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Speaker 1: last second here and boom looking forward to the next hour.
Speaker 1: It's ratings week, Paul. So we gotta you know, we
Speaker 1: gotta boost things up here. So whenever it sweeps, we
Speaker 1: bring you in. Right. That's the way. That's the way
Speaker 1: it works. You know that's because you know it's about
Speaker 1: a production and performance bace business. That's exactly what it's
Speaker 1: all about. And uh, man, do we have a lot
Speaker 1: to talk about tonight? Do we not? Do we? Why?
Speaker 1: What's happened? I don't know? Well, let's see um okay,
Speaker 1: see spend nearly a decade in the NFL playing linebacker, right,
Speaker 1: former first round pick? Yourself? Uh? Can I say that
Speaker 1: that Kyler was playing defense today that Kyler was a
Speaker 1: two way player, that he you know, look, the headline
Speaker 1: on NFL Network was Kyler's clap back. Yeah, yeah, I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't think he was playing defense. I think he
Speaker 1: was going on the offense. And and and really good
Speaker 1: for him because had he not come out and set
Speaker 1: things straight and you know, explained himself and explained kind
Speaker 1: of his situation and the situation with this contract and
Speaker 1: with the homework quote unquote clause, it would have been
Speaker 1: left to social media and to talk radio to tell
Speaker 1: that story. And so I think it was important Number
Speaker 1: one for Kyler as a leader. I think that showed
Speaker 1: great leadership. Number two just for him to get out
Speaker 1: there and set the narrative and to really reset things
Speaker 1: going forward for him, for the Cardinals and for this relationship.
Speaker 1: And if you're just getting back from a vacation yourself,
Speaker 1: it went something like this. On Monday, Kyler Murray signed
Speaker 1: on the line that has dotted literally at the Cardinals headquarters.
Speaker 1: And then about two hours later it came out Ian
Speaker 1: Rappaport NFL Network reporting that there is the independent study addendum,
Speaker 1: i e. The homework clause requiring four hours of independent
Speaker 1: film study per week away from the team facility, but
Speaker 1: there can't be any distractions from the internet or video
Speaker 1: games or anything like that. So you know, and then
Speaker 1: ever since then robbed your point, there's been a NonStop
Speaker 1: negativity revolving around it. And so with that in mind,
Speaker 1: Kyler got up today impromptu press conference and he had
Speaker 1: his say talking today because, um, you know, I feel
Speaker 1: it's necessary with what's going on as far as regarding
Speaker 1: me and the things that are being said about me. Um,
Speaker 1: to think that I can accomplish everything that I've accomplished
Speaker 1: in my career and not be a student of the
Speaker 1: game and not not have that passion and not not
Speaker 1: take this serious is almost it's disrespectful, and it's it's
Speaker 1: almost it's it's almost a joke. You know. Um, it's
Speaker 1: to me, I'm not sixty seven to two thirty. I
Speaker 1: don't throw the ball eighty five yards. I'm I'm already
Speaker 1: behind the eight ball. You know, I can't afford to
Speaker 1: take any shortcuts, no pun intended, but those things you
Speaker 1: can't accomplish you don't take the game serious if you
Speaker 1: don't prepare the right way. And you know, it's like
Speaker 1: I said, it's it's laughable, you know things, and Rob
Speaker 1: you can relate to this as a former Raider yourself.
Speaker 1: Things really got just a nine and outlandish when there
Speaker 1: were actually comparisons to JaMarcus Russell thrown out there earlier
Speaker 1: this week. I mean, come on, Kyler was the NFL
Speaker 1: offensive rookie either or Kyler Murray's been a Pro Bowl
Speaker 1: or each of his next two years. DaMarcus Russell did
Speaker 1: absolutely nothing zero, And so I think that's probably just
Speaker 1: one of many things that that irked Kyler and prompted
Speaker 1: him to get up there, unscheduled, unannounced and addressed the media. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think he was irked, and he should have been,
Speaker 1: because you know, before he got there, before he got
Speaker 1: up there and spoke, it was really up to social
Speaker 1: media and and to talk radio to set the narrative,
Speaker 1: to to feed on all these stereotypes or all the
Speaker 1: all these um, you know, misconceptions that you know, he's
Speaker 1: not a hard worker, he doesn't put in the time
Speaker 1: that you know that it's video games over video, watching
Speaker 1: football video. So it it really was up to him
Speaker 1: to get up there and set the record straight. And
Speaker 1: you know, going forward, I still don't think that this
Speaker 1: thing has put to bed. I think it will continue
Speaker 1: to linger on. Now it'll it'll just be little social
Speaker 1: media equips and funny little posts by people. When maybe
Speaker 1: Kyler throws an interception, I guess he didn't study this week.
Speaker 1: You're gonna have that, um, But I do think he did.
Speaker 1: He went a long way today and what he did
Speaker 1: in that press conference and writing it and putting his
Speaker 1: mark on what the story really is. Again Kyler saying, quote,
Speaker 1: it's disrespectful. It's almost a joke. And then he continued
Speaker 1: and once again, this is right off the top. He
Speaker 1: didn't take any questions to begin. He had a statement,
Speaker 1: and he continued with this, I refuse to let my
Speaker 1: work ethic and my preparation be in question. You know,
Speaker 1: I've put an incomprehensible amount of time and blows, sweat, tears,
Speaker 1: and work into what i'd do. To those of you
Speaker 1: out there that believe that I'd be standing here today
Speaker 1: in front without having a work ethic and without preparing,
Speaker 1: I'm honored that you think that, but it's not possible.
Speaker 1: He was asked also rob whether he has any regrets
Speaker 1: about the New York Times article, in particular the quote
Speaker 1: where he said he doesn't quote unquote kill himself watching film.
Speaker 1: And his response to that was no, not at all.
Speaker 1: That there's multiple different ways to learn and watch the game. So,
Speaker 1: you know, once again pushing back against some sort of
Speaker 1: narrative that he can just roll out there on game
Speaker 1: day and you know, and just create organically that there's
Speaker 1: no preparation whatsoever, which look, which started to get out
Speaker 1: of hand obviously throughout the entire week to the point
Speaker 1: where Kyler felt compelled to address it. Yeah, and look,
Speaker 1: his work ethic. Work ethic is a couple of things
Speaker 1: in football. It's it's the physical aspect and it's the
Speaker 1: mental aspect, and you need both to be successful in
Speaker 1: this league. There's not a football player in the NFL
Speaker 1: on the Arizona Cardinals. Kyler Murray included that does not
Speaker 1: put in extra work beyond what is required via the
Speaker 1: collective barning agreement or via individual player contracts. Everyone does.
Speaker 1: They have to otherwise you won't succeed. You will you
Speaker 1: will you won't be on the team. Um. This really,
Speaker 1: this clause though, really spoke only to the mental aspect,
Speaker 1: the mental preparation UH in game week and leading up
Speaker 1: to the game. It didn't speak to I've never seen
Speaker 1: it before. I've I've seen physical clauses in contracts before.
Speaker 1: You know, you have a weight clause, you have to
Speaker 1: be under a certain weight. UM, offseason workout uh, incentives
Speaker 1: for players to keep them around the building, keep them
Speaker 1: in good shape. But this, this is, this is groundbreaking,
Speaker 1: Phil Paul Honestly, UM, I'm interested to see the ripple
Speaker 1: effect of this and what this means for future contracts
Speaker 1: for other players other leagues. Is this going to be
Speaker 1: the new normal? I'm not sure. And look, I'm convinced
Speaker 1: it goes back to that New York Times article. Now,
Speaker 1: whether the team was aware of it or not, but
Speaker 1: that certainly did you know, set a precedent of sorts,
Speaker 1: and it got it out there. And when you're giving
Speaker 1: a franchise record contract to a player, any player, there's
Speaker 1: going to be safeguards in there. And for the most part,
Speaker 1: I haven't seen anyone who said they've ever seen a
Speaker 1: clause quite like this. The Andrew Brands of the world
Speaker 1: who've been doing NFL contracts and or studying them for
Speaker 1: three decades and l Brian Baldinger was NFL Network today saying,
Speaker 1: and I quote I'm against these sort of clauses because
Speaker 1: they're very divisive, but once again team Kyler agreed to
Speaker 1: it obviously, and I'll just said zoom out for a minute.
Speaker 1: I said this earlier this week on Cardinals Underground, the
Speaker 1: podcast that to me, it's just in keeping with the
Speaker 1: off season. Last year, the off seam was a season
Speaker 1: was all about leadership and physicality, adding those two elements
Speaker 1: to a Cardinals team that started ten in two, but
Speaker 1: after yet another or late season swoons, second year in
Speaker 1: a row, losing five year, last six, and getting blown
Speaker 1: out into the playoff game, I think the mission this
Speaker 1: offseason was to add accountability, to try and create layers
Speaker 1: of accountability, whether it's hard knocks and the HBO cameras
Speaker 1: in the second half of this season putting everyone's face
Speaker 1: on it literally, or in this case, a cause that
Speaker 1: tries to guard against these late season swoons and tries
Speaker 1: to make sure that that no one's relaxing, that no
Speaker 1: one's getting comfortable. Those are some of the euphemisms we've
Speaker 1: heard from from various team leaders to the media as
Speaker 1: to what happened when you're trying to diagnose the end
Speaker 1: of last season, and as for watching film Kyler Murray.
Speaker 1: He also had this to say today to the medium,
Speaker 1: to the film side of things, there's multiple different ways
Speaker 1: to to you know, to watch film. There's many different
Speaker 1: ways to process the game. There's many different ways quarterbacks
Speaker 1: learn the game and break the game down. Of course,
Speaker 1: I watched film by myself. That's that's a given that
Speaker 1: doesn't even need to be said. But I do enjoy
Speaker 1: and love the process of watching the game with my guys,
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks, my coaches, and we heard that offseason anecdote.
Speaker 1: It was Kelvin Beecham telling the media after one of
Speaker 1: the OTAs that Kyla was in a meeting room breaking
Speaker 1: down a seven on seven session with some of the
Speaker 1: new receivers and leading the way. But look, every young
Speaker 1: quarterback robed to a certain degree, has to improve in
Speaker 1: that category. What's amazing is when you hear a Kurt
Speaker 1: Warner like we had last week in the Big Red Rage,
Speaker 1: or even at David car today in the NFL network,
Speaker 1: they talk about how much more potential there is for
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, a guy if you remember going into the
Speaker 1: Green Bay game week eight last season, Troy Aikman started
Speaker 1: that broadcast Cardinals and Packers on Thursday Night seven and
Speaker 1: oh Cardinals against the six and one Packers, and Troy
Speaker 1: Aikman called Kyler Murray the leading candidate for NFL MVP
Speaker 1: at that point in the season. And whether it's Kurt
Speaker 1: or David Carr talking about, you know, how he gets better,
Speaker 1: it's just the little things, just completing this simple passes
Speaker 1: what Kurt calls the layups, what David Carr called today,
Speaker 1: not trying to make the hero play, just passing up
Speaker 1: the easy pass, but instead making that connection in that completion.
Speaker 1: And they both think that's where he takes off in
Speaker 1: terms of his production as a queue. Well, obviously you
Speaker 1: mentioned earlier accountability in this offseason, and I think that's right, Paul.
Speaker 1: It is about accountability. It's it's usually though historically it's
Speaker 1: been verbalized, right, it hasn't been formalized in a contract,
Speaker 1: So that that is where this has really gone into
Speaker 1: uncharted territory. And to your point, really about what is
Speaker 1: Kyler's ceiling and where can he go? Yeah, Look, I
Speaker 1: don't think he's even come close to scratching the surface
Speaker 1: of that ceiling. And a lot of it to me
Speaker 1: is those pre snap reads. What what is the defense
Speaker 1: trying to do in this situation, in this personnel group,
Speaker 1: this down in distance. Those are the little things that
Speaker 1: you don't always pick up in the meetings with coaches
Speaker 1: before practice or after practice. A lot of times you're
Speaker 1: breaking down the practice film, you're looking at that and
Speaker 1: you're out of there. There's no question Kyler Murray knows
Speaker 1: this playbook inside. Now that I've heard some some of
Speaker 1: his teammates come to his defense about how he knows
Speaker 1: the playbook, of course he does. That's not I don't
Speaker 1: think that's in question. That's that's never in question. That Really,
Speaker 1: I think the crux of this whole thing and what
Speaker 1: it's getting at is getting him to trying to help
Speaker 1: him help himself to do those little things that Kurt
Speaker 1: Warner talked about and get to that place where he
Speaker 1: already knows what the defense is doing before he snaps
Speaker 1: the ball. And that's exactly what Kurt Warner used to say,
Speaker 1: that he knew where he was going with all at
Speaker 1: least knew his first two reads pre snap, just based
Speaker 1: on the defensive front and what the defense was showing.
Speaker 1: So you're saying that correlates directly to watching game film
Speaker 1: of the opposition, the opposing defense. Each week you pick up,
Speaker 1: you pick up tendencies, you pick up simularities from the
Speaker 1: week before in certain situations, certain packages, you can you
Speaker 1: can pick up so many little things just by watching
Speaker 1: that film. You know, I know Kyler does it. And
Speaker 1: unfortunately this thing optically has just gotten a little out
Speaker 1: of whack. But I know Kyler will be prepared every Sunday,
Speaker 1: and I'll tell you what. That's something David Carr talked
Speaker 1: about today as well in NFL Network. Those pre snap
Speaker 1: reads will come back. Remember my J Sanders coming up.
Speaker 1: In this edition of The Big Red Rage presented by
Speaker 1: satan Ford and Gilbert we are Santan Ford and a
Speaker 1: couple of headlines from the defensive side and J. J.
Speaker 1: Watt next gave to Henry hitting the backfield by J. J.
Speaker 1: Watt who got off a block and drags it down,
Speaker 1: knocked down and complained it's j J. Watt, got his
Speaker 1: hands up, he bumbles them all. It's flues on the
Speaker 1: far side. Another takeaway. J J. Watt force the fumble
Speaker 1: leveled in the backfield by J. J. Watt. J Terry
Speaker 1: Watt gets the penetration right at the point of attack,
Speaker 1: hitting the backfield and down he goes for a loss.
Speaker 1: JJ Watts snailed him at the eighteen yard line. Mintel
Speaker 1: running straight ahead gets dropped for a loss. JJ Watt
Speaker 1: in the backfield with the takedown penetration on the backside.
Speaker 1: That is jj Watt, Baby, tip and complaint. It was
Speaker 1: tip and it was jj Watt who Gonta and the
Speaker 1: Cardinals stop him on fourtown again. It was the Cardinal's
Speaker 1: record with jj Watton in the lineup last regular season
Speaker 1: seven and oh he was very productive. I've called him
Speaker 1: not only the rising tie the lists all boats on
Speaker 1: the field, but on the sideline as well. Just a
Speaker 1: different vibe on the sideline when jj Watt is in uniform.
Speaker 1: And we'll get into what he had to say today
Speaker 1: a very entertaining press conference, the big red rage my
Speaker 1: j Sanders, the Cardinal's third round rookie pass rusher coming
Speaker 1: up here shortly or Rob Frederickson in for Ron wolf
Speaker 1: le Year's truly Paul calvesian Wright. As we wrapped up
Speaker 1: the first segment there, Rob, we got a tweet for
Speaker 1: me and Rappaport and I quote the Arizona Cardinals have
Speaker 1: removed the controversial independent study clause from QB Kyler Murray's contract. That's,
Speaker 1: according to sources, a move that happened yesterday, says Rappaport.
Speaker 1: Your reaction good. I mean, honestly, it was. It was
Speaker 1: just a mess, if I could speak candidly about it,
Speaker 1: for both sides. It was a bad look for both sides.
Speaker 1: And it wasn't not necessary. How are you going to police?
Speaker 1: At number one? It sets a dangerous president. So you know,
Speaker 1: they believe that Kyler is the future quarterback, is the
Speaker 1: present quarterback, is the one that can lead them to
Speaker 1: the super Bowl. They believe that they wouldn't have invested
Speaker 1: that kind of money in Kyler Murray. Kyler Murray believes
Speaker 1: that he has the work ethic they'll desire, they want
Speaker 1: to and the leadership to make that happen. It's a
Speaker 1: perfect marriage. Let's get rid of all the pre nups.
Speaker 1: It's a good way of looking at it. And look,
Speaker 1: it was in there for a reason. Even if it
Speaker 1: was there to send a message, which I think maybe,
Speaker 1: just maybe that's what it was all about. Perhaps, well
Speaker 1: guess what mission accomplished? Message sent? So now you're removed
Speaker 1: from the contract and try and do anything and everything
Speaker 1: you can to make sure it doesn't come up and
Speaker 1: be a persistent distraction over a seventeen game regular season. So,
Speaker 1: once again, according to Ian Rappaport NFL Network, the Cardinals
Speaker 1: have removed the independent study clause from Kyler Murray's contract.
Speaker 1: There you go. Now, as we said, he was maybe
Speaker 1: a two way player today playing some defense at the podium.
Speaker 1: But as Rob said, he basically went on the offensive,
Speaker 1: which is what he did. We know a three time
Speaker 1: NFL Defensive Player of the Year is JJ Watt, and
Speaker 1: we know he is a master with the media. Rob
Speaker 1: he had an opinion most everything, including those Guardian caps,
Speaker 1: said he feels like a bobblehead wearing those big, padded
Speaker 1: extra layer cap on top of the helmet. And then
Speaker 1: he lamented after he gave his opinion, he might be
Speaker 1: fined by Roger Goodell. So that was good stuff. And
Speaker 1: then of course somebody asked him the obligatory you know
Speaker 1: question about camp and jeez, do you enjoy your thirteenth
Speaker 1: training camp? JJ? I don't think anyone does. Anyway, Here's
Speaker 1: what Here's what JJ Watt had to say. Okay, from
Speaker 1: a work standpoint, from what you can accomplish from working
Speaker 1: on your game, working on your craft. It's it really
Speaker 1: is the best time of the year to make yourself
Speaker 1: better as a player because you're you're working every single day.
Speaker 1: You have tons of film to watch every day to
Speaker 1: improve on, and then immediately the next day you get
Speaker 1: to go out there and fix the mistakes. And you
Speaker 1: also get to talk to the old line and talk
Speaker 1: to the tight ends and the quarterbacks about you know,
Speaker 1: what did you see when he blocked me on this player?
Speaker 1: Or I saw this? What do you think if I
Speaker 1: tried That's it really is the best time if you
Speaker 1: utilize it properly to improve yourself as a player. All
Speaker 1: of training camp last year and he's still ready to
Speaker 1: go in week one at Tennessee. But look, some guys
Speaker 1: need it more than others, do they not, rob they do,
Speaker 1: especially the young guys. It's training camps a great opportunity
Speaker 1: for first year players, for undrafted players, for guys looking
Speaker 1: to hook on with a new team. Training camp is
Speaker 1: the greatest interview of your life. It really is job
Speaker 1: interview of your life. So um, it is necessary. I
Speaker 1: think it can be beneficial, as JJ mentioned for veterans
Speaker 1: in terms of just what do you see from JJ
Speaker 1: Watt is a defensive lineman, he can ask offensive lineman,
Speaker 1: what are you looking at it? What am I tipping?
Speaker 1: What are my tells? Is there anything that I could
Speaker 1: be doing differently? Just that mental aspect of it in
Speaker 1: terms of getting getting an advantage over your opponent. Those
Speaker 1: are the little things that veterans will take from from
Speaker 1: training camps now in the modern era where training camps
Speaker 1: are not as physical as they once were in the
Speaker 1: olden days, Paul training camp is basically used to get
Speaker 1: in shape for the regular season, but now it's really
Speaker 1: it's just about honing your craft, perfecting your skills, and
Speaker 1: getting ready for that opening opening season. Yeah. For example,
Speaker 1: he said he has a Veteran's Day coming his way tomorrow.
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins had one today along with probably Rodney Hudson today.
Speaker 1: So I know one area you've talked about with JJ
Speaker 1: Watt and all the defensive lineman is, man, if they
Speaker 1: can just keep that offensive line off those young inside linebackers.
Speaker 1: Because I want to get into Isaiah Simmons here a
Speaker 1: little bit. Rob Rouderson is someone who played the linebacker
Speaker 1: position for as long as you did in the NFL.
Speaker 1: And here's JJ Watt. Just initially, here's we'll start by
Speaker 1: JJ talking about the unique skill set in just the
Speaker 1: variety of spots that in Isaiah Simmons can play. He's
Speaker 1: a unique individual, and I think he has a unique
Speaker 1: skill set that can be utilize in different ways. And
Speaker 1: I think that trying to unlock that and trying to
Speaker 1: find what that best way to serve our team is
Speaker 1: is what we're doing right now. And I think that
Speaker 1: I trust DJ and everybody to find that right And look, Rob,
Speaker 1: nobody has said he is the weak side inside linebacker.
Speaker 1: Right Cliff Kingsbury made some comments yesterday that he might
Speaker 1: be better suited from what they've seen too, being a
Speaker 1: little farther away from the ball or being up on
Speaker 1: the edge. So it's really intriguing. This sounds like they've
Speaker 1: found a role for him and it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: little different than what we've been told in the past. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't think Isaiah Simmons is going to
Speaker 1: make his career being an inside the box, inside the box,
Speaker 1: off the line of scrimmage linebacker. He's not going to
Speaker 1: be a middle linebacker, inside linebacker in a three four defense.
Speaker 1: That's just not who he is. It's not what his
Speaker 1: body type is. Um he's That would be a dereliction
Speaker 1: of his talent, it really would. He needs to be
Speaker 1: in space. He's a kind of player that moves um
Speaker 1: like a like a cornerback. He can run like a cornerback.
Speaker 1: He's big, but he needs to be in space. And
Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not so sure either that that's off
Speaker 1: that coming off the edge. I really think Isaiah Simmons
Speaker 1: is when he's blitzing with speed and power, he's an
Speaker 1: effective blitzer, but out in space and the ability for
Speaker 1: him to move and make plays in space is really
Speaker 1: where he belongs for the majority of snaps. Okay, So
Speaker 1: there's being in space, and then there's being a deep
Speaker 1: center field safety, which we saw at times last year.
Speaker 1: And there's being in space, and then there's being assigned
Speaker 1: a slot receiver, which could be part of a nickel package.
Speaker 1: Will I say, simm it's how comfortable are you with
Speaker 1: him in those sorts of roles. Well, he's comfortable with
Speaker 1: it because he did the majority of that at Clemson.
Speaker 1: In college, he played deep middle, he played deep safety,
Speaker 1: he played slot corner. So these are things that he's
Speaker 1: done throughout his college career and last year in the
Speaker 1: NFL as well the last two years in the NFL.
Speaker 1: So that's something that he's comfortable with. I just don't
Speaker 1: think he's comfortable in the box. I don't think he's
Speaker 1: comfortable taking on three hundred and forty pound offensive lineman,
Speaker 1: and by the way, who is. But if they are
Speaker 1: going to make that commitment to really get him the
Speaker 1: reps and get him to be an inside linebacker off
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, those defensive interior defensive linemen have
Speaker 1: to hold up against the offensive lineman. They can't allow
Speaker 1: those double teams to come up to the second level,
Speaker 1: chip off and get into the body of Isaiah Simmons,
Speaker 1: because if they do, he's just not big enough thickness
Speaker 1: wise to really to take on those guys, neutralize those guys,
Speaker 1: get off and make plays. By the way, the Cardinals
Speaker 1: reportedly signed a defensive lineman today by the name of
Speaker 1: Antoine Woods, former Colts and Cowboys d lineman. He started
Speaker 1: a bunch of games from twenty nineteen through twenty twenty
Speaker 1: one with the Cowboys, so we might see him in
Speaker 1: camp real soon. But to your point about Isaiah Simmons
Speaker 1: and you know where exactly he's gonna play and is
Speaker 1: he really a weak side inside linebacker. Cliff Kingsbury has
Speaker 1: asked this we go, can you define, coach, what position
Speaker 1: he's playing and what we're supposed to call Isaiah Simmons
Speaker 1: slash something. I don't know, Yeah, slash something. We're excited
Speaker 1: about the role he's in right now he can do.
Speaker 1: I mean, we'll have him rushed off the edge, we're
Speaker 1: having pressure, We'll have him play some safe team. We're
Speaker 1: trying to maximize what he has as a player, and
Speaker 1: that's a dynamic athlete, then go tackle the football. So
Speaker 1: it sounds like he's going to be that wild card.
Speaker 1: He's going to be that guy that when a quarterback
Speaker 1: breaks the huddle he's looking for number nine? Is that?
Speaker 1: Is that sort of the way you're translating this, rob
Speaker 1: I think So as far as him playing safety, you're
Speaker 1: not going to take Jalen Thompson off the field. You're
Speaker 1: not going to take Buddha Baker off the field to
Speaker 1: replace him with Isaiah Simmons. You're just not. So how
Speaker 1: do you fit You have all these players that are
Speaker 1: similar in skill set, but you have only a limited
Speaker 1: number of positions traditionally that they can play. So it's
Speaker 1: going to be interesting to see how they navigate this
Speaker 1: within a three to four concept of the front of
Speaker 1: the defensive line. Maybe maybe a four three look at
Speaker 1: times would be better. Would would play more effectively and
Speaker 1: allow him to roam a little bit on the outside
Speaker 1: and play that slot area more effectively. But as far
Speaker 1: as taking out Jalen Thompson or Buddha Baker, I don't
Speaker 1: see that happening. No, no, totally totally agree. And look, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's a game of matchups and it is. I said
Speaker 1: this to Wolf last week. You know his position in
Speaker 1: Week one against Kansas City, the guy who covers Travis Kelsey, Right, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean that's why he's been working with all these
Speaker 1: dbs and been going to the dB camps and everything.
Speaker 1: He's I mean, Travis Kelsey is an all pro tight
Speaker 1: end with wide receiver skills, and I'm guessing Number nine
Speaker 1: is going to be checking him most of that game.
Speaker 1: And I have no problem with that, Paul. In basketball,
Speaker 1: you'd call it a boxing one where you have one
Speaker 1: guy playing playing man to man on Michael Jordan. Everyone
Speaker 1: else is playing zone. I'm okay with that. But let's
Speaker 1: let's define it. Let's get him comfortable with the reps
Speaker 1: in preseason, in training camp, and let's see what this
Speaker 1: guy can do. By the way, speaking at DBS clip,
Speaker 1: Kingsbury told the media today the Cardinals are still on
Speaker 1: the market for a veteran corner and at Josh Jackson
Speaker 1: had a nice and impressive interception today during a seven
Speaker 1: on seven drill. My J. Sanders next on the Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage presented by santan Ford in Gilbert to take
Speaker 1: it down by my James Sanders. It's a great job
Speaker 1: by my J. Sanders, starting a field and working inside
Speaker 1: third down to eight. They come with a voice again
Speaker 1: and he's sprung down by Sanders. Oh, my my j
Speaker 1: my J. Sanders the first one on the set. Love
Speaker 1: watching this guy. My J. Sanders makes a great play
Speaker 1: and he found a way to make that into a highlight.
Speaker 1: Two time first team All Conference, former semi finalists for
Speaker 1: the Bednarik Award, awarded to the best defensive player in
Speaker 1: college football. Nine Cincinnati Bearcats drafted in this last draft,
Speaker 1: hundredth pick overall Cardinals third round selection. My J. Sanders
Speaker 1: joins us on the Big Red Rage presented by Santan
Speaker 1: Ford in Gilbert, my j How you doing? How you doing?
Speaker 1: How I do? I'm doing good? Thank you for giving
Speaker 1: these opportunity. How's life in a Z so far? How
Speaker 1: you liking Arizona at this point? Uh? Other than man hot,
Speaker 1: it's all right? Yeah, you haven't had a brush with wildlife?
Speaker 1: Do you hear the story? Hollywood Brown? Like a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks into living here and he found a rattlesnake
Speaker 1: in Yeah, he told me about Yeah? Did he? Did
Speaker 1: he him bell shoot a little bit? Did he did
Speaker 1: he tell you like he waged a big battle with it?
Speaker 1: Or did he just run for his life? What happened?
Speaker 1: I think he just rap his life. That's one good
Speaker 1: thing about when you're running four to three? Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: the rattlesnakes? I catch you? No, But wait a minute. Now,
Speaker 1: you're from Jacksonville. Didn't you tell the media after you're
Speaker 1: drafted that that you were the one guy when it
Speaker 1: would hit seventy eighty degrees in Cincinnati, like you'd be
Speaker 1: wearing a sweatshirt. Yeah. Yeah, honestly, I'll be catching myself
Speaker 1: slipping and I have a sweatshirt on up here, but
Speaker 1: I had to take it off in the middle of
Speaker 1: the day because I'm like, yeah, it's too hot. How
Speaker 1: does the Arizona heat compared to the floor to heat,
Speaker 1: I say, the Florida is more like like more like
Speaker 1: stuffy heat up here is just like just strictly just heat,
Speaker 1: you know, just surface of the sun. Yeah, yeah, that's good.
Speaker 1: All right, my j Sanders our guest. All right, so
Speaker 1: what do you think about life in the NFL so far?
Speaker 1: We had Cameron Thomas on a few weeks back and
Speaker 1: he said that moment where he first put on an
Speaker 1: NFL jersey might have been a practice jersey, but just
Speaker 1: the helmet, just seeing the NFL logo was a moment
Speaker 1: for him. How about you, I'd definitely say when I
Speaker 1: when I first got here and I seen my name
Speaker 1: on the locker, but I feel like when I really
Speaker 1: come to come since it's uh, when I when we
Speaker 1: play against Cincinnati first preseason game and I really I
Speaker 1: can't wait, or maybe training camp because that's when we
Speaker 1: put on pass again. So yeah, you know what we
Speaker 1: were talking and there's that first day of pads right
Speaker 1: where it's full go, full contact, full pads, and we
Speaker 1: were talking with the Lisidas right about maybe he might
Speaker 1: have to go against J. J. Watt. Yeah, how about you?
Speaker 1: Is there? I mean, is there sort of a guy
Speaker 1: over there like, Okay, wait a minute, I might have
Speaker 1: to match up with him. DJ Humphrey. You know that's
Speaker 1: the that's the odog and guard And I say guarding
Speaker 1: a tray tray mc brian my rookie mate, and I
Speaker 1: would definitely say Guardian zach ERTs. Yeah, sure, absolutely. What
Speaker 1: do you think they're gonna find out about you? What's
Speaker 1: the NFL gonna find out about you? I know Steve
Speaker 1: Kim Cardinals GM right around the draft said, you know what,
Speaker 1: he played some of his best games in his biggest games,
Speaker 1: like when you went against Bama and Notre Dame. You
Speaker 1: would like if I was to grab some of your
Speaker 1: game film, would you say, start with those games? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I definitely say them two games, but I definitely say
Speaker 1: my junior year when I played against Georgia. That was
Speaker 1: really one of the games that sparked a lot. So
Speaker 1: give me a self scattered report. What do you think
Speaker 1: Steve Kim and the Cardinals person old guys saw in
Speaker 1: your film? What's sort of players jes a play hard,
Speaker 1: a person that's gonna come to work every day, and
Speaker 1: I definitely say that they see that I'm I'm a
Speaker 1: playmaker in different ways, even though I was like maybe
Speaker 1: out of position the whole time I was in college.
Speaker 1: And uh, I'll definitely say that they've seen that I'm
Speaker 1: I could be a person that can make plays and
Speaker 1: do a lot of different things on the field. Now,
Speaker 1: how so out of position, my j Sanders Cardinal's third
Speaker 1: round pick, you played the edge, didn't you at Sinse Yeah?
Speaker 1: I played more like filetech, like inside for four eyes
Speaker 1: and stuff like that, which is as the edge is
Speaker 1: like my position, my position, but outside linebacker is like
Speaker 1: way more. I feel way more comfortable at that position
Speaker 1: standing up a lot. And that's where Evans Joseph has
Speaker 1: your right. It's Cardinal's defense. Yeah. In fact, we had
Speaker 1: your position coach in studio not too long ago, Charlie
Speaker 1: Bowl on the outside linebackers coach, we were talking about you.
Speaker 1: We're talking about Cameron Thomas. Here's your position coach. On
Speaker 1: the pair of third round rookies. They're tough guys that
Speaker 1: love ball in the attack. Two of their distinguishable traits
Speaker 1: coming out of college was their motor play, speed and effort.
Speaker 1: So that's number one for us. Stay past that. They're
Speaker 1: both great people and they worked hard, so it was
Speaker 1: they were easy decisions for us in that regard. But um,
Speaker 1: we're fired up to have him, Yes, wolf coach from
Speaker 1: a little different coach. I'm harder man. They're rooks. They
Speaker 1: haven't earned anything yet, you know. I think also used
Speaker 1: the word fresh meat, so you know it's all right.
Speaker 1: So you guys have been good. So look, that's just life.
Speaker 1: Is a rookie, everybody goes through it. Camra Thomas was
Speaker 1: in here. I asked for a word that described his game.
Speaker 1: He used relentless. Yeah. Uh, we call Cam the coach killer.
Speaker 1: So yeah, okay, how so I'll ask I'll ask the
Speaker 1: dumb guy question why coach killer? Because he I was
Speaker 1: talking to him earlier to telling him that he had
Speaker 1: to learn how to change his speed because the like
Speaker 1: we'll do stuff for that's seventy five percent and he
Speaker 1: will still go one hundred and twenty. But they're just
Speaker 1: how he is. He only had one speed. It's just
Speaker 1: like the things he do. He go alway. He'll asked,
Speaker 1: you go, I love that he funny though in a
Speaker 1: game though, I mean, you're known for your motor, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: how how far can a motor go in a pass rusher?
Speaker 1: I mean, how valuable can that be? How productive can
Speaker 1: you be if you have that that trade you can do,
Speaker 1: You can do a lot of great things, especially if
Speaker 1: you just stayed doing it, because it's not that many
Speaker 1: people that want to block you every down, that want
Speaker 1: to keep going against that and just non stop because
Speaker 1: the play is always for at least forty six seconds,
Speaker 1: so it dude, not gonna want to be able to block,
Speaker 1: especially if you go after the play. So definitely, I've
Speaker 1: heard a few of your coaches. In fact, I think
Speaker 1: it was GM Steve Kim as well on ro on
Speaker 1: Board with my J. Sanders here on the Big Red
Speaker 1: Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert and they said,
Speaker 1: you know what, you easily could have had seven more
Speaker 1: sacks last year. Yeah, I let a lot of sacks away.
Speaker 1: Steve Kim also said that my J. Sanders was as
Speaker 1: disruptive as he was productive. So you feel like you
Speaker 1: were there, you were in position quite often, right, Yeah.
Speaker 1: And it is about affecting the quarterback. I know, like
Speaker 1: Charlie Baalhen was talking about Dennis Gardack and he might
Speaker 1: not have had the sack numbers last year coming off
Speaker 1: the injury, but he said when you watch the film,
Speaker 1: he was affecting the play and the quarterback. Ye to
Speaker 1: find that for us, what does that mean for a
Speaker 1: pass rusher just being in the quarterback way or just
Speaker 1: being in because at the end of the day, the
Speaker 1: quarterback he feels where you at, no matter what if
Speaker 1: you in front of him, on the side of him,
Speaker 1: if you just slightly tapped the quarterback show that he
Speaker 1: gonna feel it and he gonna know that you're coming
Speaker 1: like one of these plays. And that was one of
Speaker 1: the biggest things that I just wasn't finishing in college.
Speaker 1: And that's one of the big things that I know
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to get better at while I'm in
Speaker 1: the in the league, and I know coach bug gonna
Speaker 1: help me get through the finishing part. And you know
Speaker 1: the eyes are gonna be on that position, right minus
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones. Yeah, I mean this team, there was an
Speaker 1: opportunity for someone opposite Marcus Golden, is there not? Yeah,
Speaker 1: it definitely is. Have you guys been told, hey, you
Speaker 1: know what you produce, you're gonna play. Yeah, we gotta
Speaker 1: we got as a me and Cam and Jesse, I
Speaker 1: say we had one to like some as rookiees. We
Speaker 1: had the biggest roles on the team because we had
Speaker 1: the biggest shoes to fill. And when the media asked
Speaker 1: you after the draft about Chandler Jones, yeah, you shut
Speaker 1: that down right away, didn't. Yeah. Yeah, any kind of
Speaker 1: those comparisons, nah, because you are you. You have some
Speaker 1: of the same physical traits. You're long, you're lean, you're athletic.
Speaker 1: But but you want to know part of being compared
Speaker 1: to fifty five? Right? Who did you watch growing up?
Speaker 1: Who's whose film you know we had? You know, Kyle Vannenbosch,
Speaker 1: former pass Rusher, He's one of our broadcasters. And when
Speaker 1: we came in with Cameron Thomas they met each other,
Speaker 1: his eyes lit up bright. Cam's like, oh, Kyle van Eenbosch.
Speaker 1: He shook his hand, little extra you know, I'm vigorous
Speaker 1: there with with the handshake. Who's the guy you watch
Speaker 1: growing up? You're like, man, I'd love to meet him
Speaker 1: as as I start on my career in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Uh Well, already met him forever. Von Miller though, nice. Yeah,
Speaker 1: von Miller is one of the dudes. I've always watched
Speaker 1: how so did he help you through your college career? Nah?
Speaker 1: I met pre draft training training in California and West
Speaker 1: Lakes um Proactive and I met him in Proactive and
Speaker 1: me and him chatted up. What do you respect out
Speaker 1: of his game? By the way, von Miller? How he
Speaker 1: just played, He played relentless, he made plays. He made
Speaker 1: plays and don't need to be made and they usually
Speaker 1: don't get made. And uh, he's just different when it
Speaker 1: comes on to be on the field. H Miles Garrett too, sure?
Speaker 1: Those are Yeah, those are some big names. Absolutely a
Speaker 1: couple of all pros right there, My j Sanders, our
Speaker 1: guests on the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford
Speaker 1: and Gilbert. What are you looking forward to finding out
Speaker 1: the most? You mentioned that game at Cincinnati right the
Speaker 1: preseason opener, just the NFL, the game in the NFL
Speaker 1: maybe camp when you guys go full pads, full contact.
Speaker 1: What are you looking forward to finding out? Is ething
Speaker 1: you're curious about? How hard is it to sack Tom Brady?
Speaker 1: He's on the schedule this year? Yeah, Christmas night, that
Speaker 1: would be good, There's no doubt. How that do you
Speaker 1: still write goals on your bathroom mirror. Yeah, you have
Speaker 1: to really, Yeah, can you share one for this year? Sat?
Speaker 1: Tom Brady? Why Tom Brady? Why the infatuation with TV twelve?
Speaker 1: Because he just he just a goat, you know, and uh,
Speaker 1: he just so amazing just watching him. And uh, since
Speaker 1: I've been in college, that's always been like one of
Speaker 1: the biggest dances for me to do, and I'm I'm
Speaker 1: going to do it. Who's the first person you would
Speaker 1: tell if you get a sack of Tom Brady in
Speaker 1: the game's over and you grab your phone, who are here?
Speaker 1: You're gonna let know first what you just did? Probably
Speaker 1: Von Miller? Well, hey, best of luck when camp starts.
Speaker 1: Best of luck preseason, regular season, Hey count me among
Speaker 1: those who are looking forward to seeing you play this year.
Speaker 1: And what exactly the Cardinals guy to Mike J. Sanders
Speaker 1: out of the third round, I appreciate you. There you go,
Speaker 1: My J. Sanders will come back and continue to roll on.
Speaker 1: Here The Big Red Rage presented by Sam tan Ford
Speaker 1: and Gilbert we Are satan Ford Honnor runs left, He's
Speaker 1: down to the five. It keeps defeat cobbing James Connor
Speaker 1: is into the ends up or the touchdown James Connor
Speaker 1: with a second score of the day, and the Cardinals
Speaker 1: are right back in this game. You want to be
Speaker 1: smart with James first off, made sure that he's healthy
Speaker 1: going in a week one. He's a guy that wants
Speaker 1: to practice all the time. He goes as hard as
Speaker 1: he can every rep. So you want to make sure
Speaker 1: we're smart there. And then those other guys are gonna
Speaker 1: battle it out. Excited to have Darryl veteran presence, very
Speaker 1: smart player, and then he talks about him multiple times
Speaker 1: so far he's come and what he did this ring.
Speaker 1: And then Jonathan Ward has stepped up every year, and
Speaker 1: then obviously the rookies that we brought in. So it's
Speaker 1: going to be great competition. It's a talent and great Yeah.
Speaker 1: It's arguably the most loaded position room on the roster
Speaker 1: right now, Cart's camp under away. It is the Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage presented by Santanford in Gilbert Paul Calvesi, Rob Frederckson,
Speaker 1: former Cardinals linebacker, and James Connor, the Pro Bowl running
Speaker 1: back who will hear from momentarily just how realistic it
Speaker 1: might for him to go ahead and match his eighteen
Speaker 1: touchdowns from a year ago. An unbelievable Pro Bowl season
Speaker 1: for James Connor. But we have more breaking news during
Speaker 1: this edition of The Big Red Rage, Rob. First, we
Speaker 1: had the development that the Cardinals had removed the homework clause,
Speaker 1: the independent study addendum from Kyler Murray's contract, And now
Speaker 1: they have issued a brief statement and it reads as follows.
Speaker 1: After seeing the distraction it created, we removed the addendum
Speaker 1: from the contract. It was clearly perceived in ways that
Speaker 1: were never intended. Our confidence in Kyler Murray is as
Speaker 1: high as it's ever been, and nothing demonstrates our belief
Speaker 1: in his ability to lead this team more than the
Speaker 1: commitment reflected in this contract up to two hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty point five million dollars worst. So there you go,
Speaker 1: trying to put this past him. And as we know
Speaker 1: from the press commerence earlier, the imprompt to unannounced press
Speaker 1: conference by Kyler Murray this afternoon, Rob, Kyler did decline
Speaker 1: to answer a couple of times whether he was upset
Speaker 1: with the clause or now now it's non existent, they've
Speaker 1: removed it from the contract. Yeah, it's it's time to
Speaker 1: move forward. Clean slate. You know, I don't I don't
Speaker 1: see I don't think he could have been too disappointed
Speaker 1: with it, given the fact that he signed the contract.
Speaker 1: But that's neither here nor there. Now it's it's over,
Speaker 1: It's it's behind us. Let's put it behind us, and
Speaker 1: let's move forward with the season. My J. Sanders, we
Speaker 1: just start from maybe a quick word in any impressions,
Speaker 1: any reactions to what he how about is tom Brady comment?
Speaker 1: There at the end, I asked him for a goal
Speaker 1: this season. He immediately said, I got to sack tom Brady.
Speaker 1: He said, I've always wanted to do it ever since college.
Speaker 1: And then he ended by saying, quote, and I'm gonna
Speaker 1: do it, sack tom Brady. I love the confidence. And look,
Speaker 1: you know, when you're out there playing, you don't you
Speaker 1: don't necessarily think about in the moment who you're playing
Speaker 1: against us as a player. You don't. You don't think about,
Speaker 1: oh my goodness, that's that's tom Brady there. You're You're
Speaker 1: just you're trying to do what you're supposed to do,
Speaker 1: do within the scheme and the defense and get to
Speaker 1: the quarterback whoever it is, whoever you maybe after the
Speaker 1: play you'll see that it's tom Brady. But I love
Speaker 1: his enthusiasm. I love his vigor, and I think he's
Speaker 1: going to be a huge Asian to this outside rush
Speaker 1: for the Arizona Cardinals this year. And it's interesting he
Speaker 1: said in his opinion he was playing out of position
Speaker 1: at Cincinnati, that he was playing more five technique and
Speaker 1: that he's really comfortable at outside linebackers. So I think
Speaker 1: everybody is looking forward to seeing you know what that
Speaker 1: might mean in the Cardinals defense. And in get opinion,
Speaker 1: I mean, if there's one rookie position out there where
Speaker 1: you can plug and play, I mean third and long,
Speaker 1: second and long, a situational pass rusher, right, you can
Speaker 1: just unleash young guy even if he doesn't have a
Speaker 1: ton of experience in the league. Yeah, that's that's the
Speaker 1: perfect position because there's there's relatively little in terms of
Speaker 1: responsibilities other than to keep contain. And I love the
Speaker 1: fact that he said that he's work worked with von
Speaker 1: Miller to gain knowledge from from one of the best
Speaker 1: pass rushers to ever play this game, to learn different techniques.
Speaker 1: Those are things that are going to carry over onto
Speaker 1: the field in training camp and onto the field in
Speaker 1: the preseason as well. Yeah, he describes himself as relentless,
Speaker 1: he said, not many offensive linemen want to block you
Speaker 1: all play every play, So that's what he that's what
Speaker 1: he prides himself on. How about James Connor, he want relentless,
Speaker 1: just the sort of physicality brought last year and then
Speaker 1: something beyond that. We saw the athleticism, We saw his
Speaker 1: ability to catch the ball, and then we saw his
Speaker 1: nose for the end zone. And James Connor asked by
Speaker 1: the media this week if those numbers from a year ago,
Speaker 1: in particularly those eighteen touchdowns, if it's realistic he can
Speaker 1: match that here in twenty twenty two. Absolutely, Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: shooting for more schwan win ball games and do everything
Speaker 1: we can. But he's very realistic. Training like no other
Speaker 1: this year. You feel like I'm in dog shape, so
Speaker 1: ready to rule. And of course he's in dog shape,
Speaker 1: rob because he trained a lot of the offseason with
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald, his former teammated pit So yeah, you got
Speaker 1: a figure he's in good shape. Absolutely, you're gonna train
Speaker 1: with Aaron Donald, You're you're in for it. But you
Speaker 1: know you're right, Paul. Just the biggest surprise last year.
Speaker 1: Everyone knew that he was a grinder, that he was
Speaker 1: a you know, just a put put your head down
Speaker 1: and run over you a type of running back, but
Speaker 1: just the athleticism, the one handed catches, the ability to
Speaker 1: get out there and make plays in the passing game.
Speaker 1: That to me was the most pleasant surprise to James
Speaker 1: Connor's game that we saw last year. And you know,
Speaker 1: if he can continue that, if he can continue that
Speaker 1: aspect of his game this season and stay healthy, I
Speaker 1: certainly believe that he can continue to put up the
Speaker 1: numbers that we saw last year. And you know what,
Speaker 1: at the same time, true or false, when the Cardinals
Speaker 1: were really rolling last year, it's when they had Chase
Speaker 1: Edmonds and James Connor firing, and they were alternating those
Speaker 1: two guys and they were keeping fresh legs. Over the
Speaker 1: second half of last season, and especially the last month
Speaker 1: and a half, they seemingly had one or the other
Speaker 1: due to injuries, and it just wasn't the same run game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the days of the one running back being the bell
Speaker 1: cow that those days are over. It's it's really by
Speaker 1: committee now because those that position takes so much impact,
Speaker 1: takes so many hits from from defenders every play, whether
Speaker 1: you're blocking or out in your passing routes or running
Speaker 1: the ball. So to have that that complimentary back with
Speaker 1: James Connor, I think will only help James Connor. And
Speaker 1: if that's Darryl Williams, if that's you know, if that's
Speaker 1: you know, Benjamin or maybe even the rookie Keyante Ingram.
Speaker 1: You know, there's there's some depth here at this running
Speaker 1: back group that I think really could surprise some people.
Speaker 1: Minus DeAndre Hopkins, especially the first six games, you think
Speaker 1: it'll be a different offense. Do you think the Cardinals
Speaker 1: commit more to the run. I know it's a loaded question,
Speaker 1: but what's your expectation. I think when the Cardinals were
Speaker 1: really rolling, when they were really humming last year, they
Speaker 1: were dedicated to that running game and it didn't always
Speaker 1: have to be effective, it didn't always have to be productive.
Speaker 1: That just had to be there so that it really
Speaker 1: helped with the play action pass and you got these
Speaker 1: tight ends. Now you got mix Max Williams back. He's
Speaker 1: a great blocker. I think the running game is going
Speaker 1: to be strong this year. Right once again recapping the
Speaker 1: news that went down during this edition of The Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage that Cardinals have removed the independent study clause
Speaker 1: from Kyler Murray's contract and just citing the distraction it created,
Speaker 1: how that was unintended and according to the statement they
Speaker 1: put out that nothing demonstrates the Cardinals belief and Kyler's
Speaker 1: ability to lead the team more than the commitment reflected
Speaker 1: in the franchise record contract. So there you go. Special
Speaker 1: thanks to my j Sanders, the rookie pass rusher, for
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