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Speaker 7: Everybody is a football GM in August. Yeah, fake football GM.
Speaker 7: That is hashtag fugazy. But Wolf, we ain't talking about
Speaker 7: your fantasy football drafts around here. We're talking about drafts
Speaker 7: in April, the real deal, when the picks determined not
Speaker 7: only your NFL team, your football future, but your GM's
Speaker 7: NFL career, and the Cardinals just made the most picks
Speaker 7: they've ever made in a single draft since nineteen ninety two.
Speaker 7: And I'm thinking maybe, just maybe, because I think that
Speaker 7: was the year you left in free agency, so they
Speaker 7: under started.
Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, Paulie, it was yes, there
Speaker 1: you go, interesting, all right?
Speaker 7: So here we go. It is the Big Red Rage,
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Speaker 7: will be joined momentarily by the assistant general manager, Dave Sears.
Speaker 7: We're not allowed in the war room, but guess what next,
Speaker 7: best thing, we'll talk to some and who was in
Speaker 7: there and a pivotal part of everything that went on.
Speaker 7: In fact, it was the pivot point in the draft
Speaker 7: and number four overall. And speaking of we a Q
Speaker 7: and A with MHJ. Marvin Harrison Junior. We'll hear from
Speaker 7: him a little bit later in this absolutely loaded edition
Speaker 7: of The Big Red Rage coming off the twenty twenty
Speaker 7: four NFL Draft.
Speaker 1: You know one of the things I love, too, Paul
Speaker 1: about this draft. Of course, last year in twenty twenty three,
Speaker 1: you had maniasin Ford. He was moving all over the place.
Speaker 1: Remember that BOLLI moving back, and then he was moving
Speaker 1: back up and he got Paris Johnson Junior at number six,
Speaker 1: and he collected a BIVI of draft capital as well.
Speaker 1: He did a lot of moving around in that first round,
Speaker 1: and I love the fact that he didn't do that
Speaker 1: this time around. This time around, he just stayed there
Speaker 1: right at number four and number twenty seven and made
Speaker 1: their picks. I like to see the versatility of maniasin
Speaker 1: for it, even though he did dial it up in
Speaker 1: day two. I like to see the versatility in a
Speaker 1: different approach.
Speaker 7: Yeah, you got the quality and you got the quantity. Right,
Speaker 7: you got arguably the best player in the draft, non quarterback,
Speaker 7: Marvin Harrison Junior. We'll talk a lot about him coming
Speaker 7: up a little bit later. Look, there are just certain
Speaker 7: positions or certain players. I guess you should say that
Speaker 7: you just can't replace that quantity. Will never replace the
Speaker 7: quality of a Larry Fitzgerald, for example, to use a
Speaker 7: comparison of parallel. So I get it in hindsight, I
Speaker 7: get it now. There are reports that certain teams like
Speaker 7: Minnesota were willing to give up three first round picks
Speaker 7: to come up to number three, and New England but
Speaker 7: maybe that's as far as those teams wanted to go.
Speaker 7: Maybe for as much love and pub as JJ McCarthy got.
Speaker 7: Maybe some of those teams who were willing to come
Speaker 7: up only we're willing for one of the Big three.
Speaker 7: We'll never know, But there was a lot more beyond that, Wolf.
Speaker 7: And to me, when you look at this entire class,
Speaker 7: twelve picks in total, there's just so much intrigue. There's
Speaker 7: so many guys who have so many intriguing measurables right
Speaker 7: and accomplishments and in the mindset, and it's just it's
Speaker 7: going to make for really interesting training camp.
Speaker 1: Yeah. No, you're right about that, Paully. But can I
Speaker 1: also say this right here too, in regard to Monti
Speaker 1: asin Ford sitting there at number four, Boy, he was
Speaker 1: he was in such a good spot, right, Polly. I mean,
Speaker 1: it was gonna be a situation where they were most
Speaker 1: likely going to get Marvin Harrison Junior, or they were
Speaker 1: going to get three number ones and a lot more
Speaker 1: after that. Who knows what kind of change that would
Speaker 1: have cost. But when you stop and think about it
Speaker 1: right now, they really were operating from a position of
Speaker 1: strength in this draft, and I think It's one of
Speaker 1: the reasons why Monni said, Hey, you know what, don't
Speaker 1: call me until we're on the clock. I don't even
Speaker 1: want to talk about it. You better come with your
Speaker 1: best offer.
Speaker 7: We had the pleasure of opening up the draft party.
Speaker 7: Did we not yes? And did you not sense that
Speaker 7: the Red Sea was ready? Was clamoring for Marvin Harrison Junior.
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about it. They wanted Marvin Harrison junior.
Speaker 1: Paul Honestly, if they didn't, he didn't pick him when
Speaker 1: they had the opportunity to. Who knows, run Baul.
Speaker 7: So look, we're gonna hear it from the Cardinals first
Speaker 7: pick in this draft a little bit later. Right now
Speaker 7: here is the GM Monti Austin for it, because inevitably
Speaker 7: he gets asked the question from the media, you know
Speaker 7: about evaluating this year's draft class.
Speaker 9: Can we talk again in two years? It's crazy to say,
Speaker 9: but we win win. Our scouts grade, We always grade
Speaker 9: what's this player going to be in by year two?
Speaker 9: From college the NFL That first year that's a that's
Speaker 9: a huge jump for these guys. It's a mental change,
Speaker 9: it's a physical change. They got to learn how we
Speaker 9: do things. They got to learn our scheme and it's
Speaker 9: a lot.
Speaker 1: All right.
Speaker 7: So look, the Ringer gave the Cardinals an A plus
Speaker 7: Pete Prisco, normally not all that up in terms of
Speaker 7: being positive with anything in the NFL, gave the Cardinals
Speaker 7: a straight A Chad Ruter NFL dot Com and a
Speaker 7: minus Field Yates, My favorite draft was the Cardinals. And
Speaker 7: he actually cited the round three picks in Yes, you know,
Speaker 7: and MANI joked that he got behind on his snap
Speaker 7: in round three because the girlinls had four, count them,
Speaker 7: four round three picks. So Wolf, you tell me Max Melon,
Speaker 7: Trade Benson, Isaiah Adams, Tip Ryman, I mean, tell us
Speaker 7: about some of those guys and what stood out to you.
Speaker 1: Yeah for me, Paul, Right now, I've got to focus
Speaker 1: on the third round. The first three picks of that
Speaker 1: third round, Trey Bnson, Isaiah Adams the guard out of Illinois,
Speaker 1: and Tip Ryman the tight end out of Illinois as well.
Speaker 1: Those three picks right there, when I saw it, I
Speaker 1: pretty much lost my mind. Paul. I will admit that
Speaker 1: this was a statement of purpose by Manti asin Ford
Speaker 1: right here, those three picks to get Trey Benson a
Speaker 1: running back out of Florida State, the second running back
Speaker 1: taken in this draft. Stop and think about that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but here's a guy that has put together a big
Speaker 1: unit six feet two hundred and sixteen pounds. Now he's
Speaker 1: not exactly James Connor. Yet at the same time, what
Speaker 1: a gift to Tray Benson that he's going to have
Speaker 1: a mentor in James Connor to learn from coming into
Speaker 1: the National Football League. I think he makes an immediate
Speaker 1: impact this season as a rookie. I think Isaiah Adams
Speaker 1: and Tip Ryman, these two guys bring physicality to the
Speaker 1: front for the Arizona Cardinals. And I think ultimately, and
Speaker 1: we'll get into this a little bit later in this
Speaker 1: beautiful broadcast, but I think, honestly, tip Ryman could be
Speaker 1: the pass up part two to twelve personnel in the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals having one of the most physical offenses in
Speaker 1: the National Football League.
Speaker 7: You already had the fourth ranked rushing attack in the
Speaker 7: NFL last year, number two in rushing yards per carry,
Speaker 7: number one in twenty plus yard runs. So now you
Speaker 7: had a Trey Benson a Tip Ryman. To me, it
Speaker 7: was Max Melton, who was pick number forty three overall
Speaker 7: and just everything I'm hearing about you like that one,
Speaker 7: love this one, and you just a was a need
Speaker 7: you have Sean Murphy bunting and then okay, Garret Williams
Speaker 7: is your nickel, but he played half a season, so
Speaker 7: all right, you need someone to come in and just
Speaker 7: command that position and everything you hear. And we're gonna
Speaker 7: ask Dave Sears, the assistant GM, about him momentarily. But
Speaker 7: I mean his athleticism scores are through the roof. He's
Speaker 7: really experienced. He's gotten props and praise from Marvin Erison Junior.
Speaker 7: They locked up a few times during their college careers
Speaker 7: in the Big Ten, so he's ultra competitive. I just
Speaker 7: want to see him come in and do what so
Speaker 7: many of the rookies did last year. Compete. And this
Speaker 7: coaching staff, JG has proven it. If you can play,
Speaker 7: you will play right away. Key Trell Clark started from
Speaker 7: day one, Michael Wilson started from day one. Obviously, Paris
Speaker 7: Johnson Junior was your starting right tackle from day one.
Speaker 7: Here's Kyle brand on the NFL Network. This was during
Speaker 7: the draft coverage, right and he just said, zoom out
Speaker 7: on the direction the Cardinals are headed.
Speaker 10: I'm ready for the twenty twenty four Arizona Cardinals.
Speaker 7: Let's get into this.
Speaker 10: I have a soft spot for last year's Cardinals. I
Speaker 10: think they were the toughest four win team I've ever seen.
Speaker 10: They had quality wins over the Cowboys and the Steelers.
Speaker 10: They I think they really matter, and I think they
Speaker 10: annihilated their draft. They get the Marvin Harrison junior pick,
Speaker 10: It's great, it's like probably the best player in the
Speaker 10: entire draft.
Speaker 1: And then Darius.
Speaker 10: Robinson the defensive out of Missouri, Max Melton from Rutgers
Speaker 10: for three, trade Benson the running back. I feel like, man,
Speaker 10: the Cardinals, I think are really lining up really nicely.
Speaker 7: History says every year there's one team that goes from
Speaker 7: worse to first. Last year it was the Houston Texans.
Speaker 7: And what do they do with the second pick overall?
Speaker 7: They had the offensive rookie of the year. With a
Speaker 7: third pick overall, they had the defensive rookie of the year.
Speaker 7: So if Maniacibor is able to string together these two
Speaker 7: draft classes plus the additions in free agency, once again,
Speaker 7: it's just the intrigue of where this is indeed all heading.
Speaker 1: Yeah, no, Paully, you're right about that. It is. But
Speaker 1: you know me, you know the way I feel a
Speaker 1: lot of this even Yeah, I love some of these picks. Okay,
Speaker 1: Tip Ryman is a guy. Again, We're gonna get into
Speaker 1: him here momentarily. But can I just tell you right now,
Speaker 1: I have to adopt the prove it rookie mentality? Can
Speaker 1: I do that, Paul? Is that okay? If I do that,
Speaker 1: I just I've seen way too many guys come into
Speaker 1: the league and for whatever reason, things just don't work out.
Speaker 1: They don't play like they actually did in college. They
Speaker 1: their tape in college is totally disparate from what actually
Speaker 1: happens on a football field at the NFL level. So again,
Speaker 1: I'm just going to adopt the skeptics approach and say,
Speaker 1: prove it to these rookies, and it's something that's I'm
Speaker 1: very very confident many of them will do because of
Speaker 1: the vetting that Manti as I, Forton JG have in
Speaker 1: regard to is this guy a culture fit for us here?
Speaker 1: Is he going to be a guy that is going
Speaker 1: to play the game of football with everything he's got?
Speaker 1: Is he going to be that guy or not? That's
Speaker 1: part of the culture of the Arizona Cardinals. And they
Speaker 1: vet them very very well before they bring him in, Paul.
Speaker 7: And look, every single coach made you prove it, and
Speaker 7: Jonathan Ronan is going to make these guys prove it.
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Speaker 7: All Right, guess what the assistant GM of the Arizona
Speaker 7: Cardinals takes is inside the war Room. Next, I mean
Speaker 7: Marvin Rison junr. Forget how he rates in this year's draft.
Speaker 7: How does he rate in your career? Dave Sears. That
Speaker 7: is next on the Big Red Rage presented by Santan
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Speaker 4: Open Hamson Marvin Harrison Junior, milk chance touchdown Ohio State.
Speaker 5: Under pressure, he does he throws end zone touchdown. Marvin
Speaker 5: Harrison Junior marvelous. Marvin Harrison very taking down. He's come
Speaker 5: part of the trailer.
Speaker 2: Darius Robinson comes up with a set rattler on third
Speaker 2: and six, pockets collapsing.
Speaker 7: So is hey, it's Darius Robinson that gets home. Oh
Speaker 7: look it right, Rose dangerous.
Speaker 5: Ye have picked off.
Speaker 4: By Max Melton.
Speaker 5: This roll is picked off.
Speaker 3: Malachai Melton, Carmy.
Speaker 4: Max count its Trey Penson off to the raceist one.
Speaker 3: Gotta be high stipping.
Speaker 2: He got smoked from the rookies. Touchdown eighty five yards
Speaker 2: as first down, still running, Trey Penson cat track tax
Speaker 2: senter pfensive.
Speaker 7: That's the first four of an NFL high twelve picks,
Speaker 7: the Cardinals first four selections, as the first team to
Speaker 7: have seven picks in the top ninety since nineteen ninety one,
Speaker 7: six offensive players, six defensive players makes a dozen and
Speaker 7: we've got at least a dozen questions for the assistant
Speaker 7: general manager, Dave Sears, who joins us on the Big
Speaker 7: Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert We are
Speaker 7: santan Ford, Davey, have you recovered from it? Was so
Speaker 7: fast and furious and MONI said, with four picks in
Speaker 7: round three, for example, he got behind on his snacking.
Speaker 7: That's how That's how busy you guys were in that
Speaker 7: war room.
Speaker 6: I do not get behind my snacking.
Speaker 7: That's good. That's good, all right. So look, we're never
Speaker 7: gonna get access into a war room, so we're gonna
Speaker 7: live vicariously through you.
Speaker 1: Sure?
Speaker 7: And what just give us a couple of quick takeaways?
Speaker 7: I mean, did this class distinguish itself beyond just the volume, right,
Speaker 7: twelve picks? Anything else? Stand about this class compared to
Speaker 7: maybe others in your career.
Speaker 6: Not specifically in that regard. I think just the way
Speaker 6: this draft fell, it really fell to our board, and
Speaker 6: I think we avoided reaches. We didn't have to panic.
Speaker 6: We were very prepared. We're always prepared. But compared to
Speaker 6: some drafts I have been in where you're not really
Speaker 6: excited about who you're taking. At a certain point, you're just
Speaker 6: taking the best guy on your board, so to speak.
Speaker 6: We're really excited about all the guys we got this year,
Speaker 6: and that's not, you know, just hyperbole.
Speaker 7: You know, otherwise you probably would have traded some of
Speaker 7: those picks right. And some of these guys, it's interesting
Speaker 7: because a lot of them spent four to six years
Speaker 7: in college, and I'm curious how far back do your
Speaker 7: notes go, you know, as a personnel department, how long
Speaker 7: you've been tracking most of these players.
Speaker 6: You know, multiple years minimum. Sometimes some of these guys
Speaker 6: that have been six year guys, it might be three
Speaker 6: years where we may have anticipated possibly in early out underclassmen.
Speaker 6: And we did some filmwork on the guy, so you know,
Speaker 6: a guy like Xavier Thomas, I know, Mini made the
Speaker 6: comment we feel like we've been scouting him along. We
Speaker 6: have been scouting him a long time, so we're very
Speaker 6: familiar with that player. There wasn't really a point of
Speaker 6: emphasis to take guys with this much experience. I think
Speaker 6: because of the volume of picks we had, you can
Speaker 6: make a lot of tie ins to certain players. Just
Speaker 6: because we took twelve guys, So there's going to be
Speaker 6: commonalities there. The commonality there's going to be more so
Speaker 6: in terms of the quality of player. We thought they
Speaker 6: were the necessarily experience.
Speaker 7: You know what's remarkable, And I mentioned when you came in, Hey,
Speaker 7: there was no snow in Detroit. That was the good news.
Speaker 7: You spent all those years of the Lions, sixteen years
Speaker 7: before you rejoined Mania support here in the az They
Speaker 7: set a draft attendance record of nearly eight hundred thousand
Speaker 7: fans and there were nearly eight hundred thousand mock drafts
Speaker 7: leading up to their How do you explain the insatiable
Speaker 7: appetite for fans in the draft? I find it amazing.
Speaker 7: How about you?
Speaker 6: Yeah, well, it was really awesome to see all those
Speaker 6: still shots and camera shots of Detroit really out of
Speaker 6: those guys, and I think that has a lot to
Speaker 6: do with what Dan and Brad, Chris Pielman, you know,
Speaker 6: all those guys up there. I was around those guys.
Speaker 6: The positive energy, what they're doing with that team, the
Speaker 6: excitement that the city now has about the Lions is
Speaker 6: I think very responsible for what they did in downtown.
Speaker 11: People love the draft.
Speaker 6: I think it's exciting. I think it's everybody can envision
Speaker 6: themselves in a general manager chair easier than they can
Speaker 6: envision themselves, you know, rushing an eighty r touchdown. You know,
Speaker 6: like there's no specific physical qualities to be a general manager.
Speaker 6: So I think people have a lot of fun with it.
Speaker 6: You see all the mock drafts. There's just always been
Speaker 6: an interest in it, you know. I mean, it's really
Speaker 6: not as exciting as people think it is. It's not
Speaker 6: even close for the most part.
Speaker 7: But and everybody does fantasy football, right, So okay, you're right,
Speaker 7: you're right. They extrapolate Dave Cyrus, Cardinal's assistant general manager.
Speaker 7: All right, so you mentioned Chris Spielman. Give us this
Speaker 7: scot of report on yourself as a former college inside
Speaker 7: linebacker at Springfield in Massachusetts.
Speaker 6: Yeah, slow, small, lack length. It's tough and instinctive, though,
Speaker 6: there you go.
Speaker 7: I see. And at what point did you see yourself
Speaker 7: in a war room? At what point did you think,
Speaker 7: you know what? I'd love to do that for a living.
Speaker 6: I was always into the draft. I could probably I
Speaker 6: grew up actually a Denver Broncos fan. I could probably
Speaker 6: tell you everybody that was on their roster at any
Speaker 6: given point. I was kind of a nerd like that.
Speaker 6: I really loved watching the games, but almost watched it
Speaker 6: like a scout at times, studying individual matchups things like that.
Speaker 6: Always felt I had an eye for that kind of
Speaker 6: stuff and could always knew I wanted to work in sports,
Speaker 6: specifically football, and so I didn't know, Hey, I want
Speaker 6: to be an area scout or something like that. I
Speaker 6: didn't really know what the roles in the business were,
Speaker 6: but I remember Charlie Casseley came and talked at Springfield College.
Speaker 6: That's who originally hired me, and I knew kind of then, like, hey,
Speaker 6: this is really something I'd like to pursue.
Speaker 7: Dave Cyrus, Cardinal's assistant general manager. Let's start right at
Speaker 7: the top. Marvin Harrison Junior, And here's my question. Forget
Speaker 7: about comparing him to this year's class. How does he
Speaker 7: compare to other receivers in your career? Because that's what
Speaker 7: you hear with him. Generational player.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean that term probably gets thrown out a
Speaker 6: little more than it should. But Marvin, I think in
Speaker 6: any given class, as a top ten pick, you know,
Speaker 6: he has that feel. He's got size, he's got speed,
Speaker 6: he's got the production. You put on the tape, the
Speaker 6: guy jumps off the tape, he's got Hall of Fame lineage.
Speaker 6: I mean, there's not a lot of boxes you can't
Speaker 6: check with Marvin, the character of the work, ethic, the intelligence.
Speaker 7: So is he the best?
Speaker 6: I mean you can always argue that kind of stuff,
Speaker 6: but he's in that conversation, and certainly.
Speaker 7: When he's a freshman and he's competing against Garrett Wilson
Speaker 7: and Chris Olave and Jackson Smith and Jigmu and all
Speaker 7: these first round picks, I mean, you know, the competitive
Speaker 7: fire has got to be there, correct, Yeah.
Speaker 6: I mean that place has just been a wide receiver
Speaker 6: factory the last few years and a player factory for
Speaker 6: a long time. So when a guy does what he
Speaker 6: does there and just immediately makes an impact, that's something
Speaker 6: you take notes of.
Speaker 7: The second interior defensive lineman selecting this draft, Darius Robinson
Speaker 7: at number twenty seven. He was sitting right there and
Speaker 7: asked him, all right, every player takes on bridge with something,
Speaker 7: there's Scott and report. What didn't you like about what
Speaker 7: was said about you? He said, you know what, he like,
Speaker 7: everyone made a big deal about my performance of the
Speaker 7: Senior Bowl where he was voted Player of the Week,
Speaker 7: because that was me every week. What'd you see on
Speaker 7: film with Darius Robinson?
Speaker 6: I think what stands out is right off the bat,
Speaker 6: the guy's got a motor like you notice how active
Speaker 6: he is, his versatility from year to year, the way
Speaker 6: he's basically played every alignment you could play on the
Speaker 6: defensive line. Then this year he stood up more, which
Speaker 6: is something that only adds to his value. We see
Speaker 6: him more probably with his hand in the dirt as
Speaker 6: a defensive lineman, but a guy in certain packages you
Speaker 6: can put him in a two point stance and he
Speaker 6: can still get the job done. He can add weight,
Speaker 6: he can drop away, He's very flexible and everything about
Speaker 6: his game. But I mean you saw him when he
Speaker 6: was sitting in this chair of extremely impressive physical profile
Speaker 6: on the guy. He's big, he's long, he's athletics, so
Speaker 6: he should be a very versatile tool for DJIGI.
Speaker 7: All right, so you guys get Marvin Harrison junior, you
Speaker 7: get Darius Robinson a round one, You go into day two,
Speaker 7: round two, and Mania supports said, we got a ton
Speaker 7: of trade off at thirty five. What is it about
Speaker 7: being at the top of round two that it makes
Speaker 7: it so popular.
Speaker 6: Well, I think it's there's always going to be some
Speaker 6: players that every team's board is different. That's the first thing.
Speaker 6: There's not one board that everybody ascribes to. So there's
Speaker 6: always going to be some players sitting out there to
Speaker 6: where you thought they were a first rounder or they
Speaker 6: would be gone by pick twenty, and oh my god,
Speaker 6: they're still on the board. Every team has those few
Speaker 6: guys who starts slipping, and so maybe you're sitting there
Speaker 6: at fit pick fifty and you never thought this guy
Speaker 6: would still be there at thirty five, So it's worth
Speaker 6: it to give something up to go get that player
Speaker 6: because you didn't think he would be available to you.
Speaker 6: So once that idea starts to become a reality of
Speaker 6: we might actually get said player we really like, then
Speaker 6: you're willing to give the assets to go get him.
Speaker 7: But as Moni said, you must have a number of
Speaker 7: players you like because you never know. For example, at
Speaker 7: number forty, Cooper's gene goes right at forty one, kool
Speaker 7: A McKinstry, at forty two, Kamari Lasser. All of a sudden,
Speaker 7: there's a run on corners right in front of the
Speaker 7: Cardinals at forty three. I mean, just in general, how
Speaker 7: often does that happen? How often do you have to
Speaker 7: you think it's training one way and then instantly you
Speaker 7: got to pivot another direction.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think you're always ready, or you should always
Speaker 6: be ready for what happens. And that's why you stack
Speaker 6: your board, That's why you do it over years, over
Speaker 6: months leading into the drafts. So there shouldn't you shouldn't
Speaker 6: be emotional about it, and it should simply be if
Speaker 6: the guy you are about to pick goes, the next
Speaker 6: card comes off the board, it should be as calculated
Speaker 6: as that. Sometimes it's not. Sometimes you fall in love
Speaker 6: with players which you want to stay away from because
Speaker 6: you end up paying too much for the shoes, which
Speaker 6: Dave or as a scout buddy of mine, likes to say.
Speaker 6: You want to avoid doing that, and so you want
Speaker 6: to just try and keep the emotion out of it
Speaker 6: and just stay with your board.
Speaker 7: Give me a quick word on pick number forty three,
Speaker 7: Max Smelton, because a lot was made about his performance
Speaker 7: two years in a row against Marvin Harrison Junior in
Speaker 7: their Big Ten matchups.
Speaker 6: Yeah, that's certainly a tape you're gonna watch. Anytime you're
Speaker 6: scouting these players, you look for matchups because you want
Speaker 6: to compare best on best. You want to see the
Speaker 6: good opponent tapes, and he performed really well in those matchups.
Speaker 6: He's a guy that we like the athleticism. He's the
Speaker 6: only guy at the combine. I think that ran for
Speaker 6: four forty in broad jump eleven, which is insane athletic ability.
Speaker 6: We think that's in his body. We think we can
Speaker 6: continue to develop the guy. He's been developed really well
Speaker 6: to this point. He's played a lot of games. I
Speaker 6: think I think he started forty games at Rutgers. He's
Speaker 6: got four block kicks, excellent special teams player. So there's
Speaker 6: gonna be a lot of ways in which we feel
Speaker 6: like Max can contribute to us.
Speaker 7: Hey, Dave Sears is our guest in the Big Red
Speaker 7: Rage Cardinals assistant general manager. I'm gonna skip around a
Speaker 7: little bit because you know JG mentioned to the media
Speaker 7: you can see a pattern and a lot of the picks,
Speaker 7: and then we tried to sort of fill in the
Speaker 7: blanks on that what he meant by that, And you
Speaker 7: know they like to use the term all ball. You know,
Speaker 7: I just get the sense for these this team, in
Speaker 7: this front office, you better be deadly serious about football,
Speaker 7: better have the physicality. And we look at round three
Speaker 7: pick Tip Ryman out of Illinois, the tight end, and
Speaker 7: not only is he six five two seventy one, but
Speaker 7: I see a next gen stat that his athleticism score
Speaker 7: was above and beyond brock Bauers. So please tell us
Speaker 7: about Tip Ryman. Yeah, well, hopefully you don't.
Speaker 6: See too much of a pattern so people don't know
Speaker 6: what we're gonna take. But yeah, Tip is a guy
Speaker 6: that we really liked. The tape and the receiving production
Speaker 6: quote unquote in terms of statistical production wasn't quite at
Speaker 6: the level some of these other prospects, but that because
Speaker 6: he's not involved in much as much in the Illinois
Speaker 6: scheme doesn't mean he can't do it. And at the
Speaker 6: East West we really got a feel for Hey, this
Speaker 6: guy can run routes, he's got good speed, he can
Speaker 6: catch the ball. He really kind of showed that off.
Speaker 6: When you combine that with the level of blocking with
Speaker 6: our system that I think we were number one in
Speaker 6: the league in thirteen personnel last year. We've were on
Speaker 6: a lot of twelve personnel, so we're gonna play a
Speaker 6: lot of tight ends. We have a very good young
Speaker 6: tight end room with all the guys we got in
Speaker 6: that room. You know, Higgins, White, hard vocalect and of
Speaker 6: course Trey really exploded last year. So this guy's going
Speaker 6: to be a nice piece. He gives us some more
Speaker 6: versatility and just increases the competition an already strong room.
Speaker 7: We feel like, let's go back to Xavier Thomas freshman
Speaker 7: All American as you mentioned, but that was a while ago.
Speaker 7: He was you know, six years and I mean coming
Speaker 7: out of high school. He's ready to ahead of Micah Parsons.
Speaker 7: So in terms of athletic ability, what is this ceiling
Speaker 7: on Xavier Thomas? And I'm thinking in round five that
Speaker 7: must have really stood out as by low Sell High.
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, Xavier is a guy that was a
Speaker 6: really big recruit. Tore it up his freshman year, hit
Speaker 6: some adversity, some injuries, things like that, ended up kind
Speaker 6: of coming full circle. Had an excellent year this past year.
Speaker 6: And the guy can really rush the passer. And that's
Speaker 6: the main thing that stands out. The motor, the twitch
Speaker 6: off the ball. He can do it from a two
Speaker 6: point stance, the three point stance, had some good matchups
Speaker 6: on film this year games he played really well. And
Speaker 6: he's another guy that went to the East West Game
Speaker 6: and really showed up. So it was kind of you're
Speaker 6: sitting there one of those situations I spoke about where
Speaker 6: you weren't expecting Xavier Thomas to be there in the
Speaker 6: fifth round because of his pass rush traits, and it
Speaker 6: was just too good to pass up.
Speaker 4: At that point.
Speaker 7: Yeah, when you have coaches like at the Shrine Bowl
Speaker 7: and Senior Bowl and Cardinals had both, and it seemed
Speaker 7: like a lot of these players really shined in those
Speaker 7: All Star games, but then you also had coaches there
Speaker 7: the whole week on and off the field. How valuable
Speaker 7: is that in the personnel evaluation process? Have that intel?
Speaker 6: Yeah, any time you have one of your coaches working
Speaker 6: with a guy for five or six days, that's invaluable
Speaker 6: because you get a feel for his true personality. You
Speaker 6: get to see him in the cafteria, hanging out with
Speaker 6: his friends, in the meeting room, how he behaves, how
Speaker 6: does he learn all these kinds of things. You get
Speaker 6: to build a personal relationship with a guy, so you
Speaker 6: trust that insight, probably more than anything else about the
Speaker 6: person you're going to be getting and then also you
Speaker 6: get to watch him up close, practicing and competing every day.
Speaker 6: So that kind of stuff's great. You know, sometimes you
Speaker 6: can fall in love with a player, which isn't great,
Speaker 6: you know, just because you do have all that insight
Speaker 6: into the guy. So you've got to be worried of
Speaker 6: not doing that. But our coaches did an excellent job
Speaker 6: that was really invaluable this year, and they've changed the
Speaker 6: way that they do the Senior Bowl. I've been on
Speaker 6: plenty of teams that actually the whole staff would go
Speaker 6: down and coach the Seniable. Now it's a sort of
Speaker 6: coaches from around the league. They give everybody a shot
Speaker 6: at it, which which benefits a lot of people. But
Speaker 6: certainly our guys jumped at the chance to do that,
Speaker 6: and it was invaluable.
Speaker 7: Because in general, I mean, so much of the process
Speaker 7: before you actually send in a name on a card.
Speaker 7: There's a lot that's done beyond the game film, right, Yeah.
Speaker 7: And when I hear MANI and JG talk, I mean
Speaker 7: there's the zoom meetings, there's the combine, there's a thirty visit.
Speaker 7: Potentially they talk about being convicted about a player. How
Speaker 7: do you define that. What does that mean exactly?
Speaker 6: I think it means that you feel like you've nailed
Speaker 6: the value of the player and you believe in it.
Speaker 6: So when you take this guy wherever you take him,
Speaker 6: everybody is on board with what the role is, what
Speaker 6: kind of a kid he is? First of all, what
Speaker 6: kind of like you talk about? You know, JG's criteria
Speaker 6: for the kind of people we bring in here. He
Speaker 6: sets the tone for that. He's the driver of the organization.
Speaker 6: So when we're all on board with, yes, this guy
Speaker 6: fits what we want in this building, then we're convicted.
Speaker 6: And then we just have to get the value right
Speaker 6: in terms of the talent.
Speaker 7: Dave Cyrus, Cardinal's assistant general manager. I guess in the
Speaker 7: Big Red Rage, all right, Isaiah Adams, we talked about
Speaker 7: we talked about this pattern, right, His coach Bert Biolama, right,
Speaker 7: he described him as quote a jerk on game days,
Speaker 7: and I'm like, okay, displays the force and attitude teams
Speaker 7: look for as a block finisher. Is that a parent
Speaker 7: on film? Can you see the nasty on film?
Speaker 1: Oh?
Speaker 6: Yeah, this guy's am all er. I mean he'll get
Speaker 6: after you. And that's you know, we just talked about
Speaker 6: those traits you're looking for, and we're looking for grimy
Speaker 6: offensive linemen and who are going to put your face
Speaker 6: in the dirt, you know, And this guy is that
Speaker 6: kind of a guy.
Speaker 1: He loves ball.
Speaker 6: He's a finisher, very unselfish player who had to play
Speaker 6: both right tackle and left tackle. We see him as
Speaker 6: more of a guard in the NFL, but he has
Speaker 6: that flex if necessary. But yeah, he has the makeup
Speaker 6: the guys. Canadian kid obviously played some ball there, played
Speaker 6: at junior college. But you can see the adversity and
Speaker 6: the love of the game in the path this guy's taken.
Speaker 7: Him and Trey Benson, this is a guy who will
Speaker 7: run it between the tackles and a home run hitter.
Speaker 6: He's got that speed, yeah you're talking about. He had
Speaker 6: three touchdowns of over eighty yards in his two years
Speaker 6: of Florida State, one rush, one receiving, one kick return.
Speaker 6: So the guy is an explosive playmaker.
Speaker 7: That's fairly obvious. See this helps us get through the
Speaker 7: preseason dape. That's why we appreciate that, all right, not
Speaker 7: only twelve picks, but there's all this intrigue, right, there's
Speaker 7: all these guys. You're like, Wow, I mean, okay, look
Speaker 7: at the potential up side, and then there's just the
Speaker 7: competition that you guys have created with two draft classes
Speaker 7: and everything else you've done, I mean the defensive line room.
Speaker 7: You hit the big red Resa button on that between
Speaker 7: free agency and the draft, so a lot to look
Speaker 7: forward to. We appreciate the insight and uh, you know,
Speaker 7: all all the best as you guys continue with the offseason.
Speaker 7: We enjoyed it.
Speaker 6: Thanks Dave, Hey, thanks a lot, Paul, appreciate it.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 7: There you go, Dave Cyrus, Cardinal's assistant general manager. We
Speaker 7: continue with a big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford
Speaker 7: in gilbert.
Speaker 4: O Marvin Harrison Junior, no chance touchdown Ohio State.
Speaker 5: And then under pressure hit as he throws heads in
Speaker 5: touchdown Marvin Harrison Junior.
Speaker 4: Marvelous Marvin Harrison over the middle, Harrison Junior again.
Speaker 2: Down the side, touchdown speed agility.
Speaker 7: How Marvin Harrison Junior and Marvin Harrison Senior the first
Speaker 7: father son duo to each be drafted in the first
Speaker 7: round in the modern draft era going back to nineteen
Speaker 7: sixty seven. And when we mentioned that to him on
Speaker 7: the draft stage in front of the red scene, Wolf
Speaker 7: you're out there as well. You could just see him pause.
Speaker 7: That was really meaningful to Marvin Harrison Junior, that connection
Speaker 7: with his dad, and it is something that definitely drives him.
Speaker 7: In fact, we'll get into that momentarily. It is the
Speaker 7: Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford in Gilbert Paul
Speaker 7: calvic Ron Wolfley in special thanks again to the assistant
Speaker 7: GM Dave Sears. And he heard his comments on Tip
Speaker 7: Bryman right there and now underutilized. He was in the
Speaker 7: Illinois passing offense. We'll get more into the maybe not
Speaker 7: so blocking tight end a little bit later, but he
Speaker 7: also talked about Marvin Harrison Junior wolf and just what
Speaker 7: jumped off the page of the Scotty Report, not just
Speaker 7: him making plays, but it's the work ethic, it's the character,
Speaker 7: it's the IQ and then of course it is the
Speaker 7: lineage of Marvin Harrison Junior.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it really is, PAULI. There's just so many things
Speaker 1: to like about this kid and how he goes about
Speaker 1: his business. But just it's going to open up a world,
Speaker 1: a brand new world for Kyler Murray to have a
Speaker 1: true wide receiver one a guy with that kind of talent.
Speaker 1: What I love about Marvin Harrison Junior is the fact
Speaker 1: that he's built so low to the ground. His hips
Speaker 1: are actually very low to the ground, which allows him
Speaker 1: to run very precise and accurate routes. And yet he's
Speaker 1: got a long torso, Polly, He's got a long torso,
Speaker 1: which is one of the reasons why he's over sixty three.
Speaker 1: And when you're over sixty three, man, there's a big canopy.
Speaker 1: You're like a tree running in the secondary. I've talked
Speaker 1: about this, use this analogy before. It's the truth, and
Speaker 1: I think it's going to help Kyler Murray as well
Speaker 1: in regard to making his reads. A guy that is
Speaker 1: a very good route runner with Kyler Murray. Can't wait
Speaker 1: to see the chemistry these guys can actually build together.
Speaker 7: Yeah, how many times did the gim Moniasifort tell the
Speaker 7: media that just when you watch Marvin Harrison Junior play,
Speaker 7: he's a big man who runs routes like a small man. Yep,
Speaker 7: he has that sort of agility. And then you know,
Speaker 7: you talk to Marvin Harrison Junior and to realize just
Speaker 7: how mature he is. And it goes back to the
Speaker 7: Ohio State, the factory of receivers and all those first
Speaker 7: round guys that he was practicing against as a true freshman.
Speaker 7: So if there's anyone poised to make an instant impact
Speaker 7: in the NFL, you got to figure Marvin Harrison Junior
Speaker 7: has as good a shot as anyone. And that's sort
Speaker 7: of where we started some of our conversation with Marvin
Speaker 7: Harrison Junior right here in this studio earlier in the week.
Speaker 11: Yours truly, and Craig Griolou your game. We know what
Speaker 11: the numbers are, We've seen the highlights. Is there an
Speaker 11: aspect of your game that you want to improve upon
Speaker 11: and get better at?
Speaker 8: I mean everything? Really, I think you can never be
Speaker 8: too good at one thing. I think get different. My
Speaker 8: dad just always I'm looking for improvement and whether than
Speaker 8: that is your round running, even though it may be
Speaker 8: my strength or other, it's my catch radius in my hands.
Speaker 8: Boss goes done tracking a ball over to show there.
Speaker 7: I'm guessing you've been asked a lot the pressure element
Speaker 7: of being the son of a Hall of famer, But
Speaker 7: let me ask you how much that has driven you
Speaker 7: to just try and match your dad's expertise.
Speaker 8: Yeah, definitely, he's driven me a lot, I guess I've
Speaker 8: always had expectations since I was a little kid. You
Speaker 8: see Harrison Junior in the back of your jersey. Now,
Speaker 8: everybody's expecting big things. But I think that's definitely have
Speaker 8: left to drive you a little bit. But just try
Speaker 8: to be the best person I can be.
Speaker 11: I got to tell you the expectations that the Bird
Speaker 11: gang has for you on this team with Kyler Murray
Speaker 11: coming in a position of need, and then once upon
Speaker 11: a time Larry Fitzgerald that comparison people have brought him
Speaker 11: up alongside you. Now you guys are wearing the same uniform.
Speaker 1: What is your.
Speaker 11: Knowledge of fits? Have you met or spoken with Larry Fitzgerald.
Speaker 8: I've not met her spoken with fitz I just remember
Speaker 8: him catching a lot of passes and not dropping many,
Speaker 8: So hopefully I can do the same.
Speaker 7: So for everything that they test for at the combine, right,
Speaker 7: what don't they test for that is so critical to
Speaker 7: being a good receiver?
Speaker 8: Just who you are as a person, Like what's your
Speaker 8: worth ethic? Like what are your how you determined your motivation?
Speaker 8: What's your daily routine and your schedule? How do you
Speaker 8: prepare for the game? I mean, I think that's something
Speaker 8: that you can't really test about doing the forty or
Speaker 8: vertical jump bench press, whatever that may be. So, and
Speaker 8: that's a very intricate part that is very important.
Speaker 11: Away from the game.
Speaker 7: What do you like to do for fun?
Speaker 11: What occupies your time that release if you will, because
Speaker 11: it can't be football twenty four So yeah.
Speaker 8: I just like to be in the house, watch some movies.
Speaker 8: If I do go out, I'll probably at a restaurant.
Speaker 8: So very game, you guys see me out, feel free
Speaker 8: to say hi. I've probably add some restaurant ordering a
Speaker 8: stake or something. But other than that, that's probably it.
Speaker 1: All right.
Speaker 7: My last question has to do with Kyler murray Man.
Speaker 7: He was fired up in the video but on social
Speaker 7: media that must have made you feel good.
Speaker 8: And it makes me feel great to have the support
Speaker 8: and love your quarterback already obviously have to go out
Speaker 8: there and earn his trust now, so now I have
Speaker 8: to go to earn his trust, and.
Speaker 7: Here he is speaking of the devil. That's good, Kyler't
Speaker 7: you sit in, I grab a seat.
Speaker 4: I'm ready to go.
Speaker 8: Yeah, alright, that's good.
Speaker 7: Well, the timing, I'm no doubt that's what's knowing around
Speaker 7: here now is a studio bomb, there's Kyler Murray just
Speaker 7: bum rushing in at the precise correct moment. Apparently he
Speaker 7: was work wandering around the facility looking for his brand
Speaker 7: new receiver, and oh, there he is doing a radio interview.
Speaker 7: No whatever, I'll just go in and say hey, and
Speaker 7: that was good stuff. So wow, yeah, Ko Pauli, Kyler's
Speaker 7: in a really upbeat mood. I'll just tell you that
Speaker 7: much right now. In fact, you see where he saw.
Speaker 7: He told Fox Digital last week he said, there is
Speaker 7: no quarterback more locked in than.
Speaker 1: Me right now. So that's awesome.
Speaker 7: You talk about winning the off season. From all indications,
Speaker 7: that's exactly what Kyler has been doing. And by the way,
Speaker 7: up on the stage of the draft party, you might
Speaker 7: have you are on the air, but Paris Johnson Junior
Speaker 7: told the crowd after we were done interviewing Marvin Harrison
Speaker 7: Junior via the jumbo tron in the uplink, he said, quote,
Speaker 7: I think that's the most explosive combination in the country.
Speaker 7: You have a quarterback in Kyler that nobody can touch,
Speaker 7: and now you have a receiver that can't be guarded
Speaker 7: as a tackle. How can you not want to block
Speaker 7: for that end? Quote Paris Johnson Junior, who saw it
Speaker 7: and lived it when he was blocking for Marvin Harrison
Speaker 7: junior back at Ohio State.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I know, Paully, and there's no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: That's a very cool comment right there. And Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: and the talent is fantastic. But Paully, can I tell
Speaker 1: you right now, this could be the most physical offense
Speaker 1: in the National Football League? I kid you not right now.
Speaker 1: If my suspicions are correct and some key players make
Speaker 1: the adjustment to the NFL they need to make, right,
Speaker 1: just prove it, rook. They're going to be able to
Speaker 1: go twelve personnel and run down situation first and ten
Speaker 1: second and one to six, and they're going to line
Speaker 1: up in twelve personnel. I think we might lead the
Speaker 1: league in twelve personnel as a matter of fact, and
Speaker 1: run down situation. We're going to attack line of scrimmage
Speaker 1: with James Connor. We're gonna do it with Trey Benson
Speaker 1: as well. Attack the line of scrimmage and then use
Speaker 1: play action to throw the ball down the field. It's
Speaker 1: the reason why it was so important for Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: to get under center and to actually learn how to
Speaker 1: play from under center. This could be the most physical
Speaker 1: offense in the National Football League in twelve personnel and
Speaker 1: rundown and I can't wait to see it.
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Speaker 4: Trey Benson until racist one guy to be high stupid.
Speaker 2: He got smoke from the Hunkies. Touchdown eighty five yards,
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Speaker 4: Bedson empty sent for Bartell on the We're down at
Speaker 4: ten and he gets Thomas Xavier Thomas, the first tiger
Speaker 4: in there flows on the crown.
Speaker 2: And hits, scoop time a twenty five yard line.
Speaker 7: Xavier Thomas inside the.
Speaker 2: Ten and Thomas out of bounds inside the five yard line.
Speaker 11: Think about it.
Speaker 7: Xavier Thomas, as a freshman, was in the National Championship
Speaker 7: game against Alabama when Clemson won it all. He got
Speaker 7: twenty snaps in the National title game. He was a
Speaker 7: freshman All American coming out of high school. Not only
Speaker 7: was a five star recruit, but the national recruiting rankings
Speaker 7: went Trevor Lawrence won justin fields two who Micah Parsons five?
Speaker 7: Number three was Xavier Thomas, the Cardinals' fifth round pick
Speaker 7: out of Clemson. It is a big red rage presented
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Speaker 7: kelvc Ron Wolfley and that's what I mean. Well, but
Speaker 7: just by intrigue is oozing from this class a dozen picks.
Speaker 7: You have three undrafted guys. And by the way, the
Speaker 7: Colorado receiver. I've heard a ton of great feedback about
Speaker 7: Xavier Weaver. Just go ahead and google him up and
Speaker 7: watch some of his ridiculous highlights. Tajon Palmer round six.
Speaker 7: Another receiver with size and speed and that dog mentality.
Speaker 7: So once again we didn't you know, in preseason we
Speaker 7: always want those guys to get us through. We have
Speaker 7: more than enough guys here, Ron Wolfan.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, now you're right about that, PAULI. Right now,
Speaker 1: what's cool about this? You know, in regard to who
Speaker 1: you're gonna follow, paul who you're really going to pay
Speaker 1: an awful lot of attention to. Of these young guys
Speaker 1: that are joining the team this year. Marvin Harrison Junior
Speaker 1: is going to stick out like a sore thumb. There's
Speaker 1: there's my prediction for you, PAULI, right or no. I
Speaker 1: could be wrong on that, but we'll have to wait
Speaker 1: and see. I think he's just gonna he's gonna stick out.
Speaker 1: I think, honestly, Darius Robinson is the guy that I
Speaker 1: want to follow around. This is a guy that I
Speaker 1: really really like. Where are they gonna line him up?
Speaker 1: Where's he gonna be? Especially when it's third and obvious
Speaker 1: pass situation? Where is Robinson going to be? I don't
Speaker 1: know where it is, PAULI. Whether it's going to be
Speaker 1: a three technique lined up over the outside shoulder of
Speaker 1: the guard, maybe a five technique. Is he gonna Are
Speaker 1: they gonna put him out on the edge. Will they
Speaker 1: ever do that. They're gonna put him over the center.
Speaker 1: Typically for most teams, the weakest pass blocker a lot
Speaker 1: of times is the opposing team center. I mean, you're
Speaker 1: gonna put him over there. They used to do that
Speaker 1: with Reggie White all the time. Cover up the two
Speaker 1: guards and then cover up that center with Reggie White.
Speaker 1: We'll see what happens there. But we're gonna follow Darius
Speaker 1: Robinson very closely. And then Paul number eighty two drafted
Speaker 1: in the third round. Tip Ryman, Tip Brian and Paul.
Speaker 1: It's the tip of the spear for this offense being
Speaker 1: the most physical offense in the league coming up in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four.
Speaker 7: Yeah, if six five, two seventy one, did it get
Speaker 7: it done for you as a blocking tight end. The
Speaker 7: following answer during his conference call Tip Ryman when he
Speaker 7: was asked what's the best thing about being a blocking
Speaker 7: tight end?
Speaker 1: Malleling somebody.
Speaker 4: I like putting my hands on somebody and doing.
Speaker 1: What I want and just move them exactly where I
Speaker 1: want it and against their will. It's it's fun.
Speaker 11: I feel like it's a gift the Lord gave me,
Speaker 11: and I'm honoring him.
Speaker 1: And doing that, Pauli, That's exactly the way I felt
Speaker 1: when I would run down the field and bust wedges. Yeah, kid,
Speaker 1: you nod. It was like, thank you, Lord God for
Speaker 1: letting me do this. It was the greatest thing in
Speaker 1: the world. Run down the field full speed and just
Speaker 1: camer some dude right in the face. It was I
Speaker 1: mean that, Paulie. You know me, I'm being serious.
Speaker 7: Here's what's amazing. This is a guy who was a
Speaker 7: walk on, ended up a team Illinois. Yes, an academic
Speaker 7: All American, a guy who the next Gen Stats athleticism
Speaker 7: score ranking had ahead of Brock Bowers, the tight end
Speaker 7: out of Georgia who went the thirteenth overall. His athleticism
Speaker 7: score was higher than Brock Bauers. So when you hear
Speaker 7: Dave Siris tell us earlier in this show the assistant
Speaker 7: GM that they just didn't feature him much in the
Speaker 7: passing game, you wonder, just, Okay, what's under the hood
Speaker 7: this we're gonna find out about.
Speaker 1: Yes, Pauli, they're gonna take Tip Ryman. He's gonna be
Speaker 1: the true stud tight end. They're gonna line him up
Speaker 1: at the y. They're gonna have Marvin Harrison junior and
Speaker 1: Michael Wilson. Think how big those receivers are. And then
Speaker 1: they're gonna have Trey McBride as the move tight end
Speaker 1: with James Connor or maybe Trey Bentzon lined up with
Speaker 1: their toes at seven attacking the line of scrimmage. When
Speaker 1: you got a stud tight end like Tip Ryman and
Speaker 1: what he can do. And now Trey McBride, who, by
Speaker 1: the way, how well did he block last year?
Speaker 7: Paul, Yeah, pretty darn good, actually really good.
Speaker 1: Yes, it takes a lot of pride in it. Now
Speaker 1: he's gonna be your booth tight end. I'm telling you, Paul.
Speaker 1: The Arizona Cardinals my prediction they lead the league in
Speaker 1: twelve personnel and rundown situation, which is first and ten
Speaker 1: second and one to six because of that personnel grouping.
Speaker 7: Look, it's it's out here real quick. When Jonathan Gannon
Speaker 7: said to the media, you notice a pattern in this
Speaker 7: draft class and the Cardinals draft picks the last two years.
Speaker 7: Number one is they're all ball. They're deadly serious about football.
Speaker 7: We've come to realize that doing his TV show. I
Speaker 7: mean that matters to the head coach. And then number two,
Speaker 7: this group of decision makers firmly believe it's a big
Speaker 7: man's game. They get big running backs, they get big receivers,
Speaker 7: they get big tight ends like Tip Ryman, offensive lineman,
Speaker 7: defensive lineman like Darius Robinson. They believe it's a big
Speaker 7: man's game. Now there's room for athleticism and skill, which
Speaker 7: brings me to my second favorite player behind Max Melton.
Speaker 7: The guy that I want to see goes by the
Speaker 7: name Rabbit because he was an outstanding running back most
Speaker 7: of his life, even going into college, he was a
Speaker 7: standout running back and then they switched him to safety.
Speaker 7: And he has a lot of similar traits to a
Speaker 7: Buddha Baker and a Jala Thompson, a very similar style
Speaker 7: in that he's very versatile, very athletic. You can play
Speaker 7: him in the box, you can play him center field,
Speaker 7: and guess what, you can never have too many dbs,
Speaker 7: especially if this guy can cover Okay Paully.
Speaker 1: And here's my sleeper right here. Christian Jones taken in
Speaker 1: the fifth round, one hundred and sixty two. He's an
Speaker 1: offensive tackle from Texas Polly. He started forty eight of
Speaker 1: a possible sixty one games he was at Texas.
Speaker 7: At Texas, yes yes.
Speaker 1: Would you say, Paully right now that Texas plays a
Speaker 1: high level of football, Yes, yes, guy to get this kid,
Speaker 1: I love it because he's he's a guy that is
Speaker 1: is built from the inside out man and how he
Speaker 1: approaches the game of football, and the fact that he
Speaker 1: was not a football player his whole life. Paulie, I
Speaker 1: know you know the story about him, but Christian Jones
Speaker 1: is a guy that to me, I can't wait to
Speaker 1: see how he develops. He was so productive, I mean
Speaker 1: allowing some of the least amount of pressures in all
Speaker 1: of college football over the course of a two year period.
Speaker 1: This guy has been so productive at a high level.
Speaker 1: I can't wait to see does that translate over to
Speaker 1: the NFL.
Speaker 7: And this draft was so loaded in tackles it was
Speaker 7: another year he might have gone in the third round.
Speaker 7: Yeah right, you know, and you're right. He walked into
Speaker 7: high school as a freshman. He's one of the biggest
Speaker 7: kids on campus. The Texas football coach at the high
Speaker 7: school said, hey, why aren't you playing football? He said,
Speaker 7: I'm a soccer player, and the coach said, yeah, when
Speaker 7: that doesn't work out, come find me. And by a
Speaker 7: sophomore year he went to go find the football coach.
Speaker 1: That's right, PAULI oh.
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