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Speaker 1: Doesn't get any better than that horn. Unleash the fiard.
Speaker 1: If you know Ron Wolfley, you know that he has
Speaker 1: his morning radio show for one reason and one reason only.
Speaker 1: I don't want to hear Baul so he can spend
Speaker 1: the rest of his day day trading on Wall Street.
Speaker 1: He's got his Robin Hood account. He's trading game stop.
Speaker 1: You know. I mean, he's just he's all in. He's
Speaker 1: all in with it. And I bring that up here
Speaker 1: off the top, because we're sort of at that point
Speaker 1: now in the preseason where I think far too much
Speaker 1: is being read into the month of August. And we
Speaker 1: all know that the preseason is like the stock market,
Speaker 1: where a past performance does not guarantee future results. So
Speaker 1: let's all keep that in mind because we've got a
Speaker 1: big hour straight ahead on the Big Red Rage presented
Speaker 1: by santan Ford and Gilbert. We are santan Ford, Paul
Speaker 1: Calvc here, or Ron Wolfley there. So, PAULI, what are
Speaker 1: you saying you're not feeling You're not feeling this game
Speaker 1: coming up here? You think I don't know Hurricane Ida
Speaker 1: or is the tropical Storm Ida? Paul might might actually
Speaker 1: wipe the whole thing out. That is sort of what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. You're feeling me, Wolf, You're feeling I'm looking
Speaker 1: into my Crystal Football and I'm saying it's a cloudy
Speaker 1: forecast at best. I mean, you don't know what's coming next.
Speaker 1: Look at the Cardinals next two opponents, the Saints dealing
Speaker 1: with Tropical Storm Ida. You don't even know if there
Speaker 1: is going to be a game on Saturday, right And
Speaker 1: by the way, Wolf, no sleeping in till noon. There
Speaker 1: might be an afternoon kickoff. We'll see about that. So
Speaker 1: you better, you better just you know, with your martini Friday,
Speaker 1: you better be aware on that one it's and then
Speaker 1: never the night before a game, Paul, and you know that.
Speaker 1: Think about week one against the Titans. Now Tennessee's dealing
Speaker 1: with a coronavirus outbreak that's grown to nine people, including
Speaker 1: the starting quarterback and the head coach. What's going on
Speaker 1: with Tennessee? Honestly, what are the Tennessee Titans do? What
Speaker 1: do they do? They all have a sing along or
Speaker 1: something like that after every practice. What are they doing? Paul?
Speaker 1: The spittle's flying through the air with the Tennessee Titans.
Speaker 1: I have no idea. They had all sorts of problems
Speaker 1: with this in twenty twenty. Remember, the only thing worse
Speaker 1: that I've heard in terms of like motivation or whatever
Speaker 1: you're talking about with this song was what the Dallas
Speaker 1: Cowboys did off the top of training camp and Mike
Speaker 1: McCarthy with his Mojoe moment playing a clip from Austin
Speaker 1: Powers like a nineteen ninety nine when half the guys
Speaker 1: in the room weren't even born. I mean it just
Speaker 1: so that went over like a lead balloon. So once again, Wolf,
Speaker 1: you just don't know what's coming next. I mean, based
Speaker 1: on what we've seen the Cards Camp twenty twenty one,
Speaker 1: which just rapped earlier today, I mean, this is about
Speaker 1: as solid and concrete as you're gonna get based on
Speaker 1: some of these other fluid situations and moments away. We're
Speaker 1: gonna talk to Eno, Benjamin. Dave Pash will be on board.
Speaker 1: We're gonna talk to you know, Benjamin, one of the
Speaker 1: standouts of camp. As we got some news today as
Speaker 1: Camp or wrapped up. I mean, well, if you walk
Speaker 1: around town, people ask you a Cards Camp. But what
Speaker 1: are some of your big takeaways now that it's in
Speaker 1: the books. Yeah, you know what, pably, the lack of physicality.
Speaker 1: For the most part, that is the first thing that
Speaker 1: I look at, and yet it rein forces the belief
Speaker 1: the knowledge that I have in regard to the game
Speaker 1: of football. The biggest change in this game by far
Speaker 1: in a way, is how you prepare a human being
Speaker 1: to play in an NFL game. It's just not the
Speaker 1: way that it used to be. I listen, Pally, you know,
Speaker 1: I don't want to be the old guy standing on
Speaker 1: the lawn get off by one boy. You know, I
Speaker 1: don't want to be that guy. Whatsoever. The rules of
Speaker 1: the game are changing, there's no doubt about that. And
Speaker 1: once again, knowing that the way you prepare a human
Speaker 1: being to play in an NFL game has changed the most,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna sit here and act like I know
Speaker 1: the best way to get anyone prepared anymore. But for me,
Speaker 1: a guy that came up through the air I did
Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty five to ninety five, it is almost unthinkable, Polly.
Speaker 1: It makes me break out in hives as a matter
Speaker 1: of fact, when I start thinking of going out and
Speaker 1: playing a regular season game without taking one live right
Speaker 1: in practice, you know, no scrimmage, no live reps, no
Speaker 1: preseason games. Now. I know you could say, well they
Speaker 1: did that last year. Yeah they did, the Arizona Cardinals,
Speaker 1: but you know what other teams they were practicing against
Speaker 1: each other with a little bit of physicality from time
Speaker 1: to time. So you know what, we're so conditioned though,
Speaker 1: to these light camps that. For example, when the Cardinals
Speaker 1: went against Kansas City and you saw Travis Kelsey, the
Speaker 1: All Pro tight end, still in the game late second quarter,
Speaker 1: I mean I was shocked just to witness something like that,
Speaker 1: because it's so seldom, it's so rare these days that
Speaker 1: you ever see anything like that. And with that in mind,
Speaker 1: Wolf Cliff Kingsbury was asked today if we're gonna see
Speaker 1: his starting quarterback Kyler Murray on Saturday night at New Orleans,
Speaker 1: will not play? He's ready to go, Yeah, he's ready
Speaker 1: to go. He's a very good quarterback. You made the
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl last year, and I feel very confident in
Speaker 1: hissabilities this year. Okay, I don't want to go off
Speaker 1: on a ran here. Yeah, but if Kyler is playing,
Speaker 1: because there seems to be a lot of consternation, a
Speaker 1: lot of boxers getting bunged around here, whether Kyler is
Speaker 1: going to play, even if he did play, let me
Speaker 1: pass an iron ball so I can flat out play this.
Speaker 1: This is where we're going to disagree. Yet again, there's
Speaker 1: very little that we agree on. And this is another
Speaker 1: area because to me, if Kyler plays, what does that prove? Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's let's say he goes out there. Any throttles of
Speaker 1: vanilla scheme by the Saints full of twos and threes?
Speaker 1: What does that prove? What does that really do for him?
Speaker 1: I don't know, Polly. I just know that honestly right now,
Speaker 1: after taking nine snaps and looking at the free possessions previously.
Speaker 1: Maybe I don't know, Paul, Maybe they pick up a
Speaker 1: first down, maybe they actually have positive yardage something like that.
Speaker 1: I I if I was Kyler Murray, Paul, I'm serious,
Speaker 1: I would want to play. I think I would want
Speaker 1: some reps. Okay, now, listen, I this is not going
Speaker 1: to make a difference. Think about this. Were there any
Speaker 1: preseason games last year, Paul, were there any zero? Okay,
Speaker 1: zero point zero? Yeah, I would say that Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: came out of the shoot pretty pretty well. And I
Speaker 1: think the Arizona Cardinals did at two and oh. As
Speaker 1: a matter of fact, beating the forty nine ers in
Speaker 1: Week one, he was twenty six of forty PAULYI for
Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty yards. He did throw a pick,
Speaker 1: but he also threw a touchdown. And then week two,
Speaker 1: of course, he was twenty four of thirty eight as
Speaker 1: a matter of fact, Polyi and for two hundred and
Speaker 1: eighty six yards. So I mean he did well in
Speaker 1: both of those games right there, and the Cardinals won
Speaker 1: him both, Okay, and we haven't heard from Kyler since
Speaker 1: before the Kansas City game, but he did this sideline
Speaker 1: interview at the ESPN and after the Cardinals offense got
Speaker 1: nine snaps a trio, three and outs for a grand
Speaker 1: total of negative one yard. He was pretty honest. He said, quote,
Speaker 1: we got to clean some stuff up, get some things right.
Speaker 1: They kicked our butt for the three drives we are
Speaker 1: out there. It is what it is. Would be better
Speaker 1: about it when it counts. And we know his approach.
Speaker 1: Wolf he doesn't consider it real. So you're just not
Speaker 1: going to get much buy in from him in the
Speaker 1: first place. You're just not Oh, Cliff Kingsbury has given
Speaker 1: him Saturday night off. The other takeaway I think from camp,
Speaker 1: along with the lack of physicality, would be yours and
Speaker 1: I think you probably maybe the one area we would
Speaker 1: agree is the advent of increased leadership, and Cliff Kingsbury
Speaker 1: cited that today trending in the right direction. You know,
Speaker 1: I think the accountability on this team with a lot
Speaker 1: of the leaders we brought in has really leveled up,
Speaker 1: if you will. The JJ's Ronnie Hudson, Cole McCoys and
Speaker 1: those guys are guys that do it right. All the time,
Speaker 1: and you since that other guys are kind of falling
Speaker 1: in line. Man. It's not only that, Polly. It's not
Speaker 1: only you know the fact that they're going out there
Speaker 1: and they're they're leading, and they're talking about this stuff
Speaker 1: right here. It's also the fact that in a game, Polly,
Speaker 1: what are you going to do? If JJ Watt walks
Speaker 1: up on you? What are you gonna do? Paul? You're
Speaker 1: gonna look away? Polly can act like he's not talking
Speaker 1: to you. Polly, what are you going to do? I
Speaker 1: look straight up at him. He's an enormous man, so
Speaker 1: I probably get blash looking straight up. He's gonna look
Speaker 1: at you and say, Paul, what are you doing? You're
Speaker 1: killing us out here? Pick it up? See and you know,
Speaker 1: what are you gonna do? Paul? You're gonna respond to that.
Speaker 1: Of course you're gonna. It's called accountability. This is what
Speaker 1: leadership is. You play, You play like a mad person.
Speaker 1: You play harder than anybody else, and you hold yourself
Speaker 1: to a standard higher than anybody else, and everyone knows it,
Speaker 1: so that when you walk up on somebody else and
Speaker 1: look at him and say, you are killing us on
Speaker 1: this field. We need you, Now, what are you going
Speaker 1: to do about it? Man, I'll tell you what. You're
Speaker 1: gonna respond in a very very positive way for the
Speaker 1: most part, knowing that this guy holds himself to a
Speaker 1: standard he'd never hold you two. Accountability is part of leadership. See.
Speaker 1: And it's exactly what I would tell to the analytics
Speaker 1: crowd that likes to dismiss leadership, boy, because they can't
Speaker 1: quantify leadership. You can't put leadership into a numerical formula,
Speaker 1: so they dismiss leadership. But you're right, leadership equals accountability,
Speaker 1: and then accountability, hopefully equals equals a team that's gonna
Speaker 1: do something about leading the league and penalties and leading
Speaker 1: the league and drive stalled by presnap penalties. One thing
Speaker 1: I did like about this camp. If you made a
Speaker 1: presnap penalty boom, you came out. You had to come
Speaker 1: out of the drill in front of all your teammates. Yes,
Speaker 1: and I like that. In fact, you know what, I'd
Speaker 1: actually do that in the preseason games if I'm Cliff Kingsbury,
Speaker 1: if you have a false start, for example, in DJ
Speaker 1: Humphreys has done it, Rodney Hudson has done it. In
Speaker 1: this preseason. You know what, you come out of the
Speaker 1: game and your replacement goes in. I think that would
Speaker 1: really send home a message in the preseason, right And
Speaker 1: anyone who's talking about leadership and not pointing to leadership
Speaker 1: and not giving leadership it's due hasn't moistened a jock
Speaker 1: in twenty five years. That's what I'm going to tell
Speaker 1: you right now, Paul. So for me, I want to
Speaker 1: see this game, the thing I'm going to be watching
Speaker 1: more than anything else when we go to Tennessee. Pauly, here,
Speaker 1: here we go, the big thing that Wolf's gonna be watching.
Speaker 1: Look at the line of scrimmage, baby, the bloody knuckles.
Speaker 1: That's where it's all gonna happen on both sides of
Speaker 1: the ball, Paul, offensively and defensively. What are you gonna
Speaker 1: do about it? Well, we're back to disagreeing because the
Speaker 1: big thing you have to watch is Andy Isabella. Obviously,
Speaker 1: that says Andy Isabella, who have other things I'm watching
Speaker 1: as well, who, by the way, coach said he needed
Speaker 1: a big week, and I'm here to tell you he
Speaker 1: had a big week and he may or may not
Speaker 1: have had a big practice today based on whether you
Speaker 1: can or cannot report on what happened in practice. I'm
Speaker 1: just saying without saying. Episode four of the Dave Pash
Speaker 1: Podcasts featuring ESPN NFL analyst Mina Kimes is available now
Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcast, So Lea's updates on the
Speaker 1: Dave Pash Pod. Follow along on Twitter at Pash Pod.
Speaker 1: Speaking Up, Dave Pash will jump in and we're gonna
Speaker 1: talk to Eno Benjamin, and you could argue that one
Speaker 1: of the most consistent camp standouts would be the former
Speaker 1: ANSU running back that is next on the Big Red
Speaker 1: Rate presented by Satan Ford and Gilbert We are Satan Ford.
Speaker 1: Eno Benjamin takes a line drive kick three yards deep
Speaker 1: in his own then zone out across the numbers at
Speaker 1: ten to twenty. He's got a lane at the thirty
Speaker 1: and then's tackled at the thirty three yard line, Eno Benjamin.
Speaker 1: Nice vision and a first, Eno Benjamin to run up
Speaker 1: the middle. He's got room across the forty to the fifty.
Speaker 1: He's been the near sideline at the forty trying to
Speaker 1: turn on the jets at the thirty inside that's twenty
Speaker 1: five and Eno Benjamin. How about that for the former
Speaker 1: A se running back first and goal from the six
Speaker 1: to give his Dino Benjamin off the left side. He's
Speaker 1: got plenty of room to run and he faults into
Speaker 1: the end zone untouched Cardinal's touchdown as a calf to drive.
Speaker 1: After the takeaway by the defense, Eno Benjamin cashes it
Speaker 1: in for six. There you go, one of the stars
Speaker 1: of the pre season. How about a debut against Dallas
Speaker 1: the d in Big d standing Ford, You know what, dang,
Speaker 1: that was impressive. Thirty eight yard run, six yard touchdown
Speaker 1: in that game. And it's been white a Cardinals camp
Speaker 1: for our guests. Did you know, Dave Pass it is
Speaker 1: a pleasure to have the voice of the Cardinals sitting
Speaker 1: in on this segment of The Big Red Rage presented
Speaker 1: by santan Ford and Gilbert. Did you know, Dave? If
Speaker 1: you google up the name Eno, only Eno Benjamin comes up.
Speaker 1: The one and only Eno Benjamin joins us right now?
Speaker 1: Is that true? You know? How about famous Enos for
Speaker 1: five hundred dollars? Who else shares your name that we
Speaker 1: should know about? You know, I am not completely share
Speaker 1: about that. There you go, it's singular. Are we doing
Speaker 1: I'm doing good? And I appreciate you guys for having men.
Speaker 1: How's camp going? Give us a little here you go
Speaker 1: and camp is officially ramped. You're going into the final
Speaker 1: preseason game. Just tell us your thoughts. Really just leaving
Speaker 1: on a high note. I'm finishing everything strong, finishing every
Speaker 1: last rep that I get, being the last guy I'm
Speaker 1: to leave the meetings just as far as understanding everything,
Speaker 1: just being one of those guys in order to push
Speaker 1: past this last hump. Does this feel like the NFL
Speaker 1: this year? I mean, it had to have been very
Speaker 1: strange for you after dreaming I'm sure about playing in
Speaker 1: the NFL to get there last year and have to
Speaker 1: be dealing with all the protocols. I know you still
Speaker 1: have them, but at least there are fans. Does it
Speaker 1: feel more like you're an NFL player this year? Definitely?
Speaker 1: Like you said, unfortunately, last year we were hit with
Speaker 1: a COVID and so the season didn't go as planned
Speaker 1: as far as I'm just having fans in the stadium
Speaker 1: and just having that that atmosphere, that fan field, and
Speaker 1: so this year's I'm definitely I'm a lot different. We're
Speaker 1: going back out there. Um, the Red Sea was showing
Speaker 1: up and they were allowed these past two weeks, and
Speaker 1: so it was definitely a great feeling having those having
Speaker 1: those fans. Yeah, you do have the advantage of preseason
Speaker 1: games a year ago, as we all know. Just compare
Speaker 1: and contrast this time a year ago versus now. How
Speaker 1: much more are you playing versus thinking, I'm a lot
Speaker 1: more things that I learned in the meeting room. I'm
Speaker 1: no longer having to really think about it on the field.
Speaker 1: It's kind of like second nature as opposed to last
Speaker 1: season it was the mental breakdowns as far as trying
Speaker 1: to recollect everything that you learn in meeting and then
Speaker 1: implying into the field. This year is definitely a lot
Speaker 1: more comfortable, and it's just second nature. Like I said,
Speaker 1: what are the coaches telling you? Are they saying, you know,
Speaker 1: we're going to keep x amount of running back, so
Speaker 1: here's what you have to do to make the team
Speaker 1: or is it just about you? Do they say, you know,
Speaker 1: this is what we need from you to make the team,
Speaker 1: and how much of that is based on what you
Speaker 1: do on special teams? Um? More so, it's just doing
Speaker 1: everything that's asked to the best of my ability and
Speaker 1: just really just going just knowing that you put your
Speaker 1: best foot forward and however it plays out, it will
Speaker 1: play out. But as far as those conversations, um, they
Speaker 1: necessarily don't take place. It's kind of something that's understood.
Speaker 1: I would say, how about your conversation with the GM
Speaker 1: in the offseason. You know, Benjamin as our guest, it's
Speaker 1: all about you here on the big Red Rage present
Speaker 1: of a Santan forward and Gilbert I know on the
Speaker 1: Red Sea Report you share that you met with Steve Kim.
Speaker 1: Tell us about that and what your takeaways were really
Speaker 1: just um, that he believes in me as back. Mum.
Speaker 1: It was actually last season. I wasn't on special teams
Speaker 1: and so we were just kind of chopping it up
Speaker 1: and talking and he was one of those guys saying
Speaker 1: he believed in me and that I could do something
Speaker 1: and help this team here in the future. Interesting, you know,
Speaker 1: I mean, so, tell us about the running back room.
Speaker 1: Dave mentioned it right here. You go, You've had first
Speaker 1: team reps, We've seen you get quite a bit of action.
Speaker 1: How do you think this is all going to play out?
Speaker 1: And is the room for a four running back rotation
Speaker 1: once the regular season starts to some degree? Um, I
Speaker 1: honestly could not tell you, Um, I just know. Um.
Speaker 1: For me, it's just being just being ready for whenever
Speaker 1: your your name, your numbers called, being ready to step
Speaker 1: on the field and execute whatever is being asked. What
Speaker 1: are some of the things that you can tell us?
Speaker 1: And I'm not necessarily asking you to get deep into
Speaker 1: the woods on xs and o's. But for the fans
Speaker 1: that are curious about what the offense is going to
Speaker 1: look like this year in terms of comparison to last year,
Speaker 1: what do you think will be different this year? I
Speaker 1: think there's a lot more playmakers, um, everywhere in every position. UM.
Speaker 1: The guys that were returning from last year, I feel
Speaker 1: like they're much more um, explosive and more focused as
Speaker 1: far as I'm the demeanor, you know, I see you
Speaker 1: guys get into the red zone and you talk about
Speaker 1: the playmakers. Now I see an aj Green in the
Speaker 1: red zone six foot four. I see a Rondelle more
Speaker 1: in the slot. How he makes guys miss? You know?
Speaker 1: I see a James Connor at two thirty five. This
Speaker 1: is gonna be a different team in the red zone,
Speaker 1: isn't it. Oh yes, sir, Um. The way I like
Speaker 1: to think of it is it's more like pick your poison. Um.
Speaker 1: There's playmakers everywhere lined up on the field, UM, and
Speaker 1: it's just about making it happen. How about you? Has
Speaker 1: there been a moment in this camp where you go, Okay,
Speaker 1: you know what, I feel like I really belong here?
Speaker 1: Did that happen last year? Has it happened? Is it
Speaker 1: yet to happen? Have you had that moment? Um? Yes, sir.
Speaker 1: I feel like if you don't have that confidence from
Speaker 1: the jump, then you're you're already losing. Um. That's my mentality,
Speaker 1: that's my mindset every day that I wake up that
Speaker 1: I belong here and I've been waiting for the opportunity
Speaker 1: UM to do so. And it's now showing. Who is
Speaker 1: the guy? Because you're from close to Dallas, who is
Speaker 1: the guy that you admired and wanted to be like
Speaker 1: growing up? Growing up? Um? Honestly, I couldn't tell you
Speaker 1: that there was someone, um that I wanted to be
Speaker 1: like as far as growing up UM. Sports wise, UM,
Speaker 1: there's people that I modeled my game after, but not
Speaker 1: too many people that I guess I wanted to be left.
Speaker 1: That's what I meant. I meant as a player. Yeah,
Speaker 1: who who was like the player you said that's the
Speaker 1: type of player I want to be. UM. Really, there's
Speaker 1: a there's a lot of mixes of them. UM. I
Speaker 1: loved Dez Bryant's fire attitude. UM during the games. Um,
Speaker 1: he brought something to him, He brought juice to the field. UM.
Speaker 1: I grew up watching. I guess you would say, UM,
Speaker 1: just like the Marian Barber's um of the NFL and
Speaker 1: stuff like that. Just tough, hard nosed running guys. UM
Speaker 1: that made things happen. You're the first person I've ever
Speaker 1: heard say that they wanted to that they felt that
Speaker 1: Marian Barber was somebody that they licked up as a player.
Speaker 1: But I get it because those are the those are
Speaker 1: the cowboys you watch growing up. I get Yeah. Did
Speaker 1: I see somewhere you told the media that you studied
Speaker 1: film or still study film of other running backs. Uh. Yeah.
Speaker 1: That's definitely one thing that I think helps me in
Speaker 1: my craft. UM. I feel like you can never be
Speaker 1: too content with what you do. UM. And you you're
Speaker 1: always learning, UM, never stopped learning, no matter how old
Speaker 1: you are. UM. And so little things and tidbits that
Speaker 1: I could get from people's game UM and add it
Speaker 1: to my game is one thing UM that I think
Speaker 1: that helps me have a competitive advantage over everyone who's
Speaker 1: in the rotation. Who whose film have you watched recently
Speaker 1: or here this year? Um, I would say, Um, the guys,
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm even watching the younger guys now, the JK. Dobbins. Um.
Speaker 1: I love the stuff that they put on film, Um
Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift, but more so on the Saquon Barkley's UM,
Speaker 1: even Adrian Peterston's still at this point. UM. Just the
Speaker 1: things that they're able to do UM with their feet
Speaker 1: and stuff like that is tremendously awesome. So when you're
Speaker 1: studying film, what all you may should feet? What all
Speaker 1: are you looking at? What all you studying? Um? Um specifically,
Speaker 1: I guess more so when I'm watching film, I'm watching defenses. Uh,
Speaker 1: I'm just seeing the type of caliber guys and how
Speaker 1: they play. But also mostly UM looking and taking the
Speaker 1: offensive play and then uh reading the defense. UM is
Speaker 1: one thing that I like to do. UM basically having
Speaker 1: a pre snap awareness of where the ball should be
Speaker 1: hitting UM before the ball is even snapped. UM. And
Speaker 1: then from their moving pieces as far as UM, your eyes,
Speaker 1: your body and stuff like that. And so those are
Speaker 1: the kind of things that I watched for when I'm
Speaker 1: watching film. You know, Benjamin, our guest Cardinals running back
Speaker 1: former as you grade two time first team All Pack twelve,
Speaker 1: when you take that handoff, where do your eyes go?
Speaker 1: Take us through? Because they think a lot of people
Speaker 1: they see the line of scrimmage, they just see chaos.
Speaker 1: What do you see as a running back? Um? So,
Speaker 1: like I said, it's basically knowing and understanding the play
Speaker 1: UM and how it's designed to be blocked up um
Speaker 1: and so UM. From there, your eyes, my eyes then
Speaker 1: go to the linebackers, and it's basically playing like what
Speaker 1: we say is two gap um. It's like, uh, you're here,
Speaker 1: and now you're here and now you're not. I'm basically
Speaker 1: trying to maneuver the defensive linemen um to set up
Speaker 1: the offensive lines block um and then uh therefore um
Speaker 1: and you also move the linebacker as well, UM, creating
Speaker 1: then a hole. So when you're watching the linebackers, let's
Speaker 1: say you're watching the Cardinal linebackers, how much has twenty
Speaker 1: five stood out to Zavan Collins. Oh, he's a playmaker.
Speaker 1: I'm on the defensive side. He is uh, definitely light
Speaker 1: years above his age as far as experienced UM. As
Speaker 1: far as playing, UM, he is UM a guy who's
Speaker 1: fully in it and is always making plays UM within
Speaker 1: the running that and what's of what kind of growth
Speaker 1: have you seen out of Isaiah Simmons here in year two? UM,
Speaker 1: I think Isaiah is just UM. He's playing more confident now. UM.
Speaker 1: There's not a lot of thinking UM like we were
Speaker 1: talking about earlier. It's more just instinctual now knowing where
Speaker 1: to be on the timing that you've got to be there.
Speaker 1: And I just really having clean eyes as well. And
Speaker 1: for all the film study and for all the football IQ,
Speaker 1: there's still that ability, right, that willingness you have to
Speaker 1: run into the smoke, as the coachers say, especially if
Speaker 1: you're the kickoff return man. And so tell us about
Speaker 1: that and if you would look forward to that role
Speaker 1: in the regular season, Oh yeah, no doubt. UM. I
Speaker 1: look at it as just running the ball UM. As
Speaker 1: a running back. UM, You've got to be able to
Speaker 1: trust on their those other guys. I'm ten other guys
Speaker 1: to do their job. And that's one thing that I do.
Speaker 1: I do UM as far as trusting them, UM. Coach
Speaker 1: Rogers has a specific game plans and we just all
Speaker 1: got to trust it and one time it's gonna hit. UM.
Speaker 1: I would love love to be back there, UM during season,
Speaker 1: I'll returning kicks. So when you're in the running back room,
Speaker 1: I think you would mentioned James Connor is someone who's
Speaker 1: helped you quite a bit. And I know how close
Speaker 1: you are with Chase Edmonds. Just tell us about what
Speaker 1: sort of influence they've had on your game here and
Speaker 1: you're two just really I would say, UM, just how
Speaker 1: to even like just carrying yourself UM as a vet guy.
Speaker 1: He's I think in year five and so you just
Speaker 1: see how he moves in how he acts and stuff
Speaker 1: like that. And that's something that I really, um, I
Speaker 1: really watched and just the conversations we have as far
Speaker 1: as just life after football, family and stuff like that.
Speaker 1: UM definitely means a lot. UM just having someone like
Speaker 1: a big bro um in the room just to look
Speaker 1: up too and just talk to um about things even
Speaker 1: outside of football. And as we wrap it up here
Speaker 1: with you know, Benjamin Dave mentioned you're from outside Dallas.
Speaker 1: I see Wiley, Texas listed as your hometown, and I
Speaker 1: automatically think Friday night lights, you know, I mean, I
Speaker 1: see seventy five hundred yards rushing in high school one
Speaker 1: hundred and eleven touchdowns. Tell us about that was the
Speaker 1: sort of the epitome of the Friday night lights scene.
Speaker 1: I mean, definitely, Um, I think Texas definitely has the
Speaker 1: best football UM in the in the country. UM. So
Speaker 1: just going out there every every Friday night, just going
Speaker 1: out there, being able to compete with the guys that
Speaker 1: that you sweated and grinded with UM all throughout the
Speaker 1: off season in summer UM, and so just going out
Speaker 1: there UM and playing for one of the best I
Speaker 1: think high schools UM also in Texas UM as well.
Speaker 1: So UM, it was quite fun to do that. Definitely
Speaker 1: miss on that experience. Well, best to luck. We hope
Speaker 1: you make the team so that everybody knows your name,
Speaker 1: because I've heard so many people call you Benjamin Eno
Speaker 1: instead of Eno Benjamin. Hopefully I've heard that. Hopefully that
Speaker 1: will stop and everybody's gonna know your name by the
Speaker 1: end of twenty twenty one. Yes, maybe that's maybe that's
Speaker 1: Kyler saying that because I'm thinking he's gonna take exception
Speaker 1: with your characterization. Is you having the best you know
Speaker 1: Dallas area high school? You know I'm guessing he's not
Speaker 1: on board of that since even went to Alan High School. No,
Speaker 1: definitely not. We kind of joke because the two high schools,
Speaker 1: there's two high schools, and Wiley and Um they actually
Speaker 1: split before then. M Allen and Wiley were always going
Speaker 1: at it, and so I told him if we were
Speaker 1: to have stayed one school, we definitely would have been
Speaker 1: beating them year in a year for sure. That's good.
Speaker 1: You know, thank you for the time. Appreciate it all
Speaker 1: the best of this season. Thanks man, Appreciate you guys
Speaker 1: for having me. All right. There you go, Cardinals running back,
Speaker 1: you know, Benjamin once again, the first Cardinals draft pick
Speaker 1: out of ASU since Pat Tillman nineteen ninety eight. We
Speaker 1: roll on with a big red ray presented by santan
Speaker 1: Ford and Gilbert. Right after this shotgun snap two, Mahomes
Speaker 1: hands it off, no running room off the right side
Speaker 1: and back of loss up two on the play, Xavin Collins,
Speaker 1: the first guy there, personally missed too many tackles, had
Speaker 1: a big missplay in the middle. There's some things that
Speaker 1: we've got to clean up from a not really a
Speaker 1: you know, a Simon standpoint, but just kind of a
Speaker 1: basic football standpoint, like tackling, and I'm a big part
Speaker 1: of that. We got to do better in that aspect.
Speaker 1: A smart postgame radio interview, Wolf, I know you were
Speaker 1: listening with Dave Pass up in the booth, and I'd
Speaker 1: love to get your takeaways. That was Zavin Collins after
Speaker 1: the Kansas City game. And let me just share with
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Speaker 1: And there was Zaven Collins getting back to Zaven and
Speaker 1: after that Kansas City game, And it was just the mannerisms.
Speaker 1: It was the body language, it was the fact he
Speaker 1: was somewhere between deep in thought and despondent. Will if
Speaker 1: he kept focusing on what he did wrong. There was
Speaker 1: a lot to like, but there was a lot that
Speaker 1: he cited he didn't like. And to me, that just
Speaker 1: showed a lot of maturity because I think the guys
Speaker 1: who were drafted in the first round and they're given
Speaker 1: the keys to the defense and they get the big contract.
Speaker 1: A lot of guys feel like, Okay, I'm a right,
Speaker 1: I've arrived on bulletproof. And that was definitely not him.
Speaker 1: He's critical of his own play and you tell me,
Speaker 1: I think that's gonna go a long way, and it's
Speaker 1: oh ding ding ding dang. You win the prize, Paulie.
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that, Listen. I had the opportunity,
Speaker 1: paul And I've told you this story many many times,
Speaker 1: but I had the opportunity when I went out to
Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl in nineteen eighty six and nineteen eighty
Speaker 1: seven to sit next to Walter Bayton Peyton and his
Speaker 1: locker was right there, Polly. And you know, Walter Payton
Speaker 1: maybe the greatest running back of all time. To me,
Speaker 1: he is the greatest running back of all time because
Speaker 1: of not only what he did with the ball, but
Speaker 1: what he did without the ball. You go back and
Speaker 1: watch Walter Payton and blitz pick up. Oh, he just
Speaker 1: hammer linebackers that that came and tried to pass rush
Speaker 1: to the quarterback. So I look at Walter Payton, I
Speaker 1: just picked his brain over and over and over again,
Speaker 1: especially that first year in nineteen eighty six, and Paully,
Speaker 1: I'll never forget he told me, I don't want to
Speaker 1: hear about you know how many yards I had in
Speaker 1: this game and how many touchdowns I scored. All I
Speaker 1: could think of Wolf is the failed place, the negative plays.
Speaker 1: That's what he focused on. He focused on his failures,
Speaker 1: not his successes, and it drove him. Paully, and I
Speaker 1: think this is exactly the characteristic that I love about
Speaker 1: Zavian Collins. Yeah, because in that postgame interview, You're right,
Speaker 1: I kept asking about plays he made, and he was
Speaker 1: more focused than the place he didn't make. Yea, and
Speaker 1: you saw a kid really improve and grow through the
Speaker 1: course of camp. In fact, we'll hear from Zamon Collins momentarily,
Speaker 1: but Cliff Kingsbury and an almost daily basis, was fielding
Speaker 1: questions in the media, not only zaven Collins, but obviously
Speaker 1: his running made Isaiah Simmons, who's in year two, here's
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury and what they can learn from that Kansas
Speaker 1: City game. I thought they took a step forward from
Speaker 1: week one, and that's a early good offense. They create
Speaker 1: a lot of misdirection, do different things to put p
Speaker 1: on space, and I thought it was good for them
Speaker 1: to see that type of speed that's have of tempo
Speaker 1: from one of the best offenses in the league. And yeah,
Speaker 1: I guess the biggest thing is they took a good
Speaker 1: step from week one to week two. I mean, think
Speaker 1: about it. They got to go against Patrick Mahomes for
Speaker 1: nearly a half. Yeah, I mean in today's preseason, that's
Speaker 1: unheard of. They played most of their starters minus Tyreek Hill.
Speaker 1: They went against Kansas City's first team offensive line to halftime.
Speaker 1: So to me, if you're looking for valuable reps, it
Speaker 1: doesn't get much more valuable than that in today's NFL. Yeah, Paul,
Speaker 1: you listen. I think these young Bucks are going to
Speaker 1: be game changers, but they have to develop and go
Speaker 1: through the process of learning the game. I think at
Speaker 1: the highest level, I believe Polly they will, but they
Speaker 1: have a lot of reps to record before they get there.
Speaker 1: Their eyes, for the most part of Polly just all
Speaker 1: over the place, especially Isaiah Simmons. Zaven was overaggressive, I thought,
Speaker 1: somewhat out of control at some points. He overran multiple
Speaker 1: plays and misplayed others. As a matter of fact, mistackles
Speaker 1: were a problem. But listen, these two are only going
Speaker 1: to get better. They need reps, they need exposure Paul
Speaker 1: to the NFL, and look to your point, maybe yet
Speaker 1: another reason why Jordan Hicks is out there in that
Speaker 1: three inside linebacker package, right, yes, why they have that
Speaker 1: defense that's more akin to a four to three. You
Speaker 1: get the high IQ of a Jordan Hicks. Not to
Speaker 1: mention he's looked great in camp so far, but you
Speaker 1: remove any sort of coverage liabilities of a Jordan Hicks.
Speaker 1: That's now Isaiah Simmons roll primarily and then Zaman Collins,
Speaker 1: who is able to run pretty well as a rookie.
Speaker 1: So there's that, But yeah, there's still a lot to go.
Speaker 1: And you know Tennessee is gonna come out in Week
Speaker 1: one and they're gonna target these guys just like Kyle
Speaker 1: Shanahan targeted Isaiah Simmons from the get go in that
Speaker 1: Niners opener a year ago. So Zamon Collins was talking about,
Speaker 1: you know what, the whole fine tuning process before the
Speaker 1: regular season. I think of it as, you know, you
Speaker 1: have a whole bunch of knobs that you got to
Speaker 1: tune right, and then under each one of those big ones,
Speaker 1: there's a billion little ones. And see right now we're
Speaker 1: fine tuning stuff. We're on that fine tune to where
Speaker 1: you gotta be perfect whenever you go into that game one.
Speaker 1: So this is a good learning point to fine tune
Speaker 1: our skills, fine tune our adjustments, all that stuff going
Speaker 1: into Week one. Yeah, it really is going to be
Speaker 1: so fascinating to me, Paulie going into that first game
Speaker 1: against the Tennessee Titans. We've been talking about it all
Speaker 1: off season, but once again, the Titans are a power
Speaker 1: personnel group. That's what they're gonna do and run down situation.
Speaker 1: They'll have two wide receivers out there, and they're gonna
Speaker 1: be really really good wide receivers that they're gonna have
Speaker 1: out But they like twelve personnel with two tight ends.
Speaker 1: They like three thirteen personnel with three tight ends. They'll
Speaker 1: go with a fullback from time to time. They're gonna
Speaker 1: have power personnel groups out there and they're gonna hammer
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmages. They're gonna run the ball and
Speaker 1: they're gonna use play action to throw it. And this
Speaker 1: is gonna be the challenge for Zaven Collins and Isaiah Simmons.
Speaker 1: And guess what the Minnesota Vikings pretty much the same
Speaker 1: way with Delvin Cook as they're running back and run
Speaker 1: down situation and using play action the first two weeks
Speaker 1: of the season. Man, they're gonna get a baptism by fire.
Speaker 1: Can I just speculate? Okay, Well tell me if I'm wrong,
Speaker 1: and I know you will. You know what's gonna be
Speaker 1: easier in the regular season for Zaven Collins and Isaiah Simmons.
Speaker 1: What is the tempo? No Moody goes as fast as
Speaker 1: the Cardinals offense. They get on the ball so quickly,
Speaker 1: especially in practice. Matt Right, They're in practice and they're
Speaker 1: gonna on the ball so quickly next snap, next snap.
Speaker 1: You can't even get the ball off that quickly in
Speaker 1: a regular season game because there's personnel changes and or
Speaker 1: the referee is standing over the ball won't let you
Speaker 1: snap in soil, everything settles down a little bit, but
Speaker 1: not in a Cardinals practice. I mean they go team
Speaker 1: and Kyler and company they are just moving and getting
Speaker 1: on the ball, and that's just accelerating everything that Zaven
Speaker 1: Collins has to consider. Well, guess what that's going to
Speaker 1: slow down quite a bit when they go against Tennessee
Speaker 1: in Minnesota. Yeah, that's a good Pointballing, It really is.
Speaker 1: And it also is a good point about the Jordan
Speaker 1: Hicks thing, because once again, if you're playing all those
Speaker 1: power personnel groups, you might want those three linebackers on
Speaker 1: the field together, right. You might want to take Isaiah
Speaker 1: Simmons and move them to that outside linebacker across from
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones. You might want to have Jordan Hicks on
Speaker 1: the inside with Zaven Collins and maybe allow Jordan Hicks
Speaker 1: to actually make some of those calls or check exactly
Speaker 1: what it is that Zaven Collins is doing out there
Speaker 1: and run down situation. I think that, honestly, we've seen
Speaker 1: that personnel group from time to time throughout this training camp,
Speaker 1: and I think it's it's specifically something that Cardinals are
Speaker 1: trying to develop for Tennessee. Can I ask you this
Speaker 1: does it also does it also emphasize what Isaiah Simmons
Speaker 1: does best right now, and that is he plays better
Speaker 1: in space than he necessarily does in the box. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and he gets him outside the box a little bit
Speaker 1: and it lets him run down guys like McCole Hartman
Speaker 1: on that third nine, right, And PAULI he is a
Speaker 1: space cowboy, as we like to say, right he is.
Speaker 1: I mean, with all due respect to Steve miller O
Speaker 1: game in his band, he is a space cowboy. Isaiah Simmons,
Speaker 1: the Gangster of Love. Some people call him Maurice is
Speaker 1: a matter of fact, Paul, but this guy does have
Speaker 1: the ability to make plays in space. And I think
Speaker 1: that Vance Joseph is going to try to get him
Speaker 1: in those areas and give him that opportunity. What do
Speaker 1: you think it's gonna look like with J. J. Watt?
Speaker 1: We see him in practice this week, Chandler Jones, we
Speaker 1: presume he's coming back. We supposedly we're going to see
Speaker 1: him in practice this week. We did not see fifty five.
Speaker 1: You have those two along with the inside linebackers. And
Speaker 1: now from all indications, Wolf, one of my other big
Speaker 1: takeaways from Cardinals camp twenty twenty one, the number is four.
Speaker 1: You have four legitimate cornerbacks with the emergence of Marco Wilson,
Speaker 1: so all told, give me a big picture takeaway, and
Speaker 1: how you think this defense balls this year? Yeah, Paul,
Speaker 1: you know again, so much of it I think has
Speaker 1: got to do with those two young guys, those two
Speaker 1: young bucks in the middle right there, and how they
Speaker 1: develop based on what I've seen. I love the physicality
Speaker 1: of Zaven Collins. I love the athleticism in the playmaking
Speaker 1: ability of Isaiah Simmons. But Paul, they got to go
Speaker 1: out and show that they can be reliable. You have
Speaker 1: to know what you need to do before you can
Speaker 1: even try to do it. So those two young guys,
Speaker 1: once again, I think, hold the key. Now listen when
Speaker 1: you're talking about a pass if we can get into
Speaker 1: third and obvious pass situations, third and eight thirty nine
Speaker 1: plus somewhere in there, Polly, Now, all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: oh my goodness, you've got that pass rush with Chandler
Speaker 1: Jones and j. J. Watt. And don't forget about Jordan
Speaker 1: Phillips if he is health, if he is healthy on
Speaker 1: the inside, you got that pass rush now with corners
Speaker 1: on the outside, Polly, And you mentioned you mentioned a
Speaker 1: fourth corner and Marco Wilson. Oh my goodness, ladies and gentlemen,
Speaker 1: what do we have here with this young guy who
Speaker 1: seems to be developing by leaps and bounds fall the
Speaker 1: combination of a good pass rush and good corners, very
Speaker 1: very good thing in the NFL. And you know what,
Speaker 1: he's so good. I don't think he's even the fourth
Speaker 1: corner anymore. Oh, PAULI, I'm serious right now. That's serious. Well,
Speaker 1: I'll tell you this much. Robert Alford isn't available because
Speaker 1: he's on the COVID list that Cliff Kingsbury confirmed today.
Speaker 1: So he has and vaccinated so he can return in
Speaker 1: as soon as five days if he has two negative
Speaker 1: tests twenty four hours apart. That's a deal there. Cliff
Speaker 1: Kingsbury also said you mentioned Jordan Phillips. He hopes Justin
Speaker 1: Pugh and Jordan Phillips come off the COVI list on Monday, please,
Speaker 1: so we'll see about that. Hey, choose the seat options
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Speaker 1: going to be watching? He is going to New Orleans tomorrow.
Speaker 1: What's gonna be on the list to watch against the Saints?
Speaker 1: And we'll talk about the guy who was supposed to
Speaker 1: have a big week, Diddy That is next on the
Speaker 1: Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford in Gilbert Tyler
Speaker 1: Murray's got the ball, drops back to throw a lot
Speaker 1: passed right corner of the end zone on the money
Speaker 1: to Andy Isabella for the touchdown. What a pass by
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray and you see the confidence of Andy Isabella
Speaker 1: starring for the Cardinals. Rows straw grasshopper snapped the Murray
Speaker 1: rolls right, throws right, Isabella caught it and he stumbles,
Speaker 1: dives and in touchdown. Andy Isabella with his second touchdown
Speaker 1: catch of the day. One step up the fielding and wham,
Speaker 1: run that out. He chucked the dbat, he met the
Speaker 1: press and he threw him out of the way. That
Speaker 1: was the Lions game Week three. He had the two
Speaker 1: touchdown catches thirteen yards four yards. Coming off the week
Speaker 1: two game against Washington, remember that Andy Isabella fifty four
Speaker 1: yard catch and then he had that slant behind him.
Speaker 1: He caught it with his hands right. He opened up
Speaker 1: the hips and he had a great start to last season.
Speaker 1: But by the end of the season he wasn't getting
Speaker 1: many reps. He wasn't dressing And I think Dave said
Speaker 1: a very important word there. Confidence. It is the big
Speaker 1: Red Rage presented by Satan Ford and Gilbert. We are
Speaker 1: Satan Ford, Paul KLVC, and Ron Wolfley, and we've talked
Speaker 1: to Andy Isabella and look, he's one of the most
Speaker 1: popular guys on the team, and for good reason. We
Speaker 1: love Andy Isabella. But he has mentioned himself, has he
Speaker 1: not confidence and it's so key. Yeah, no, Paula, you're
Speaker 1: right about that, Andy Isabella. This I do believe was
Speaker 1: a big week for him right now, and I do
Speaker 1: think that this game is going to be important. I
Speaker 1: don't think it's as big possibly for him as it
Speaker 1: was before this week of practice, but I still think
Speaker 1: the New Orleans game is going to be big if,
Speaker 1: in fact, he gets a lot of reps, and I
Speaker 1: would expect him to get an awful lot of reps, PAULI,
Speaker 1: but he's had a very good week of practice right now.
Speaker 1: I do believe that he's probably made this team. If
Speaker 1: he goes out and just shows what he's been doing
Speaker 1: all week against the New Orleans Saints on Saturday, I
Speaker 1: think he'll be fine. Yeah, and you're not kidding about
Speaker 1: the importance of this week. Here was Cliff Kingsbury to
Speaker 1: the media. I'd say it's a big week. I mean,
Speaker 1: he hasn't had preseason action yet, and that's important to
Speaker 1: see how he responds in the game. And I expect
Speaker 1: him to play a lout on Saturday. And your point,
Speaker 1: he absolutely responded in practice this week. In fact, I
Speaker 1: can just tell you without you he caught Cliff Kingsbury's
Speaker 1: eye twice today in the final practice and he had
Speaker 1: a lot of his teammates given him a lot of
Speaker 1: high five. So there's no doubt I expect him to
Speaker 1: get a lot of reps. There's no doubt I expect
Speaker 1: him to make the team. Do you Yeah, No, I'm
Speaker 1: with you on that, Polly, I really do. I think
Speaker 1: he's I think he's made this team. Right now, listen
Speaker 1: to the thing about Andie Isabella. That's so difficult, Polly.
Speaker 1: You got your rookie year, right, your rookie year, and
Speaker 1: then you have that off season year rookie year, Polly,
Speaker 1: that's kind of a big deal right there, right that
Speaker 1: that first season right there, Well, as a rookie, you
Speaker 1: basically can't slap your cheek with either hand for the
Speaker 1: most part, and then Polly, you get that second year
Speaker 1: off season. Well, did he have a second year off season? Polly?
Speaker 1: Did he have one. You know, no he did not.
Speaker 1: I just Andie Isabella. Now, all of a sudden he's
Speaker 1: in training camp and look what happens a COVID protocol,
Speaker 1: not once, but twice. You know, this guy can't get
Speaker 1: a break when it comes to his development. And you
Speaker 1: know what else, I think the Arizona Cardinals want to
Speaker 1: see him get a full season under his belt with
Speaker 1: his new position coach Sean Jefferson. Yes, I think that's
Speaker 1: gonna be key. They want to see, Okay, how can
Speaker 1: Seaun Jefferson develop and Andy Isabella the former second round pick.
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what based on this week, so far,
Speaker 1: so good. In fact, I asked Cliff Kingsbury today and
Speaker 1: the presser about Andy Isabella and he said, and I quote,
Speaker 1: you know what, he's got a really big ship on
Speaker 1: his shoulder after missing fifteen days. He's a guy who
Speaker 1: works hard at his craft and you can tell he
Speaker 1: was mad to miss those days end quote. And you
Speaker 1: know what, he played like it today in practice. So
Speaker 1: I would concur with that. Now here's my question. That
Speaker 1: receiver room, as we talk about what you're gonna watch
Speaker 1: on Saturday night against the Saints, is the room for
Speaker 1: a seventh receiver. If we agree the top six are decided,
Speaker 1: is the room for a Greg Dorch or an Antoine
Speaker 1: Wesley to crash that party on the practice squad? You
Speaker 1: better believe it, Polly. That's why you know what? Ah, Hey, George,
Speaker 1: come here for a minute. You got a minor thing
Speaker 1: going on right now, Buddy. I want you to know
Speaker 1: you got a minor thing. You ain't go be playing
Speaker 1: on Saturday night because you got something real minor, you know, Polly,
Speaker 1: I mean fishy, fishy? Is that what you're saying, just
Speaker 1: saying right now? This is this is something that happens
Speaker 1: that you walk up to a player in training camp. Hey,
Speaker 1: what hurts on you? Well, you know what? This, this
Speaker 1: and this, well, you know what, It hurts a lot
Speaker 1: more than you think, you know, Paul. I mean honestly,
Speaker 1: this goes on in the National Football League all the time.
Speaker 1: Of course, so I would expect that with Dorch because
Speaker 1: he does look real good. What about the tight end room?
Speaker 1: I mean, you figure that most decisions are made going
Speaker 1: into the final preseason game, But what about tight end?
Speaker 1: Where are you how many will they keep? To what
Speaker 1: degree are they looking at the waiver wire? Come August thirty. First,
Speaker 1: what do you think? I think a lot, Polly. I think, honestly,
Speaker 1: I think they're good with Max Williams as their starter.
Speaker 1: And I love that too, because he's more physical than
Speaker 1: anything else, Polly. He can help you out in the
Speaker 1: passing game as well, but he's more physical. I love that.
Speaker 1: Rrell Daniels as well. I think he's a pretty good
Speaker 1: and willing blocker as a move tight end. He's really
Speaker 1: got to work on his hands. Though he dropped it,
Speaker 1: had a lot of drops in training camp. He's got
Speaker 1: to do better than that. You know they've got after that. Paul,
Speaker 1: Demetrius Harris was signed. He is definitely flashed. I don't
Speaker 1: know if he gets a final fifty three spot. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, do they know if they keep three? Paul? Yea,
Speaker 1: just like do they keep three quarterbacks? How big is
Speaker 1: Saturday night for Chris Strebler? And I know, right exactly,
Speaker 1: I think they do. I think they keep three. I
Speaker 1: think they keep two tight ends, PAULI. And then we'll
Speaker 1: see where they pick and choose. Aren't they gonna keep
Speaker 1: ten offensive linemen? Maybe it's just nine offensive linemen they'll use,
Speaker 1: But we'll see. Because I think there's going to be
Speaker 1: some type of action in that tight end room after
Speaker 1: the waiver wire. Yeah, this is a Sean Harlowe, for example,
Speaker 1: crash that offensive line room. What about defensive line? You're
Speaker 1: not gonna let him Michael Dogby go, are you? He's
Speaker 1: gotten reviews and high grades from the coaches so far.
Speaker 1: If Michael Dogby has cut, he will sign immediately with
Speaker 1: another NFL team in their final fifty three. Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: gonna be good. Paulli, where do you put to? Where
Speaker 1: do you hide Michael dog That is the thing, right
Speaker 1: with another minor thing? I think you're just gonna have
Speaker 1: to have. No. I think he's made this team. I
Speaker 1: think he's gonna be in the rotation. I think he's
Speaker 1: gonna be one of the six defensive lineman they'd keep
Speaker 1: where else? Anything else you want? What about that third
Speaker 1: running back? You have a battle Jonathan Ward Eno Benjamin
Speaker 1: our guest earlier, and I figure you're keeping all four
Speaker 1: just because now Eno plays special teams. He might be
Speaker 1: your main kickoff return guy. But what about the rotation?
Speaker 1: Can Eno? Can he eclipse Jonathan Ward because Ward beat
Speaker 1: him out a year ago. Yeah, I don't know. Paully
Speaker 1: what the answer is to that. But I love what
Speaker 1: I've seen from Eno Benjamin this preseason, not only with
Speaker 1: a ball in this offense, but also what we've seen
Speaker 1: on kickoff returns. I you want to talk about running
Speaker 1: into the darkness, He's definitely doing that. I love what
Speaker 1: you know Benjamin has flashed on teams and I think,
Speaker 1: once again, this is just me. I think, Gayo Benjamin
Speaker 1: has made this team. And you know what, to me,
Speaker 1: you don't want to risk a Rondelle Moore on kick returns.
Speaker 1: He just don't. Wolf. I was talking to a veteran
Speaker 1: player yesterday and camp and number four, the new number four,
Speaker 1: walked by, and he changed the subject immediately and he said,
Speaker 1: see that kid, Yeah, he's gonna be real good, real good, Paulie.
Speaker 1: And this is a senior member of that locker room,
Speaker 1: and you know, players know players. There is a big
Speaker 1: buzz about ron Del Moore. I'll just leave it at that.
Speaker 1: I love it because his heart, the intangibles, his brain,
Speaker 1: it's really what makes him special. And yet at the
Speaker 1: same time, don't let it go to your head, Rook,
Speaker 1: don't do it all right, next stop for Wolf some
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