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Speaker 1: the first question right off the top, the only question
Speaker 1: here on the original Thursday Night Football is run Wolfley.
Speaker 1: There did Wolf big time us on the Big Red
Speaker 1: Rage tonight? Paul? What are you talking about? Is that
Speaker 1: really you Wolf? Because we all know you went viral.
Speaker 1: I mean, dude went coast to coast last week on
Speaker 1: NFL networks. So I just want to make sure they're
Speaker 1: still on our air. You're still in our booth. Maybe
Speaker 1: you jump ship and we're gonna find you with a
Speaker 1: Monday night football crew in town, you know, as you
Speaker 1: most of your way down to the national TV booth.
Speaker 1: I don't know. Okay, you just want to make sure Wolf,
Speaker 1: because I mean, I couldn't pick up Twitter without seeing
Speaker 1: your name being splashed everywhere. Somebody just passed me the
Speaker 1: protective cup. Please and let me slide that thing in. Paul,
Speaker 1: just stop it. Oh my goodness, you know what. It's
Speaker 1: a national broadcast. Paul, I didn't even know it was
Speaker 1: a national broadcast until the third quarter. We're past, said
Speaker 1: to me, Well, in a break, he said, hey, do
Speaker 1: you know that we're this is a national broadcast? I
Speaker 1: said what. I didn't even know that. Yeah, until your
Speaker 1: phone died because it was going off every other second.
Speaker 1: So as uh, you got quite a bit of attention.
Speaker 1: So that's good. That's good. Wal. I had general managers
Speaker 1: general managers like kidding plural actually texting me going to
Speaker 1: you guys are audio. It was pretty funny. I gotta
Speaker 1: tell you that is good. That's that's a good humble brag.
Speaker 1: By the way, it's a nice flex right off the top,
Speaker 1: So we're looking for it is the Big Bride Paul Interview.
Speaker 1: Of fact, we're bringing in were roast partner and cohort
Speaker 1: and crime Dave Pash will join us in the very
Speaker 1: next segment as we welcome in Christian Kirk. How about
Speaker 1: that name dropping here is Christian Kirk, the Cardinals receiver,
Speaker 1: will join us. Wait a minute, are you telling me
Speaker 1: right now that Dave Pass actually did the Christian Kirk
Speaker 1: interview with you, Dave Pash and yours truly? Oh, I
Speaker 1: see how it goes right there. Somehow you couldn't make
Speaker 1: it worked with me, Pash. Well, he's got the podcast now,
Speaker 1: so you know, we had to get the cross promotion
Speaker 1: in and we benefit accordingly. We bring in Dave and
Speaker 1: he was hanging with the Monday Night Football the ESPN
Speaker 1: crew a little bit. So in fact, that's going to
Speaker 1: be featured in the next Pash podcast, or at least
Speaker 1: upcoming for him. We'll get to that momentarily. But right
Speaker 1: off the top here we'll get some impressions what we
Speaker 1: saw in week one, and yeah, we could spend the
Speaker 1: next hour and talking about who was flashing and maybe
Speaker 1: who was lacking. But how about the quarterback position. And
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, Wolf, We didn't see Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: obviously last Friday night, but he just had himself a
Speaker 1: heck of a week of practice. Honest. I saw every
Speaker 1: moment of every practice this week, and he was really
Speaker 1: sharp all the tempo. That's a great observation right there.
Speaker 1: What kind of tempo were they going at? They were
Speaker 1: going every single sort of tempo. I mean they were
Speaker 1: varying things. There were different you know, two minute offense.
Speaker 1: I saw four minute offense. I saw more of a
Speaker 1: traditional offense. It was interesting. But just and you know
Speaker 1: what Christian Kirk will talk about it something that Buddha
Speaker 1: Baker told day Pass about just the increased arm strength
Speaker 1: with your starting quarterback. It's a very intriguing storyline right now.
Speaker 1: But I tell you he was sharp all week long.
Speaker 1: And if you followed any of the Cardinals social media content,
Speaker 1: he's also very comfortable. I mean, well, I have you
Speaker 1: seen a different Kyler in year three, just the way
Speaker 1: he's asserting himself and his personality if you will, yeah, PAULI, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's something that I've noticed. It's something you've been talking
Speaker 1: about as well. It's something that his teammates have noticed
Speaker 1: and have been talking about lately. It's just it's the
Speaker 1: maturation of Kyler Murray. It's something that must happen for
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray to become the true franchise quarterback that he
Speaker 1: needs to be. And once again, he's got all the
Speaker 1: physical skills you could possibly want. There's no denying everything
Speaker 1: about Kyler Murray is explosive when it comes to his
Speaker 1: skill set right here, and he's proven that in the
Speaker 1: first two years of the league. Offensive Rookie of the
Speaker 1: Year of course in his rookie season, and then he
Speaker 1: went to the Pro Bowl last year, voted in along
Speaker 1: with Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers. That's something you and
Speaker 1: I have talked about many many times. Everyone else. The
Speaker 1: skill set is there now all of a sudden, BALI,
Speaker 1: it's those intangibles. It's a leadership that is what he's
Speaker 1: got to grow. And behind him on the depth chart
Speaker 1: and in that room every single day is a guy
Speaker 1: he grew up watching, a guy whose game he admired
Speaker 1: when he was a four year starter at the University
Speaker 1: of Texas in Colt McCoy, a guy with a dozen
Speaker 1: years of NFL experience and it's interesting to hear guys
Speaker 1: in that room and the head coach himself. In fact,
Speaker 1: here's Cliff Kingsbury talking about Colt McCoy. Yeah, I thought
Speaker 1: he did a nice job handling the system. First time
Speaker 1: I ever really playing in a game situation on our
Speaker 1: offense and operationally was really smooth, good decisions. That's so
Speaker 1: I thought. Unaddressed at times he handed him so well.
Speaker 1: That was on the Arizona Cardinals radio network. That was
Speaker 1: after the game on Friday night, after he went six
Speaker 1: or seven for sixty nine yards. But just his ability
Speaker 1: to come in command that offense, and well, if you
Speaker 1: tell me, just give you a sense of confidence. If
Speaker 1: Kyler ever has to miss time this regular season, guess what,
Speaker 1: you know, You're not in peril. You have a guy
Speaker 1: who can come out and win you a game. You
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. Belli, Yeah, Colt McCoy, I just
Speaker 1: played very, very well, I think for the most part.
Speaker 1: Here the one throw to Christian Kirk against that man
Speaker 1: cover man, free man on the outside, and then in
Speaker 1: the middle of the field they had a safety over
Speaker 1: the top. PAULI. Great throw to Christian Kirk, a one
Speaker 1: handed catch by Christian Kirk, and that, to me is
Speaker 1: exactly what Colt McCoy and what this offense honestly needs
Speaker 1: to do this season is continued to push the ball
Speaker 1: down the field and not just attack horizontally, of course,
Speaker 1: but do it vertically. They actually did that last year
Speaker 1: from time to time, but I think they need to
Speaker 1: do it more. Whether it's a tight end down the seam,
Speaker 1: whether it's it's DeAndre Hopkins on the dig, whether it's
Speaker 1: somebody in the seam, whatever it may be. I think
Speaker 1: the chunk throw has got to really resurface here, especially
Speaker 1: when you're talking about those throws PAULI eleven to twenty
Speaker 1: yards somewhere right in that mix. I think that's where
Speaker 1: they can kind of flex a little bit, and that's
Speaker 1: really the play action flex that eleven to twenty yards.
Speaker 1: We asked Cliff Kingsbury after the game as well about
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk and that grabbed that thirty four yard or
Speaker 1: e referenced and whether it was by design that was
Speaker 1: his last snap at the game, and Cliff said, yeah,
Speaker 1: oh yeah. As soon as he made that catch and
Speaker 1: I got to look at him, he said, I gave
Speaker 1: him the thumb, said get out of the game, go
Speaker 1: grab some sunflower seeds, and so that's where they went
Speaker 1: from there. Now, as you saw yesterday at practice, there
Speaker 1: was the Monday Night Football Lewis Riddick, Brian Greasy, Steve Levy,
Speaker 1: and then a couple of those guys joined Dave Pash
Speaker 1: on an episo sewed an upcoming episode of The Day
Speaker 1: Pash Podcast. In fact, here's Brian Greasy, the former NFL quarterback,
Speaker 1: talking about Kyler Murray, the Cardinals franchise quarterback, in his growth.
Speaker 1: Kyler I think needs to grow. He needs to grow
Speaker 1: off the field, he needs to grow mentally, he needs
Speaker 1: to grow from a leadership standpoint. Those are all things
Speaker 1: we know and by the way, every young quarterback needs
Speaker 1: to do that. I think sometimes we want a microwave
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray into, you know, a Patrick Mahomes kind of player,
Speaker 1: because he is so talented and it is so unique
Speaker 1: and we haven't seen anything like it. But I think
Speaker 1: this is just a normal growing process. Now, there will
Speaker 1: come a time when you know, you either put up
Speaker 1: a shut up, and we're approaching that time, but I
Speaker 1: don't think we're there yet. Nana. I love that Polly.
Speaker 1: That is right on the money. Ding ding Ding ding Ding. Hey, Brian,
Speaker 1: did you happen to play quarterback? By the way, because
Speaker 1: he is all over it in Polly. This is the
Speaker 1: reason why I say, just because you're drafted number one
Speaker 1: overall doesn't mean you're a franchise quarterback. This is exactly
Speaker 1: the reason why you have to prove you're a franchise quarterback.
Speaker 1: And typically it takes years to prove that you're a
Speaker 1: franchise quarterback. And when I say years, i'm talking about
Speaker 1: three to four years. Not everybody can be Patrick Mahomes
Speaker 1: where you come in and you light it up your
Speaker 1: second year and suddenly you back it up your third
Speaker 1: year again. You just don't know how difficult that really is.
Speaker 1: But to develop that kind of relationship with your teammates
Speaker 1: off the field and on the field, man, it takes exposure,
Speaker 1: and that exposure takes years. And you're right, and Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes NFL MVP is second year Super Bowl champion his
Speaker 1: third year. You know. But there's a lot of comparisons,
Speaker 1: not only the Cliff Kingsbury connection with Kyler Murray, but
Speaker 1: they're baseball background. Interesting here. Cliff Kingsbury this week say that,
Speaker 1: upon entering college football, had been an afterthought for Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker 1: He had really been primarily a baseball guy, and he
Speaker 1: envisioned that as his future upon his arrival to Texas Tech.
Speaker 1: So that was interesting there. Speaking of the Dave Pash Podcast,
Speaker 1: Episode two featuring Buddha Baker available now wherever you get
Speaker 1: your podcast or lay us updates on the Dave Pash
Speaker 1: Pod follow along on Twitter at pash Pod. So there
Speaker 1: you go. Look, I've been one of the best things
Speaker 1: that came out of Week one preseason game number one
Speaker 1: is we could have a legitimate debate as to which
Speaker 1: rookie showed up the best, whether it was Zavan Collins,
Speaker 1: Rondale Moore, or Marco Wilson. You could legitimately debate which
Speaker 1: guy was most impressive. And we'll get to a couple
Speaker 1: of those guys next with Christian Kirk and Dave Pass.
Speaker 1: As we mentioned, he's gonna join us in and we'll
Speaker 1: talk about it because Wolf, I'll tell you what my
Speaker 1: other takeaway from practice this week when you see the
Speaker 1: Cardinals break the huddle in the red zone and they
Speaker 1: have James Connor, and they have Rondale Moore, and they've
Speaker 1: added AJ Green and now Christian Kirk has been moved
Speaker 1: into the slot inside look out. There are a lot
Speaker 1: more weapons and options for La Murray in the red zone,
Speaker 1: and we know how important that is to winning NFL games.
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk is next. Then the big red rage presented
Speaker 1: by Satan four in Gilbert first down in ten from
Speaker 1: the nineteen pocket holes, he throws chunk throw near sideline,
Speaker 1: single coverage Burke with a grab in the Dallas territory,
Speaker 1: fanged out a bounds at a forty yard line. There
Speaker 1: you go, that's what we're looking for a preseason with
Speaker 1: step up maker one on one play and he's going
Speaker 1: against the guy that's going to get up in his face.
Speaker 1: He's going to challenge him. But Christian Kirk has that
Speaker 1: ability to take the top off the coverage and great
Speaker 1: pass where only his guy could get it. And that
Speaker 1: is the last time that we saw and heard from
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk. The thirty four yard grab deep shot down
Speaker 1: the Cardinals sideline thirteen, got out of bounds and then Dave,
Speaker 1: as we learned later, Cliff Kingsbury just got him out
Speaker 1: of the game. He told us after the game, literally
Speaker 1: he's like, you know what, Cliff went down on the
Speaker 1: sideline gave the thumb, you know, just get them out.
Speaker 1: I've seen it off Trey Christian Kirk's helmet for a
Speaker 1: couple of sunflower seeds. And that's where we are here
Speaker 1: on the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford in Gilbert. Actually,
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk joins us, did we not see you on
Speaker 1: social media in between then and now? Did you speak
Speaker 1: the monsoon into existence? The Arizona guy? You are, Christian?
Speaker 1: Were you talking about the monsoon? Did you did you
Speaker 1: call this all the all the rain we've had? I
Speaker 1: definitely did. I believe um. Like I said in the video,
Speaker 1: I was. I was talking with my parents and I'm like, yeah,
Speaker 1: I feel like in recent years we just haven't had
Speaker 1: the monsoon monsoon season that you know, I remember as
Speaker 1: a kid, you know, five to ten years ago, because
Speaker 1: I remember, uh, you know, some of those nasty storms
Speaker 1: that would come through and knock down all the trees
Speaker 1: and even knocked down walls and you know, flood the streets.
Speaker 1: And sure enough, the monsoon season answered my questioning and
Speaker 1: came came with an attitude this year. So it's been good.
Speaker 1: You know. I like to see the valley get a
Speaker 1: lot of rain, and I know it's good, you know,
Speaker 1: especially for how dry it is the rest of the year.
Speaker 1: So it's it's it's nice to see well. Voice of
Speaker 1: the Cardinals Day Pass barely made it home Friday night
Speaker 1: after calling the game on the TV side. But you're good, right, Dave,
Speaker 1: If you're good, I'm here, PAULI. You made it back,
Speaker 1: and I'm just glad I get to talk to Christian Kirk. Hey, Christian,
Speaker 1: I'm curious. I know you've probably answered this question at nauseum.
Speaker 1: You're probably tired of it. But everybody's tired of talking
Speaker 1: about last year. But when you look back at last
Speaker 1: year and think, Okay, here's where I need to improve,
Speaker 1: here is where I can be a difference maker in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, what stands out to you about what
Speaker 1: you learned from a year ago. Well, I think, you know,
Speaker 1: for myself personally, you know, it's just you know, approaching
Speaker 1: each week with that same consistent mindset and with a
Speaker 1: playoff mindset. You know, last year was really the first
Speaker 1: time I really got to, you know, have that feeling
Speaker 1: and kind of taste a little bit of that of
Speaker 1: you know, fighting and vying for a playoff spot. Um,
Speaker 1: and just the sense of urgency, you know, especially towards
Speaker 1: the end of the year, and the type of football
Speaker 1: that needs to be played. And you know, the martygin
Speaker 1: of airs is so small, you know, like I said,
Speaker 1: especially when you know you're you're playing you're one game
Speaker 1: away from making the playoffs, um, you know, and and
Speaker 1: reaching that that goal. So you know, I think that
Speaker 1: was the one thing that I learned is just um,
Speaker 1: you know, it's just the margin of air. It's so small,
Speaker 1: and you have to be on every little detail and
Speaker 1: you know, every play matters. You know, you can't can't
Speaker 1: take a playoff and you can't um, you know, not
Speaker 1: not you know, do your job. And I think that's
Speaker 1: just a key for us, you know, as a whole,
Speaker 1: as a team, is you know, showing up and approaching
Speaker 1: every game, um like it's a playoff game, you know,
Speaker 1: because I believe if we do that, then you know,
Speaker 1: we have a shot to be to be really good
Speaker 1: and we just gotta, you know, like I said, cut
Speaker 1: out the little little mistakes. So what does that look
Speaker 1: like then individually for you in terms of adjusting your
Speaker 1: mindset knowing going into the season that hey, every game
Speaker 1: is going to be like that. I like that this
Speaker 1: year because you know we are a playoff team. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, I just uh, I have to have to
Speaker 1: play to the level of you know, expectation and play
Speaker 1: to the level that you know the team needs me
Speaker 1: to play at. Um. And you know, I know I'm
Speaker 1: you know, going to have a significant role, and you know,
Speaker 1: I know that you know they're going to be counting
Speaker 1: on me to to to make big plays and make
Speaker 1: consistent catches and um, you know, play tough across the
Speaker 1: middle and and and you know, make sure I'm blocking
Speaker 1: you know, you know, tough in the run game and
Speaker 1: things of like that. And so you know, I know
Speaker 1: I'm ready for it. You know, I've I've put in
Speaker 1: the the the work for this offseason and um, you know,
Speaker 1: just just feel you know different out there, feel more mature,
Speaker 1: and just feel um like the like the game's just
Speaker 1: coming coming pretty easy to me right now. So I'm
Speaker 1: just ready to go out there and play. It's all
Speaker 1: about you, Christian Kirk presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert
Speaker 1: We are to clip in the off season from Flight
Speaker 1: Plan where a Cliff Kingsbury was talking to you during
Speaker 1: OTAs on the sideline and he mentioned being the inside
Speaker 1: receiver more often. Is that your expectation and how much
Speaker 1: you're looking forward to that? How much do you think
Speaker 1: that suits your game? Um? Yeah, I think that that
Speaker 1: is the expectation. Um. But you know, like I said
Speaker 1: with with Cliff, you know, he can kind of put
Speaker 1: you all over the place, you know, no matter no
Speaker 1: matter what and all. It just kind of depends on
Speaker 1: the game plan. But for right now, obviously think, uh,
Speaker 1: you know that's the plan, and you know it's a
Speaker 1: it's exciting. You know, that's the position that I played
Speaker 1: in this offense when I was at Texas A and M.
Speaker 1: And it's kind of night and day for me. So
Speaker 1: it's just, uh, you know, kind of kind of working
Speaker 1: out some kings, but other than that, it's it's second
Speaker 1: nature for me and guys. As we know, the Arizona
Speaker 1: Cardinals led in the NFL and ten personnel a year ago,
Speaker 1: four wide receiver. So let me get this straight. If
Speaker 1: it's DeAndre Hopkins, AJ Green, Christian Kirk, Rondelle Moore, that's
Speaker 1: pretty tempting Christian for your head coach, right and your
Speaker 1: play caller. I'm guessing he's not going to hesitate to
Speaker 1: go with that personnel package this year. Uh, he definitely won't.
Speaker 1: And I think he's he's uh, he's showing that before.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm just excited to uh to get into
Speaker 1: the game plans, you know, weekend, week out and see
Speaker 1: what he has a journal for us. I was gonna say,
Speaker 1: what sort of challenge do you think that is for
Speaker 1: a defensive backfield? Just NFL defense is based on what
Speaker 1: you've seen so far. How stoked are you about your
Speaker 1: wide receiver room? Oh, I mean we can we can
Speaker 1: definitely be one of the best in the league, if
Speaker 1: not the best in the league. Um, And I know
Speaker 1: that's our mentality just with uh, you know, the type
Speaker 1: of guys that we have, you know, obviously with uh,
Speaker 1: you know, with with aj And and DeAndre being two
Speaker 1: future Hall of Famers, you know that's uh, you know,
Speaker 1: that's kind of the pinnacle. You know that not too
Speaker 1: many times, Um, you know, do you get to play
Speaker 1: with with two Hall of Famers And yeah, you know
Speaker 1: Larry and and DeAndre last year for me, I get
Speaker 1: to sit back and just be like, man, I'll be
Speaker 1: able to say that. You know, each year I've been
Speaker 1: in the league, I've I've had two Hall of Famers
Speaker 1: in my room, which is crazy and so um. You know,
Speaker 1: those guys leading the way and then you know Ron Dale,
Speaker 1: you know, coming along, and you know some of those
Speaker 1: other guys, you know, just being able to learn from them.
Speaker 1: You know, they they set the level of expectation, they
Speaker 1: set the level of play, and you know we all
Speaker 1: just have to meet that standard. Christian, I wants your
Speaker 1: take on Kyler Murray on the Dave Pash Podcast. Sorry
Speaker 1: shameless self promotion, Christian downloading on your way home Buddha.
Speaker 1: Baker sat down with Buddha and asked him where do
Speaker 1: you see Kyler Murray improving from a year ago? And
Speaker 1: he actually his answer was interesting. He said arm strength.
Speaker 1: He said, his arm is stronger. What are you noticing
Speaker 1: from Kyler Murray that's different from last year? And it
Speaker 1: maybe something that is in the locker room. Maybe it's
Speaker 1: something that we don't see when we're watching practice. I mean,
Speaker 1: I definitely agree with Buddhist statement in his arm strength.
Speaker 1: I don't know what he did this offseason, but you
Speaker 1: know the balls coming out with a lot more zip
Speaker 1: on it, and you know even on his deep balls,
Speaker 1: you know it's it's right on the money, no matter
Speaker 1: how how deep the guy is down the field. But
Speaker 1: you know, from my point of view, I think it
Speaker 1: is just his decision making and to be able to
Speaker 1: go through his reads and no presnap, you know where
Speaker 1: he wants to go with the ball, but also knowing
Speaker 1: all right if he doesn't get the look that he
Speaker 1: wants or the guy, and when he knows, you know,
Speaker 1: to get through his other reads and he knows where
Speaker 1: guys are at. And so I think his decision making,
Speaker 1: you know, from so far what I've seen in camp
Speaker 1: has just has been elevated a lot more since last year. Well,
Speaker 1: Chase Edmonds raped on Twitter about to throw this week
Speaker 1: in practice on the run fifty yards downfield on the
Speaker 1: money in the end zone, and so Kyler was asked
Speaker 1: about that. Didn't you go to SoCal over the summer
Speaker 1: with Chase and Byron Murphy? You guys hung out and
Speaker 1: trained during the summer. Yep, yeah, we I've been going
Speaker 1: to California every year during the off season and training
Speaker 1: with my trader, Jamal Leggins and Chase joined two years ago,
Speaker 1: and so we brought Byron along with us this year,
Speaker 1: and so that was good. You know. We bought Charles
Speaker 1: Washington too. He came for a little bit. Isaiah Simmons came,
Speaker 1: and so we're just getting guys to come out there
Speaker 1: and go out there and get some good work and
Speaker 1: you know, put in some of that, you know, that
Speaker 1: that offseason work that's needed and kind of put the landing,
Speaker 1: you know, the foundational blocks down to to get ready
Speaker 1: for the season. We had Ion Murphy a couple of
Speaker 1: weeks ago. He said he had to go on the trip.
Speaker 1: Somebody had to keep Chase straight because he always thinks
Speaker 1: he's right. So somebody had to had a verbally spar
Speaker 1: with Chase Edmonds during the or else he just gets
Speaker 1: off and on too many rants. So yeah, I don't
Speaker 1: have the emotional capacity sometimes to be able to keep
Speaker 1: up with Chase, so I bring somebody else along to
Speaker 1: talk for me. That's great. Christian Kirk joining us on
Speaker 1: the Big Red Rage. Right. If you want to know
Speaker 1: about a corner, ask a receiver. Tell us about Marco Wilson.
Speaker 1: He made plays in the game, He's made plays in
Speaker 1: practice all week long. Give us your thoughts on the
Speaker 1: fourth round rookie. You know he's been um, you know,
Speaker 1: very very mature and very poised, you know, so far
Speaker 1: in camp. And you know, one thing that sticks out
Speaker 1: for me with Marco is you know he's never out
Speaker 1: of position. You know, he's always in a position to
Speaker 1: make a play on the ball. And I think that's
Speaker 1: one thing encouraging. You know, when you look at a
Speaker 1: young corners, you know he's not getting beat bad and
Speaker 1: you know he's not you know, getting tons of catches
Speaker 1: you know, caught on him. You know where they're wide open.
Speaker 1: You know, he's always making them contested, you know, catches.
Speaker 1: And I think that's that's uh, you know, really important.
Speaker 1: And it seems like he's picking up the scheme well.
Speaker 1: So we're all, you know, really excited about his development,
Speaker 1: how he's playing so far. What's it like to be
Speaker 1: in the same room with Aj Green? And is there
Speaker 1: anything specifically that you've learned from him? And do you
Speaker 1: see aj is having a lot left in the tank?
Speaker 1: You know, I definitely think he has a lot left
Speaker 1: in the tank. You know, we were all you know,
Speaker 1: very impressed and with how he's been able to have
Speaker 1: been practicing, and you know just the way he comes
Speaker 1: off the ball and you know, you see it, you
Speaker 1: see why he's been you know, one of the top
Speaker 1: receivers in the league, you know, over the past decade,
Speaker 1: and so we're just excited to have him. You know,
Speaker 1: I got a locker right next to him, so I
Speaker 1: got to you know, talk to him a lot. And
Speaker 1: he's just a great, genuine dude, and you know, a
Speaker 1: guy who's also like not afraid to ask questions, you know,
Speaker 1: asking me questions. And he's got you know, eight years
Speaker 1: on me in the league. And so just to to
Speaker 1: to see that and have a guy like that in
Speaker 1: the room is is good, you know, just for everyone.
Speaker 1: It's it's good for guys like me and my development
Speaker 1: to you know, see you know why he's been success
Speaker 1: so successful in the league. You know, the DB's have
Speaker 1: talked about how there's four distinctly different receivers between an
Speaker 1: AJ Green and DeAndre Hopkins your game and then Rondale Moore.
Speaker 1: How do you think Rondale Moore, the rookie impacts this
Speaker 1: offense Christian you know, I think he just adds that
Speaker 1: extra dimension, you know when it comes to you know,
Speaker 1: stretching the field either latterly or vertically. I mean the
Speaker 1: kid ran a four two and um, you know, just
Speaker 1: with how quick he is, you know, with his hands
Speaker 1: and his eyes and in and out of breaks. You
Speaker 1: know he's he's coming along good and you know you
Speaker 1: can see it. You know he wants to stick in
Speaker 1: his foot in the ground and go, uh, he's separating
Speaker 1: from guys. So I think there's gonna be a lot
Speaker 1: of you know, really cool ways and things that you know,
Speaker 1: Cliff is going to be able to, you know, get
Speaker 1: him the ball in space, get the ball in his hands,
Speaker 1: and you know, really help us out this year. All right,
Speaker 1: so we know your relationship with fits. You got him
Speaker 1: on speed dial, Dave. Dave name dropped earlier. So I'm
Speaker 1: gonna flex. I did this MC event with Roger Goodell
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, right, and he said that
Speaker 1: he texted Larry he was in town. Larry said, sorry,
Speaker 1: I'm playing golf in kna So what is Larry doing
Speaker 1: these days? And what's he waiting for? I mean, what
Speaker 1: what do you think he's waiting for? With anything? Yeah,
Speaker 1: may or may not have got a couple of clips
Speaker 1: of him teeing off over there in Kona. So while
Speaker 1: he's asking us how practice is going, Um, it seems
Speaker 1: like he's enjoying life pretty pretty well row well right now.
Speaker 1: But um, you know, I leave it to him. You know,
Speaker 1: we talk and you know, you know how larious. No
Speaker 1: matter how many times you ask him, you know, he'll
Speaker 1: always beat around the bush. So I think we've all
Speaker 1: or at least from my standpoint, I've I've quit asking
Speaker 1: him and just uh, you know, to shoot him text
Speaker 1: from here and there, and he's he's checking in on
Speaker 1: you know, me and Chase and you know, obviously turning
Speaker 1: over in San Francisco. He's just checking in on us
Speaker 1: and you know, still being that big brother figure to
Speaker 1: us and joking around. So you know, I'm just at
Speaker 1: this point, I'm just letting him be in. You know,
Speaker 1: when we hear, we we'll hear that last question for
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk Byron Murphy has his own fashion line out
Speaker 1: Are you Are you launching something similar or have you already? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I've had air Lieberry Avenue as my clothing line. I
Speaker 1: launched it in February. It's named after the street I
Speaker 1: grew up here in Arizona. And we're in two retail stores,
Speaker 1: um in Fashion Square Mall and it's been real successful
Speaker 1: so far. And you know just uh, you know something
Speaker 1: I've always you know, wanted to do something different than
Speaker 1: just you know, fan merchandise. You know, I wanted to
Speaker 1: be a little creative and you know, start it. And
Speaker 1: so it's been it's been good. You know, been a
Speaker 1: lot of hard work, but it's good to you know,
Speaker 1: learn the ins and outs of starting in business and
Speaker 1: running one too. Do you make any ties that might
Speaker 1: look good on television? Because Ron Wolf Lee still has
Speaker 1: one tie that he's had for the last thirty years.
Speaker 1: He needs a new tie. Christian, can you provide one.
Speaker 1: I'll see if I can get him right and if if,
Speaker 1: if he if he rocks it for every game, he'll
Speaker 1: definitely get his own special round Wolflee tie. Wolf doesn't
Speaker 1: need a new tie, needs a new wolk. Okay, he
Speaker 1: needs an extreme makeover. We're gonna send him over for
Speaker 1: an entire day over to your place. Okay, Christian, thank you, Yeah,
Speaker 1: thank you guys. Thank there you go. Christian Kirk on
Speaker 1: the Big Red Rage Man looking forward to this receiver
Speaker 1: group and Christian Kirk being in a contract year, these
Speaker 1: guys are the fall and we are looking forward to that.
Speaker 1: We'll continue with a big red rate presented by santan
Speaker 1: Ford and Gilbert. Right after this first down and ten
Speaker 1: from the thirty five, Gilbert under center again and this
Speaker 1: time they'll keep it on the ground and hit in
Speaker 1: the backfield and dragged down as a Dallas running back.
Speaker 1: And there is saving Collins with a tackle for loss
Speaker 1: on the very first run play of his career. Oh man,
Speaker 1: that is what you are looking for. A linebacker to
Speaker 1: float out quickly the two receivers to the near side
Speaker 1: and out of the gun. Three step dropped plenty of time.
Speaker 1: Rifles went over the middle. There's Marco Wilson and coverage
Speaker 1: with a pass break up step first step with the
Speaker 1: intended receiver. Marco Wilson one of the highest graded rookies,
Speaker 1: at least according to some of the analytics and the
Speaker 1: grading services. In Week one of the preseason. Officially, he
Speaker 1: had a couple of passes defense according to Pro Football Focus,
Speaker 1: six targets, three worst in completion. So, as we said,
Speaker 1: you could make a case for any of the top
Speaker 1: three drafted rookies as to who showed up and bawled
Speaker 1: out in Week one of the preseason. It is the
Speaker 1: Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert, Paul
Speaker 1: kelvc Ron Wolfley, thanks to Christian Kirk and Dave Pastor
Speaker 1: joined us at last segment. And all apologies to Wolf
Speaker 1: from me and Pash for the cheap shot when he
Speaker 1: wasn't there to defend himself at the very end of
Speaker 1: the interview, but a lot of worthwhile stuff up until
Speaker 1: that moment. Your takeaways, Wolf from some of what Kirk
Speaker 1: had to say. You know what I would say, PAULI
Speaker 1: overall just his maturity, the maturity level of Christian Kirk.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you have noticed this at all,
Speaker 1: but he just seems so okay with himself and so
Speaker 1: confident in his abilities and his skills. I thought every
Speaker 1: answer was weighed, it was measured, and you know me,
Speaker 1: I'm a guy that loves the art of speaking Median
Speaker 1: and he did it very very well. He answered all
Speaker 1: the questions and yet he was very articulate and intelligence
Speaker 1: and it was a great interview by Christian Kirk. But
Speaker 1: I love his maturity overall. I think it's it's a
Speaker 1: guy that's developing into a veteran. And when he said
Speaker 1: that that slot position and this offense is akin to
Speaker 1: his A and M days and that second nature to me,
Speaker 1: and that makes you fired up, doesn't it. If that's
Speaker 1: right in his wheelhouse, then it does make you wonder, Okay,
Speaker 1: what's to come? That's the side benefit of adding an
Speaker 1: AJ Green is now Christian Kirk kicks inside. And then
Speaker 1: his comments and Kyler Murray and the increased arm strength
Speaker 1: that he has more zip on the ball and the
Speaker 1: deep balls have been on the money, and then Kyler's
Speaker 1: decision making and in year three of the offense. So
Speaker 1: a lot of intriguing stuff right there. And then we
Speaker 1: talked a little bit about the rookies. But Wolf, I
Speaker 1: want to hear your thoughts on Zaven Collins And obviously
Speaker 1: the highlight was the tackle for loss in the second
Speaker 1: play of the game. Let me just say, going into
Speaker 1: this game, Polly, you know how jacked up I was
Speaker 1: to watch a Zaven Collins. That was the talk all
Speaker 1: week before the game against the Cowboys. How would Zaven
Speaker 1: Collins actually hold up? Oh my goodness, I gotta tell you.
Speaker 1: The Dallas Cowboys got into twenty one personnel with two
Speaker 1: backs including a fullback, and they ran Io. They went
Speaker 1: after Xavan Collins. So it was an awesome thing to
Speaker 1: actually see him respond the way that he did. Second
Speaker 1: play the game, we saw him on that tackle zone,
Speaker 1: shoot the backside, a gap, actually made the play right there,
Speaker 1: a tackle in the backfield. That was great to be
Speaker 1: playing downhill like that and to make that tackle. But Paula,
Speaker 1: you know, I was talking all week about the how,
Speaker 1: how was Zavian Collins going to play right? Not the what,
Speaker 1: not the tackle, not the past defended, not to us sack,
Speaker 1: not an interception, not the stats, the how. That's what
Speaker 1: I wanted to see in zaven Collins and the howl
Speaker 1: stick in his face right on that fullback on those ISOs.
Speaker 1: That to me filled me with a love in a respect. No, listen,
Speaker 1: it's one game, paul It's one game, one preseason game,
Speaker 1: and only a handful of plays. But guess what, it
Speaker 1: sure beats the alternative. You know, before the game, I
Speaker 1: had a chance to interview Cliff Kingsbury and I asked
Speaker 1: him just describe the degree of difficulty, just the scope
Speaker 1: of the challenge of being a rookie middle linebacker in
Speaker 1: charge of the entire defense, and he said, you know what,
Speaker 1: it's a notch behind being a rookie quarterback. That's how
Speaker 1: demanding it is, and then we asked Cliff Kingsbury after
Speaker 1: the game for his thoughts and what he saw Outazavin
Speaker 1: Collins to work in progress, there's no doubt, but he's
Speaker 1: once again he's a guy who works at it. You know,
Speaker 1: he's asking for extra meeting time with coach Davis, coach
Speaker 1: Joseph pre med major there at Tulsa, so he has
Speaker 1: the IQ to get it done and he's been been
Speaker 1: grinding on it for the last three months. And we'll
Speaker 1: have our ups and downs there. That's a tough position
Speaker 1: to play, but we like where it's heading. And here's
Speaker 1: the thing it didn't you know, there's one thing to
Speaker 1: be learning on the job. It's another thing to be
Speaker 1: learning an entirely new position, which is what the ears
Speaker 1: on a cardinal's face with, for example, Hassan Reddick. Yes,
Speaker 1: that's not Saven Collins right. Yes, there's gonna be moments
Speaker 1: where he's full to your point, obviously, there's gonna be
Speaker 1: some growing pains, but there are moments like we saw
Speaker 1: on the second snap of the game, where he is
Speaker 1: able to just read and react and flow straight to
Speaker 1: the football because he's been there and done that before.
Speaker 1: See Paul I don't know if he noticed, but on
Speaker 1: those iOS right there, a couple of times he knocked
Speaker 1: the dog out of the fullback. I mean that fullback.
Speaker 1: I know what it's like to get the dog nonnati.
Speaker 1: That fullback's head snapped a couple of times, big time.
Speaker 1: He stuck it in there and did a great job
Speaker 1: at the point of attack. And you know what, PAULI,
Speaker 1: if you're gonna play mike linebacker in the National Football
Speaker 1: League and you don't do that, you're you're not capable
Speaker 1: of doing. You have no chance. You have no chance.
Speaker 1: Everything else after that is you know what. I guess
Speaker 1: we're gonna put you at the week side inside linebacker
Speaker 1: and just hope that you developed that way. And that
Speaker 1: is not Zaven Collins, not from what I saw, of
Speaker 1: course against the Cowboys. And again I know it's one
Speaker 1: preseason game, but Paulie, if you're willing to do it
Speaker 1: like that to the degree in which Xavian Collins did,
Speaker 1: it tells me he's so aware of the coaching he's receiving.
Speaker 1: Because that's what they wanted to see as well. Bill
Speaker 1: Davis told us that. And remember, the young man has
Speaker 1: the ability to deliver a blow his measurables. I go
Speaker 1: back to the first rookie mini camp and the first
Speaker 1: time I stood next to him down on that field
Speaker 1: that Cardinals packers say, I'm like, this guy's the middle linebacker.
Speaker 1: He is a legit six five, two sixty's. It's stunning
Speaker 1: in a lot of ways. It is what middle linebackers
Speaker 1: used to be for the most part, back when I played.
Speaker 1: Yes and You're right, Bill Davis told us on the
Speaker 1: Big Red Rage. He is a throwback, throwback linebacker. So now,
Speaker 1: as for Marco Wilson, we mentioned him earlier. You heard
Speaker 1: what Christian kirk said about Marco Wilson. Most impressive to
Speaker 1: Christian Kirks so far, and I'm voting loosely, is that
Speaker 1: he's rarely out of position, that he's always in position
Speaker 1: to at least make it a contested catch. That you
Speaker 1: just don't see rookies at often who aren't beat bad
Speaker 1: or they don't leave someone wide open. And after he
Speaker 1: went out and he got a lot of action in
Speaker 1: that first game, he was our postgame guest and the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals Radio Network, here's Marco Wilson, his thoughts and
Speaker 1: his performance his debut against Dallas I felt pretty good
Speaker 1: about it. Definitely some things I could clean up about
Speaker 1: my game, but overall went out there and felt confident,
Speaker 1: just have fun. So it was it was cool to
Speaker 1: go out there and get my feet wet for the
Speaker 1: first time in the NFL. See to me, I look
Speaker 1: at that secondary, I look at that cornerback room and
Speaker 1: wolf to me, they have four corners. They do. They
Speaker 1: have four legitimate corners, and Byron Murphy, Malcolm Buner, Robert
Speaker 1: Alford and now Marco Wilson. I think they're going into
Speaker 1: this season with four corners they can count out. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, Paula, you know how much I love this
Speaker 1: corner room. And one of the reasons why is because
Speaker 1: of how tough they are and what good tacklers they are.
Speaker 1: Now listening again, you don't go out and pay corners
Speaker 1: because are great tacklers, all right, You just don't do that, Paullie.
Speaker 1: But man again, it sure beats the alternative when you
Speaker 1: got guys you feel pretty good about in terms of
Speaker 1: being able to hold up in coverage that are dogs,
Speaker 1: that are guys that like to tackle. I think of
Speaker 1: Robert Alfred once again. Oh if somehow someway Robert Alford
Speaker 1: makes it to the first game. If he gets into
Speaker 1: the Silks and actually is gonna play against the Tennessee Titans,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna just lose my mind because this guy.
Speaker 1: I believe in Robert Alford and what he has shown
Speaker 1: us over the last three seasons here, and what we're
Speaker 1: seeing once again is a guy in training camp that
Speaker 1: is a one. That's what he is. He's got that
Speaker 1: kind of skill, he's got that kind of talents. Now
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, Malcolm Butler the competitor that he is,
Speaker 1: and you throwing Byron Murphy, who I think might be
Speaker 1: the most improved young guy on this team. And there's
Speaker 1: a lot of young guys, PAULI. Yeah, there's a lot
Speaker 1: of young guys that are gonna step up and play.
Speaker 1: That's the great news for the Arizona Cardinals as well. Yes,
Speaker 1: they've got some old guys. Yes, they got guys like j. J. Watt,
Speaker 1: a guy that is thirty two years old. Yes, I
Speaker 1: understand that there are some older guys, but man, they've
Speaker 1: got some young guys that are getting ready I think
Speaker 1: to have really good seasons. Guys like Jalen Thompson, Richard Lawrence,
Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons, Lucky Foe too. They got a lot of
Speaker 1: young guys that I think are gonna step up and
Speaker 1: let's see what kind of defense this becomes. And look,
Speaker 1: I gotta pump the brakes a little bit obviously. I
Speaker 1: know I'm pretty bullish on the corners and what I
Speaker 1: said earlier, but it's not like they have that Jalen
Speaker 1: Ramsey type who's just gonna check O Julio Jones the
Speaker 1: entire game and take him out of the game. I
Speaker 1: get that. I just thinking in terms of aunts Joseph,
Speaker 1: he has four corners I think he can count on
Speaker 1: and with a Marco Wilson who just spent four years
Speaker 1: as a starter at Florida going against SEC competition, And
Speaker 1: we also asked him in that interview about going up
Speaker 1: against Ceedee Lamb a few snaps, and I mean it
Speaker 1: didn't pause him for a second. He's been going up
Speaker 1: against elite talent ever since he was eighteen years old,
Speaker 1: and he was a true freshman starting at Florida. So
Speaker 1: I think that's what equips him uniquely to be a
Speaker 1: rookie who can contribute, especially a fourth round rookie. Hey
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Speaker 1: of the ball and a second year running back who's
Speaker 1: making a big push next on the big red rage.
Speaker 1: Eno Benchman takes a line drive kick three yards deep
Speaker 1: in his own and then zone out across the numbers
Speaker 1: of ten to twenty. He's got a lane at the
Speaker 1: thirty and then's tackled at a thirty three yard line.
Speaker 1: Eno Benjamin. Nice vision and a first Eno Benjamin the
Speaker 1: run up the mental He's got room of us the
Speaker 1: forty to the fifty. He's been the near sideline at
Speaker 1: the forty, trying to turn on the jets at the thirty.
Speaker 1: Inside that's twenty five and Eno Benjamin. How about that?
Speaker 1: But the former a su running back first and goal
Speaker 1: from the sixth to give his Dino Benjamin off the
Speaker 1: left side. He's got plenty of room to run and
Speaker 1: he faults into the end zone untouched. Carcal's touchdown as
Speaker 1: a calf to drive. After the takeaway by the defense,
Speaker 1: Eno Benjamin cashes it in for six and Asino. Benjamin,
Speaker 1: the seventh round pick last year, the first draft pick
Speaker 1: by the Arizona Cardinals out of Arizona State University since
Speaker 1: seventh rounder Pat Tillman nineteen ninety eight. A guy eno
Speaker 1: Benjamin who had over three thousand all purpose yards during
Speaker 1: his ASU career, and he did a little bit of everything.
Speaker 1: Did he not against Dallas last Friday night? Wolf? Yeah, No,
Speaker 1: he did, Paula. I love the fact that he showed
Speaker 1: great vision, not only on that thirty eight yard run,
Speaker 1: but also his touchdown run. He showed a little patience,
Speaker 1: a little hesitation, and great visions seeing the hole, seeing
Speaker 1: the play and scoring a touchdown. To me, I thought,
Speaker 1: you know, Benjamin made the team. Now that's just me,
Speaker 1: Paulie looking at the roster, looking at O Benjamin, knowing
Speaker 1: the kind of player he is, knowing his brain, knowing
Speaker 1: he's very much like a Chase Edmonds. These guys hang out,
Speaker 1: they talk about football all the time, they watch tape together,
Speaker 1: and then you watch him play. He's a guy that's
Speaker 1: buttoned up. And when I think of a buttoned up
Speaker 1: football player, I think a Chase Edmonds, and I think
Speaker 1: that influence is starting to rub off on Eno Benjamin.
Speaker 1: But he showed some great vision and patience on that
Speaker 1: touchdown run, in that thirty eight yard run, and I
Speaker 1: think unless he goes out there and just totally doesn't
Speaker 1: even try, I think he's made the team ball, you
Speaker 1: know what. That's big And as you know better than anyone,
Speaker 1: it's his role on teams that's a big factor in
Speaker 1: him making the team, something he didn't do a year
Speaker 1: ago when he was inactive for every single game and
Speaker 1: they they undrafted running back Jonathan Ward was the guy
Speaker 1: who saw action primarily on special teams. So now he's
Speaker 1: returning kicks. He's also doing more for Jeff Rogers, a
Speaker 1: special teams coach, and there he was on the Red
Speaker 1: Sea Report this week and Craig Griel who asked him
Speaker 1: just about his comfort level in year two. Eno Benjamin
Speaker 1: really just having a better understanding of what's going on,
Speaker 1: and not only that, what's expected. And so I've had
Speaker 1: conversations with Com and com says he believes in me,
Speaker 1: and so from there us just kind of letting the
Speaker 1: game come to meum and doing well whatever I'm asked
Speaker 1: to do to the best of my ability. About that,
Speaker 1: how about sitting down with a gym in the off
Speaker 1: season and asking him, Okay, give me a to do list,
Speaker 1: give me a checklist. How can I be that guy
Speaker 1: for you and make a difference and make this team? Yeah?
Speaker 1: You know what, Well, one of the things you can
Speaker 1: do is actually return kickoffs the way that you know
Speaker 1: Benjamin did as well against the Cowboys. PAULI, you want
Speaker 1: to talk about vance Joseph running into the darkness? Right? Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's stoked. Sure, he's stoked it. He looked so good
Speaker 1: on his kickoff returns. And it's funny because I was
Speaker 1: talking to Jeff Rogers about that very thing, the special
Speaker 1: team's coordinator of course for the Arizona Cardels, and he
Speaker 1: was saying, they call it running into the smoke, running
Speaker 1: into smoke, Bally all right, So it's the same analogy
Speaker 1: right there. Whatever it is, you know, Benjamin did it
Speaker 1: and does it. And because of that with the production
Speaker 1: of course, knowing the brain that he has and knowing
Speaker 1: that he will run into the darkness slash smoke, that
Speaker 1: to me, thanks, I think he's made this team. And
Speaker 1: guess what if I'm Cliff Kingsbury and I don't have
Speaker 1: to jeopardize a Rondel Moore or a Christian Kirk in
Speaker 1: the return game. That's big, you know. I think I
Speaker 1: think that fortifies his chances of even dressing on game
Speaker 1: day if he's that guy. Yes. Yeah, Speaking of running backs,
Speaker 1: James Connor is back off the cover list, and by
Speaker 1: the way, more COVID news as Jordan Phillips and Justin
Speaker 1: Pew reveal that they have both tested positive despite being
Speaker 1: fully vaccinated. So we'll see where that goes. You know,
Speaker 1: Andy Isabella is not going to play tomorrow night, he's
Speaker 1: on the COVID list. But the return of James Connor,
Speaker 1: someone we did not see last Friday Night, we figure
Speaker 1: we will see tomorrow night. And Wolf, how fired up
Speaker 1: are you to see this six foot one, two hundred
Speaker 1: and thirty pound plus guy, especially maybe if they get
Speaker 1: around there the goal line, Boom, here comes James Connor. Yeah, Paul, really,
Speaker 1: you know, first of all, I think they're gonna be interchangeable,
Speaker 1: the running backs in this offense. I don't think it's
Speaker 1: just going to be shot yardage where you're gonna see
Speaker 1: James Connor. I don't think it's just gonna be third
Speaker 1: n obvious where you see Chase Edmonds. I think they're
Speaker 1: gonna mix and match these guys. And the reason why
Speaker 1: is because, once again, you don't want to be predictable
Speaker 1: as your offense. You don't want to say, okay, and
Speaker 1: this personnela group, this is what they like to run
Speaker 1: and in this personnel group when Chase Edmonds is it,
Speaker 1: this is what you don't want to be so predictable.
Speaker 1: Of course, it's something that NFL teams work on their
Speaker 1: tendencies all the time. So yes, I'm interested to see
Speaker 1: James Connor and want to see him play Paulie. I
Speaker 1: want to see how many times quarterback is under center
Speaker 1: once again. I want to see Kyler Murray if he plays,
Speaker 1: how many reps he actually gets. I want to see
Speaker 1: what corner is going to line up over Tyree Hill first,
Speaker 1: if in fact, Tyreek Hill goes. I want to see
Speaker 1: these chief starters. And I don't know how long that
Speaker 1: Andy Reid is going to play guys like Tyree Hill
Speaker 1: and Travis Kelsey and you know, Patrick Mahomes. I have
Speaker 1: no idea how long. I can't see him playing them
Speaker 1: a half I can't, but man, if he does, I
Speaker 1: think this is gonna be some good work for some
Speaker 1: of the Cardinals players as well, And don't we go
Speaker 1: right back to those young linebackers, don't we go right
Speaker 1: back to Zavian Collins and Isaiah Simmons. And how invaluable
Speaker 1: this might be if Andy Reid makes good what he
Speaker 1: told the media that he's gonna play most of his
Speaker 1: starters most of the first half, especially that offensive line.
Speaker 1: They have five new starters on that offensive line, so
Speaker 1: he wants to get those guys not only in the game,
Speaker 1: but get them them some chemistry with Patrick nah absolutely,
Speaker 1: and you know that means, hey, get some chemistry. Let's
Speaker 1: run the ball in the preseason. That's something I think
Speaker 1: Andy Reid does a lot as well. He runs the
Speaker 1: ball much more in the preseason that he does in
Speaker 1: the regular season. And for good reason, I might in
Speaker 1: He's got Patrick Mahobs, Drivis Kelsey at Tyreek Hill. I mean,
Speaker 1: I think we all understand why they like to actually
Speaker 1: throw the ball, but I want to see the physicality
Speaker 1: on the line of scrimmage like it was against the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. And again I realized you didn't have all
Speaker 1: your starters out there, but man, I thought the physicality
Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball for the Arizona Cardinals
Speaker 1: on the defensive side and the offensive side I thought
Speaker 1: was good. They seemed to control the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: So for me, I want to see that once again
Speaker 1: because that's the mentality this team needs to develop. All Right,
Speaker 1: we talked about flashing and lacking. The Cardinals are going
Speaker 1: to be lacking basically their first five top defensive lineman.
Speaker 1: Last week it was their top six. How big a
Speaker 1: deal is this to you? Without JJ Watt, Jordan Phillips,
Speaker 1: Zack Allens should be back, with Chard Lawrence, Lecky Foe
Speaker 1: two should be back. But you know Corey Peters whether
Speaker 1: he's ready to go, and Chandler Jones isn't gonna go.
Speaker 1: Give me your thoughts on that. Yeah, well, I think
Speaker 1: we should ask Zaven Collins how he feels. I mean,
Speaker 1: they got to remember Isaiah Simmons and Zaven Collins. They're
Speaker 1: the guys that are exposed when you've got guys that
Speaker 1: might not be as good with their hand on the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, firing off the ball, trying to keep
Speaker 1: offensive linemen off of those inside linebackers. So they're the
Speaker 1: ones that really suffer the most on this And listen
Speaker 1: I thought once again that the Cardinal defensive line competed
Speaker 1: last week. I just you know me, Paully, It's just
Speaker 1: a situation where I can't get all jacked up because
Speaker 1: of the preseason. I know that it's the only football
Speaker 1: that we have, and that's sure beats the alternative. But
Speaker 1: you can't drawing any type of conclusions or comparisons, especially
Speaker 1: based on one season game. That's a dangerous, dangerous art.
Speaker 1: And you know what, there's opportunity when that happens. A
Speaker 1: Michael Dogbeat, for example, graded out very high. David Perry,
Speaker 1: the no stackle me called, we called his name a
Speaker 1: ton I know he's got the coach's eye. You have
Speaker 1: a Greg Dorch who made that unbelievable physical catch in
Speaker 1: traffic and filed it up with an Odell type one
Speaker 1: handed grab to start the practice week. He has definitely
Speaker 1: caught the coach's eye. So as all these veterans are
Speaker 1: out for one reason or another, it creates opportunity for
Speaker 1: some of these young guys to make a run from
Speaker 1: the depths of the depth chart and perhaps, you know,
Speaker 1: make a serious be it for the final fifty three.
Speaker 1: And I just want to say, George, I love that Dave.
Speaker 1: How about two names Jim Almhandro and Jeff Darch Special
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