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It doesn't 0:00:54.520 --> 0:01:01.280 get any better than that. Unleash the far No NFL 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:07.080 mandated four day labor day weekend for the Big Red Rage. 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:12.920 The original Thursday Night Football is on the air. Ron Wolfley, 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:17.200 fresh off a Phoenix to Phoenix round trip flight. Oh 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:20.760 my goodness is here with us. In the words of 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:24.160 a former head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, don't be 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:28.280 the guy including me. That's why we keep our nose 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:31.080 through the Grindstone. We're working here. It's gonna be a 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:35.039 working weekend as the Arizona Cardinals get ready for Week 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:37.520 one of the regular season next weekend in a road 0:01:37.560 --> 0:01:40.720 trip to Tennessee. Ron Wolfley, Paul Calvci. Here we are 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:43.960 on the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford in Gilbert. So, Paul, 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:47.080 you're talking about what the four day weekend coming up here? 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:48.840 Is that what you're saying, the big four days? That 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:51.640 what you get? You get four days off, not me, 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:54.280 not me. You if you're in that locker room, you 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:59.080 do by NFL mandate Thursday through Sunday as part of 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:02.760 this year's seven team game regular season schedule. Boom. It's 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:05.360 like a mini buy before things even get rolling in 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:07.680 the regular sea. Okay, listen, Polly, are you over the 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:11.280 turnaround flight, the U flight that we made right there, 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:15.160 the big U turn, The U flight just over that 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:16.920 right now, ball It was beyond wake. It was in 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.520 between Waco and Houston. The U turn occurred, and you 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:23.880 know what, for obvious reasons. It's understandable, and it was 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:27.560 one percent the correct call, yes, but being an hour 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:32.000 out of New Orleans, the Hurricane Ida notwithstanding, if we 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:34.160 had just been play the game or not play the game, 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:37.880 if there weren't any consequences, there any ramifications on any front. Yeah, 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:39.760 I would have just rather gone in at that point 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:42.160 an hour away. I got my flip sheet over here 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:43.880 on the board and the whole thing, let's call the game. 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:46.000 Me and Rob Frederickson, we were going to tear it up. Well, 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:48.160 at least we could have landed Polly and maybe at 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:51.120 dinner or a little gumbo, So that would have had 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:54.639 a real Yeah. So start making your plans for Nashville 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:57.560 as as they go in to take on the Titans 0:02:57.639 --> 0:02:59.920 once again the Big Red Rage presented by santan four 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:03.280 and Gilbert. We are santan Ford, Zach Allen will join 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:06.080 us nice right around the courtman. How deep are the 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:09.160 Cardinals on that defensive line? Really love it at bully? 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:11.400 That defensive line when you look at it, it's one 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:13.560 of the anomalies. So one of the things that I 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:18.920 had that was a takeaway to have seven defensive linemen. Listen, 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:23.280 I realize seven defensive linemen. Back when I was actually 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:27.520 playing in nineteen eighty five, that was common seven defensive linemen, 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:30.840 But now in today's NFL, so much of the time, Pauli, 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:34.560 a defense is in nickel. They're in nickel defense where 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:37.760 you have two defensive linemen for the most part, and 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:41.040 then you've got edge guys, guys who are designated as 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:44.800 edge players. Sometimes it could be a JJ Watt, sometimes 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:47.240 it could be more of a Marcus Golden and at 0:03:47.280 --> 0:03:51.400 Chandler Jones out on the edge right. So it's interesting 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:53.840 when you are in nickels so much of the time, 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:57.240 where you're typically only running two defensive linemen out there. 0:03:57.600 --> 0:04:00.360 With the Cardinals and JJ, it might be three. But 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:04.040 the fact they kept seven defensive linemen, that was an 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:06.520 anomaly that was interesting to me, and it points to 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:09.120 Michael Dogbee and the kind of camp he had. Yeah, 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.680 he would have been signed immediately if he would have 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:13.880 been cut. That's the kind of player he has turned into, 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:15.680 There's no doubt about that. And there are a lot 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:19.279 of strange happenings right now on rosters around the NFL. 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:23.760 For example, the Tennessee Titans have thirteen dbs on their 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:29.760 final fifty three right now, I've heard of ten dbs thirteen, 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:33.520 whereas the Cardinals are minus the guy they thought was 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:38.039 gonna be CB one When training camps started as we 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:40.440 got the news. Okay, you got the final fifty three, 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:42.479 you got the practice squad, and then you got one 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:46.200 member of the reserve slash retired list, and that is 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:51.040 Malcolm Butler. And that was a surprise to virtually everybody, 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:54.440 I think even the decision makers. Yeah, no on this 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:58.880 probably In fact, here's Cliff Kingsbury and we'll get into 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:02.200 Butler a little bit. But Marco Wilson seems to be 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:05.880 the guy. And is he ready as a fourth round rookie, 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:08.800 no question. Yeah, he's played at the highest level when 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.360 you're talking about college football, tried to cover all those, 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:13.520 you know, top receivers that come out every year, whether 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:17.720 it's Bama, LSU, Georgia. So he the moment's not too 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:21.599 big for him. Here's the question, did Malcolm Butler lose 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:24.920 his job to Marco Wilson? Yeah? And was that part 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.720 of the cause and effect of Malcolm Butler now on 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:31.279 the retired list? Polly, it's so, you know what, I'm 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:34.680 piecing a lot of pieces of information, like everybody else 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:37.640 together right now. I really don't know what to say 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:41.840 about this other than the fact that Malcolm Butler scrubbed 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:46.039 his social media accounts of any affiliation whatsoever with the 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:50.240 Arizona Cardinals. Now, Polly, when that happens, it's been our experience. 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:56.080 There's been something bad that transpired, and I think Malcolm Butler, 0:05:56.160 --> 0:06:00.000 for whatever reason, he's upset with the team. I don't 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:03.680 know what that reason might be. But after talking to 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:08.560 some coaches, and I'm talking about before any of this happened, 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:12.279 talking to some coaches, they looked me in the eye, Paully, 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:14.080 and said, you know what, Marco Wilson might be the 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:16.159 best corner we have on this team. And they were 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:20.200 happy with their cornerback room, talking about being very happy 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:23.320 with their cornerback room. So when I put all that together, 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:28.520 I'm wondering, is there a possibility that the coaches eventually 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:32.200 and this is just pure speculation, looked at Marco Wilson 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:35.520 and said, you know what, you're gonna start and if 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:38.640 that happened, maybe Malcolm Butler got upset. I don't know, 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:41.360 pure speculation, it could be. I mean, think about it. 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:43.880 If he's on a three plus million dollar deal with 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:46.479 incentives that can make it up to six million, but 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:48.720 now he's going to not getting nearly the playing time 0:06:48.839 --> 0:06:51.760 or reps to earn those incentives. Maybe that's how we 0:06:51.800 --> 0:06:56.400 became disgruntled. Maybe you don't know. Maybe it's strictly a 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:59.880 business decision because it verifies and validates what you just 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:01.640 some of the feedback you got from some of the 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:04.040 coaches based on the eyeball test, just being out there, 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:08.160 the top two corners in camp in camp, Byron Murphy 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:10.840 and Marco Wilson. Think about that. There's no doubt about her. 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:14.000 Young guys like that, Byron Murphy going in to his 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:18.120 third season right now, right in Marco Wilson is rookie year. 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:21.400 We all know. Listen, Marco Wilson's got the size, He's 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:24.440 got the ability. He should have been drafted a lot higher. 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:27.320 If you wouldn't have shown thrown a shoe. Think about it. 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:30.680 Google that right there, Marco Wilson throwing a shoe. If 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:33.000 he would if he probably would have been taken higher. 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:36.160 Here's a guy with all of this talent now and 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:40.440 he's got experience against SEC wide receivers, and you know 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.600 how good the SEC is when it comes to the 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:46.920 skill positions. I mean four years of experience. He started 0:07:46.960 --> 0:07:49.880 as a true freshman. He comes from a cornerback family. 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:53.520 His dad coaches corners for a living. So this isn't 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:57.080 Brandon Williams all over again. It isn't okay, Brandon Williams 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:58.720 had one year a play in a position. It was 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:02.640 acted running back, So it's not. Here's the thing if 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:05.920 you're Malcolm Butler, is your response to the coaches. Wait 0:08:05.960 --> 0:08:08.239 a minute, man, I've been in this league for a decade. 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:10.880 I'm in my thirties. I was pacing myself in camp. 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:13.480 I wasn't competing, and I wasn't at my best. I 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:15.280 was trying to make sure I was at my best 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:18.120 for Week one against my former team, the Titans. And 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:20.400 maybe that's part of what his beef might have been. 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:23.360 That's just a thought. That's just me thinking out loud 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:27.000 of the Tennessee Titans. But I will say right now 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:31.080 that Malcolm Butler, by reputation, is a guy that wasn't 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:35.720 a practice guy. He didn't have that reputation of showing 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:38.479 up and being this big time. He had a reputation 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:42.800 of being a gamer, Paul, and he's a guy who 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:46.520 against Tennessee you figured would be really valuable, not just 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:48.880 because he would have been your top three corners, but 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.400 he really knows that offense obviously, So I don't know 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:53.760 if they were able to download some information on Tennessee 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:56.760 before Malcolm Butler went on the retired list. But that's 0:08:56.760 --> 0:08:59.600 all part of the formula at this point. Here's part 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:02.240 of themation you need to know right now. The Tennessee 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:04.960 Titans are gonna line up in twelve personnel, one back, 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:08.000 two tight ends. They're gonna have a j Brown on 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:11.120 the field with Julio Jones at the wide receiver position 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:14.880 and King Henry. That's right, Derrick Henry. Of course, his 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:17.280 toes are gonna be at seven yards, Paul. They're gonna 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:19.559 put a tight end on either side of the ball, 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:22.319 and then those two wide receivers of course, and then 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:24.880 here it comes check with me. Let's take a look 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.520 at your defensive front. We'll figure out which way we 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:31.000 want to run Derrick Henry in between the tackles right there. 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:33.640 That is what they're gonna do. Now that brings up 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:38.040 a very interesting, this interesting point. I would say, for 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:41.800 the Arizona Cardinals, what two cornerbacks are gonna be on 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:45.440 the field when that happens on the very first offensive play. 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:48.560 For the Tennessee Titans, what two corners will be on 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:51.520 the field when the Titans come out in twelve personnel, 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:53.680 and that's what I think they're gonna do. With those 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:57.520 two tight ends and two wide receivers. What two corners 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:00.800 will be on the field. Is it gonna be Byron 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:04.160 Murphy and Marco Wilson or is it going to be 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:08.080 Byron Murphy and Robert Alford. Here's the thing. Byron Murphy, 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:11.040 I would think you'd like to keep inside, that's where 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:14.680 he plays best. But right now, considering the absence of 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:17.560 Malcolm Butler, he's probably your best outside corner. We'll see 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:19.720 about the status of Robert Alford. They expect him to 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:24.160 come off the COVID list next week. Hey, Tennessee's dealing 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:25.960 with a lot of COVID issues. They had a dozen 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.720 guys and coaches on that list. Now, Mike Rabel just 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:31.120 came off the list. He's back in the facility. But 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:33.679 Ryan Tannehill is still on the COVID list. They're starting 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:36.760 center is still on the COVID list. So, and by 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:40.760 the way, Tannehill, neither Tannehill, nor Derrick Henry, nor Julio 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:43.240 Jones nor A. J. Brown played a single snap in 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:47.680 the preseason. Yes, yes, it's the one thing we can 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:53.080 say with certitude, though, PAULI. To me, from a talent perspective, 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:57.240 the Arizona Cardinals are a better defense and a better 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:01.559 team with Malcolm Butler inside that owner back room. That's 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:04.240 all I'm gonna say. Listen, you can only control which 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:07.400 you can control. But the fact of the matter is 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:11.160 they were a better team in my opinion with Malcolm Butler, 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:13.920 and now they've got to worry about depth at that 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:17.040 corner room. Hey. Episode five of The Day Pash Podcast 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:20.640 featuring ESPN Monday Night football announcers Steve Levy and Brian Greasy, 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:23.600 is available now wherever you get your podcasts. For all 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:26.880 the latest updates on the Day Pash podcast, follow along 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:31.880 on Twitter, hat hash pod. All Right, Zach Allen, fresh 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:34.880 off the practice field, gonna join us on the Big 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:37.800 Red Rage, presented by Satan Ford and Gilbert We are 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:45.240 Satan for Zach Allen. Is there for the Cardinals to 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:49.000 make the play? Zach Allen's stop bad play. Jones backs 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:51.360 up throwing from his two and the balls tip to 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:54.120 the line and incomplete. I think Zach Allen got a 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:56.640 hand out a shotgun formation here for her. It's takes 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.520 the staff drops back the past, facing pressure in trouble 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:02.520 and zack back at the thirty two yard line by 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:06.280 Zach Allen. An enormous play made by Allen and a 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:10.480 loss of fourteen. Boy, that is a huge momentum play 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.720 right there by Zach Allen. The Eagles got it going. 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:16.240 They're trying to set up a screen to the left 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:20.319 of Jalen Hurtz. It's Zach Allen got told before we 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:23.800 could throw the screen. That is an awesome job. Was 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:28.000 that one game against Philly? Was that one month worth 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:31.480 of production? I mean, that was quite a game. In fact, 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:33.920 here's the stat I went and found this the first 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:37.920 Cardinals defensive lineman to record at least eleven tackles in 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:43.599 a game since Collis Campbell two fifteen. You like the 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:45.280 sounds of that same You like the sounds of the fact. 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:47.000 Here we go. I'm going to continue with the knowledge 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:50.200 right here, Zach Okay, grab a little bit of water 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:53.199 there off the practice field as we talk about that game, 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:55.599 because there were eleven tackles, six solo, one and a 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:58.079 half tackles for a loss, a QB hit, a pass defense, 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:01.199 and you joined Willie McGinnis as the only guy in 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:04.440 the last two decades defensive lineman to ever half eleven 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:06.480 tackles a sack in the past defense in the game, 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:10.360 what went really well in that game that you can 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:13.440 bottle up going forward getting sack? Yeah, I think for 0:13:14.080 --> 0:13:17.120 I'd honestly started the week before against the Giants. Obviously, 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:19.439 you know, that's everybody remembers that as Hasan's you know, 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:22.680 breakout performance and everything like that. But across the whole 0:13:22.679 --> 0:13:25.480 defensive line, we were playing really well, and you know, 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:27.240 we're going through the film. I was watching with Buck 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:29.440 and we're looking It's like I'm in the right spot. 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:30.840 You know, it's just you know, I could just do 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:32.559 a little bit extra to make that play. So that 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:34.760 whole week we're just working on, you know, doing like 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:37.240 that extra half bit, and then that week, yeah, I 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:39.679 just all clicked and yeah it was a great day. 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:42.000 And then luckily it kind of built into a little 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:44.160 bit momentum for the rest of the season, and you know, 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:46.600 definitely helped me in the offseason, you know, kind of 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:49.040 transitioning with confidence and everything like that. No, I can 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:51.800 definitely play and play in a high level in this league. 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:54.280 So the goal this year is obviously to do even 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:56.480 more than that, and you've had quite the off season. 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:58.439 We'll get into that. Zach Allen is our guest here 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:00.640 in the Big Red Rage presented by Saying tan Ford 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:02.559 in Gilbert. How are you feeling by the way, you know, 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:04.360 I didn't even have a chance to say welcome, welcome 0:14:04.400 --> 0:14:07.000 into the show, and how you're feeling as we're done 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.840 with camp one of those unofficial holidays, right for for 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:13.920 any football player, you're done with campra And then what 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:19.160 is the best and worst thing about training camp for you? Um? 0:14:19.200 --> 0:14:20.880 I don't know. I mean camp's great because it just 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:24.040 allows you just to focus one hundred percent on you know, 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:26.680 on football, what you're doing and then the momentum that 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:29.520 you get from it is is incredible and just you know, 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:32.480 you're just you're literally doing football twenty four seven. So 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:34.720 you know, I think, you know, for a lot of guys, 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:37.280 I find it, you know, especially helpful and you know 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:40.040 you enjoy it. But again, I mean, you know, you're 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:41.840 in camp for five weeks, so you know you missed 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:44.200 your family stuff like that, just you know, going out 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:45.560 and get in a bite to eat or whatever or 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:48.920 something like that. But no, I think this year was easily. 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:51.160 You know, the best camp that you know, I think 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:53.400 that we've had since I've been here. Just the energy, 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:56.280 just the competitive the fire, just it was just a 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:58.520 different you know, just you definitely could tell there's just 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:00.920 a different energy, especially you know, the new guys we 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:04.480 brought in. So it was a lot of fun and um, 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:06.320 you know, I think we're definitely going to build off 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:09.240 that momentum into Week one. You miss your dog? Didn't 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:10.840 you get recently? Get a dog? I got my dog. 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:13.760 I definitely My girlfriend was sending me the videos every 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:16.760 single day, and yeah, every time I leave the house. Now, 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:18.560 I think he doesn't know if I'm coming back for 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:21.160 you know, in a couple hours or and you know, 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:24.240 for five weeks, so you know, we don't know what's 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:26.360 gonna happen. Zach Allen was a guest in The Big 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:29.840 Red Rage. Okay, two words here, hot yoga, tell us 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:35.120 about tell us about your off season. Yeah, so now, 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:37.800 the off season honestly went as well as it could have, 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:40.320 which was great. Um, by the way, can I just 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:42.360 say it was uncalled for that you actually put on 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:45.920 muscle mass and you got bigger while also losing six 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:48.800 percent body fat. That's that's almost uncalled for. While everybody 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:51.720 else was putting on the COVID nineteen, you were actually 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:54.640 getting in better shape. So how did you achieve that? Well? 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:56.560 This year, I was just I was just so excited 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:59.480 because you know, everything was open again basically, so it 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:03.800 wasn't like you know before last season where everything was closed. 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:06.040 You know, you're trying to it's a guessing game every 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:08.840 single day of where you're gonna work out or what 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:11.000 you're going to be able to get done. This year 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:13.480 there's a lot more structure, which you know, it was great. 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:15.720 And then also, I mean we missed the playoffs, so 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:18.520 there definitely was a chip on everybody's shoulder. But then 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:21.120 also for our young defensive line, you know, we kind 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:23.040 of started to figure out a little bit towards the end, 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:25.120 so we just wanted to build off of that right away. 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:27.720 So we got right into it. Um you know, I 0:16:27.720 --> 0:16:29.880 think we took two days off whatever, and then there 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:32.640 was just a strong group of four with Michael Dogby 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:35.400 Lecky Foe to Richard Lawrence and I and then we 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:38.560 just hit the ground running. Um, you know, and like 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:40.440 I've said it before, you know, eight to ten hour 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:44.360 days come in here workout, four hours, lunch, break, watch film, 0:16:44.400 --> 0:16:46.920 and then yeah, hot yoga at night or another workout 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:50.240 or whatever it may be. But yeah, the hot yoga 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:53.520 is great, kay Now, I know it doesn't come as 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:55.040 a shock or to you. Paul A pencil Neck, You're 0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:57.320 I have no clue really what hot yoga is. Break 0:16:57.360 --> 0:17:00.320 it down for us. Yeah. So, um, I mean obviously 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:02.160 it's basically what it sounds. You're just doing yoga, and 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:04.440 you're doing it and basically, like a sauna room, it 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:07.560 gets up to you know, about like one ten. Um. 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:10.439 Is that just outside in an Arizona Sam, Yeah, exactly, 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:12.240 that's what. That's what the joke was is. You know, 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:14.880 once the summer storry happening, We're like, okay, we could 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:16.639 just do this outside. It's a lot easier. You know, 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:20.120 it probably be honestly cooler outside, you know. So um, 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:24.000 but it's uh, yeah, it was. It was fantastic. Um 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:27.359 didn't the instructor say something about you and you got 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:29.520 a bunch of guys six four six six two eighty 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:32.280 three hundred pounds and um, you guys sweat it a lot. 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:34.879 Didn't she make that comment? Yeah? She definitely, like you 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:36.399 learned the first time we went in, we all went 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:38.520 in just like a shirt and short whatever it was, 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:40.600 and then you realize like, oh, we're gonna need a 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:43.160 few more. And then it was funny our teacher, whatever 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:44.600 she saw us come in, she'd be like, oh, I 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:46.320 have to go get more towels, or just like in 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:49.040 fun of everybody too. So you know, it just it 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:51.960 didn't help help confidence. But once you're in it, I 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:54.440 feel like, you know, everybody's sweating. Luckily, we all were 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:56.919 around each other, so when we did, you know, have 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:59.040 to sweat, we sweat on each other. Wasn't There was 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:00.840 was a couple of times where it'd be like this, like, 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:03.320 poor old woman, I'm just just drenched and sweat on. 0:18:03.359 --> 0:18:07.000 I'm like, I'm so sorry, but yeah, I can't control it. 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:09.640 I don't know, I'm working hard, you know. So what's 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:13.040 it like being an extra large human being? When you 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:15.320 walk around? How often you know it's they list you 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:18.119 at six five two eighty five. Especially, it's such a 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:20.280 site when you get off the Cardinals team bus, you'll 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:22.880 walk into a road hotel and if all the old 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:25.080 linemen are walking together or all the d linemen are 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:27.879 walking together, just the looks on people's faces in the 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:30.000 wake you guys leave behind. How often do you hear 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:32.720 murmurs like Oh that's a big dude. You get that 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:35.200 a lot. Yeah, I mean obviously, you know, like booking 0:18:35.240 --> 0:18:37.080 flights and stuff is a pain in the butt because 0:18:37.119 --> 0:18:39.120 you know there's only like three seats on the entire 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:41.000 flight that you know I can fit in or anything 0:18:41.040 --> 0:18:45.600 like that. But but now it definitely, um, I don't know. 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:47.440 I mean it's kind of now that I'm in the NFL, 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:49.720 I feel like I spend all my days here basically, So, 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:52.280 I mean I'm hanging around guys like JJ Lecky. I mean, 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:55.760 you know, I'm average, maybe even below average and size 0:18:55.800 --> 0:18:59.280 compared to them. So yeah, when definitely whenever I like 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:01.760 I leave my house to go like grocery shopping or something, 0:19:01.800 --> 0:19:03.680 then it's kind of like, oh, yeah, it's not normal 0:19:03.720 --> 0:19:06.040 that just everybody year around all day is six five 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:08.360 plus you know. So all right, you dropped the name 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:10.359 Zach Allen or guests here on the Big Red Rage, 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:13.840 JJ Watt. What's it been like, especially since tell the 0:19:13.840 --> 0:19:17.000 Backstore you've been watching his game film? Since what point 0:19:17.000 --> 0:19:20.680 in your career? Yeah, I started my junior well obviously, 0:19:20.680 --> 0:19:23.680 I've been watching him his whole career, but uh, specifically 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:28.440 like my junior year of college before like every single 0:19:28.720 --> 0:19:31.560 every before every single game, so we would play on Saturdays. 0:19:31.760 --> 0:19:37.080 That Friday, I would watch his previous week's game film. 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:38.760 I don't know, I just you know, I guess it's 0:19:38.800 --> 0:19:40.600 kind of like one of those things where like you 0:19:40.680 --> 0:19:42.320 see it and then it kind of helps you you 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:44.800 do it. So there'd be times in games where I 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:46.680 was doing stuff like and I was like, I've never 0:19:46.720 --> 0:19:48.520 done that in practice, but you know, I must have 0:19:48.560 --> 0:19:51.879 saw it the day before. So and he's obviously, you know, 0:19:51.960 --> 0:19:55.440 the best to learn from at the position. So it's 0:19:55.480 --> 0:19:58.280 been like it couldn't have been better having him here, 0:19:58.320 --> 0:20:00.840 just the way he conducts himself, the way he teaches, 0:20:00.880 --> 0:20:03.760 just his attitude, the way he really just you know, 0:20:03.960 --> 0:20:06.080 helps the culture in the locker room, everything like that. 0:20:06.160 --> 0:20:08.800 So I mean it's been a blessing. And beyond having 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:12.680 him here, I really am truly truly exciting. And still 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:15.680 there's times where you know, I'm just casually like talking 0:20:15.760 --> 0:20:17.639 to my parents or somebody like yeah, like you know, 0:20:17.760 --> 0:20:19.960 I got I gotta hang up. I'm going out, you know, 0:20:20.000 --> 0:20:22.320 to dinner with the guys you know with JJ, and 0:20:22.320 --> 0:20:23.879 I'm like, you know, and they're like, what you're gonna 0:20:23.920 --> 0:20:25.760 you know, it's the whole thing. I was just like, yeah, no, 0:20:25.840 --> 0:20:27.440 he's just one. He really is just one of the guys, 0:20:27.480 --> 0:20:29.199 which is which has been awesome. Well when you're not 0:20:29.240 --> 0:20:31.239 the only one. Number of other defensive lignment said there 0:20:31.280 --> 0:20:33.560 was a moment especial initially they were a little awe struck, 0:20:33.720 --> 0:20:36.000 little star struck. Didn't you guys have a dinner? Didn't 0:20:36.080 --> 0:20:37.600 didn't he go out and take you guys out to 0:20:37.600 --> 0:20:40.800 dinner early on? Yeah? When we I think, what was it? 0:20:40.880 --> 0:20:43.000 So he's signed around like March or something like that, 0:20:43.040 --> 0:20:45.040 So I think like April or whatever he was, you know, 0:20:45.119 --> 0:20:48.880 house hunting or whatever he was doing. He uh he invited, um, 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:52.680 you know, us four young guys out and uh, you know, 0:20:52.760 --> 0:20:54.439 I was, I'm gonna get there early. You know, I'm 0:20:54.440 --> 0:20:56.399 gonna be you know, I'm dressed up. He comes in 0:20:56.520 --> 0:20:58.560 just off the golf course, sweaty got you know, just 0:20:58.600 --> 0:21:00.600 T shirt and shorts on. Like oh okay, like you 0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:02.399 know now now he's gonna think I'm a nerd or 0:21:02.400 --> 0:21:04.919 whatever it is. But yeah, no, he was awesome. Too, 0:21:04.920 --> 0:21:07.760 because you know, just everything clicked all of us, you know, 0:21:07.840 --> 0:21:11.240 so it really has been like a seamless transition having 0:21:11.320 --> 0:21:13.600 him here, and you know it's been it's been terrific. 0:21:13.880 --> 0:21:16.600 All right, So, Zach Allen, give us your thoughts. What 0:21:16.680 --> 0:21:19.680 can Cardinals fans expect when they see ninety nine out 0:21:19.680 --> 0:21:21.760 on that field, part of that front seven, because you 0:21:21.800 --> 0:21:24.159 know what, he obviously didn't play in the preseason games, 0:21:24.160 --> 0:21:27.119 He wasn't out there during open practices. How much of 0:21:27.119 --> 0:21:29.120 an impact do you think he's gonna make? Oh, he's 0:21:29.200 --> 0:21:32.560 gonna be huge. I mean, he really, you know, the 0:21:32.600 --> 0:21:34.879 way he just plays the game is just it's perfect. 0:21:34.960 --> 0:21:36.840 You know, it's what the ideal football player of just 0:21:37.000 --> 0:21:39.720 the you know, his effort, everything like that is just 0:21:39.840 --> 0:21:42.399 knowledge of the game. And you know, I know people 0:21:42.440 --> 0:21:44.680 want to say, oh, it's he's old or whatever. I mean, 0:21:44.720 --> 0:21:47.439 it's it's if that's what old looks like, then I 0:21:47.440 --> 0:21:49.320 don't even want to I couldn't imagine seeing what he 0:21:49.400 --> 0:21:51.200 was like when he was you know, three time defense 0:21:51.240 --> 0:21:53.520 Player year, because it honestly looks at the similar level. 0:21:53.800 --> 0:21:56.880 I mean, I've been watching a while, so I'm definitely 0:21:56.880 --> 0:21:59.639 super excited to see it. Um Week one. You know, 0:22:00.680 --> 0:22:02.520 Zach Allen is our guest here in the Big Red Rage. 0:22:02.560 --> 0:22:05.040 It's all about you, presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert. 0:22:05.040 --> 0:22:07.560 So here's my thought week one. Every week, as long 0:22:07.560 --> 0:22:10.639 as this Cardinals defense stays healthy. Ryan Tannehill comes up 0:22:10.640 --> 0:22:12.920 to the line of scrimmage, he's got ninety nine here, 0:22:13.240 --> 0:22:16.960 he's got fifty five there, right, Isaiah Simmons maybe is 0:22:17.080 --> 0:22:19.720 on the edge? Okay, is he coming? Wait, there's Buddha 0:22:19.800 --> 0:22:23.399 Baker flashing. Zaman Collins might be mugg in the egg gap. 0:22:24.080 --> 0:22:26.719 You guys have this whole d line rotation. Guys are 0:22:26.800 --> 0:22:29.280 fresh that you guys go at least six seven deep 0:22:29.400 --> 0:22:32.200 right now. There's a lot for a quarterback to consider 0:22:32.240 --> 0:22:34.879 in that front seven, isn't there. Oh yeah, yeah, I 0:22:34.880 --> 0:22:37.199 mean that's definitely, you know, a credit to the to 0:22:37.280 --> 0:22:39.359 the front office. I mean they've brought in great guys, 0:22:39.440 --> 0:22:41.639 not just great football players, but guys that have a 0:22:41.640 --> 0:22:44.880 great you know, mindset and mentality about you know, how 0:22:44.920 --> 0:22:47.360 to how to how to practice and how to play. 0:22:47.400 --> 0:22:49.800 And you definitely just can tell there's this year there's 0:22:49.800 --> 0:22:53.520 just a different sense of urgency and accountability. I think 0:22:53.560 --> 0:22:56.200 guys are definitely not afraid the whole guy's accountable. It's 0:22:56.280 --> 0:22:58.800 you know, we have you know, super Bowl or bust hope. 0:22:58.840 --> 0:23:01.040 So for us, you know, if you're not going to 0:23:01.119 --> 0:23:03.959 help it, you're gonna get called out. And it's been fantastic. 0:23:04.080 --> 0:23:06.879 So and we saw that in Cardinals camp. Didn't we 0:23:06.880 --> 0:23:09.240 have a guy made a pre snap penalty, Boom, he's 0:23:09.280 --> 0:23:12.119 out of the drill. Yeah, there's definitely the practices have 0:23:12.200 --> 0:23:14.480 been a lot more intense, a lot more competitive, which 0:23:14.480 --> 0:23:16.639 has been awesome. And then also just the sense of 0:23:16.720 --> 0:23:19.320 urgency and just the strictness with mistake. I mean, we 0:23:19.400 --> 0:23:21.879 just you know that we have such a goal and 0:23:22.000 --> 0:23:24.959 we didn't even have a really an OTAs. So for us, 0:23:25.840 --> 0:23:27.760 we're just down the business, which is the way that 0:23:27.840 --> 0:23:29.520 you know, any players should want in. I think we 0:23:29.600 --> 0:23:31.880 got a bunch of guys who liked that. So everybody 0:23:31.880 --> 0:23:34.439 I just named, it's proven. And then you have a 0:23:34.480 --> 0:23:37.840 first round rookie middle linebacker. And I asked Cliff Kingsbury 0:23:37.880 --> 0:23:40.199 and the TV side before the first preseason game, just 0:23:40.240 --> 0:23:43.520 tell us the degree of difficulty of that challenge. You're 0:23:43.520 --> 0:23:45.600 a rookie middle linebacker and you begin in the Keys 0:23:45.640 --> 0:23:47.520 to the defense. You have to worry about your own 0:23:47.520 --> 0:23:50.280 performance obviously, and then called the defense and he said, 0:23:50.320 --> 0:23:53.159 it's a notch behind being a rookie quarterback. So what 0:23:53.200 --> 0:23:55.520 has it been like for Zamon Collins And how much 0:23:55.640 --> 0:23:57.600 respect you have for a guy who's face with that 0:23:57.720 --> 0:24:00.440 sort of challenge from day one? Yeah, I mean you hear, 0:24:00.640 --> 0:24:02.960 like the way you described it's perfect because you know, 0:24:02.960 --> 0:24:04.720 when you hear it, it's like, wow, that that's a lot, 0:24:04.840 --> 0:24:07.359 especially for a young guy, and like, you know, coming 0:24:07.440 --> 0:24:10.600 from college and you know, everything like that. But i mean, 0:24:10.640 --> 0:24:13.320 he's helped handled himself as professional as anyone could have. 0:24:13.440 --> 0:24:15.600 So it's been terrific. And you know, he's got a 0:24:15.640 --> 0:24:17.639 lot of great people in that linebacker room that have 0:24:17.720 --> 0:24:20.720 been helping him learn and you know, it's been it's 0:24:21.000 --> 0:24:23.439 it's really cool to see just the maturation process with 0:24:23.520 --> 0:24:25.320 him already, and it's only been a camp. You know, 0:24:25.400 --> 0:24:27.800 just how much he's learned already and how much information 0:24:27.880 --> 0:24:31.520 he can process and then obviously the physical tools take 0:24:31.560 --> 0:24:35.320 over then. So it's just really exciting to see what 0:24:35.320 --> 0:24:37.040 he's gonna do. For those of us who haven't been 0:24:37.080 --> 0:24:39.920 in an NFL defensive huddle, what does that position mean 0:24:40.400 --> 0:24:42.760 to a defense, just the ability to call it and 0:24:42.800 --> 0:24:45.919 then once you guys break the huddle and make those adjustments. Obviously, 0:24:46.000 --> 0:24:47.800 Jordan Hicks has been that guy. He'll still be that 0:24:47.840 --> 0:24:50.080 guy at times this year. But just tell us about 0:24:50.080 --> 0:24:53.720 that role. Yeah, I mean it obviously, you know it's 0:24:53.840 --> 0:24:56.080 you're basically the quarterback of the defense, so you're in 0:24:56.119 --> 0:24:58.280 charge of everything. But at the same time, I mean, 0:24:58.320 --> 0:25:01.040 you have to go, you know, into a car accident 0:25:01.080 --> 0:25:03.119 basically that same play. It's not like quarterback where you 0:25:03.119 --> 0:25:05.440 just dropped back and you know, throw it, so it's 0:25:05.440 --> 0:25:08.359 just as mental. So he's uh, he's been handling it 0:25:08.440 --> 0:25:10.920 really well. And obviously, like I said, I mean, he's 0:25:10.960 --> 0:25:14.320 just a physical freak, an athletic, you know. So all right, 0:25:14.320 --> 0:25:16.119 so as you wrap it up with Zach Allen, you 0:25:16.200 --> 0:25:19.399 mentioned car accident, I say the words, Derrick Henry, what 0:25:19.440 --> 0:25:22.280 do you think of you know, big back? But you know, 0:25:22.320 --> 0:25:25.560 I don't think anybody in this you know, I'm six five, 0:25:25.640 --> 0:25:30.000 two eighty five. I'm the smallest defensive lineman. So obviously, 0:25:30.080 --> 0:25:32.040 you know, have a lot of respect for him and 0:25:32.080 --> 0:25:34.159 what he's done. But you know, I'm very confident in 0:25:34.200 --> 0:25:36.359 what we can do. So what do you know about 0:25:36.359 --> 0:25:39.119 this defense so far? Real quick, last question? What have 0:25:39.200 --> 0:25:41.199 you found out about this defense so far that we 0:25:41.359 --> 0:25:44.080 might see in week one? I think everyone's gonna love 0:25:44.160 --> 0:25:46.040 the intensity that they're going to see and just the 0:25:46.160 --> 0:25:49.119 urgency and just guys flying around and just smacking people. 0:25:50.080 --> 0:25:52.320 Did you really lose six percent body by the way, 0:25:52.560 --> 0:25:56.280 I did. I got the papers for it. Well, when 0:25:56.280 --> 0:25:58.080 you're done playing, you should put out some sort of 0:25:58.119 --> 0:26:00.160 body by Zach. You know video, you know you can 0:26:00.160 --> 0:26:01.560 make you know what I mean, don't. I don't know. 0:26:01.600 --> 0:26:05.280 I think JJ's got to do that first. But that's good. Yeah, 0:26:05.280 --> 0:26:07.399 that's good. Okay, And you ordered anything you wanted right 0:26:07.400 --> 0:26:11.160 when you went out to dinner with JJ. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:26:10.960 --> 0:26:14.400 we got a story for that next time. Yeah, Zach, 0:26:14.440 --> 0:26:16.520 thanks for the time, Matt, thank you very much. Okay, 0:26:16.600 --> 0:26:18.879 all the very best this coming season. Think about that, 0:26:19.040 --> 0:26:21.879 Zach Allen and company. That front seven is absolutely loaded 0:26:21.880 --> 0:26:24.680 for the Arizona Cardinals. We continue with the Big Red 0:26:24.760 --> 0:26:28.080 Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. Right after this, 0:26:39.440 --> 0:26:42.159 Murray and Shotgun has the football short set throws a 0:26:42.280 --> 0:26:45.359 deep ball left side single coverage and it is pulled 0:26:45.359 --> 0:26:48.879 in by DeAndre Hopkins. Man, he's got a touchdown. What 0:26:49.080 --> 0:26:53.120 a throw Mike, Tyler Murray and want to catch by 0:26:53.240 --> 0:26:55.760 duke to put the Cardinals on the board with two 0:26:55.800 --> 0:26:58.200 thirty nine to go on the first duke was one 0:26:58.320 --> 0:27:02.720 on one throw by Kyler Murray, but an even better 0:27:02.800 --> 0:27:07.199 re touchdown. We said it's gonna be Russell Wilson or 0:27:07.280 --> 0:27:10.359 Kyler Murray, whoever plays better, That's who's gonna win this game, 0:27:10.720 --> 0:27:13.560 snapped to Murray, and he keeps it himself running left, 0:27:13.760 --> 0:27:15.800 got a defender with him at the five breaks. The 0:27:15.880 --> 0:27:19.080 tackle dives, ball comes out, but he crossed the plane. 0:27:19.119 --> 0:27:24.120 Touchdown Kyler Murray. Somehow subway found a way to get 0:27:24.240 --> 0:27:30.880 that big across Peter. Big time play Kyler Murray. Yeah, 0:27:30.920 --> 0:27:33.640 that was the win against Seattle in overtime Week seven 0:27:33.720 --> 0:27:36.399 a year ago where the Cardinals trail ten nothing twenty 0:27:36.400 --> 0:27:38.960 seven fourteen thirty four to twenty four. Kyler ends up 0:27:38.960 --> 0:27:41.800 your NFC offensive Player of the week. Had a passer 0:27:41.880 --> 0:27:45.640 rating to one oh four point five and it was interesting. 0:27:45.720 --> 0:27:47.919 Ron Wolfley here on the Big Red Rage presented by 0:27:48.000 --> 0:27:51.400 santan Ford in Gilbert to get the first comments out 0:27:51.400 --> 0:27:54.800 of Mike Vrabel about the quarterback they'll be going against 0:27:54.880 --> 0:27:58.880 Week one next weekend, next Sunday the twelfth in Tennessee. 0:27:58.920 --> 0:28:02.080 And I'm quoting very bow on the Cardinals quote. They 0:28:02.119 --> 0:28:05.359 have a dynamic quarterback, then go that can go eighty yards. 0:28:05.400 --> 0:28:08.000 I saw a third down in seventeen and he scrambles 0:28:08.000 --> 0:28:10.960 for a first down. He went seventy yards or something 0:28:11.000 --> 0:28:14.040 like that. Against Carolina. He pulls it in the red zones, 0:28:14.160 --> 0:28:16.919 twenty yard touchdowns. He slides, He makes you miss. He 0:28:16.960 --> 0:28:19.040 has a strong arm. I think that was the thing 0:28:19.080 --> 0:28:21.919 that shocked me the most was how strong his arm is. 0:28:22.240 --> 0:28:25.800 He is very willing to throw outward breaking routes across 0:28:25.880 --> 0:28:30.120 the field. End quote yesterday Mike Vrabel on Kyler. He's 0:28:30.119 --> 0:28:32.560 talking about the offensive rookie of the year in his 0:28:32.640 --> 0:28:35.640 first year, and he's talking about a Pro Bowler along 0:28:35.640 --> 0:28:39.120 with Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers. Would you say, POULI, 0:28:39.200 --> 0:28:41.920 those are pretty good quarterbacks in the NFC. That is 0:28:41.960 --> 0:28:44.560 good company to keep jab about that, And Kyler Murray 0:28:44.680 --> 0:28:47.400 is one of those guys right there. Kyler Murray has 0:28:47.520 --> 0:28:50.920 every skill you could possibly want. And it's not about 0:28:50.920 --> 0:28:54.160 the heighth anymore. Nobody's talking about the fact that he's 0:28:54.200 --> 0:28:58.560 five ten n eighth ball. Nobody's talking about that anymore 0:28:58.960 --> 0:29:02.960 because of how this kid has played in this offense. 0:29:03.040 --> 0:29:07.240 Do I believe that this offense needs to expand? Yes, 0:29:07.760 --> 0:29:10.920 I think it's a must that they expand this offense 0:29:11.120 --> 0:29:14.880 and evolve this offense. But Kyler Murray is our quarterback. 0:29:15.000 --> 0:29:17.440 He's got everything you could possibly want as a cue. 0:29:17.480 --> 0:29:21.240 It's interesting if Rabel was watching film from last year. 0:29:21.600 --> 0:29:25.840 Guess what, coach. The quarterback's arm is even stronger. According 0:29:25.840 --> 0:29:28.760 to Buddha Baker and Christian Kirk, he has more zip, 0:29:28.840 --> 0:29:32.560 more velocity on the football as of this Cardinals camp. 0:29:32.640 --> 0:29:34.680 Christian Kirk also shared with the media the other day, 0:29:34.720 --> 0:29:35.960 I think you're going to like the sounds of this, 0:29:36.040 --> 0:29:39.080 when Christian Kirk said that Kyler has been sending some 0:29:39.160 --> 0:29:42.480 of the receiver's video clips and telling the receivers, you 0:29:42.480 --> 0:29:44.240 know what, I think we should do it this way, 0:29:44.480 --> 0:29:46.800 or maybe you might want to make an adjustment here, 0:29:46.960 --> 0:29:50.760 And that seems to be an indicator an illustration of 0:29:50.800 --> 0:29:54.440 some increased leadership from the starting quarterback. No, Paul, No, 0:29:54.560 --> 0:29:56.520 there's no doubt about that right there. That is good 0:29:56.560 --> 0:29:58.560 that's what you want to hear when you're going home, 0:29:58.600 --> 0:30:01.920 when you're leaving the facility, you're still thinking about this stuff. 0:30:02.160 --> 0:30:05.840 You're still watching this stuff. This is what franchise quarterbacks 0:30:06.040 --> 0:30:08.440 have got to do. They've got to become the face 0:30:08.840 --> 0:30:12.880 of the franchise. They've got to become the answerman for everything. 0:30:12.920 --> 0:30:15.280 They have to become a coach on the field and 0:30:15.520 --> 0:30:19.160 off the field as well. So hopefully this is what's 0:30:19.160 --> 0:30:22.240 happening with Kyler Murray in his development right now. It's 0:30:22.240 --> 0:30:24.720 a positive sign a right. So, Brian Greasy and the 0:30:24.760 --> 0:30:27.160 Money Night Football crew, they were in town, they watched 0:30:27.160 --> 0:30:30.520 a practice, they called the game, and Brian Greasy and 0:30:30.880 --> 0:30:32.800 Steve Levy the play by play man, they were on 0:30:32.840 --> 0:30:36.120 the Day Pash podcast. But Brian Greasy, having spent more 0:30:36.120 --> 0:30:38.560 than a decade in the NFL as a quarterback himself, 0:30:38.640 --> 0:30:41.120 was asked by Dave, all Right, what's the next step 0:30:41.240 --> 0:30:44.320 for Kyler in year three? We know he's athletic, he 0:30:44.360 --> 0:30:46.720 can throw the football, he can run. It's getting to 0:30:46.720 --> 0:30:51.200 the playoffs. It's being able to grind through adversity. It's 0:30:51.240 --> 0:30:54.120 being able to be detail oriented and lead. Now that 0:30:54.200 --> 0:30:57.479 Larry Fitzgerald is gone. He has to run with it 0:30:57.520 --> 0:31:00.240 and be the leader on this team when the time 0:31:00.440 --> 0:31:02.960 is tough, not just when things are going well, but 0:31:03.040 --> 0:31:05.760 when there's adversity, which is the thing he hasn't faced 0:31:05.840 --> 0:31:08.680 in his life in high school or college. He's now 0:31:08.720 --> 0:31:11.160 facing it now and they definitely faced it over the 0:31:11.200 --> 0:31:14.200 last two months of last season. In my big takeaway 0:31:14.240 --> 0:31:17.040 going into this season, Okay, what did this Arizona Cardinals 0:31:17.040 --> 0:31:20.440 team learn based on the two and five finish? You 0:31:20.560 --> 0:31:22.840 heard Zach Allen moments ago here in the Big Red Rage. 0:31:22.880 --> 0:31:24.800 I asked him about camp this year versus his first 0:31:24.840 --> 0:31:27.520 couple of years, and he said, and I'm quoting loosely, 0:31:27.880 --> 0:31:30.920 this has been by far our best camp. We've had 0:31:30.960 --> 0:31:34.720 more fire, we've had more urgency. There's a different energy 0:31:34.800 --> 0:31:36.960 level out of there. The practices have been a lot 0:31:37.000 --> 0:31:40.680 more intense. Coaches have been holding the players more accountable, 0:31:41.120 --> 0:31:43.560 and that has to connect and correlate to the end 0:31:43.600 --> 0:31:47.120 of last season, where even Kyler admitted during Cardinals camp 0:31:47.120 --> 0:31:49.760 in a media session that, yeah, maybe some of the 0:31:49.800 --> 0:31:52.600 a tension to detail waned a little bit when we 0:31:52.600 --> 0:31:56.680 were six and three. All those little things contribute to 0:31:56.720 --> 0:31:58.680 a two and five finish because as we know, in 0:31:58.720 --> 0:32:03.200 the NFL, historically, the margin of victory is so small, 0:32:03.360 --> 0:32:06.720 those little things matter in a big way. You know what, Paul, 0:32:06.800 --> 0:32:09.680 it's so interesting to hear you say that, because you're right, 0:32:09.760 --> 0:32:12.200 Kyler Murray did point to the fact maybe we were 0:32:12.320 --> 0:32:15.400 feeling ourselves after being six and three. I would wind 0:32:15.440 --> 0:32:17.560 it back and say, maybe that happened after you were 0:32:17.600 --> 0:32:20.680 two and oh in this season, after beating San Francisco 0:32:21.160 --> 0:32:23.720 on the road that was kind of a huge win 0:32:23.880 --> 0:32:26.520 right there for the Arizona Cardinals, and then coming home 0:32:26.560 --> 0:32:30.400 and taking care of business against Washington in Week two, 0:32:30.440 --> 0:32:33.880 and then losing two Detroit and Carolina and being two 0:32:33.880 --> 0:32:36.280 and two as opposed to three and one or even 0:32:36.320 --> 0:32:38.840 four and oh at that point, you have to wonder 0:32:39.120 --> 0:32:42.240 if they started to kind of feel themselves at that 0:32:42.320 --> 0:32:45.120 point as well. Listen, what I love about what Kyler 0:32:45.280 --> 0:32:48.320 said is you have to be willing to identify what 0:32:48.480 --> 0:32:51.720 it is that confronts you. If you ever hope to 0:32:51.760 --> 0:32:54.120 get over the top of it, if you ever hope 0:32:54.160 --> 0:32:56.800 to beat it, you have to be able to identify 0:32:56.880 --> 0:33:00.560 it and confront it. And that's exactly what they're by 0:33:00.600 --> 0:33:03.720 admitting maybe we were feeling ourselves when we were six 0:33:03.760 --> 0:33:07.280 and three. That's an opportunity to learn and not let 0:33:07.280 --> 0:33:09.680 it happen again. Right, So he got the three series 0:33:09.680 --> 0:33:13.080 against the Chiefs in preseason game number two. Everybody, now, 0:33:13.160 --> 0:33:16.480 they went three and out all three times, negative one 0:33:16.720 --> 0:33:19.440 total yards. We get it. And even if he would 0:33:19.440 --> 0:33:22.400 have played in another game, what do you approve going 0:33:22.400 --> 0:33:24.920 against the team's backups and number threes? At least that's 0:33:24.960 --> 0:33:27.040 my take on that one. So you're gonna get tested 0:33:27.080 --> 0:33:29.720 a lot more in practice than you are ever in 0:33:29.760 --> 0:33:32.560 these preseason games where you're only seeing vanilla schemes, etc. 0:33:33.200 --> 0:33:35.440 And with that in mind, Kyler was asked by the media, 0:33:35.440 --> 0:33:37.720 all right, what's your goal between the end of camp 0:33:37.800 --> 0:33:41.000 and week one for the offense? For us as an offense, 0:33:41.080 --> 0:33:44.480 I think just keep going hard, throw practice every every day, 0:33:44.600 --> 0:33:46.520 treat like a game. You know. That's what we've done 0:33:46.520 --> 0:33:48.920 this far. You know, I think we've had a pretty 0:33:49.000 --> 0:33:52.280 pretty solid camp. So I'm excited to get this going 0:33:52.760 --> 0:33:57.040 real season, starting in an actually meetings. How does Kyler 0:33:57.080 --> 0:33:59.200 get better in his third year? For you? Well, if 0:33:59.200 --> 0:34:00.760 you mentioned it, he was the year he is a 0:34:00.760 --> 0:34:04.800 pro bowler. But there's always room for improvement where how 0:34:05.280 --> 0:34:08.120 I think in his preparation for a game. I think 0:34:08.239 --> 0:34:11.680 in his game management as well. And when I say that, 0:34:11.719 --> 0:34:15.400 I'm talking about how he sends out the signals to 0:34:15.680 --> 0:34:19.600 his teammates as well. You can't walk off the field 0:34:19.600 --> 0:34:23.120 and suddenly sit on the bench by yourself. Now, again, 0:34:23.200 --> 0:34:25.200 it's not like he does that all the time. That's 0:34:25.200 --> 0:34:27.440 not what I'm saying, but we have seen him do 0:34:27.480 --> 0:34:30.799 that from time to time. As the franchise quarterback, You've 0:34:30.840 --> 0:34:33.560 got to be willing to communicate. You have to communicate 0:34:33.880 --> 0:34:37.200 to your offense. You have to communicate really to everybody 0:34:37.239 --> 0:34:40.560 on the team. Sometimes it's verbal and sometimes it isn't. 0:34:40.560 --> 0:34:44.759 BALI sometimes it's body language. And that's got to be 0:34:44.920 --> 0:34:48.239 something that I think Kyler Murray needs to understand. And 0:34:48.280 --> 0:34:51.640 that's part of the process of evolving as a leader. 0:34:51.880 --> 0:34:54.560 And guess what, he has a lot more help this year, 0:34:55.280 --> 0:34:58.800 whether it's Aj Green or whether it's Rondale Moore, whether 0:34:58.840 --> 0:35:01.279 it's a healthy Christian Kirk. You had a receiver in 0:35:01.320 --> 0:35:03.600 DeAndre Hopkins who had thirty four percent of the receiving 0:35:03.680 --> 0:35:05.840 yards last year. That was the most among any receiver 0:35:05.960 --> 0:35:08.560 on any team. You have a James Connor another weapon. 0:35:08.600 --> 0:35:10.760 Think about the Cardinals options now in the red zone, 0:35:10.920 --> 0:35:13.520 whether it's two hundred and thirty three pound James Connor, 0:35:13.560 --> 0:35:17.319 Rondale Moore, six foot four AJ Green, and as Brian 0:35:17.400 --> 0:35:20.000 Greasy pointed out, I was listening to the pashpot. How 0:35:20.080 --> 0:35:23.280 valuable or Rodney Hudson is taking a lot of responsibility 0:35:23.280 --> 0:35:26.000 off Kyler's plate in setting the production. There's no doubt 0:35:26.040 --> 0:35:28.319 about it, PAULI what you said right there too. I 0:35:28.480 --> 0:35:32.440 love the combination of wide receivers. The Arizona Cardinals can 0:35:32.520 --> 0:35:36.759 run onto the field different personnel groups with not just 0:35:36.880 --> 0:35:40.080 four wides, but what four wides all are going to 0:35:40.160 --> 0:35:42.319 be out in their own way? Are they not? Paul, 0:35:42.440 --> 0:35:44.279 You stop and think about it. You could actually have 0:35:44.640 --> 0:35:48.120 DeAndre Hopkins on the field with AJ Green on the 0:35:48.200 --> 0:35:51.440 field and a four two nine in a four three one. 0:35:52.400 --> 0:35:55.200 I'm just saying, Andy Isabelle is a four three one, 0:35:55.280 --> 0:35:57.799 and suddenly you've got to Rondale Moore at four two 0:35:57.920 --> 0:36:02.120 nine on the field with those two wide receivers that 0:36:02.160 --> 0:36:06.160 we know are proven commodities in the national football I'm 0:36:06.200 --> 0:36:08.600 just saying, how are you going to mix that up? 0:36:08.719 --> 0:36:11.720 Christian Kirk obviously is going to work into the mix 0:36:11.840 --> 0:36:14.279 as well. But you could actually put a four two 0:36:14.400 --> 0:36:17.120 nine in a four three one on the field with 0:36:17.160 --> 0:36:20.799 those receivers. Interesting ball. And for everyone who's wondering why 0:36:20.800 --> 0:36:24.600 Andy Isabella made this team, he referenced it that he 0:36:24.640 --> 0:36:27.400 made a couple of plays that last week a camp 0:36:28.160 --> 0:36:32.560 in practice that were stellar. Now they can't show him 0:36:32.600 --> 0:36:35.080 to you. It's a call his practice, but he earned 0:36:35.080 --> 0:36:40.160 a spot based on two huge catches in traffic walth 0:36:40.239 --> 0:36:42.279 Andy Isabella. Here's the other thing when it comes to 0:36:42.360 --> 0:36:46.239 Rondale Moore. Twice I had conversations with veteran players, and 0:36:46.239 --> 0:36:49.160 we all know players know players, and on their own, 0:36:49.280 --> 0:36:51.439 of their own accord, they stop what they were saying 0:36:51.440 --> 0:36:54.200 and they pointed to Rondale Moore and they said that 0:36:54.400 --> 0:36:58.160 kid's gonna be good ahead. One guy said that kid's 0:36:58.239 --> 0:37:02.239 only scratching the surface. So very intrigued to see and 0:37:02.280 --> 0:37:04.279 you can't tell me Cliff Kingsbury didn't put a couple 0:37:04.280 --> 0:37:06.200 of those Jets sweeps and end of rounds on film 0:37:06.200 --> 0:37:08.960 in Game one against Dallas with Rondale Moore. That was 0:37:09.040 --> 0:37:11.600 by design. We'll see if that is a part of 0:37:11.640 --> 0:37:14.640 the offense week one, let him go vertical. We continue 0:37:14.640 --> 0:37:17.160 with a big red rage presented by Santan Ford in 0:37:17.239 --> 0:37:22.640 Gilbert to predict the shotgun staff three step drop looks 0:37:22.719 --> 0:37:25.399 right in trouble. Any sack back half the twenty yard 0:37:25.520 --> 0:37:31.040 line dragged down by Jordan Phillips. How about that the 0:37:31.160 --> 0:37:35.360 big bed Jordan Phillips six six, three hundred forty five 0:37:35.480 --> 0:37:40.360 pounds grabbed Backti Stafford and basically put him into the 0:37:40.440 --> 0:37:44.480 crock pot belly buddy. Great job by Jordan Phillips on 0:37:44.640 --> 0:37:48.600 nothing but a full rush. Well, unfortunately, Cardinals have not 0:37:48.719 --> 0:37:51.520 seen a lot of Jordan Phillips in the month of August, 0:37:51.719 --> 0:37:54.520 and you're not gonna see him for basically the first 0:37:54.600 --> 0:37:58.920 three weeks of September. News earlier today he was placed 0:37:58.960 --> 0:38:02.520 an injured reserve, an undisclosed injury Jordan Phillips, and so 0:38:02.560 --> 0:38:05.320 he was on the COVID list justin Peugh coming off 0:38:05.360 --> 0:38:08.760 that COVID list and has been activated. But Jordan Phillips 0:38:08.760 --> 0:38:11.160 and I are so wolf after they set the fifty three, 0:38:11.239 --> 0:38:13.319 which means he is eligible to come back, but that's 0:38:13.440 --> 0:38:16.760 after three weeks, which would mean the first three games 0:38:16.760 --> 0:38:19.799 of the season ostensibly, and so no Jordan Phillips, which 0:38:19.800 --> 0:38:22.920 I guess is the reason, among others they kept seven 0:38:23.160 --> 0:38:26.080 defensive line. It's a good point right there, Paulie, because 0:38:26.080 --> 0:38:28.600 again when I looked at it, especially in this day 0:38:28.640 --> 0:38:33.120 and age of nickel defenses and using two defensive linemen 0:38:33.200 --> 0:38:36.359 in those nickel defenses. Man, there, it is right there. 0:38:36.440 --> 0:38:39.080 Maybe they had an idea what was happening there with 0:38:39.200 --> 0:38:42.720 Jordan Phillips, but it's too bad that guy. Once again, 0:38:43.280 --> 0:38:46.040 when Steve Kim and the Arizona Cardinals went out and 0:38:46.080 --> 0:38:48.399 got him and brought him in as a free agent, 0:38:48.440 --> 0:38:50.360 I was pretty jacked up about it. He just hasn't 0:38:50.400 --> 0:38:52.000 been able to get on the field and stay on 0:38:52.000 --> 0:38:54.279 the field. And you're talking about a Titans team with 0:38:54.320 --> 0:38:57.400 a top five offensive year ago, they were fourth and 0:38:57.520 --> 0:39:00.360 scorn and nearly thirty one points a game. They shield 0:39:00.400 --> 0:39:03.439 only Kansas City and yards per game almost four hundred 0:39:03.520 --> 0:39:05.920 yards per game. Since twenty nineteen, the Titans lead the 0:39:05.960 --> 0:39:11.120 NFL in touchdowns plays of fifty plus yards, red zone 0:39:11.160 --> 0:39:14.520 TD percentage, and rushing touchdowns. Do you think that's going 0:39:14.560 --> 0:39:17.359 to get better with Julio Jones added to that, Paul 0:39:17.960 --> 0:39:21.120 So they're the latest in fact in Tennessee. They're talking 0:39:21.120 --> 0:39:23.680 about what Julio Jones can do for their offense. Is 0:39:23.680 --> 0:39:27.720 what Stefan Diggs did for Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills. 0:39:27.840 --> 0:39:30.120 So think about that. I've heard some of the analysts 0:39:30.120 --> 0:39:34.240 in the offseason this could be a historically great offense, 0:39:34.320 --> 0:39:37.440 one of the all time Juggernauts. I mean, that's the 0:39:37.480 --> 0:39:39.640 sort of talk it's getting went from the ESPN Talking 0:39:39.760 --> 0:39:43.640 Eds and NFL Network Wolf. If we're talking about remaining 0:39:43.719 --> 0:39:46.839 questions for this Cardinals team, do we not start with 0:39:46.880 --> 0:39:50.279 the rookie middle linebacker who's got to make all the 0:39:50.360 --> 0:39:53.680 calls and be the epicenter of the Cardinals defense against 0:39:53.719 --> 0:39:55.800 this sort of offense. Yeah, there's no doubt about it. 0:39:55.880 --> 0:39:59.320 Xavin Collins and Isaiah Simmons. Those two guys I cannot 0:39:59.320 --> 0:40:02.040 separate my I really can't those two guys. Even though 0:40:02.480 --> 0:40:05.399 I think Jordan Hicks is going to play a lot. 0:40:05.440 --> 0:40:07.920 I think Jordan Hicks and Zaven Collins we're going to 0:40:07.960 --> 0:40:09.880 see a lot of them on the inside, and Isaiah 0:40:09.960 --> 0:40:13.560 Simmons moved to the outside. But those two young guys 0:40:13.640 --> 0:40:15.960 I cannot get over. And I really think they're going 0:40:16.000 --> 0:40:19.320 to be the key to the Arizona Cardinals defense going forward. 0:40:19.640 --> 0:40:21.960 That means they've got to play well and they got 0:40:21.960 --> 0:40:24.800 to hang in there early because they're gonna take their lumps, 0:40:25.000 --> 0:40:27.319 There's no doubt about that. But I think by the 0:40:27.440 --> 0:40:29.000 end of the year it really is going to be 0:40:29.040 --> 0:40:32.680 paying dividends for the Arizona Cardinals and that defense. But 0:40:33.239 --> 0:40:36.160 early on, man, it could get ugly, Paul, especially when 0:40:36.160 --> 0:40:39.120 you're talking about those first two weeks against the Tennessee 0:40:39.160 --> 0:40:42.920 Titans in the Minnesota Vikings and how they play offensive football. 0:40:43.160 --> 0:40:46.239 They attack the line of scrimmage, they attack the line 0:40:46.280 --> 0:40:48.560 of scrimmage, they attack, and then all of a sudden, 0:40:48.600 --> 0:40:51.239 here comes the play action throwing the ball over the 0:40:51.239 --> 0:40:54.000 middle of the field, and those two young bucks are 0:40:54.040 --> 0:40:55.799 going to be right in the middle of that. And 0:40:55.840 --> 0:40:57.600 I'm with you, I feel a lot better when Jordan 0:40:57.640 --> 0:40:59.799 Hicks is out in that field. There's these sort of 0:40:59.800 --> 0:41:02.879 that insurance policy and he's seen it and been there 0:41:02.920 --> 0:41:06.560 and done that. So okay. As for other questions out there, 0:41:06.640 --> 0:41:08.840 I know there are a lot of guys improve it years, 0:41:08.960 --> 0:41:10.920 whether it's the end of the contract, whether it's a 0:41:10.960 --> 0:41:14.040 one year deal. Guys like Christian Kirk for example, and 0:41:14.080 --> 0:41:16.880 you heard Zach Allen talk about it, this extra sense 0:41:17.000 --> 0:41:20.360 of intensity or urgency and fire and Cardinals camp and 0:41:20.400 --> 0:41:23.080 whether that's going to carry over into the regular season. 0:41:23.080 --> 0:41:26.479 While Christian Kirk was talking about his new mentality, there's 0:41:26.480 --> 0:41:28.719 definitely an extra edge. I have an extra edge to 0:41:28.800 --> 0:41:32.080 myself and I always you know, probably myself on my preparation, 0:41:32.160 --> 0:41:35.319 my recovery, but you know, I've I've taken it to 0:41:35.360 --> 0:41:38.040 the next level and you know, I'm doing everything in 0:41:38.080 --> 0:41:40.640 my power to make sure, like I said, I'm I'm 0:41:40.680 --> 0:41:43.560 at my best this year. So yeah, I'm there's there's 0:41:43.600 --> 0:41:46.520 definitely a different mentality for myself and the challenge for 0:41:46.600 --> 0:41:50.319 him to stay productive on a consistent basis. We've seen 0:41:50.360 --> 0:41:52.880 it in spurts and waves, and then we've also seen 0:41:52.960 --> 0:41:55.520 some stretches where he just hasn't been much of a factor. 0:41:55.520 --> 0:41:58.160 That's Christian Kirk. What else stands out to you? Walf 0:41:58.280 --> 0:42:01.520 other questions as you get it was just some of 0:42:01.560 --> 0:42:04.719 the anomalies of the fifty three that I saw, right 0:42:04.760 --> 0:42:08.080 some of the things that stood out, like eight offensive linemen, 0:42:08.120 --> 0:42:11.239 Well that was because Justin Pew of course, was going 0:42:11.280 --> 0:42:14.719 to be coming in the COVID list. Something they actually did. 0:42:14.760 --> 0:42:17.080 As a matter of fact, I think they made that announcement. 0:42:17.280 --> 0:42:19.319 They did, that's official, and they did have one roster 0:42:19.400 --> 0:42:21.480 spot available that when they said it. So now all 0:42:21.480 --> 0:42:23.680 of a sudden, you've got nine offensive linemen that you 0:42:23.840 --> 0:42:26.319 kept on the roster as opposed to eight. But that 0:42:26.440 --> 0:42:30.120 really stood out to me. Six wide receivers where one 0:42:30.120 --> 0:42:33.920 of them is not Keyshawn Johnson. Where six wide receivers 0:42:33.920 --> 0:42:36.759 where Andy Isabelle of course made the team and Antoine 0:42:36.800 --> 0:42:41.120 Wesley made the team as well. That was really interesting 0:42:41.400 --> 0:42:44.719 to me. And three tight ends being capped. I was 0:42:45.120 --> 0:42:48.640 actually encouraged by the fact they kept three tight ends. 0:42:48.680 --> 0:42:50.799 And the reason being is because that means here comes 0:42:50.800 --> 0:42:53.879 twelve personnel. I would imagine to some degree, one back, 0:42:53.920 --> 0:42:57.319 two tight ends, and two wide receivers. That's something that 0:42:57.480 --> 0:43:00.160 in twenty nineteen they used an awful lot of and 0:43:00.239 --> 0:43:02.719 actually used it very effectively in the second half of 0:43:02.760 --> 0:43:06.480 the season. And I think that is going to portend 0:43:07.160 --> 0:43:10.320 a little bit more this season of twelve personnel, and 0:43:10.360 --> 0:43:12.359 I think that's good, especially if you take a que 0:43:12.640 --> 0:43:15.360 and you put him under center. I was semi surprised 0:43:15.360 --> 0:43:20.160 to see three quarterbacks on the final fifty three. Now, well, 0:43:20.200 --> 0:43:22.680 Clifford hinted heavily that Streveler had a really good chance. 0:43:22.719 --> 0:43:25.360 But when you lost the Saints game, which Streveler was 0:43:25.360 --> 0:43:27.239 going to play all four quarters, I thought that was 0:43:27.280 --> 0:43:29.680 a play, a chance to really solidify his case for 0:43:29.800 --> 0:43:34.719 the roster. A and B. Cole McCoy's the backup, and 0:43:34.800 --> 0:43:37.360 not a lot of teams in the NFL are keeping 0:43:37.400 --> 0:43:40.040 a coveted roster spot for that third quarter. And how 0:43:40.040 --> 0:43:42.120 many teams would have come after Chris Streveler. Could you 0:43:42.160 --> 0:43:44.720 got him to the practice squad, But because of COVID 0:43:44.760 --> 0:43:46.880 considerations and you don't want to be caught short on 0:43:46.920 --> 0:43:49.520 a game day where you're minus a quarterback, and because 0:43:49.560 --> 0:43:52.000 he's much closer to a Kyler's skill set than obviously 0:43:52.000 --> 0:43:54.880 a Colt McCoy is, you have those running aspects. Boom, 0:43:54.920 --> 0:43:58.359 he's on the final fifty three. Yeah, I'm wondering though, 0:43:58.719 --> 0:44:01.000 is it going to be a situation where he dresses 0:44:01.360 --> 0:44:06.440 Chris Scruffler right like last year? Of course? PAULI, Yeah, yeah, absolutely. 0:44:06.560 --> 0:44:09.160 But if you all of a sudden have a positive 0:44:09.160 --> 0:44:12.080 COVID test on a Saturday or a game day, you 0:44:12.080 --> 0:44:15.160 would have the option for the extra quarterback as opposed 0:44:15.200 --> 0:44:17.319 to if he wasn't on the practice squad. There are 0:44:17.600 --> 0:44:20.239 some sort of roster gymnastics you have to execute. At 0:44:20.320 --> 0:44:23.160 least that's according to Darren Urman. We are doing Cardinals underground. 0:44:23.160 --> 0:44:24.800 It's not so easy. And then all of a sudden 0:44:24.880 --> 0:44:28.080 you're the Denver Broncos and your entire quarterback room is 0:44:28.080 --> 0:44:31.279 wiped out and you're starting a former college quarterback who's 0:44:31.280 --> 0:44:36.040 a receiver. So that's one of the reasons. But otherwise, 0:44:36.200 --> 0:44:39.160 you know, it's something that Cliff Kingsbury likes that aspect 0:44:39.160 --> 0:44:40.960 of having that guy on the roster. And the last 0:44:40.960 --> 0:44:43.839 thing I'll say about this is four running backs. They 0:44:43.920 --> 0:44:48.680 kept four running backs on the roster. Eno Benjamin, Eno, Benjamin. 0:44:48.719 --> 0:44:50.359 I thought he had made the team, he had a 0:44:50.360 --> 0:44:54.480 great preseason, and Jonathan warned those two extra running backs 0:44:54.560 --> 0:44:56.719 right there. I love it. One of our favorite guys 0:44:56.800 --> 0:44:59.960 is Chase Edmonds. But can he be and every doubt 0:45:00.000 --> 0:45:02.960 I'm back. That is another big question out there. Special 0:45:03.000 --> 0:45:06.240 thanks to Zach Allen. Obviously, special thanks Jim i'm mondrom 0:45:06.280 --> 0:45:09.000 Cody Fincher for Ron Wolfleyum Paul LVC. 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