hopefully close to the games, and it's just
Speaker 10: like I said, a dream come true and surreal moment
Speaker 10: for everyone in my family. And you know, if you're
Speaker 10: a hometown kid, you know what's better than playing for
Speaker 10: the hometown team.
Speaker 5: You know what was surreal for the media was when
Speaker 5: we realized you were nine when the Cardinals made the
Speaker 5: Super Bowl run. So that was a reality check for
Speaker 5: a lot of us around here. That's middle aged guys.
Speaker 5: So but what do you remember from the Super Bowl
Speaker 5: running and who was your guy? Did you have a
Speaker 5: favorite player back then?
Speaker 10: My favorite player was Fitzgerald for sure, And honestly, the
Speaker 10: memories from that game was just heart wrenching. I can't lie.
Speaker 10: I was actually watching it with my family at another
Speaker 10: family who was a Steelers fan, so it was one
Speaker 10: of those like everyone's cheering, I'm like heartbroken at James
Speaker 10: Harrison running back, you know, right, an interception one hundred yards.
Speaker 10: But you know, those memories stick with me forever.
Speaker 5: And did you ever ask your folks later, wait a minute,
Speaker 5: why did we watch Super Bowl forty three at the
Speaker 5: home of a Steelers family?
Speaker 10: What's I should have ran that question by them in
Speaker 10: the first place, But I think at that moment, I
Speaker 10: was just thinking about the free food and that's that's right.
Speaker 6: I did it.
Speaker 2: That's right.
Speaker 5: The trips and salsa was good, so you know, I
Speaker 5: mean so, so let me ask you this. You talked about, Okay,
Speaker 5: your hometown team, it's surreal, your family's emotional. But then
Speaker 5: not only that, but you got the call from the
Speaker 5: Cardinals from your position coach at ASU previously, Rob Rodriguez.
Speaker 10: Right, yep, yep, yep. A great relationship with him. Obviously
Speaker 10: was with him the last I believe it's three three
Speaker 10: to four years at Arizona State. I had a great
Speaker 10: relationship with him. You know, we worked closely together, so
Speaker 10: getting the call from him was actually a really special
Speaker 10: moment for me.
Speaker 5: And the connection also goes to the local pro day
Speaker 5: where he was already a member of the Cardinals' staff.
Speaker 5: In fact, defensive coordinator Nick Rawlis was talking about the
Speaker 5: benefit of that with Kyle at linebacker.
Speaker 7: We had the privilege of he was here at the
Speaker 7: local pro day, and so it was really good to
Speaker 7: be able to see him in person and work with him.
Speaker 7: You can undervalue that ability, that interaction of when you're
Speaker 7: on the field, right, And so not only did we
Speaker 7: get to see the skill set, the movement skills, but
Speaker 7: we also got to see kind of the leadership and
Speaker 7: the work ethic.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 5: I was gonna say, you know, the whole draft process, right,
Speaker 5: it's inaccurate at best. I mean, think about it, right,
Speaker 5: I mean the forty nine ers right now have the
Speaker 5: number three pick overall at quarterback and Trey Lance, but
Speaker 5: they're starting the last pick in the draft last year
Speaker 5: at brock Purty. Okay, so there's there's a high degree
Speaker 5: of difficulty in trying to forecast. What do you think
Speaker 5: Rob Rodriguez in particular knows about your game that maybe
Speaker 5: the thirty one other teams just can't because they never
Speaker 5: coached you before.
Speaker 10: Well, he's seen me work, like you know, Coach Rolla said,
Speaker 10: And I think you know, when you see me work,
Speaker 10: it stands out for me that the opportunity was just
Speaker 10: important that they got to see, you know, like they said,
Speaker 10: the skill set on the field, and just how I
Speaker 10: am around my teammates. I'm the type of guy. I'm
Speaker 10: not going to be loud and flashy, but I like
Speaker 10: to get the work in, you know. I think that's
Speaker 10: what separates myself and I enjoy being around my teammates
Speaker 10: and my guys, and I'm willing to do whatever I
Speaker 10: can to help the team win, and I think that's
Speaker 10: most important.
Speaker 5: Cardinals rookie Kyle Solely is our guest here in the
Speaker 5: Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert. Inside
Speaker 5: linebacker the position itself, how would you describe it to me?
Speaker 5: It's like you're at the epicenter of all the chaos, right.
Speaker 5: It's almost like like a game of paintball. Right, they
Speaker 5: say go and it's just mayhem everywhere. That's what I
Speaker 5: think of when I watch from the sideline and I
Speaker 5: see inside linebacker.
Speaker 10: You have to be versatile, you have to have a
Speaker 10: high football IQ. I think people often forget it's the
Speaker 10: quarterback of the defense. You've got to be smart, and
Speaker 10: you know, you got to one get your guys up
Speaker 10: front of line, and you got to know what's going
Speaker 10: on in the back end with the dB. So you're
Speaker 10: kind of that middle point, that mesh point, you know,
Speaker 10: between the defense and you kind of wear the cap
Speaker 10: you like I said, quarterback of the defense. You got
Speaker 10: to know everything that's going on, and you must be
Speaker 10: versatile and you got to have a hard nose for
Speaker 10: the football.
Speaker 5: Because all these talent evaluators they want to measure what
Speaker 5: they can measure, right, and your speed and all these
Speaker 5: three cone.
Speaker 2: And all that.
Speaker 5: But how many times do you make a play just
Speaker 5: based on your brain sh.
Speaker 6: I would say probably more times than not.
Speaker 10: It allows you to get the first step, and if
Speaker 10: you can anticipate plays, that'll help you know, jump a snap,
Speaker 10: maybe jump a route. There's a lot of different things
Speaker 10: that it can help you with. And that just comes
Speaker 10: with film study. And like I said, football IQ, and I.
Speaker 5: Realized Nolan's and pads. All right, there's no full contact,
Speaker 5: full speed football yet. But what have you picked up
Speaker 5: just watching Kaizer White for example, a veteran in the
Speaker 5: mic linebacker.
Speaker 10: Just how to go about your business as a professional.
Speaker 10: I think that's been the biggest thing for me, how
Speaker 10: to go out and work every day and work at
Speaker 10: the highest level and just be efficient with your work.
Speaker 10: And you know, it's a great, great guy to look after,
Speaker 10: a great person to model your game after. And everything
Speaker 10: I can do to learn from Kay's year, it's been.
Speaker 6: It's been a great opportunity for me as.
Speaker 5: You got older and you're here in the valley. Which
Speaker 5: inside linebackers did you admire or follow? Because when I
Speaker 5: see fifty eight on an inside linebacker, I can't help
Speaker 5: thinking about Carlos Stansby.
Speaker 6: He was a great one.
Speaker 2: People.
Speaker 10: I will say, yeah, you know, I watched a lot
Speaker 10: of a lot of games with him at linebacker in
Speaker 10: at fifty A and I'll be sure to you know,
Speaker 10: wear that with pride and you know, thinking about him.
Speaker 10: But I would say Luke Keigley was a big, big one.
Speaker 10: And then also my previous you know, linebacker coach Arizona State,
Speaker 10: Antonio Pierce, watched a lot of his tape growing up.
Speaker 10: So those are those are some guys I modeled my
Speaker 10: game after.
Speaker 5: Those guys could play, no doubt about it. So has
Speaker 5: Jonathan Gann. It held you accountable yet and I bring
Speaker 5: it up because Zavion told a story. He walks into
Speaker 5: the first team meeting, He's got his little bowl eggs,
Speaker 5: he's eating his breakfast, and then he got put on
Speaker 5: blast for a multitasking. We've had other guys. We had
Speaker 5: count ingram in here last week said, oh yeah, JG's
Speaker 5: yelled to me a couple of times and you know,
Speaker 5: or tested me. How about you? How's that going so far?
Speaker 10: Yeah, I've definitely been tested. I think it was the
Speaker 10: second meeting we had, and you know, he just brought
Speaker 10: up something in the playbook and kind of caught me
Speaker 10: on the spot in the moment. He kind of got me,
Speaker 10: and I'm not gonna lie. It was a learning moment
Speaker 10: for me, kind of one of those rookie moments. I
Speaker 10: always be on your toes and I'll never forget it.
Speaker 10: So he definitely got me.
Speaker 5: What does that do to the vibe in a team
Speaker 5: meeting when everyone has to be on point right?
Speaker 10: Yeah, I think it just keeps everyone on their toes
Speaker 10: and you understand, you know, you're in a professional environment,
Speaker 10: you're at work. When you're in the building, it's time
Speaker 10: to go. And I appreciate that aspect from him and
Speaker 10: you know, it's a good thing for rookies to learn quickly.
Speaker 5: How often have you heard the two words winning behavior
Speaker 5: from Jonathan Gannet Because I know there's not a ton
Speaker 5: you can accomplish this time of year, but it really
Speaker 5: seems like he's got a few checkpoints in terms of
Speaker 5: establishing a culture in this building.
Speaker 10: I've heard it from him quite a bit, but honestly,
Speaker 10: I think that's the best way to describe what he wants,
Speaker 10: winning behavior, And I think, you know, I've never heard
Speaker 10: that from a coach before, but I think that's the
Speaker 10: correct term for it. You know, there's certain things, little
Speaker 10: details that all add up to becoming winning behavior, and
Speaker 10: that's something I'll take with me probably for the rest
Speaker 10: of my life.
Speaker 6: And I appreciate that point by him.
Speaker 5: Kyle Solely is our guest Cardinals rookie inside linebacker. So
Speaker 5: next stop is Cardinals training camp. In the preseason games,
Speaker 5: what are you most curious to find out about the
Speaker 5: NFL game itself once the full pads go on.
Speaker 10: I'm curious to test the physicality, you know, playing linebacker,
Speaker 10: it's obviously a physical position. When we're running around with
Speaker 10: jerseys and helmets, you can't really feel that physicality yet,
Speaker 10: so once we put the pads on, I'm really curious
Speaker 10: to see how that is. And you know, just play
Speaker 10: football at the end of the day, That's what it
Speaker 10: comes down to, and I'm just excited to get out
Speaker 10: there on the grass and play football.
Speaker 5: What do you hope you've shown the coaches so far?
Speaker 10: Versatility? I hope that I showed I do have like
Speaker 10: you and I can manage the huddle. Playing Mike linebacker,
Speaker 10: it's important to manage the huddle and be able to
Speaker 10: make the correct checks and be on your toes at
Speaker 10: all times because you know, if he wants to go
Speaker 10: hurry up, you got to be ready and get your
Speaker 10: guys lined up because you know you're responsible for ten
Speaker 10: other teammates.
Speaker 6: So that's important.
Speaker 5: When you say versatility, you're talking about playing the mic,
Speaker 5: playing the will or are you talking run versus pass
Speaker 5: and being a three down.
Speaker 6: Backer run versus pass?
Speaker 10: Ability to you know, cover down outside the box, play
Speaker 10: in the box. You know, just be versatile on the field.
Speaker 10: Don't allow teams to kind of iso you one on one.
Speaker 5: What's your confidence level like right now? Have you seen
Speaker 5: enough to know, okay, I can hang in this league?
Speaker 10: I don't think I've seen enough. You know, I still
Speaker 10: have a lot to learn, and every day I try
Speaker 10: to keep that mindset. And you know, we haven't played
Speaker 10: a full game yet, so I don't even think I'm near,
Speaker 10: you know, to the point where like, okay, I feel
Speaker 10: like I'm I made it. So just every day being
Speaker 10: a learner and just trying to do the best I
Speaker 10: can to get better.
Speaker 6: And I think that's the most important.
Speaker 5: About this playbook. If there was a game tomorrow, could
Speaker 5: you call this defense?
Speaker 6: I feel confident in that. I do feel really confident.
Speaker 5: And you did that your last two or three years
Speaker 5: a day issue.
Speaker 10: Honestly, four the last four years, last four years for sure.
Speaker 5: Because I'm seeing here you played fifty three games over
Speaker 5: five years.
Speaker 2: Mm hmm.
Speaker 5: I mean that's almost exactly for example, what a rock party.
Speaker 6: Played, right, Yeah, yeah, yeah, you could say that.
Speaker 5: I mean, there's got to be a level of preparation
Speaker 5: that you feel that maybe a lot of rookies don't.
Speaker 6: You could say that.
Speaker 10: Honestly, my mindset just going into everything has just always
Speaker 10: stemmed from, you know, what I learned in college in
Speaker 10: terms of just know every position, because if you know
Speaker 10: every position, you're gonna feel more comfortable out there, and
Speaker 10: you're gonna be able to not only help yourself, but
Speaker 10: help your teammates if they you know, once the bolts
Speaker 10: start flying. So I try to take that mindset every
Speaker 10: day when I come into work and just grow from that.
Speaker 5: So players, no players, Kyle Solis, our guest Cardinals rookie.
Speaker 5: When you watch either side of the ball, is there
Speaker 5: a certain player who stands out? You're like, man, that
Speaker 5: guy's inn NFL dude, that guy has skills. Is there
Speaker 5: anybody's really stood out to you?
Speaker 10: I would say Hollywood Brown with his quickness and his
Speaker 10: quick twitch. That's one guy for sure. I would also
Speaker 10: say Michael Wilson, the rookie. He's been making plays and
Speaker 10: practice that. You know, I'm saying, you know, he's catching
Speaker 10: my eye and I'm tipping my cap to him. So,
Speaker 10: but I think once we put the pads on, it's
Speaker 10: going to start. You know, the real players will show up.
Speaker 5: Then you're as an Arizona guy. When you heard the rookies,
Speaker 5: like in early May say, man, it's hot out here,
Speaker 5: did you laugh like laugh and knowing laugh Like, oh man,
Speaker 5: you guys have no idea.
Speaker 10: I t I try my best to warn that, you know,
Speaker 10: I tell of listen, you can't over a hydrate here.
Speaker 6: It's not possible.
Speaker 10: So just make sure if you think you're drinking enough,
Speaker 10: you're having a little bit more.
Speaker 6: It's good.
Speaker 5: Well, look, it's been an introduction in the NFL. You've
Speaker 5: also had some field trips right the bowling you have
Speaker 5: then go cards.
Speaker 10: Yeah, we've had some fun and we've also got to
Speaker 10: see other people's skill set off the fields.
Speaker 5: We look forward to it, Kyle, next stop training. Can't
Speaker 5: appreciate it.
Speaker 6: Thank you appreciate it.
Speaker 5: Back right after this on the Big Red.
Speaker 11: Rage back to Pasco's Dalton. On first down buyers over
Speaker 11: the middle, the ball is tipped into the air.
Speaker 4: To pick off of the thirty yard line running left,
Speaker 4: and it's funny Marco Wilson to the ted.
Speaker 5: He high steps and then he doesn't flip into the.
Speaker 4: Ends up of the touchdown. Marco Wilson with a pick
Speaker 4: six Pavia Cardinals take the lane twenty to fourteen.
Speaker 2: Boy, did you see Marco Wilson elevate on that dude
Speaker 2: that touchdown slip.
Speaker 11: What was kind of funny is they're showing the camerangle
Speaker 11: of Andy Dalton being upset and in the background you
Speaker 11: can see Wilson launch it into the air like it's
Speaker 11: just part of the background.
Speaker 6: It looks quite humorous.
Speaker 5: That was an all time meme, no doubt about it.
Speaker 5: You guys are reacting in real time. Dave pash Ron Woefully.
Speaker 5: It's a big red rage presented by santan Ford and
Speaker 5: Gilbert We are santan Ford special. Thanks Kyle Solely, Cardinals
Speaker 5: rookie linebacker. He has been held accountable by Jonathan Gannon.
Speaker 5: Imagine that. So that was interesting. But Wolf, if I
Speaker 5: if you had to give me one memory something that's
Speaker 5: really just indelible in your memory bank from last season,
Speaker 5: wouldn't it have to be that TV low angle shot
Speaker 5: of Andy Dalton after he threw the pick six and
Speaker 5: then behind him is an airborne Marco Wilson baulting into
Speaker 5: the end zone.
Speaker 2: Paully, there's no tough about it. It's one of the best.
Speaker 2: It was turned into a meme. Yes, it was turned
Speaker 2: into a meme. Man, It was just the best one
Speaker 2: that I think I've ever seen. The look on Andy
Speaker 2: Dalton's face walking off with the flipping Marco Wilson behind him. Man,
Speaker 2: you just can't make that up ball that was.
Speaker 5: So good, Just stupid athleticism by Marco Wilson. You realize
Speaker 5: you're in the NFL when you see something like that, right,
Speaker 5: not just the play, but the finish. So Jonathan Gannon,
Speaker 5: speaking of the Cardinals new head coach, he has a
Speaker 5: lot of history coaching defensive backs and one of the
Speaker 5: big questions right now, what does that cornerback depth chart
Speaker 5: look like? We figure Marco Wilson is we don't know
Speaker 5: for sure. As for expectations of the position group, here's
Speaker 5: the head coach.
Speaker 2: We ask a.
Speaker 8: Lot of our corners, you know, with the different coverage
Speaker 8: structures that we play and things like that, like the
Speaker 8: days of having a corner that doesn't know what's going on,
Speaker 8: that's not here.
Speaker 5: No, you got to prove you can be trusted, especially
Speaker 5: as a cornerback, because a blown coverage guess what, it's
Speaker 5: not like a defensive lineman maybe blowing an assignment and
Speaker 5: there's a big hole in the B gap. No, you
Speaker 5: blow an assignment as a corner and guess what, it's
Speaker 5: most likely six points. So A, you have to be
Speaker 5: trusted by the coaches and then b guess what you're
Speaker 5: gonna have to show them you can play. So how
Speaker 5: do you read the room, that cornerback room as we
Speaker 5: go into campbell.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what, Paul, I think it does. It
Speaker 2: all starts with Marco Wilson, of course, and this guy,
Speaker 2: I really do believe he's going to take a huge
Speaker 2: step forward a couple of seasons now. And I remember
Speaker 2: going into training camp last training camp, the coaching staff
Speaker 2: was looking at Marco Wilson with a johndice that were
Speaker 2: waiting for him to actually make that leap, take that
Speaker 2: next step forward, and I think he did ultimately during
Speaker 2: that season. Marco Wilson's got good size. He's five to eleven.
Speaker 2: It's not like Marco Wilson is a five to nine
Speaker 2: corner out there. He's five eleven. He's got good size,
Speaker 2: the athleticism is there, He's got everything you need to
Speaker 2: be a very very good corner in this league. PAULI.
Speaker 2: That's why I think it's important Marco Wilson from day
Speaker 2: one of training camp takes that next step forward and
Speaker 2: truly does become CB one.
Speaker 5: And you know what, that's a great recollection because you're
Speaker 5: right by the end of camp it was Byron Murphy one.
Speaker 5: Antonio Hamilton two. Yes, Antonio Hamilton had the tragic cooking
Speaker 5: accident where he poured hot grease on his feet and
Speaker 5: he missed the first month of the season. So Marco
Speaker 5: Wilson as a default starter, really got those reps early,
Speaker 5: and to your point, he made progress throughout the season.
Speaker 5: But Antonio Hamilton is back on this roster. A sobering
Speaker 5: moment for Antonio he shared with the media when he
Speaker 5: realized he's older than his defensive coordinator. He's thirty one.
Speaker 5: Nick Rollis is about to turn thirty and speaking of coaching,
Speaker 5: here's Antonio Hamilton, the veteran corner.
Speaker 12: It's a little different, but they have such a great
Speaker 12: understanding of it, and I think that they can tell
Speaker 12: you what it is. The reason why we're doing it
Speaker 12: is just to give you that full fledged understanding of
Speaker 12: just not running cover three like you understand the principles
Speaker 12: of why we're running and doing it like this.
Speaker 5: A lot of those guys in that defensive backfield Wolf
Speaker 5: talking about how different it is, you know, Jalen Thompson said,
Speaker 5: in some ways, actually they're going to be allowed to
Speaker 5: play a little more free than under vance. Joseph which
Speaker 5: I found intriguing. He didn't really define it exactly, but
Speaker 5: I do think this coaching seven both sides of the
Speaker 5: ball is going to try and simplify things a little bit,
Speaker 5: at least out of the gate.
Speaker 2: Well. It's interesting because when you listen to JG and
Speaker 2: what he said right there, he's talking about corner. It's
Speaker 2: not a position any longer that you can just put
Speaker 2: somebody out there that has great athleticism. It used to
Speaker 2: be a situation where you know a guy and I'm
Speaker 2: just being as open and transparent as I can here,
Speaker 2: but it used to be a situation stick a guy
Speaker 2: out there. He really didn't have to know a whole
Speaker 2: lot of what you were doing. It was basically cover
Speaker 2: the guy in front of you. Right right there, you
Speaker 2: got him in man. Cover. We're playing an awful lot
Speaker 2: of man cover him in man. That's your job, that's
Speaker 2: your assignment. Right there, You've got the number one receiver.
Speaker 2: Depending on the formation, of course, and depending on the
Speaker 2: personnel grouping, you've got the number one receiver. Cover them.
Speaker 2: That's what you do right there. It's not like that anymore,
Speaker 2: and it's not a surprise with all the advanced schemes
Speaker 2: that the NFL have gone to now and what they're running.
Speaker 2: It's not like they've got brand new schemes. Paul. You
Speaker 2: heard him mentioned Cover three right there, that's three deep
Speaker 2: four underneath rush four. That is really taken over the
Speaker 2: National Football League. It's incredible to see the way that
Speaker 2: it has taken over. And everyone's got their own rules
Speaker 2: as to how and why you jump a route or
Speaker 2: jump a receiver based on that Cover three scheme. See,
Speaker 2: that's something that Bill Belichick has done for years. Cover two, Polly,
Speaker 2: everybody runs Cover two. You got two safeties high, you
Speaker 2: got five underneath, you rush for right there. Everybody runs it.
Speaker 2: What makes it different is what you tell the guys
Speaker 2: that are in the zone rooms what they should be
Speaker 2: looking for, and how they react to what they're looking for.
Speaker 2: That's what makes it different. And Bill Belichick was a
Speaker 2: master at making his Cover two different from somebody else's
Speaker 2: Cover two. Well, the same thing I think is going
Speaker 2: to apply here. The Cardinals are going to play man cover,
Speaker 2: there's no doubt about that. But this Cover three scheme
Speaker 2: as well is a big part of what they do. Now,
Speaker 2: how you teach it, that's JG. His fingerprints are all over.
Speaker 5: That and ultimately who plays it in that secondary Marco Wilson,
Speaker 5: Antonio Hamilton, Christian Matthew, the seventh rounder last year, a
Speaker 5: couple of veteran journeymen Nate Harriston, Rashot Fenn, a couple
Speaker 5: of rookies, Key Troll. Clark was impressed so far. You
Speaker 5: figured Garrett Williams the third round, when he's back from
Speaker 5: the knee injury, he'll be in the mix. But you're right,
Speaker 5: you get to week one against Washington, for example, are
Speaker 5: you sending Marco Wilson to shadow and travel with Pro
Speaker 5: Bowl receiver Terry McLaurin. Don't know, not exactly sure. They'll
Speaker 5: probably mix up coverage is what a lot of teams do.
Speaker 5: But Jonathan gan and again has a lot of experience
Speaker 5: with this position group, and he was just asked, all right,
Speaker 5: what do the cornerbacks need to have in your defense?
Speaker 8: So they got to be smart, know what's going on,
Speaker 8: and know why calls are being called, where's the stress
Speaker 8: and the strength of each call, and then be able
Speaker 8: to line up and deny the ball on the highway,
Speaker 8: which that's a lonely world out there.
Speaker 5: A couple of weeks ago, well, me and you were
Speaker 5: able to talk to Manti asifor New Cardinals GM, and
Speaker 5: we asked him about a couple of position groups where
Speaker 5: maybe there's a lot to be determined. Cornerback might be
Speaker 5: atop that power pole, and he said, well, look, we're
Speaker 5: throwing numbers at it right now, and sure enough, I
Speaker 5: just counted up. There are a dozen cornerbacks on the
Speaker 5: roster coming out of mandatory mini camp. So, man, the
Speaker 5: competition is on and the back end of that room
Speaker 5: could be anybody at this point.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Pauly, you know, it's also interesting there are some
Speaker 2: corners that are still out there as free agents. Paul.
Speaker 2: There are some guys that are still Marcus Peters. Does
Speaker 2: that peak your interest?
Speaker 5: Right, So you've been doing some homework, You've been looking
Speaker 5: at who's out there.
Speaker 2: Okay, I still, Paul, I still have this feeling. Bryce
Speaker 2: Callahan is also out there. Now. I understand that he's
Speaker 2: thirty one years old. I understand Marcus Peters is thirty
Speaker 2: years old. But these are guys that were starters in
Speaker 2: the National Football League and injuries have really beat down
Speaker 2: Bryce Callahan a little bit right here, and you could
Speaker 2: say the same for Marcus Peters. But I think their
Speaker 2: experience would make them very very appealing, and I think
Speaker 2: you could also get them at a very good rate.
Speaker 2: You could get them and it wouldn't break the bank.
Speaker 2: That would be something that I would keep my ant
Speaker 2: kind of open to do. I think the Arizona Cardinals
Speaker 2: need to go out and get these guys. No, I
Speaker 2: don't think they need to do that. But once again,
Speaker 2: I think that this roster is going to be very,
Speaker 2: very fluid, and I also think JG is going to
Speaker 2: open the entire roster up to competition.
Speaker 5: You know, the other thing that maniac Safort told us
Speaker 5: was that he's maybe not as apt to sign someone
Speaker 5: right before camp or early in camp as to wait
Speaker 5: for the waiver claims at the end of NFL training
Speaker 5: camps where teams set their final fifty three and some
Speaker 5: experienced corners might hit the open market. Now it might
Speaker 5: be one of those guys you just cited, and then
Speaker 5: that could be logical. Here's the other thing. You have
Speaker 5: a joint practice set, in fact, two of them against
Speaker 5: the Vikings. So if you get a sense of your
Speaker 5: corners against the Vikings receivers led by Justin Jefferson, you go,
Speaker 5: you know what we need a need. We have a need,
Speaker 5: we need some experience in here. And by the way,
Speaker 5: the Minnesota Vikings announced that on August twenty third, twenty
Speaker 5: four joint practices, those are going to be open to
Speaker 5: the public. So Wolf, it is like, so on right,
Speaker 5: everybody's gonna be watching Cardinals and Vikings in a joint practice.
Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, right there. So I'm thinking that the
Speaker 2: twenty third is a Wednesday, is it not?
Speaker 6: Yep?
Speaker 2: Okay, Okay, the twenty third, Polly, that's gonna be the
Speaker 2: greasy one. That's gonna be the one right there that
Speaker 2: I unless I miss my guest here, that is going
Speaker 2: to be a Wednesday. That probably is gonna be full pads,
Speaker 2: full gear right there. If you are somebody who lives
Speaker 2: up there in Minnesota, if you are somebody that loves
Speaker 2: the NFL, if you want to take a summer trip, Okay,
Speaker 2: if you are living here in Arizona and you want
Speaker 2: to take a summer trip, I would say go up
Speaker 2: to Minnesota and watch that practice, because that's gonna be
Speaker 2: the physical one. That's gonna be the greasy one. And
Speaker 2: what makes it even better with the news you just
Speaker 2: said it's going to be open to the public, and
Speaker 2: that means everybody's gonna be watching every individual drill, not
Speaker 2: just the guy your room, not just the guys that
Speaker 2: are at your position, but everybody is going to be
Speaker 2: watching your one on one as you're trying to beat
Speaker 2: a corner on a slam.
Speaker 5: Hopefully we'll be coming from Larry's place henor Larry Fitzgerald's lakehouse.
Speaker 5: Hopefully we'll be hanging out at Larry's with his cruise
Speaker 5: right over to the joint practice. We'll see by the way,
Speaker 5: Cardinals Camp first open practice July twenty seventh, First padded
Speaker 5: practice July thirty first. That should be like an official
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Speaker 5: we'll come back and talk about an all timer in
Speaker 5: Cardinals history when we return on the Big Red Rage.
Speaker 5: This is everything that you hoped it was going to be.
Speaker 1: You look out here at University of Phoenix Stadium and
Speaker 1: just see the passion and to feel the energy that
Speaker 1: is in this building right now. This is what playoff
Speaker 1: football is all about at.
Speaker 2: The beginning of the year.
Speaker 5: This is what everybody signs up for.
Speaker 13: I mean, sixteen regular season games with the promise to
Speaker 13: get to the playoffs. And it's just one of those
Speaker 13: things that I mean, you suck it up, you play
Speaker 13: off adrenaline and hopefully we'll be sitting on a parade
Speaker 13: float in downtown Phoenix.
Speaker 5: That is Clarkhagans, heck of a player, all time personality
Speaker 5: in recent Cardinals history, a guy who knew a thing
Speaker 5: or two about the NFL postseason, won oring two thousand
Speaker 5: and five with the Pittsburgh Steelers when he started opposite
Speaker 5: his college teammate at Colorado State, Joey Porter for the Steelers.
Speaker 5: Think about that, and then think about the news we
Speaker 5: received this week as we wrap with this edition to
Speaker 5: the Big Red Rage presented by Santan ford In Gilbert
Speaker 5: Paul kelvc Ron Wolfley, and I know I speak for
Speaker 5: both of us when we were shocked to learn that
Speaker 5: Clark Hagens that were now speaking of him in the
Speaker 5: past tense. He has passed away aged forty six. There
Speaker 5: was no cause of death given, and it was a
Speaker 5: thirteen year career and so many memories right the four
Speaker 5: seasons he spent with the Cardinals Wolf, including one edition
Speaker 5: of this show that honestly might have been the funniest
Speaker 5: top to bottom edition of The Big Red Rage ever.
Speaker 5: It was two thousand and eight early that season with
Speaker 5: bertrand Bury and Clark Hags was so hilarious during that
Speaker 5: show and so vibrant is a personality. I mean, the
Speaker 5: energy was just just palpable every time he ran into.
Speaker 2: Him, No no doubt about it, Paulie. It truly was
Speaker 2: who Clark Hagen's was and what he was all about.
Speaker 2: And you say memories, Paulie, I think of man, I
Speaker 2: think of what a good football player. He was not
Speaker 2: only a funny individual and a very smart guy, but
Speaker 2: a very good football player. He didn't lose a lot
Speaker 2: of physical battles on the football. He didn't and those
Speaker 2: that he he did lose, he walked through. For the
Speaker 2: most part. He was very very tough, very resilient. He
Speaker 2: enjoyed the physicality of the game as well, and just
Speaker 2: a smart guy overall. Clark haagens it's hard for me, Paulie.
Speaker 2: I know it is for you as well to imagine
Speaker 2: him no longer with us at the age of forty six.
Speaker 5: We're gonna go back into the archives and here's an
Speaker 5: episode of Wired All Access. He was wearing a microphone.
Speaker 5: It was against Seattle. It was two thousand and nine.
Speaker 5: I think you can really hear how Clarkhagan's was equal
Speaker 5: parts intense and equal parts entertaining. I'm having some fun.
Speaker 14: It's all about playing, tackling, hitting people, just being loud
Speaker 14: and crazy.
Speaker 5: Hey, let's go.
Speaker 6: You just gotta be ready always.
Speaker 11: Castlebec takes five step drop.
Speaker 4: He's in trouble and the ball comes out as he
Speaker 4: got sacked and the Cardinals have it robles on it.
Speaker 5: Twenty three. D oh, no, let's go, let's stop, let's
Speaker 5: go out.
Speaker 14: Well, I just came off the corner and hassled back,
Speaker 14: held the ball and I saw I think it was
Speaker 14: Colais fall, so I tried to just go airborne to
Speaker 14: do the superfly. Jimmy Snook at old school.
Speaker 2: W w e, oh, little children, we're playing against little children.
Speaker 6: We're fast.
Speaker 14: Everybody's athletic, and we just like to fly around to
Speaker 14: the ball. No work, no work, pushing three kaboc and
Speaker 14: cost some turnovers, get some sacks, some interceptions.
Speaker 2: Oh no, let's go.
Speaker 14: Just keep playing like just wild frenzy and just have
Speaker 14: a lot of fun doing it. You've been wired into
Speaker 14: Clark Haigns.
Speaker 5: Just being down on the sideline during his career. I
Speaker 5: was furred up just watching Clark Kagans. He was in
Speaker 5: phenomenal shape. Used to crush camelback. I mean just he
Speaker 5: would beat the entire team up there when they'd have
Speaker 5: the rookies take that hike with old strength, quotes John Lott.
Speaker 5: And then his story is like the one he told
Speaker 5: on the Big Red Rage, that one time Wolf about Halloween.
Speaker 5: He loved Halloween, loved the candy, loved dressing up. Told
Speaker 5: the story in Pittsburgh. He got the cops called on
Speaker 5: him once because he dressed up in a real Spider
Speaker 5: Man outfit and then started running and vaulting through people's backyards.
Speaker 2: Who's this guy, you know, Pully? And so it's amazing
Speaker 2: you say that because Clark Haagen's was all of six four.
Speaker 2: He was six ' four he was two hundred and
Speaker 2: forty five pounds. I think Paully somewhere in there. But
Speaker 2: this guy had to have what five percent body fat
Speaker 2: on him.
Speaker 5: Believable.
Speaker 2: So when you say when you say you know he
Speaker 2: loved Halloween, which he did, love to dress up, loved
Speaker 2: doing it. But when you say Spider Man, he was
Speaker 2: in the Spider Man outfit, to me, it makes me
Speaker 2: laugh because Clark could have he pulled that off. Hundred
Speaker 2: and forty five pounds. He pulled that off because he
Speaker 2: didn't have a rite a fat on him.
Speaker 5: The two thousand and eight year, by the way, he
Speaker 5: suffered that foot injury in mid December, but he's still
Speaker 5: such a vocal leader. As the Cardinals made that Super
Speaker 5: Bowl run, he wound up his career forty six and
Speaker 5: a half career sacks, thirteen year career, still the all
Speaker 5: time sack leader in Colorado state history. Once again, Clark
Speaker 5: Kagan's passes away at the age of forty six, much
Speaker 5: too soon, and no cause of death has been given yet.
Speaker 5: We're gonna go in the next three weeks, by the way,
Speaker 5: Wolf into the Cardinals archives. We're gonna have some special
Speaker 5: Cardinals folk tales editions of The Big Red Rage. In order,
Speaker 5: we're gonna have Thanks Coach, right, Dennis Green and the
Speaker 5: famous rant Monday night meltdown, legendary locker. This is can't
Speaker 5: miss radio Pat Tillman, the story of Pat Tillman. And
Speaker 5: we've all seen the statue out of the stadium. But
Speaker 5: the Cardinals have another museum piece and it's locker. His
Speaker 5: locker was saved from the wrecking ball, literally, and that
Speaker 5: is inside Cardinals headquarters. We'll talk all about that. And
Speaker 5: then the Miracle in the Desert. This is where the
Speaker 5: Cardinals knocked the Vikings from the playoffs. We all remember
Speaker 5: that resulted in losing the number one pick in the
Speaker 5: two thousand and four draft. But all this Shakespearean tragedy
Speaker 5: of Miracle in the Desert, the Cardinals knocking the Vikings
Speaker 5: out of the playoffs the next three weeks on the
Speaker 5: Big Red Rage.
Speaker 2: No, that sounds really really good, right there, boy. The
Speaker 2: Thanks Coach that is that's got my attention immediately right there, Pauli,
Speaker 2: and you bring up Tilman's locker. That that right there
Speaker 2: saved by our own Jim Omahundro, the best game day
Speaker 2: producer in the history of mankind, and it's incredible to
Speaker 2: hear that story. I think a lot of people listening
Speaker 2: right now you want to hear that folk tale because
Speaker 2: it specifically is hardcore history with the Arizona Cardinals, and
Speaker 2: it deals with Pat Tillman.
Speaker 5: And especially now being on the verge of training camp
Speaker 5: because Wolf we were there when Pat Tillman was a
Speaker 5: seventh round pick. Even he admitted that he thinks the
Speaker 5: Cardinals drafted him just for the mark purposes because he
Speaker 5: was such a personality, such a celebrity, a star at
Speaker 5: Arizona State. He was the Pack ten defensive player of
Speaker 5: the year. He was a media darling, right, and so
Speaker 5: he came out and he earned himself a spot out
Speaker 5: of the I mean, he was a long shot to
Speaker 5: make that roster as a tweener, and not only did
Speaker 5: he make the roster, but he was an integral part
Speaker 5: of a team that ended up winning its first playoff
Speaker 5: game in nearly a half century.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you got to remember, too, here's a guy
Speaker 2: that was poised to sign his second contract. Here's a
Speaker 2: guy that was succeeding at the NFL level, a guy that, yeah,
Speaker 2: didn't come in with a lot of fanfare. It was local,
Speaker 2: of course because of ASU, but nationally didn't come in
Speaker 2: with a lot of fanfare and suddenly just became a
Speaker 2: legendary figure to the entire country, not just Arizona, but
Speaker 2: the entire country and Pat Tillman. Paully, we had the
Speaker 2: benefit of actually getting to know Pat Tillman a little
Speaker 2: bit and it left an indelible mark on his ball,
Speaker 2: if I believe no doubt.
Speaker 5: By the way, happy birthday today to Kurt Warner. It
Speaker 5: is his birthday. And as we one last thought, I'm
Speaker 5: gonna give you wolf as we go into training camp
Speaker 5: twenty twenty three. You know your former coach Bill Belichick
Speaker 5: and his famous phrase no days off. Yes, I think
Speaker 5: by the time we're done with camp and we get
Speaker 5: the final fifty three, the phrase is going to be
Speaker 5: no allegiances. I'm real curious to see who makes this
Speaker 5: team and who doesn't make this team because you have
Speaker 5: new decision makers and the head coach, Jonathan Gannon and
Speaker 5: the GM moniasin port no allegiances. What does that mean
Speaker 5: once they get going on July twenty seventh.
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Speaker 5: thanks as always Kyle Soley, Cardinals rookie inside linebacker, Jim
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