WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Time To Get Dortched 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:05.120 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles. Oh 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:08.760 and ahead, he got jacked. This is the big Red 0:00:08.920 --> 0:00:13.440 Rain presented by satan Ford in Gilbert. Mary's Gonna score 0:00:13.600 --> 0:00:17.360 touchdown Slim to the ground by Buddha Baker Like a torpedo. 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:23.000 He came flying into the backfield. The rage is brought 0:00:23.000 --> 0:00:27.800 to you by satan Ford in Gilbert. Are you Satanford? 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:31.560 State Farm? Talk to an agent today at eight hundred 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:37.279 State Farm, And by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts Visit Acy Cardinals 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:45.520 dot Com, Slash Podcasts, The Rods, Rising Guard, Temperaturizing Vision, 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:50.080 Flurring Rage, take you over. Here's Paul Calvci. I'm ready. 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:53.000 I'm one hundred percent ready. I'm telling you I'm ready. 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:56.800 And Ron Wolflee. It doesn't get any better than that, boy, 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:03.440 unleash the far. Week one for the Arizona Cardinals was 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:09.360 fill in the blank. Yeah, okay, I'll go a supersized 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:14.440 role reversal as in the Chiefs just did to the 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:18.399 Cardinals with the Cardinals did to the Titans to open 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:23.640 last season a KC KO And that old line about 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:26.640 how there's no second chance at a first impression, isn't 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:29.360 that how the line goes wolf something like that. Yeah, Paulina, 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:33.160 how bad you are first impressions. You know that's because 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:36.040 it's not really true in the NFL when both number 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:39.360 one seeds last year got destroyed in season openers. So 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:41.640 you know when in the NFL that axiom does not 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:44.120 hold trill. Yeah, you know, I'm just saying, no, Polly. 0:01:44.240 --> 0:01:47.200 Sometimes you go to parties, some of these social events, Polly, 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:49.600 and then suddenly it blows up in your face because 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:52.640 you make awful first impressions right there. That's okay, Paul, 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:55.360 I mean, your second impression is much better than your first. 0:01:55.680 --> 0:01:58.640 Let's hope the same thing happens for the Arizona Cardinals 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:01.360 in a matter of moments, Ron Wolfley, and it's not 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:04.559 a moment too soon, you will get dorched. Greg Dorch 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:07.800 our guest on the Big Red Rage, presented by Santan 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:11.000 Ford and Gilbert. We are santan Ford in Back Tonight, 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:13.800 brought to you by fine demandion of Americans. You're truly 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:17.520 and Greg Dortch and we'll get into all that, but 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:22.680 first let's talk about what exactly happened in the season opener. 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:25.240 There are two kinds of people in this world. Ron 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:27.600 Wolfley not to get all philosophical. There are those who 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:30.440 use the snooze button and those who do not. And 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:33.640 the Cardinals most definitely seemingly used the snooze button in 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:37.079 week one, and here's hoping they wake up in week two. Yeah, Paul, 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:40.200 I'm with you on that. Um Listen, this should be 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:42.399 a wake up call to them. I don't know why, though, 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:45.720 you'd go out in week one at home where you 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:48.959 know you've struggled to play well, and then you're playing 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:54.160 the Kansas City Chiefs. Look everybody, it's Patrick Mahomes, it's 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:57.480 Andy Reid over there, and a lot other very very 0:02:57.560 --> 0:03:00.799 talented human beings, And why you come out with a 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:06.960 sense of urgency and intensity. I honestly, I mean, hopefully 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:08.760 that's gonna be something that's going to be in the 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:11.679 rear view mirror for this team going forward. And they're 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:14.760 gonna come out and ball out in week two on 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:18.280 the road where they've played well. Maybe they just sort 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:22.120 of forgot what regular season football is all about, the 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:26.560 intensity and urgency and energy it takes. I don't know, 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:28.680 because it's a great question. Obviously, you have a marquee 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:31.280 opponent coming in, it's Week one you're at home, accounts 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:34.360 the whole thing. Um, but here's Kyler Murray after a 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:38.360 forty four twenty one home loss to the Chiefs. When 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:40.080 you get to be like that, you know at home 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:42.240 game one, yeah, it's got to be a wake up 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:46.760 call for whoever you know felt complacent or whatever. Internally, 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:49.840 you know, you got look in the mirror individually and um, 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:51.440 you know, do you really want to be here? Do 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:53.040 you really want to be great? Like? What? What? What 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:56.280 drives you? Like? Those are the questions I feel like, 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:58.120 you know, need to be asked. And there are a 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:00.720 lot of questions coming out of that game in week one, 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:03.240 are there not? Yeah, Polly, there are you know. And 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:07.160 again I was really really disappointed after week one on 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:10.600 the line of scrimmage and how the line of scrimmage fared. 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:15.120 I know that I'm old Polly. I know it's old school. 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:19.520 I know I'm a traditionalist, but my goodness, the physicality 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:21.680 on the line of scrimmage on both sides of the 0:04:21.680 --> 0:04:24.479 ball was not what it needed to be. It was 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:28.200 not And I think JJ Watt coming back is going 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:30.719 to do an awful lot if in fact JJ Watt 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:33.520 is ready to play and able to play this Sunday. 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:36.880 I think him coming back is going to have a 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:40.760 huge impact on that front seven and how they're all 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:43.480 going to play. Hopefully that's going to be the case. 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:47.200 And also justin pew and bringing back a guy that 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:51.000 is a hardcore veteran, a guy that is a master technician, 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:54.159 and a guy that makes her offensive line better. All 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:57.680 it takes is one breakdown out of those five guys 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:00.880 on the offensive line, and suddenly you can't run the 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:02.599 ball the way that you want to be able to 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:05.719 run the ball. Suddenly you can't protect your quarterback the 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:08.320 way that you want to be able to protect your quarterback. 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:11.520 And I think it was a meltdown of the line 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:13.760 of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. Because of 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:16.160 the Kansas City Chiefs Pally. You know they're going to 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:18.000 be able to throw the ball, but when they can 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:21.800 run the ball, Fallly, that opens up the entire playbook. 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:26.000 When they had thirty three first downs sixty six plays, 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:28.760 let that hang in the air for a minute. So 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:31.160 it was both sides of the ball, There's no question 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:34.200 about that. The offensive line you when most of the 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:36.279 last season, and you most definitely saw it in the 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:39.360 playoff game where right guard was a liability, and then 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:42.680 he went into this game where left guard was an issue. 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:44.680 You had a third stringer in there, a guy who 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:48.040 had played center almost the entirety of cam So that 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:51.760 was suboptimal and Chris Jones and company took advantage of that, 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:55.679 no question. But at the same time, you know when 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:58.000 you have guys saying that we got punched in the 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:01.520 mouth Devon Kennard yesterday, Hila Murray, Kyler Murray saying after 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:04.360 the game as well, you can't feel yourself in this league. Yeah, 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:08.440 you get embarrassed. Obviously, there was more going on and 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:13.039 it demands a certain level of leadership. I mean, Wolf 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.440 is a former team captain. I'm guessing you would agree 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:19.000 with that. In fact, here's zach Ertz earlier today, just 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:22.040 when he's asked about his quarterback and and what goes 0:06:22.120 --> 0:06:25.320 on beyond just the field. I mean, I definitely think 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:27.800 he's more vocal. Even after the game when we got 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:29.400 a bus kicked on Sunate, he was a guy going 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:31.520 around in the locker room kind of telling everyone we're 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:33.120 gonna be all right, We're gonna be all right. So 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:34.799 for me, I think he's just taking that next step. 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:39.000 Everyone wants to finish product in today's society, and that's 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:44.240 just not reality. Everyone's got to grow up. Zach Ertz. Yeah, 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:46.560 zach Ertz earlier today. I know your reaction to that. 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:49.960 And how far does leadership goes at media speak or 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:53.359 is that a real entity? No, that's that is real, PAULI. 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:55.839 This is the next step that Kyler Murray has got 0:06:55.839 --> 0:06:59.039 to take. Um, it's not just about walking around and 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:03.160 build up your teammates or even walking around and holding 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:06.920 your teammates accountable. It's not all of that. It really 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:10.920 isn't it's actually doing. It's always going to be about 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:14.239 doing first, Paul. And then you can say, but doing 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:18.000 and saying is what leadership is all about. I know 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:20.760 there are some guys that are really really heavy on 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:23.040 the doing part of it. And can I tell you 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:25.800 right now, I think of Larry Fitzgerald. I think of 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:30.560 Larry the doing. He was heavy, heavy on the doing. 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:33.680 Larry would say, of course, from time to time. He 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:36.400 was a leader so much of the time based on 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:40.520 the example, the model that he set for everybody else. 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.720 But he would speak up. And when Larry spoke from 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:47.040 time to time, because it wasn't very often, man, I'll 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:49.760 tell you what people listened, but you have to do 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:53.000 before you can say. And I think Kyler's already got 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:56.680 that credibility that he can walk around and say, let's go, 0:07:56.840 --> 0:08:01.000 We're gonna be okay. Good news. Zach Ertz was a 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:04.760 full participant in practice day. Yeah, with that calf injury. 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:07.400 I was standing there, we were talking with JJ Watt. 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:09.200 He was limited today, Bud. He was back on the 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:11.800 field for the first time in recent memory. He said 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:14.480 he's tracking at this point tracking. He is hopeful of 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:18.120 playing Sunday. So it certainly sounds like JJ Watt and 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:22.160 Justin Pew said he is hopeful and hopefully tracking towards 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:25.160 playing on Sunday. And obviously that's a big three. If 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:27.400 the Cardinals get all those guys back in the lineup, yeah, 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:30.080 oh my goodness, that would be huge. It really would. 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:34.400 First of all offensively to get Justin Pew back because 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:37.680 that offensive line needs him as their left guard. But 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:41.240 then zach Ertz as well, That to me says, Okay, 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:44.560 what were we really missing in the first week of 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:47.960 the season. Well, the Cardinals were missing a lot of things, 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:51.520 but twelve personnel and a lot of twelve personnel where 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:54.160 you've got one back and two tight ends and Max 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:57.400 Williams being one of those, one of those stud tight ends, 0:08:57.400 --> 0:09:00.720 and then having zach Ertz as the move the wide 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:03.720 receiver room has been a little nicked up. Cannot wait 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:06.920 to talk to Greg Dortch, but it's been a little 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:09.840 nicked up for the most part. Right now. Hey, you 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:13.760 know one, go with twelve and have zach Ertz as 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:17.000 that move tight end who's really a lot more wide 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:20.599 receiver than he is tight end. That is a personnel 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.480 group you could use, and I think we'll use that 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:27.640 this week against the Raiders and move the ball. Hey, 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:30.360 zach Ertz looked really good to start Cardinals can so 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:34.000 here's hoping he's fully healthy. Ready to Go. Episode forty 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:37.080 one in a Dave Pash podcast, Ready to Go feature 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:41.240 an NBA and Blazer's superstar Damian Lillard. What's the bet 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:43.240 that's on the line here in week two? Lollard is 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:46.400 huge Raiders fan, So if the Cardinals win, Dame has 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:49.960 to wear Kyler jersey into the arena on a game night, 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:51.640 And then what does Dave have to do if the 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:56.719 Cardinals lose? Wolf enter the black hole? Paul paint his 0:09:56.800 --> 0:10:00.959 space like a member of the black hole. All that 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:03.920 that could be good, little gentlemen, bet on the line there, 0:10:04.280 --> 0:10:07.040 all right, Hey, forget about the measurables of our next guest. 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.920 You know what you measure the impact of Greg Dorch. 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:13.040 That's right. Next, we'd get dorched on the big red 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:20.400 rage presented by Santan fourth in Gilbert fires over the middle, 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:23.319 caught by Dorch at the thirty yard line, turns right 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:25.880 to the twenty five and dropped to the twenty two 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:29.680 Greg Dorch Look slap now loads up, goes deep, lobs 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:32.120 it to the right side, called by Dorge over the dB, 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:34.280 moving the pocket to the right, look and throwing on 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:37.559 the run into the end zone beyond the pylon. Touchdown 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:42.559 Greg Dorch, Height, Tennessee. You got Dorch snapped to Murray 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:45.320 straight drop back, guns it over the middle deep that's 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:48.400 pulled in for a first down in Kansas City territory 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:51.880 of the thirty five yard line by Greg Dorch to 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:56.360 gain of twenty four and a first down. Hey, make plays, 0:10:57.280 --> 0:11:00.640 make the team just that simple. And look, there are 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:05.040 different ways to make an NFL team, right wolf. Last 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:07.520 week we had Jaalen Thompson who's right now. The only 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:10.600 active player on a fifty three in the NFL who 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:15.000 came via the supplemental draft. That was Jaalen Thompson. That 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:17.720 was last week. This week we have a player who 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:20.480 was on his fifth team and I'd say he's here 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:23.520 to stay after he was the Cardinals leading receiver in 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:26.079 week number one. Greg dortch as our guest here on 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:28.680 the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert. 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:32.280 We are satan Ford, Paul Calves or On Wolfley, and 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:34.640 Greg Dorts. How we doing, Greg? What's up? Man? I'm 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:37.120 glad to be here. The I tell you you just 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:40.800 got out of meetings, right, You had meetings? How tough 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:42.680 is that? I mean you got out of college, right, 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:44.760 you know, and then and then you have meetings in 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:48.599 the NFL. Is there any comparison whatsoever? Is Does it 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:50.600 truly feel like a job when you're sitting in some 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:54.000 of these meetings? Yeah? Absolutely? Uh So. We had walked 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:59.719 throughs after practice. As soon as practice is over, we 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.720 have a walk through, and then we live and we eat, UM, 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:05.360 get treatment, and then we go through two to three 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:08.080 hours of meetings and then we have another walkthrough UM 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:10.760 at the end of the day before we go home. So, um, 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:14.400 just getting accustomed to that, and um, it definitely feels 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:15.720 like a job. I mean it is a job. We 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:17.839 get paid a lot of money, but um, we definitely 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:20.480 put the work in and it shows off on Sunday, 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:25.199 so Greg, Wednesday and Thursday obviously big game plan days. 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:28.920 As you're preparing throughout the week. Right here, what what 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:31.560 do you specialize in? Do you do anything like red 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:34.400 zone on a Wednesday? When do you run red zone 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:39.440 offense or or rundown situation offense or third and obvious? 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:43.400 Do you do it every day? Uh? Well, on days 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:47.120 like this Thursdays, we focus on third down and raid zone. Um. 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:49.679 The earlier during the early days during the week we 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:52.200 do the base in stalls and the first down, first 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:54.720 first and second down passes. Um, but as you get 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:57.280 on through the week, we focus on red zone and 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:00.720 third down. So um, those out of it's importting downs 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:02.600 in NFL, man, you make plays on throw down, you 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:04.920 keep the sticks moving. Um, that's how you win games. 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:08.480 So well, yeah, no doubt about that. But in regard 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:12.360 to the red zone, what is the conversation offensively with 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.480 you guys? In regard to the red zone and how 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:16.600 do you fit into that, Greg, Yeah, it's just all 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:20.280 about being decisive. Given Kyler an option to look at 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:24.840 somebody he's comfortable throwing too. Just just being in the 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:26.920 right spots at the right time so he can make 0:13:26.960 --> 0:13:29.720 the throw. He's not second guessing where you're going to be. 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:33.640 Everything happens faster down there, So um, just being precise. 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:37.440 Vans Joseph talked today about rookies earning his trust as 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:39.880 a receiver. You have to earn the trust of the quarterback, 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:43.120 don't you. Yeah, absolutely, not even not even just Kyler, 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:46.880 but Cliff. He's the shot caller. He caused the play. 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:50.440 So if he's comfortable putting you in there and comfortable 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:52.800 in you that you're gonna make a play, then you 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:55.240 got it. You know, when you make plays, this is 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:59.320 something that you do. Greg Man really really impressed your 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:03.679 fivees up. I can't even her five seven and explosive. 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:06.320 Why does five seven, one hundred and seventy five pounds 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:09.040 work in this league? Yeah, it's just about heart, man. 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:11.160 You got to you gotta be winning to stick your 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:14.200 nose and it run across the middle. Just do whatever 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:16.320 it takes to help the team and get a win. Man. 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:18.199 I've been playing football since I was six years old 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:20.040 and this has been the only thing that I've wanted 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:22.800 to do. So now that everything's right here in front 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:25.520 of me, man, I just want to take full advantage 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:28.000 of that. So you've always spend this way. You've always 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:30.360 spen this way in regard to how you approach the 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:33.240 game and this fearless mentality. Man, if you take the 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:36.040 tape from I have tape from when I was playing 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:38.120 flag football when I was seven years old, it's been 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:42.600 the same way since. You know what, look as the 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:45.400 world's worst little league coach. Recently, I used to tell 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:47.840 our team because we go against some of these other teams, 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.640 are like, Okay, are they testing for HGH in this league? Right, 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:55.080 I'd be like, look, bigger isn't better? Kids, better is better? Yeah, 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:58.600 go play better baseball. Yeah, that's got to be the mentality. 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:02.680 You can still be better despite your size, right. Yeah. Absolutely, Man, 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:04.720 It's just about making plays and when your numbers called, 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:08.600 just taking advantage of those opportunities. Um, I don't know, man, 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:10.360 you see lots of guys around the league that aren't 0:15:10.400 --> 0:15:12.560 big that make plays. You got to Tyreek Hills. You 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:16.600 got Um darren spros. You got just guys back in 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:18.680 the day that used to make plays. Man that you 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:20.800 know what I'm saying. You can't teach a football player 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:22.880 how to play ball, man, they just have it. So, 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:25.720 Craig I was. I was a fullback when I played, 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:28.080 and that was only two hundred and twenty two pounds 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:31.400 back in an era when fullbacks were all two hundred 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:34.360 and fifty pounds. Man, I always wanted to be the 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:38.240 guy that had the big button, the big thighs and wait, 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:42.120 two hundred and forty five pounds. Oh, I had dreams 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.920 of being that guy. Do you ever have dreams of 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:49.320 being six four? Absolutely not, Man. I love the person 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:51.520 that I am, the guy that I am off the 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:54.960 field and on the field. Man, I've been blessing other areas, 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:58.600 clearly not hype because I'm not that tall, but just 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:01.360 other areas. Man, Like I feel like I can make 0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:04.760 somebody missing the phone booth. I'm hard to tackle, Um, 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:07.680 I have great hands. I'm just a dynamic player, and 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:09.360 I feel like when I have the ball in my hands, 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:11.160 people can see that. You know what I'm saying. So 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:12.840 I just want to continue to show the world that 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:16.240 um that I'm that type of player. Cardinals receiver Greg 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:18.240 dortch Our guests here in the Big Red Rage presented 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:20.880 by Santan Ford and Gilbert Yet. I remember you telling 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:24.000 the media Lad in camp that you quote cut out 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:28.160 the bs this off season to try and maximize your ability. 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:30.080 What do you mean by that? And what was the 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:32.920 plan in the off season? What'd you implement? Man? So 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:37.120 I haven't seen my parents since Thanksgiving, so I didn't 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:40.360 go back home. I'm from Richmond, Virginia. Originally I stayed 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:43.600 here after the season and trained at a place called 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:47.600 Elite You and Scottsdale, and I literally haven't been back 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:51.240 home to Virginia since thanks Again, like I said, yeah, 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:55.920 so just I don't know, just buying in and just 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:58.760 like this time that I have is so short, and 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:00.800 I just want to maximize it's time that I have, 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:04.000 and my mom and my dad they understand that, like 0:17:04.680 --> 0:17:06.080 if I can get Like my dad came up to 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:07.720 the game for the Chiefs this past weekend, so that I 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:09.400 I was the first time I got to see him. 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:11.920 But I haven't seen my see my mom since Thanksgiving. 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:17.240 So I don't know, just maximizing my opportunities and eventually 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:19.960 it'll all payoff and they understand that this is my 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:21.680 dream and I have to chase it. So I was 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:24.719 just gonna say that, Greig. I mean, though, are you 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:28.040 sitting around and you're thinking yourself? Man, I am getting 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:31.680 the opportunity right now, and I am making the best 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:35.880 of that opportunity right now, and I could see myself 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:38.439 playing for ten twelve years. Do you think like this? 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:41.159 Do you allow yourself to think like this? I definitely do. 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:43.359 I think it's important to think like that. Man. I 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:47.160 just try to think positive. Of course, as a human being, 0:17:47.240 --> 0:17:49.159 we have thoughts that come into your head, like what 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:51.280 if you dropped this past where you get another chance 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:52.800 for you? You know what I'm saying. All of those 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:55.520 thoughts come in, But I just try to just clear 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:58.160 my mind, man, and just think that it's football. I've 0:17:58.160 --> 0:18:00.359 been playing football, like I said, since I was seven 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:04.040 years old. And yeah it's the NFL, but it's football 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:05.880 at the end of the day. These guys put their 0:18:05.880 --> 0:18:07.639 cleats on the same way I put my cleats on, 0:18:07.960 --> 0:18:11.920 So it's football. Well, you didn't just make an impression 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:15.280 on Cliff Kingsbury and the coaches. Here's Aj Green when 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:18.560 we were in Nashville after the joint practice against the Titans. 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:21.159 AJ Green, I'll tell everybody about Dortsch Man, He's just 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:24.480 like his field for the game, his hands, his mentality 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:26.960 every day is unmatched. It don't matter who you put. 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:28.639 You put a first run in from him, we know 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:31.120 what's gonna happen. Like he's gonna he's gonna eat him up. 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:34.520 That's his mentality each day. So Andy, dortsch those guys, man, 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:36.479 I go home and tell me. I watch every day 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:39.239 about how they work, how they don't complain. They has 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:41.040 come out there and work each day. Man. That makes 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:42.440 me want to work every day, you know what I mean. 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:46.000 There's no wonder that Cliff Kingsbury by the end of 0:18:46.040 --> 0:18:49.080 camp called you and Andy Isabelle at the Stars of Camp, 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:51.240 And I think sometimes someday it'll probably be the answer 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:53.359 to a trivia question. How many times were you cut 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:56.280 by NFL teams your first couple of years? So this 0:18:56.359 --> 0:19:01.199 is my fifteen in four years. Man, I've been cut 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:04.520 multiple times and it sucks, but that's the reality of 0:19:04.560 --> 0:19:07.439 this game that I play in the reality that moment, 0:19:08.280 --> 0:19:10.760 How low was it a moment for you? How seriously 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:13.000 did you contemplate whether you were gonna go forward. It 0:19:13.080 --> 0:19:15.600 was football. Yeah, yeah. So I got cut three times 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:18.920 my rookie year, and at that moment, I'm like, okay, 0:19:19.640 --> 0:19:22.000 it's football gonna be over. I'm not sure what I'm 0:19:22.040 --> 0:19:26.520 gonna do. I started applying to regular jobs, but you know, 0:19:26.640 --> 0:19:30.640 Guy had something else in store. I decided to take 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:33.040 my talents and I wanted to go play Canadian football 0:19:33.080 --> 0:19:34.680 because I was like, Okay, maybe I won't get a 0:19:34.680 --> 0:19:37.760 shot in the NFL, but if I have crazy tape 0:19:37.760 --> 0:19:39.720 in the CFL, maybe I can work my way back 0:19:39.760 --> 0:19:42.080 to the NFL. So I wanted to do that, but 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:44.960 Guy had other plans. I said at home the whole 0:19:44.960 --> 0:19:47.080 COVID year and got a car from Atlanta and they 0:19:47.160 --> 0:19:48.760 put me on their Pea squad and then I spent 0:19:48.800 --> 0:19:50.640 some time with them all the way up to OTAs 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:53.080 and then they cut me again, and I was like, okay, yeah, 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:56.200 I'm definitely gonna go CFL now because I just got 0:19:56.200 --> 0:19:59.200 cut again. And then probably two days before I was 0:19:59.240 --> 0:20:02.920 about to fly off to the Hamilton Tigers, um the 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:09.600 Arizona Cardinals called me. Wow, man, So so tell us 0:20:09.640 --> 0:20:13.639 now about the opener, because again you were the Cardinals 0:20:13.720 --> 0:20:17.960 leading receivers seven grabs on nine targets. All of a sudden, 0:20:18.080 --> 0:20:21.200 you had her serious, major role in that game plan. 0:20:21.320 --> 0:20:25.160 What were your takeaways after that game and watching that film. Yeah, man, 0:20:25.359 --> 0:20:28.800 it was a blessing. Um, Like I said I would, 0:20:29.160 --> 0:20:30.800 This has been my dream to play in the NFL 0:20:30.960 --> 0:20:33.040 since I was a kid. Man. It's just God is 0:20:33.040 --> 0:20:36.080 so good man, just just placing me here, like it 0:20:36.080 --> 0:20:38.320 could have been anybody here, but it's me, and I 0:20:38.359 --> 0:20:40.720 just want to take advantage of the opportunity. But to 0:20:40.840 --> 0:20:43.399 get a chance to play against Kansas City and my 0:20:43.480 --> 0:20:45.480 homes and they were just in the Super Bowl a 0:20:45.480 --> 0:20:47.440 couple of years ago. So just to go against that 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:50.600 my first ever career start. Um, you're just trying not 0:20:50.680 --> 0:20:52.720 to get too high and then trying to get too low. 0:20:52.800 --> 0:20:55.600