WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Dimukeje Ready To Make Impact 0:00:02.120 --> 0:00:05.560 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles. Ahead. 0:00:05.640 --> 0:00:10.480 He got Jack. This is the big red Rain presented 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:14.680 by santan Ford in Gilbert Harry's Gonna Score Touchdown. Slim 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:17.520 to the Ground by Buddha Baker Like a torpedo, he 0:00:17.640 --> 0:00:23.040 came flying into the backfield. The range is brought to 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:28.160 you by satan Ford in gilbort War. Are you Santanford? 0:00:28.400 --> 0:00:31.520 State Farm? Talk to an agent today at eight hundred 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:37.240 State Farm and buy Arizona Cardinals podcasts, Visit Acy Cardinals 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:46.040 dot Com, Slash podcasts, The Rods Rising Guard, Temperaturizing, vision, flurring, 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:50.720 rage taking over. Here's Paul KELVC. Get the popcorn ready, 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:53.600 It's gonna be a show and Ron will flip. It 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:58.000 doesn't get any better than that horn. Unleash the far 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:05.680 What the voice guy just say? Temperature rising one eighteen. 0:01:06.640 --> 0:01:12.520 That was today's high temp, A new record for the day, 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:16.759 Ron Walflee, as you sit there in your palatial studio 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:19.679 in the A Sea. So that was the record set 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:22.360 here at home. We're not going to talk about the 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.400 record set on the road. What I am gonna say 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:28.720 is less than one hundred would be the number of 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:34.560 days until the Cardinals regular season opener at Tennessee Week 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:37.760 number one. Gott our pace ourselves do not get into 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:40.120 a three point stance just yet, But man, are we 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:44.119 getting closer and closer to you know what training camp 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.480 which begets the preseason games, and all of a sudden 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:49.000 you're in the regular season and you turn on NFL Network. 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:52.120 In just this past week, you heard Nate Burilson say 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:54.600 that if everything goes to plan with Julio Jones and 0:01:54.680 --> 0:01:58.720 Tennessee Titans will have quote, one of the greatest offenses 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:01.240 of all time. Oh good, as Valey, I'm telling you 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:04.000 right now, I tend to believe that. I really do. 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:07.120 And you know why, because of the play action pass. 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:10.400 You can hammer the ball the way the Tennessee Titans 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:13.040 will be able to hammer the ball with Derrick Henry 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:16.280 in between the tackles. They love to go heavy personnel 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:19.760 as well. They'll go thirteen personnel, They'll go ahead and 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:23.760 go twenty two pair personnel. They'll put two tight ends 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:26.880 in there, Paulli, two backs, and they'll hammer the ball. 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:29.320 And yet they love to throw the ball over the 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:32.040 middle of the field with Ryan Tannehill. And that is 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:35.600 Julio Jones time, So boom out of the gates. We're 0:02:35.600 --> 0:02:37.919 already getting into week one. We're just underway here on 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:40.760 the Big Red Rage, presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert. 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:43.840 We are Santan Ford, Paul kelvc Ron Moolfley, the original 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:47.239 Thursday Night Football. So the rookies are gonna have to 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:51.240 get ready for Ryan Tannehill, Derrick, Henry A. J. Brown 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:55.280 and now Julio Jones. Not just Savan Collins, but our 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:58.920 special guest tonight. How about Victor Demokge gonna join us? 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:02.800 Victor de Mucage. First of all, demokg the best name 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:05.200 you could you could have maybe on the back. It 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:07.720 just sounds like a football name, does it not. I'm 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:10.919 hoping here's Cage, Paul, here's our game plan, the Wolf. 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:14.080 As fun as it is to say Demo Cage. Maybe 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:16.280 we'll earn the right to call him Vic by the 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:18.720 end of the show. Maybe just maybe warned the right 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:21.600 because those who know him best, uh, they're afforded the 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:24.080 ability you just call him Vic. I'm calling him Cage. 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:28.040 I mean that's Cage. He's doing the opposite wall. Well, 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:31.520 say right now, this guy, it's it's quick. You can't. 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:33.920 I mean, Vic, it's his first name. I get it, 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:37.560 all right, you're shortening Victor to Vic. I understand that, Paul. 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:41.240 But we're talking about locker room rules here, and that means, 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:43.680 you know what, Cage, what's up? Cage. We're talking about 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:45.880 a guy, a graduator from Duke with a degree in 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:51.280 evolutionary anthropology. So what are you trying to say, Paul? 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:55.320 So this guy he sucks to two sixty five Paulie, 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:57.200 I really don't care what he went to school for, 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:00.240 all right, Just tell me he's not a finance major. Yeah, 0:04:00.240 --> 0:04:02.040 but we're not playing ball here. We're having a conversation, 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:03.600 So try and keep up a couple of ham and 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:07.120 eggers like us, we could look bad pretty quickly. So okay, 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:10.280 just what I'm saying is okay. So you know, the 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:13.760 IQ difference will be stark and that'll be coming up. 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.520 But speaking of rookies on defense, did you catch Zavin 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:19.400 Collins meeting the media this past week? As a matter 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:21.560 of fact, I did, PAULI, Yeah, So what your thoughts 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:25.480 on this? Well, you know, it's interesting because in some 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:28.560 ways he's the point one percent of the world, right, 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:30.680 he's six five, he's too sixty, he can run, he 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:32.640 can play middle linebacker. He's gonna come in as a 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:35.120 rookie and he's gonna start, and then he's just like 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:37.640 everyone else. When he can't find a house in this 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:40.320 red hot real estate market, the young man says, the 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:42.039 hardest thing he's had to do so far in his 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:44.680 life is try and find a house in the Phoenix 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:50.520 metro area in this housing market. Yes, for the real estate. Yeah, 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:52.919 you know what. Honestly, right now I think about it, 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:55.240 You're you're looking for a house. You're a rookie, Paul. 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:58.600 You know I'm not listening. He's he's paid very well. 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:00.719 Would you say he's paid well, Paul? I would say 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:03.440 that he's paid very well well. As people point out 0:05:03.440 --> 0:05:06.680 on Twitter, the eight million dollars signing bonus should probably 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:09.800 go a long way towards purchasing sethouse. But it is 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:11.880 a seller's market. He might want to rent for a year. 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:16.039 So you know, there's pressure, Wolf, there's pressure to find 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:18.720 the house. And then we're gonna hear from Zamon Collins here. 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:22.719 There's pressure to perform immediately. What you have to do, Polly, 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:25.120 is you have to read Forbes a little bit more Okay, 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:28.120 Forbes Magazine, I'm falling you, Polly. They're saying they're saying 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:31.400 that the Phoenix market is going to lead the country 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:34.200 over the next five years. Now, again, who knows, Polly 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:37.800 if that's the case. But if if I am Zaven Collins, 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:40.320 I'm buying a home, Paul, I'm going to buy a 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:42.800 home and I'm going to sit on it. Okay. When 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:45.640 we're starting to take financial advice from Ron Wolfley, it's 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.240 officially time to hear from Zaven Collins himself. When I 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:51.839 say there's pressure, we're talking about the football end right now. Zavin. 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:55.360 I love pressure. That's a lot of pressure. I love it. 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:57.320 It's a good thing. It means people expect a lot 0:05:57.320 --> 0:05:59.320 out of you. With you know, being a high draft pick. 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:01.120 People expect that. You know, it comes with it. You 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:03.080 can't be a high draft pick and then not do anything, 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:10.000 you know, So that's something that's that I look forward to, man, Polly. 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:12.680 I hope he really means that honestly right now, And 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:15.159 there's no reason to believe that Zaven Collins does not. 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:18.520 I hope he embraces that, because that's exactly what he's 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:21.400 got to do. Polly, You've got to expect, you've got 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:25.479 to embrace the pressure. Right. Tony LaRussa was famous for 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:27.880 saying this, and it's one of the most cellient things 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:31.000 I think I've heard in in the last decade. He 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:34.200 was talking about how you've got to make pressure your friend. 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.760 You have to embrace it. And the guys that are 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:42.080 good in pressure pack situations, for whatever reason, don't allow 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:47.000 the outside influences, so to speak, to impact how they play. 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:49.920 They embrace the pressure and make it their friend. And 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:52.440 I think that's exactly what Zaven Collins has got to do. 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.120 And look, he's not just a rookie. He's not just 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:59.320 a starter from day one. He's calling the defense. I mean, 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:03.280 he's got the green dot. He's responsible for lining guys up. Now, 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:05.479 Van s. Joseph did say he's going to remove some 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:08.520 of the leadership responsibilities that typically could go with playing 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:11.560 mic linebacker. He's outsourcing those to JJ Watt and Buddha 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:14.120 Baker and those kind of guys. But you know, there's 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:17.200 a lot obviously to process. Thank goodness for his sake, 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.800 there is a preseason, but when it comes to regular season, 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:23.920 guess what that's gonna be. Unlike anything he's ever played 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:26.200 that brand of ball, and he talked about that this week. 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:29.000 You haven't really seen the true speed of the game yet. 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:31.760 You haven't really seen you know, what guys do, how 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:35.280 guys are because it's been mostly a lower tempo. Trying 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:37.480 to understand how all these moving parts work and how 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:41.080 they benefit us, you know, situationally, as a MIC, Knowing 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:43.560 that stuff is very important to give you know, alert, 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:46.000 to give a heads up, tell guys what we're thinking 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:48.000 right here, especially when I get the call in the 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:51.200 on the helmet. So that's been kind of the curveball 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:52.960 for me, is learning that stuff. But it's something that 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:55.520 I'm getting a grasp on. Paulie, this is going to 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:57.680 be a tough goal. I'm just saying right now. You 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:00.440 know last year how I was talking about Isaiah Simmons 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.120 and the fact that you just can't move him all 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:05.560 over the field. You just can't do that. I wanted 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:10.760 to see the Arizona Cardinals slowly move Isaiah Simmons into 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:14.000 the week side inside linebacker position and let him actually 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:16.440 get his footing underneath him, and I will knock him 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:19.480 off that paul I still believe this is a situation 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:23.280 where Zaven Collins is going to get roughed up. He's 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:26.320 going to But what I love about this is Zaven 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:29.960 Collins I think learns he learns from what I'm told. 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:33.760 He learns quickly. He's got a great brain, and he 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:36.959 actually learns from doing. And then, paul once you make 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:39.560 a mistake, it's one of the best lessons you could 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:43.320 possibly learn out on a football field. It is you 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:47.000 don't forget it very soon after you get beat and 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:49.880 suddenly it's a mark on you when you sit there 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.200 and watch it on film and everyone in the room 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:55.440 is watching. You make a mistake that costs the team. Now, 0:08:55.440 --> 0:08:57.800 it might only be a first town that it costs 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:01.280 the team, might be a touchdown, whatever it is. But Paulie, 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:04.880 this is a situation where once again he's gonna get 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:06.959 rough dump. It's just how quickly he's going to be 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:09.840 able to assimilate. And he admitted to the media he's 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:14.280 already messed it up in rookie minicamp and in mandatory 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:17.320 mini camp he's messed up entire defensive calls and they've 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:19.719 had to stop the drill and go, you know, in 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:21.880 seven on seven, And so that's going to be part 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.640 of the process. There's no doubt about that. But you 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:27.479 know what, when Buddha Baker says on his own, unprompted 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:32.360 out of nowhere, that the young guy at linebacker knows football, 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:35.240 that gives you hope when a Buddha Baker brings that up, 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:38.240 that they can tell already okay, he's got a chance here. 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:41.559 Vance Joseph was asked about playing the two young guys 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:45.520 Isaiah Simmons limited action a year ago no preseason, alongside 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:48.800 the rookies Avon Collins. Here's a Cardinals defensive coordinator. I 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:51.000 think as a coach, you have to understand it's going 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:54.400 to be some bad downs. But also on a flip side, 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:56.360 it's gonna be played that those two guys can make 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:58.880 that other guys can't make. It's our job as a 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:02.440 staff mine, especially to put players first in scheme second, 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:04.920 you know, and to let those guys unlock those bodies 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.440 and just play. Man. I love that, Polly, I really 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:11.640 do players first, scheme second, right. It's Paul, never forget that. 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:14.920 It's it's about the players. It's never about the play 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:17.400 I should say, nay, I don't want to. I don't 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:22.520 want to reduce play calling to some ridiculous level. I 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:24.920 don't want to do that, Polly, but it's about the 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:28.520 player and players making plays. You've got to let players 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:31.360 go out there and play fast and make plays. And 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:34.520 I really think that is what Vance Joseph is going 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:37.480 to do this year with these two inside guys, these 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:41.760 guys that are learning, these guys that have huge upside, Polly, 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:45.319 huge upside, These guys that I think are going to 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:48.760 make a lot of plays. Billy Davis. I love the 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:53.520 fact Billy Davis was talking about deflected passes right Polly passes, 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:57.360 defense and what he expects Zavan Collins at six five 0:10:57.679 --> 0:10:59.920 and Isaiah Simmons at six four to be able to 0:10:59.920 --> 0:11:02.640 get their hands on a lot of balls thrown over 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:05.560 the middle. This is gonna be really interesting to watch 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:08.560 early on in the season. How many times have you 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:12.760 brought up Patrick Willis and Navarro Bowman so many times already, 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:14.720 Wolf that I think it's a drinking game over the 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:16.880 frat house is at Asu Okay, that's how often you 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:19.440 brought it up. And Vance Joseph brought it up on 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:23.080 his own because he was on the Niners staff when 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:26.600 Patrick Willis and Navarro Bowman got their start together. As 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:29.560 two young guys, especially Patrick Willis starting right away as 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:32.200 a rookie, and what do you do. He's simplified it 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:34.880 so they didn't have to think and they could play fast. 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:37.640 And that goes for Isaiah Simmons as well. In fact, 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:40.440 Isaiah Simmons has been asked recently here about his comfort 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:44.320 level advanced. Joseph ste I would say, I've made very 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:47.520 large strides with my comfort just being able to learn 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:51.160 the system more. And this offseason I really focused in on, 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:54.920 you know, tuning in to the fine details of multiple positions. 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:57.680 You're not taking it upon myself not to only learn 0:11:57.679 --> 0:11:59.800 in my position, but the people around me, just so 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:02.360 I cannot only be another coach on the field and 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:04.560 help people out, but as well as it'll help me 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:07.360 play faster just knowing where everybody else is going to be. Oh, 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:11.400 that's awesome, ding ning ning ding. We've got a winner 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:14.400 right there, Paulie with Isaiah Simmons. And oh, by the way, 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:17.640 he's actually going to have a full training camp and 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:22.600 maybe even a preseason. Can you imagine Can you imagine 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.760 we're sitting around talking last year about Isaiah Simmons and 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:28.040 how they're going to move him around and man, I 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:31.040 just wanted to see him play weekside inside linebacker. And 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:33.679 then you don't get preseason games to go out there 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:37.080 and play that. What a nightmare scenario that was for 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:41.080 a young inside linebacker. Thank goodness, Zavan Collins is going 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:43.920 to have a preseason. And what did we learn recently 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:47.280 about Isaiah Simmons from Bill Davis, the inside linebackers coach 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:50.440 that wolf Not only was he not just playing weekside 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:54.560 inside linebacker, he was being coached up at six different 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:58.280 positions a year ago. Think about that. Think about Isaiah Simmons. 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:01.000 They used him in six different positions because there was 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:04.199 a Devondre Campbell who at the time was a better option, 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:06.760 at least at the starter of the season. So to 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:10.640 what degree are they going to streamline his job responsibilities 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:13.880 and he can excel accordingly. We'll see about that. But 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:16.880 we do know is Victor de Mukage is next the 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:20.240 Cardinals sixth round pick. The comp is Marcus Golden. We'll 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:22.280 see what he thinks about that. Next. On the Big 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:24.720 Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert we are 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:37.800 santan Ford. I'm turning they get sacked. DUKGI Victor d 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:41.760 McGee was another guy that adding a big, six strong 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:45.520 outside linebacker. I was excited about. He started every single 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:47.120 game he played in college, and he was forty six 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:50.000 forty seventh straight games. And Charlie Bullen and I, Quinn 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:51.840 Harris and I we went to the pro day. The 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:54.200 coaches start talking about this guy, and you know, they 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:57.520 just light up the kids, all business. They see the 0:13:57.520 --> 0:13:59.920 alpha the group. I would actually use the word scary 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:03.600 to describe him. So no one message with the guy. 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:06.240 See you get that alpha personality with the Duke degree. 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:09.959 It's kind of rare. Man. What a great scanner report 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:12.760 from Drew Griggson a few weeks ago, in fact, right 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:14.920 after the draft here on the Big Red Rage presented 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:17.400 by satan Ford and Gilbert, that's the Cardinals director of 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:20.760 player personnel talking about the Cardinal's sixth round pick out 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:23.480 of Duke. A starter as a true freshman, Wolf started 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:26.080 all forty nine games he played in during his four 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:30.040 year career. Finished second career most sacks all time in 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:32.520 Duke history at a three and a half stack game 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:35.960 against Boston College last year. A semi finalist for the 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:39.360 Ronnie Lott Impact Trophy given to the college defensive player 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:41.520 who makes the biggest impact for his team on and 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:43.720 off the field. You can appreciate that wolf as someone 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:45.880 who got blowed up by Ronnie Lott more than once. 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:49.240 And I covered Ronnie Lott, so I have the ultimate respect. 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:53.520 It is all about you, presented by satan Ford and 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:57.080 Gilbert and A. That is our intro for Victor Dimukag 0:14:57.160 --> 0:14:59.200 who joins us on the Big Red Rage. Victor, how 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:03.320 are we doing? I'm doing well. How y'all doing doing great? Victor? 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:06.320 Really really appreciate you joining us right now. Talk a 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:08.880 little bit about football, talk a little ball. What does 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:13.360 football mean to you? Victor? Football means a lot to me. 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:17.080 I started playing around the eighth grade. Didn't really know 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:19.560 a lot about the sport when I moved from Nigeria. 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:21.440 But once I started playing, you know, I fell in 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:23.600 love with the game. Um you know, I have passion 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:24.960 for the game, and um you know what it means 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:26.400 a lot to me. Right now, I'm just trying to 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:29.440 play as long as possible. You moved from Nigeria with 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:34.000 your family when you were eight. Actually it was kind 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:36.240 of like a roller coaster. So um, I was born 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.880 in Nigeria. I moved to North Carolina with my family 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:42.040 around the age of three, went back to Nigeria around 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:43.560 the age of five, and then me and my family 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.920 moved to Baltimore around the age of eight. So, Victor, 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:51.000 is there any football in Nigeria? Does anyone play football 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:55.960 American football in Nigeria when I was there? No? You know, 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:57.920 I played soccer when I was younger, but I didn't 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:01.040 know anything about football until I got here. You know, 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:03.400 there's this stat I just gotta get to this because 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:05.360 when you were drafted, we were talking about the Cardinals 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:08.600 draft class and this stood out. You bench pressed two 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:12.080 hundred and twenty five pounds thirty two times as a 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:14.960 high school junior. I mean that's gonna be a typo. 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:19.160 Is that correct? Victor? Yes? There, Yeah, I was actolutely. 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:21.120 I actually did more in high school than I did 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:23.800 Um about Friday, I was. I was pretty strung coming 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:26.640 out of high school. So Victor tells us, how did 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:31.560 you get to Duke Um? Yeah, So my freshman year 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:34.760 I went to Newtown High School, which is a small 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:38.360 public school in Baltimore County. UM and then like um, 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.080 um boys let in high school and m Baltimore reached 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:43.280 out to me, which is a private school. Um, a 0:16:43.360 --> 0:16:46.600 procedures private school known for their academics. Um. So I 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:49.120 spent three years there once I transferred there. You know, 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:52.280 I had schools like Harvard, Duke, Notre Dame, like all 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:54.640 the big schools, and also like some of the football schools, 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:57.600 and the ABC in Big Ten reached out to me. So, um, 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:00.280 that's really how I ended up at Duke. Um, you know, 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:03.440 just the academic piece for my high school, UM kind 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:07.040 of helped me get into Duke. We're just a couple 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:09.160 of ham and Eggers here, Victor. All right. So so 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:13.440 when you graduate with a degree in evolutionary anthropology, how 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:17.880 demanding was that? Oh man, it was tough. Um my 0:17:17.880 --> 0:17:20.359 freshman year, I had to I had to learn quick 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:23.679 because trying to balance um, you know, academicals to a 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:26.080 football starting as a true freshman. Um. You know, it 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.360 was definitely tough my freshman year. But um, that time 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:31.160 went on, you know, I was able to like play faster, um, 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:33.240 learn how to take care of my time wisely, and 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:36.520 just know how to balance everything. So Victor, why did 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:41.960 you choose Duke personally? Um? You know, after talking to 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:44.000 my family and my mom and dad, you know, they 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:46.239 made a lot to me, and you know, they kind 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:48.479 of hasked me to go there. And also, you know, 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:51.320 I felt like Duke was the best place for me. Um. 0:17:51.760 --> 0:17:55.479 I liked the defensive scheme and they kind of offered 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:57.920 the best of both worlds when it comes to academics 0:17:57.920 --> 0:18:00.760 and football. Um, of course football last whatever. So I 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:03.280 felt like Dude was the best place for me. UM, 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:06.280 not only thinking about my my NFL career, but also 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:08.000 like at the football if I chose to go back 0:18:08.040 --> 0:18:10.240 to school, I felt like I wouldn't want that degree 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:12.200 to do whatever I want to do after playing football. 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:14.480 So what was it about the defensive scheme that you 0:18:14.600 --> 0:18:18.960 liked so much? Victor? Um? You know, just um talking 0:18:19.000 --> 0:18:22.040 to coach Albert, my defensive line coach. Um. You know, 0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:24.399 I just liked how I fit into the defense. You know, 0:18:24.480 --> 0:18:26.960 we were at a tad style defense, you know, get 0:18:26.960 --> 0:18:30.320 off the ball, you know, getting your defense, single care defense, 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:32.360 and UM, you're not kind of like how I fit 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:34.840 in that system, and you know they had the good 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:36.919 plan for me coming in, So I felt like that 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:39.560 was the best place for me. Let's talk about why 0:18:39.600 --> 0:18:43.280 the Cardinals chose Victor Demo KG and let's go back 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:45.239 to that conversation we under the Big Red Rage right 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:47.840 after the draft director of Player Personnel Drew Grigson and 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:49.760 Wolf you're chopping it up with him. At one point, 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:53.400 you guys were talking about the Cardinals sixth round pick, 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:56.800 who's six two two sixty two, Drew Grigson. He's gonna 0:18:56.800 --> 0:18:58.639 be a hard, charging ball and muscle for us. He 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:01.639 just plays a relentless motor. Reminded me of Marcus Golden 0:19:01.720 --> 0:19:04.120 when I watched him. So I'm excited that he's got 0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:06.520 a great last name. When you think about a dboo KG, 0:19:06.800 --> 0:19:09.359 it just get us out really good, look good on 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:11.320 the back of in Jersey. Tough to figure out, you know, 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:13.000 when you're first looking at him, me just call him Vic. 0:19:13.680 --> 0:19:17.280 There you go. True. So let me ask you, Vic, 0:19:17.359 --> 0:19:19.919 if we can call you that, uh, Marcus Golden, do 0:19:19.920 --> 0:19:22.240 you agree with that comp? Now that you've seen Marcus Golden, 0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:24.840 at least in the mandatory mini comp mini camps, what 0:19:24.960 --> 0:19:29.080 do you think about the comp? Marcus Golden, He's a 0:19:29.080 --> 0:19:30.960 great player. That's actually one of the guys I've been 0:19:30.960 --> 0:19:34.119 around um through our ots and mini camp. You know, 0:19:34.160 --> 0:19:36.480 I've learned a lot from him. Um, he's a great leader, 0:19:36.480 --> 0:19:39.040 and I actually like knew about him when he was 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:41.359 coming out of college. Um, I've watched a lot of them, 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:42.880 and he's a great player. He plays with a lot 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:45.400 of effort. Um. You know, it's like he's a he's 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:47.399 a guy that you respect. When you put on the stape, 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:49.879 you see one hundred percent effort, You see that motor, 0:19:49.920 --> 0:19:52.320 you see a relentlessness, and UM, you know that's that's 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:55.240 a great comparison because honestly, Um, he's been in the 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:57.639 league for while, he had some good seasons, and um, 0:19:57.680 --> 0:19:59.600 he saw what he did once he got to the 0:19:59.680 --> 0:20:03.040 car last year. So you know, just learning from him, 0:20:03.040 --> 0:20:05.680 trying to get as much knowledge as I can from him, 0:20:05.720 --> 0:20:07.880 you know, that would take me a long way. Victor, 0:20:08.000 --> 0:20:10.520 you were drafted in the sixth round. Did you expect 0:20:10.560 --> 0:20:15.200 to be drafted in the sixth round? Honestly, Like with 0:20:15.359 --> 0:20:17.320 the draft, I already knew how that went. You know, 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:19.600 you really never know where when you're gonna get drafted. 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:22.520 You know, anything can happen. So I knew I was 0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:26.240 gonna get drafted like between four through six somewhere around there. 0:20:26.320 --> 0:20:28.000 But I didn't really try to focus on that I 0:20:28.040 --> 0:20:30.080 just tried to just you know, enjoy the time with 0:20:30.119 --> 0:20:32.000 my family and whenever my name was called, you know, 0:20:32.080 --> 0:20:36.120