Speaker 1: Hey everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Dave
Speaker 1: Pashe Podcast. I'm your host ESPN and Arizona Cardinals play
Speaker 1: by play announcer Dave Pash. Our guest this week is
Speaker 1: five time Pro Bowl safety and two time First Team
Speaker 1: All Pro Buddha Baker. So the second time Buddha's been
Speaker 1: on the Dave Pash Podcast. We had him way back
Speaker 1: in episode two in training camp back in twenty twenty one.
Speaker 1: A lot has happened since then, and Buddha is continuing
Speaker 1: to not only shine as a football player, but he's
Speaker 1: one of the leaders of the Arizona Cardinals again in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. And among the many subjects we discussed
Speaker 1: during the next twenty minutes of this podcast, it includes
Speaker 1: what to expect from the team in terms of the
Speaker 1: hallmarks of the Arizona Cardinals in twenty twenty.
Speaker 2: Three, discipline, accountability, a team that's just going to play
Speaker 2: very fast, a team that doesn't care about what anybody
Speaker 2: else thinks.
Speaker 1: Buddha and I also discussed preparation for the Washington Commanders.
Speaker 1: The weight that Buddha put on in the offseason is
Speaker 1: part of his workout routine. We'll get his thoughts on
Speaker 1: some of the newcomers, like rookie Keetrell Clark, who has
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Speaker 1: one eight hundred, next step. All right, He's one of
Speaker 1: my favorites and I'm sure for Cardinal fans one of
Speaker 1: yours as well. The Great Buddha Baker our guest this
Speaker 1: week on the Dave Pash Podcast. Well, Booto, it's great
Speaker 1: to see you. First of all, Man, before we get
Speaker 1: into camp and everything, how was your summer. Did you
Speaker 1: get a chance to relax it all and kind of
Speaker 1: put last season behind you and all the changes and
Speaker 1: move forward in your mind.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, you know, last year, especially for me,
Speaker 2: I got you know, kind of injured a couple of
Speaker 2: times high in good spring, you know, a couple of springs,
Speaker 2: and then that Christmas game versus Tampa Bay, I you know,
Speaker 2: fractured my shoulders. So this off season I just solely
Speaker 2: focused on getting my bodies as best as it could be,
Speaker 2: one hundred percent stronger, faster, bigger, my mindset, everything just
Speaker 2: you know, those type of things, just to get those better,
Speaker 2: kind of have tunnel vision, not really paying attention to
Speaker 2: being on any type of you know, media or any
Speaker 2: of that. Just kind of just hanging out with my
Speaker 2: daughter and working hard.
Speaker 1: How old is she now?
Speaker 2: She's one and a half turning two December, so yeah,
Speaker 2: you know, she's getting big, starting to walk a little bit, run,
Speaker 2: you know, say words.
Speaker 1: I still remember it was I think the Chicago game
Speaker 1: that you and I flew back together and you were
Speaker 1: you were I think it was any moment at that
Speaker 1: point right that, Yeah, exactly. Yeah, So congratulations, man, that's awesome.
Speaker 1: Thank you. You've always been such an impressive guy. I
Speaker 1: think the world got to really just get a sense
Speaker 1: of what you're all about from Hard Knocks people that
Speaker 1: maybe aren't around the team or haven't really heard you speak.
Speaker 1: Did you go back and watch it at all? Did
Speaker 1: you see any of the episodes?
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I saw a few of the episodes, you know,
Speaker 2: maybe like four of them. You know, after that it
Speaker 2: was kind of, you know, we kind of went on
Speaker 2: a little losing streak. So for me personally, I just
Speaker 2: you know, try to help as much as I can,
Speaker 2: whether it's get the playbook right or you know, understanding
Speaker 2: certain things that the offenses are trying to do to us,
Speaker 2: and you know try to you know, meet extra with
Speaker 2: the guys and try to you know, fix those type
Speaker 2: of things.
Speaker 3: So, yeah, I watched a few episodes.
Speaker 1: I mean what stood out was your passion, your energy.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 1: Obviously Monty and JG took note of that. They've talked
Speaker 1: a lot about how they want the culture of this
Speaker 1: team to be the embodiment, you know, of of Buddha Baker.
Speaker 1: You know what you're all about, what what's the biggest
Speaker 1: thing you've noticed going from the previous Not to bash
Speaker 1: the previous regime, but just what are some of the
Speaker 1: things that stood out about the new group MANI the
Speaker 1: coaching staff that are a good fit for you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you know they they everything that they
Speaker 2: say kind of aligns with you know, how I go
Speaker 2: about each and every day and that's you know, kind
Speaker 2: of just getting better each and every day, you know,
Speaker 2: working hard. The little details matter, you know, all the
Speaker 2: little things that you know we could have done better
Speaker 2: in last year's season. I think that they're making, you know,
Speaker 2: a point to for guys to understand, you know, the
Speaker 2: little things and understand that you know, if if you're
Speaker 2: not going to do these little things, then you know
Speaker 2: you're not gonna be here.
Speaker 1: What about specifically technically about the defense? What are some
Speaker 1: of the things that are different that you have noticed
Speaker 1: so far?
Speaker 3: Technically, like you're talking about like scheme wise.
Speaker 1: Yeah, scheme and also what they're asking you to do,
Speaker 1: like certain like when Colt McCoy was in here, he
Speaker 1: talked about how he had for his entire football life.
Speaker 1: I think it was his right foot was forward, his
Speaker 1: left foot was back, and now they're asking him to
Speaker 1: change it, Yeah, something that he had not done before.
Speaker 1: Is there anything that you've experienced so far that's different
Speaker 1: for you in terms of how you attack your position.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you know, I don't really want to
Speaker 2: say much about it, but at the end of the day,
Speaker 2: you know, his scheme wise, I really like the scheme.
Speaker 2: I really liked the defense. I liked you know, the
Speaker 2: intricate details that they put upon the players to understand
Speaker 2: and know and you know, not just knowing it, but
Speaker 2: no knowing it. That's what he, you know, kind of
Speaker 2: preaches and talks about, and you know, those type of
Speaker 2: things that are very set aligned with me because you
Speaker 2: want to trust each and every person on the field,
Speaker 2: and if they know it, you know, they it's kind
Speaker 2: of iffy. If they know know it, that means they
Speaker 2: know it one hundred percent. You guys have trust all
Speaker 2: around the board, and you know, you play better football.
Speaker 2: So just the little details of trusting each other and
Speaker 2: trusting the defense and understanding the little intricate details that
Speaker 2: they have on each and every personnel based Nickel, you know, Penny,
Speaker 2: all types of personnels.
Speaker 1: So people that watched the preseason games, do you think
Speaker 1: that maybe they'll be surprised when they see some of
Speaker 1: the things you guys do defensively starting week one?
Speaker 3: Oh?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I definitely think so, just like you know,
Speaker 2: if we if when we watched film of other teams,
Speaker 2: you know, they're kind of kind of general offenses or
Speaker 2: general general defenses. So there's you know, definitely a lot
Speaker 2: of details that you know, of course we didn't put
Speaker 2: out in the preseason that you know people will see
Speaker 2: come Sunday.
Speaker 1: So a month ago, month and a half, whatever it was,
Speaker 1: when there were some uncertainty at least maybe not in
Speaker 1: your circle, but people on the outside weren't sure, you know,
Speaker 1: is Booty gonna be here? Because of the trade request,
Speaker 1: you get your deal restructured. What specifically about the deal
Speaker 1: made you happy that you were like, Okay, I'm I'm
Speaker 1: all in with the Cardinals.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, you know, for me personally, like I
Speaker 2: said this whole off season, I'm kind of just put
Speaker 2: my head down and had tunnel vision and understood, you know,
Speaker 2: what I can control, and what I can control was
Speaker 2: the amount of work I put put in each and
Speaker 2: every day. And uh, you know, I have a great
Speaker 2: agent and David Mullageta athletes first where he was able
Speaker 2: to communicate with you know, Monty and you know, communicate
Speaker 2: certain details that I could appreciate. So at the end
Speaker 2: of the day. For me, it was my job to
Speaker 2: just lock in and hone in on what I can
Speaker 2: do better for my body, for my mind and once,
Speaker 2: you know, once training camp starts, once everything starts, I'll
Speaker 2: be there. So that's what it was. And you know, personally,
Speaker 2: I'm all in. You know, I'm always all in. If
Speaker 2: you watch me play on defense, you watch me like
Speaker 2: you guys said, I'll always be all in every single
Speaker 2: time I stepped foot on the football.
Speaker 1: What about any differences that we'll see, you know, physically
Speaker 1: with you. Is there anything you did in terms of
Speaker 1: training or any area of your your off season work
Speaker 1: out routine that you've changed.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I mean you know I worked out. You know,
Speaker 3: I kind of.
Speaker 2: Started very early, maybe probably let's say I probably started
Speaker 2: and late February early March I started my off season
Speaker 2: training program. And that was because of course I fractured
Speaker 2: my shoulder. I was just healthy enough to enter into
Speaker 2: the Pro Bowl and be cleared for that. But at
Speaker 2: the end of the day after the Pro Bowl, I
Speaker 2: kind of just set my mind on working hard and
Speaker 2: getting my body right. And you know, of course I
Speaker 2: gained gain about fifteen pounds of muscle. You know, I
Speaker 2: added a few inches off my vertical, my my sprinting,
Speaker 2: my acceleration has all gotten better. As fast as I've
Speaker 2: ever been, as quick as I've ever been, as strong
Speaker 2: as I've ever been, can jump higher than I ever have,
Speaker 2: and you know, I just feel.
Speaker 3: Very healthy, feel very blessed to.
Speaker 2: Uh, you know, put that work in and you know,
Speaker 2: now that's here. You know I've always talked about in
Speaker 2: the off season. You know, I trained with Justin King
Speaker 2: out in North Scottsdale, and one of my best friends
Speaker 2: came out to Seattle and I trained with him as
Speaker 2: well because he played receiver. So it was just a
Speaker 2: lot of football, a lot of football, a lot of
Speaker 2: kind of just honing in onto the details, watching a
Speaker 2: lot of film, the things that I could have possibly
Speaker 2: done better, and you know, just trying to get myself
Speaker 2: an overall, you know, better player. And you know that's
Speaker 2: what I stuck my mind to. And now that you
Speaker 2: know the season's coming up, the season's here, I'm definitely
Speaker 2: excited to showcase that.
Speaker 1: What do you weigh right now?
Speaker 2: Then? I'm about one ninety four right now, you know,
Speaker 2: I like to be around one ninety one ninety four
Speaker 2: around that area. Usually I've been around one to eighty five,
Speaker 2: and towards the end of the season, I usually kind
Speaker 2: of lose some weight, get down to like one eighty
Speaker 2: three or so like that. So this year I've honed
Speaker 2: in on you know, my weight and keeping it up.
Speaker 2: And usually in training camp you lose a lot of weight,
Speaker 2: and that wasn't the case this year. I kept my weight,
Speaker 2: kept my strength, kept everything. So now it's just you know,
Speaker 2: honing into this last week and getting ready for of
Speaker 2: course the Washington Commanders.
Speaker 1: So you put on fifteen pounds of muscle, though in
Speaker 1: the off season you're a pretty compact guy. How did
Speaker 1: you put on fifteen pounds of muscle? That's a lot?
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I mean, well, you know, weight based. Now,
Speaker 2: you know when when the off season hits. Of course
Speaker 2: I lose weight when I don't when I don't work
Speaker 2: out or I don't do anything. So of course, a
Speaker 2: couple of weeks I took took off just to rest
Speaker 2: my body and kind of not really getting the weight room.
Speaker 2: And usually I get down to about you know, one
Speaker 2: seventy three, you know, one seventy four, stay around there
Speaker 2: in the off season for that first little month of
Speaker 2: not really doing anything, and then of course I gained
Speaker 2: my weight, gave my weight up, you know, until training camp.
Speaker 2: So yeah, I went from like one seventy to about
Speaker 2: one ninety five. So you know, it was definitely great.
Speaker 2: It was definitely exciting just to feel my body and
Speaker 2: to feel the strength and you know, all little intricate
Speaker 2: areas of my body like my ankles, my feet, you know,
Speaker 2: my cast my hamstrings. It's just it's a little more
Speaker 2: pop and uh, you know, I definitely am excited to
Speaker 2: showcase that.
Speaker 1: I went from one seventy to one ninety five as well.
Speaker 1: What are you laughing at? What are you saying? You
Speaker 1: can't tell? I believe, h I believe it's in different
Speaker 1: places than than you give me your uh, your sense
Speaker 1: of Nick rollis a guy that obviously he's doing this
Speaker 1: for the first time, but very impressive. Young guy just
Speaker 1: turned thirty about a month ago. How much communication are
Speaker 1: you guys having about what you see? Is he leaning
Speaker 1: on guys like you that have been around that have
Speaker 1: had success in this league?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean Nick, Nick watches a lot of ball.
Speaker 2: Of course, he played ball in college. You know, JT
Speaker 2: always laughs about playing him in college. I think he
Speaker 2: went to what was it, like, some type of college
Speaker 2: he went to. But Jalen Thompson played against some of
Speaker 2: his freshman year when Nick was you know, I think
Speaker 2: he was a senior, so they always joke about that.
Speaker 2: But for me personally, I like to think that I
Speaker 2: know a lot of football. You know, going into year seven,
Speaker 2: I've played a few different defenses three four four, three
Speaker 2: back to three four back to multiple type of defenses,
Speaker 2: and you know, I will say Nick Nick is a
Speaker 2: is a narrative football. He really knows the game. You know,
Speaker 2: he makes it very easy for the players to understand
Speaker 2: the game within the calls. Guys, are you know, able
Speaker 2: to understand it and play fast? And at the end
Speaker 2: of the day, that's what he wants us to do.
Speaker 2: He wants us to know what we're doing and after
Speaker 2: that just play as fast as we can because we
Speaker 2: have we have the talent, we have the players to
Speaker 2: play fast, and you know, he kind of gives it
Speaker 2: upon us to of course know our job and then
Speaker 2: just play football after that. So you know, there's a
Speaker 2: few questions to ask here and there, but at the
Speaker 2: end of the day, you know, we respect and understand
Speaker 2: each every single time he you know, makes a call
Speaker 2: and he explains what the call is used for, what
Speaker 2: down it is for, you know, what personnel it's for.
Speaker 3: So it gives guys a very great.
Speaker 2: Understanding of knowing, kind of knowing before you know, you know,
Speaker 2: the offense is out, you know. So for example, it
Speaker 2: might be we might be in a nickel call and
Speaker 2: he calls that call. So right when he calls a call,
Speaker 2: we understand that. Okay, he called this call because he
Speaker 2: thinks this and you know the weaknesses of this call
Speaker 2: are this. The strength of this call is that. So
Speaker 2: it's definitely, uh, you know, very nice to you know,
Speaker 2: have a DC who understands those type of things.
Speaker 1: Did you wait, Son was played at the University of Minnesota.
Speaker 3: Minnesota, that's what it was.
Speaker 1: Did you say Jalen Thompson played against him?
Speaker 3: Correct? Correct? Wait?
Speaker 1: How old is Jalleng right now?
Speaker 3: He's like twenty five? No fo, Yeah, Jalen said he was.
Speaker 2: He was a freshman Nick nick role he was probably
Speaker 2: like a red shirt senior or something like that. But
Speaker 2: he said he played against them and Nick was making
Speaker 2: a lot of plays. So they always laugh about that.
Speaker 1: I mean, I thought maybe that your paths might have
Speaker 1: crossed because you're what twenty seven? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I
Speaker 1: figured that maybe you and Rob, but the fact that
Speaker 1: Jalen Thompson played against his de coordinator and he's twenty
Speaker 1: five is crazy. I want to talk about some of
Speaker 1: the guys that have some of the younger guys and
Speaker 1: some of the newcomers that have stood out to you
Speaker 1: in camp. Give me your thoughts on keetroll Clark, the
Speaker 1: rookie out of Louisville who you know could end up
Speaker 1: starting a week one.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I really like the way he plays,
Speaker 2: the way he goes about each and every day. He
Speaker 2: has the right mentality. He has the mentality of a
Speaker 2: pro of you know, this is his rookie year, but
Speaker 2: he's understanding the little details of the game, and he's
Speaker 2: taking the coach and he's understanding he's not making the
Speaker 2: same mistake twice. And that's what you love to see
Speaker 2: it from young guys. You know, they they might mess
Speaker 2: it up one time, but after that they understand what
Speaker 2: it is and they won't mess it up again. So
Speaker 2: very very quick, twitchy guy, a guy who can you know,
Speaker 2: he can play on receivers, play on anybody. He can
Speaker 2: come down and hit you. You know, I really like
Speaker 2: the way that he plays. I like his game, and
Speaker 2: I'm excited to see, you know what we have week one.
Speaker 2: I'm excited to see him, you know, play football at
Speaker 2: a high levels his rookie year.
Speaker 1: What about Kaizer White, a guy that you know played
Speaker 1: safety in college. He's a proven inside linebacker, but he's
Speaker 1: played a lot of safety. He's very physical, just like
Speaker 1: you are. What are some of your takeaways from watching
Speaker 1: Kaizer because we haven't seen a lot of them obviously
Speaker 1: in the preseason games, but you're with him every day
Speaker 1: at practice.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean personally, you know, when I when I
Speaker 2: found out that JG was going to be the coach,
Speaker 2: and you know, of course understanding who the defensive coordinator was,
Speaker 2: the first thing I wanted to do as a cardinal
Speaker 2: was to go back and look at the Eagles film
Speaker 2: just to see how they play defense, just to see
Speaker 2: certain players that they have that might be coming over
Speaker 2: to Arizona. And he was a guy in that forty
Speaker 2: three in the Eagles uniform that you know, I really
Speaker 2: like to watch on the field on screen. You know,
Speaker 2: a guy who's flying around, he knows what he's doing,
Speaker 2: a guy who's gonna come up and hit you. A
Speaker 2: guy who can also cover and understand the little intricate
Speaker 2: details of what his job is. So that's something I'm
Speaker 2: very excited to play with. And you guys just saw
Speaker 2: a little you know, a little appetizer of course in
Speaker 2: this preseason game. But that's a that's a Pro Bowl
Speaker 2: type of guy who all pro type of linebacker that
Speaker 2: you know, no one really talks about much, but they're
Speaker 2: going to be able to see that, you know, come
Speaker 2: week one and on.
Speaker 1: I don't know that I've heard many guys talk about
Speaker 1: when there's a coaching change that they go back and
Speaker 1: watch the film, like right away. Is that something you've
Speaker 1: always done? Like you have, You've always been a big
Speaker 1: film guy who taught you initially, Like, hey, this is
Speaker 1: something you should be focusing on. Because I got to
Speaker 1: think that most guys aren't motivated to say, oh, we
Speaker 1: have a new coach. Oh let's go ahead and just
Speaker 1: look at the film and watch you know what type
Speaker 1: of scheme might be coming here.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: You know me personally, I'm I'm a big, you know,
Speaker 2: kind of football junkie. So you know, I like watching film.
Speaker 2: I like watching certain defenses and certain players that you know,
Speaker 2: the people might talk about. So I enjoy watching, you know,
Speaker 2: watching on my iPad hours of film and that's kind
Speaker 2: of always, you know, been me for a long time,
Speaker 2: you know, ever since even literally like literally we were
Speaker 2: watching film in the back of our coaches, you know,
Speaker 2: car as a team and you know, understanding what we
Speaker 2: could have done better, and also watching other teams as well.
Speaker 2: So and then of course in high school, you know,
Speaker 2: butch gun On try Off was my head coach at
Speaker 2: Belvy High School. Never lost a football game in high school.
Speaker 2: You know, my my freshman year, James Hasty, he was,
Speaker 2: he was our defensive coordinator. His his son, Tyler Hasty,
Speaker 2: I went to school with at Belvy High School, so
Speaker 2: you know, he he's a you know, a Hall of
Speaker 2: Fame football player. So of course, just to understand defense
Speaker 2: as a high school player, it was definitely special. And
Speaker 2: then of course going into University of Washington, Jimmy Lake
Speaker 2: was my defensive backs coach, and you know, on recruiting
Speaker 2: visits we would go and he would come over to
Speaker 2: my house and we would watch film on you know,
Speaker 2: Rondez Barber and you know, guys that played in the
Speaker 2: league a while back, and we would just watch film
Speaker 2: and understand certain details of what they did, and he
Speaker 2: would coach me up on little things like that. And
Speaker 2: then of course that you know, was stood all throughout
Speaker 2: college and now that in the minute league, you know,
Speaker 2: and it doesn't change, it gets more, of course. You know,
Speaker 2: it was definitely special, you know, the way I was
Speaker 2: brought up, and definitely blessed to understand to have all
Speaker 2: those certain people that were in my corner trying to
Speaker 2: help me get better as a player. And you know,
Speaker 2: now it's something I always do.
Speaker 1: You talk about University Washington, Husky is going to be good,
Speaker 1: the ranked tenth. They've got Boise State up in Seattle
Speaker 1: week one, then it's off to the Big Ten. I
Speaker 1: don't know how much you've paid attention to realignment, but
Speaker 1: it's pretty crazy what's going on right now.
Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely definitely crazy.
Speaker 2: You know, I haven't really paid at attention much, but
Speaker 2: I heard, yeah, they were going to the Big ten,
Speaker 2: and you know they'll be taking those flights, you know, I.
Speaker 1: Mean the the somebody told me it takes the equipment
Speaker 1: truck at USC to get to Rutgers. It takes forty
Speaker 1: one hours. So imagine Seattle, he's to Rutgers. Yeah, Port
Speaker 1: of Maryland, the other Washington, the Commanders who you play
Speaker 1: week one? How much tape have you watched already? And
Speaker 1: when you're playing against a guy like Sam Howell who's
Speaker 1: starting a quarterback who there's not a ton of film on, Uh,
Speaker 1: how do you prepare for that?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 2: I mean, of course I watched you know, a few
Speaker 2: series that he was able to play last week, and
Speaker 2: you know, kind of just watching Chiefs film. Really you're
Speaker 2: not really watching Commanders film because they're oc side head
Speaker 2: coaches from the Chiefs. So just watching the Chiefs film
Speaker 2: kind of seeing you know, little details that you know
Speaker 2: the Chiefs did that you know, of course possibly of
Speaker 2: Washington Commanders will do. And uh, you know they kept
Speaker 2: it very general, very basic in the preseason of course.
Speaker 2: So it's just going to be a matter of understanding
Speaker 2: our rules on it as a defense, and understanding of
Speaker 2: course who their who their best players are, and you
Speaker 2: know how in this league that's what it's meant for.
Speaker 2: You know, offense is meant for to get you know,
Speaker 2: their teammate, their team, the best players the ball. So
Speaker 2: just understanding that and you know, like you said a
Speaker 2: young QB, a QB who you know hasn't played much football,
Speaker 2: So you know, just to watch as much film as
Speaker 2: you know you can on him. Find the film. You know,
Speaker 2: of course, our coaches will do a great job of
Speaker 2: finding some film on him, whether that's you know, his tendencies,
Speaker 2: what he likes to do, little details like that. But
Speaker 2: you know, watching film would definitely ramp up this week.
Speaker 1: Obviously, nobody can predict how a season's gonna go. Every year,
Speaker 1: there are teams that people think are going to be
Speaker 1: Super Bowl contenders that win four games, and there's teams
Speaker 1: that people aren't really thinking about that are off the
Speaker 1: radar that end up making the playoffs. Maybe that's you know,
Speaker 1: this Cardinal team this year, regardless of the results, what
Speaker 1: do you think will be some of the hallmarks of
Speaker 1: this team? Just kind of watching and doing the preseason games,
Speaker 1: it seems to me like coaching, discipline, toughness, accountability, reliability,
Speaker 1: like those are some things that I've noticed. Kind of
Speaker 1: feels like those things stand out to me. How about you,
Speaker 1: since you're living.
Speaker 2: It, Yeah, exactly, all those all those categories, as you said,
Speaker 2: those characteristics are definitely characteristics that I believe we are
Speaker 2: going to have as a team. We're gonna know each
Speaker 2: and every week what the job is and how to win.
Speaker 2: And you know, after that week, we're gonna go back
Speaker 2: to the board and we're gonna say, Okay, did we
Speaker 2: do this? Did we do these intricate three intricate things
Speaker 2: that you know would allow us to win? Yes?
Speaker 3: Yes, yes?
Speaker 2: Or no no no? And you know we'll go from there.
Speaker 2: But you know, like you said, discipline, accountability, a team
Speaker 2: that's just gonna play very fast, a team that doesn't
Speaker 2: care about what anybody else thinks, and everybody that's in
Speaker 2: that circle, everybody that's in that huddle, those are the
Speaker 2: only ones that matter. And we're just gonna play football
Speaker 2: at a high level. I definitely believe that one hundred percent.
Speaker 1: All right, last one, We'll get you out of here.
Speaker 1: Because we started with Hard Knocks, let's end with that.
Speaker 1: Your sister, how she doing. Is she still here in
Speaker 1: the valley? Because she was, you know, one of the
Speaker 1: stars of Hard Knocks. We got a chance to kind
Speaker 1: of go behind the scenes and see your life.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, she's doing great. You know, she's out
Speaker 3: of ass.
Speaker 2: You just started last week, so you know, she's out
Speaker 2: there out and about, you know, walking to classes and uh,
Speaker 2: you know, complaining about how hard it is while she's.
Speaker 3: Walking the classes.
Speaker 2: And you know, she's out there staying over on a
Speaker 2: you know, out campus offsite campus over there. So you know,
Speaker 2: big Bro has the house to herself now. So it's definitely, uh,
Speaker 2: you know, it's kind of boring. But at the end
Speaker 2: of the day, I'm just chilling with my dog.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 2: Have my daughter come around. She lives in Florida, so
Speaker 2: have her come every now and again. But uh, yeah,
Speaker 2: my little sister, she's doing great. She's happy, and you
Speaker 2: know that's all I can ask for as a big brother.
Speaker 1: Well, and you may have an empty house, but I'm
Speaker 1: sure you're not there much because I know how hard
Speaker 1: you work to get ready for the season and especially
Speaker 1: once the season gets going. You're one of the leaders
Speaker 1: of this team and you're one of the best players
Speaker 1: in the league. Always appreciate you stopping by.
Speaker 3: Yes, thank you, thank you for having me. I appreciate you.
Speaker 1: We always learned something when we talk with Buddha Baker.
Speaker 1: I knew that he was a film nut, a football junkie,
Speaker 1: but just hearing first of all, the story about how
Speaker 1: he would sit and watch Little League film in the
Speaker 1: back of the van back when he was young. But
Speaker 1: also recently, Jonathan Gannon gets hired and what does Buddha do.
Speaker 1: He starts watching Philadelphia Eagles film right away, not just
Speaker 1: to get a sense for the scheme, but take a
Speaker 1: look at Kaiser White who is coming over with Gannon
Speaker 1: as a free agent. So great stuff from Buddha talking
Speaker 1: about the team, his workout routine going into the season,
Speaker 1: and also just still trying to process the fact that
Speaker 1: Jahelen Thompson played against Nick Rollis, who is now his
Speaker 1: coach in college just a few years ago. We are
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Speaker 1: Thanks to you for listening, and thanks once again to
Speaker 1: five time Pro bowler, two time First Tea All Pro
Speaker 1: safety Buddha Baker on the Dave Past Podcast.
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