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It doesn't 0:00:54.160 --> 0:01:00.320 get any better than that. Unleash the far. Forget about 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:05.440 the team that just clinch the NFC East, that is 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:10.959 nine and one against the NFC. It's the opponent not 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:15.280 listed on the Cardinals schedule that is the toughest foe 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:19.840 of them all because you battle this opponent seven days 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:22.920 a week. Again, We'll forget about the team of the 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:25.920 number one scoring offense and the most takeaways. Who, by 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:28.200 the way, I've only beaten three teams with winning records 0:01:28.200 --> 0:01:31.679 all year. Here's the thing the Cardinals right now, even 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:36.520 if you test negative, Okay, if you're an Arizona Cardinal, 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:39.560 you know what, you're still sick. You're sick right now, 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:42.759 the three game losing streak, and you're sick of reading 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:47.600 the headlines surging Cowboys against the sliding Cardinals or the 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:52.880 skyrocketing Dallas Cowboys against skidding Arizona. We get all that, Okay, Yes, 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:56.080 it is the Big Red Rage with Dennis Gardeck. By 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:57.920 the way, who's going to join us in a matter 0:01:57.960 --> 0:02:00.680 of moments, all presented by Santan four and Gilbert. We 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:04.320 are Santan Forward, Paul kelbc Ron Wolflee, and we do 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:07.240 have headlines plenty going on this holiday week. Wolf what 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:09.239 do you want to talk about first? Polly? That is 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:12.880 a question that I will ask you on this holiday season. Well, 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:16.639 Happy to year ball. The headline of the day obviously 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:19.040 is going to be let's see if we're scoring at home. 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:22.360 It was eight different old line combinations going into the 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:25.560 Colts game, which made it nine, which now means you're 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:28.200 going to end up with the tenth different old line 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:33.440 combinations Sunday in Dallas because d J. Humphreys has been 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:36.800 added to the COVID list. Yeah, that is really interesting, 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:39.960 a great place to start, because that, to me is 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:44.280 a huge question mark going forward the Arizona Cardinals. I think, Polly, 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:46.880 They've got to get back to running the football and 0:02:46.960 --> 0:02:50.400 being a lot more balanced offensively. This is really what 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:53.320 I'm going to be looking for in this Dallas Cowboys game, 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:57.400 and doing it out of different personnel groups and doing 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:00.320 it out of different positions. For Kyler Murray, well, he's 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:02.440 under a center. Whether you put him in the gun, 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:05.280 you put him in the pistol, whatever, it may be 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:08.160 a lot more combinations. I think we're going to see 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:12.160 a little bit more balance with the Arizona Cardinals going forward. 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:14.919 But man, if you're going to bring balance, that means 0:03:15.320 --> 0:03:17.640 your offensive line is going to have to be big 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:21.799 contributors in that. Yeah. DJ Humphreys was your rock at 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:25.680 left tackle. Not only had he played every meaningful snap 0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:28.680 this year, but he's going to have a streak of 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:33.120 forty seven straight games played ended on Sunday because he 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:35.040 got added to the COVID list, And just when you 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:38.040 got Rodney Hudson back at least you think he's tracking 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:41.360 to be back so and that COVID list also includes 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:44.600 Marcus Golden, who might be back on game day. We'll see. 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:48.000 Devon Kannard has been added to that list, Sean Harlow, 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:51.320 the new corners on the practice squad, Brion Borders. But 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:54.040 every single day, and we talked to Cliff Kingsbury about 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:56.520 this on his weekly TV show. If you're the head 0:03:56.520 --> 0:03:59.800 coach you have, you're just waiting for an email or 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:02.839 a text and you're wondering, Okay, who is next? And 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:06.120 so it's a miserable place right now. Obviously for a 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:08.080 lot of coaches and a lot of teams. The Cardinals 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:10.280 are far from the only team. In fact, they're probably 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:12.160 one of the less impacted teams we have seen in 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:14.200 The Colts, by the way, just came in and pulled 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:17.720 it off, did they not, Wolf minus eight different starters 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.560 and over a dozen significant players, and then they lost 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:22.799 more during the course of the game, no doubt, Pauli. 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:25.880 Once again, the Colts, listen, they You've got to give 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:28.000 them an awful lot of credit for what they did. 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:32.560 That is a tough, tough football team right there. To 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:35.040 go out and play the way they did. You're talking 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:38.800 about having four of their starting offensive linemen. They actually 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:41.440 went into the game with three of their interior starters, 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:44.599 and I mean two of them being Pro Bowlers, really 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:48.240 good players at the center position, of course, and at 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:51.679 the left guard position. You have the best blocking left 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:54.120 guard on the face of the planet and Quenton Nelson, 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:56.600 and they go down in this game, and then of 0:04:56.600 --> 0:05:00.839 course you lose your tackle. They were playing with four 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:04.440 starters out of the game the vast majority of that game, 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:06.520 and you give them a lot of credit. And it's 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:08.840 what I think we need to see the Arizona Cardinals doing. 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:11.720 I think the Cardinal players have been talking about that 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:15.599 very thing as well. Paul. I'm glad they're playing a 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:18.479 team like the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys have won four 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:20.600 games in a row. Now, we could sit there and 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:22.600 we could talk about the fact they beat in New 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:30.240 Orleans Saints and they beat Washington exactly, Paul. But still 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:34.320 they are playing better football. I think overall, from the 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:37.160 beginning of the season. I think in all three phases, 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:39.960 there's no doubt about it. The Dallas Cowboys are playing 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:44.520 better football. And I'm glad this good is this is 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:49.560 exactly what I think the Cardinals need a challenge something 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:53.279 to say, Okay, wake up and hopefully this will be 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:55.920 the wake up game. Well, they've lost three in a row, 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:58.440 the Ears in a Cardinals, five of their last eight, 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:02.280 and Cliff Kingsbury on where it all starts the turnaround 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:05.400 obviously haven't played as well as we were liked, and 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:08.239 we just talked about being able to treat each practice 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:10.679 rep lay a game rep. You know, don't let things slide, 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:12.240 don't say hey, coach, I would have got it right 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:15.080 on Sunday. We're way too far into this deal to 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:19.640 be falling back in any habits like that. And so 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:22.520 that's what we got to do. It starts on the 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:24.200 practice fields and it's got to be able to carry 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:25.840 over the game day. And we got a lot of 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:28.400 work to do this week. Yeah, no doubt. I mean 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:31.479 there's been some poignant comments this week, Kelvin Beecham telling 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:33.040 the media we got to find a way to win 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:36.920 situational football, which is kind of beating us down right now. 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:41.000 That's Kelvin Beacham, one of the unquestioned team leaders. There 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:43.599 was Cliff Kingsbury in the press conference saying we got 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:46.240 to start treating practice like a game. So the games 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:49.160 don't feel sped up to us, and he hinted a 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:52.320 practice again right there will So you know, they got 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:55.359 to figure out a way to amp things up, whether 0:06:55.400 --> 0:07:00.000 it's the urgency, whether it's the attention to detail, eleven penalty. 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:03.080 He's against the Colts obviously, So you know, you can 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:04.719 look at the film, and obviously there's a lot of 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:07.120 critics out there right now to which Kyler Murray had 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:09.240 something to say. Check this out what Kyler told the 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:11.840 media yesterday. There's tons of people out there that don't 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:14.160 have a clue what they're talking about. I mean, when 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:16.320 you win, you know, all that stuff gets swept under 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:18.720 the rug. So like I said last year, I mean 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:21.200 we were winning, and you know we were still doing 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.920 some of those same things. You gotta do the little things, right, 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:26.840 I mean, no matter what you're doing in life. I mean, 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:29.560 people don't have a clue. But you know, if you 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:31.200 watch the film, you know what you're looking at. It's 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:34.200 not far off. We're not far off, right, So Wolf, 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:35.880 you do watch the film, you do know what you're 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:38.440 looking at. What do you think about that comment? Yeah, listen, 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:41.640 I think you don't want to panic that much. I 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:44.640 do know, and you always have to remember this right here, 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:48.240 PAULI and I remember this distinctly. Being a player, I 0:07:48.320 --> 0:07:51.320 have a player's mentality. It's never gonna leave me. I 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:54.280 don't care how fat, how old I get, Paul, It's 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:57.280 not going to leave me. That player mentality and the 0:07:57.320 --> 0:08:01.280 player mentality is. I got this. That is what you 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:04.600 hope the player's mentality is. And guess what. The player 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:08.520 always feels the best about any type of situation, any 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:11.320 adversity that he faces, because he faces a lot of 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:15.560 adversity on Sunday. It's a normal thing to go out 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:20.840 in competition and compete, Paul, and face adversity on Sunday 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:24.280 because you can do something about it. For all of 0:08:24.360 --> 0:08:27.360 us that are sitting here analyzing all of it, I 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:30.080 don't know, Polly. You know, I know you're a sideline 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:33.400 reporter and you don't splatter easily though I know that ball. 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:35.440 But you know what, there might be a little panic 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:38.520 coming from the CALVC compound. Might be a little bit 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:42.680 of it. And for me as an analyst, even I'm 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:46.040 looking at it going okay, boys, I guess we're played 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:48.480 for keeps it. You know it's time to go, It's 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:52.080 time to ball. Right now everybody. Can you imagine fans 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:55.160 they're feeling the same way. Here we go, we've lost 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.920 three in a row. To wake up, guys, let's start 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:00.720 playing like we did in the first half of the season. 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:05.160 And yet as a player, you're like, hey, hey, we 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:10.200 got this settled down. Now you got to go prove it, Paul. Yeah, 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:12.280 and look, there's been a lot of honesty. I mean, 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:14.800 guys have been pretty forthright. When we're talking to Cliff 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:17.120 Kingsbury after the game and he says, you know what, 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:20.280 we continue to find ways to lose games. When he 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:23.240 says later, mistakes are showing up that didn't we didn't 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:26.280 see earlier in the season, Kyler after the game calling 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:29.640 a quote bad football. We're pretty much killing ourselves. I mean, 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:33.720 they know what's wrong. Yeah, what is your confidence level 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:37.120 they can correct it? Yeah? No, My confidence level is 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:40.240 they can correct it because of the talent that they have, Paul. 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:44.560 They have the talent still. I know they're missing DeAndre Hopkins. 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:47.240 I know they're missing JJ Watt. I know they've been 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:50.560 missing Rodney Hudson. I know they've been missing James Connor. Paul, 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:54.280 these are big misses too, And you've got to understand 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:59.240 when I see this, this is an intangible problem because 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:02.400 the talent is there, the tangible is there. For the 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:05.320 Arizona Cardinals, I think this is more in the ether. 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:07.680 I could be dead wrong on this, Paul. This is 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:10.199 just me being around the game for as long as 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:13.320 I have looking in from the outside. I think it's 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:16.840 inside the locker room, the intangibles. I think they're missing 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:19.559 a lot of the leadership. And the reason being, Paul 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:25.440 is listen, you can't lead if you're not playing. You can't, Paul, 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.800 I'm sorry. You can sit there and raw root. You 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:31.400 can cheer lead if you want to do that, but 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:36.800 you can't lead because you're not doing. First, you've got 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:40.640 to do and then say and right now, they've they've 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:44.480 got guys that are key guys that can't do, like 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:49.720 Rodney Hudson, James Connor, DeAndre Hopkins, j J. Watt yep, 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:52.640 and you know what, well, those aren't just pro bowlers 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:56.240 some of them. Yeah, but in a lot of ways, 0:10:56.400 --> 0:11:00.480 it's the Cardinal's identity. It's the Cardinals DNA, especially an offense. 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:04.160 To me, when you're missing DeAndre Hopkins, you haven't really 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:08.440 effectively adjusted to not having that last eight games you're 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:11.040 averaging twenty one points per game, whereas your first seven 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:14.280 games it was thirty two points per game. So we'll 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:16.800 talk to Dennis Gardeck when we come back. By the way, 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:19.640 the Dave Pash Podcast, episode number twenty two available now 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:24.040 featuring legendary Sun's announcer Al McCoy. Wherever you get your podcast. 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:26.679 The Big Red Rage with Dennis Gardeck all presented by 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:34.040 Santan Ford. In Gilbert shotgun Snap hurts a short set, 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:36.880 steps up, being chased far side by Guardeck sacks up 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:40.400 at the forty one yard line. Dennis Gardeck has become 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:43.760 the sack machine. Shotgun Snap hurts with a short set 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:48.480 in trouble, steps up, gets hit and sacked. Dennis Gardeck 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:58.600 was there first. Somebody hit the stroll baby guard Deckie 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:07.000 Doddackie god gig. That's Kyla Murray miked up last season 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:10.079 and is a little shout out his salute to our 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:13.000 special guest tonight on The Big Red Rage, presented by 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:15.880 santan Ford and Gilbert. We are santan Ford. Well if 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:19.000 I have come to learn as your pencil next sideline guy. Yeah, 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:22.360 went out on that field. There's an extreme amount of chaos, right, 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.360 and they're peeling guys off, and there's dudes pinballing around 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:28.679 and especially on special teams right, and a play registers 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:32.120 on the Richter scale, you know, the epicenter is usually 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:36.480 number forty five. Our guest Dennis Gardeck, would you agree 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:39.600 with that? Rounbul? There's no doubt about it. The barbarian Paul? 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:43.400 What is good? Guard Deck? Dennis? How you doing? Thanks 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:46.000 for joining us? Are we doing a Paul? How are you? 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:50.480 What's going on? Dennis? How are you? Buddy? I'm doing excellent. 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:52.880 How are you guys doing? And really appreciate you joining 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:55.880 us right now? Let's just get right into it, shall we? 0:12:56.120 --> 0:12:59.959 How are you doing? How are you doing physically right now? 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:04.240 Holding up at this point of the season. I'm doing great. 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:06.520 You know. I was out those first couple of weeks 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:09.560 with the hand injury. I knee was good to go. 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:12.480 It was the hand injury kind of gave me some 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:15.720 more time to really share some things up. And then 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:17.880 the next couple of weeks was kind of just getting 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:21.560 back into that rhythm that I missed out with no 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:24.840 training camp. But I feel great and I feel like 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:28.640 I kind of have that competitive edge of not having 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:33.240 those first couple games to grind through. When you say 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:35.959 you feel great, I mean, be honest, be honest, where 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:38.400 are you with the knee? Because for everything you did 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:41.000 last year and those two sacks we just heard against 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:43.520 the Eagles and it was a remarkable run when you 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:47.160 were inserted on defense last year. The downer was that 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:49.840 it ended with a season ending knee injury, and it 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:52.000 was late in the season, obviously in December, so I 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:55.440 think a lot of people wondered, Okay, what's realistic. What 0:13:55.600 --> 0:14:01.040 have you found in your recovery with the knee. Well, 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:03.480 I was. I was really honest with the whole process 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:09.240 and you know, um just understanding the injury and kind 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:11.679 of the timing, and it was kind of hard, and 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:14.600 letting myself kind of feel that, I think really helped 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:17.360 me in my recovery process of being able, you know, 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:19.480 to be a little bit angry about it. I knew 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:22.360 I had given everything that I had, so I was. 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:25.040 I was content with that season, but letting myself be 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:27.640 a little angry, I think helped me attack my rehab 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:31.400 a little bit more, a little harder, and everything went 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:34.960 great as far as as training went with our training staff. 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:37.960 They did a great job and kind of keeping me 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:42.760 out of my own way and freaking out or doing 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:47.000 anything crazy. And I feel like everything happened I was 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:50.680 supposed to do. The hand was a bummer, um, but 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:55.560 I think everything happened exactly how it was supposed to. So, Dennis, 0:14:55.600 --> 0:15:00.760 how what does that see mean to you? That means 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:06.560 everything to be able to have that see on your chest. 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:09.640 It means that the guys in the locker room see 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:12.280 you as a leader. Um. That's not something that's voted 0:15:12.320 --> 0:15:17.800 on by you guys as media or as coaches or anything. 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:21.560 That's that's strictly the guys in the locker room and 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:24.760 everything that has to do with that fraternity of men 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:29.000 carries a lot of weight. Yeah, for those who aren't 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:31.560 familiar Dennis Gardeck as our guest. He signed by the 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:35.000 Cardinals in twenty eighteen as an undrafted rookie free agent 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:37.920 out of Sioux Falls. He was named a Pro Bowl 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:41.520 alternate in his second year on special teams in two nineteen, 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:44.560 then Wolf your Reference last year named a team captain 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:49.040 for the first time, and in just ninety three defensive snaps, 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:53.320 Dennis had seven sacks, seven tackles for loss, ten quarter 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:57.360 pack hits and and so that is that it was 0:15:57.400 --> 0:16:01.120 just such a stunning, stunning perform when you got snaps. 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:04.040 And now we're tracking towards Sunday, Dennis, and we mentioned 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:06.240 off the top of the show when you're looking at 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:08.800 the COVID list and you see Marcus Golden and you 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:12.200 say see Devon Kennard, right, and both Vans Joseph and 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:14.920 Cliff Kingsbury has said it this week. Yes, we're gonna 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:17.280 be calling Dennis gardex name. I mean, just tell us 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:22.960 about your anticipation for Sunday. Um. Yeah, for me, it 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:27.680 really doesn't change everything. Um, everything I've been practicing, I'm 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:30.320 working on is still there now. I just I give 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:34.280 more of a chance to showcase it. So, um, it's 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:37.920 it's not oh now this situation arises itself and I 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:41.400 need to prepare for it. It's it's been a process 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:45.720 throughout the entire season, and now the opportunity presents itself. 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:48.640 Are you going to hit the what is it the strobe? Dennis? 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:50.920 Is that what you do? There? Is it the strobe? 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:56.720 Which one was it? Now? Turning the KNA was the 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:59.720 first one that one got vetted out pretty soon. It 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:03.480 was not at pe put me into that one pretty early, 0:17:04.080 --> 0:17:08.480 but he did appreciate the hidden the strobe. Um, we'll 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:12.680 see what happens. I call it blacking out on the 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:16.480 field and the strobe is what kind of stuck. But 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:20.200 we'll see what happens. Well, here's what your defensive coordinator 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:22.960 had to say today when your name came up during 0:17:22.960 --> 0:17:25.560 advance Joseph press conference. I think he's close to having 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:27.159 a big game, you know. I mean, this guy, if 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:30.560 he gets multiple opportunities, he will make some plays. So again, 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:32.640 I mean he's he's one of the young guys I'm 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:35.960 excited to watch on Sunday with more opportunity. You know, 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:38.400 he wants a chance to prove again, you know, his 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:41.879 his work to our football team true or false? Is 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:44.479 that is that? Does that capsualize your mindset right now? 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:49.600 What your coordinator just said, absolutely, I think you're proving 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:52.400 You're proving your worth week in and week out. And 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:57.760 just the faith he has in me again, along with 0:17:57.800 --> 0:17:59.880 the preparation that I've put in is kind of what 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:04.120 gives me my edge on the field. Is that kind 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:06.359 of gives me my teeth and I'm ready to go 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:10.240 in part to his confidence in me to put me 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:15.320 out there, and confidence in my preparation as well as 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:18.960 film study and all of that. Dennis, let's talk about 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:22.320 real football, shall we? Special teams? We all know if 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:25.560 you can play special teams right now, honestly, you could 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:28.000 play any position in the National Football League. Now, that 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:29.959 doesn't mean you're going to be talented in terms of 0:18:30.000 --> 0:18:33.640 catching the football or throwing the football or running the football. 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:35.840 It doesn't. It just means you're probably going to be 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:40.240 really talented and very comfortable and knocking somebody's face off, correct, Dennis, 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:43.480 I mean that's that's what special teams is all about. 0:18:43.520 --> 0:18:46.600 Talk to me about your special teams this year and 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:51.360 how you feel it's going for the team. We got 0:18:51.480 --> 0:18:53.760 a veteran group that's kind of been banged up here 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:56.960 and there. We're playing with a bunch of different pieces 0:18:57.040 --> 0:19:00.320 kind of throughout the season. I think we kind of 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:03.920 caught our stride in terms of who we're playing with. 0:19:04.000 --> 0:19:06.600 We got some big guys coming back. We got Tanner 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:12.440 and Yeke have both been activated their windows. It's an 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:17.440 exciting time for special teams. So I'm really excited. Tell 0:19:17.520 --> 0:19:19.600 us about and Denis car deck is our guests. Tell 0:19:19.680 --> 0:19:23.040 us about the crazy punt return against the Colts. There, 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:25.760 I was filling in for Dave pass right, Pauli pinchitter, 0:19:25.760 --> 0:19:27.360 and then all of a sudden, you guys bust out 0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:30.240 that punt return and I'm calling Christian Kirk return and 0:19:30.359 --> 0:19:31.800 when all of a sudden it's Byron Murphy. And I 0:19:31.840 --> 0:19:33.679 felt a little better later when I saw the highlight 0:19:33.720 --> 0:19:36.600 and even the TV cameraman for Fox followed the wrong guy. 0:19:36.640 --> 0:19:39.560 But tell us about that boy, because man, that hit 0:19:39.760 --> 0:19:41.400 and you had Byron Murphy bring it all the way 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:45.560 out to midfield. Yeah, that will. First of all, that's 0:19:45.560 --> 0:19:49.400 a tremendous effort by Byron to be able to run 0:19:49.560 --> 0:19:52.080 all the way back. I think he ran forty something 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:55.600 yards back to catch the ball over his shoulder and 0:19:55.640 --> 0:19:57.679 then now he's got a run for the return and 0:19:57.720 --> 0:20:02.040 he got it back another forty plus yards. UM. So 0:20:02.080 --> 0:20:06.000 that's just a tremendous effort by Byron um And and 0:20:06.119 --> 0:20:09.960 our special teams coordinator Rogers has has a great phrase, 0:20:10.000 --> 0:20:14.040 it don't do the same thing every time, And they 0:20:14.760 --> 0:20:19.119 were kind of known for in the UM the plus 0:20:19.200 --> 0:20:22.600 DI the area, they'll always be kicking it that way, um, 0:20:22.960 --> 0:20:26.800 and we saw an opportunity and we've practiced it and 0:20:26.880 --> 0:20:30.080 that it was a success. Dennis. That goes right into 0:20:30.119 --> 0:20:33.120 your stance, right even your very stance, and how you 0:20:33.160 --> 0:20:36.720 stand like a personal protector. When Jeff Rogers says, don't 0:20:37.160 --> 0:20:40.960 don't do something the same way every time, that means 0:20:41.040 --> 0:20:44.959 right down to the individual on the field, correct exactly 0:20:45.480 --> 0:20:49.000 any any tendencies he's going to snip out. He's great 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:53.760 at coming up with great game plans based on what 0:20:53.800 --> 0:20:56.440 he's seeing on the cap. I love that because, honestly, man, 0:20:56.720 --> 0:20:59.280 when he told me it didn't dawn on me. But 0:20:59.400 --> 0:21:02.040 what when he said it was so obvious to me. 0:21:02.080 --> 0:21:04.560 He said, look at the personal protector. How much of 0:21:04.640 --> 0:21:06.560 the time do you see the print? And it's so 0:21:06.640 --> 0:21:08.840 true because that's what I did. I was a personal 0:21:08.880 --> 0:21:11.600 protector calling out fran said you know this, here's how 0:21:11.640 --> 0:21:13.359 we're going to block this thing. And then all of 0:21:13.400 --> 0:21:16.120 a sudden when I get said, here comes the ball. 0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:20.879 It's a great timing device for a lot of teams 0:21:20.880 --> 0:21:23.359 that are trying to block a punt as well. I 0:21:23.440 --> 0:21:27.120 love the fact that he has our personal protector stands 0:21:27.160 --> 0:21:30.320 straight up and down and he does not move that 0:21:30.440 --> 0:21:34.240 to me, that's a little thing, Dennis. But that's who 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:39.560 Jeff Rogers is, right. Absolutely, you got everything coached down 0:21:39.600 --> 0:21:43.280 to the detail. Yeah. So do you think the Dallas 0:21:43.359 --> 0:21:47.320 tackles are watching your film from last year, Dennis? Because 0:21:48.080 --> 0:21:51.160 there can't be a lot to go on necessarily this year, 0:21:51.240 --> 0:21:52.840 right and for you to come in last year and 0:21:52.840 --> 0:21:54.560 I'm looking at it right now. You came in because 0:21:54.560 --> 0:21:57.080 I remember vividly that empty MetLife Stadium and you came 0:21:57.080 --> 0:21:59.760 in and Chandler Jones at this season ending injury, and 0:21:59.800 --> 0:22:01.760 you came in and you had two sacks, and then 0:22:01.760 --> 0:22:04.000 at the Giants you had two more sacks and just 0:22:04.160 --> 0:22:06.719 eight snaps, and then you had two more snacks against 0:22:06.880 --> 0:22:10.879 sacks against Billy And I'm just curious, um, is you know, 0:22:11.440 --> 0:22:13.520 do you do it a little bit differently than a 0:22:13.520 --> 0:22:15.800 lot of pass rushers to what you guys are just 0:22:15.840 --> 0:22:18.719 talking about, and how much has that served you in 0:22:18.760 --> 0:22:21.120 your ability to get to the quarterback when you're out there? 0:22:23.119 --> 0:22:25.639 Do what differently than just you're you know, maybe do 0:22:25.680 --> 0:22:27.920 you have a little bit more of an unorthodox type 0:22:27.920 --> 0:22:30.680