WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Kennard Ready For Opportunity 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:05.480 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles. Oh ahead, 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:09.000 and he got jacked. This is the Big Red Rain 0:00:09.920 --> 0:00:14.600 presented by Santanford in Gilbert. Mary's Gonna score touchdown Slim 0:00:14.680 --> 0:00:17.439 to the ground by Buddha Baker Like a torpedo. He 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:22.959 came flying into the backfield. The rage is brought to 0:00:23.000 --> 0:00:28.960 you by satan Ford in Gilbert. Are you Santanford State Farm? 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:32.960 Talk to an agent today at eight hundred State Farm, 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:37.800 And by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit Hacy Cardinals dot Com, 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:45.960 Slash Podcasts, The Red sn Rising Guard, Temperaturizing Vision Blurring, 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:50.400 Rage taking over. Here's Paul Kelvc. I'm ready. I'm one 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:53.560 hundred percent ready. I'm telling you I'm ready, and Ron 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:56.640 will flee. It doesn't get any better than that horn. 0:00:57.400 --> 0:01:02.160 Unleash the far All right, maybe I'm missing it around, Wolfley, 0:01:02.200 --> 0:01:08.240 but I'm wondering when exactly does the off season start again? 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:12.880 What is this off season of which you speak? I 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.920 really don't know, Bullie, but I'll guarantee you you missed it. 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:19.959 I'm not sure it started, is my point, wolf Because 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:23.760 every month this year we have had Cardinals news. Have 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:27.520 we not yes, I mean at breaking news. We've had 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:32.160 headline news. We're two days into June. There's definitely news 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:35.360 to talk about. And unfortunately, right off the top here 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:38.160 the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:42.640 We are santan Ford. We do have tragic news to 0:01:42.880 --> 0:01:45.400 discuss before we get to all the football, and there's 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:49.200 plenty of it. But Wolf, when you saw over the 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:52.800 holiday weekend that we got news of the passing, the 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:57.320 tragic death of Jeff Gladney and his female passenger in 0:01:57.440 --> 0:02:00.240 a car crash in Texas, when you went to see 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:04.520 Cardinals dot com and you saw his silhouette with his 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:08.240 lifespan listed beneath it nineteen ninety six to two thousand 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:12.680 and twenty two, and such a young life lost, and 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.920 it just it reinforces that, you know what, we have 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:18.840 the privilege and the pleasure of talking about the sports world, 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:22.440 which is far from the real world, but sometimes the 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:26.600 reality and gravity of it all is unavoidable, like in 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:29.400 this case with the death of Jeff Cladney. Yes, Polly, 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:33.800 it really is. It's a situation just heartbreaking. There's no 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:37.880 other way to characterize this. Jeff Gladney twenty five years 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:41.760 old heartbreaking, of course, And the first thing I thought of, 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:44.480 I have to admit this, Polly. I thought of the 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:48.519 Minnesota Vikings. I thought of guys that actually went out 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:52.160 and played on the field with him, Guys that actually 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:56.080 had more exposure to Jeff Gladdeney. Now there are some 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:59.800 guys I'm sure inside the Arizona Cardinals locker room that 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:02.560 knew him personally, knew what he was about, knew what 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:07.040 he was doing, knew his likes and his dislikes, everything 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:11.400 like that. But I thought of his teammates up in Minnesota, 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:14.440 guys that actually went to battle out on the field 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:17.800 with Jeff Gladney and knew him a lot better. Because 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:21.200 it's like anything else, Pauly, we know acquaintances that have 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:23.960 passed those that have worked with us, of course, and 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:27.840 it sat there's no doubt about that. Yet at the 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:31.640 same time, this type of thing, Paul can bring a 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:34.600 team together inside that locker room, and it was something 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:38.360 the team discussed. Initially Cliff Kingsbury addressing the entire team, 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:40.960 and then the team broke into offense and defense, and 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:45.000 then there were further discussions with position coaches, defensive coordinator, 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:49.000 advanced Joseph yesterday on his message to the team after 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:51.920 the death of Jeff Gladney at age twenty five, The 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:55.760 players right now are still in in a processing mode 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:57.840 of you know, not knowing what to feel. Really, you know, 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:00.600 it's again, you know, I would dB group is really 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:03.000 saddened by this, you know, and I totally got this morning. 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:05.440 I say, you know, life is precious not only to you, 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:07.600 but to the people who invest in your life, your parents, 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:10.720 your team, makes, your your cousins and your friends. Right, 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:13.320 that's so important in life. You know, it's not about 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:15.680 you all the time. It's about people who invest in you. 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:17.920 And sometimes young folks think it's about me. It's my life. 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:20.680 I can do whatever I want. You can't because when 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:23.279 those things happen, it affects all of us, right, the 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:25.680 folks who invest in you. Man that you owe him, 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:32.320 you know, and we make choices and those are free, 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:35.560 but the consequence they're not. And that's that's plain for 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:39.360 our guys right now. Really well said all right, aunts, Joseph, 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:41.280 we were sitting there in that room. You could feel 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:43.280 the emotion. It was a very poignant message that he 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:46.720 shared that, and he told his younger guys in that room, 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:49.400 and as you know, will if the Cardinals issued a 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:52.120 team's statement, the Red were devastated. Lauren to Jeff Gliden, 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:54.320 he's passing our hearts go out to his family, friends 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:57.719 and all who are mourning this tremendous loss. And there's 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:02.080 no real good way to segue, Paul, obviously, But on 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:05.600 that same day, the Cardinals had OTAs And why were 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:08.080 all the cameras? Why were there so many cameras? So 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:11.000 why were they all pointed in a singular direction towards 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:16.160 number one? Kyler Murray, who was in attendance? Your takeaway 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:19.039 and what is the magnitude of the moment of Kyler 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:22.039 Murray actually being there in person, because there are plenty 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:24.839 who doubted we would see him this offseas. Yeah, Polly, 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:26.640 you know, I really don't know what to make of that. 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:30.720 I was just glad to see Kyler Murray out there, listen, 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:36.400 especially coming off the Jeff Gladney tragedy, especially coming off that, Polly, 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:39.000 I don't know if that had absolutely anything to do 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:42.239 with Kyler Murray and some of the other veterans actually 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:45.320 showing up. I have no idea on that, but I 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:48.480 will tell you the timing was fortuitous, was it not? 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:55.040 For everybody the grieving process, Polly. I think it's important. Listen. 0:05:56.040 --> 0:06:01.040 It's interesting because the Amish have a saying of wisdom, Paul, 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:05.440 that says, the most important things in your home are people. 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:09.320 And there's no doubt about it. When you walk inside 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:12.320 that building, when you walk into a locker room, man, 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:16.040 that paradigm in there. Your brother is the guy lined 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:20.720 up next to you. It is a close, close fraternity, 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:23.920 as you know very very well. And because of that, 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:28.040 I was so glad to see that Kyler was there. 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:31.000 And again, whether he planned to be there or not, 0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:35.280 I don't know, but I do know that that leadership 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:40.760 wheel was a little ajar with the news of Jeff Gladney, 0:06:40.960 --> 0:06:43.520 and now all of a sudden that gives the leaders 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:47.560 inside that locker room the opportunity to grab it and stabilize. 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:51.000 An unquestioned team leader is Kelvin Beecham. Would you see 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:53.760 Kelvin Beecham as a wise man, Ron Wally, My goodness, 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:55.839 he is just one of the guys I would have 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:59.120 loved to have played with. So when he asked him 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:01.560 he met the meat yesterday and he asked just about 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:04.560 the presence and the arrival of Kyler Murray. Did he 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:07.560 mention anything about on field? You know, Okay, it's an 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:10.320 ota and you're throwing against air for the most part 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:13.320 and all that. No, he went a little deeper and 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:16.040 listen to the story that Kelvin Beacham's starting right tackle 0:07:16.120 --> 0:07:19.200 shared about his quarterback. Now. Just walked by the team 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:21.600 room and he's leading seven or seven fim work, So 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:25.320 he's putting into work. You know, it's been a maturation process, 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:27.440 like I've said this entire offseason, and he's continuing to 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.320 get better and he's continuing to mature. And I think 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:31.440 when you look at somebody who you want to see 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:33.920 progress a weekend, a week out, year in a year out, 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:37.280 that maturation process is really starting to take place. And 0:07:37.360 --> 0:07:38.920 you know what, that's the best news I think you 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:41.560 could possibly get in addition to him showing up and 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:44.920 maybe hopefully that makes people bullets shut and deal getting 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:47.840 done and hopefully in time for training camp, maybe even 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.200 in time for the mandatory mini camp later this month. 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:53.080 But to me, Wolf, my opinion on Kyler in the 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:56.040 next step, thanks for asking, would be exactly what Kelvin 0:07:56.080 --> 0:08:00.480 Beecham just cited. The ability to show that leadership because 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.080 when he is a franchise quarterback, and he is and 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:05.320 he's certainly going to be paid like one real soon, 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:08.000 we expect that. You know what, that is part of 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:12.200 the job description. You are a big part of the culture. 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:14.720 You are a big part of the DNA of this team. 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:18.000 And guess what the offense revolves around you. Cliff Kingsbury 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:22.000 formulates this offense based on what your skill set is. 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.280 So I think it's imperative that he is in there 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:28.120 leading some of these sessions, sure, and hopefully holding guys 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:30.480 accountable as well. As Aj Green told us on a 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:33.400 recent edition of The Big Red Rage, the players welcome that. 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:35.920 And you know what, when you're the franchise quarterback, they're 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:39.920 looking to you for that. Yeah, Pali. The entire pass 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:42.480 apart two, The key that unlocks all locks to this 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:46.760 entire conversation can be found in what Calvin Beecham is saying. 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:49.960 He's not a finished product. What he basically is saying, 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:53.480 I'll give you translation, Kyler Murray's not a finished product 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:56.000 and he needs to work at his job. I mean 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:58.920 that basically is what he is saying right now. And 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:02.400 he's also saying he's reporting. I should say that he 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:06.520 is doing just that. The maturation process and working at 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:09.880 his job means he is running a seven on seven 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:12.840 tape session. He is running at Paul, I'm telling you 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:15.480 right now, you have no idea how important that is. 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:19.280 When you get your quarterback, your your quarterback grabs the 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:24.880 clicker and he starts running the meeting, every eye is 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:29.319 wide open, every spine is straight, and you sit up 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:33.200 and you know this guy is not a coach, and 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:36.840 that puts you on alert immediately. Believe it or not. 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:41.320 It seems counterintuitive, PAULI, but it makes even more people 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:44.600 sit up in their chairs. When a quarterback grabs a 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:48.360 clicker and he starts talking about what's what. That's a 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:50.960 great sign of leadership. And well, if you know this, 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:53.480 the best situations in an NFL team are where the 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:57.200 quarterback is the culture. I mean, how did the Bengals 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.600 advance to the super Bowl out of nowhere last year? 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:03.880 To it's two words, Joe Burrow, he was the Bengals culture. 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:06.079 So when the Cardinals made the run to the Super Bowl, 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:08.000 and I've talked to him about this on Cardinals Underground, 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:10.920 the podcast, it was Kurt Warner telling everyone we're not 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:13.720 settling for a division title. No, the season starts now 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:16.760 with the postseason. It was Carson Palmer running those Friday 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:20.319 practices all by himself. Basically, bea would just outsource to 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:23.040 do his quarterback and it would be Carson Palmer barking 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:26.720 out directions and holding guys accountable. So you're right, this 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:29.280 is the next step for at twenty four year old 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:34.040 franchise quarterback in Kyler Murray. And now he has Hollywood 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:37.559 Brown in the fold. And as our Jim Almahundro said, 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:39.520 because I don't want to actually take credit for this growan, 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:43.240 he said, is oklahomy. Hollywood Brown is in the fold. 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:45.840 And we saw him out there as well, wearing number two, 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.920 and then there's number four, Rondelle Moore. And he was 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:52.880 asked about interacting with the Cardinal's new receiver, Marquis Brown. Yeah, 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:55.840 his lockers actually right next to mine. But great dude, 0:10:56.440 --> 0:11:00.000 solid guy, works hard, He's came in, he's asked questions, 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:01.920 and so just to have that humility as a guy 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:03.920 who's been in league for this is what's going on 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:06.800 his fourth year, right, So just to have that humility 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:08.560 and you know, set his pride aside and come in 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:10.320 and want to learn and want to work is exciting 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:12.640 to see. So he's been nothing but great. Yeah, that 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:14.800 is you know, Polly, I I have to go back 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:17.280 to what you were saying about Joe Burrow and Kurt Warner. 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:22.480 Those guys had huge personalities, huge personalities, they the swag 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:26.880 that they had. Of course, yes, that one person can 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.720 be your culture, but Polly, I think the Arizona Cardinals 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:33.520 are in a different situation. Listen, Kyler Murray doesn't have 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:37.280 to have that kind of massive personality. It doesn't have 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.320 to have that kind of swag. What he has to 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:43.280 have is accountability above all else. He has to be 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:47.199 accountable to his peers inside that locker room, Paul. If 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:49.400 he's just accountable, it doesn't have to be the guy 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:51.680 that's cracking jokes. It doesn't have to be the guy 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:53.920 that's smoking a cigar. It doesn't have to be the 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:57.640 guy that's got all this confidence oozing in swag. He 0:11:57.679 --> 0:11:59.440 doesn't have to do any of that. What he has 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:03.040 to do is hold himself to an accountability level that 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:06.440 nobody He won't hold anyone else in that locker room too. 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:09.120 Does that make sense, Paul? And then he has to 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:12.320 be willing to walk up and hold others accountable. But 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:15.280 he's got to hold himself to a standard. He won't 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:18.959 hold anyone else too. And if Kyler does, if Kyler 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:22.000 Murray does just that, Paul, He's going to be an 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:25.640 awesome leader going forward. Hey, who's to say the Cardinals 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:27.640 didn't need to see a little bit more that this 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:31.440 week before they write that check, before they make that 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:36.840 sort of investment, right, absolutely, PAULI. As Mike Garifolo reported 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:40.800 NFL Network, you know, look the constract extension. They're not 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:43.000 sure if it's imminent or not, but it was a 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:45.880 show a good faith from Kyler in his side that 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:49.440 discussions on a new deal will pick up. So we'll see, 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:52.240 we'll see if there's cause and effect. Here you can 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:55.480 hear episode thirty of the Day Pass podcast featuring wait 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:59.440 for it, jj Watt Oh Big Get by the Pash podcast. 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:02.640 You can get that wherever you find your podcasts and 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:06.160 get the latest updates via Twitter at pash pod. All Right, 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:09.360 it's a big red Rage and the big guest tonight 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:12.640 is Wolf. I would say one of the big keys 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:15.720 to the season, Kyler's number one to me, Zaving Collins 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:19.000 is number two, number three. Dare I say Devon Kennard 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:21.800 because in the NFL it's all about the quarterback and 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:25.760 getting to the quarterback. Can the Cardinals do that? By 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:29.000 Stavon Canard? Next the Big Red Rage presented by Satan 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:39.559 Port and Gilbert we Are Satan Poor jet sweep to 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:41.719 hack New New Yor's side and he gets clocked at 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:45.480 the twenty five. What a vicious tackle by Davon Kennard 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:48.600 snapped to Rodgers. He keeps, rolls right, throws a ball 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:51.160 fat in the air and a complaint and complaint. It 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:53.880 was canardin out a hand on it slammed the ground 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:56.640 of the twenty yard line for a sack. Devon Kennard 0:13:56.760 --> 0:13:59.800 hands it off straight ahead to mos Dirt. He is short. 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:03.320 It was Devon Cannard who had the head. Lawrence takes 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:06.520 kid the Robinson running right, met by Kennard, who got 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:09.240 off a block and stuff the play, hands it off 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:13.000 nowhere to run between the tackles. Devon Canard making a 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:16.320 play on Alfred Morris in the backfield may feel hip, 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:19.360 but he steps up again and he fumbles the ball. 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:23.120 It's loose on the far side. Devon Canard hops on it. 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:27.200 He's got it for the Cardinals. All right, now about 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:30.640 a highlight reel of Devon Knard, which is a reminder 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:33.320 over here that I don't want this personally to be 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:36.560 a low light. Okay, all right, Paul Pigskin, I feel 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:40.120 like Devon. Then I'm almost interviewing right now for a 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:44.360 future position with DK Incorporating, because we all know you 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:48.960 have big plans after football, after your career, whenever it ends. 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:51.040 And by the way, you're entering what your ninth season, round, 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:54.280 ninth season? You look really good? What are you wan 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:57.360 at right now? I'm about two fifty five normal, Yeah, 0:14:57.480 --> 0:14:59.920 about the same way, Tom. But I've leaned out a lat, 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.960 gained some muscle, loss of fat. So feeling really good 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:04.760 going into this year. I thought I was winning the 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:06.400 off season until I got to look at you right 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:08.960 here on the big Red Range presented by Santan Ford 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:11.240 in Gilbert. Where do you want to start? I mean 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:13.960 we could start by talking football. We could talk I 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:17.600 mean community, we can talk business. Right, you have so 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:20.200 many various interests we could talk. No, you know what, 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:23.200 we're not talking usc Okay, we're not talking Lincoln Riley. 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:25.400 We definitely got to talk football. First, we gotta keep 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:28.040 the main thing, the main thing, USC football. We're taking 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:32.160 over goodness. I think I speak for everyone in the AC. 0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:35.080 We were much happier when USC was going five hundred 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:37.720 every year and going to like the Idaho potato spud 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:42.000 bawl Okay. Now you guys are having these ridiculous recruiting efforts. 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:44.080 Right with Lincoln Riley, we got we gotta put the 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:45.960 Pac twelve back on the map. Things has kind of 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:49.280 fallen off in the Pac twelve. College football is better 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:52.560 when USC is on the Mount rushmore. So I think 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:55.040 we're headed back. All right, Let's go back to another topic. 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:58.040 Then that's enough of USC. You're you're off the field 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:01.280 this week with the OTAs. Give me some impressions. You know, 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:03.920 what's it like for you? What is your goal here? 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:05.680 You're almost a decade in the league, So what are 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:08.760 you trying to achieve in these voluntary sessions. I'm trying. 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:10.480 I'm still trying to get better. I feel like some 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:12.400 of my best ball is still ahead of me. I 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:15.480 feel good. I feel young, even though in football years 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:17.600 I'm old, going on thirty one in my ninth year 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:19.320 in the league. But I feel really good. And I 0:16:19.720 --> 0:16:21.680 love my craft, so I'm trying to get better, work 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:24.720 on my pass rush, work on you know, my hands, 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:27.520 and just really improve. While you're here, you get the 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:30.280 opportunity to kind of go against the offense, but it 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:32.440 doesn't matter like it does during the season, so you can, 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:34.960 you know, try new things. That's that's what's important for me, 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:37.720 is you know, when you're younger, you're making all the efforts. 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:39.640 You're trying to prove your point. I feel like everybody 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:41.160 on the team knows what I bring to the table, 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:43.760 and now I'm trying to add tools to my toolbox 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:46.440 this time of year. You know what the Arizona Cardinals 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:49.320 do not add a veteran pass rusher in the off season. 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:52.280 They lost Chandler Jones. But you can look at the 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:54.960 old line room. You can look at running back. You're 0:16:54.960 --> 0:16:57.280 gonna get wide receiver, you can look at tight end. 0:16:57.320 --> 0:17:00.840 They've all bolstered those rooms. But although there's two draft picks, 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:02.520 so what does that say? What does it about say 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:05.840 about you and your role and what this defense is 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:09.600 gonna look like, especially in your view without Chandler Jones. Now, 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:12.359 I think it provides a lot of opportunity for everybody 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:14.800 in our room, and you know, Marcus Golden obviously is 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:17.000 gonna gonna step up in a major way. But we 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:19.280 have me and Dennis Gardek. We got three rookies that 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:22.800 we dressed, drafted, and Victor de mckij from last year. 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:24.639 So you know, I'm confident in our room. I think 0:17:24.680 --> 0:17:27.159 it's a good mix of young guys who are hungry 0:17:27.200 --> 0:17:29.280 and some veterans who really know what they're doing, and 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:31.479 we're gonna get the job done. I feel like it's 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:34.800 gonna be, you know, a really explosive room and exciting room, 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:36.800 and we're gonna be a big part of why we win. 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:39.720 Devon Canard our guest on the Big Red Race presented 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:42.680 like Saantan Ford and Gilbert so no Chandler Jones. What 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:45.600 does that mean for this defense this year? I think 0:17:45.640 --> 0:17:48.359 it means that other guys have opportunities to step up, 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:51.040 and I think it's gonna be a great chance for 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:54.080 guys like Isaiah Simmons to be, you know, to play 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:57.600 a bigger role, Zavian Collins, Marcus Golden myself. You know, 0:17:57.680 --> 0:18:00.240 Dennis Gardek just signed a bigger deal and you know, 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:02.919 two years ago before his acl showed what he can 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:05.600 do pass rushing, So you know, um, I think it's 0:18:05.600 --> 0:18:07.679 going to be a mixture of a lot of different 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:09.639 things and you're going to be able to see what 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:13.080 we're all capable of. And you know, Chandler Jones is 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:15.399 hard to replace. That's a Hall of Fame player one 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:18.439 hundred plus two sacks. So I don't think anybody's stepping 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:20.240 up and be like, oh, I'm the next Chandler Jones. 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:22.520 But uh, you know, my focus is being the best 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:24.399 Devon Knard I can be in helping this team win. 0:18:24.640 --> 0:18:27.440 Does the scheme have to change? Does Vance Joseph have 0:18:27.520 --> 0:18:29.120 to do something different? I don't know, Maybe go back 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:31.640 to like twenty twenty when Chandler went down in Game 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:34.560 five with the injury, right, I mean, does Vance Joseph 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:36.639 have to do the exs and owes a little differently 0:18:36.720 --> 0:18:38.840 this year? Perhaps? I don't. I don't think so. But 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:40.600 that's more of a question for him, But for me, 0:18:40.760 --> 0:18:43.840 I feel like you provide other guys an opportunity to 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:45.840 go out there and make place, and it seems like 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:48.440 that's what it will look like. But we'll kind of 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:50.359 see how things go the rest of this OTAs and 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:53.160 once the camp starts, and of course this defense doesn't 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:55.639 have Jordan Hicks rights. And you mentioned Zavian Collins. How 0:18:55.680 --> 0:18:57.440 does he look so far? How ready do you think 0:18:57.480 --> 0:19:00.359 he is for that middle linebacker spot. Zaven really impress me. 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:03.040 You know, he takes the game very serious and um, 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:05.639 you know, as a very smart kid. So I'm excited 0:19:05.640 --> 0:19:06.920 to see see what he can do. You know, he 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:10.040 played a limited role role last year, but I feel 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:12.600 like it's going to be a much increased role this season, 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:15.040 and it seems like he's ready to step up to 0:19:15.080 --> 0:19:17.200 the plate and take ownership of that. You'd like to 0:19:17.200 --> 0:19:19.800 see in your inside backers, Uh, they can demand the 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:23.159 huddle and demand the room and really understand what everybody's 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:26.119 doing because you're kind of orchestrating. You're the quarterback of 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:28.800 the defense. And you know, I think he's showing all 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:30.720 of us that he has that in him and that's 0:19:30.760 --> 0:19:33.600 really encouraging. So I'm excited for him. Devon Canard, our 0:19:33.600 --> 0:19:36.359 guest on the Big Red Rage Train, tell us football 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:40.280 one oh one? Just how detailed, right? How complex is 0:19:40.359 --> 0:19:43.920 the Cardinals defense? How many checks does this defense make 0:19:44.040 --> 0:19:46.480 snap to snap? Just reacting to what an offense does 0:19:46.640 --> 0:19:50.240 there's probably a lot more than we realize. Correct, Oh, absolutely, 0:19:50.400 --> 0:19:52.240 you know. But one thing, we try to make it 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:55.239 simple for us and complicated for the offense. So for us, 0:19:55.560 --> 0:19:58.400 you know, we categorize things in a way the way 0:19:58.520 --> 0:20:01.440 Vance calls calls our plays to where you can kind 0:20:01.480 --> 0:20:05.040 of lump certain defenses together to where you're not memorizing 0:20:05.080 --> 0:20:08.480 a thousand different defenses. They all kind of have, you know, 0:20:09.240 --> 0:20:11.560 like a bucket that they go in like so to 0:20:11.680 --> 0:20:14.640 where it's quick recall. And I think that's really huge 0:20:14.640 --> 0:20:17.160 because it makes it easy for us. But now we're 0:20:17.160 --> 0:20:19.359 able to call pressures from the strong side, from the 0:20:19.400 --> 0:20:22.159 weak side, from the tight inside, from them, from the 0:20:22.240 --> 0:20:24.480 running back side. There's a lot of different ways that 0:20:24.560 --> 0:20:26.679 we can we can bring pressure, a lot of different 0:20:26.800 --> 0:20:29.639 guys that we can utilize. Um, you know, we can 0:20:30.040 --> 0:20:32.960 run run guys like Isaiah Simmons and bass defense and 0:20:33.040 --> 0:20:36.280 nickel defense at safety. We can do different things and 0:20:36.560 --> 0:20:39.200 it looks like guys are all in different places, but 0:20:39.320 --> 0:20:42.160 for us, it's not complicated. So I think I think 0:20:42.200 --> 0:20:45.280 that's the key in this defense and provides us an 0:20:45.320 --> 0:20:47.960 opportunity to be successful. And it's really important that we 0:20:48.080 --> 0:20:50.320 take the next step in on defense. I think we 0:20:50.400 --> 0:20:52.880 did a lot of things well, but we didn't put 0:20:52.920 --> 0:20:55.320 together a full season. How we plan to Yeah, Buddha 0:20:55.400 --> 0:20:57.840