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It 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:59.760 doesn't get any better than that. Unleash the far We've 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:06.000 had at Thursday Night Football virtually all day, just one hawking, 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:10.120 huge headline after another. Ron Wolfley, keep your head on 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:15.920 a swivel, because already today we have Obj to la 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:23.600 oh Man. We have Cam Cam back to Carolina Camden. 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:29.160 Maybe Cam might get a package against Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:31.800 I will bet a little bit, maybe a QB power 0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:34.840 and a third and one we'll see about that. And tonight, 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:39.640 Ron Wolfley, it is all about the Benjamin's Eno Benjamin 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:43.840 and his new saying speak so softly and carry a 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:47.600 big scepter, and we'll explain that coming up on this 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:50.840 edition of The Big Red Rage. With Eno Benjamin still 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:53.720 to come here, I'll presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:56.800 We are santan Ford, you know, by really looking forward 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:59.800 to speaking with Eno Benjamin. Of course, this is a 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:03.480 that coming out of college was not one of the 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:06.840 most highly touted running backs in the nation. A guy 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:10.200 that has made his own way through the National Football League, 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:13.240 a guy that earlier, at least Cliff Kingsbury in the 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:16.280 Week was talking about a guy that was holding on 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:19.200 by a thread. Yet a guy that the light bulb 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:22.480 I believe has gone on. And you know, POLLI the 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:26.519 way I feel about Eno Benjamin. I love Eno Benjamin. 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:29.400 I see a lot of Chase Edmonds and Eno Benjamin. 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:32.600 I'm not saying he is Chase Edmunds or we'll have 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:35.760 Chase Edmund's career. I'm saying I see a lot of 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:38.839 similarities in the makeup of who they are as men, 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:42.760 their physical skills, their stature as well. I see a 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:46.480 lot of similarities between these two guys. How do you 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:50.000 think Drake Kirkpatrick feels about you know, Benjamin. Has anybody 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:53.240 checked the twenty one yard line to see what's left 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:56.560 of Drake Kirkpatrick after he got trucked in Jack stump By, 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:58.600 you know, Benjamin. As a matter of fact, Poli, they're 0:02:58.639 --> 0:03:02.000 still sweeping him up the grounds crew right there, little bits, 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:05.840 Drey Kirkpatrick, Sorry, Drey, how about it? Cardinals get a 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:09.160 thirty one seventeen win at the Niners. Let's see here, 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:12.120 our guy. You know, Benjamin had as many rushing yards 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:15.320 as the Niners as a team. He had thirty nine 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:18.440 yards rushing. The Niners had eleven carries or thirty nine 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:21.919 yards ball. The Cardinals had thirty nine carries. Four. I'll 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:25.480 buck sixty three round willfully. That's where I start. I 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:29.040 just start with the physical beatdown. They went in and 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:32.320 completed a sweep of the Niners. Yeah, Polly, I honestly, 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:34.560 I thought this game was going to be decided on 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:36.520 the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:39.080 You and I were talking about it last week. I 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:41.520 really did believe that was going to be the difference 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:44.760 in this game. It was a big fat no contest 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:47.800 by the Arizona Cardinals. You already mentioned the numbers right 0:03:47.840 --> 0:03:51.040 there and how well the Cardinals ran the ball in particular, 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:53.600 I would say, in between the tackles, and then of 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:57.400 course just flipping it over and looking at the fact 0:03:57.400 --> 0:03:59.840 the forty nine ers only rushed the ball eleven times. 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:03.000 I have to tell you right now, I never saw 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:07.320 that coming. I never saw them not really trying to 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:10.320 establish that ground game. Even though the Arizona Cardinals got 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:13.200 off to a fourteen or a seventeen point lead, Paulie, 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:17.080 to me, it still was a situation where man, you're 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:19.960 gonna keep running the ball, right, You're gonna keep running 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:22.440 the ball. And they didn't. They really didn't. They ran 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:25.240 eleven times. Well, guess what, you weren't alone. What did 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:28.479 Cliff Kingsbury tell us this week and this weekly game plan? 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:30.240 You asked him about the game, and he said, yeah, 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:33.200 I was surprised. I was surprised they abandoned the run. 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:35.880 Now vance Joseph after the game told us how we 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:39.120 went with a four four three, And so I'm guessing 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:42.000 Kyle Shanahan and Jimmy g looked out there and said, well, 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:44.240 while why bash our head against this brick wall that 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:46.520 is the Cardinals run defense and them loading the box. 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:50.520 So the Cardinals did that stop the Niners run game, 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:53.960 while the Cardinals run game opened everything up for Colt McCoy. 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:57.600 And and I'll tell you what Colt McCoy put up. 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:01.240 And this is hard to believe, the second highest completion 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:04.960 percentage of any Cardinals quarterback ever in a single game, 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:07.480 going twenty two or twenty six for two forty nine, 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:11.159 a passer raining of one nineteen and Wolf, I mean, 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:14.880 he was more than capable. He did the impossible, winning 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:17.240 a game for the second straight year after taking the 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:19.839 Giants into Seattle and handing Russell Wilson their only regular 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.600 season home loss. And Cliff Kingsbury this week talked about 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:25.200 his backup quarterback. They watch him every day, what he 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:27.160 puts into it. He's there early, you know, when the 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:29.640 coaches get there, and he's there late when the coaches leave. 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:33.440 He's like the only player that eats dinner with the coaches. Yeah, 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.599 it's just cool to see hardware payoff. Man. There you go, 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.880 Cliff Kingsbury and Colton McCoy. Yeah, Paully. Honestly, right now, 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:42.240 I think I called McCoy and you think of a 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:45.239 backup quarterback when you've got a young quarterback like Kyler Murray, 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:48.880 and how important it is that that backup quarterback is 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:52.080 somebody who can be a mentor to a young quarterback 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:55.719 like Kyler Murray and help him continue to develop develop 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:59.120 as the franchise quarterback they need him to be. And 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:02.120 there's no about it. Colt McCoy has had an impact. 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:04.920 If you listen to Kyler and just how much Kyler 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:07.960 it defers to him. Colt McCoy has had a big 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:11.520 impact on Kyler Murray in terms of the intangibles and 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:14.120 the mentoring. But then Polly to be able to get 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:16.960 the opportunity as a backup quarterback to go out there 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:21.039 and play in a division game on the road and start, 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:25.200 and you play as well as Colt McCoy played, Polly, 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:27.919 I mean, you just hit the jackpot. If you're Steve 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:31.120 Kim in the Arizona Cardinals, you're looking at that signing 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:34.159 the impact he's had on Kyler Murray, the mentoring of 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:37.600 Kyler Murray, and then the tangible in between the lines 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:41.719 to go out and play the way that Colt McCoy played. Man, 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:45.080 you just you hit the lottery metaphorically speed. Yeah, and 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:47.640 guess what, get ready? Cole McCoy might be the guy 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:50.760 playing on Sunday. It is unknown right now what truly 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:53.839 is the status of Kyler Murray. There was no practice yesterday. 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:56.599 It was just a walkthrough today. He was not out 0:06:56.600 --> 0:07:00.120 there during the open portion for media and so, okay, 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:02.520 what exactly Even though Kyler told the media he's quote 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:06.560 made crazy strides and quote in progressing from that ankle injury, 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:10.120 I mean, get ready just in case it is Colt 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:13.600 McCoy again, And he talked about how vital his play 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:16.280 caller and head coach was in the process. Against the Niners. 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:19.400 I thought Cliff called a great game. He got me 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:21.920 in a rhythm early, got me some completions early. It 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.520 kind of slowed down for me, and I felt good, 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:27.200 you know. I told the offensive line like, look, I'm 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:29.440 I'm getting the ball out, receivers, I'm getting the ball out. 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:31.400 I'm not gonna hold on this ball and take sacks. 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:33.680 And then when we did some play action and took 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:35.440 our shots, they worked, and we hit on a couple 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:37.920 of screens that worked. And we found a way to win. 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:40.400 And Cliff told the story when they signed Colt McCoy 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:42.200 in the offseason and they went through everything they were 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:43.800 hoping to get out of him, you know, be a mentor, 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:45.440 as you mentioned Wolf, all these other things you can 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:47.480 bet an assistant coach. You've seen every sort of defense, 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:50.239 helpless game plan. And Colt stopped him. And look Cliff 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:52.559 Kingsbury and then I said, hey man, I can really 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:56.040 bleeping play. I can still play. If I can under center, 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:58.960 I will make plays. And so he's made good on 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:01.679 his word to his head coach Jen For me right now, Paula, 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:04.040 I'm looking at Colton McCoy and I'm saying to myself, 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:06.920 you know, a Colt, how about times two? Can we 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:09.520 see that again? Can we do this again? Listen, You're 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:11.840 not going to rush back Kyler Murray. You're not going 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:14.120 to do it unless Kyler Murray is one hundred percent. 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:16.840 If he's one hundred percent, and I'm talking about the ankle, 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:19.800 I'm not talking about his body. I'm talking about the ankle. 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:22.080 If he's one hundred percent, you know what, play him 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:25.120 because guess what, Paul, that's what football players do. That's 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:27.760 what professional athletes do. They go out and they compete, 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:29.880 They get paid to do it. Play him. I don't 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:32.880 think it's really great if you sit him down when 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.480 he could go out and play and be and be 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:39.960 fine if he's one hundred percent. Having said that, listen, 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:42.719 you know what. You're playing a Carolina team that has 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:46.440 lost five of six. You're playing at home in front 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:49.280 of the Red Sea or eight and one yourself. You 0:08:49.440 --> 0:08:53.679 just beat a division rival with Colt McCoy your backup quarterback. 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.960 Why would you rush back Kyler Murray if he's not 0:08:57.160 --> 0:09:00.480 one hundred percent? You wouldn't. And I with you, I 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:03.160 do agree with you. But there is that specter or 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:06.280 the end of last season, woo mean over this season? 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:08.800 How you lost five or seven to end last year? 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:11.559 How you went to Carolina and, as Kyler said, got 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:14.959 off the bus was zero juice, zero energy. Arguably there 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:17.800 were worst performance of the year against that Carolina defense 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:20.760 a season ago. So you're at that point of the 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:22.880 year where you're eight and one. There's a single team 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:24.800 with a single loss. It's the Yeros on the Cardinals. 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:27.600 Bod you got to keep your foot down on the 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:29.960 gas and dance. Joseph was asked about the key the 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:33.520 key this year to late season success. I think the 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:35.560 good teams in this league in the second half of 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:38.200 the year, they don't stay the same they had just before. 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:40.600 They have to adjust. That makes sense because the good 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.040 teams understand that it's going to get harder each and 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:45.640 every week. You know, teams have two months of film 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:47.400 on you, you know, so the good coaches and good 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:50.559 staffs have plans to adjust before they have to adjust. 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:53.360 And that's what good teams do. And the players understand 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:55.559 that the more we win, the hard it's going to get, 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:57.960 and they have to do more, you know, from sleep, 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:01.760 from eating right from thirty end, from some better and look, well, 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:03.400 we don't have time in an hour show to go 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:06.480 through all the injuries. Yan, But what does it say 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:09.040 about the coaching staff Vance Joseph and Cliff Kings very 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:12.280 in particular that they have the best record in the NFL. Well, 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:15.560 a lot of backups playing key roles. Yeah, you know, 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:17.680 I agree with that, PAULI. But when I listened to 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:19.640 Vance Joseph right there, I say, you know what, hey 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:24.400 don't become predictable, right, no tendencies whatsoever. This is where 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:27.199 you've got to be proactive when you look at your offense, 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:30.800 when you do yourself scouting offensively and defensively, you know, 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:33.520 what can we change? What can we do different? Before 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:36.360 we sit around and wait for all these other opposing 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:39.520 coaches to sit there and watch two months of film, 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:41.679 two months of tape on us, what do you say 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:44.240 we go ahead and we be proactive and we start 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:49.760 doing things differently, don't become predictable, don't ever ever show 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:52.679 a tendency. And for me, right now, what does that mean. 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:55.280 I look at the Arizona Cardinal's offense and I say, okay, 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:58.560 put Kyler under center. Mare, please, I'm just telling you. 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:01.239 I mean, there it is. There's a way to say surprise, 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:05.200 We're gonna be a little bit different here. This isn't 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:08.800 gonna be the same old, same old from the Arizona Cardinals. 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:11.880 And who knows, and maybe on the defensive side of 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:15.440 the ball, maybe you're just gonna rush a little bit 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:18.280 more with four in drop seven, I don't know whatever 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.680 it is. I listened to Van's Joseph and it tells 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:26.120 me there's gonna be changes schematically, but more importantly philosophically, 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:30.520 Episode seven, Cardinals, Folk Tales entitled Cards Go Hollywood is 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:33.400 available on the Cardinals YouTube channel. That's YouTube dot com. 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:35.960 Slash a z Cardinals a look at the hit movie 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:38.840 Jerry McGuire and the role the Cardinals played in its production. 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:42.600 Also check out the original audio podcast by searching Cardinals 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:46.800 Folk Tales via your favorite podcast provider. All right, Kyler 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:50.479 Murray called him a baller. Just ask Craig Drake Kirkpatrick. 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:53.400 We have Eno Benjamin next on The Big Red Rage 0:11:53.400 --> 0:12:02.640 presented by Santan Ford. In Gilbert trips right, single receiver, 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:06.640 left shotgun, snaff to McCoy, hands off, Benjamin off the 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:09.480 left side of the fifty. He trucks a dB and 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:13.319 walks into the end zone. Is first touchdown. You know, 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:18.720 Benjamin just ran over former Cardinal Drake kirk Patrick and 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:22.040 maybe put this one out of reach thirty to seven 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:25.920 midway through the third. You know, Benjamin's a little filthy 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:29.200 man for the first one and two. First first euchdown. 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:31.800 I was awesome, incredible to see it. So you see 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:34.720 no hesitation, you know for the contact, and you know 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:36.640 he picked his legs that running out of it. So 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:40.240 a special beat and you get the sense it is 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:43.640 just the start year Dave pass Ron wilfully on the 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:46.520 call the Arizona Cardinal's radio network, the very first touchdown 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:48.920 for you know, Benjamin as an NFL player, did he 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:52.199 keep that football? Wolf all you betty? Did he carry 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:55.120 that thing all the way to the sideline? And now 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:57.920 and now this week, Will he's carrying more than the football. 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.439 He's got a scepter as well. And I as a 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:02.840 huge Harry Potter guy that you are, Wolf that you 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:05.720 know you appreciate a scepter. So we'll get into that 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:07.880 a little bit as we say good evening to you know, 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:10.880 Benjamin coming off that Cardinals winn at the Niners. You know, 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:12.839 how's your week, Bend? It's probably been a bloorer I 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:18.520 would imagine. Um, yeah, definitely going into the game, I 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:22.520 was just expecting to do some special teams duty, um, 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:25.400 and then got called into a whole new, completely different 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:28.600 role and so um that was something just um having 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:32.400 to be prepared for and be ready to attack. You know, 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:35.440 how did that feel to you? How did that feel 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:37.520 to go out there in play in play as well 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:42.280 as you did? Um? It really feels good, um, knowing 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:44.680 that I was able to go out there and show 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:47.640 it I've kind of been working for U these last 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:51.520 few years. M just grinding every day. I'm putting in 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:55.160 the work in and out of the facility, so I'm 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:56.960 just seeing that comes to fruition was kind of a 0:13:56.960 --> 0:14:01.680 great thing. Seventeen snaps and offensive seeing this correct. Obviously 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:05.720 the most electrifying play when you truck former Cardinals corner 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:08.599 Drake Kirkpatrick. It's been replayed on a loop on a 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.000 lot of the highlight shows. Take us through it, Take 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:13.640 us through the play call and then how it developed 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:17.520 in front of you. Um, it was an inside zone 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:21.240 left Callum that was the play um, and from there 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:25.280 it was UM, we had a nice looking block, our 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:28.920 scheme and nice looking look defensive wise. Um and then 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:33.560 Rodney and I think also was the left guard Sean Harlow. 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:36.240 We're able to U stay on the double team, and 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:39.000 then Rodney was able to pick up the linebacker, which 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:41.560 then opened a whole um on the front side, and 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:44.760 then m Antoine Wesley just Um came in with a 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:48.280 great crack block which kind of set set the angle 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:51.000 up for it, and from there it was just getting 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:53.360 into the end zone. You know, talk to us about 0:14:53.440 --> 0:14:56.160 how you played overall in the seventeen snaps. How did 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:59.640 you play? And I think I did fairly well. U. 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.560 I credited a lot of that's the offensive line, UM 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:05.600 and and and Cliff as well just for making it, 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:08.200 um just a lot easier. Just a communication um that 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:11.320 was going on and um just uh the everything else 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:13.040 that was going on around it as well. Did you 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:17.360 have any mental errors, you know, mental errors? No, I 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:20.920 did not. Um. It's it's crazy because sax was was 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:24.680 not there in attendance for the game. But one thing 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:27.040 is details, one thing that we work on, and so 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:29.960 he was very proud about how details um it looked 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:32.840 out there. And we've we've had your running backs coach 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:35.160 on the show on the Big Red Rage, James Saxon, 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:39.840 an honorary member Wolf of the Fullback Club. So what 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:41.600 did you have to say to you, either maybe via 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:43.480 text or on the phone after the game? First off, 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:45.680 I'm guessing your phone just absolutely blow it up when 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:50.200 you got your to your locker, right, Yeah, it definitely was. 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:54.720 What did James Saxon Sadia or either via text or 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:59.000 on the phone. Ah, yes, it was. It was over 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:01.680 a text because today with Sax's first day back in 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:03.560 the building, so it was great to have him back, 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:07.720 but through text that was just much more of just 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:11.080 how proud he was of me, and from there is 0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:14.680 just great job protecting the ball and just the typical 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:18.080 things that a coach would say. You know, you know, 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:22.960 it's really a situation where confidence is the currency of competition. 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:26.680 I truly believe that for anybody that is competing at 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:29.280 the highest level, it's so important for a person to 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:32.720 be confident. How confident are you right now? How do 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:34.840 you feel about this game? What did you do for 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:38.600 your confidence? M I think I've just I've had a 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:41.640 lot of confidence going into this season. I had another 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:45.920 year to learn the playbook, another year to just understand 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:48.440 how the system is as far as the NFL works, 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:50.840 and so um, I think that that boosted up my 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:54.240 confidence a lot, as well as just being able to 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:58.000 be comfortable with being in the same position I am 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:01.320 in now as far as being here in Arizona again, 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:05.040 I think that that's where it all starts. Tell us 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:07.280 about your off season. We're on board with Eno Benjamin, 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:10.320 former a SU running back Cardinals running back, and you know, 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:13.560 as a seventh round pick, you came to the Cardinals 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:16.640 and then you were inactive for every single game last year, 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:19.600 and we heard Cliff Kingsbury say he had zoom out 0:17:19.720 --> 0:17:22.080 on your stay in Arizona. He said there were times 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:24.280 last year when Eno was hanging on by a thread. 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:26.280 That's a direct quote from the head coach. But then 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:29.000 in the off season you had a conversation with Cliff, 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:31.400 and then a conversation if I remember right with Steve Come. 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:36.280 Can you reiterate that, Yes, And it was just a 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:38.919 lot of what they wanted to see. I'm going forward 0:17:39.320 --> 0:17:42.119 and just knowing that I had the talent to be 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:46.640 in this league, and so there was times where things 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:48.320 were very down and there was times where things are 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:52.240 very up, but being able to keep that happy middle 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:54.720 and like I said, was just able to turn that 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:57.520 energy and focus into studying the playbook harder and everything 0:17:57.560 --> 0:18:01.159 else that followed. You know with me, you know, I 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:03.399 will tell you right now, you remind me an awful 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:05.920 lot of Chase Edmonds. When I watch you play, I 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:10.920 see a very similar skill set, I see a similar stature, 0:18:11.080 --> 0:18:14.760 your frame of course, and I also see a mentality 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:17.760 that is very very similar to how you approach this game. 0:18:18.280 --> 0:18:22.480 Would you agree with that assessment? Yes, I would agree 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:25.679 with that as well. I think Chase Edmonds is one 0:18:25.680 --> 0:18:29.920 of the smartest people in the room just knowing everything 0:18:30.000 --> 0:18:31.320 that he's got to be on top of knowing what 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:33.080 he's got to do and stuff like that. So that's 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:35.680 things that I try to watch him there, and then 0:18:35.720 --> 0:18:38.159 just the way he applies to him and takes it 0:18:38.200 --> 0:18:42.080 onto the field as well. Well. Wolf if confidence is key, 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:45.840 I mean, think of what, oh, I don't know. Getting 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:50.440 nominated and featured on Angry Runs and NFL Network with 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:53.600 host Kyle Brent might do for a guy, because you know, 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:55.280 if you've been busy this week and you happen to 0:18:55.320 --> 0:18:57.880 miss it, I mean, you know, Benjamin got a lot 0:18:57.920 --> 0:19:00.600 of airtime an NFL Network. Here's a clip, it's a 0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:05.320 weekly edition. James Connor was featured earlier this year Angry 0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:12.520 Runs with Kyle Brand on NFL Network Rolling Angry Right, 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:15.120 James Connor won a week one. It's gonna be James 0:19:15.160 --> 0:19:22.880 Connor again, right, Eno, Benjamin say it again with Ben Eno. 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:26.960 Benjamin Eno. Eno does not starting for anything. He has 0:19:27.000 --> 0:19:31.639 no middle name. Is why we do it? Oh that 0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:34.800 gets me out of bend in the morning. And guys, boom, 0:19:35.119 --> 0:19:38.879 this thing's going to the desert. Two running backs with 0:19:39.000 --> 0:19:42.119 the Cardinals who have a scepter. We got Connor and 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:47.280 we got learned his name Eno Alson been one more time, Shady. 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:50.600 I love it, Adam Peter excellent. If you want this thing, 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:52.960 if you want, you know where to get it. Tapped 0:19:52.960 --> 0:19:56.560 out Connor and take it. Angry runs Boom. See you 0:19:56.600 --> 0:19:59.880 next week. I thought I was up. I mean wolf, 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:02.360 the Cardinals can match that energy on Sunday the Panthers 0:20:02.359 --> 0:20:05.320 are in trouble. You give me Lashawn McCoy. Shady McCoy 0:20:05.440 --> 0:20:08.400 was on set. He was he was given your props. Man, 0:20:08.440 --> 0:20:10.520 what was that like? You know when you saw that yourself. 0:20:12.000 --> 0:20:15.520 It was a great feeling because it's funny because I've 0:20:15.520 --> 0:20:18.800 seen de scepter and James's locker, but I actually never 0:20:18.880 --> 0:20:21.480 knew what it was and still coming to this day, 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:25.080 um and just not finding out. That is a pretty 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:29.040 unique award to be nominated for Destin. Just remember, BALI, 0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:31.879 it's not about Harry Butter. I'm a Tolkien guy, Okay, 0:20:31.920 --> 0:20:34.840 the scepter. I'm a Tolkien guy, all right, not Harry Botter. 0:20:34.960 --> 0:20:37.080 All right, boy. Hey, you know, as you saw on 0:20:37.119 --> 0:20:40.120 Cardinals social media, this afternoon he arrived in the mail 0:20:40.200 --> 0:20:42.159 from New York, And so what is it like to 0:20:42.240 --> 0:20:46.879 hold and wield decepter? You know, it's actually got some 0:20:46.960 --> 0:20:50.159 weight to it. It's very much heavier than I thought. Actually, 0:20:50.880 --> 0:20:53.520 that's pretty cool right there. You know. So look at 0:20:53.560 --> 0:20:55.919 yourself and tell me what do you got to work on? 0:20:56.000 --> 0:20:57.520 What do you think you have to work on in 0:20:57.560 --> 0:21:01.960 regard to your game the most, I would say, Um, 0:21:02.000 --> 0:21:06.280 you can never be more detailed than ever. So that's 0:21:06.320 --> 0:21:09.200 one thing that's always my focus. Um. Just as far 0:21:09.280 --> 0:21:11.359 as where I line up on the field, Um, just 0:21:11.600 --> 0:21:13.359 how deep I am in the back de and things 0:21:13.400 --> 0:21:15.879 like that. The little things, um, are the things that 0:21:15.920 --> 0:21:18.200 you've always got to focus on. Well, what do you 0:21:18.200 --> 0:21:20.520 think people are sleeping on in your game? Way? Did 0:21:20.520 --> 0:21:22.360 we see it on the twenty one yard touchdown run? 0:21:22.480 --> 0:21:25.199 Is it your ability to break tackles? You tell us 0:21:25.240 --> 0:21:27.040