WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Gardeck Ready To Make Noise As Pass Rusher 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:05.600 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles. Oh ahead, 0:00:05.680 --> 0:00:09.520 he got jacked. This is the Big Red Race who 0:00:10.039 --> 0:00:14.280 presented by santan Ford in Gilbert. Mary's gonna score touchdown. 0:00:14.480 --> 0:00:17.360 Slam to the ground by Buddha Baker Like a torpedo. 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:23.000 He came flying into the backfield. The Rage is brought 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:27.840 to you by satan Ford in Gilbert. Are you Santanford 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:31.560 State Farm? Talk to an agent today at eight hundred 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:37.320 State Farm, and by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit Hacy Cardinals 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:45.520 dot com, Slash Podcasts, The Rods Rising Guard, Temperaturizing Vision, 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:50.400 Flurring Rage taking over. Here's Paul CALVISI I'm ready. I'm 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:54.240 one hundred percent ready. I'm telling you already. And Ron Wolflee, 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:58.920 it doesn't get any better than that boy, unleash the far. 0:01:00.600 --> 0:01:03.680 So I've done reckon that. We picked up and packed 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:07.920 up the Big Red Rage this week. We put in 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:13.760 the back that they're American made Ford pickup truck. What else, 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:16.360 Let's see what else would go in like every country 0:01:16.440 --> 0:01:19.800 music song. Well, you know we didn't leave Arizona without 0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:24.000 our cowboy hat and boots. We got our guitar over here. 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:28.120 Wolf that there. Paul's the biggest beard I've ever seen. 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:32.320 We got some uh, we got some cold ones maybe 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:36.600 somewhere maybe, and uh, you know, probably a shotgun somewhere 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:40.360 and riding shotgun our dog. Okay, So those are all 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:43.240 the things that would be automatically in every country music song. 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:46.880 And you know that's just waiting to happen as we 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:51.560 have set up shop here in Nashville, Tennessee, Music City, USA. 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:55.360 And not only that, PAULI, it's also barbecue USA, is 0:01:55.400 --> 0:01:58.760 it not? It is the best barbecue in the USA. 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:02.840 Just asked locals. They'll tell you just leave it up 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:05.480 to you to not forget the barbecue like I did. 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:07.360 And by the way, that reminds me, you better find 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:09.919 a different place for dinner tomorrow night with Dave Pash 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:13.760 because he's expecting you to deviate. Since I've been here. 0:02:13.800 --> 0:02:16.679 The gut is hanging a little, Paul. It is the 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.200 Big Red Race presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. We 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:22.280 are Santan for that is Ron wolf Lee most definitely 0:02:22.360 --> 0:02:25.720 Wolf and his own issues. Paul calvc over here, soon 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:29.520 to be joined by Guardeck the Barbarian Wolf. One of 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:32.480 the few times you've defied the odds and actually bestowed 0:02:32.480 --> 0:02:36.239 in nickname upon someone that a most everyone has enjoyed, 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:39.840 including the recipient. Gardeck, The barbarian Dennis Gardeck will join 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:41.760 us in a little bit. Paul, did you ask him 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:46.079 what is good guard Deck? No? I did not. I 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:48.639 was too much in my country mode. We will ask 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:52.040 him whether he owns a country you know, a cowboy 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:54.919 hat in boots, considering Wolf that he played at West 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:58.040 Virginia State and then Sue Falls, I mean, I don't 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:00.160 want to profile or anything, but I figure you, oh, 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:02.120 there's a pretty good chance the guy's got a cowboy 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:05.320 other boots come. Peer pressure weighs into it. Paully, right there, 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:07.760 peer pressure in when you think of Sioue Falls, I'll 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:10.640 guarantee you now there's some people walking around or cowboy hats. 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:13.960 Cliff Kingsbury, he didn't own up to the cowboy hat, 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:16.520 but he said he's a huge country music family. It's 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.680 almost he was almost offended, slash surprised by the question, 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:21.839 as he said, I'm from Texas, so of course he's 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:24.760 a big Garth Brooks guy, among others. He offered that 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:28.720 to the classic country right there. Earlier today, and of 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:31.440 course that was after the joint practice, which is one 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:33.639 of the big reasons the Ears and the Cardinals are 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:37.880 here in Tennessee because they got together with the Tennessee 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:40.400 Titans and the two head coaches who were former teammates 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:43.040 together on the New England Patriots once upon a time, 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:46.600 Mike Rabel and Cliff Kingsbury, they decided to reduce the 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:50.040 two joint practices to a single joint practice, and Cliff 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:54.119 Kingsbury was asked just about that strategy. Anytime you're doing 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:57.320 eleven on eleven, it's probably the best work you can get, 0:03:57.400 --> 0:03:59.160 but the one on one is good to go against 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:02.720 somebody else and work your technique against a different technique 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:04.840 than you've seen. I'll training camp, but I like the 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:07.760 one day. It's kind of like my Vegas philosophy. Give 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:11.640 me twenty four hours and I'm good. I take And 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:14.520 I thought that was funny. Paul Cliffs in regular season 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:16.960 form already with the media. He doesn't need any more 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:20.040 preseason press conferences. He's good, he's good, he's ready for 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:22.880 the regular season. Yeah, it's you two right, twenty four hours. 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:25.279 That's it. You've got the twenty four hour limit in 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:28.479 Vegas to you, Paul Wolf, don't we know you're you 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:30.440 and the Warrior Queen. You guys like to go for 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:33.520 a good three or four days. I get it, Wolf 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:35.480 and you you guys go up to Vegas and style. 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:37.599 We don't need to hear about that. Okay, we're here 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:41.000 talking about this joint practice. You were taking notes, all right, 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:44.160 among other things. Go no, honestly, right now, I can 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:47.040 tell you the joint practice. I really like what I 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:50.760 have seen here. Um, yeah, it's not nineteen eighty five, Paul, 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:55.360 it isn't. There's no Oklahoma drill. Okay, one on one 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:59.640 the cards working against the Titans. There's no backs on 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:03.760 back pers Okay, there's no Blitz pick up live. Oh boy, 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:06.080 here it comes. We're gonna stand at a human being 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:08.640 seven yards away from you and just let them run 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:12.480 at you and hammer you. There's none of that going on. 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:16.719 There's no scrimmage. There's no nine on seven, the meat grinder, 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:19.480 the meat at the hamburger drill, whatever you want to 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:23.320 call it. There's none of that. But man, I'll tell 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:27.640 you I think they got something done. Just looking at 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:30.960 the Cardinals their team period. I'm talking about the Cardinals 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:36.279 team period on Wednesday when they were working against themselves. 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:38.200 To me, I thought it was the best team period 0:05:38.200 --> 0:05:41.600 I've ever seen in real life Kingsbury era, just because 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:43.680 it followed some of the one on ones against the 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:47.000 Titans Paly. That's what it did. It followed the one 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:50.400 on one period the individual periods right there where the 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:53.880 offensive line was working against the defensive line of the 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:57.159 Titans and vice versa of course, and then of course 0:05:57.240 --> 0:06:01.200 the wide receivers were working against the heightens dbs and 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:05.880 vice versa as well. I thought everybody came together after that, 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:10.120 and suddenly the tempo in that team period where they 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:14.080 were working against themselves was the best tempo I've seen. 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:17.440 They were in full pads. That that means immediately the 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:19.680 tempo is going to be higher. But man, I think 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:23.640 coming off that individual work really had them stoked. And 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:28.200 there were some marquee matchups. DJ Humphrey's going against Bud Dupree. Yes, 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:31.840 it was, you know, interior lineman going against Jeffrey Simmons. 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:36.560 Oh my goodness, Cody Ford against Jeffrey Simmons. You win some, 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:39.320 you lose some, do you not. But I like the 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:42.920 fact that he won some. And with that being said, 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:46.040 here's Cliff Kingsburry talking. Actually, you know what, We'll get 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:48.240 to Cody Ford in a minute. Let me just say this. 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:52.159 When the Cardinals defense was able to go against Ryan 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:56.440 Tannehill and Malik Willis, Ryan Tannehill the experienced quarterback, No, 0:06:56.680 --> 0:07:00.480 Malik Willis that athleticism, and they got to pick off both. 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:02.920 Byron Murphy with a big pick in the end zone 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:05.080 during the two minute drill to wrap up a Tennessee 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:09.320 Titans possession from Ryan Tannehill. Tay Daily, the Cardinals backup safety, 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:12.640 went for a pick six against Malik Willis. The defense 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:15.360 seemed to like you said, I mean, the temple was 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.480 really guess, but that's us. What did Buddha Baker think? 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:21.640 Here's Buddha after practice. We'd like to think our ones are, 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:24.640 you know, really good. If we can do great against them, 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:27.280 I feel like we can do great against anybody. And uh, 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:29.800 you know, we competed, you know, got some picks, got 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:32.840 our hands on the football and it was a great day. 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:36.520 Really was that two minute team period, man, that that 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:40.120 work against the Tennessee Titans at the end. That was 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:43.520 after the Arizona Cardinals actually went with their own team 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:47.160 period and worked against themselves that we were talking about 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:51.160 that two minute team period to end practice. Man, that 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:54.720 was some excellent work right there, because think about it, 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:58.040 how many starters for the Cardinals are never gonna see 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:01.480 a snap in August in the preseason. So this really 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:05.360 was there a way to get battle tested for Week 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:09.040 one against Kansas City. You know, DJ Humphreys and Kelvin Beecham, 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:11.200 they're not going to see any any action here in 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:13.840 the preseasons, but there they were going against Bud Dupree 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:16.440 and Harold Landry. This was the future, Polly, I believe 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:19.000 in the NFL. Right here, they're going to eliminate I think, 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:22.160 another preseason game and they're going to replace it with 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:26.800 teams working against teams. All right, Cody Ford, you mentioned him. 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:29.640 He is now an Arizona Cardinal after the Cardinals traded 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:32.440 a fifth round pick to the Buffalo Bills for a 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:35.640 guy who's taking high top round two a few years ago, 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:40.080 former teammates with Kyler Murray and Hollywood Brown, and right away, 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:42.480 because of the injury to Justin Pugh, he was running 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.520 first team left guard. So Cliff Kingsbury got a long 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.320 look at Cody Ford in a Cardinal's uniform and here's 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:52.400 the head coach. Big Nasty obviously has played at a 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:54.200 high level, you know, whether it's college or when he 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:56.640 had a chance in Buffalo, and so we're excited to 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:58.240 be able to come out here and pick enough up 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:00.079 to go in there. It was pretty impressive, and we 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:03.040 just gotta chieve spoon feeding him the offense and getting 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.480 ready for week one and guess what he's gonna play 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:08.480 Saturday night against the Titans. Just a little bit ago 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:11.880 earlier today, Cliff Kingsbury told us meeting the media, Yeah, 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.920 he's gonna get some reps. Cody Ford. We talked to him, 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:17.840 he said already. It's just just that we know the 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:20.200 room is great, the old line room. Yeah. DJ Humphreys 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:22.720 and Kelvin Beacham and Ronnie has an justin few just 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:25.840 the personality. He's the good mix of young and veteran guys. 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:28.319 And then his ability to connect right away with a 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:31.760 Kyler Murray and Hollywood Brown. He called it surreal. Cody Ford. 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:34.320 But when they say he has an edge, I asked 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:36.800 him at one point in the media session whether he 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:39.800 has a confidence that he can excel and eliminate any 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:42.079 questions about his game that maybe some of the Bills 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:44.559 fans had, as you saw some of the reaction after 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:47.120 he got traded away from Buffalo and never quite fulfilled 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:50.199 those expectations of a high second round pick nailing down 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:53.040 a starting job on that Bill's offensive line. And he 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:54.960 looked me in the eye said, well, I'm not gonna 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:56.600 say what I want to say, but let's just say 0:09:56.640 --> 0:09:58.640 I'm confident I can play in this league. Paul. He 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:03.240 eyeballed you. He looked down at me. Okay, and well everybody, 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:06.880 he gave me that stare, that death stare. It's kin 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:09.199 to a stair I got from Buddha Baker yesterday. We'll 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:10.840 get to that a little bit later. Here's what I 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:14.800 love about Cody Ford. Right now, Paul, don't bring that trouble. 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:18.199 He's all about that base. Okay, Paul, I'm just saying 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:22.160 country music this week. Well, this guy, I did you 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:24.920 see him, Paul? I mean, this guy is thick from 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:28.160 the waist out. Oh my goodness, I think right now 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:30.080 you've got a little something something coming out of the 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:33.120 side of his neck, very much like Will Hernandez on 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:36.640 the right side. You got Will Hernandez at right guard. 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:38.160 And now all of a sudden, you're gonna tell me 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:40.720 you're gonna have Cody Ford. Now, I know it's only 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:43.400 till Justin Pugh comes back. And I'm really not worried 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:46.240 about Justin Pew a stinger as a stinger, I think 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:49.240 he's gonna be okay. It shouldn't impede him or affect 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:53.800 him anywhere in the future as far as as Kansas 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:56.920 City goes. So I feel really really good about that. 0:10:56.960 --> 0:11:00.120 Maybe you know something different on that. I'm like, I 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:02.520 expect to see him week one, but I think right now, 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:05.199 if you told me that you had Cody fordham a maler. 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:08.880 As a matter of Lorenzo Alexander told me a former 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:12.160 teammate of Cody Ford that he was a maler, and 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:15.080 then you got Will Hernandez at Raich guard PAULI you 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:18.680 know what, Hey, that's a good comparison. I mean, it's 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:22.600 think about all the similarities, the body type, the mentality, 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:25.240 the playing style. Yes, well, the fact they were both 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:28.520 high second round picks. It didn't quite get complete traction 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:32.000 with their original team. Yeah, the Cardinals. They signed Will 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:34.760 Hernandez for dang near the veterans minimum, gave up only 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:36.720 a fifth round pick for Cody Fordham. By the way, 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:38.360 they have a bunch of compics next year, so it 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:40.000 makes it easy to part with a fifth round pick. 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:42.840 But it's not just that. It's also because, of course 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:45.280 Justin Pugh when he comes back, he's going to be 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:47.760 the starting left guard. What I love about that is 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:51.760 Cody Ford once again is going to bring depth, especially 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:56.040 to the interior offensive line, and that's important when you 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:58.880 play in the NFC West, when you have people like oh, 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:02.160 I don't know Donald on the other side of the ball, 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:04.959 well and think about the game against the Ravens, or 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:07.560 a shod coward maybe didn't great out as well as 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:09.880 they thought, a veteran guard, and then you have two 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:12.480 rookies after that, Lucida Smith and Marquise Hay, So you 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:14.920 needed that proven depth. Like you said, Cody Ford is 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:18.040 on board and he's been very, very familiar with the quarterback. 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:20.600 They go back to the Ou days, but they also 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.600 go back to after Haile Murray when the Cardinals beat 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:26.199 the Bills and after the game. It's a great clip 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:29.600 from NFL Films where Kyler and his former teammate at Oklahoma, 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:36.000 Cody Ford, were arguing about the outcome, right. I just 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:38.480 never felt everyone's gonna lose. I ain't gonna No, yeah, 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:43.040 we can't, y'all. No, we were not No, we were not. 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:50.520 Bro We chicked three field goals exactly, No, no, not two? 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:53.800 Ya had you had in accident? Who do think she'd 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:58.520 won a game? We said the war Maybe maybe looks 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:06.200 that's good TV. You all was supposed to the hell murray? 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:11.360 Oh my goodness. So right now, Um, he's got to 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:14.240 accelerate the learning curve and get to know the playbook. 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:17.200 Cody Ford also sharing about everything he owns is in 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:20.760 Buffalo right now because just the craziness of getting traded. 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:22.800 The next day, you're on a plane Arizona. No you're not. 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:24.839 You're on a plane to Tennessee. And then the very 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:26.920 next day, oh, you're running first team with the Cardinals 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:28.840 old line and a joint practice. You might want to 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:33.640 get his stuff out of Buffalo before September. Hits Paul saying, 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:38.199 because that's snow. Oh it's coming Lake effects snow in September. 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:41.600 Oh yeah, Polly, bring it on? Oh boy, okay. Episode 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:44.720 thirty seven of the Day Pash podcast featuring Buccaneers GM 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:48.480 Jason Light. How about that get on the day Pash Podcast. 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:51.840 We're talking right as Tom Brady came back. Dave was 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:55.200 talking to Jason Light and so that's great stuff. Wherever 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:57.480 you get your podcast, just go ahead and find the pashpod. 0:13:57.520 --> 0:14:02.040 Also following on Twitter at Pashpod. Dennis Gardeck. I tell 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:04.280 you if there's a guy who is poised to explode 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:06.160 this year, a guy we have seen him look really 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:09.720 good in camp. Dennis Gardek. Next on the Big Red Rage. 0:14:11.240 --> 0:14:14.760 Dennis Gardak, by the way, is playing Chandler Jones position 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:18.560 right now at right outside linebacker. Second down and ten 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:22.920 back to throw flack. Oh sacked by Guardeck. Oh my goodness, 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:27.800 what a move by Dennis Gardak. The barbarian came inside 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:32.359 hair flying blacko in the pocket, gonna get hit and sacked. 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:37.240 Dennis Gardak got him again. And then Dennis Gardak doing 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:40.400 an interesting sack dance where he just kind of bounced 0:14:40.440 --> 0:14:43.160 back and forth on his feet with his hands out, 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:45.840 palms up. I don't know what he was asking for. 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:51.000 What is good guard Deck. Dennis Gardak got up and 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:55.480 did a little barbarian dance around the fire. All right. 0:14:55.560 --> 0:15:00.200 That was twenty twenty Week five. That was deni Us 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:03.480 Gardeck coming in for an injured Chandler Jones and if 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:08.600 memory serves, two sacks, two tackles for loss, two quarterback 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:12.760 hits among your ninety three defensive snaps that year where 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:15.480 he had seven sacks total. And now we have the 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:19.400 two time team captain alongside Dennis Gardeck joins us here 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:21.840 in the big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:25.320 We'll get to anything and everything football. How's Nashville treating 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:28.400 you so far? Dennis? It's been fun. It's been a 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:31.960 good bonding experience, and it's always great to play some 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:35.720 football against some new faces. There seems to be two 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:38.320 kinds of guys on this roster, the guys who owned 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:41.600 their own cowboy hat and boots and those who don't. 0:15:41.640 --> 0:15:44.440 Are you in the ladder or the former no cowboy 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:47.600 boots over here? No, se I don't want to profile, 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:49.320 but when I see that you went to West Virginia 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:51.800 State and then Sue Falls, I thought, maybe, just maybe 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:54.120 there was a chance, like you know, the cowboy boots 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:56.840 that had and a big country music fan. No, we 0:15:57.000 --> 0:16:00.840 got none of the above on that one. Paul all Right, 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:04.120 who who does but I saw Trey McBride it said, 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:07.560 you know, okay, it's from small town Colorado. Cliff Kingsbury, absolutely, 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:10.480 I'm from Texas. But then like Zach Allen's like absolutely 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:13.080 not anybody else who we might see out and about. 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:14.840 You know, if this wasn't a game week, who would 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:16.960 be out there in Nashville? You think? You know, I'm 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:18.760 not sure who would be out there, but I know 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:23.200 um Zavin obviously has his cowboy boots. I think he 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:25.480 had a game day fit with his cowboy boots on. 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:29.800 And surprisingly, I think I heard Deonte Thompson he's got 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:32.560 two pairs of cowboy boots. As something I've learned just 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:36.480 on this trip, nobody's wearing Alabama gears. So okay, that's 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:40.200 that's interesting. All right. Uh, tell us about how things 0:16:40.200 --> 0:16:42.080 are going for you so far on the field. Are 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:44.880 you aware that on the sideline, which is whereas yours 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:49.560 truly resides, there's definitely a buzz, I mean, the decision makers, 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:52.640 the evaluators, just those observing like man that looks like 0:16:52.680 --> 0:16:56.920 the two twenty Dennis Gardeck. Would you agree with that? Yeah, 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:59.240 I feel I feel really good. You know, you played 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:03.600 the clip early year and just kind of reflecting on 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.800 my own path. Since then, there's been a lot of 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:09.240 a lot of growth that's occurred in there. Obviously, the 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:12.400 injuries and everything can be seen as setbacks, but as 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:15.679 far as learning pass rush and understanding what I'm doing, 0:17:17.680 --> 0:17:20.119 there was a lot of learning during that time. And 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:24.199 now I feel like I'm almost fine tuning at this 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:27.600 point in dialing back and just being able to react 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:30.439 to whatever i have with all this new knowledge that 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:33.920 I've learned, and I feel like I'm playing fast again 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:38.360 and playing playing good football. Dennis Gardeck is our guest 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:40.639 in the Big Red Rage. I asked Helvin Beecham's starting 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:42.600 right tackle about you, and he had a lot of 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:44.800 good things to say about you and your game, but 0:17:44.880 --> 0:17:46.880 in terms of some of those aspects, he said, yeah, 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:49.439 you can tell he learned a lot from Chandler Jones. 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:53.160 What did he mean by that, Well, I think it's 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:55.879 important just to understand the guys that you have in 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:59.960 your room, and so being a guy that's still figure 0:18:00.240 --> 0:18:04.080 out his role, I attached myself to channel on well 0:18:04.080 --> 0:18:05.919 what did you feel on that set or kind of 0:18:05.920 --> 0:18:09.080 what's your philosophy and just really wanted to pick his 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:11.399 brain and get get to know everything he does. So 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:14.520 there's some techniques things where it's like, all right, Chan, 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:18.160 you got thirty five inch arms. I don't. There's some 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:20.320 things that I need to be able to say, all right, 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:23.280 that's not going to work for me. But there's definitely 0:18:23.320 --> 0:18:24.760 been a lot of things that I've been able to 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:29.160 apply to my game. Understanding how to manipulate sets and 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:31.399 do that sort of stuff is something that Chan does 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:35.400 incredibly well. Kelvin Beacham also said something about your get off, 0:18:35.440 --> 0:18:39.320 where you're you've improved your get off. You know the 0:18:39.359 --> 0:18:42.199 explosion is back, but there's something beyond that. Maybe that 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:45.359 does that go to your knowledge of the game and 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:48.320 your ability to get that explosion and first step. I 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:50.640 think it's kind of what I was alluding to when 0:18:50.640 --> 0:18:53.639 I said I was I was almost dialing back. Is 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:59.399 I'm not thinking and waiting for the opportunity to present 0:18:59.440 --> 0:19:02.600 itself on this is what move I'm gonna work. I'm 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:05.000 more confident in myself. I'm able to get off at 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:08.000 my full speed, and then when I'm at the point, 0:19:08.200 --> 0:19:10.320 I'm just gonna try to react and play football. I've 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:13.240 I've practiced all all of my different moves, and I know, 0:19:14.040 --> 0:19:16.160 based on where he's set, I need to do this, 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:18.000 this or this, and then once I get into him, 0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:23.000 it's more reactionary, which I think benefited me back in 0:19:23.040 --> 0:19:25.320 twenty twenty because I just simply didn't know. I was 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:28.600 just going out there and reacting. Now I've kind of 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:31.320 refined some things, and now I have the knowledge and 0:19:31.320 --> 0:19:35.040 I'm also reacting. How curious or you do you forget 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:38.080 us in the media and we wonder about twenty twenty, 0:19:38.160 --> 0:19:40.320 how curious are you to see if you can recapture 0:19:40.359 --> 0:19:44.400 that sort of production. Yeah, it's It's something that's kind 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:48.920 of consumed me this entire offseason. I'm like, all right, 0:19:48.960 --> 0:19:51.480 well I had some really good rushes last year, but 0:19:51.480 --> 0:19:57.040 the production was not there. So was it the knee? 0:19:57.080 --> 0:19:58.840 Or we're gonna get back to where we were supposed to? 0:19:58.960 --> 0:20:02.320 All those same question since you guys have have floated around. 0:20:03.880 --> 0:20:06.280 And I'm excited because now we find out, you know, 0:20:06.480 --> 0:20:09.040 I put in all the work. I'm I can sit 0:20:09.080 --> 0:20:11.399 here and say what's going to happen, but I'm excited 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:13.400 to find out what's going to happen. You got loose 0:20:13.440 --> 0:20:15.560 in the joint practice here and there, how hard is 0:20:15.560 --> 0:20:18.520 it to not hit the quarterback in these practice sessions 0:20:19.280 --> 0:20:22.000 when you've actually won a rep and you've gotten into 0:20:22.000 --> 0:20:24.520 the backfield. Do you find yourself mentally having to remind 0:20:24.560 --> 0:20:28.159 yourself constantly. Luckily we get a lot of practice and 0:20:28.320 --> 0:20:32.000 not hitting the quarterback when we got our quarterback back there, So, um, 0:20:32.800 --> 0:20:35.880 it's not too difficult and understanding where we're at at 0:20:35.880 --> 0:20:40.199 this point in camping. Guys, it's good to win your 0:20:40.280 --> 0:20:42.480 rush and then it's like, all right, I won my rush. 0:20:42.520 --> 0:20:44.600 Everybody can see I won my rush. Let's let's get 0:20:44.600 --> 0:20:47.240 out of here. There was one series in the Ravens 0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:49.920 game you had in your sack and the very next snap, 0:20:49.960 --> 0:20:52.360 if memory serves, you had to tackle for loss. How 0:20:52.440 --> 0:20:55.920 regular season ready do you feel right now? I feel 0:20:55.960 --> 0:21:01.160 pretty good. The regular seasons obviously amped up another notch um, 0:21:02.280 --> 0:21:05.080 and I think I'm nearing ready for that. What can 0:21:05.160 --> 0:21:07.840 you tell about this defense right now? Is there anything 0:21:08.240 --> 0:21:10.640 that you know that we're going to find out when 0:21:10.680 --> 0:21:13.560 it comes to this defense this year? I think just 0:21:13.640 --> 0:21:15.720 how fast we play, I think that's really going to 0:21:15.760 --> 0:21:19.080 pop off the tape. And how much for rotation do 0:21:19.119 --> 0:21:21.200 you think is going to be used? You know off 0:21:21.240 --> 0:21:23.600 the edge because you have four or five guys who 0:21:23.600 --> 0:21:25.560 are all sort of different in their own way. Could 0:21:25.560 --> 0:21:28.480 that be a competitive advantage just presenting tackles with different 0:21:28.480 --> 0:21:31.440 looks that's going to be advanced Joseph question. I don't 0:21:31.440 --> 0:21:34.840 know anything about how how that that's gonna shake out. UM. 0:21:34.960 --> 0:21:37.200 I know we do have a lot of versatility within 0:21:37.280 --> 0:21:40.360