WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Rabbit Taylor-Demerson Growing In Cardinals Secondary 0:00:01.960 --> 0:00:05.480 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles on ahead. 0:00:05.600 --> 0:00:06.720 He got jacked. 0:00:07.120 --> 0:00:12.160 This is the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford 0:00:12.200 --> 0:00:15.600 and Gilbert Terry's gonna score touchdown slim to the ground 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:16.520 by Buddha Baker. 0:00:16.720 --> 0:00:19.520 Like a torpedo, he keeps flying into the back deal. 0:00:21.720 --> 0:00:25.200 The Rage is brought to you by santan Ford and 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:28.360 Gilbert right on the price right on the corner of 0:00:28.400 --> 0:00:30.680 the sand Tan two to two Freeway. 0:00:30.360 --> 0:00:33.160 In Valves Wata grab by Tray McBride. 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:39.920 That was spectacular and by Arizona Cardinals Podcast Visit Azycardinals 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:41.760 dot Com Slash podcast. 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:49.120 All Right, Seas Rising Up, jimpit rising Vision, blurry Rage, 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:50.200 tack it over. 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:51.880 Here's Paul Calvic. 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:54.920 I'm ready. I'm one hundred percent ready. I'm telling you 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:55.600 I'm ready. 0:00:55.680 --> 0:01:00.040 And Ron Wolfley, it doesn't get any better than that 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:01.480 the fard. 0:01:02.760 --> 0:01:05.840 Alright, here we go, Red say it's real simple, all right, 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:10.640 no sleep till lambeau. Let's do this all right. As 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:13.520 the Cardinals went into Silicon Valley, Ron Wolfully, you were there, 0:01:13.600 --> 0:01:15.959 you saw it. Cardinals went into Silicon Valley. What did 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:18.440 they do to all those techies? They put some malware. 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:21.240 They put some spyware into the forty nine ers. 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:24.080 Did they not great resiliency? Paul that much? 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:26.800 I know forty nine ers somehow thought maybe the Big 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:29.640 Heat was gonna be a big deal for the Cardinals 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:34.160 and the visiting sideline. Hello, they're the Arizona Cardinals. They 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:36.040 went out and they just like they practiced in a 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:38.959 buck ten plus, they were the stronger team in the 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:41.840 second half. They get the win. And here we are 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:43.960 on the Big Red Rage. And you might have noticed 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:47.840 on the menu there's no rabbit. That's because the rabbit 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:51.520 is on stage here at the Big Red Rage, presented 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:55.720 by tan Ford and Gilbert otherwise known as Daydrian Taylor 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:59.560 Demerson prefers to be called Rabbit, and we welcome into 0:01:59.560 --> 0:01:59.920 the show. 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:01.360 Thanks for having me, Thanks for having me. 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:03.800 In fact, you just told Wolf, right, you just told Wolf. 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:05.840 Don't don't call me Dadrian, right. 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:09.000 Nah, you call me rabbit. Rabbit, Yeah, no, yeah, I 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:10.799 really hear my first name. So it's kind of weird 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:13.960 hearing that, you know, Let's it's coming from somebody like, 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:16.840 you know, pronouncing it on like during the game or whatever. 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.840 So so, Rabbit, I've got to ask you right now. 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:22.239 There's some people out here that probably don't know the story. 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:25.280 Why rabbits? How'd you get that? 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:29.040 Now? So when I first started playing football, like I 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:33.119 think like first or second grade, small scrawny kid. Yeah, 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:35.600 I played a year and a half of my first year, 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:38.359 and then my mom knew this guy in the military 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:41.640 named Corey. I go out play for his team. Obviously 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:43.720 everyone's way older than me. Me and his son are 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:45.800 the same age, who's still my best friend to this day. 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:48.200 He gives me the ball first time. I'm not trying 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:50.320 to get tackled, so I'm just running around trying to 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:52.840 not get hit. And then we got a bunch of rabbits, 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:55.440 that one from one of the coaches, Like he's running 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:57.639 around like one of them bunny rabbits. So then that's 0:02:57.639 --> 0:02:59.320 how I got the name. And then like still crazy 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:01.000 to me to this day to see like a stick 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:04.000 because that young you got that now? Yeah, like I 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:05.720 want to say, like first second grade. 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:10.160 Oh my goodness, that is truly amazic. Now, what about mom? 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:11.040 What does mom call you? 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:14.480 Mom calls me son or dadren. She's not allowed to 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:16.920 call me rabbit. Yeah, she calls me rabbit like every 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:19.360 now and then and I'm like, you can't call me. 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:21.760 That sounds weird. Yeah. Yeah, she's the only one not 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:23.000 allowed to call me or my dad. 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:25.720 Yeah, did you Did you play any other sports when 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:27.000 you were younger or yeah? 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:30.880 So I played basketball? Crazy story. I almost quit football 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:34.040 to play basketball, which glad I didn't do that one. 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:36.240 And then, uh, I'm a big track fan, so I 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:37.880 ran a track as well in high school. 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:40.920 Uh, I'm seeing here. I took a quick look. Let's see, 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:43.840 you were only the Oklahoma five A Player of the 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:47.360 Year as a running back. Hello. In fact, you played 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:49.080 running back until what point are your. 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:53.720 Football career until I got to college. So I got 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:56.920 a call out of nowhere from Texas Tech. The staff 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:58.720 who left Utah State where I was going to go 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:02.080 play running back, they got fired, went to Texas Tech. 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:05.200 They ended up offering me at safety, and at the 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:08.240 time it sounded crazy, but it's just it's just like 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:10.400 one of those things where it's like somebody see something 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:12.160 they've seen you that you don't see yourself just yet. 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:14.320 So that's kind of That's kind of how it was. 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:16.640 So I ended up going to play take place safety 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:18.680 and it was like, honestly, like one of the best 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:20.560 like blessings someone could give me in my life, cause 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:23.880 it ended up going to that university end up making 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:26.160 me the man I am today, you know, a great teammate, 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:29.040 great father, and everything else like that. So yeah, real 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:30.440 blessing to go to as university. 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:33.440 When they first brought up dB safety, didn't you like 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:34.720 think it was a mistake. 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:36.760 Or something or No. I thought it was crazy. I 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:38.640 could not believe it. But at the same time though, 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:40.480 like I just said, like, it's a blessing in the skuy. 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:43.000 So ended up going there my first year. I was 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.599 kind of like went to one of those real structured 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:47.480 high schools, you know, do things the right way. Had 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:50.520 a like old military, you know, kind of coaching staff. 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:53.520 So when I went there, I learned to playbook, you know, 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:54.360 play hard. 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:54.760 You know. 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:56.560 I was just one of those small town kids just 0:04:57.240 --> 0:04:59.560 looking to play big tom ball. So I was excited 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:02.000 to be there, Like, you know, I just wasn't caught 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:03.720 up band like, oh I'm not playing now, Like I 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:05.479 was just trying to play football, like it's literally the 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:06.800 only thing I wake up and think about. 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:07.120 Yeah. 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:09.920 So so if there's a loose ball and you pick 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.599 up a fumble, you you can still turn into running 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:15.359 back mode, right, I'm confident you still become a running 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:16.480 back with a ball in your hands. 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:20.320 All the interceptions that I've had, like I failed besides 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:22.680 two of them, and then like but I got tackled 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:24.800 like right instantly. So I'm hoping I get to get 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:27.479 one soon and see if I still got it. Yeah, 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:28.680 cause I don't know. 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:31.400 That would be good. That would be good, no doubt. 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:33.480 Rather, but talk to us a little bit about the 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:37.119 San Francisco game and how did that game go going 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:41.400 into it? How confident were you guys collectively as a team. Man. 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:44.559 That was probably like one of the like the best 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:47.599 wins I've had, like my football career, because just coming 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:50.320 in the building, seeing how everyone prepares, just like just 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:52.120 as much as I give into the game, they're given 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:55.480 just that or more. You know, we go out scoring 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:58.599 the first drive, you know, Kyler's you know being Kyler, 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.000 you know, and then you know, they hit their little 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:03.680 their little hump in the game, and when like the 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:05.800 coolest thing was just to like be on the field 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:08.839 and like be on the sideline, like just like everybody 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:11.400 on the sideline and see like everyone's still giving there, 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:13.000 you know, giving there all trying to win this game, 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.480 even though we were down thirteen. I think like going 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:17.560 into the fourth for like a little bit the end 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:21.240 of the third quarter. So man, it's crazy, like when 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:24.200 we uh kicked that field goal and crazy Chad, he 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:27.200 the guy kicked it. He just got there, right, Yeah, 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:29.039 he literally just got there. And I didn't even know 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:30.880 that he was kicking. So when he said he was kicking, 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:34.000 I was like, oh, like, big, you got a big 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:37.080 job this weekend. Yeah, big, big job. But nah, he 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:40.120 took care of business, won the game. Yeah, being in 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.080 the locker after that game, I wish you guys could 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:44.799 get to experience something like that, because winning at this level, 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:47.520 as you know, it's not easy. You know, it's not easy, 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:50.720 Yeah he is. Any given week is something's news down 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:53.080 to happen or the unexpected, like the unknown. So yeah, 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:56.080 getting the winning this league is definitely different than you know, 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:57.520 getting a big win in college. 0:06:57.520 --> 0:06:58.320 So JG. 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:01.160 He shared a lot of that TV show this week, 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:03.400 saying just how special that scene was in the locker 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:06.040 room after the game. Guys really enjoyed it, you know, 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:08.400 a lot more than some of the other victories, maybe 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:10.840 because it was the opponent. It's a fact you're on 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:14.320 the road. It's the vision game, right, the extreme heat. 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:16.840 You guys forge a comeback against a team that was 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.640 in the Super Bowl, you know, I mean really there 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:21.720 were a lot of analogies from guys after think about 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:24.200 being a fight and the Cardinals landing a knockout blow 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:25.360 late in a fight. 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:28.480 Yeah, for me, Paul, it was a situation. Think about it. 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:30.600 You go ahead, you line up, you're gonna get three points. 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:32.560 You're gonna go ahead, You're gonna kick a field goal, 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:34.960 gets blocked, they take it back for a touchdown. 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:37.320 First time that happened to the Cardinals since the seventies, 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:38.320 Since the. 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:40.120 Seventies, PAULI. And then all of a sudden, you get 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:42.600 the next possession, you get the next you get the ball, 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:44.640 you drive down the field, and all of a sudden, 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:47.120 you throw a pick. You throw a pick on their 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.360 twenty four for the most part, right, you're moving the 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:52.200 ball to Nick Bosa, to Nick Bosa, who just made 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:54.280 a great play. That's what he did to me, made 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:57.480 a great play. Didn't rush saw it, read it, fell 0:07:57.520 --> 0:08:00.080 off into the screen, made the pick right there, All 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:02.360 of a sudden, those are your last two possessions going 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:05.440 into the half. That's it. You're down twenty three ten 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:08.320 at the half, and those were your last two possessions. 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:11.360 You come out and you're making all sorts of vowels 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:14.040 under moon, sun and sky in that locker room that 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:15.960 you're gonna come out and you're gonna play hard and 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:17.960 you're gonna be ready to go. And all of a sudden, 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:21.480 you come out, you go three and out offensively, one two, three, 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:24.119 and you're telling me you come back and win that game. 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:29.240 I'm telling you right now, that is resiliency. That is toughness. 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:32.959 And the Cardinals actually showed that kind of toughness. 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:36.720 And here's here's the comparison Mac Wilson Senior made after 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:38.640 the game when we had them live on radio. 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:41.440 It definitely felt like a busting match. You know, they 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:44.160 had the upper hand the whole game. It felt like, 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:46.559 you know, second half, we come out, throw some punches 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:49.679 and we just kept throwing punches and we came out 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:51.960 on top obviously. And you know, that's just what it 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:54.360 comes down to, you know, the NFL, you know these 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:56.760 games be close, so gotta just lock in. 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:00.439 Look, you know about playing football in the heat Oklahoma 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:02.840 in Texas. But what was that like on Sunday? 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:04.600 Shoot? 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:06.319 Being here, man, it felt like a cool day and 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:09.920 not going live. Yeah, I think I hadn't already adapted 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:12.160 to this as much as we outside, and so it 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:14.000 was definitely still hot. I'm not gonna take it away. 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:16.400 It was still hot, but it was nothing like you know, 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.480 two weeks practice ago on the on a Wednesday or Thursday, 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:22.600 like you coming there, you looking this one team one eleven, 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:24.199 We're like, dang, we have practice right now. 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:26.240 So so you guys had that confidence because I don't 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:29.199 know how many other teams could have survived that heat for. 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:31.960 You know, it's one of those things that we have, 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:34.760 you know, in our advantage, you know, being being here 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:36.480 in the valley and you think about the other the 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:39.319 other teams where it's like like what was the game 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:41.720 last year, the Chiefs game when everybody's getting frost bite? 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:44.040 Oh yeah, you gotta deal with that stuff like playoff 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:45.280 game Miami had no chance. 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:48.120 Yeah. So you know, practicing in the heat, you know, 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:50.640 it prepares you. You know, it makes you a little bit 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:53.040 tougher because the condition is just like it being cold, 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:56.120 like it makes you, you know, sink in on back 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:58.040 like to your training and not worried about, you know, 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:00.280 the external factors, like, okay, how did it is? I 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:04.000 remember my college coach last year, Coach McGuire, like, when 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:05.880 we say, like it's hot outside. When he first got 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:07.720 in the building, he was like, don't don't look at 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:09.480 it like that. He was like, just say, it's tropical. 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:11.880 Cook when you think it's tropical, tropical. When you think 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:14.520 it's tropical, you know, you think a beach or whatever. 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:17.760 So you know, a drink with an umbrella and it. Yeah. 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.800 So I love that. The colder and the nastier the 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:23.600 weather the better because it brought everyone down to my level, 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:24.520 you know what I mean. 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:26.040 I mean I've had to play in some of that, 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:28.720 so I know what it's like. But I'd rather play 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:30.280 in the heat. Not gonna lie to you, Yeah I 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:31.240 could do it. 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:33.920 I like the nasty and cold, raining, bloody. 0:10:34.320 --> 0:10:36.440 The cold games are fun though, especially like when you 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:38.120 like when you come out and win, though, like if 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:40.400 you get you losing the cold, taking the beat, that's 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:42.280 not fun. But when you win, that kind of game 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:44.000 is just as special. 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:46.800 Well, you're gonna cut the high temperature in half. Going 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:49.120 to Lambeau it's gonna be in the fifties. That's what 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:51.960 the forecast is on Sundays. So last time Cardinals are 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:55.160 there twenty eighteen, it was a snow game. Cardinals got 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:57.360 the winning that one. You remember that one, Wolf two thousand, 0:10:57.400 --> 0:10:58.960 By the way, it was such a big win. Wolf 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:00.840 got the mohawk. I see you right there. He actually 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:01.040 got it. 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:05.560 It's my my hawk. It's what I call it. Hey. 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:08.000 Single game tickets on sale now. Go to Easycardinals dot 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:10.800 com slash buy tickets to secure your seats. Today we 0:11:10.840 --> 0:11:13.520 continue with the Rabbit. It is a big red rage 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:16.600 live from Trophy and Chandler at Price Road in Queen Creek. 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:22.640 On the first down, another pass play over the middle 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:26.160 and it's broken up at the twenty eight incomplete. Nice 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:31.440 play by Rabbit defending Deebo Samuel Adrian Taylor Emerson knocks 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:32.679 the ball away incomplete. 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:35.640 Oh that was awesome right there with the left hand, 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:39.040 come and go over the top. That is excellent play 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:39.640 by Rabbit. 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:42.000 Back to pass goes pretty on fourth and twenty three, 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:43.000 fires across. 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:45.600 The middle, caught by Kittle. The ball comes out and 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:46.679 they rule it in complete. 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:49.680 The Cardinals takeover and downs It's actually a good thing 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:52.040 because had he caught it, he would have been down 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:53.760 short of the line to gain at the ten and 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:55.160 the Cardinals would have been backed up. 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:57.480 I thought Rabbit went in and played well, you know, 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:00.559 I know he had a PBu couple tackles. We all 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:02.680 got some things to clean up those his first you know, 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:05.640 live real good reps, and he'll he'll take a big jump, 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:07.480 you know, the next opportunity that he gets. 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:10.600 He's the head coach Johnath again on fourth round rookie 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:14.720 Dadrian Taylor, Demerson Rabbit here on the Big Red Rage 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:18.400 presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. We are santan Ford 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:22.440 at Trophy and Chandler three tackles, two passes defense. That 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:24.680 one against George Kittle right there, came in with a 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:28.280 big hit. Jack stomped George Kittle and Wolf when he's 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:31.560 wearing number forty two, Who does that remind you of? 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:34.800 Who is that reminiscent of? Yeah, considering there have not 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:39.880 been any other forty two since Another difference making, playmaking, 0:12:40.000 --> 0:12:41.640 safety and Cardinals history, I know. 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:45.600 You're talking about Kwame. Kwame laughs absolutely, I mean, honestly, 0:12:45.720 --> 0:12:49.760 right now, Kwame just saying his name. It fills me 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:53.280 with a love and an appreciation for a guy who 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:57.280 was a football player through and through. You talk about 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:00.800 a guy that would tackle open field, he was an 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:04.360 excellent open field tackler, a guy that could cover as well, 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:06.760 a guy that could get his hands on the pig 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:10.160 an awful lot and bat and defend some passes. Kwame 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:13.000 was all over the field. As a matter of fact, 0:13:13.040 --> 0:13:15.360 Can I just say this right now? I think that 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:18.720 Buddha Baker plays an awful lot like Kwame laughs at 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:20.960 or it's a great play, and that to me, it 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:22.880 says everything you need to know about. 0:13:22.679 --> 0:13:27.560 Kwame absolutely to men, hisbrant personality, graz he He was 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:31.040 the first player host of this show, The Big Red Rage, 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:35.040 over two decades ago. Think about that and it's a please. 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:36.760 You know what too, Paly. Can I just say this quickly, 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:40.760 I had the opportunity to golf a few times with Kwame, 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:43.480 go out and actually play golf with them. Boy could 0:13:43.559 --> 0:13:47.240 he it? Oh my golf ball, crush it right down 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:52.920 the middle. I uhould just walk off the tee going Kwame, Kwame, Kwame, Kwame, Kwame. 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:56.400 Well, if I've then seen my share of charity golf tournaments, 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:58.520 and I'd say eighty percent of those for a stretch, 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:00.920 there were one by Kwame last I mean, no joke, 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:04.280 I mean he was unbelievable. And by the way, it 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:06.920 is a pleasure to be joined by Eric Alassiter here 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:10.640 tonight with on Kwame and uh Rabbit's gonna get a 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:13.640 chance to uh to meet Erica after the show. So 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:16.199 we look forward to seeing all that. And I tell 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:18.800 you what, that was a game where you got what 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:22.320 your first significant reps at safety, you got a heck 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:24.880 of an opponent in brock Purty and all those weapons. 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:27.480 Just give us your initial takeaways. How do you think 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:29.720 you played? What was it like being out there? Did 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:32.360 the game slow down over the course of the game 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:34.520 would look like on film? Just give us a recap. 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:38.480 Yeah, so obviously, uh, you know, got a big test 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:41.520 this past weekend. I feel like I did fairly good. 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:43.280 And you know, obviously, you know, there's good and there's 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:46.040 bad throughout the game. You know, obviously things as a player, 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:48.080 you know, just holding myself accountable that I still want 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:51.000 to continue on to get better, you know, to you know, 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:53.560 insert myself in the league how I want to. So, 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:58.040 but uh, yeah, it was it was really interesting, really interesting. 0:14:58.080 --> 0:14:59.960 So you know, just coming from my playing college ball, 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:01.360 like this was like the first time I was just 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:04.120 like actually like in my zone and not just going 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:06.520 in as a team's role, being on and being off quick. 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:08.800 So yeah, I kind of I kind of got pretty 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:10.440 comfortable with the game. You know, I was in and out, 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:12.560 in and out, but I'm still getting to go in 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:15.440 on some uh some big downs. So that was cool. 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:17.200 But yeah, looking forward, you know to the next time, 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:19.520 you know, I get to do it, this game means 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:21.960 a lot to me, and I prepare, I prepare and 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:24.920 put everything that I do daily into this game, you know, 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:28.280 so you know, just to set up myself and uh 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:30.280 give this game what it gave to me. So yeah, 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:31.800 it's always a blessing to go out there and get 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:32.320 to play ball. 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.600 So Rabbit, my first NFL game, when I went out 0:15:35.640 --> 0:15:37.720 there and played, it was absolutely out of my mind, 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:42.600 nervous right for the most part, just absolutely on the 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:46.720 edge my rookie season. Of course, how about you, where 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:50.720 were your emotions in regard to doing this A loti. 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:52.440 I was just ready for him to call my call 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:55.640 my package. The whole almost sit on the sideline I'm like, bro, 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:57.520 please call it, please call it like I was ready, 0:15:57.520 --> 0:15:58.840 And then when I got in the game, it's like, 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:02.480 I mean that's why I was, man. So yeah, I 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:03.840 was kind of you know, I was kind of comfortable 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:05.680 and not gonna lie the guys I got, you know, 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:08.560 behind Buddha, JT and all the other vets in the room. 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:11.120 They do a really good job, aren't preparing me? 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:13.760 So and it really helps when you know what it 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:16.960 is that you're doing. You know what your assignment is, 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:19.120 doesn't it That really gives you confidence. 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:21.400 Yeah, they do a really good job, you know, letting 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:24.440 all of us know. Are like how defined our roles are. 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:27.840 So they came in, told me what they brought me 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.080 in for, told me what my roller was assigned for 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:32.360 the team, and as a team playof I'm gonna do 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:34.160 my role, and so I gotta do a different role man. 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:38.200 So well, here's Buddha Baker. He was asked earlier today, 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:41.640 how you have grown as a player as a rookie, right, 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:44.160 I mean, you're it's early October, but here's Buddha's tech. 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:48.080 As the days have gone by, training camp and preseason 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:50.160 and all that type of stuff, all the mistakes that 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:53.120 he's made, He's corrected them and has done a great 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:57.720 job of understanding the defense, understanding route concepts and stems 0:16:57.720 --> 0:16:59.760 of receivers and all that type of stuff. So it's 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:03.120 great to talk to Rabbit and to just have that 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:06.920 trust in a rookie is definitely something special. He's done 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:10.320 a great job of understanding the players, understanding the scheme 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:11.520 and whatever we're playing. 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:15.920 You know what's amazing Wolf, You know this Buddha's rookie year. 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:18.840 He did not play much safety. He's a six time 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:20.960 pro bowler. He's headed to his seventh. I mean, he 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:22.840 might be All Pro this year. He has twenty seven 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:24.240 tackles the last two games. 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:25.840 He's a freak, Like, let me just pa. 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:29.520 But you know, his rookie year, he sat behind Tyron Matthew. 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:30.080 Yeah, I know. 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:32.400 Yeah, I literally asked him about his whole storyline when 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:35.360 I got in, like somebody, you know that I when 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:37.439 I started playing in the position, you know, started you know, 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:40.119