WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Full Deck Of Cards Against 49ers? 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:05.480 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles ahead. 0:00:05.559 --> 0:00:10.400 He got jacked. This is the Big Red Rain presented 0:00:10.440 --> 0:00:14.720 by Santanford in Gilbert. Harry's gonna score touchdown. Slim to 0:00:14.800 --> 0:00:17.759 the ground by Buddha Baker Like a torpedo. He came 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:23.080 flying into the backfield. The Rage is brought to you 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:28.960 by satan Ford in Gilbert. Are you Santanford State Farm? 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:32.920 Talk to an agent today at eight hundred State Farm 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:37.800 and buy Arizona Cardinals podcasts, Visit Acy Cardinals dot Com, 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:46.640 Slash podcasts, The Rods, Rising Guard, Temperatureizing, Vision, flurring, Rage, 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:50.640 taking it over. Here's Paul CALVC. Get the popcorn ready. 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:53.479 It's gonna be a show and Ron will flip. It 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:59.640 doesn't get any better than that. Unleash the far. Is 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:04.800 there anyway any chance that the Cardinals game this year 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:10.640 in Santa Clara is more surreal than last year? Ron 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:13.200 wolf Ley need I remind you. That's when the stands 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:17.920 were empty and the skies were filled with smoke from 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:21.720 the Northern California wildfires. You could hear the planes almost 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:24.200 on top of you. You could not see them coming 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:28.840 and going from San Jose International Airport next door. I 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:31.760 was not. As Cliff Kingsbury told us this week, it 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:36.319 was like coaching quote during the apocalypse. Well, what if 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:41.080 this year the head coach is calling place and he 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:45.000 doesn't have Kyler Murray in the huddle, he doesn't have 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:50.040 DeAndre Hopkins. Perhaps there's no aj Green Once again, Wolf, 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:55.320 the forecast is very, very smoky and visibility is poor 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:58.600 here in week nine for Sunday in Santa Clara. Boy, 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:00.240 if that is a case right there, BULLI you know 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:01.800 what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna do with the Green 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:04.560 Bay Packers day. I'm gonna go ahead and line up 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:06.920 and get as a Bauer person out groups and try 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:09.200 to run the ball in between the tackles in a 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:12.079 north solid way and use a little play action. If 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:14.560 Colt McCoy is in there right now, it's not like 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:16.760 the forty nine ers are locked down at the OK 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:20.440 Corral with their rush defense or number twenty six in 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:23.880 yards per game, number twenty two in yards per play. Hey, 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:26.600 PAULI you know what here comes James Connor and how 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:29.920 does this feel? Hey, That Niners defense can get to 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:31.760 the quarterback and it doesn't sound like they can do 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:35.720 much else because they only have two interceptions as a defense, 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:39.240 and they're gonna be missing their top two safeties as well, 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:42.880 So you're right, there's opportunity. And if they took a 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:45.040 page out of what Aaron Rodgers did or what Kirk 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:47.639 Cousins did in Week two, I would not be surprised, 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:50.120 because you know the old saint in the NFL Wolf, 0:02:50.160 --> 0:02:53.440 You're only as good as your backup quarterback. So got 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:55.880 that right, BOLLI there he managed just to reminds me 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:58.480 so much. And I've said this before, and I think 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.000 you and I have had converse sations about this, but 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:04.480 it bears saying again. There are two times when your 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:07.679 head will snap up in a huddle. Number One, when 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:10.440 a legend walks into call a play, your head will 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:13.120 snap Paul, he trust me on that. And number two, 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:16.919 when the backup quarterback steps in to call a play, 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:20.400 everyone's head snaps up and you're looking at him and 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:23.040 all you're trying to do is make eye contact with him, 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:26.919 because all you want to see is due, are you okay? 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:30.160 And you know what the Cardinals found out the hard 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:34.280 way last year in Week seventeen, they were not okay. Yes, 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:38.520 on the depth chart at backup quarterback. So what is 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:40.560 the feeling in the vibe this year? That is the 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.040 question at hand. And as we get rolling here on 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:45.800 the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:48.560 we are santan Ford, Ron Wolf were there, Paul Kelbc 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:50.800 here is soon to be joined by the quarterback of 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:54.360 the Defense, Jordan Hicks, who was headlining this edition. How 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:57.160 about that, I know, Wolf ask questions? Oh boys, yeah, 0:03:57.200 --> 0:04:01.280 I do have questions right now. The question to Clip Kingsbury, Um, 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:04.200 are you confident in Colt McCoy If he has to start, 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:08.000 he'd be great. He approaches like, you know, like a starter. 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:11.160 He's here all day every day, early, stays late, I mean, 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:12.960 does all the stuff you want. And he's been a 0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:17.320 tremendous edition and so if Kyler weren't able to make it, 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:19.880 you know, we'd have all the contidence in the Lord 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:23.599 and Colet. He's in year twelve. He's had thirty starts 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:26.719 over his career. He had a couple of starts last season. 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:28.840 And oh, by the way, he did lead the six 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:32.240 win Giants to a win at Seattle, which was the 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:35.880 Seahawks only regular season home loss all of last year. 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:38.680 So he does have that on his resume as a 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:41.360 most recent accomplishment, and man did he check that boxing 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:43.800 as the Seahawks a year ago. So, Paul, I'm going 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:46.280 to ask you this question right here, brace yourself. Are 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:48.640 you ready? Paul? Are you okay? Here? It is right here? 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:51.239 M Paul. What do you think is going to happen? 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:54.000 I know you're walking around the facility over there. I know, Paul, 0:04:54.080 --> 0:04:57.120 you're creeping into the corners from time to time. You're 0:04:57.120 --> 0:05:01.080 waving to some of the trainers. Right, I is Kyler Murray. 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:03.719 What is your guests on this? First off, I can't 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:06.880 even get a parking spot on the property. Second of all, 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:10.479 with COVID protocols, I'm lucky they even let me set foot. 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:13.640 I'm a property so don't give me this. I'm creep 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:16.640 around with inside knowledge. I have zero inside knowledge, I 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:19.520 will say though. I will say that based on what 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:21.920 I'm observing from the outside looking in and just the 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:27.120 way the media presentation has been, I'm expecting Colt McCoy, 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:34.440 I am now, honestly, Polly, I expect Kyler Burry. Even 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:36.760 though Kyler walked into that press conference room and he 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:40.240 didn't seem to be favoring the ankle um and and look, 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:42.159 he doesn't need to practice to be able to play well. 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:44.800 He's in the year three. He knows this system. We 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.400 saw him in week seventeen of his rookie year when 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:50.040 he couldn't run, and he's still operated now that the 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:51.840 Cardinals get to win. Did the offense look the same, 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:55.080 Absolutely not, But he's much more equipped now. But no, 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:58.200 I do not expect Kyler Murray to be in that game. 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:01.680 I think it will be Colt McCoy. In fact, if 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:04.400 it is, guess what he may be an unknown to 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:06.760 a lot of Cardinals fans, most Cardinal fans, but to 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:10.080 Marcus Golden. Remember they were teammates with the Giants. So 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.880 the Junkyard Dog was asked today about Colt McCoy. Me. 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:16.880 I played with in New York, and I know how 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:19.880 he goes every day. Man, this guy's most focus than 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:22.479 anybody ever seen. Every day you would think he was starting. 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:24.359 And I was able to play play with him in 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:26.880 New York and playing with him in Arizona this season, 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:29.000 it's been the same thing. So even if he had 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:30.920 to play, you know he's gonna be prepared and he's 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:32.680 a professional. He gonna come to work every day and 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:35.560 he gonna do everything on Sunday if he had to play, 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:37.599 he gonna do everything he can to win us the game. 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:40.000 You know, it was interesting this week on the Red 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:43.560 Sea Report, Drew Stanton was on, and obviously Drew had 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:46.680 a thirteen year career mostly as a backup quarterback, great 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:49.400 backup quarterback, And Drew said, you know what, and I'm 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:52.000 quoting them loosely, but he said, my career stats are awful, 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:53.840 they're nothing right home about. But you know what, I 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:57.240 did have a winning record. I had a winning record. 0:06:57.680 --> 0:06:59.520 And he said, do you know why I had a 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:01.840 winning record? He really wasn't flex and he was trying 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:05.280 to explain what is the most important asset or attribute 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:08.560 of any backup quarterback is you must have the confidence 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:11.880 of your locker room. Guys must believe in you that 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:15.640 they can still win the game. He said he had that, 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:19.120 he instilled that in his teammates and so in fact, 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:21.360 he made if you remember Ron Wolfley, and I know 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:23.440 sometimes you know you can't remember your car, you can't 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:25.800 remember it just a little bit your sunglass, but you 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:28.600 can't remember football. And do you not remember how Drew 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:30.920 Stanton in his career as a Cardinals backup quarterback, he 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:32.880 had to start twice on the road at the Niners 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:35.880 and he went too and oh at the forty nine Ers. No, yeah, 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:37.960 I do remember that, Paully. There's no doubt about it. 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:41.040 At backup quarterbacks, it's so critical. Just look at last 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:43.560 week as a matter of fact, how many backup quarterbacks 0:07:43.720 --> 0:07:47.400 for Paulli and Colton McCoy. There's no doubt about it. 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:50.720 I think the offense changes if Colton McCoy is in there. 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:53.480 I think it's slightly gonna change. I think we're gonna 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:57.120 see more power personnel groups and run down situation which 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:59.440 is first in ten, second to one to six. I 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:02.920 think we're gonna see more two tight ends in that situation. 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:06.120 I don't know, we'll see. We could see Colton McCoy 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:09.040 a little bit more under center, Polly. I think, you know, 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:11.080 it's something that he would be a little bit more 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:14.440 accustomed to, a little bit more comfortable with. I'd love 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:17.200 to see that in an effort to try to expand 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:21.120 the football universe offensively for the Cardinals. And not only that, 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:24.120 when you put him under center and suddenly here comes 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:27.480 the tackle zone, here comes the boot and the waggle 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:30.520 off of that tackle zone. Polly. Now, all of a sudden, 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:33.600 you got zach Ertz on a drag over the middle. 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:36.320 If you know what I mean, at Polly, I think 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:39.760 a veteran quarterback like Colton McCoy, I think his eyes 0:08:39.840 --> 0:08:42.720 would be drawn a lot to a zach Ertz. I 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:46.000 think those targets go up. Yeah, that's a ding, no 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:48.440 doubt was zach Ertz. Here's the thing. Think of the 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:51.920 other question marks you mentioned under center? Who is the center? Yeah? 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:56.320 Is it gonna be Rodney Hudson? Please? Is it Max Garcia? 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:58.280 De Sean Harlowe have to fill in there? If it 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:00.959 is Rodney Hudson and he's able to play, then how 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:04.040 does that trickle down to right guard? Justin Murray his 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:06.760 practice window has been open. Does he go in there 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:10.440 for an inconsistent Josh Jones or does a Max Garcia 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:13.320 or even a Sean Harlow filling at right guard? I 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:15.560 mean there are a lot of moving parts and pieces. 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:18.400 If you're missing DeAndre Hopkins, your number one receiver, and 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:20.200 we can talk about this a little bit later in depth. 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:22.840 I mean Cardinal's offense obviously, do not look the same 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:26.800 minus d hop aj Green is out, Okay, Andy Isabella, 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:30.840 Antoine Wesley. I think of all the different moving parts, 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:34.000 names and faces on this offense, it could be different 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:36.079 in week nine. I'm going to go back to Kyler 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:39.920 Murray in our original conversation right now, I don't know 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:42.360 what it is. I got this god feeling just listening 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:45.560 to Kyler Murray that he is going to go. I've 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:48.400 got this god feeling. Now once again, you know better 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:50.680 than I do, Paul Is you're over there at the facility, 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:54.120 people are whispering into your ear. I understand that. But Paul, 0:09:54.559 --> 0:09:57.080 listening to Cliff Kingsbury right there, did you notice he 0:09:57.160 --> 0:10:01.640 said he'd be great, meaning Colt McCoy, if he was 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:07.480 given the opportunity, he'd be great. Um not, he'll be great, 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:12.280 he'd be great, PAULI is that going deep right there? 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:14.720 Is that just too much? Is that? Am I diving 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:17.280 into that and reading into that too much? It's possible 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:20.440 coming from this wedge buster Wolf, I mean, do you 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:23.440 not consider Cliff Kingsbury immedia professional? Do you think he's 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:26.520 do you think he's gonna show his hand by messing 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:30.439 up the past versus the present? Vers. You know you 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:37.080 said that, because honestly, that's what this is all about, sumterfuge. Well, look, 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:42.720 Cooper Rush, Geno Smith, Trevor Simeon, Mike White, Colt McCoy. 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:46.120 I say, add Colt's name to that list most recent quarterbacks. 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.800 We'll see all those guys gotta win. By the way, hey, 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:51.679 it's episode six of Cardinals Folk Tales entitled one hundred 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:53.920 four yards Victory and a vote is available on the 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:57.160 Cardinals YouTube channel. That's YouTube dot com slash Azy Cardinals. 0:10:57.400 --> 0:10:59.959 It's look at the Cardinals upset win over Washing November 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:03.120 two thousand, just days before voters approved Prop three zero 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:06.040 two and have paved the way for this construction estate 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:09.760 Farm Stadium. Hey, Jordan Hicks is next on the Big 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:19.079 Red Rage. Snap to Rogers, handoff Jones bet in the backfield, 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:22.880 rapped up and thrown down. It was Jordan Hicks making 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:25.480 the play for a loss of three in the forty seven. 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:28.840 What a nice job by Jordan Hicks right there. Lawrence 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:32.600 back to the the throne, gets hit and he sacked back 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:36.199 at the fifteen by Jordan Hicks, and that ends the game. 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:39.240 Mayfield and the gun takes the Snapplitz coming Mayfield. TOMPs 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:42.520 gets Head had sacked back at the twenty five yard 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:46.559 line by Jordan Hicks and the Cardinals take over on downs. 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:51.320 That was filthy by the Cardinals. Cover zero man across 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:57.600 the board, Send everybody huns over the wall. Like when 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:00.760 you're the team's leading tackler and you've been voted to 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:05.200 team captain for the second straight year. Wolf, I think 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:07.280 you could count the number of miss snaps this year 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:11.120 on one hand. He started every game the past three seasons, 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:13.120 if I'm scoring at home correctly. In fact, I was 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:15.679 out and about yesterday and guy asked me, Hey, Paul, 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:17.319 who's gonna be on the Big Red Rage? And I'm 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:19.199 like Jordan Hicks And I filled up by saying, you 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:21.240 know what, he shouldn't be a guest on the show. Really, 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:23.839 he should be hosting this show. Let's be serious. Well 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:26.520 he will be one day, but hang in there. That's right, 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:28.760 that's right if he so chooses. And we say good 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:32.600 evening to the Cardinals Mic linebacker and QB the defense. Jordan, 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:36.839 how are we doing this evening? Great? Guys. Appreciate you guys, Hanue, Yeah, 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:39.920 thank you, Jordan, really appreciate you being here. Buddy. As 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:43.200 a former veteran, a former player, of course, I'd love 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:46.000 to ask you, how did you hold it all together 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:49.640 during training camp with all that was going on? Jordan? 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:56.400 How did you hold it all together? Yeah? Yeah, it 0:12:56.480 --> 0:13:01.240 wasn't easy. But you know what, at the end of 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:03.400 the day, you have to look yourself in the mirror 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.480 and say, um, what kind of man do you want 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:09.640 to be? Um? You know, and and and how do 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:13.240 you want to be remembered? And I always I've been 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:15.480 asked multiple times by the media how I want to 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:18.800 be remembered, and it's always the same, um. And it's 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:22.040 a man of integrity, and it's uh, you know, somebody 0:13:22.080 --> 0:13:25.480 who played the game with their hardest, went their hardest 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:30.240 every play and gained everybody's respect. And you know that's 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:33.040 through the good times, and that's respect deserned to the 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:35.360 bad times as well. I'm a firm believer of that, 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:38.600 and so, um, you know, those were tough times, but 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:41.120 I approached every day the same. I came out there 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:45.640 with an attitude and and you know, tried to prove um, 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:49.200 you know, my worth to to this team, and um, 0:13:49.240 --> 0:13:53.520 you know believed wholeheartedly that that um whatever was meant 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:56.640 to happen, would and uh, you know that's that's how 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:59.520 I approached it having said that, what did it mean 0:13:59.559 --> 0:14:05.800 to you to get the sea? Say that one more time? 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:08.600 Oh the seam. Sorry, I'm sorry, I thought you said 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.360 to see No, No, what did it mean to you 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:14.240 to get the sea? To get the sea? It was? 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:19.080 You know, it's something that I'll forever be proud of, 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:22.960 especially this year. It means it means um. You know, 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:25.280 getting the first one is is definitely a big, a 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:27.440 big deal. But to have the circumstances the way they 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:32.280 were and to get it again, I think it shows 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:36.360 a sign of respect. Um. And uh, you know that's 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:39.600 been my whole goal since I came to Arizona, is 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:42.440 to earn the respect of this team but also the city. 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:46.880 So uh, it's it's it's definitely, very very meaningful. A 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:49.000 team captain, Jordan Hicks is our guests in the Big 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:51.440 Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert. Can I 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:54.520 answer the first question wolf Paul's Jordan, because how did 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:57.200 you process it? To me from the outside looking in? 0:14:57.680 --> 0:15:00.760 You took it out on the offense, I mean you 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:03.840 hit anything that moved, You were fired up in August, 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:07.160 were you not? Yeah, I was. I was, and and 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:10.040 a lot of that was pent up pent up aggression 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:14.720 and um, you know, pent up anger. Um, a lot 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:18.960 of a lot of emotions. You know. It's the uncertainty 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:23.440 and and and the um, you know, just the feeling 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:27.000 of being disrespected, right and in a moment where you 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:29.440 feel like you're hitting your stride right two years in 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:33.560 a row, having having left the field playing well. Um. Yeah, 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:36.520 you know it wasn't my best year last year, but uh, 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:40.120 playing well and um, you know that feeling it was 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:42.400 just it's all pent up for months and months and months, 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:44.760 and so you know, came back in August and and 0:15:44.960 --> 0:15:49.160 tried to try to, you know, prove a point. Jordan. 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:51.280 You know what's amazing just talking to you right now. 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:53.680 It's bringing back a lot of memories for myself. I 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:55.880 played ten years in the league and shouldn't have been 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:59.320 there ten days for the most part. And Jordan, there 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.880 were years, there were years that weren't as good. I mean, 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:05.080 there were years that I struggled right there. Right. It's 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:07.160 interesting to hear you say maybe you didn't think it 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:10.200 was your best year last year. Why do you think 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:12.840 that is Jordan, Was there any reason anything going on 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:16.440 with you last year? No, I don't. You know, I don't. 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:20.560 I don't believe. So. Um, you know you played this 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:22.720 game and not every year is going to be the same. Yeah. Um, 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:26.000 maybe maybe I was trying to do too much, you know, 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:28.840 the second year in the system and uh, you know, 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:32.240 feeling like I had more confidence and you know what 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:34.680 I should be doing and you know, coming off a 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:36.920 career year of one hundred and fifty tackles, you know, 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:40.800 trying to match that, right, So you know, there's there's 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:44.680 that element. I don't. I don't believe there wasn't anything 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:47.520 going on it was. It was a I think it was. 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:49.640 It was more of just trying to do too much 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:53.880 and not necessarily playing outside of myself, but but not 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:57.640 just focusing on the task at hand and the job 0:16:57.640 --> 0:16:59.360 at hand, but trying to make every single plan and 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:01.320 that gets you to try sometimes you know that you 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:04.240 you swipe out of the gap to try to go 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:06.240 make a tackle, that's that's where the ball is gonna 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:10.400 find itself. So um, you know, big time reset. Um. 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:14.400 Then again, like I said, you know, it wasn't It 0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:18.639 wasn't my my worst year either. So uh, playing this 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:21.359 game year after year after year, every season's going to 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:24.280 be different, and you take it with your grain of salt. 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:26.000 And that's what I love about this game. You you 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:28.919 learn from it and you keep moving forward. I'm surprised 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:30.560 you didn't take half a last year off after you 0:17:30.560 --> 0:17:33.320 had one hundred and fifty tackles in twenty nineteen. I mean, 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:35.919 you know that was that was a stunting You know 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:39.840 what when Vance Joseph, your defensive coordinator, he's received the 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:43.480 Jordan Hicks question more than once recently, and Vance pauses 0:17:43.640 --> 0:17:45.840 and he tries to explain to the media pencil necks 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:49.520 like yours truly that you go into games against masterminds 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:52.800 and offense like the mcvay's and the Shanahans, and quarterbacks 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:56.359 like Aaron Rodgers, and every call has two subcalls. What 0:17:56.680 --> 0:17:59.920 Advanced says are triple calls. And you can just see 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:03.080 and since the level of comfort he has with you 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:06.479 as a veteran Mike linebacker who not only can play it, 0:18:06.520 --> 0:18:08.720 but you can think it, is that something that you 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:14.000 you know that your your defense a coordinator of values, absolutely, 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:16.920 and I think you know that takes time. It didn't 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:19.800 just happen overnight. Right when I first out here, Um, 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:24.400 we didn't know each other like that, right, But two 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:30.000 thousand reps later, right, plus offseason reps plus you know, 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:33.720 training camp reps, plus all the practice reps throughout the year, 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:37.119 you learn, and you go through every situation possible, and 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:39.640 you know, I start to get a feeling of what 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:42.080 he's gonna call, when he's gonna call it, how he 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:45.760 wants something to look. You know, his mindset going into 0:18:45.760 --> 0:18:48.560 certain game plans of how we want to defend and 0:18:48.680 --> 0:18:53.119 defend people. And you know there's times as a coordinator, 0:18:53.560 --> 0:18:56.200 you know the call is going to come in late. Um, 0:18:56.600 --> 0:18:59.119 you know, the calls may not be the one that 0:18:59.160 --> 0:19:02.160 you want it based on the look. Now it becomes 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:05.280 my responsibility to make sure we're in the right call, um, 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:07.159 and then the right look based on what I know 0:19:07.240 --> 0:19:10.160 and how he's how how we've communicated throughout the week 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:12.720 and throughout the years. So you know, that's something that 0:19:12.760 --> 0:19:16.280 takes time, and uh, you you know I value knowing 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:19.639 that now. I'm sure he values knowing knowing you know, 0:19:19.680 --> 0:19:22.840 the reciprocal a Mayan Jordan talk a little bit about 0:19:22.840 --> 0:19:26.320 the development of those two young bucks Isaiah Simmons and 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:32.399 Zaven Collins. Yeah, they're I mean we're joking today in 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:35.840 tenner uh that we have you know, through avatars in 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:39.400 our room right now because they're complete freak shows, right, 0:19:39.480 --> 0:19:44.000 I mean six six four six five. Xavan's two fifty 0:19:43.640 --> 0:19:48.439 and can you know fly downhill? Um? And Isaiah's a 0:19:48.520 --> 0:19:51.359 four to three guy who can rush the edge, be 0:19:51.440 --> 0:19:53.679 physical at the point of contact, but also cover Like 0:19:53.720 --> 0:19:58.920 where does that come from? Um? It's it's unbelievable to see. 0:19:59.400 --> 0:20:02.080 You know, they're growth, especially you know as just going 0:20:02.119 --> 0:20:05.880 into Isaiah's second year, his his development from your woman 0:20:05.920 --> 0:20:11.480 to hear too. His understanding of a game. UM. His versatility, UM, 0:20:11.600 --> 0:20:15.120 it's it really is a huge part of what makes 0:20:15.119 --> 0:20:18.080 our defense go. Um. It's his ability to to move 0:20:18.119 --> 0:20:22.360 around and be the key player in certain you know spots. 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:27.520 So UM. And then you know, Xavin is is as 0:20:27.560 --> 0:20:30.160 smart and as talented of a player that I've I've 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:34.760 ever seen, um, you know at linebacker. So coming from 0:20:34.760 --> 0:20:39.720 you absolutely and and you know, I'm I pride myself 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:43.680 and in um you know, helping him out and trying 0:20:43.720 --> 0:20:45.720 to show him the ropes and and not just on 0:20:45.800 --> 0:20:47.520 the field, but off the field. You know this this 0:20:47.600 --> 0:20:50.399 league brings more than than just troubles on the field 0:20:50.480 --> 0:20:53.120 and successes on the field. It also brings it off 0:20:53.119 --> 0:20:55.600 the field as well. So trying to navigate that and 0:20:56.000 --> 0:20:58.320 and how to become a pro you know, that's that's 0:20:59.160 --> 0:21:01.359 to me, that's number one because once you once you 0:21:01.359 --> 0:21:04.800 can figure that out, all your focus now becomes on 0:21:04.840 --> 0:21:06.919 the field, and that's when things start to clear up. 0:21:07.440 --> 0:21:09.480 All right, correct me if I'm wrong. We're on board 0:21:09.600 --> 0:21:12.840 with Cardinals mic linebacker Jordan Hicks as the Cardinals defense 0:21:12.920 --> 0:21:15.640 given up a touchdown to a tight end this year. 0:21:18.800 --> 0:21:23.920 I don't know that. I don't think so that is, yeah, Jordan, 0:21:24.040 --> 0:21:26.960 this is the sideline reporter right here coming out in him. 0:21:27.280 --> 0:21:30.240 I bring I bring that up as as respect for 0:21:30.320 --> 0:21:33.880 the Isaiah Simmons right for for for the Xavan Collins, 0:21:33.880 --> 0:21:35.760 for the Buddha Bakers of the world. I mean, a 0:21:35.760 --> 0:21:38.199 couple of years ago, this was an issue. It was 0:21:38.240 --> 0:21:45.280 a problem, right, yes, yep. So And look, you know, 0:21:45.760 --> 0:21:48.359 I know your approach and in you're a straight shooter 0:21:48.440 --> 0:21:52.640 with the media, and you've said more than once. You know, hey, um, 0:21:52.880 --> 0:21:56.280