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Speaker 1: say right off the top, when it comes to Thursday
Speaker 1: night football, the Big Red Rage is where it's at.
Speaker 1: I mean, Dad didn't even make the trip to can
Speaker 1: Ohio and the Hall of Fame game tonight. Okay, And
Speaker 1: let's just say that the Cowboys quarterbacks who are slated
Speaker 1: to play are well anything bucked Hall of Famers. I mean,
Speaker 1: with all due respect forget about Garrett Gilbert and Cooper
Speaker 1: Rush and Ben Danucci Danuche. I mean, these guys don't
Speaker 1: deserve network NFL TV time. Are you kidding me, Paula,
Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? Come on, now, we all know
Speaker 1: it's the Hall of Fame game. Paul, Go out there
Speaker 1: and get a couple of reps and sit out and
Speaker 1: be quiet. Besides, you're gonna be able to see the
Speaker 1: Cardinals get after those Cowboys QBIS one week from tomorrow night.
Speaker 1: How about that? Yeah? I like that right there, Paulie.
Speaker 1: But you know what preseason football, man, Paul, it's back. Yep.
Speaker 1: I'll take it. Man, you believe will take it, I'll
Speaker 1: take it. It is the Big Red Rage presented by
Speaker 1: santan Ford and Gilbert. We are santan Ford, Paul Kelbs here,
Speaker 1: Ron Wolfley there, soon to be joined by Byron Murphy
Speaker 1: Junior wolf Can we call him the best corner on
Speaker 1: the Cardinals roster um? And now yet, Polly, No, I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna Byron Murphy is a guy that really developed
Speaker 1: an awful lot, I would say, in year two. And
Speaker 1: you have to remember once again how Catty Wampus his
Speaker 1: career path has been. When you consider the pandemic and
Speaker 1: what we've been through all of us over the last
Speaker 1: eighteen months. I would say, in particular, this is very,
Speaker 1: very unusual, as we all know. Byron Murphy, I think
Speaker 1: this year, this is the year he's really gonna assert himself,
Speaker 1: whether he's playing inside or out. Paul, can you define
Speaker 1: that real quick? What was it again? Caddy Shakus? What
Speaker 1: was it? Watty wampus? Things disjoined it? Okay, all right,
Speaker 1: I appreciate that. Well, okay, okay, So we'll get into
Speaker 1: Byron Murphy obviously that that's coming up. TikTok. By the way, Wolf,
Speaker 1: real quick practice today. Uh, if you want to talk defense,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna talk defense the first half of the
Speaker 1: Big Red Rage and then we'll get to the offense
Speaker 1: the second half tonight's big show. Uh. Did you happen
Speaker 1: to see the well, the near brawl that broke out now,
Speaker 1: I don't want to. I mean nothing, nothing like what
Speaker 1: um the Giants just dealt with. Okay, exactly where's a
Speaker 1: full team brawl? And then Joe Judge went just crazy
Speaker 1: and because there was Danny Dimes at the bottom of
Speaker 1: the pile. Okay, but hey, we had a little bit
Speaker 1: of rooting too, and a little bit. I mean there
Speaker 1: was some near wamping and stomping Marcus Golden of course
Speaker 1: against Darrell Daniels. Of course it was Marcus Golden and
Speaker 1: Darrell Daniels. Guess what two dogs go figure yep away, Polly. Yeah.
Speaker 1: It got it got close, It got close, but it
Speaker 1: wasn't a full on fight. I had my cell phone
Speaker 1: video rolling because they were lined up to meet each
Speaker 1: other in the next round. They were coming through and
Speaker 1: they were going to meet each other, and then x rap,
Speaker 1: and then the coaches pulled out Durrell Danielson. No, no, no no, no,
Speaker 1: Let's send somebody else up against Junkyard dog right now.
Speaker 1: We don't need this heavyweight fight at this point. PAULI
Speaker 1: The biggest thing about that that drives me craziest. People
Speaker 1: just don't understand. And I get it, because you know,
Speaker 1: you think fighting is bad. It's bad, and I get
Speaker 1: it it is bad. You want to you know, you
Speaker 1: don't want your kid out there brawling and stuff like that.
Speaker 1: You don't want that. It is bad. Treat people with
Speaker 1: love and respect and treat them better than yourself. That's
Speaker 1: what you want your kid to do. Right there. Well,
Speaker 1: when you're on a football field, Pauli, and you're playing
Speaker 1: in the National Football League. Can I tell you right
Speaker 1: now that that brawl fighting actually relieves a lot of tension,
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure, a lot of angst that has
Speaker 1: built up in that locker room. It actually relieves it.
Speaker 1: And then what happens is you hug the guy after
Speaker 1: you're done, and the mutual respect that goes on not
Speaker 1: only between the guys that brawled, but everyone else that
Speaker 1: was standing around or may have been involved. Suddenly the
Speaker 1: mutual respect it goes up down, isn't that, Paul? I mean,
Speaker 1: that's weird, man. I get that it's weird, but it's truth.
Speaker 1: And I'm all about that. With the exception of your
Speaker 1: franchise quarterback and a former top ten pick at the
Speaker 1: bottom of the piles. So you can't have that there
Speaker 1: limits Danny Dimes. When Danny Diimes is down, Jones down
Speaker 1: at the bottom of the boy Yeah, you know what
Speaker 1: the respect that his teammates have that he jumped into
Speaker 1: the pile, Oh, Matt, it cannot be measured with human hands.
Speaker 1: All right. So look a year ago, the Cardinals, speaking
Speaker 1: of the defense, got Isaiah Simmons, and you know, what
Speaker 1: the biggest question you had this time a year ago?
Speaker 1: I think is the one question Isaiah Simmons answered that
Speaker 1: he is a dog. He will get in there, he
Speaker 1: will stick his face mask in there, and he does
Speaker 1: not hesitate to go in and make a big hit
Speaker 1: and be physical. And now the Cardinals think they brought
Speaker 1: in another guy to pair with him and Zavian Collins.
Speaker 1: And by the way, did you see the Isaiah Simmons
Speaker 1: press conference today? We're gonna hear from him in a moment.
Speaker 1: Did you hear the comparison that he made his Zavan
Speaker 1: Collins and what they hope to be that they can
Speaker 1: be Devin White and Lavante David and more. Well, have
Speaker 1: I not been sighting the Tampa Bay linebacking crew? Those
Speaker 1: inside linebackers is the key to their Super Bowl POLLI yeah,
Speaker 1: there's no doubt about it. I think Isaiah Simmons and
Speaker 1: Zaven Collins are maybe the most talented linebacking duo in
Speaker 1: the league. Now, the question is can you play? That's
Speaker 1: what we gotta see. We gotta see you play and
Speaker 1: make plays and develop into the kind of talents we
Speaker 1: think they are. One plus one has to equal three.
Speaker 1: And Isaiah Simmons was asked about the early returns on
Speaker 1: pairing up. Was Zavian Collins. He's a smart kid and
Speaker 1: man him, we kind of clicked very early. You know.
Speaker 1: I feel like as a player, you know guys that
Speaker 1: you're like compatible with on the field and whatnot. And
Speaker 1: I mean they're definitely compatible. So heavnings been smooth siding
Speaker 1: so far. We're both still learning still, and look, he
Speaker 1: admitted it's been a challenge because Isaiah Simmons has had
Speaker 1: to learn multiple positions. What did Bill Davis, the inside
Speaker 1: linebackers coach, tell us here in the Big Red Rage
Speaker 1: in the offseason. They used him at six different spots
Speaker 1: a year ago, didn't they? Yeah, they did, Paula. And
Speaker 1: once again, you know, we can sit here and argue
Speaker 1: whether or not that really helped him or not. And
Speaker 1: maybe in the long run it will help him, But
Speaker 1: in the short term, I don't know if that was
Speaker 1: the best way to approach it. That's all I'll say
Speaker 1: on that. But I do know this, Zavian Collins and
Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons, they look good so far. And you had
Speaker 1: Devondre Campbell last year, and so if you're gonna put
Speaker 1: the best guys out there. Devandre Campbell was the best
Speaker 1: week side inside linebacker, was he not? Yes, he was,
Speaker 1: Paul He no doubt. So then you tried to find
Speaker 1: a spot for Isaiah Simmons because the kid is a
Speaker 1: playmaker and obviously as the talent you talk about, so
Speaker 1: now if you can pare him up. Was Zaven Collins
Speaker 1: And it's interesting that pairing. He was asked further Isaiah
Speaker 1: Simmons about Zavian and you know the whole thing about
Speaker 1: clicking and whether that includes off the field, and Isaiah
Speaker 1: was pretty honest about what he thought initially when it
Speaker 1: came to Zamon Collins. I actually told Zavan this. Um.
Speaker 1: I didn't think me Andham we're gonna be good friends
Speaker 1: when he first got here. I thought it's gonna be
Speaker 1: a weird though. But it turns out we're actually like,
Speaker 1: really good friends. So we spent a lot of time together,
Speaker 1: go to dinners and stuff. Uh. Yeah, I saw his interviews.
Speaker 1: I mean I just wasn't sure, so but you know
Speaker 1: everything's turned out. Well, that's that's my guy now. And
Speaker 1: if you didn't see the interviews on draft night, let's
Speaker 1: just say Zavan got very emotional. Yeah, boy, that is,
Speaker 1: paul that's incredible to hear Isaiah Simmons actually articulate that
Speaker 1: he didn't think they were gonna be good friends, right,
Speaker 1: That is very unusual to hear. Right there, Listen, I
Speaker 1: think Isaiah Simmons Paulli could be the most improved player
Speaker 1: for the Arizona Cardinals this year. Now, let's all hope
Speaker 1: that'd be a really really good sign if in fact,
Speaker 1: he does develop the way that I think he will.
Speaker 1: But man, I'll tell you, Polly, that is the one
Speaker 1: guy right now. He's got so much talent, He's got
Speaker 1: so much upside. The skills that Isaiah Simmons has. You
Speaker 1: got to be able to bring him to bear man
Speaker 1: on the field. You've got to be able to step
Speaker 1: in between those white lines and produce with all of
Speaker 1: that talent. It right there. And if he does with
Speaker 1: all of that skill, all of his talent, Paulie, can
Speaker 1: you imagine just how impactful Isaiah Simmons will be if
Speaker 1: he reaches in plays to his skill level and his talent. Now,
Speaker 1: you've been watching practice, and I know you have noticed
Speaker 1: how there have been three insideline backers out there quite
Speaker 1: a bit lately. Jordan Hicks joining Zavan Collins. And now
Speaker 1: my understanding digging a little bit on that was part
Speaker 1: of an install that's a section or chapter in the playbook,
Speaker 1: and so you know they're installing different faces of the
Speaker 1: defense at different times, so they have them at their disposal.
Speaker 1: Oh maybe, just maybe that might be a really good
Speaker 1: package against Tennessee and Derek Henry ding Ding ding Ding.
Speaker 1: Paul you win the prize right there, and it might
Speaker 1: not be bad again Dalvin Cook in the Minnesota Vikings
Speaker 1: as well. Yep, just saying, Paulie, it makes a lot
Speaker 1: of sense because of the Tennessee Titans right now, I'm
Speaker 1: telling you they're gonna line up in twelve personnel one back,
Speaker 1: two tight ends or thirteen personnel one back, three tight
Speaker 1: ends with Derrick Henry and his toes at eight, and
Speaker 1: they're gonna hand off the ball and attack the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage. And you're not gonna run out there with
Speaker 1: a nickel package. You're not gonna run some nickel package
Speaker 1: out there ball. You're gonna go out there. You're gonna
Speaker 1: have a three four defense with Chandler Jones on the outside.
Speaker 1: On one outside, you'll have Isaiah Simmons probably on the
Speaker 1: other outside, and then Jordan Hicks inside with Zaven Collins.
Speaker 1: I think you've got to have this personnel group at
Speaker 1: your disposal going forward for teams that are gonna run
Speaker 1: power personnel packages out under the field. How much do
Speaker 1: you think preseason's gonna help Isaiah Simmons, which he didn't
Speaker 1: have a year ago in Zaven Collins? And look, I'm
Speaker 1: of the opinion I think everybody has more reps, the better,
Speaker 1: but it's gonna be so vanilla in the preseason. So
Speaker 1: I'm curious just how prepared or how shocking might Week
Speaker 1: one be for these guys, you know, A Paula. Honestly,
Speaker 1: I think the Week one proposition with the Tennessee Titans
Speaker 1: and Derrick Henry and their play action game, oh my goodness.
Speaker 1: And without a doubt, the toughest position to play in
Speaker 1: that game is inside linebacker, whether it's week side or
Speaker 1: the mic backer ball, that's brutal. The biggest question mark
Speaker 1: on this team right now is inside linebacker. I think
Speaker 1: just the risk reward involved all the talent, but what's
Speaker 1: on a grow kind of growing pains and rookie mistakes
Speaker 1: might there be? As Corey Peters told the meet it yesterday.
Speaker 1: It's not just making the calls in the corrections in
Speaker 1: the set. You've got to do it instantly as a
Speaker 1: team is coming up to the line of scrimmage checks. Hey,
Speaker 1: Byron Murphy is next on the Big Red Rage presented
Speaker 1: by Santan Ford in Gilbert pass over the middle by
Speaker 1: Sims at the forty five and dumped immediately by Murphy.
Speaker 1: Feet job right there Byron Murphy and man cover Byron Murphy.
Speaker 1: Really throwing throws it end zone near side, broken up
Speaker 1: by Murphy. Was there against Taylor. Byron Murphy one on
Speaker 1: one in the back of the end zone. Made a
Speaker 1: play on the ball. Here. It is fourth and five
Speaker 1: of the nine ers on the sixteenth of the Cardinals Garoppolo.
Speaker 1: The pass throws to the right side then complete. Murphy
Speaker 1: steps in front of the receiver and knocks the ball down.
Speaker 1: The Cardinals takeover on downs with thirty three seconds ago.
Speaker 1: Byron Murphy makes a play on the pig. All that
Speaker 1: is big time. What a play by Byron Murphy. Hey,
Speaker 1: who says on defense you can't make plays, I mean,
Speaker 1: Ron Wolfley, let me hit you up right here right now.
Speaker 1: In the Big Red Rage presented by Santanford and Gilbert.
Speaker 1: Before we get to our very special guests. Look, there
Speaker 1: are a couple of a seams in football. Yes, this
Speaker 1: is an episode of let me tell you oh no
Speaker 1: about football. Okay, you gotta get to the quarterback, right, Yes,
Speaker 1: you gotta have a quarterback obviously, Chuck. And then guess
Speaker 1: what would you say? It's a passing league. Yea, it
Speaker 1: is a pass league. So then the other way you
Speaker 1: train stimy a corner a quarterback is having that cornerback correct. Correct,
Speaker 1: So if you're a GM, you cover it in the draft.
Speaker 1: The quarterback, the guy can get to the quarterback, the
Speaker 1: guy who can protect the quarterback, and then the cover
Speaker 1: cornerback the cornerback. Paul, why are you saying all this, Paul?
Speaker 1: Because our guest on the Big Red Rage presented by
Speaker 1: Santan Ford and Gilbert Byron Murphy Junior. Here, how was
Speaker 1: Cam going so far? How are you? Byron Man? I'm
Speaker 1: doing good. You know, I'm just taking taking the day
Speaker 1: by day and like you said, Cam's going great, you know,
Speaker 1: just coming in with a mist every single day, like
Speaker 1: I said, taking the day by day and just getting
Speaker 1: better of my teammates as we're going to field and work.
Speaker 1: You know, it really didn't have an off season last year,
Speaker 1: or how about this offseason? How did it go for you?
Speaker 1: It wasn't great for me. You know, I got to
Speaker 1: go my boy see Kirk and Chase. We went to
Speaker 1: Alata train so kind of get away from on it
Speaker 1: for a little, big old experience, something different. Um got
Speaker 1: to the gym, you know, worked out with them for
Speaker 1: probably about a month, so we know we got some
Speaker 1: good team work together and then obviously you know we
Speaker 1: got to work in But it was a great experience
Speaker 1: for me. First time leaving Arizona for offseason workout. Did
Speaker 1: you leave for a vacation? Did you get any mental health?
Speaker 1: Did you get away from football season? Man? I had
Speaker 1: to you know that that's something I gotta do after
Speaker 1: the season, you know, just go somewhere a quick little
Speaker 1: trip this with somebody on the team, or you know,
Speaker 1: a family trip. But yeah, I kind of got away
Speaker 1: to a couple of times, you know, just clear my
Speaker 1: mind going that, go to the ocean and chill with
Speaker 1: my son. I was gonna say, Byran, if you are
Speaker 1: gonna kick it too, how do you kick it? Maybe
Speaker 1: if you're gonna kick it back and go on vacation.
Speaker 1: What do you do? Where do you go? Sometimes? You know,
Speaker 1: I gotta go somewhere kind of close, unless, like you know,
Speaker 1: it's a trip with the boys. You know, if I
Speaker 1: go somewhere close, I always to bring my son. So
Speaker 1: I'll go to California with him, you know, disneys Land,
Speaker 1: go to the beach. He likes being in the water,
Speaker 1: so that's kind of you know, there's a trips I
Speaker 1: take with him. I mean, he grew up here. He
Speaker 1: probably goes to San Diego Wolf, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: like everyone else, right, you know, since high school. Yeah,
Speaker 1: when you're on these trips and chases on the trip,
Speaker 1: how often do you guys start debating sports? How often
Speaker 1: do you start arguing about the NBA and other things? Man,
Speaker 1: Chase things he's right every single day. So I gotta
Speaker 1: I gotta make strong on him every day even if
Speaker 1: he if he's just chilling, I'm gonna bring something else,
Speaker 1: just you know, just to get on his nerves. But yeah, Chase,
Speaker 1: that guy that always think he's right. But you know,
Speaker 1: it's a lot of fun on him because as he argued,
Speaker 1: he's funny. He gonna bring something else up, so then
Speaker 1: we got to go back to two years ago or
Speaker 1: something like that. That's fantastic. Man. What is it like
Speaker 1: to actually play professionally in the city you were born in.
Speaker 1: It's a whole dream come true. You know, I've been
Speaker 1: all as in Arizona. Really my whole life moved a
Speaker 1: couple of times, but you know, the Cardinal has always
Speaker 1: been someone I always watched. I always had players who
Speaker 1: I've always looked up to. So, you know, just to
Speaker 1: come home and have my family here, there's nothing better,
Speaker 1: you know, you could ask for. Obviously, you know, coming
Speaker 1: out of college, you know, I was trying to get
Speaker 1: close with my son, so that'll just you know, another
Speaker 1: step to make you know that connection better. So just
Speaker 1: staying home is a blessing and you know, never take
Speaker 1: it for granted. Byron murphyus our guests too, and it's
Speaker 1: all about you, presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert When
Speaker 1: you were growing up, did you have a favorite Cardinals
Speaker 1: player when you were a star at Swara, was there
Speaker 1: a particular player two that you really enjoyed watching? Oh? Man,
Speaker 1: you know it was Pat p. Yeah, that's easy, you know,
Speaker 1: it was Pat p. I's just someone I tried to, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, watch his film pick My Game up off
Speaker 1: and pick his brain when I got here. Even before
Speaker 1: I tried to pick his brain because I didn't know
Speaker 1: I was coming to the Cardinals. So you know, that
Speaker 1: was someone I was just always watched. And obviously when
Speaker 1: Tyro Matthew was here, I watched him as will. So
Speaker 1: when you were talking to Zach Allen, he said when
Speaker 1: he was a Boston college he used to study JJ
Speaker 1: Watts tape. He worshiped J. J. Watt. He's like, oh,
Speaker 1: when you were drafted by the Cardinals and you got
Speaker 1: that maybe that first text from Patrick Peterson was that
Speaker 1: a sort of welcome to the NFL moment for you man.
Speaker 1: That made me me just sit back and realize, like, bro,
Speaker 1: I really just you know, I really just got my
Speaker 1: name called. I'm really going to play professional football with
Speaker 1: Pat pe Just you know, it was something that was
Speaker 1: very emotional for me, obviously because you know, like I said,
Speaker 1: being the hometown guy I got drafted home and obviously
Speaker 1: kind of having a connection with gods from college like
Speaker 1: Buddha Zee Derail that went to U DUB. I wasn't
Speaker 1: coming into a locker room and I really didn't know.
Speaker 1: I know a couple of people, you know, I knew
Speaker 1: Pat Pe a little bit, but it was kind of more,
Speaker 1: you know, it was kind of me just thinking, you know,
Speaker 1: I had some brothers on the team. I really so
Speaker 1: kind of felt more comfortable just listening to you talk
Speaker 1: over the last couple of minutes about Pat Pe and
Speaker 1: Tyrnd Matthew. Of course, is that why you change your
Speaker 1: number to number seven? Is that why you went with
Speaker 1: number seven knowing that that's what they wore lsu You
Speaker 1: know that you know that number seven just especially it
Speaker 1: looked good, So I kind of, you know, I kind
Speaker 1: of want to you know, I was seven in swal
Speaker 1: I transferred to Suard my junior year, I wore seven.
Speaker 1: That's when I really kind of I had kind of
Speaker 1: changed my life in a way. I would say, you know,
Speaker 1: having coach like coach Mans kind of changed me. I
Speaker 1: had see kirkter that, you know, I went under his wing.
Speaker 1: So I think that was a year I really changed
Speaker 1: my mindset to everything and wanted to actually, you know,
Speaker 1: play football because I was at Hooper, but that junior
Speaker 1: year it really made me realize that I want to
Speaker 1: take the next step in football when you were SWARW
Speaker 1: So you were teammates at one point with Christian Kirk.
Speaker 1: DJ Foster is wall or was he different? I mean,
Speaker 1: you guys just must the clown teams with all that talent. Man,
Speaker 1: you know, I was when I transpit there my junior year.
Speaker 1: C Kirk was a senior, but DJ was there before
Speaker 1: I got there. But obviously I know what DJ? Did
Speaker 1: you know? Or that was all over Arizona and I
Speaker 1: was just like, man, who is that guy? And then
Speaker 1: you know, obviously I had a chance to meet him
Speaker 1: as well. He came to war practice, came to SAR game.
Speaker 1: So that's why football families always you know, that's for
Speaker 1: life Byron. You're going to play in bowl spots. You're
Speaker 1: gonna play in that slot, You're gonna play that nickel
Speaker 1: corner position. And from time to time, I'm sure you'll
Speaker 1: be on the outside. I'm the perimeter as well. Do
Speaker 1: you have a preference as to where you'd like to
Speaker 1: play inside or out? My thing is put me wherever
Speaker 1: the best receiver is. I don't care if it's inside
Speaker 1: or outside. I'm just trying to go out there and compete.
Speaker 1: I could play wherever. How's your confidence right now. It
Speaker 1: sounds sky high. Yeah, confidence gotta be key. This year,
Speaker 1: I came in every single day making sure my confidence
Speaker 1: was high, you know, coming in every single day, you know,
Speaker 1: coming out here playing the sport I love. So she's
Speaker 1: coming out here trying to bring that energy. You're gonna
Speaker 1: see me dancing that practice, you know, not trying to
Speaker 1: play around, just bringing that energy for the defense. Just
Speaker 1: trying to you know, like I said, keep my confidence rides.
Speaker 1: Just keep keep talking to myself as we go through
Speaker 1: the whole day of practice. What's what do you got
Speaker 1: to work on? What do you think you need to
Speaker 1: get better at a lot of stuff. I would say,
Speaker 1: more more to myself, you know, just communicating more. So
Speaker 1: that makes make sure the whole defense on the same page.
Speaker 1: You know, being that nickel, you gotta make calls, you
Speaker 1: gotta you know, do all that kind of controlled things
Speaker 1: to checks and everything. Technique you never could, you know,
Speaker 1: you can never get you know enough technique right. So
Speaker 1: that's the one. Another biggest things, just making sure you
Speaker 1: know that dB. You got to make sure eyes right. Look,
Speaker 1: we know you have the athleticism, you have the skill
Speaker 1: set and the measurables We remember you were taking atop
Speaker 1: the second round twenty nineteen and Steve Kim admitted, Hey,
Speaker 1: we had Byron Murphy top ten on our board. And
Speaker 1: so but when we see you make a play in camp,
Speaker 1: like we've seen multiple times, when you have that closing
Speaker 1: speed and you'll knock down a pass on a drag
Speaker 1: or what have you, how much of that right now
Speaker 1: is mental in your recognition skills and having been on
Speaker 1: the field for two season in the NFL, especially your
Speaker 1: rookie here where you were thrown in immediately with a
Speaker 1: suspension to pad Pe exactly, I could see a big difference,
Speaker 1: bigger steps in my game, you know, seeing routes, seeing
Speaker 1: combinations more quicker and faster and get to you know,
Speaker 1: letting my linebacker know a you gotta scoot over top
Speaker 1: of them and go low because I know a crossing
Speaker 1: the route messer rout was coming. So I'm glad I
Speaker 1: got to experience that many, that many players in my
Speaker 1: rookie year. You know, year two is still the same thing.
Speaker 1: I'm so so thankful I was able to, you know,
Speaker 1: go out there and play that many snaps because now
Speaker 1: you know, I'm seeing things clear. I could help out
Speaker 1: the guys, you know that kind of you know, when
Speaker 1: I was a rookie, how I've seen it, how they
Speaker 1: probably could see it right now. Just a lot of
Speaker 1: stuff going on. So now I just take that as
Speaker 1: a chip on my shoulder. That way, I'm just making
Speaker 1: sure I'm trying to communicate every single play. I mean, Byron,
Speaker 1: you're the corner with the most experience in dance Joseph's defense,
Speaker 1: are you not? I here you are in your third
Speaker 1: year and you're like the guy they're coming to. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think I am. But that boy Malcolm here and
Speaker 1: now here a vet vet. Yeah, yeah, man, I want
Speaker 1: to talk to you about Malcolm Butler at a moment here.
Speaker 1: But you mentioned Pat pe and the leader that he was.
Speaker 1: Of course we all understand that who do you lean
Speaker 1: on now for guidance? Now that Pat he's gone? Man,
Speaker 1: it's really I can't really call someone one person that's
Speaker 1: really leaning on each other in the whole room. You know,
Speaker 1: obviously we got Buddha Baker. He's a big time guy
Speaker 1: for us. You know, he's a leader of the defense
Speaker 1: as well, So you kind of lean on Buddha if
Speaker 1: I'll give out an individual. But as a whole. It's
Speaker 1: just you know, you gotta lean on each other as
Speaker 1: a whole, everybody in our room, and you got to
Speaker 1: make shore y'all communicate with each other, bringing that energy
Speaker 1: every single day, just like Wolf leans on me for
Speaker 1: football knowledge, and I was telling him stop it. But
Speaker 1: just the other day, Byron, I was told him to
Speaker 1: laugh at that bier. Look at this. Look at this
Speaker 1: cornerback group, and look at their ability to tackle. I mean,
Speaker 1: you talk about corners and everyone talks, okay, but now, oh,
Speaker 1: I mean, Wolf, did you not learn right away from
Speaker 1: Byron Murphy that oh yeah he doesn't hesitate, Byron Murphy
Speaker 1: can tackle. And then yeah, we had Malcolm Butler a
Speaker 1: year ago one hundred tackles for Tennessee. Robert Alfred, you
Speaker 1: know he's gonna fight you. What is that you for
Speaker 1: a defense? When the corners not only are willing but
Speaker 1: are able to tackle, that just bringing that extra juice
Speaker 1: to the game. You know, some teams that we play
Speaker 1: like to make the corners tackle. So we got that
Speaker 1: team know that we here we could tackle. And that's
Speaker 1: the biggest step. We come to practice making sure we
Speaker 1: all flying to the ball. So when it comes to
Speaker 1: the game. We just know, you know, that's what we do.
Speaker 1: Is that something you guys talking awful lot about. Do
Speaker 1: you take pride in that? Obviously? Is this something that
Speaker 1: is common knowledge inside that dB room? Oh yeah, we
Speaker 1: gotta take probably now because usually big players happening outside
Speaker 1: and you know, the sideline, so we gotta make sure
Speaker 1: everything stay inside our shoulder, inside shoulder and making sure
Speaker 1: we're turning back so our health defense. So if it's
Speaker 1: a big play, that's on us. Well, look, Dance Joseph,
Speaker 1: your decordinator, brought it up on his own with the media,
Speaker 1: just the ability. Look, you're not going to prevent every
Speaker 1: catch in the NFL. You're just not, especially with the
Speaker 1: rules and they cater to the passing game. But if
Speaker 1: you can prevent yards after catch, that's gonna go a
Speaker 1: long way, right, Yeah, that goes a long way, because
Speaker 1: you know, first state, they catch the ball at five yards,
Speaker 1: you gotta make sure we come down and make it
Speaker 1: hit everybody to stay on the side of the ball.
Speaker 1: And you know, like I said, once they catch the ball,
Speaker 1: a lot of people in the nfls you know, they fast,
Speaker 1: they can move that going joke, So we just gotta
Speaker 1: make sure we all get to the ball, make sure
Speaker 1: you're not getting no extra artists. Byron, talk to us
Speaker 1: a little bit about this defense and where you think
Speaker 1: this defense is going to be good, and why you
Speaker 1: think this defense is going to give some offenses problems.
Speaker 1: You know, I think we're taking this step every single day.
Speaker 1: You know, I don't think we where we want to be.
Speaker 1: I don't think we reached our goal yet. But I think,
Speaker 1: you know, once we all get on the same page,
Speaker 1: we all you know, like I said, communication is the
Speaker 1: biggest thing. Once we keep taking those bigger steps every
Speaker 1: single day, I think we're gonna have a great defense.
Speaker 1: And I'm just man, I'm just ready for it. You know,
Speaker 1: this season it starts so we can show everybody what
Speaker 1: we were about. All right. So we're wrapping it up
Speaker 1: here with Byron Murphy, Cardinals cornerback. But it goes beyond football,
Speaker 1: all right, the business side of things and his passion
Speaker 1: Wolf is fashion. Now, let's that's that's what I have
Speaker 1: in common with. Okay, if there's anybody who can need
Speaker 1: help in that department, we're gonna set up a consultation
Speaker 1: you with Wolf in that regard, I mean it in
Speaker 1: the Cardinals camp the last twenty years about wolf warring
Speaker 1: the camels. Okay, if you have a camel, tell us
Speaker 1: about your venture. You know. Kind of growing up, I
Speaker 1: always you know, I told my mom, you know, I
Speaker 1: want these Jordans, a fresh pair of shoes, I want
Speaker 1: these clothes, you know, anything that was hot, you know,
Speaker 1: I wanted. And I just always tell myself, you know,
Speaker 1: whenever I could put my mind to, I kind of
Speaker 1: want to come out with my own clothing line or
Speaker 1: just something to do with fashion. I don't know what
Speaker 1: it is. But one day I was just sitting there,
Speaker 1: you know, thinking about stuff, and then I was just
Speaker 1: thinking about my son, just kind of trying to be creative,
Speaker 1: and I name my clothing line seven Hearts, and my
Speaker 1: son had seven letters in his name, and I was
Speaker 1: obviously seven in high school. Seven is a lucky number,
Speaker 1: you know, all those type of good things. But and
Speaker 1: then one day I just came out with some designs,
Speaker 1: had my better draw some stuff up, and then you know,
Speaker 1: some seven with a couple of hearts and stuff like that.
Speaker 1: So I just kept going with it, kept going with it.
Speaker 1: So now that you know, I talked to a couple
Speaker 1: of people, got a connection with somebody at a factory
Speaker 1: and now I'm about to actually drop my clothing line
Speaker 1: in the middle of this month. Wow, Danny, that is
Speaker 1: that is big time right there. Do you know how
Speaker 1: you're gonna distributed where? I'm thinking for sure gonna do
Speaker 1: like if we have time whenever the right time is,
Speaker 1: you know, but trying to do a pop up shop
Speaker 1: out here in Arizona. I'm not sure do zact location,
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna make sure I shared on Instagram before
Speaker 1: I do it, before I drop it. I mean, I'm
Speaker 1: seeing a YouTube video acy cardinals dot com. Perhaps Ron
Speaker 1: Wolf of the Extreme Makeover. You come out there to
Speaker 1: the pop up shop, Wolf and you you get hip.
Speaker 1: We got some broadcasts, some television broadcasts too. Might see
Speaker 1: a little a couple of tips actually Byron, if you're
Speaker 1: all right on Oh yes, suh, that's good. That's uh.
Speaker 1: And you mentioned all the U Dub guys. I got
Speaker 1: like a half dozen you Dub guys in this roster.
Speaker 1: And then there's one Washington State guy and that's Jayalen Thompson.
Speaker 1: He's out numbered, isn't he. Yeah, he's way out and
Speaker 1: number he knows that dude, we're expecting big things from
Speaker 1: you this year. Man, thank you for joining us. We
Speaker 1: really do appreciative buddy, Yes, Sorr, I appreciate you guys
Speaker 1: as well. All right, don Byron look forward to it.
Speaker 1: Special thanks there Byron Murphy, junior Cardinals cornerback, joined us
Speaker 1: for a few minutes here on the Big Red Rage.
Speaker 1: We'll continue on the other side. Carts Camp two thousand
Speaker 1: twenty one. It is the Big Red Rage presented by
Speaker 1: Santan four in Gilbert had a little jet sweet roundel More.
Speaker 1: We'll get the first down and much more. How about
Speaker 1: this kid? I think they can catch him more touched out.
Speaker 1: This is the move right here, boom footing, the ground
Speaker 1: cuts back and then there's the speed to be able
Speaker 1: to get to the outside. You're not gonna catch him
Speaker 1: out there. More in motion. They get into a pors
Speaker 1: space ports to speed the first half ago he's still
Speaker 1: got underneath blondel More. There, we'll take it all. You
Speaker 1: were watching a burgeoning star in college football in Rondel
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. He was a true freshman and eighteen year
Speaker 1: old and was a consensus All American Rondelle, Moore and
Speaker 1: Man as he flashed more than once at Cardinals camp.
Speaker 1: So far it is the Big Red Rage presented by
Speaker 1: Santan Ford in Gilbert. We are santan Ford, Ron Wolfley,
Speaker 1: Paul Kelvec and wolf. This might be bad news for you,
Speaker 1: but I do have a nickname for Rondel Moore. I
Speaker 1: will debut in a few moments. In a few moments,
Speaker 1: you're going to nickname rondel More. That is correct, okay, Paul?
Speaker 1: At first, just a quick thought or two on Byron
Speaker 1: Murphy as we wrap up that segment. There, Man, what
Speaker 1: a pleasure to be joined by the Suaro guy, right,
Speaker 1: I mean, going into his third year, fans, Joseph is
Speaker 1: incredibly bullish on the camp. Byron Murphy is having the
Speaker 1: sort of season that might be in store for him.
Speaker 1: I loved it when we I think you asked him
Speaker 1: you would rather be inside or outside and his answer
Speaker 1: was just put me where the best wide receiver is. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was You can sense the confidence and when he
Speaker 1: talks about here in year three that he can make
Speaker 1: pre snap adjustments because he can recognize based on formation
Speaker 1: and personnel groups, he anticipates what's coming now. So you
Speaker 1: combine the athletic skill set and the measurables with you know,
Speaker 1: the mind now in two years again a lot of
Speaker 1: reps against NFL offenses, and yeah, this could be a
Speaker 1: breakout year for Byron Murphy. There's no doubt about it, Bullie. Honestly,
Speaker 1: right now, this is year three for Byron Murphy, and
Speaker 1: he's got an off season now, and he's got kind
Speaker 1: of like a still a weird offseason for Byron Murphy.
Speaker 1: But for the most part, this is a guy that
Speaker 1: I think is going to buy leaps and bounds take
Speaker 1: off in year three. Right here, I think the cornerback
Speaker 1: room is so interesting because it could be so good.
Speaker 1: Or if they get nicked up, boy, hold onto your butts,
Speaker 1: because they got three guys that I really feel good
Speaker 1: if you can run those three guys out there right
Speaker 1: now and Robert Alfred of course, Malcolm Butler and Byron Murphy. Man,
Speaker 1: you feel really really good about your Nickel package right now.
Speaker 1: If you're the Cardinals used to be, everyone would say, oh,
Speaker 1: you need three corners. I'm not so sure. Here in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, you don't need four. And Marco Wilson
Speaker 1: might get a lot of run. You know, he's the
Speaker 1: guy who's ahead to take Gwen right now. In terms
Speaker 1: of the young guys, we'll see Dark Weston, Artist Mixtion
Speaker 1: and Daryl Worley. You know, there's room, you know for
Speaker 1: guys to make an impression, and that's what the three
Speaker 1: preseason games are four there's there's no doubt about that.
Speaker 1: And there's no doubt. Well, I mean those three starters
Speaker 1: of your name, Alfred and Byron Murphy and Malcolm Butler,
Speaker 1: those guys will tackle and I think that will make
Speaker 1: a difference in the Cardinals defense. What do you think. No,
Speaker 1: you're right about that, Paul. You have to You've got
Speaker 1: to be physical overall. This is one of the things
Speaker 1: Steve Kim wanted, one of the things he recognized in
Speaker 1: the offseason and said, we've got to get more physical. Well,
Speaker 1: you know what, it's not just in the box where
Speaker 1: you have to get more physically. Got to get more
Speaker 1: physical in the secondary as well. And when you went
Speaker 1: out and you got Malcolm Butler, you got more physical.
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that. If Robert Alfred can stay healthy,
Speaker 1: you've got more physical and Byron Murphy one of the
Speaker 1: best tacklers in that secondary. So I'm I am bullish
Speaker 1: when you throw in Buddha Baker and Jalen Thompson as
Speaker 1: the safeties there. I am bullish on that secondary, Paul,
Speaker 1: all right, speaking of staying healthy, guess what there was
Speaker 1: opportunity today for some of the receivers, in particular Andy Isabella.
Speaker 1: And I mean when you think that d Hop had
Speaker 1: a veteran day when he aj Green still dealing with
Speaker 1: what Cliff Kingsbury calls a minor deal. Christian Kirk was
Speaker 1: suited up, but he really just warmed up and that
Speaker 1: was it. And then Rondell Moore left midway through practice,
Speaker 1: a precautionary deal what Cliff Kingsbury said. After practice, and
Speaker 1: boom there was Andy Isabella getting a lot of reps,
Speaker 1: making some good impressions. He had two long touchdown catches.
Speaker 1: You know, in fact, I got some video of it.
Speaker 1: If you at Paul KELVC on Twitter, you can see
Speaker 1: the second one from from Kyler Murray who was on
Speaker 1: the run. But that is the sort of exposure and
Speaker 1: the kind of performance in Andy Isabella needs at this
Speaker 1: stage of his career. Right, Yeah, there's no doubt, PAULI listen,
Speaker 1: they need those two guys to really step up. Rondel
Speaker 1: Moore with his speed, of course, and Andy Isabella. Andy
Speaker 1: Isabella is going to make this team. In my opinion,
Speaker 1: he's gonna make this team. Andy Isabella is a guy.
Speaker 1: Maybe he's the number five receiver, but you know that
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury loves ten personnel, four wide receivers. They're probably
Speaker 1: going to keep six wide receivers on this team, right
Speaker 1: I think Andy Isabella is probably going to be one
Speaker 1: of them right there. Did you notice they got him
Speaker 1: back on kickoff return. They're going to give him every
Speaker 1: opportunity to receive the ball and return kickoffs. I think
Speaker 1: that's probably a good move right there, because he's probably
Speaker 1: looking at being the number five receiver on this team
Speaker 1: right now, so that might actually be a good spot
Speaker 1: for Andy Isabella. Had a great practice, as you said,
Speaker 1: today was very interesting to me that around I don't know,
Speaker 1: probably ten minutes left in practice. He had this great
Speaker 1: practice already. I saw Sean Jefferson. I saw the wide
Speaker 1: receivers coach Sean Jefferson wave him over, wave him over,
Speaker 1: and man was he was nodding his head and he
Speaker 1: was giving him some juice, given Andy Isabella some juice,
Speaker 1: PAULI and I think it's been a long time since
Speaker 1: he's gotten that kind of recognition from a wide receiver coach.
Speaker 1: And he has spoken pretty honestly in fact on this
Speaker 1: show before about his confidence level, and you know, it's
Speaker 1: it's it's been at a high rate, it's been at
Speaker 1: a low rate. I mean, it's been an issue his
Speaker 1: confidence level. So JJ Walk talks about every single player
Speaker 1: is different. You got to know the player, and that's
Speaker 1: what Sean Jefferson was probably doing right there. I would
Speaker 1: guess that's a great observation. Yes, now you mentioned his
Speaker 1: spot on the depth chart. Cliff Kingsbury was asked because
Speaker 1: they're similar in stature and speed, if Ron Delmore and
Speaker 1: Andy Isabella are fighting for the same spot on the roster, coach,
Speaker 1: I don't think of that position. You can have enough speed,
Speaker 1: you know, And he's a guy who really measure I'm
Speaker 1: playing outside in college, you can play inside as well.
Speaker 1: And then Rondel is pretty much the opposite, like he's
Speaker 1: more of an inside guy, punt returner, kick returner, trick
Speaker 1: play guy, get the ball to him in space as
Speaker 1: many ways as you can. And so I don't think
Speaker 1: that they're vying for the same Rasha's spot. It's pretty
Speaker 1: interesting right there. And rondel Moore would anticipate has a
Speaker 1: real good shot of being your punt returner. And as
Speaker 1: you mentioned, Andy Isabella is getting to run as the
Speaker 1: kick return So think about a pauliguet d hop. Of course,
Speaker 1: you've got a J. Green, you've got Christian Kirk, you've
Speaker 1: got rondel More, and you've got Andy Isabella. There there
Speaker 1: are your five right there right Maybe Keishawan Johnson is
Speaker 1: your six wide receiver. I don't know Pauli, But to me,
Speaker 1: Andy Isabella, if in fact he can be good on
Speaker 1: the kickoff return, can return all those kickoffs for you,
Speaker 1: that is going to help him make this team. But
Speaker 1: what's more fascinating to me is when you go twelve personnel,
Speaker 1: what two wide receivers do you run out there? When
Speaker 1: you go one back, two tight ends, what two wide
Speaker 1: receivers are you going to run out there? You have
Speaker 1: to remember eleven personnel, that three wide receivers. That's the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals based personnel package and rundown situation. That's what
Speaker 1: it was last year at least rundown first and ten
Speaker 1: second and one to six. Now you're going to see
Speaker 1: a lot more twelve personnel. I believe that what two
Speaker 1: what two wide receivers? Will you run out? You're gonna
Speaker 1: have a host of different personnel groups because sometimes I
Speaker 1: would imagine you want it to be DeAndre Hopkins with
Speaker 1: AJ Green. Sometimes you wanted to be DeAndre Hopkins with
Speaker 1: Rondelle Moore, DeAndre Hopkins with maybe Andy Isabella. Who knows
Speaker 1: what the personnel package is going to be. But it's
Speaker 1: fascinating to me that they've got some guys they feel
Speaker 1: really good about, and where are they going to put
Speaker 1: these guys in what personnel packages? Look, you put a
Speaker 1: guy out there who runs a four to nine, it
Speaker 1: immediately gets the attention to the defense, right, they immediately adjust,
Speaker 1: at least in their mind they're accounting for it. And
Speaker 1: Rondel Moore was asked about the speed of the game,
Speaker 1: and you know, he had an interesting answer. It wasn't
Speaker 1: necessarily measured in terms of a forty. Here's what he said.
Speaker 1: I just think it can become overwhelming. Holes get a
Speaker 1: lot smaller, those windows condense people, you know, understand what's
Speaker 1: going on. So I think for me, just capitalizing on
Speaker 1: understanding leverages has helped the game slow down for me.
Speaker 1: And then, like I said, just standing in the playbook
Speaker 1: has helped tremendously, just asking as many questions as I can,
Speaker 1: and you know, just never being afraid to be the
Speaker 1: guy who asked him the many questions. Polly, how long
Speaker 1: did it take him to graduate? By the way, this
Speaker 1: is Rondale Moore. How long was that, Paul? You know what?
Speaker 1: Three years? Three years? Three years? As a matter of fact, Polly,
Speaker 1: ah Man, I'll tell you. I don't know by you, Paul,
Speaker 1: but three years that's pretty good. This guy is sharp.
Speaker 1: I mean, look, Purdue isn't exactly stand but it's a
Speaker 1: pretty top notch school. And and he's already into financial literacy.
Speaker 1: He's already planning his investments. He just bought his mom
Speaker 1: a house, by the way, I mean, you want props,
Speaker 1: how about Rondel Moore buying his mom house. He had
Speaker 1: yet to give her the keys or even let her know,
Speaker 1: And he told all of us in the press comments.
Speaker 1: And he was trusting the media to keep his secret
Speaker 1: because he needed to call mom and figure out the
Speaker 1: best way to present her with her brand new house. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know what, he's his mom is such a big
Speaker 1: part of his life. If you listen to him talk
Speaker 1: Paully the other day about that man, it was just
Speaker 1: so interesting and fascinating, and he's motivated by that. Paul,
Speaker 1: and you know, I've talked about this for a long time.
Speaker 1: Be internally motivated, not externally motivated. That external motivation will
Speaker 1: leave you from time to time. Be internally motivated. I
Speaker 1: don't know how much more internal you could get when
Speaker 1: you talk about your mom. Maybe the nickname I'm gonna
Speaker 1: bestow upon Rondale Moore will motivate him. Are you ready
Speaker 1: for this? Okay? Okay, envelope please over here. Quad Zillah.
Speaker 1: Have he seen his legs? Have he seen his legs?
Speaker 1: I ripped this off right out of the weight room. Okay.
Speaker 1: The powerlifters they quad Zillah just based on the eyes
Speaker 1: of his thighs and his legs. Quad Zilla Paul, He's
Speaker 1: he's five eights. He's swampy Godzilla. Quad by Zillah with
Speaker 1: the legs. Okay, the quad. I get big red rage
Speaker 1: wasented by santan Ford, and Gilbert continues, it's a run
Speaker 1: play right side, big whole Hedmands twenty five, twenty ten
Speaker 1: five touchdown the inside zone being one and Chase Edmonds
Speaker 1: found the hole into the house, Baby gives it to Connor,
Speaker 1: sweeps the left side, got a block of the ten.
Speaker 1: Connor to the five, Potter into the touchdown. James Cotter explosive.
Speaker 1: Just the weapons that we have, Chase doing his sting already,
Speaker 1: and so you know, watching film, I'm like, man, just
Speaker 1: do it. He can, he can ball, and I want to,
Speaker 1: you know, learn from him, be a part of it,
Speaker 1: get to work with him. And all ain't no telling.
Speaker 1: I can't predict with him, but I know what I
Speaker 1: can guarantee. I'm gonna come in here and work the
Speaker 1: day in and day out from my head down to grind.
Speaker 1: And you know, I'm in it for the long cost.
Speaker 1: So seventeen game season, I look before to him. That
Speaker 1: is James Conner talking about the potential of the airs
Speaker 1: on a Cardinals offense. And you know how it works
Speaker 1: at Cardinals camp wall if you're looking at the rookies
Speaker 1: and some of the newcomers and maybe some of the
Speaker 1: guys off the radar, and it can be easy to
Speaker 1: bury the lead sometimes. And I was standing there today
Speaker 1: with a guy who's now famous for his pashpot Dave
Speaker 1: pass of the Airs on a Cardinals goods as we
Speaker 1: wrap up this edition of The Big Red Rage presented
Speaker 1: by santan Ford and Gilbert and Dave Posny said, and
Speaker 1: I was waiting for what was going to come out next,
Speaker 1: and he said, you know what, Chase Edmonds is having
Speaker 1: a really good camp. And for all the speculation that's
Speaker 1: out there too, perhaps a time time sign between now
Speaker 1: and the opener towards the end of camp and maybe
Speaker 1: there's a tight end that might be coming, or maybe
Speaker 1: just maybe a veteran running back if someone hits the market.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. Based on what we've seen out
Speaker 1: of Chase Edmonds in camp, he does look equipped to
Speaker 1: be in every down sort of back you can feed
Speaker 1: through an entire game and then supplement him with a
Speaker 1: James Connor. I'm curious what your thoughts are. Yeah, Paul,
Speaker 1: you know, once again, Chase Edmonds plays the game the
Speaker 1: way the game of football is supposed to be played.
Speaker 1: He is a football player through and through. He just
Speaker 1: happens to play running back for the Arizona Cardinals. You
Speaker 1: could put him anywhere, and that guy is a football player.
Speaker 1: He's going to fight you to the ground with blood
Speaker 1: under his nails. Having said that, I just wonder if
Speaker 1: he's going to be able to hold up if, in fact,
Speaker 1: you're going to use him in all situations, three down back,
Speaker 1: a rundown situation, if you're going to use him a
Speaker 1: lot and blitz pickup as well, I just wonder if
Speaker 1: he's going to be able to hold up. He's not
Speaker 1: the biggest guy in the shed, not the strongest guy.
Speaker 1: But once again, it's more about Mama and Papa than
Speaker 1: it is anything else at that point in time. But
Speaker 1: for me, Paul, I think a combination of James Connor
Speaker 1: in Chase Edmonds is the way the Arizona Cardinals need
Speaker 1: to go and mix it up. Sometimes you put James
Speaker 1: Connor in when it's n obbious pass situations. You don't
Speaker 1: make Chase Edmonds just a third down back. He needs
Speaker 1: to be in rundown situations as well. I think they
Speaker 1: need to mix and match those two guys in different situations.
Speaker 1: And some people over the opinion maybe Chase Edmonds is
Speaker 1: your guy between the twenties and then all of a
Speaker 1: sudden you get in the red zone and you want
Speaker 1: more of a power back. Perhaps maybe it's a James Connor.
Speaker 1: Although Chase Edmonds is a great receiving option out of
Speaker 1: the backfield, maybe James Connor is especially effective in that
Speaker 1: fourth quarters. You know, you're in a four minute offense
Speaker 1: and you're trying to run down the clock and seal
Speaker 1: the win. So that was part of the question today
Speaker 1: to Cliff Kingsbury just on how he might use this
Speaker 1: one too punch at running back. We expect both guys
Speaker 1: to share the load for the most part. You know, Chase,
Speaker 1: like I said, he can be an every down guy,
Speaker 1: and so Ken James. And so we want to make
Speaker 1: sure when they do get their touches, we're getting them
Speaker 1: in situations they can be successful and be fresh and healthy.
Speaker 1: And then he said, right there, Paul, he said, you
Speaker 1: know what, we want to get these guys in both situations.
Speaker 1: That's what I love. What he said right there is
Speaker 1: basically saying, hey, listen, we could play these guys in
Speaker 1: any down and distance, any personnel group, any situation. They're interchangeable.
Speaker 1: One guy has a different skill set than the other guy.
Speaker 1: But yeah, we don't want to tip our hand as
Speaker 1: to what we're gonna do based on which running back
Speaker 1: is in the game. And you know what, in the past,
Speaker 1: has he not said that he's gonna go with the
Speaker 1: hot hand. So if there's a running back who's getting
Speaker 1: into a rhythm and you know in band he's been
Speaker 1: really effective and he's seeing the defense well, and he's
Speaker 1: finding holes, and he's following his offensive lineman and he's
Speaker 1: setting up blocks, He'll stick with that guy, whether it's
Speaker 1: a Chase Edmonds or a James Conner. Maybe the bigger question,
Speaker 1: and you've posed this throughout the entire offseason, is just
Speaker 1: what does the run game look like? Right? Forget about
Speaker 1: the running backs, what's the style of run game? Because,
Speaker 1: as we all know, offensive line coach Sean Coogler was
Speaker 1: promoted in the offseason to run game coordinator, and Cliff
Speaker 1: Kingsbury was asked about Sean Coogler. He's been phenomenal in
Speaker 1: the run game, pass protections, all those things, and when
Speaker 1: you watch him coach in his meetings, he's one of
Speaker 1: the best prisoners I've ever seen. So we really were
Speaker 1: just roaring him for an incredible job that he's done
Speaker 1: since he's been here. What do you think, well, for
Speaker 1: a week and half into camp, what is your opinion
Speaker 1: on what the run game will look like, Yeah, Paully,
Speaker 1: you know what, it's going to be a mix. I
Speaker 1: think it's going to be a mix of the old
Speaker 1: and the new. They're gonna move Kyler Murray around. I
Speaker 1: believe you're gonna see the shotgun. You're gonna see different
Speaker 1: personnel groups. You're gonna see the pistol. You're gonna see
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray under center with a couple of tight ends
Speaker 1: out of eleven personnel, three wide receivers. You're gonna see
Speaker 1: a mix and match of these things. But in order
Speaker 1: in order for there to be a Chee Paul, which
Speaker 1: is the extraordinary, there's got to be a chunk. There's
Speaker 1: got to be a base. The Arizona Cardinals need to
Speaker 1: find out what their base is. And you know what,
Speaker 1: the great thing about your base is, you don't care
Speaker 1: if the defense knows it's coming, Paully, you don't care. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this is our base. This is what we do. We
Speaker 1: don't care if you know what's coming. We know what's coming.
Speaker 1: We don't care if you do, because we're just gonna
Speaker 1: line up and be better than you. They need to
Speaker 1: establish what that foundation is. They need to find their
Speaker 1: chunk in this preseason going in PAULI, because then you
Speaker 1: can run the ball in a che kind of way.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. Jonathan Ward, the backup running back,
Speaker 1: Benjamin those guys look good at camp. Hey, you know,
Speaker 1: got some first team reps today? Yeah, you know, Benjamin,
Speaker 1: you know I feel about you know, Benjamin Man. This
Speaker 1: guy was a Chase Edmonds clone. And Jonathan Ward. Wow,
Speaker 1: he's had He's ripped off a couple of really nice
Speaker 1: long runs. It's interesting. How about any other off the
Speaker 1: radar guys that have caught your eye? How about Michael Dogbee,
Speaker 1: the defensive lineman. I've heard a lot of good stuff
Speaker 1: about Michael Dogby and just the off season he had.
Speaker 1: You know, Zach Allen said he trained with Michael Dogbeing,
Speaker 1: Lecky Foetu and Richard Laurence. Zach Allen saying how he
Speaker 1: dropped six percent body fat, but he bulked up to
Speaker 1: two eighty five. So that was a heck of an
Speaker 1: off seas and dogbies look good. We mentioned the two
Speaker 1: running backs. I think Jason Whittaker, the unknown corner out
Speaker 1: of u of A. He's been making a few plays.
Speaker 1: Anyone else caught try? I think a lot of people
Speaker 1: are curious what you see. So I'm sorry to say this,
Speaker 1: but AJ Green, And once again I realize we're talking
Speaker 1: about a guy who should be in the Hall of
Speaker 1: Fame at some point in time. AJ Green. But man,
Speaker 1: he looks so good before he missed the last couple
Speaker 1: of days. Looks so different than what I expected, and
Speaker 1: so much faster. I can't stop talking about AJ Green. Interesting.
Speaker 1: All right, Well, the Hall of Fame game is tonight.
Speaker 1: The Hall of Fame induction ceremony is this weekend. They
Speaker 1: put a time lit him on the speeches, by the way,
Speaker 1: six minutes. At eight minutes, they start playing the Academy
Speaker 1: style award music to get you off. Do you well
Speaker 1: if I'm gonna leave you with the Holy Conoli stat
Speaker 1: do you know the two longest speeches Brett Farve twenty
Speaker 1: sixteen thirty six minutes, not a surprise, Tony Gonzalez thirty
Speaker 1: nine minutes in twenty nineteen, box of Kleenus. That'll do
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