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I'm one hundred percent ready. I'm telling you 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:55.360 I'm ready. And Ron Woopley. 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:57.480 It doesn't get any better than that. 0:00:58.920 --> 0:01:03.280 Leash All right, Red, see here we go. Don't be 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:07.240 late coming off the ball. That is your queue. Let's 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:10.320 hear you here a trophy and Chandler on Queen Creek 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:13.720 Road between Price and Dobson. You know what was trending 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:16.360 all afternoon? Wolf? What was that bully on social med? 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:19.760 Don't act like you don't know. Okay, I don't know, 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:23.800 but okay, i'll pay. Somebody needs to check Wolfe's cup 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:26.720 over there, because it was thirsty thursdays. That's what was 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:30.840 trending on social media. What are you talking about? Just 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:35.080 bringing that up because you know, yeah, you can smell 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:38.280 what Will? All right, we'll get to Will's intro here 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:41.639 in a moment, just to finish the thought. Okay, after 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:44.520 a bye week, who's thirsty for some football? That's my 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:48.680 I got you, all right, Yeah, I'm thirsty, Paul, Thanks 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:51.960 wolf for playing along. Appreciate over there at Let's go. 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:55.040 It is the Big Man edition of the Big Red Rage. 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:57.920 And I know everyone finds this as a shocking news, 0:01:57.960 --> 0:02:01.480 but poly Pencil Neck has never played offensive line at 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:05.320 any level of football. So we brought in a real 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:08.919 serious offensive lineman here tonight. Will to be an expert 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:13.000 on the topic. Yes, exactly, how about it? Everyone, Will, Hernandez, 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:18.160 you're starting right guard. Will. In fact, he has started 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:20.840 every single game he has played for the Arizona Cardinals. 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:23.000 And here he is. We got the next hour. We 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:26.280 got questions. But first off, how do you feel coming 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:27.880 off the bike a little re energized? 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:30.520 How to go oh yeah, I'm definitely feeling like the 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:34.519 energizer bunny right now, ready to roll. You know, got 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:37.320 the guys got well, we got the guys back together. 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:38.120 You know. 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:40.320 The camaraderie is one of the best parts of the offseason. 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:42.720 You don't realize how much you miss it until you're 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:45.720 away from these guys for at least a couple of days, 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:47.760 and then all of a sudden you start missing them. 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:49.480 So it's good to be good. 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:51.720 Yeah, well, go ahead and move that mike a little 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:54.240 bit closer to your mouth, if you could possibly do that. 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:56.840 Right here, you're actually gonna go hang out, are you 0:02:56.960 --> 0:03:00.480 not with the offensive lineman after a big. 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:01.840 Red rage here? Correct? 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:07.120 Yes, Thursdays is our official offensive line dinners. So we 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:10.320 all get together at Di Humphrey's house and then he 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:13.800 has his chef cook for us, you know, big timer, 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:16.720 And yeah, we just hang out for a little bit 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:20.520 watching Thursday night football game and uh yeah. 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:22.280 This is what is so amazing about this Polly to 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:25.639 me right there, back when I was playing, when I first. 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:27.880 Came into the league in nineteen eighty five. 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:30.320 Man, I can't even believe it was that long nineteen 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:34.359 eighty five. That's exactly what the offensive line did every 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:38.400 Thursday night as well. They all got together the offensive 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:42.120 lineman even then, and they've been doing that for decades. 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:45.480 Isn't that unbelievable that has been passed down. 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:47.920 No, it's awesome, and it's actually kind of become a 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.680 little bit of a lost art. Not as many teams 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:50.920 do it. 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:51.640 You know. 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:53.480 When I know it was at Rye work, we didn't 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:56.960 really do it. And when I came here, I quickly 0:03:57.000 --> 0:04:00.400 realized that that was like the norm here, like the 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:03.000 gut that we had so many older offensive linemen, your 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:06.680 ten plus year vets, and they made sure they made 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:07.640 they left that behind. 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:10.760 Whow Yeah, that's so cool. I just want to know 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:13.800 how much food is consumed one of these dinners. Like 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:15.480 if the chef comes in and there's ten of you, 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:18.360 he's really cooking for like two dozen honestly, right. 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:21.080 Let's just say this. When we're done eating dinner on 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:24.320 Thursday night, Yeah, he is already preparing and starting to 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:26.440 prepare the next meal for the next Thursday night. 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:29.960 That's good, Okay, you know, speaking of that, you know 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:33.920 what's coming. He's speaking all that. Well, I'm just saying, now, 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:36.720 shall not ask an offensive lineman the following question. 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:38.640 But you're going to do it any It's okay. Will 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:41.400 and I have an understanding. He knows what I like 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:44.560 him at all, right, so I'm going to ask him, well, 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:46.320 what's your weight at right now? 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:50.360 You know what it's going to be, around the three 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:55.520 forty forty five range. Okay, when after this online dinner, 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:56.560 Oh might not be. 0:04:56.520 --> 0:05:00.320 So accurate, you know, because I like, well with about 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:02.640 free fitty. That's what I tell them all the time. 0:05:03.160 --> 0:05:04.120 It's pretty interesting. 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:06.240 Well because see here on the official flip card, you're 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:08.440 listed as three thirty two, So that. 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:09.520 Was before all line dinner. 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:14.440 I see, Okay, I gotcha. I just thought, I oh 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.279 my goodness. All right, look here's the head coach, Jonathan 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:20.320 Gannon on the Well, we'll call it the much needed 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:22.720 by week, considering the Cardinals had the latest bye week 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:24.240 possible in the NFL schedule. 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:27.599 We've been at it for a long time, so you know, 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:30.359 I know they had a little pep in their step. 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:33.520 They needed the break, and it was. It was obviously 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:37.800 later than normal, but pros and cons of having your 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:39.720 break where it's at right now. But I got some 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:42.960 guys healthy, hopefully turning the corner A couple guys. 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:46.120 I'll tell you what if once upon a time Grandma 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:49.760 got run over by a reindeer. The Steelers got run 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:52.520 over by the Cardinals rush game? Did they not good? Time? 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:55.679 I mean thirty eight carries about fifty on the ground, 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:59.039 that's almost four yards of carry. James Connor's out there 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.920 with one hundred and twenty yards on the ground his homecoming. 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:04.560 How good did that feel as a sendoff into the 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:06.839 bye week? That game and just the manner in which 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:07.960 you guys won the game. 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:10.960 Oh no, it was awesome. That's exactly when you want 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:13.599 to have, you know, your best game. You want to 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:17.080 play very well and win the game going into a 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:20.359 bye week. You can ride that along and uh, you 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:22.760 know it's it's it's a it's a great feeling throughout 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.360 that whole time, something you can enjoy the entire uh 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:25.880 bye week. 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:28.120 And Paulie, you know how I feel on this too. 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:29.960 You know that this is what you had to be 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:33.320 capable of doing. One of the reasons why it's so 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:36.560 important that Kyler Murray plays under center, in my opinion, 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:39.600 from time to time it is capable of playing under 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:43.400 center is exactly for the reason near the end of 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:46.599 that game that you wanted. You wanted to you wanted 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:49.520 to ice that game, Paul, you wanted to seal the deal. 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:50.599 How you gonna do that. 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:53.320 You're gonna go ahead, You're gonna get James Conner's toes 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:55.880 at seven. You're gonna let him attack the line of scrimmage, 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:58.760 and you're gonna run the ball. You're gonna hammer the ball. 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:01.680 And that's exactly what they did to finish that game. 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:06.239 Got to be capable of doing everything and anything, right. 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:08.960 No, Yeah, I completely agree. I think you know, having 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:11.800 Kyler under center is only going to set him up 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:14.200 for success. It's gonna make his job and what he 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:18.320 already does very well, a lot easier for him to do. Yes, So, 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:20.640 you know, when we get the wrong game going, those 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:23.800 linebackers get nosy. You know, we start seeing a little 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:27.440 bit you know less, you know blitz. You know, we 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:30.280 got guys coming off the edgend as often, and it's 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:32.920 just a lot easier for him to make these throws 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:34.960 that he's capable of making, even you know, if they 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:36.760 make it hard for him, but why not make it 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:39.040 easier on yourself? And you know why not, you know, 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:41.600 give James Connor to the ball as much as we 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:44.960 did that game, and uh, you know everybody eats with 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:46.240 that formula, everybody eats. 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.160 You know. It was interesting. Jonathan Ganna told the media 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:53.040 after that game that him and Drew Petsing talked and 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:55.040 and he said, you know what, there's nothing wrong with 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:59.240 repeating a play if it's working. Yeah, go back to 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:02.160 it with divulging exactly maybe what play it was. Did 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:04.520 you guys have a go to? Was there a consistent 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:07.160 run play that you know you just kept coming back 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:09.280 to and having success with at Pittsburgh. 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:11.520 Yeah, I mean we kept, you know, doing a lot 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:13.280 of Pinna poles. We would just change the direction that 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:16.200 we were doing and you know, we'd we'd get one 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:18.760 off the left side, couldn't stop it, come back on 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:21.280 it on the right other hash take it to the right. 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:23.760 We would run up right through the middle too. With 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:25.960 James Connor, you know, that's something that he does very well. 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:28.840 A lot of gap scheme and but mainly we were 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:30.240 doing a lot of pinn and poll and a lot 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:33.320 of wide zone would just getting him running and hadn't 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:34.960 give him James the ball and letting him do what 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:35.320 he does. 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:39.199 See that's the beautiful thing about it. If you can execute, 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:42.680 it doesn't matter. They can know that it's coming. Yeah, 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:45.719 they can know that it's coming. Stop it, because we're 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:48.160 going to execute. We're gonna get a bunch of guys 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.600 butt gots, no offense, the butt goots. 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:52.160 We're gonna get these guys to. 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:55.560 Come off the ball at the point of attack and 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:58.360 do it with a dark heart. Man, come off the 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:02.400 ball and you try to stop it. This is where 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:05.320 you need to get to, where you're just out executing. 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:08.400 Even when they know what's coming, they can't stop it. 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:11.400 I'll tell you what, I'm still waiting for the name 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:14.360 Cam Hayward to be called. I haven't heard his name 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:17.199 called ever since that game started. I'll be honest with you. 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:19.880 Let's go to Drew Petsy talking about the Old Line 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:21.880 as a unit and how they have progressed this year. 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:24.600 They've done a really nice job. It's not an easy job, 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:26.160 especially in this division with some of the fronts that 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.079 we've had to play. They've played some really good players, 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:29.760 but I think they've done a really nice job. The 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:32.040 effort that continuing to compete. You saw the way that 0:09:32.040 --> 0:09:34.080 they finished the game. I think it was what twelve 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:36.600 fourteen straight runs there to end the game. Just the 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:38.880 attitude and the mentality that they play with. I think 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:40.680 that's something that they've really done a nice job of 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:43.679 embracing collectively and continuing to build as we move through 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:44.080 the season. 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:45.880 And we'll get into the Niners Center a little bit. 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:49.160 But just for everyone like yours, truly, it's never played 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:51.679 old line. We always hear the media cliche about chemistry 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:55.600 and consistency and continuity up front, I mean true or false? 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:58.800 Is that a real thing among the five starting offensive linemen? 0:09:59.480 --> 0:10:02.600 Yes? Absolutely. You know, I've always tried to explain to 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:06.360 people the online position or the offensive line is like 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:09.720 almost like a gearbox, like every gear has to turn 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.080 exactly in a certain way for the next one to work. 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:15.880 And you know, we work off of each other, and 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:19.960 sometimes the only thing we need is sometime together and 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:26.440 sometimes to learn how we each individually set block guys, 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:28.160 you know how we think about things. You know, we 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:30.480 have to get to know each other and sometimes it's 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:33.640 not about spending so much cram time together, but it's 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:38.640 just playing some games during a season and it's it's 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:42.760 the best way to get some chemistry going is by 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:44.720 actually playing in these live games together. 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:49.720 They're called tandem blocks. Anyone listening right now, tandem blocks. 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:51.840 I don't know if you still call them that or not, 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:55.600 but back when I was around, that's the terminology we used. 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:56.920 A tandem block. 0:10:57.480 --> 0:11:01.920 A center guard was an ace block, a guard tackle 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:05.280 was a deuce block, a tackle tight end was a 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:05.960 tray block. 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:07.880 It literally that's what it was. 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:13.120 Really difficult stuff, ace deuce tray right, really difficult. But 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:17.640 at the same time you have to all act as one. 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:21.400 Offensive linemen have to act almost as a team. 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:23.960 In the NBA on the defensive. 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:26.600 End of the floor, where you're all tied to a string, right, 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:29.840 offensive linemen need to do largely the same thing. 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:34.280 Yes, exactly, I've always said offensive line. And you know, 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:37.640 the dbs are very similar. They got to work together 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.800 and the piss of the pieces, yes, affect one another 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:43.880 more than any other position. And just for everybody that's 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:46.920 even hearing us right now, we're talking about ace, deuce trays, singles, 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:49.920 double triples. Like it's a whole different language too, Like 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:52.040 I bet none of you guys, they don't ever talk 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:55.480 about them in TV either. Yeah, Well, this verbasion language, 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:58.720 it's literally a different language. What are we talking? 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:01.320 What is your favorite play to run though? 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:05.280 Is it a power scheme which involves down blocks at 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:06.080 the point of attack? 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:09.160 Double team pulled the uncovered lineman. What's your favorite? 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:12.920 Is it power scheme or zone scheme where everybody comes 0:12:12.960 --> 0:12:14.120 off in the same direction. 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:17.000 I mean, I've always been a huge fan of gab scheme, gaps. 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:20.079 I'm bill for you know. I know you were out 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:24.240 college and you know it's actually what deflates a defense 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:28.480 more than anything when they realize they can't stop you 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.319 coming right at them, because in the type of formations 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:32.760 that we get, they know it's coming. 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:36.400 Demoralize this. I'll tell you what. That final touchdown run 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:39.679 by the Cardinals in Pittsburgh, third and one from the nine, 0:12:40.000 --> 0:12:42.480 James Conner didn't even get touched till inside the. 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:45.200 Five and go Look who was out in front of that? 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:49.479 Will Hernandez just killing somebody? 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.680 Hey, Cardinals in focus the reminder. Every Saturday six thirty 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:55.319 on twelve News, we continue the Big Man edition of 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:58.520 the Big Red Rage will Ernandez ore Getch presented by 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:05.920 Santan Ford and Gilbert y'all. James Connor, the running back, 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:06.600 gets the call. 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:09.520 The dives over the top straight ahead into the end 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:12.840 zone for the touchdown in his first game as a 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:17.320 visitor in this stadium. James Connor returns to Pittsburgh with 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:20.560 a huge touchdown midway through the third to make it 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:23.560 sixteen to three. They hand it off Connor to the left, 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:28.280 first down, Connor dies for the end zone touchdown. James 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:32.960 Connor with two scores and the welcome back Carty in Pittsburgh. 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:36.640 The Cardinals extend their lead to twenty three to three 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:38.199 with eight twenty eight to play. 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:43.240 All the Cardinals just broke out the black and blue 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:48.559 ber Day Baby, Light up and suck the beating heart 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:50.920 that afford speaking. 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:56.720 Of your reponent. That is a huge possession by this teape. 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:01.520 A huge fourth quarter by the Cardinals offense, especially running 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.600 the ball. James Connor had seventy one yards rushing in 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:08.080 the fourth quarter alone. Beautiful. Think about that. It's a 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:11.360 big red rage. Will Hernandez is our big guest here 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:14.920 presented by santan Ford in Gilbert live from Trophy and 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:17.800 Chandler located on Queen Creek Road between Price and Dobson. 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:19.560 One of the best parts of the game in the 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:21.960 win twenty four to ten Cardinals in Pittsburgh was after 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:24.120 the game to hear TJ. Watt tell the media and 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:29.440 I quote, we got our behinds kicked, we got pummeled today, 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:34.600 Mike Tomlin saying that was losing football just JV football 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:38.400 in a lot of ways, pretty gratifying. So let me 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:40.760 ask you this. You always hear another media cliche, right, 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:43.600 wearing down a defense, true or false? Can it happen 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:44.000 in a game? 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:45.080 Yes? Absolutely? 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:48.520 And what does it take to do that? I mean, 0:14:48.520 --> 0:14:51.080 in this case, you guys ran it thirty eight times? 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:54.520 Does it necessarily take that many rushing attempts? I mean, 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:56.120 how do you know when you're sort of on the 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:58.880 verge of okay breaking through? Yeah? 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:01.600 And the reason I absolutely is because a lot of 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:05.920 these guys, especially in the league, will make quote unquote 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:11.800 business decisions after a certain amount of physicality has been 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:14.000 imposed and a certain amount of points are on the 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:16.840 board when they when they think they can't come back 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:19.720 from a game, they can't come back on the scoreboard, 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:23.080 and they can't come back on the actual like physicality 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:26.240 during the game. It's like they kind of just shut 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:28.600 down a little bit, or they kind of don't rush 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:31.320 as hard as they were in the first quarter or 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:33.440 you know, all of a sudden instead of like doing 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:37.320 their second or third move on their passing on past place, 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:39.600 all of a sudden, they're just looking for the ball, 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:43.000 looking for the ball, and you know, little things like that. 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:46.680 But you can definitely warm down. I think the biggest 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:49.600 way and the fastest way to do it is they 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:50.440 can't stop the run. 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:50.920 Yep. 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:54.320 And that's exactly you know what these guys did. And 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:56.680 that's why you know TJ. Watt said what he said, 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:59.160 you know, because there's no hyphen. You know, anybody that 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:01.320 can watch that game, anybody that did watch that game 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:03.600 can see that. So you know, why not just take 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:07.120 darr on the foy like he did. And yeah, and 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:08.600 that's exactly what happens and how it. 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:11.240 Happens as a football player. I just want to say this. 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:13.760 I want everyone listening right now to know, as a 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:18.560 football player, there's nothing more gratifying or rewarding than lining 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:22.280 up on the ball and just running the football and 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:24.440 jamming it down your opponent's throat. 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:25.680 It is. 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:31.560 It boosts your morale, it fires up your defense. They're 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:35.080 standing on the sideline watching you eat time off the 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:40.560 clock and just hammer the opponents there's nothing that is better. 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:44.120 There's nothing that is more satisfying on a football field, 0:16:44.160 --> 0:16:47.840 in my opinion, than lining up and running the ball 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:51.720 down the throats of your opponent. It demoralizes them and 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:54.800 it just builds your morale. It's an incredible feeling. 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:58.800 Oh, in those situations, the entire defense is your best friends. 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:02.200 Oh yeah, right, your defense. 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:05.119 You come. You're coming off from the from the field. 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:07.840 They're getting you water. You need a towel, What is 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:09.840 it that you need? Good job, man, nice, put on 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:11.560 the bag. Let me take your helmet for you. 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:14.480 It tires them up, bech, it does. 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:17.200 It's it's the it's the great thing about the game 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:20.600 of football. You need to understand, if you're listening right now, 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:25.080 it is an emotional game. It is, and the emotion 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:29.480 is something that is bred by you being more physical 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:30.560 than your opponent. 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:33.040 So much of the time. Well, if you're trying to 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:36.320 assess an offensive line, they don't necessarily have their own stats. 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:38.240 But dare I say, all you need to do is 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:40.720 look at the run game, and we'll fook at the Cardinals. 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:43.000 This year, Cardinals are top ten in the NFL and 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:46.800 yards per game. They're top three in yards per carry 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:50.160 four point seven yards per carry, as the team and 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:52.520 the Cardinals are tied for the number one spot when 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:56.120 it comes to explosive runs twenty or more yards. Think 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:59.000 about that and then think about vital James Connor has 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:01.080 been in every one of those categories, right. And here's 0:18:01.080 --> 0:18:04.000 Paris Johnson Junior, the rookie right tackle right next to 0:18:04.080 --> 0:18:06.880 you in that line of scrimmage, talking to the media yesterday, 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:08.880 and he was asked just about James Countor and whether 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:11.919 a running back like that gives the old line extra juice. 0:18:12.000 --> 0:18:13.480 Well, hold on, did you say he was talking to 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:16.399 the media yesterday? Yes, Okay, So every time a rookie 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:18.760 talks to the media, especially in the offensive line room, 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:20.280 he's getting fine. 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:22.040 He's getting fine. 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:23.920 Glad that you told me that you're a. 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.760 Mean one, mister grinch. I mean, what's going on? What's 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:27.159 going on? 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:29.320 Not my rules. I just enforced them so I don't 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:30.080 shoot the messenger. 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:34.320 Wow, Okay, he's getting fine. Do you care to expound 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:36.120 on that at all while you're fighting? 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:39.200 Well, the offensive line, each room, each position group has 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:41.800 their own structure of how they have their fine books 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:45.480 set up. We have fines for everything. You can imagine 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:49.720 some being basic things like when you fall started in 0:18:49.760 --> 0:18:52.280 the game, that's fine. When you're late to a meeting, 0:18:52.359 --> 0:18:55.280 that's a fine. You know, you're basic, do things right, 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:57.840 or you're else, you're getting fine. And then we got 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:00.440 the fines that the vets makeup and that they think 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:04.679 are fair, like, for example, if a rookie talks to 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:07.240 the media, that's a fine. If a rookie gets his 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:09.800 name called out by the head coach or the offensive 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:14.920 coordinator in any meeting, that's a fine. You know. I 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:20.600 had one back in my rookie year when some vets 0:19:20.600 --> 0:19:22.520 asked me to get them Chick fil A on Sunday 0:19:22.680 --> 0:19:26.040 and I couldn't do that because obviously they're closed on Sundays, 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:28.000 and I got fined for that. 0:19:28.600 --> 0:19:30.439 Did you appeal that one? Is there an appeal? 0:19:30.760 --> 0:19:32.879 There is an appeal process, and you can't go to 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:33.560 court for it. 0:19:33.600 --> 0:19:35.480