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I'm one hundred percent ready. 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:55.800 I'm telling you I'm ready. 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:59.080 And Ron Wolfley, it doesn't get any better than. 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:01.720 That the Fiord. 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:06.840 Let's just say that I was talking to a key 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:11.759 Cardinals decision maker recently, and let's just say Ron Wolfley 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:15.320 that I did what I do best. I asked the 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:20.319 dumb guy question, Okay, Jason, how competitive will this Cardinals 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:24.120 camp be? And let's just say this person who would 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:28.640 know didn't have to say anything because the wide eyes 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:33.280 said it all. There will be blood, there will be 0:01:33.360 --> 0:01:36.880 Cardinals players snapped up by other teams after final cuts. Right, 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:40.600 this will be the most competitive Cardinals camp in recent 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:44.520 memory by design, and we're all about it, and we're 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:46.720 here to talk about it. The Big Red Rage presented 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:50.240 by santan Ford in Gilbert. We are santan Ford soon 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:54.560 to feature Lorenzo Alexander, the former Cardinal fifteen year vet 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:56.440 Paul calvic Here Ron Wolfle. 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:58.600 There you know what's great about what you just said 0:01:58.600 --> 0:02:00.720 as well, Paully, there's no doubt about it. On both 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:04.400 sides of the ball, offensively and defensively, the Resonner Cardinals 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:06.920 are going to be a very very physical team. Now 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:09.040 that doesn't mean, PAULI, you're going to be a great team. 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:11.120 Doesn't mean you're gonna be a great team. You gotta 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:14.320 go win games. You gotta make plays to win games. 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:17.919 But man, they're gonna be a very very physical team 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:20.760 on both sides of the ball. Offensively of course, and 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:23.760 running the ball the way that they do and defensively. 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:28.080 So why wouldn't you go into training camp and say, hey, guys, 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:32.080 by the way, competition has just been ratcheted up, and 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:37.320 we're gonna have some seriously highly contested positions that are 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:40.799 going to be open for the best man. Man, this 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:43.200 is gonna be this is going to be one of 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:46.040 the best camps we've seen in a long time. 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:49.760 Twenty eight draft picks over the last three years. I mean, 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:53.560 let the rooks cook and then some every single draft 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:56.320 pick is still on this roster. That will not be 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:58.560 the case once you get to the final fifty three. 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:02.400 And remember what we reported at the end of the 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:06.400 twenty twenty three season when GM moniasap Fort brought his 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:10.160 initial rookie class into that room the day after the 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:12.840 season ended, and you remember what he told them. He 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:16.400 said to these young guys in that room, in case 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:19.560 you didn't know, my job as an NFL GM is 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:23.520 to replace every one of you. Awesome, that is my job. 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:26.800 Every It's just an awesome way to actually get up 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:29.520 there in front of the entire team and say that, 0:03:29.840 --> 0:03:32.919 because it's a great reminder, Paul of what this is 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:35.400 all about, what the NFL is about. It is a 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:38.680 mercenary league. How many times have you heard me talk 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:42.160 about this. It is a mercenary league. And your goal 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:45.240 as a football player should be not to go out 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:48.480 and win a Super Bowl. Your goal should be I 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.400 want to be able to support my family for as 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:54.520 long as I possibly can. And oh, by the way, 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:56.880 I'm going to try and play as hard as I 0:03:56.960 --> 0:04:00.640 possibly can so we can win a Super Bowl. My goal, 0:04:01.080 --> 0:04:05.520 My goal is to support and take care of my family. Period. 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.000 Remember how the B and BA used to stand for 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:10.800 Blunt and he would say in August, we're not the Cardinals, 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:13.640 not until you get a job, not until you earn 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:16.760 a spot on this team, right on this roster. And 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:18.680 it's a good reminder to the young guys coming out 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:22.000 of college. There ain't no stinking four year scholarships. There's 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:25.360 no such thing as job security. You got to earn 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:28.200 it every single year. And that's what this camp is 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:31.400 going to be about more than ever so far under 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:34.400 Monni Austin Ford, the head coach, Jonathan Gannon, in fact, 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:37.160 who was asked this past week, all right, how excited 0:04:37.400 --> 0:04:38.640 are you to put the pads on? 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:42.479 Excited? Yeah, excited, that'd be good. 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:43.960 That was one of the things that we kind of 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:47.159 tweaked going into camp. And the players know this, have 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:49.400 a little more friction, you know, what I mean, so 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:53.480 during camp, so in a safe way, but I want 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:56.880 to get on the paths a little bit and play football. 0:04:57.160 --> 0:05:02.520 More pads, more friction, more content tacked, more physicality. 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:05.920 Paulie, I know all of those things right there, especially 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:07.960 when you're talking about the line of scrimmage and the 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:12.200 contested line of scrimmage of the Arizona Cardinals, especially in 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:15.960 training camp when guys are trying to win jobs right now, 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:20.919 that that friction and that competition and that physicality. I 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:24.040 wonder if he's changed his opinion on the fight policy, 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:29.240 paul Something something tells me he has not. Something tells 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:32.920 me he has not changed the policy on that. That's 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:35.440 why you threw in to do it safely, of course. 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:37.600 Well, if you fight in a game, you're gonna get 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:39.800 penalized and or ejected. You're gonna hurt your team. You 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:42.560 got to manage your emotions while still remaining physical. Okay, 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:45.520 Why is that so hard for you to process. 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:48.320 PAULI everybody knows your dad. They know you never fight 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:50.880 in the game. You're never gonna do that, you selfish, 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:54.159 How could you possibly do that? Everyone knows that. Anyways, 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:57.400 It's the one area I disagree. I love jg Oh 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:01.520 my goodness. You know I am philosophic way aligned with Jag. 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:04.320 He's a beautiful, beautiful man when it comes to being 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.360 a head coach on an NFL team. I just disagree 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:08.160 with his fight pome. 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:10.640 Well, look, I have a theory as to why there's 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:14.640 going to be more physicality, more time in pads, more friction. 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:17.920 But first the head coach was asked, all right, what's 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:19.920 behind that decision. 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:22.760 For where we're at as a team and where our 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:25.360 development is and where our health is. Honestly, and that 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:27.320 can and you have to adapt that as we get 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:31.160 going in training camp. Honestly, is the best thing to do. 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:32.440 Get ready to play a week one. 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:32.760 Okay. 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:35.320 I have two theories as to why why he's ramping 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:38.040 up the physical Okay, all right. Number one is are 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:40.120 you a much more physical team than you were before 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:43.479 Jonathan Gan and Mantias Spfort took over. Say yes, yes, 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:45.440 But there was still a couple of games last year 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:48.960 where you went against some heavyweights. The Lions were very physical. 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:54.599 That Washington defensive front, even the Carolina Panthers and the 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:57.160 right side of that offensive line they ran for over 0:06:57.200 --> 0:06:59.160 two hundred and fifty yards in a key game on 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:02.360 the road at Carroll. So yes, you can still get 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:05.120 you still need to get more physical. But beyond that, Wolf, 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:08.040 how are you gonna make some of these key roster 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:12.680 decisions without seeing these guys play football? Yes, if you 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:14.720 want to know who's the best corner, who's the best 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:18.200 middle linebacker, Who's what's your rotation along the defensive line, 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:21.840 who's your starting offensive guard right side? How do you 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:25.240 figure that out unless you're playing real football, full contact, 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:25.880 full speed. 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:28.480 Yeah, no, you're right about that, Paully. But can I 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:31.640 also say this right now? Training camps going forward in 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:33.920 the Arizona Cardinals are gonna do it this year as well. 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:37.520 But training camps going forward, you're gonna see them practicing 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:40.800 more with teams. Pollie, this is what's gonna happen. I 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.000 honestly believe at some point in time. You know my 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:45.680 feeling on this. I've talked to you about it. They're 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:48.280 going to extend. They're gonna add that eighteenth game, That's 0:07:48.320 --> 0:07:51.360 what they're gonna do, and add another buy as well, Paulli, 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:55.640 and I honestly think that preseason games you're gonna have one, 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:57.880 it's gonna be eliminated they're gonna bring it down to 0:07:57.920 --> 0:08:02.080 one and what they're gonna do instead of those preseason games, 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:05.520 they're going to practice. They're going to practice man against 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:09.160 other NFL teams. That's how they're going to replace that 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:10.760 to get ready for the season. 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:13.040 And we know Jonathan Gannon is in favor of that. 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:16.080 Vikings two years ago, Colts last year. This year, it's 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:19.520 going to be the Broncos a single joint practice before 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:23.600 the middle preseason game. It's official. Cardinals are going to 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:26.880 report on July twenty second, That is when Cardinals camp 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:30.400 will commence. What are some of the biggest questions if 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:31.920 you had to check them off real quick, and we 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:33.560 have a month to talk about this, but off the 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:35.480 top of your head, some of the biggest questions you 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:38.480 need answered by the end of camp. If you're Jonathan 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:42.360 Gannon and Manti assen Ford, I would start with Mike linebacker, captain, 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:43.880 play caller of the defense. 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:46.760 Why do you say that, PAULI? Why would you start there? 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:49.720 Because you need to know who's going to be wearing 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:52.120 that green dot and Kuise you're white not only a 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:55.240 team captain, but he was an expert at calling the defense, 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:57.920 getting the defense into the right looks, the right checks 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:01.120 playing that chess match against the posing quarterback and the 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:03.840 opposing play caller. Do you have that guy? Who is 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:06.120 that guy? And he better start to jell with the 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:07.079 rest of your defense. 0:09:07.200 --> 0:09:11.520 Okay? For me, it's really the interior offensive line. Listen, 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:14.120 the offensive line and the ability to run the ball, 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:18.160 lower the plow and hit the gas and run over people, 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:22.080 especially with James Connor in a different tray Benson and 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:24.920 more on that a little bit later. But to me, 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:28.160 they're going to attack the line of scrimmage so much 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:31.400 more in a North sal fashion than we've seen them 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:34.480 do before. That means you better be able to run 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:37.280 the ball up front. You better have offensive linemen that 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:39.960 are going to come off the ball. And because of that, 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:43.160 I think of Isaiah Adams getting the opportunity, and I 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:45.560 think Paul he's going to be fine, but he's got 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:48.000 to prove that, doesn't he And I think Kevin Brown 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:49.880 as well. Is he going to be able to hold 0:09:49.920 --> 0:09:53.040 on to that left guard position? Right now? It's going 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:57.160 to be fascinating to watch the battle the camp battles 0:09:57.480 --> 0:10:01.120 on the interior offensive line at the guard and see 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:02.760 who wins in the end. 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:05.360 What did Isaiah Adams tell us last week here in 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:07.559 the Big Red Rage that all you have to do 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:10.520 is look into that revamp, new and improved defensive line 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:14.520 room and realize you're gonna have your hands full in 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:17.400 the O line D line drills when Isaiah Adams is 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:21.640 gonna be squaring off against Dalvin Tomlinson, Kaleis Campbell. Look 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:25.600 at what Darius Robinson appears to be Yeh Walter Nolan, 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:30.240 the ridiculous lateral quickness, Dante Stills keeps coming. LJ. Collier 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:33.280 is legit, so you'll know. You'll find out. The other 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:37.680 position group obviously is corner. I mean, you have four 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:42.720 guys fighting for two spots at least, so we'll see. 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:46.800 Hey join the Bird Gang Monday Night Football, Cardinals Premiere Travel, 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:49.880 get all the info. It is quite an experience waiting 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:54.720 to happen, Azycardinalstravel dot com. All right, Lorenzo Alexander, fifteen 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.120 years in the league. We have questions. And that's next 0:10:57.160 --> 0:10:59.960 on the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilder. 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:08.319 That Scott to throw pleasure he is Jack Dalvin Tomlinson 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:10.920 flying through the middle in a sack to store down, 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:12.840 the pocket collapses and downy girls. 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:13.880 The ball is out. 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:18.040 Dalvin Tomlinson with the strip sack pass played for breeze 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:19.400 and Trouble tumbles the phone. 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:21.480 It's caught out of the air by Camble and he's 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:24.720 running free at the thirty. At the twenty, they'll take 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:27.000 it all the way and into the end zone for 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:28.439 the cardinal touchdown. 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:32.800 Kalaius Campbell caught the ball out of the air and 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:35.040 took it to the house. Had a lot of fun 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.000 playing in the stadium, you know, just hanging with the 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:40.120 Bird Gang. The energy I fed off it for nine years, 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.040 you know, and it's it's been quite the pleasure. 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:44.520 I am seen an event the other night. 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:44.800 Wolf. 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.319 I just mentioned the name Kalaias Campbell. The Bird Gang 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:53.840 went crazy. His Q rating is off the hook, and 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:56.160 rightfully so, Palli, you know the other word on the 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:59.679 street out there, Wolf. Are you aware that there's a 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:04.680 fifty ten year NFL veteran Okay pro bowler who's been 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:08.280 so busy with parenthood and coaching and maybe even a 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:10.640 little golf. You know, what does that hasn't had as 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:13.560 much time lately for the gym, and you know, may 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:16.000 or may not have let himself go. You know, I 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:18.760 don't know the beer belly, the double chin, the dad bot, 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:21.439 you know, but I feared we should really ask him 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:25.040 before we get rolling. So, Lorenzo Alexander, you on their 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:28.520 Big Red Rage, Yeah, presented by Santane Ford and gohert. 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.000 We are santan Ford. Please tell us you've let yourself 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:32.160 go at this point? Come on now? 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:36.160 Yeah, no, no, not at all. Man Wolf will understand 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:39.960 that God built me different. You know, God some different 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:42.280 things in my life. And I mean quite frankly, and 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:45.520 I'm being kind of funny, but Kendid. You know, last 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:48.360 week Wednesday, to be exact, I was in a pre 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:52.880 significant car crash. Car flipped over, bounced up, and I 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:56.800 walked out on me with just what some bruising and ribs. 0:12:56.800 --> 0:13:00.320 So I'm definitely blessed to be here, but God feel 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:02.439 me different. So I'm never gonna let myself go, always 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:03.280 going to honor him. 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:06.560 Wow, oh my goodness, that is praise the Lord. Indeed 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:11.720 that you are okay? So okay, So after saying that, 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:15.040 talk to me about some of the off season editions, 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:17.920 of course, that the Arizona Cardinals have made to this team. 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:20.880 Right now, where do you start. So when you think 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:23.200 of all the moves they've made. 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:25.959 It's a defensive line. You know, everybody likes the sexy, 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.560 you know, the outside positions, And obviously we're gonna talk 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:30.160 about Will Johnson a little bit as far as what 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.560 he's going to bring to that dB room, but it 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:35.000 starts from the interior, especially when you think about stopping 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:37.560 the run, which has been an achilles heel of this 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:39.719 team not being able to do it consistently, and then 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:43.480 also not having to rely on you know, downing up 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:45.520 different blitzes on third downs, and I think they're going 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:47.800 to be able to be able to rush the passer, 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:49.920 you know, on fourth day or third down with just 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:51.880 four with the guys that they brought in, you think 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:54.000 of a guy like a Class Campbell, who had a 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:56.199 chance to actually play with for a couple of years 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:58.520 in Agy when I played here, and you know, I 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:00.800 go way back with class, big Man and great heart. 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:02.719 And as you said, the Q rating is out the room. 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:04.280 But you know, I'm old enough to remember when that 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:07.280 dude's running down on kickoffs and he's earned his way 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:10.200 in this league as being sustainable as a leader, and 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:13.440 so I'm really interested to see how just his presence 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:16.560 elevates the room, not even necessarily his play, but how 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:19.520 he talks to some of those young guys in there, 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:21.760 and what is that going to look like as far 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:24.480 as helping them elevate their game so they've become pros. 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:27.000 He's gonna do what he needs to do. I'm not 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:30.040 worried about him one bit in the plays that he gets, 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:31.960 but how does he elevate their room? And then also 0:14:32.080 --> 0:14:34.840 I think a guy like Josh Wat who's seeing him 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:37.280 and how he's been dominant throughout his career just really 0:14:37.280 --> 0:14:38.560 consistent as far as rushing the. 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:42.320 Passer as well former Cardinal, former pro bowler Lorenzo Alexander. 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:44.760 As our guests, not many guys can come close to 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:49.000 relating to eighteen years of playing time. And then you 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:51.760 got the year fifteen. Here's my specific question about Lays 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:54.880 at this point, because he has started all seventeen games 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:56.920 each of the last two years. How much is he 0:14:57.080 --> 0:15:00.880 winning with his knowledge versus his physical skill. 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:03.120 Well, I'll say this too, if I was getting paid 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:07.000 like a lass, I wouldn't walk away from the game myself, 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:10.200 you know, if I ever made that type of money. 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:13.400 But you know, hearing him talk the other day. You know, 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:16.360 obviously he's selling his body's not even ready right now. 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:19.160 Mentally he's not ready. He's kind of pacing himself and 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:21.280 I know exactly where he is as far as just 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:23.960 at this stage in your in your in your game, 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:27.760 you know how to kind of have that ramp up 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:30.560 period so that you're ready to go, and he is 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:33.720 still you can't. You have to be extremely smart our 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:35.760 physical to play this game. But he's also winning with 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:39.040 his mind. Understand the protection, understand the weaknesses of some 0:15:39.160 --> 0:15:42.600 of these younger guards or centers that he's going to face. 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:46.040 Right we talk about those vet moves that he's doing 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:49.080 that just getting him off the edge, and then his 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:51.960 guy giving a billity just to be so long, you 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:55.280 know whatever. He is six seven sixty eight long tall, 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:57.880 so he's always going to be impacting the quarterback even 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:01.080 though he may not be getting that physical pressure. His pressure, 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:05.160 his presence is enough pressure to make quarterbacks pull down 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:07.120 the ball or getting a lot of pvus as far 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:09.880 as baddy balls. So he's doing a little bit of both. 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:11.440 He still has enough to get out there and run 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:14.120 around these young fellows and it's always fun. To watch 0:16:14.160 --> 0:16:17.440 an older guy of his caliber be able to do 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:18.280 it at the high level. 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:21.440 So it's gonna be fascinating to watch us. Because I 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:24.440 believe Nick rawlas of course a defensive coordinator for the Cardinals. 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:26.960 He's gonna line Kalais off in a zero right on 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:30.560 the head of the center all the way out to 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:33.680 maybe a five technique. Where do you think he's the 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:34.560 most effective? 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:37.680 I mean, at this stage, it's really wherever I think 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:40.320 when you're when he's in the middle, though, because of 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.520 his presence, because of his lance, he's still able to 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:45.840 impact quarterback vision and make guys have to maybe put 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:47.880 a little bit more air on it, because that's where 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:51.040 I think he's most dangerous at But anytime you can 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:53.520 and again, when he's gonna be over that center, they're 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.560 gonna probably have that five down seco looked as I 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:58.680 used to call it, with five deef a the linemen. 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:02.800 It typically the center is your worst pass protector because 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:05.360 oftentimes he's the help for helping out that guard right. 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:08.560 He's also typically a smaller guy and what a man 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:11.399 like Kalay has kind of eating him up, and with 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:13.720 the pass rush moves in his lens, he can actually 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:15.640 have a lot of production with some of the other 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:18.280 guys that's going to be around him also rushing to 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:21.679 pass it from the interior side. So I think for 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:23.480 a couple of reasons, just because the way he's built, 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:26.120 and also that's typically the O lineman or the center 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:29.320 is typically the fish, the weaker, the weakest O line 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:29.560 of the. 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:32.200 Group of five Lorenzo, Alexander our guest on the Big 0:17:32.200 --> 0:17:34.560 Red Rage Presentaboy, Santan Ford and Gilbert all right, So 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:38.360 talking about that revamp, new and improved defensive front, we 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:41.040 were asked the other day for some some predictions and 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:43.359 I said, I don't know how many interceptions the Cardinals 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:46.320 had last year as a team, but double it. That 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:50.040 was one of my predictions because of the increased pass rush. 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:53.199 I mean, is that valid? Do you think that this 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:55.520 secondary is gonna be able to BALLHWK a lot more? 0:17:56.520 --> 0:17:58.600 Double is a lot. And I don't know how many 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:00.480 I had last year. I know they were really good 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:02.479 in the red zone. I don't know if they had 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:05.240 that many turnovers because teams were getting down there. So 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:08.280 I could see them definitely getting that increase because they're 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:09.879 gonna be on in there a lot more. Pressure. Like 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:12.320 I said, you know, class alone is probably gonna call 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:15.920 two or three with getting some tits and overthrows where 0:18:15.920 --> 0:18:18.200 a linebacker can come up or maybe even another defensive 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:20.000 linement off the ball that he's batted up in the 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:22.200 air to get his hands on. So I definitely see 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:24.240 an uptick because of that, along with some of those 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:26.000 other guys that are gonna get some pressure. Right, he 0:18:26.119 --> 0:18:29.080 robbed sweat, So I definitely think it can happen. And 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:31.359 then when you have that one last guy that's rushing 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:34.159 or blitzing that you know rollers had to do last year, 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:35.960 that's one extra body in the back end if they're 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:38.680 playing like some type of zone blitz or or zone 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:42.000 pressure I mean, or or zone coverage that can actually 0:18:42.320 --> 0:18:44.240 have their eyes on the ball and actually go get 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:45.280 it when it's in their. 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:48.000 So Zoe, go ahead and talk to me about Josh 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:52.000 Swatt and his impact and what an edge guy, a 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:55.320 premier edge guy can actually bring to a defense. 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:59.040 I mean, he's gonna because he's consistent, He's consistently been 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:03.159 you know, a guy that impacts the quarterback. You know, 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:05.040 I've kind of got a chance to obviously see him 0:19:05.119 --> 0:19:07.240 kind of develop and grow up as a leader as well, 0:19:07.280 --> 0:19:09.240 and it's going to be another guy that's going to 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:13.320 impact beyond just what he brings. But he's long, he's strong, 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:16.000 he's violent, he's physical. You know, he's gonna be able 0:19:16.000 --> 0:19:17.720 to help in the run game in the past, so 0:19:17.760 --> 0:19:20.719 he understands how to play this game. And he's been 0:19:20.760 --> 0:19:22.720 consistent and that's what I really like to see, you know, 0:19:22.920 --> 0:19:25.840 just from year to years of consistency in terms of 0:19:25.920 --> 0:19:29.000 how he plays this game. And it's just only gonna 0:19:29.000 --> 0:19:31.920 help when you add him into that mix with everybody else. 0:19:31.960 --> 0:19:35.240 And when you have a dominant edge guy, you typically 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:37.320 have to help on the outside, you know, where we 0:19:37.520 --> 0:19:39.400 think about a back half of the chip, maybe keeping 0:19:39.440 --> 0:19:42.640