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Speaker 1: mandated four day labor day weekend for the Big Red Rage.
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Speaker 1: fresh off a Phoenix to Phoenix round trip flight. Oh
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Speaker 1: the guy including me. That's why we keep our nose
Speaker 1: through the Grindstone. We're working here. It's gonna be a
Speaker 1: working weekend as the Arizona Cardinals get ready for Week
Speaker 1: one of the regular season next weekend in a road
Speaker 1: trip to Tennessee. Ron Wolfley, Paul Calvci. Here we are
Speaker 1: on the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford in Gilbert. So, Paul,
Speaker 1: you're talking about what the four day weekend coming up here?
Speaker 1: Is that what you're saying, the big four days? That
Speaker 1: what you get? You get four days off, not me,
Speaker 1: not me. You if you're in that locker room, you
Speaker 1: do by NFL mandate Thursday through Sunday as part of
Speaker 1: this year's seven team game regular season schedule. Boom. It's
Speaker 1: like a mini buy before things even get rolling in
Speaker 1: the regular sea. Okay, listen, Polly, are you over the
Speaker 1: turnaround flight, the U flight that we made right there,
Speaker 1: the big U turn, The U flight just over that
Speaker 1: right now, ball It was beyond wake. It was in
Speaker 1: between Waco and Houston. The U turn occurred, and you
Speaker 1: know what, for obvious reasons. It's understandable, and it was
Speaker 1: one percent the correct call, yes, but being an hour
Speaker 1: out of New Orleans, the Hurricane Ida notwithstanding, if we
Speaker 1: had just been play the game or not play the game,
Speaker 1: if there weren't any consequences, there any ramifications on any front. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I would have just rather gone in at that point
Speaker 1: an hour away. I got my flip sheet over here
Speaker 1: on the board and the whole thing, let's call the game.
Speaker 1: Me and Rob Frederickson, we were going to tear it up. Well,
Speaker 1: at least we could have landed Polly and maybe at
Speaker 1: dinner or a little gumbo, So that would have had
Speaker 1: a real Yeah. So start making your plans for Nashville
Speaker 1: as as they go in to take on the Titans
Speaker 1: once again the Big Red Rage presented by santan four
Speaker 1: and Gilbert. We are santan Ford, Zach Allen will join
Speaker 1: us nice right around the courtman. How deep are the
Speaker 1: Cardinals on that defensive line? Really love it at bully?
Speaker 1: That defensive line when you look at it, it's one
Speaker 1: of the anomalies. So one of the things that I
Speaker 1: had that was a takeaway to have seven defensive linemen. Listen,
Speaker 1: I realize seven defensive linemen. Back when I was actually
Speaker 1: playing in nineteen eighty five, that was common seven defensive linemen,
Speaker 1: But now in today's NFL, so much of the time, Pauli,
Speaker 1: a defense is in nickel. They're in nickel defense where
Speaker 1: you have two defensive linemen for the most part, and
Speaker 1: then you've got edge guys, guys who are designated as
Speaker 1: edge players. Sometimes it could be a JJ Watt, sometimes
Speaker 1: it could be more of a Marcus Golden and at
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones out on the edge right. So it's interesting
Speaker 1: when you are in nickels so much of the time,
Speaker 1: where you're typically only running two defensive linemen out there.
Speaker 1: With the Cardinals and JJ, it might be three. But
Speaker 1: the fact they kept seven defensive linemen, that was an
Speaker 1: anomaly that was interesting to me, and it points to
Speaker 1: Michael Dogbee and the kind of camp he had. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he would have been signed immediately if he would have
Speaker 1: been cut. That's the kind of player he has turned into,
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that. And there are a lot
Speaker 1: of strange happenings right now on rosters around the NFL.
Speaker 1: For example, the Tennessee Titans have thirteen dbs on their
Speaker 1: final fifty three right now, I've heard of ten dbs thirteen,
Speaker 1: whereas the Cardinals are minus the guy they thought was
Speaker 1: gonna be CB one When training camps started as we
Speaker 1: got the news. Okay, you got the final fifty three,
Speaker 1: you got the practice squad, and then you got one
Speaker 1: member of the reserve slash retired list, and that is
Speaker 1: Malcolm Butler. And that was a surprise to virtually everybody,
Speaker 1: I think even the decision makers. Yeah, no on this
Speaker 1: probably In fact, here's Cliff Kingsbury and we'll get into
Speaker 1: Butler a little bit. But Marco Wilson seems to be
Speaker 1: the guy. And is he ready as a fourth round rookie,
Speaker 1: no question. Yeah, he's played at the highest level when
Speaker 1: you're talking about college football, tried to cover all those,
Speaker 1: you know, top receivers that come out every year, whether
Speaker 1: it's Bama, LSU, Georgia. So he the moment's not too
Speaker 1: big for him. Here's the question, did Malcolm Butler lose
Speaker 1: his job to Marco Wilson? Yeah? And was that part
Speaker 1: of the cause and effect of Malcolm Butler now on
Speaker 1: the retired list? Polly, it's so, you know what, I'm
Speaker 1: piecing a lot of pieces of information, like everybody else
Speaker 1: together right now. I really don't know what to say
Speaker 1: about this other than the fact that Malcolm Butler scrubbed
Speaker 1: his social media accounts of any affiliation whatsoever with the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. Now, Polly, when that happens, it's been our experience.
Speaker 1: There's been something bad that transpired, and I think Malcolm Butler,
Speaker 1: for whatever reason, he's upset with the team. I don't
Speaker 1: know what that reason might be. But after talking to
Speaker 1: some coaches, and I'm talking about before any of this happened,
Speaker 1: talking to some coaches, they looked me in the eye, Paully,
Speaker 1: and said, you know what, Marco Wilson might be the
Speaker 1: best corner we have on this team. And they were
Speaker 1: happy with their cornerback room, talking about being very happy
Speaker 1: with their cornerback room. So when I put all that together,
Speaker 1: I'm wondering, is there a possibility that the coaches eventually
Speaker 1: and this is just pure speculation, looked at Marco Wilson
Speaker 1: and said, you know what, you're gonna start and if
Speaker 1: that happened, maybe Malcolm Butler got upset. I don't know,
Speaker 1: pure speculation, it could be. I mean, think about it.
Speaker 1: If he's on a three plus million dollar deal with
Speaker 1: incentives that can make it up to six million, but
Speaker 1: now he's going to not getting nearly the playing time
Speaker 1: or reps to earn those incentives. Maybe that's how we
Speaker 1: became disgruntled. Maybe you don't know. Maybe it's strictly a
Speaker 1: business decision because it verifies and validates what you just
Speaker 1: some of the feedback you got from some of the
Speaker 1: coaches based on the eyeball test, just being out there,
Speaker 1: the top two corners in camp in camp, Byron Murphy
Speaker 1: and Marco Wilson. Think about that. There's no doubt about her.
Speaker 1: Young guys like that, Byron Murphy going in to his
Speaker 1: third season right now, right in Marco Wilson is rookie year.
Speaker 1: We all know. Listen, Marco Wilson's got the size, He's
Speaker 1: got the ability. He should have been drafted a lot higher.
Speaker 1: If you wouldn't have shown thrown a shoe. Think about it.
Speaker 1: Google that right there, Marco Wilson throwing a shoe. If
Speaker 1: he would if he probably would have been taken higher.
Speaker 1: Here's a guy with all of this talent now and
Speaker 1: he's got experience against SEC wide receivers, and you know
Speaker 1: how good the SEC is when it comes to the
Speaker 1: skill positions. I mean four years of experience. He started
Speaker 1: as a true freshman. He comes from a cornerback family.
Speaker 1: His dad coaches corners for a living. So this isn't
Speaker 1: Brandon Williams all over again. It isn't okay, Brandon Williams
Speaker 1: had one year a play in a position. It was
Speaker 1: acted running back, So it's not. Here's the thing if
Speaker 1: you're Malcolm Butler, is your response to the coaches. Wait
Speaker 1: a minute, man, I've been in this league for a decade.
Speaker 1: I'm in my thirties. I was pacing myself in camp.
Speaker 1: I wasn't competing, and I wasn't at my best. I
Speaker 1: was trying to make sure I was at my best
Speaker 1: for Week one against my former team, the Titans. And
Speaker 1: maybe that's part of what his beef might have been.
Speaker 1: That's just a thought. That's just me thinking out loud
Speaker 1: of the Tennessee Titans. But I will say right now
Speaker 1: that Malcolm Butler, by reputation, is a guy that wasn't
Speaker 1: a practice guy. He didn't have that reputation of showing
Speaker 1: up and being this big time. He had a reputation
Speaker 1: of being a gamer, Paul, and he's a guy who
Speaker 1: against Tennessee you figured would be really valuable, not just
Speaker 1: because he would have been your top three corners, but
Speaker 1: he really knows that offense obviously, So I don't know
Speaker 1: if they were able to download some information on Tennessee
Speaker 1: before Malcolm Butler went on the retired list. But that's
Speaker 1: all part of the formula at this point. Here's part
Speaker 1: of themation you need to know right now. The Tennessee
Speaker 1: Titans are gonna line up in twelve personnel, one back,
Speaker 1: two tight ends. They're gonna have a j Brown on
Speaker 1: the field with Julio Jones at the wide receiver position
Speaker 1: and King Henry. That's right, Derrick Henry. Of course, his
Speaker 1: toes are gonna be at seven yards, Paul. They're gonna
Speaker 1: put a tight end on either side of the ball,
Speaker 1: and then those two wide receivers of course, and then
Speaker 1: here it comes check with me. Let's take a look
Speaker 1: at your defensive front. We'll figure out which way we
Speaker 1: want to run Derrick Henry in between the tackles right there.
Speaker 1: That is what they're gonna do. Now that brings up
Speaker 1: a very interesting, this interesting point. I would say, for
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals, what two cornerbacks are gonna be on
Speaker 1: the field when that happens on the very first offensive play.
Speaker 1: For the Tennessee Titans, what two corners will be on
Speaker 1: the field when the Titans come out in twelve personnel,
Speaker 1: and that's what I think they're gonna do. With those
Speaker 1: two tight ends and two wide receivers. What two corners
Speaker 1: will be on the field. Is it gonna be Byron
Speaker 1: Murphy and Marco Wilson or is it going to be
Speaker 1: Byron Murphy and Robert Alford. Here's the thing. Byron Murphy,
Speaker 1: I would think you'd like to keep inside, that's where
Speaker 1: he plays best. But right now, considering the absence of
Speaker 1: Malcolm Butler, he's probably your best outside corner. We'll see
Speaker 1: about the status of Robert Alford. They expect him to
Speaker 1: come off the COVID list next week. Hey, Tennessee's dealing
Speaker 1: with a lot of COVID issues. They had a dozen
Speaker 1: guys and coaches on that list. Now, Mike Rabel just
Speaker 1: came off the list. He's back in the facility. But
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill is still on the COVID list. They're starting
Speaker 1: center is still on the COVID list. So, and by
Speaker 1: the way, Tannehill, neither Tannehill, nor Derrick Henry, nor Julio
Speaker 1: Jones nor A. J. Brown played a single snap in
Speaker 1: the preseason. Yes, yes, it's the one thing we can
Speaker 1: say with certitude, though, PAULI. To me, from a talent perspective,
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals are a better defense and a better
Speaker 1: team with Malcolm Butler inside that owner back room. That's
Speaker 1: all I'm gonna say. Listen, you can only control which
Speaker 1: you can control. But the fact of the matter is
Speaker 1: they were a better team in my opinion with Malcolm Butler,
Speaker 1: and now they've got to worry about depth at that
Speaker 1: corner room. Hey. Episode five of The Day Pash Podcast
Speaker 1: featuring ESPN Monday Night football announcers Steve Levy and Brian Greasy,
Speaker 1: is available now wherever you get your podcasts. For all
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Speaker 1: on Twitter, hat hash pod. All Right, Zach Allen, fresh
Speaker 1: off the practice field, gonna join us on the Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage, presented by Satan Ford and Gilbert We are
Speaker 1: Satan for Zach Allen. Is there for the Cardinals to
Speaker 1: make the play? Zach Allen's stop bad play. Jones backs
Speaker 1: up throwing from his two and the balls tip to
Speaker 1: the line and incomplete. I think Zach Allen got a
Speaker 1: hand out a shotgun formation here for her. It's takes
Speaker 1: the staff drops back the past, facing pressure in trouble
Speaker 1: and zack back at the thirty two yard line by
Speaker 1: Zach Allen. An enormous play made by Allen and a
Speaker 1: loss of fourteen. Boy, that is a huge momentum play
Speaker 1: right there by Zach Allen. The Eagles got it going.
Speaker 1: They're trying to set up a screen to the left
Speaker 1: of Jalen Hurtz. It's Zach Allen got told before we
Speaker 1: could throw the screen. That is an awesome job. Was
Speaker 1: that one game against Philly? Was that one month worth
Speaker 1: of production? I mean, that was quite a game. In fact,
Speaker 1: here's the stat I went and found this the first
Speaker 1: Cardinals defensive lineman to record at least eleven tackles in
Speaker 1: a game since Collis Campbell two fifteen. You like the
Speaker 1: sounds of that same You like the sounds of the fact.
Speaker 1: Here we go. I'm going to continue with the knowledge
Speaker 1: right here, Zach Okay, grab a little bit of water
Speaker 1: there off the practice field as we talk about that game,
Speaker 1: because there were eleven tackles, six solo, one and a
Speaker 1: half tackles for a loss, a QB hit, a pass defense,
Speaker 1: and you joined Willie McGinnis as the only guy in
Speaker 1: the last two decades defensive lineman to ever half eleven
Speaker 1: tackles a sack in the past defense in the game,
Speaker 1: what went really well in that game that you can
Speaker 1: bottle up going forward getting sack? Yeah, I think for
Speaker 1: I'd honestly started the week before against the Giants. Obviously,
Speaker 1: you know, that's everybody remembers that as Hasan's you know,
Speaker 1: breakout performance and everything like that. But across the whole
Speaker 1: defensive line, we were playing really well, and you know,
Speaker 1: we're going through the film. I was watching with Buck
Speaker 1: and we're looking It's like I'm in the right spot.
Speaker 1: You know, it's just you know, I could just do
Speaker 1: a little bit extra to make that play. So that
Speaker 1: whole week we're just working on, you know, doing like
Speaker 1: that extra half bit, and then that week, yeah, I
Speaker 1: just all clicked and yeah it was a great day.
Speaker 1: And then luckily it kind of built into a little
Speaker 1: bit momentum for the rest of the season, and you know,
Speaker 1: definitely helped me in the offseason, you know, kind of
Speaker 1: transitioning with confidence and everything like that. No, I can
Speaker 1: definitely play and play in a high level in this league.
Speaker 1: So the goal this year is obviously to do even
Speaker 1: more than that, and you've had quite the off season.
Speaker 1: We'll get into that. Zach Allen is our guest here
Speaker 1: in the Big Red Rage presented by Saying tan Ford
Speaker 1: in Gilbert. How are you feeling by the way, you know,
Speaker 1: I didn't even have a chance to say welcome, welcome
Speaker 1: into the show, and how you're feeling as we're done
Speaker 1: with camp one of those unofficial holidays, right for for
Speaker 1: any football player, you're done with campra And then what
Speaker 1: is the best and worst thing about training camp for you? Um?
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean camp's great because it just
Speaker 1: allows you just to focus one hundred percent on you know,
Speaker 1: on football, what you're doing and then the momentum that
Speaker 1: you get from it is is incredible and just you know,
Speaker 1: you're just you're literally doing football twenty four seven. So
Speaker 1: you know, I think, you know, for a lot of guys,
Speaker 1: I find it, you know, especially helpful and you know
Speaker 1: you enjoy it. But again, I mean, you know, you're
Speaker 1: in camp for five weeks, so you know you missed
Speaker 1: your family stuff like that, just you know, going out
Speaker 1: and get in a bite to eat or whatever or
Speaker 1: something like that. But no, I think this year was easily.
Speaker 1: You know, the best camp that you know, I think
Speaker 1: that we've had since I've been here. Just the energy,
Speaker 1: just the competitive the fire, just it was just a
Speaker 1: different you know, just you definitely could tell there's just
Speaker 1: a different energy, especially you know, the new guys we
Speaker 1: brought in. So it was a lot of fun and um,
Speaker 1: you know, I think we're definitely going to build off
Speaker 1: that momentum into Week one. You miss your dog? Didn't
Speaker 1: you get recently? Get a dog? I got my dog.
Speaker 1: I definitely My girlfriend was sending me the videos every
Speaker 1: single day, and yeah, every time I leave the house. Now,
Speaker 1: I think he doesn't know if I'm coming back for
Speaker 1: you know, in a couple hours or and you know,
Speaker 1: for five weeks, so you know, we don't know what's
Speaker 1: gonna happen. Zach Allen was a guest in The Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage. Okay, two words here, hot yoga, tell us
Speaker 1: about tell us about your off season. Yeah, so now,
Speaker 1: the off season honestly went as well as it could have,
Speaker 1: which was great. Um, by the way, can I just
Speaker 1: say it was uncalled for that you actually put on
Speaker 1: muscle mass and you got bigger while also losing six
Speaker 1: percent body fat. That's that's almost uncalled for. While everybody
Speaker 1: else was putting on the COVID nineteen, you were actually
Speaker 1: getting in better shape. So how did you achieve that? Well?
Speaker 1: This year, I was just I was just so excited
Speaker 1: because you know, everything was open again basically, so it
Speaker 1: wasn't like you know before last season where everything was closed.
Speaker 1: You know, you're trying to it's a guessing game every
Speaker 1: single day of where you're gonna work out or what
Speaker 1: you're going to be able to get done. This year
Speaker 1: there's a lot more structure, which you know, it was great.
Speaker 1: And then also, I mean we missed the playoffs, so
Speaker 1: there definitely was a chip on everybody's shoulder. But then
Speaker 1: also for our young defensive line, you know, we kind
Speaker 1: of started to figure out a little bit towards the end,
Speaker 1: so we just wanted to build off of that right away.
Speaker 1: So we got right into it. Um you know, I
Speaker 1: think we took two days off whatever, and then there
Speaker 1: was just a strong group of four with Michael Dogby
Speaker 1: Lecky Foe to Richard Lawrence and I and then we
Speaker 1: just hit the ground running. Um, you know, and like
Speaker 1: I've said it before, you know, eight to ten hour
Speaker 1: days come in here workout, four hours, lunch, break, watch film,
Speaker 1: and then yeah, hot yoga at night or another workout
Speaker 1: or whatever it may be. But yeah, the hot yoga
Speaker 1: is great, kay Now, I know it doesn't come as
Speaker 1: a shock or to you. Paul A pencil Neck, You're
Speaker 1: I have no clue really what hot yoga is. Break
Speaker 1: it down for us. Yeah. So, um, I mean obviously
Speaker 1: it's basically what it sounds. You're just doing yoga, and
Speaker 1: you're doing it and basically, like a sauna room, it
Speaker 1: gets up to you know, about like one ten. Um.
Speaker 1: Is that just outside in an Arizona Sam, Yeah, exactly,
Speaker 1: that's what. That's what the joke was is. You know,
Speaker 1: once the summer storry happening, We're like, okay, we could
Speaker 1: just do this outside. It's a lot easier. You know,
Speaker 1: it probably be honestly cooler outside, you know. So um,
Speaker 1: but it's uh, yeah, it was. It was fantastic. Um
Speaker 1: didn't the instructor say something about you and you got
Speaker 1: a bunch of guys six four six six two eighty
Speaker 1: three hundred pounds and um, you guys sweat it a lot.
Speaker 1: Didn't she make that comment? Yeah? She definitely, like you
Speaker 1: learned the first time we went in, we all went
Speaker 1: in just like a shirt and short whatever it was,
Speaker 1: and then you realize like, oh, we're gonna need a
Speaker 1: few more. And then it was funny our teacher, whatever
Speaker 1: she saw us come in, she'd be like, oh, I
Speaker 1: have to go get more towels, or just like in
Speaker 1: fun of everybody too. So you know, it just it
Speaker 1: didn't help help confidence. But once you're in it, I
Speaker 1: feel like, you know, everybody's sweating. Luckily, we all were
Speaker 1: around each other, so when we did, you know, have
Speaker 1: to sweat, we sweat on each other. Wasn't There was
Speaker 1: was a couple of times where it'd be like this, like,
Speaker 1: poor old woman, I'm just just drenched and sweat on.
Speaker 1: I'm like, I'm so sorry, but yeah, I can't control it.
Speaker 1: I don't know, I'm working hard, you know. So what's
Speaker 1: it like being an extra large human being? When you
Speaker 1: walk around? How often you know it's they list you
Speaker 1: at six five two eighty five. Especially, it's such a
Speaker 1: site when you get off the Cardinals team bus, you'll
Speaker 1: walk into a road hotel and if all the old
Speaker 1: linemen are walking together or all the d linemen are
Speaker 1: walking together, just the looks on people's faces in the
Speaker 1: wake you guys leave behind. How often do you hear
Speaker 1: murmurs like Oh that's a big dude. You get that
Speaker 1: a lot. Yeah, I mean obviously, you know, like booking
Speaker 1: flights and stuff is a pain in the butt because
Speaker 1: you know there's only like three seats on the entire
Speaker 1: flight that you know I can fit in or anything
Speaker 1: like that. But but now it definitely, um, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I mean it's kind of now that I'm in the NFL,
Speaker 1: I feel like I spend all my days here basically, So,
Speaker 1: I mean I'm hanging around guys like JJ Lecky. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm average, maybe even below average and size
Speaker 1: compared to them. So yeah, when definitely whenever I like
Speaker 1: I leave my house to go like grocery shopping or something,
Speaker 1: then it's kind of like, oh, yeah, it's not normal
Speaker 1: that just everybody year around all day is six five
Speaker 1: plus you know. So all right, you dropped the name
Speaker 1: Zach Allen or guests here on the Big Red Rage,
Speaker 1: JJ Watt. What's it been like, especially since tell the
Speaker 1: Backstore you've been watching his game film? Since what point
Speaker 1: in your career? Yeah, I started my junior well obviously,
Speaker 1: I've been watching him his whole career, but uh, specifically
Speaker 1: like my junior year of college before like every single
Speaker 1: every before every single game, so we would play on Saturdays.
Speaker 1: That Friday, I would watch his previous week's game film.
Speaker 1: I don't know, I just you know, I guess it's
Speaker 1: kind of like one of those things where like you
Speaker 1: see it and then it kind of helps you you
Speaker 1: do it. So there'd be times in games where I
Speaker 1: was doing stuff like and I was like, I've never
Speaker 1: done that in practice, but you know, I must have
Speaker 1: saw it the day before. So and he's obviously, you know,
Speaker 1: the best to learn from at the position. So it's
Speaker 1: been like it couldn't have been better having him here,
Speaker 1: just the way he conducts himself, the way he teaches,
Speaker 1: just his attitude, the way he really just you know,
Speaker 1: helps the culture in the locker room, everything like that.
Speaker 1: So I mean it's been a blessing. And beyond having
Speaker 1: him here, I really am truly truly exciting. And still
Speaker 1: there's times where you know, I'm just casually like talking
Speaker 1: to my parents or somebody like yeah, like you know,
Speaker 1: I got I gotta hang up. I'm going out, you know,
Speaker 1: to dinner with the guys you know with JJ, and
Speaker 1: I'm like, you know, and they're like, what you're gonna
Speaker 1: you know, it's the whole thing. I was just like, yeah, no,
Speaker 1: he's just one. He really is just one of the guys,
Speaker 1: which is which has been awesome. Well when you're not
Speaker 1: the only one. Number of other defensive lignment said there
Speaker 1: was a moment especial initially they were a little awe struck,
Speaker 1: little star struck. Didn't you guys have a dinner? Didn't
Speaker 1: didn't he go out and take you guys out to
Speaker 1: dinner early on? Yeah? When we I think, what was it?
Speaker 1: So he's signed around like March or something like that,
Speaker 1: So I think like April or whatever he was, you know,
Speaker 1: house hunting or whatever he was doing. He uh he invited, um,
Speaker 1: you know, us four young guys out and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: I was, I'm gonna get there early. You know, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna be you know, I'm dressed up. He comes in
Speaker 1: just off the golf course, sweaty got you know, just
Speaker 1: T shirt and shorts on. Like oh okay, like you
Speaker 1: know now now he's gonna think I'm a nerd or
Speaker 1: whatever it is. But yeah, no, he was awesome. Too,
Speaker 1: because you know, just everything clicked all of us, you know,
Speaker 1: so it really has been like a seamless transition having
Speaker 1: him here, and you know it's been it's been terrific.
Speaker 1: All right, So, Zach Allen, give us your thoughts. What
Speaker 1: can Cardinals fans expect when they see ninety nine out
Speaker 1: on that field, part of that front seven, because you
Speaker 1: know what, he obviously didn't play in the preseason games,
Speaker 1: He wasn't out there during open practices. How much of
Speaker 1: an impact do you think he's gonna make? Oh, he's
Speaker 1: gonna be huge. I mean, he really, you know, the
Speaker 1: way he just plays the game is just it's perfect.
Speaker 1: You know, it's what the ideal football player of just
Speaker 1: the you know, his effort, everything like that is just
Speaker 1: knowledge of the game. And you know, I know people
Speaker 1: want to say, oh, it's he's old or whatever. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's it's if that's what old looks like, then I
Speaker 1: don't even want to I couldn't imagine seeing what he
Speaker 1: was like when he was you know, three time defense
Speaker 1: Player year, because it honestly looks at the similar level.
Speaker 1: I mean, I've been watching a while, so I'm definitely
Speaker 1: super excited to see it. Um Week one. You know,
Speaker 1: Zach Allen is our guest here in the Big Red Rage.
Speaker 1: It's all about you, presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert.
Speaker 1: So here's my thought week one. Every week, as long
Speaker 1: as this Cardinals defense stays healthy. Ryan Tannehill comes up
Speaker 1: to the line of scrimmage, he's got ninety nine here,
Speaker 1: he's got fifty five there, right, Isaiah Simmons maybe is
Speaker 1: on the edge? Okay, is he coming? Wait, there's Buddha
Speaker 1: Baker flashing. Zaman Collins might be mugg in the egg gap.
Speaker 1: You guys have this whole d line rotation. Guys are
Speaker 1: fresh that you guys go at least six seven deep
Speaker 1: right now. There's a lot for a quarterback to consider
Speaker 1: in that front seven, isn't there. Oh yeah, yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean that's definitely, you know, a credit to the to
Speaker 1: the front office. I mean they've brought in great guys,
Speaker 1: not just great football players, but guys that have a
Speaker 1: great you know, mindset and mentality about you know, how
Speaker 1: to how to how to practice and how to play.
Speaker 1: And you definitely just can tell there's this year there's
Speaker 1: just a different sense of urgency and accountability. I think
Speaker 1: guys are definitely not afraid the whole guy's accountable. It's
Speaker 1: you know, we have you know, super Bowl or bust hope.
Speaker 1: So for us, you know, if you're not going to
Speaker 1: help it, you're gonna get called out. And it's been fantastic.
Speaker 1: So and we saw that in Cardinals camp. Didn't we
Speaker 1: have a guy made a pre snap penalty, Boom, he's
Speaker 1: out of the drill. Yeah, there's definitely the practices have
Speaker 1: been a lot more intense, a lot more competitive, which
Speaker 1: has been awesome. And then also just the sense of
Speaker 1: urgency and just the strictness with mistake. I mean, we
Speaker 1: just you know that we have such a goal and
Speaker 1: we didn't even have a really an OTAs. So for us,
Speaker 1: we're just down the business, which is the way that
Speaker 1: you know, any players should want in. I think we
Speaker 1: got a bunch of guys who liked that. So everybody
Speaker 1: I just named, it's proven. And then you have a
Speaker 1: first round rookie middle linebacker. And I asked Cliff Kingsbury
Speaker 1: and the TV side before the first preseason game, just
Speaker 1: tell us the degree of difficulty of that challenge. You're
Speaker 1: a rookie middle linebacker and you begin in the Keys
Speaker 1: to the defense. You have to worry about your own
Speaker 1: performance obviously, and then called the defense and he said,
Speaker 1: it's a notch behind being a rookie quarterback. So what
Speaker 1: has it been like for Zamon Collins And how much
Speaker 1: respect you have for a guy who's face with that
Speaker 1: sort of challenge from day one? Yeah, I mean you hear,
Speaker 1: like the way you described it's perfect because you know,
Speaker 1: when you hear it, it's like, wow, that that's a lot,
Speaker 1: especially for a young guy, and like, you know, coming
Speaker 1: from college and you know, everything like that. But i mean,
Speaker 1: he's helped handled himself as professional as anyone could have.
Speaker 1: So it's been terrific. And you know, he's got a
Speaker 1: lot of great people in that linebacker room that have
Speaker 1: been helping him learn and you know, it's been it's
Speaker 1: it's really cool to see just the maturation process with
Speaker 1: him already, and it's only been a camp. You know,
Speaker 1: just how much he's learned already and how much information
Speaker 1: he can process and then obviously the physical tools take
Speaker 1: over then. So it's just really exciting to see what
Speaker 1: he's gonna do. For those of us who haven't been
Speaker 1: in an NFL defensive huddle, what does that position mean
Speaker 1: to a defense, just the ability to call it and
Speaker 1: then once you guys break the huddle and make those adjustments. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks has been that guy. He'll still be that
Speaker 1: guy at times this year. But just tell us about
Speaker 1: that role. Yeah, I mean it obviously, you know it's
Speaker 1: you're basically the quarterback of the defense, so you're in
Speaker 1: charge of everything. But at the same time, I mean,
Speaker 1: you have to go, you know, into a car accident
Speaker 1: basically that same play. It's not like quarterback where you
Speaker 1: just dropped back and you know, throw it, so it's
Speaker 1: just as mental. So he's uh, he's been handling it
Speaker 1: really well. And obviously, like I said, I mean, he's
Speaker 1: just a physical freak, an athletic, you know. So all right,
Speaker 1: so as you wrap it up with Zach Allen, you
Speaker 1: mentioned car accident, I say the words, Derrick Henry, what
Speaker 1: do you think of you know, big back? But you know,
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody in this you know, I'm six five,
Speaker 1: two eighty five. I'm the smallest defensive lineman. So obviously,
Speaker 1: you know, have a lot of respect for him and
Speaker 1: what he's done. But you know, I'm very confident in
Speaker 1: what we can do. So what do you know about
Speaker 1: this defense so far? Real quick, last question? What have
Speaker 1: you found out about this defense so far that we
Speaker 1: might see in week one? I think everyone's gonna love
Speaker 1: the intensity that they're going to see and just the
Speaker 1: urgency and just guys flying around and just smacking people.
Speaker 1: Did you really lose six percent body by the way,
Speaker 1: I did. I got the papers for it. Well, when
Speaker 1: you're done playing, you should put out some sort of
Speaker 1: body by Zach. You know video, you know you can
Speaker 1: make you know what I mean, don't. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I think JJ's got to do that first. But that's good. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's good. Okay, And you ordered anything you wanted right
Speaker 1: when you went out to dinner with JJ. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: we got a story for that next time. Yeah, Zach,
Speaker 1: thanks for the time, Matt, thank you very much. Okay,
Speaker 1: all the very best this coming season. Think about that,
Speaker 1: Zach Allen and company. That front seven is absolutely loaded
Speaker 1: for the Arizona Cardinals. We continue with the Big Red
Speaker 1: Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. Right after this,
Speaker 1: Murray and Shotgun has the football short set throws a
Speaker 1: deep ball left side single coverage and it is pulled
Speaker 1: in by DeAndre Hopkins. Man, he's got a touchdown. What
Speaker 1: a throw Mike, Tyler Murray and want to catch by
Speaker 1: duke to put the Cardinals on the board with two
Speaker 1: thirty nine to go on the first duke was one
Speaker 1: on one throw by Kyler Murray, but an even better
Speaker 1: re touchdown. We said it's gonna be Russell Wilson or
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, whoever plays better, That's who's gonna win this game,
Speaker 1: snapped to Murray, and he keeps it himself running left,
Speaker 1: got a defender with him at the five breaks. The
Speaker 1: tackle dives, ball comes out, but he crossed the plane.
Speaker 1: Touchdown Kyler Murray. Somehow subway found a way to get
Speaker 1: that big across Peter. Big time play Kyler Murray. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was the win against Seattle in overtime Week seven
Speaker 1: a year ago where the Cardinals trail ten nothing twenty
Speaker 1: seven fourteen thirty four to twenty four. Kyler ends up
Speaker 1: your NFC offensive Player of the week. Had a passer
Speaker 1: rating to one oh four point five and it was interesting.
Speaker 1: Ron Wolfley here on the Big Red Rage presented by
Speaker 1: santan Ford in Gilbert to get the first comments out
Speaker 1: of Mike Vrabel about the quarterback they'll be going against
Speaker 1: Week one next weekend, next Sunday the twelfth in Tennessee.
Speaker 1: And I'm quoting very bow on the Cardinals quote. They
Speaker 1: have a dynamic quarterback, then go that can go eighty yards.
Speaker 1: I saw a third down in seventeen and he scrambles
Speaker 1: for a first down. He went seventy yards or something
Speaker 1: like that. Against Carolina. He pulls it in the red zones,
Speaker 1: twenty yard touchdowns. He slides, He makes you miss. He
Speaker 1: has a strong arm. I think that was the thing
Speaker 1: that shocked me the most was how strong his arm is.
Speaker 1: He is very willing to throw outward breaking routes across
Speaker 1: the field. End quote yesterday Mike Vrabel on Kyler. He's
Speaker 1: talking about the offensive rookie of the year in his
Speaker 1: first year, and he's talking about a Pro Bowler along
Speaker 1: with Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers. Would you say, POULI,
Speaker 1: those are pretty good quarterbacks in the NFC. That is
Speaker 1: good company to keep jab about that, And Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: is one of those guys right there. Kyler Murray has
Speaker 1: every skill you could possibly want. And it's not about
Speaker 1: the heighth anymore. Nobody's talking about the fact that he's
Speaker 1: five ten n eighth ball. Nobody's talking about that anymore
Speaker 1: because of how this kid has played in this offense.
Speaker 1: Do I believe that this offense needs to expand? Yes,
Speaker 1: I think it's a must that they expand this offense
Speaker 1: and evolve this offense. But Kyler Murray is our quarterback.
Speaker 1: He's got everything you could possibly want as a cue.
Speaker 1: It's interesting if Rabel was watching film from last year.
Speaker 1: Guess what, coach. The quarterback's arm is even stronger. According
Speaker 1: to Buddha Baker and Christian Kirk, he has more zip,
Speaker 1: more velocity on the football as of this Cardinals camp.
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk also shared with the media the other day,
Speaker 1: I think you're going to like the sounds of this,
Speaker 1: when Christian Kirk said that Kyler has been sending some
Speaker 1: of the receiver's video clips and telling the receivers, you
Speaker 1: know what, I think we should do it this way,
Speaker 1: or maybe you might want to make an adjustment here,
Speaker 1: And that seems to be an indicator an illustration of
Speaker 1: some increased leadership from the starting quarterback. No, Paul, No,
Speaker 1: there's no doubt about that right there. That is good
Speaker 1: that's what you want to hear when you're going home,
Speaker 1: when you're leaving the facility, you're still thinking about this stuff.
Speaker 1: You're still watching this stuff. This is what franchise quarterbacks
Speaker 1: have got to do. They've got to become the face
Speaker 1: of the franchise. They've got to become the answerman for everything.
Speaker 1: They have to become a coach on the field and
Speaker 1: off the field as well. So hopefully this is what's
Speaker 1: happening with Kyler Murray in his development right now. It's
Speaker 1: a positive sign a right. So, Brian Greasy and the
Speaker 1: Money Night Football crew, they were in town, they watched
Speaker 1: a practice, they called the game, and Brian Greasy and
Speaker 1: Steve Levy the play by play man, they were on
Speaker 1: the Day Pash podcast. But Brian Greasy, having spent more
Speaker 1: than a decade in the NFL as a quarterback himself,
Speaker 1: was asked by Dave, all Right, what's the next step
Speaker 1: for Kyler in year three? We know he's athletic, he
Speaker 1: can throw the football, he can run. It's getting to
Speaker 1: the playoffs. It's being able to grind through adversity. It's
Speaker 1: being able to be detail oriented and lead. Now that
Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald is gone. He has to run with it
Speaker 1: and be the leader on this team when the time
Speaker 1: is tough, not just when things are going well, but
Speaker 1: when there's adversity, which is the thing he hasn't faced
Speaker 1: in his life in high school or college. He's now
Speaker 1: facing it now and they definitely faced it over the
Speaker 1: last two months of last season. In my big takeaway
Speaker 1: going into this season, Okay, what did this Arizona Cardinals
Speaker 1: team learn based on the two and five finish? You
Speaker 1: heard Zach Allen moments ago here in the Big Red Rage.
Speaker 1: I asked him about camp this year versus his first
Speaker 1: couple of years, and he said, and I'm quoting loosely,
Speaker 1: this has been by far our best camp. We've had
Speaker 1: more fire, we've had more urgency. There's a different energy
Speaker 1: level out of there. The practices have been a lot
Speaker 1: more intense. Coaches have been holding the players more accountable,
Speaker 1: and that has to connect and correlate to the end
Speaker 1: of last season, where even Kyler admitted during Cardinals camp
Speaker 1: in a media session that, yeah, maybe some of the
Speaker 1: a tension to detail waned a little bit when we
Speaker 1: were six and three. All those little things contribute to
Speaker 1: a two and five finish because as we know, in
Speaker 1: the NFL, historically, the margin of victory is so small,
Speaker 1: those little things matter in a big way. You know what, Paul,
Speaker 1: it's so interesting to hear you say that, because you're right,
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray did point to the fact maybe we were
Speaker 1: feeling ourselves after being six and three. I would wind
Speaker 1: it back and say, maybe that happened after you were
Speaker 1: two and oh in this season, after beating San Francisco
Speaker 1: on the road that was kind of a huge win
Speaker 1: right there for the Arizona Cardinals, and then coming home
Speaker 1: and taking care of business against Washington in Week two,
Speaker 1: and then losing two Detroit and Carolina and being two
Speaker 1: and two as opposed to three and one or even
Speaker 1: four and oh at that point, you have to wonder
Speaker 1: if they started to kind of feel themselves at that
Speaker 1: point as well. Listen, what I love about what Kyler
Speaker 1: said is you have to be willing to identify what
Speaker 1: it is that confronts you. If you ever hope to
Speaker 1: get over the top of it, if you ever hope
Speaker 1: to beat it, you have to be able to identify
Speaker 1: it and confront it. And that's exactly what they're by
Speaker 1: admitting maybe we were feeling ourselves when we were six
Speaker 1: and three. That's an opportunity to learn and not let
Speaker 1: it happen again. Right, So he got the three series
Speaker 1: against the Chiefs in preseason game number two. Everybody, now,
Speaker 1: they went three and out all three times, negative one
Speaker 1: total yards. We get it. And even if he would
Speaker 1: have played in another game, what do you approve going
Speaker 1: against the team's backups and number threes? At least that's
Speaker 1: my take on that one. So you're gonna get tested
Speaker 1: a lot more in practice than you are ever in
Speaker 1: these preseason games where you're only seeing vanilla schemes, etc.
Speaker 1: And with that in mind, Kyler was asked by the media,
Speaker 1: all right, what's your goal between the end of camp
Speaker 1: and week one for the offense? For us as an offense,
Speaker 1: I think just keep going hard, throw practice every every day,
Speaker 1: treat like a game. You know. That's what we've done
Speaker 1: this far. You know, I think we've had a pretty
Speaker 1: pretty solid camp. So I'm excited to get this going
Speaker 1: real season, starting in an actually meetings. How does Kyler
Speaker 1: get better in his third year? For you? Well, if
Speaker 1: you mentioned it, he was the year he is a
Speaker 1: pro bowler. But there's always room for improvement where how
Speaker 1: I think in his preparation for a game. I think
Speaker 1: in his game management as well. And when I say that,
Speaker 1: I'm talking about how he sends out the signals to
Speaker 1: his teammates as well. You can't walk off the field
Speaker 1: and suddenly sit on the bench by yourself. Now, again,
Speaker 1: it's not like he does that all the time. That's
Speaker 1: not what I'm saying, but we have seen him do
Speaker 1: that from time to time. As the franchise quarterback, You've
Speaker 1: got to be willing to communicate. You have to communicate
Speaker 1: to your offense. You have to communicate really to everybody
Speaker 1: on the team. Sometimes it's verbal and sometimes it isn't.
Speaker 1: BALI sometimes it's body language. And that's got to be
Speaker 1: something that I think Kyler Murray needs to understand. And
Speaker 1: that's part of the process of evolving as a leader.
Speaker 1: And guess what, he has a lot more help this year,
Speaker 1: whether it's Aj Green or whether it's Rondale Moore, whether
Speaker 1: it's a healthy Christian Kirk. You had a receiver in
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins who had thirty four percent of the receiving
Speaker 1: yards last year. That was the most among any receiver
Speaker 1: on any team. You have a James Connor another weapon.
Speaker 1: Think about the Cardinals options now in the red zone,
Speaker 1: whether it's two hundred and thirty three pound James Connor,
Speaker 1: Rondale Moore, six foot four AJ Green, and as Brian
Speaker 1: Greasy pointed out, I was listening to the pashpot. How
Speaker 1: valuable or Rodney Hudson is taking a lot of responsibility
Speaker 1: off Kyler's plate in setting the production. There's no doubt
Speaker 1: about it, PAULI what you said right there too. I
Speaker 1: love the combination of wide receivers. The Arizona Cardinals can
Speaker 1: run onto the field different personnel groups with not just
Speaker 1: four wides, but what four wides all are going to
Speaker 1: be out in their own way? Are they not? Paul,
Speaker 1: You stop and think about it. You could actually have
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins on the field with AJ Green on the
Speaker 1: field and a four two nine in a four three one.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, Andy Isabelle is a four three one,
Speaker 1: and suddenly you've got to Rondale Moore at four two
Speaker 1: nine on the field with those two wide receivers that
Speaker 1: we know are proven commodities in the national football I'm
Speaker 1: just saying, how are you going to mix that up?
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk obviously is going to work into the mix
Speaker 1: as well. But you could actually put a four two
Speaker 1: nine in a four three one on the field with
Speaker 1: those receivers. Interesting ball. And for everyone who's wondering why
Speaker 1: Andy Isabella made this team, he referenced it that he
Speaker 1: made a couple of plays that last week a camp
Speaker 1: in practice that were stellar. Now they can't show him
Speaker 1: to you. It's a call his practice, but he earned
Speaker 1: a spot based on two huge catches in traffic walth
Speaker 1: Andy Isabella. Here's the other thing when it comes to
Speaker 1: Rondale Moore. Twice I had conversations with veteran players, and
Speaker 1: we all know players know players, and on their own,
Speaker 1: of their own accord, they stop what they were saying
Speaker 1: and they pointed to Rondale Moore and they said that
Speaker 1: kid's gonna be good ahead. One guy said that kid's
Speaker 1: only scratching the surface. So very intrigued to see and
Speaker 1: you can't tell me Cliff Kingsbury didn't put a couple
Speaker 1: of those Jets sweeps and end of rounds on film
Speaker 1: in Game one against Dallas with Rondale Moore. That was
Speaker 1: by design. We'll see if that is a part of
Speaker 1: the offense week one, let him go vertical. We continue
Speaker 1: with a big red rage presented by Santan Ford in
Speaker 1: Gilbert to predict the shotgun staff three step drop looks
Speaker 1: right in trouble. Any sack back half the twenty yard
Speaker 1: line dragged down by Jordan Phillips. How about that the
Speaker 1: big bed Jordan Phillips six six, three hundred forty five
Speaker 1: pounds grabbed Backti Stafford and basically put him into the
Speaker 1: crock pot belly buddy. Great job by Jordan Phillips on
Speaker 1: nothing but a full rush. Well, unfortunately, Cardinals have not
Speaker 1: seen a lot of Jordan Phillips in the month of August,
Speaker 1: and you're not gonna see him for basically the first
Speaker 1: three weeks of September. News earlier today he was placed
Speaker 1: an injured reserve, an undisclosed injury Jordan Phillips, and so
Speaker 1: he was on the COVID list justin Peugh coming off
Speaker 1: that COVID list and has been activated. But Jordan Phillips
Speaker 1: and I are so wolf after they set the fifty three,
Speaker 1: which means he is eligible to come back, but that's
Speaker 1: after three weeks, which would mean the first three games
Speaker 1: of the season ostensibly, and so no Jordan Phillips, which
Speaker 1: I guess is the reason, among others they kept seven
Speaker 1: defensive line. It's a good point right there, Paulie, because
Speaker 1: again when I looked at it, especially in this day
Speaker 1: and age of nickel defenses and using two defensive linemen
Speaker 1: in those nickel defenses. Man, there, it is right there.
Speaker 1: Maybe they had an idea what was happening there with
Speaker 1: Jordan Phillips, but it's too bad that guy. Once again,
Speaker 1: when Steve Kim and the Arizona Cardinals went out and
Speaker 1: got him and brought him in as a free agent,
Speaker 1: I was pretty jacked up about it. He just hasn't
Speaker 1: been able to get on the field and stay on
Speaker 1: the field. And you're talking about a Titans team with
Speaker 1: a top five offensive year ago, they were fourth and
Speaker 1: scorn and nearly thirty one points a game. They shield
Speaker 1: only Kansas City and yards per game almost four hundred
Speaker 1: yards per game. Since twenty nineteen, the Titans lead the
Speaker 1: NFL in touchdowns plays of fifty plus yards, red zone
Speaker 1: TD percentage, and rushing touchdowns. Do you think that's going
Speaker 1: to get better with Julio Jones added to that, Paul
Speaker 1: So they're the latest in fact in Tennessee. They're talking
Speaker 1: about what Julio Jones can do for their offense. Is
Speaker 1: what Stefan Diggs did for Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1: So think about that. I've heard some of the analysts
Speaker 1: in the offseason this could be a historically great offense,
Speaker 1: one of the all time Juggernauts. I mean, that's the
Speaker 1: sort of talk it's getting went from the ESPN Talking
Speaker 1: Eds and NFL Network Wolf. If we're talking about remaining
Speaker 1: questions for this Cardinals team, do we not start with
Speaker 1: the rookie middle linebacker who's got to make all the
Speaker 1: calls and be the epicenter of the Cardinals defense against
Speaker 1: this sort of offense. Yeah, there's no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: Xavin Collins and Isaiah Simmons. Those two guys I cannot
Speaker 1: separate my I really can't those two guys. Even though
Speaker 1: I think Jordan Hicks is going to play a lot.
Speaker 1: I think Jordan Hicks and Zaven Collins we're going to
Speaker 1: see a lot of them on the inside, and Isaiah
Speaker 1: Simmons moved to the outside. But those two young guys
Speaker 1: I cannot get over. And I really think they're going
Speaker 1: to be the key to the Arizona Cardinals defense going forward.
Speaker 1: That means they've got to play well and they got
Speaker 1: to hang in there early because they're gonna take their lumps,
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that. But I think by the
Speaker 1: end of the year it really is going to be
Speaker 1: paying dividends for the Arizona Cardinals and that defense. But
Speaker 1: early on, man, it could get ugly, Paul, especially when
Speaker 1: you're talking about those first two weeks against the Tennessee
Speaker 1: Titans in the Minnesota Vikings and how they play offensive football.
Speaker 1: They attack the line of scrimmage, they attack the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage, they attack, and then all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: here comes the play action throwing the ball over the
Speaker 1: middle of the field, and those two young bucks are
Speaker 1: going to be right in the middle of that. And
Speaker 1: I'm with you, I feel a lot better when Jordan
Speaker 1: Hicks is out in that field. There's these sort of
Speaker 1: that insurance policy and he's seen it and been there
Speaker 1: and done that. So okay. As for other questions out there,
Speaker 1: I know there are a lot of guys improve it years,
Speaker 1: whether it's the end of the contract, whether it's a
Speaker 1: one year deal. Guys like Christian Kirk for example, and
Speaker 1: you heard Zach Allen talk about it, this extra sense
Speaker 1: of intensity or urgency and fire and Cardinals camp and
Speaker 1: whether that's going to carry over into the regular season.
Speaker 1: While Christian Kirk was talking about his new mentality, there's
Speaker 1: definitely an extra edge. I have an extra edge to
Speaker 1: myself and I always you know, probably myself on my preparation,
Speaker 1: my recovery, but you know, I've I've taken it to
Speaker 1: the next level and you know, I'm doing everything in
Speaker 1: my power to make sure, like I said, I'm I'm
Speaker 1: at my best this year. So yeah, I'm there's there's
Speaker 1: definitely a different mentality for myself and the challenge for
Speaker 1: him to stay productive on a consistent basis. We've seen
Speaker 1: it in spurts and waves, and then we've also seen
Speaker 1: some stretches where he just hasn't been much of a factor.
Speaker 1: That's Christian Kirk. What else stands out to you? Walf
Speaker 1: other questions as you get it was just some of
Speaker 1: the anomalies of the fifty three that I saw, right
Speaker 1: some of the things that stood out, like eight offensive linemen,
Speaker 1: Well that was because Justin Pew of course, was going
Speaker 1: to be coming in the COVID list. Something they actually did.
Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, I think they made that announcement.
Speaker 1: They did, that's official, and they did have one roster
Speaker 1: spot available that when they said it. So now all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, you've got nine offensive linemen that you
Speaker 1: kept on the roster as opposed to eight. But that
Speaker 1: really stood out to me. Six wide receivers where one
Speaker 1: of them is not Keyshawn Johnson. Where six wide receivers
Speaker 1: where Andy Isabelle of course made the team and Antoine
Speaker 1: Wesley made the team as well. That was really interesting
Speaker 1: to me. And three tight ends being capped. I was
Speaker 1: actually encouraged by the fact they kept three tight ends.
Speaker 1: And the reason being is because that means here comes
Speaker 1: twelve personnel. I would imagine to some degree, one back,
Speaker 1: two tight ends, and two wide receivers. That's something that
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen they used an awful lot of and
Speaker 1: actually used it very effectively in the second half of
Speaker 1: the season. And I think that is going to portend
Speaker 1: a little bit more this season of twelve personnel, and
Speaker 1: I think that's good, especially if you take a que
Speaker 1: and you put him under center. I was semi surprised
Speaker 1: to see three quarterbacks on the final fifty three. Now, well,
Speaker 1: Clifford hinted heavily that Streveler had a really good chance.
Speaker 1: But when you lost the Saints game, which Streveler was
Speaker 1: going to play all four quarters, I thought that was
Speaker 1: a play, a chance to really solidify his case for
Speaker 1: the roster. A and B. Cole McCoy's the backup, and
Speaker 1: not a lot of teams in the NFL are keeping
Speaker 1: a coveted roster spot for that third quarter. And how
Speaker 1: many teams would have come after Chris Streveler. Could you
Speaker 1: got him to the practice squad, But because of COVID
Speaker 1: considerations and you don't want to be caught short on
Speaker 1: a game day where you're minus a quarterback, and because
Speaker 1: he's much closer to a Kyler's skill set than obviously
Speaker 1: a Colt McCoy is, you have those running aspects. Boom,
Speaker 1: he's on the final fifty three. Yeah, I'm wondering though,
Speaker 1: is it going to be a situation where he dresses
Speaker 1: Chris Scruffler right like last year? Of course? PAULI, Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1: But if you all of a sudden have a positive
Speaker 1: COVID test on a Saturday or a game day, you
Speaker 1: would have the option for the extra quarterback as opposed
Speaker 1: to if he wasn't on the practice squad. There are
Speaker 1: some sort of roster gymnastics you have to execute. At
Speaker 1: least that's according to Darren Urman. We are doing Cardinals underground.
Speaker 1: It's not so easy. And then all of a sudden
Speaker 1: you're the Denver Broncos and your entire quarterback room is
Speaker 1: wiped out and you're starting a former college quarterback who's
Speaker 1: a receiver. So that's one of the reasons. But otherwise,
Speaker 1: you know, it's something that Cliff Kingsbury likes that aspect
Speaker 1: of having that guy on the roster. And the last
Speaker 1: thing I'll say about this is four running backs. They
Speaker 1: kept four running backs on the roster. Eno Benjamin, Eno, Benjamin.
Speaker 1: I thought he had made the team, he had a
Speaker 1: great preseason, and Jonathan warned those two extra running backs
Speaker 1: right there. I love it. One of our favorite guys
Speaker 1: is Chase Edmonds. But can he be and every doubt
Speaker 1: I'm back. That is another big question out there. Special
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