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Talk to an agent 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:35.839 today at eight hundred State Farm, And by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:39.239 Visit Azycardinals dot Com, Slash podcasts. 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:47.120 The Red Seeds rising Up, temperaturizing vision, flurring rage, take 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:47.840 it over. 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:49.320 Here's Paul Calvis. 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:53.000 I'm ready. I'm one hundred percent ready. I'm telling you abready. 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:56.280 And Ron Wolfleep, it doesn't get any better than that. 0:00:57.760 --> 0:00:59.960 Leash the fjord. 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:04.040 Hey, if you can't trust NFL dot com, Wolf, who 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:05.120 can you trust? 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:05.480 Right? 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:06.839 Huh? 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:09.840 Well, sort of here we go. You know what they 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:12.839 wrote about tonight's guest about the Cardinals Round two pick 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:16.560 our very special guest. Here's what they wrote, and I 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:22.520 quote will predict that the high character edge Bendy Oglari 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:28.800 will outperform rushers picked ahead of him. End quote. We're 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:32.920 talking about the likes of Will Anderson and Tyree Wilson 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:38.400 and Lucas van Ness and Will McDonald dot dot dot Well, 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:41.600 that's again according to NFL dot com. We'll ask our 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:44.440 own questions of the Cardinals round two pick number forty 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:47.119 one overall on this very special edition of The Big 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:50.280 Red Rage, presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert. We are 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:53.480 Santan Ford, Paul calvic Here, Ron wolf Ley there. 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:56.960 You know, Paul, because of the opportunity, of course, I 0:01:57.000 --> 0:02:00.320 think the first two picks in the Arizona Cardinals twenty 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:04.800 twenty three draft really will contribute an awful lot this season. 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:08.680 I think Paris Johnson Junior, of course, especially at left guard. 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:10.359 I think that's where they're gonna start him off, and 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:12.880 I think that's where he's gonna be until maybe somebody 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:15.639 gets hurt or goes down at some point that could 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:17.920 change everything. But I think he's going to see an 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:22.160 awful lot of action. And I think Bjoglari as well 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:24.440 is going to see a lot of action. Those two guys, 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:27.520 I think are going to be able to contribute their 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:30.480 rookie year. How much into what degree, I don't know, 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:31.120 you know, what. 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:32.560 I want to see. I want to see those two 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:35.959 going against each other mana wemano O line D line 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:39.480 drills in camp in August, sort of like once upon 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:39.880 a time. 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:40.239 D J. 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:43.640 Humprey's got a lot better going against Chandler Jones. I 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:45.840 want to see that as a regular thing. B Joe 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:50.280 Glari against Paris Johnson Junior. We'll ask him about that. Well, 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:52.000 you know what else, We're gonna ask him which QB 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:54.200 he wants to sack the most in the NFL, because 0:02:54.240 --> 0:02:56.760 a year ago at this time, mi Ja Sanders answered 0:02:56.760 --> 0:03:01.040 that question immediately and he said Tom Brady. So we'll 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:03.320 ask b Joe Gelori about that. Why he whar's the 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:05.920 number eighteen? What sort of legacy that has with LSU 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:09.240 And he also has royalty in his family tree. We're 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.959 going to get into that as well. But off the top, 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:12.400 here we go. 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:12.760 Wolf. 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:15.480 They had the rookie mini camp speaking of Paris Johnson 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:19.520 Junior in bj Ojelori and the question of Jonathan Gannon 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:22.520 here this time of year is okay, how much exactly 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:24.480 are you going to throw at the rookies? 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:26.840 We treat him like pros, you know, and they're gonna 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:29.760 have to get caught up, and they know that, you know, 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:33.040 every guy's a little bit different how you install, on 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:35.880 how you teach and what they can handle. So we're 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:38.600 kind of just figuring that out first time with you know, 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:40.560 being in the building and being in meetings with him 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.440 things like that. So, but they know that the pace 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:45.640 is going to go. The pace is the pace. So 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:48.600 they got to get caught up and submerge with the 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:50.760 vets and get caught up pretty quick. 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:52.960 And if you don't keep up, Wolf, then really you 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:55.040 have no chance, right because I mean, the coaches first 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:57.760 and foremost have to be able to trust you in 0:03:57.880 --> 0:03:59.840 the scheme, in the playbook. 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:03.520 Just Bully. The more things change in the NFL, the 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:06.360 more they stay the same. And that is certainly the 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:09.120 case when you're talking about a rookie coming into the 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:12.680 National Football League, and what a shock it truly is. 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:16.880 All the different schemes, the complexity of the schemes, of course, 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:19.760 and it's a different game from college. You've heard me 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:22.600 talk about this for years, Bully, but it really is 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:26.400 the truth. The only analogy that suffices. For the most part, 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:29.719 College football is a game of checkers, where the NFL 0:04:29.839 --> 0:04:33.440 is a game of chess. It truly is much more strategic, 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:39.120 much more complex. You've got to apply yourself, You've got 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:42.320 to work at your job when you're a rookie trying 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:45.480 to learn these schemes, because Paulie, think about it, If 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:49.320 you don't know what to do, what chance do you 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:51.599 really have? Even if you think, Paulie, even if you 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:54.200 think like I think I know what I'm doing on this, 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:57.880 you want to be convicted. You want to be sure 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:00.479 that you know what you're doing in it, not just 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:03.440 guessing at whether you're doing the right thing. But if 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:06.840 you can't, if you can't conceptualize it, you're not going 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:08.200 to be able to execute it. 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:10.160 Because not only do you have to know your assignment 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:11.839 and know it cold, but guess what, you have to 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:13.800 know it when going against Oh, I don't know the 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:17.040 Kyle Shanahan's of the world, right, the Sean mcgaye of 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:19.080 the world. And what do they try and do They 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:22.039 try and confuse you. They try and make you a 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:25.520 half step slow by showing you various things that make 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:29.920 you think before you react. And to your point, there's 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:32.359 no worse way to look slow on a football field 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:34.640 than if you're thinking instead of playing. 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:37.560 Yeah, Pauline, not only that too, stop and think about this. 0:05:38.600 --> 0:05:41.680 There are a lot of different responsibilities that you might 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:46.320 have on one given call. One call, but based on 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:49.400 how they come out to the personnel group, the formation 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:52.280 they're in, and the play they actually run, it might 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:56.279 change your assignment, paul So not only do you need 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:59.520 to know what you're doing on the play call, you 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:02.279 also need to know the five or six or seven 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:03.640 adjustments that come off it. 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:06.440 So like, for example, you know what I think of 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:07.919 when you talk about all that. I think of the 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:10.839 Cardinals signing Kaizer White. I think of bringing in a 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:14.000 guy who knows Gannon's defense. Yeah, has run it for 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:17.720 several years. I'm guessing they're gonna give him the green dot. 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:21.360 That was Zamon Collins, an outside linebacker. And guess what, 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:25.120 trust your eyes, he's an outside linebacker until we see differently, 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:28.320 if Kayzer White is calling this defense, well that makes 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:31.240 a lot of sense. He is the quarterback of the D. 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:34.280 He's the guy who knows Gannon's defensive playbook. 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:37.559 Yeah, PAULI, No, I think you're right about that. Again. 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:41.360 Zavan Collins, he's going to be an outside linebacker. They're 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:43.680 going to put him on the edge. I really do 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:47.960 see this. I could see the Philadelphia Eagles defense being 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:51.839 here where they covered the interior three offensive lineman right 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:54.880 to the center and both guards. They covered him with 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:58.000 three techniques right there and then had two edge guys 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:03.240 and then one line that being Kaiser White behind that. 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:06.040 It was a six man box, but it was a 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:10.080 different construction of that six man box for the most part. 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:13.440 I could see that being a base defense for this 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:15.560 team going forward. Right. 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:20.160 Jonathan Gannon was also asked about positional flexibility on guys 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:24.440 learning multiple positions. You know the old pair and a spare. Well, 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:25.800 here's JG on that. 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:29.520 You know, our guys understand the value of playing multiple spots. 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:32.120 You know, I got trained at a young age a 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:34.960 pair and a spare. You always got to have different 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:38.360 guys be able to play different spots, and ultimately you're 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:40.880 trying to do what's best for the team and for 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:43.560 the best for the player too. So we got a 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:45.440 long time to figure that out, but that's what we're doing. 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:45.680 Now. 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:48.200 Where do you think Isaiah Simmons is going to play? 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:51.080 I ask, almost rhetorically, this is almost a weekly question. 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:53.840 Do you what would the edge really? 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:58.720 I think once again, that's zab and Collins and that's 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:02.800 Isaiah Simmons. You're two inside guys. I could see them 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:06.120 being the edge, Paul. That's where I and again it's 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:11.640 I think JG is talking about not moving Isaiah Simmons 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:13.800 all over the place. I could be wrong on that, 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.760 poly but I think he's talking more about a player 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:20.320 being willing to be moved and it goes somewhere and 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:22.400 to try to help the team. That's what I think 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:26.840 he's talking about. And if he is, if I'm correct 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.320 on that, I think he's talking about Zaban Collins and 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:32.160 Isaiah Simmons doing what they need to do to maybe 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:34.440 take that next step in their careers. 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:37.200 Because if you look at the safety depth on this 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:40.720 depth chart right now, there's not a lot behind a 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:43.400 Buddha Baker and a Jalen Thompson right so I could 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:46.679 theoretically see Isaiah Simmons in the safety room. Again. Now, 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:49.480 as of right now, moments ago I checked the Cardinals website, 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:51.800 he's still listed it as an inside linebacker. Now that's 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:55.200 just a regular roster, that's not a jet chart, you know, 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:57.480 installed by the team or anything or the coaches. That 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:00.640 is I bring this up also becau. Did you see 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:04.040 what dan Quinn said this week about Micah Parsons. Micah 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:06.559 Parsons had tweeted out within the last week that he's 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:10.240 using the offseason to bulk up, gained some weight, and 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:14.160 to prepare for a full time pass rusher role. Now 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:16.280 dan Quinn sort of shot that down a little bit 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:18.000 with the media because he was asked about that when 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:19.920 he met the media instead of Mike McCarthy was out 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:22.040 getting like back surgery or something, so the media was 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:24.520 all over him and he called him dan Quinn Michael 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:30.199 Parsons quote a pass rushing linebacker, and I immediately immediately 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:34.640 thought of Isaiah Simmons. The question is, could an Isaiah Simmons, 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:37.040 in your opinion, maybe bulk up a little bit to 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.600 be more equipped for the edge and to hold the 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:40.800 point against the run. 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:45.040 Perhaps, Yeah, he could, PAULI, there's no doubt he could. 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:48.480 But you know, I don't really know how much he's 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:51.640 got to bulk up on that one. I really don't. 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:54.800 Now we're gonna get a first hand look, obviously, we're 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:56.640 gonna see if he's going to be able to do that, 0:09:56.800 --> 0:10:00.240 But a lot of setting the edge, Paul is really 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:03.520 coming from the inside. It's more like setting your soul, 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:06.160 if you know what I mean, set the edge by 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:10.160 set your soul and make sure you're being stiff at 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:13.200 the point of attack and you are setting that edge. 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:17.199 I think Isaiah Simmons once he knows exactly and this 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:20.000 is the reason why PAULI I continue to talk about this, 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:22.640 but why I would leave him at one position. You 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:27.080 need to know what is expected of you in every situation, 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:32.400 against every offense, against every formation, against every personnel group. 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:35.160 You need to know what is expected of you on 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:39.280 every play that you're gonna call. And that is the 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:42.600 reason why you can demand from a player right do 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:46.240 your job because you know what it is you have 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:48.880 to do. But when you start moving guys all over 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:50.800 the place, now it becomes cloudy. 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:53.520 So I'm going to go full circle in this segment. 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:56.240 NFL dot Com today, as I go back to the 0:10:56.400 --> 0:11:00.480 NFL website, they have a story thirty two teams thirty 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:04.360 two needs is the headline top remaining offseason priority for 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:07.760 each team? What do you think they listed for the 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:16.480 Cardinals to Well, did you read the article? Yeah, they 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:20.600 listed they listed get what you can for d hop 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:23.320 immediately to which I totally disagree, because you know, some 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:25.760 team's going to get to training camp and realize that 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:28.560 the rookie receiver they drafted ain't all that in a 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:30.880 bag of chips, and maybe we should get something in 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:38.240 someone who's proven so wide receiver. All right, So here's 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:40.920 a discovery report on bg O Jalari. His ability to 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:44.400 bend the edge makes him the best prospect in the 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:48.360 class in this area. Hello, we're going to talk to 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:51.160 the Cardinals round two rookie pass rusher. As we continue 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:54.240 with a big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:56.520 We are santan Ford. 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:05.520 With the forty first pick and the twenty twenty three draft, 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:12.040 the Arizona Cardinals select bj Old Jelori linebacker lsu. 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:14.360 I love what Ojai can do in the pass and 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:17.560 run game. I think he's a very natural pass rusher. 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:20.760 You can see his bend coming off the edge with speed. 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:21.800 He can beat you his speed. 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:26.160 He's very fluid and natural with his counter rushes. And 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:28.200 then on top of that, he can stick a long 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:30.520 arm in there and moves off his long arm. So 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:34.680 as far as his rush ability, very versatile, very natural. 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:36.640 And then I love the tools that he has in 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:37.240 the run game. 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:42.040 His new Cardinals defensive coordinator Nick Rowlis on the Cardinals 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:45.560 New edge guy, the new weapon getting after the quarterback. 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:48.200 And we'll get to the fact that, yes, that was 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:52.000 the voice of Cardinals Hall of Famer, a legend, the 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:55.760 Ring of Honor guy a Nias Williams, a Louisiana guy 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:58.120 by the way. But we love to speak the language 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:00.640 of pass rushing here on the Big Red Rig. Okay, 0:13:00.640 --> 0:13:03.160 I mean, you know, getting after the quarterback. I know 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:07.120 Jonathan Gannon is fond of the phrase rush and crush. 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:09.720 There's a dip and rip that's a good one. Bend 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:12.000 the edge, like you know, some of my favorite football 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:15.200 terms are when it comes to pass rushing. You know 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:17.680 you're here, They're the you know, speed to power and 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:20.439 then you hear Nick rallis the long arm stab. And it's 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:23.400 even better when we're talking with bj Ojealari himself, the 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:25.760 Cardinals new pass rusher here on the Big Red Rage, BJ, 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:26.559 how we doing. 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:27.160 I'm doing great? 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:27.440 Man. 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.440 You definitely cover pass rap perfectly right there. 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:32.920 What do you what's your favorite term when it comes 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:35.240 to pass rushing? You know, I mean, is there anything 0:13:35.240 --> 0:13:37.800 that stands out. When you're talking about the art of 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:40.240 getting after the quarterback, what do you like to talk 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:41.520 about the most. 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:44.840 Really diffing and Riven being the guy off the edge. 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:47.000 That's one of my favorite things to do. Like you said, 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:49.560 pass rushers are and that's where I think I can 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:51.840 display my best talents right there. 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:54.560 So we heard the moment right where your name was called. 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:57.679 And when you go back to the TV copy, and 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:00.839 I love the fam cam right because you were right 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:02.880 at you were like at the epicenter of a v right. Yeah, 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:04.760 you're a family there left all of the right. And 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:06.320 then when you go to the phone call in the 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:08.640 war room from Manti Austin for the GM, you couldn't 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.040 even hear him. What was that like? It was like 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:12.120 bedlam in your house? 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:13.920 Yeah, I was. I was so in shock. 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:16.880 Everyone else was so excited, and I'm just there, almost frozen. 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:18.440 I'm trying to listen to the call. 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:21.960 I'm trying to respond say yes, sir, you know it 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:23.960 was just a moment, he said, just you know, enjoyed 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:24.840 his moment with your family. 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:27.480 We're gonna call you back because he is. 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:30.880 A moment you had been working and striving for for 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:33.320 probably over a decade, right, I mean that's the moment 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:36.359 where I'm guessing a lifelong dream is realized. 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:40.120 Oh yeah, most definitely. That's why it's just so shocking 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:44.240 that the time actually came. You know, it's like once 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:47.200 you're eight years old, now now it's time to get drafted. 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:49.920 So it's a definitely a great process and a great 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:50.840 moment is just to take in. 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:53.400 What's it been like ever since? Has it been a blur? 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:55.760 Have had things slowed down a little bit for you? Yeah, 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:56.400 it's been a blur. 0:14:56.800 --> 0:14:59.720 Like after you know, two three days after the draft, 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:01.280 things are starting to slow down. 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:02.120 We're Arizona. 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:04.880 Now we're with the team, with the coaches, so things 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:07.000 are starting to slow down, start to be more clear, 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:10.400 getting to know the Vets in the locker room. 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:12.840 So it's definitely getting to slow down. And it makes 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:13.360 sense now. 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:15.680 Yeah, you went from rookie mini camp and we're on 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.240 board with bj O Gilardi the Cardinals second round pick 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:20.920 number forty one. Overall the Vets show up. Did the 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:23.280 compete level go up a notch or two when those 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:23.960 guys showed up? 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:27.800 Yeah, it's definitely a competitive environment, but all of them 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:30.280 are taking me under their wing. All the guys in 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:32.600 the alshide linebacker groom are doing a great job, you know, 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:34.960 just teaching me the rope, teaching me how it is 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:37.280 to you know, come into the NFL. What I have 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:39.160 to do, you know, to stay in the NFL and 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:40.120 contribute to this team. 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:42.920 Because you heard from Cam Thomas and my j Sanders 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:45.000 right off the bat, didn't you, Yes, sir? And what 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:47.280 sort of I don't know, what sort of friendly advice 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:48.920 are you getting because those guys just went through the 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:51.040 rookie process themselves. What are you hearing from some of 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:52.440 the guys who have been there and done that? 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:56.600 Really just getting that playbook, Understand the defense, understand the calls, 0:15:56.680 --> 0:16:00.760 understand what's asked of me, being able to diagnose plays formations, 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:03.040 getting in on special teams as well, being able to 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:06.760 contribute on there, and you know, accent doing everything the 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:07.520 coach acts of me. 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:10.240 So all we've seen to you was rookie minniicamp right 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:12.800 the media that is, and and you were the only 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:14.960 guy out there in your position group for the most part. 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:18.760 So what sort of scouter report would you give on yourself? 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:23.640 So for myself, you know, coming into the NFL, definitely 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:26.120 a guy who's the natural pass rusher can bend as 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:30.120 you speed to power. Great speed rushes can also understand drops, 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:33.680 getting into drops and zones and be used in coverage 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:37.720 as well. Definitely great movement along the line to create 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:41.680 you know, TFLs and really just a high motor player. 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:44.480 Was there anything that well, come on, now, there's got 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:47.720 to be right. Every player who's coming after the draft, 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:51.440 you know, overall time have said, you know what, there 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:53.440 are things about my scottery report I heard from the 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:56.120 mel Kiper's and Todd mcshay's of the world that irritated me. 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:58.760 What were some of the things that maybe were out 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:02.840 there that you know, you maybe didn't agree with or 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:04.920 maybe it's gonna stick with you through your playing career. 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:09.159 Yeah, just not being able to play the run. You 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:10.639 know a lot of people said I wasn't able to 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:13.920 play the run. I think in college I definitely been 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:17.400 at an upward progression of playing a run. This last year, 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:20.840 I think I put on the weight with striking blocks, sends, hard, 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:24.399 good edges. So that's something that I think that I 0:17:24.440 --> 0:17:29.080 did good. But I can definitely improve on everything in 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:29.600 my game. 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:32.840 When you were at LSU, you wore number eighteen. Right, 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:35.400 we're packed twelve country out here. So tell us about 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:38.760 the significance of earning the honor of wearing eighteen. What 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:40.600 does that mean within the LSU legacy. 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:44.359 Yeah, eighteen is a coveted number, is given to the 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:46.760 best all around player on and. 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:47.280 Off the field. 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:50.399 It really just speaks to testimentier leadership, the way you 0:17:50.400 --> 0:17:56.479 handle yourself, your character, your academics as well, and just 0:17:56.680 --> 0:18:00.600 the whole package. Just a great example for the you guys, 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:02.960 and you're the one who's the face of the team. 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:06.120 You're represented the state of Louisiana and your whole team. 0:18:06.160 --> 0:18:10.840 So it's definitely a blessing and a great for your legacy, 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:13.760 just to be able to represent all the number eighteens 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:16.359 that came before me. So how cool was it that 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:19.080 eighteen's available for the Cardinals. Yeah, it's a blessing just 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:21.600 to be able to carry on that tradition. Eighteen is 0:18:21.640 --> 0:18:25.000 a special number to me, special to Louisiana LSU. So 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:28.239 it's definitely, you know, something that I was blessed and 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:30.800 I'm very grateful for the Arizona Cardinals to let me work. 0:18:30.840 --> 0:18:31.640 I'm eighteen And. 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:33.360 For those who haven't seen it, you go to bg 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:36.240 O Jilard's Twitter page. In the background is number fifty 0:18:36.280 --> 0:18:40.080 six Lawrence Taylor with the New York Giants. That was 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:42.679 pretty cool to see. I mean, tell us about that. 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:44.120 Does that anything to do with the fact that your 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:47.080 brother plays for the Giants or were you already a 0:18:47.080 --> 0:18:49.280 fan before your brother was drafted a couple of years ago. 0:18:49.480 --> 0:18:50.560 Yeah, I was already a fan. 0:18:50.880 --> 0:18:54.480 I remember I was probably in middle school, high school, 0:18:54.800 --> 0:18:58.520 and I saw Lawrence Taylor of Football Life on NFL Network, 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:02.120 and I just immediately had a gravitation to the way 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:05.000 he played, his dominance and just you know, everything he 0:19:05.080 --> 0:19:08.919 stood for on the field. So I just wanted to 0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:12.600 put that as my banner, just to you know, what 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:14.680 I represent on the field and what I can bring 0:19:14.720 --> 0:19:15.400 in the pass. 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:17.480 Us and just a dominance in the game. 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:20.560 Yeah, it's hard to find a bigger force than Lawrence Taylor. 0:19:20.720 --> 0:19:22.879 Our co host and the show run woefully battled him 0:19:22.880 --> 0:19:24.639 twice a year. Okay, off the edge I had to 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:26.880 try and block Lawrence Taylor and all the guys who 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:29.919