WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Kirk, Receivers Must Step Up With Hop Out 0:00:02.000 --> 0:00:05.440 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles ahead. 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:10.360 He got Jack. This is the Big Red Ray presented 0:00:10.440 --> 0:00:14.720 by Santanford in Gilbert. Harry's gonna score touchdown. Slam 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 --> 0:00:28.560 by satan Ford in Gilbert or are you Satanford? State 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:32.920 Farm Talk to an agent today at eight hundred State Farm, 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:37.800 And by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts Visit acy Cardinals dot Com, 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:46.640 Slash Podcasts, The Rods Rising Guard, Temperaturizing vision, flurring, rage 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:51.080 taking over. Here's Paul CALVC. Get the popcorn ready, It's 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:54.080 gonna be a show, and Ron will fleep. It doesn't 0:00:54.120 --> 0:01:02.000 get any better than that. Unleash the far. There's December Football, 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:08.440 and then there is December twenty fifth football. Yes, the 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:13.720 franchise with the same team colors as Team Santa, Red, white, 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:19.520 and Black is gifting everyone a Christmas Night home game. 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:22.120 And that is regardless of whether you've been naughty or nice. 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:25.200 And Wolf, you know which category you fit into. And 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:29.199 I think in addition to fitting into the Santa suit, 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:32.080 and we all know that the gift that keeps on 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:38.920 giving any holiday season is a playoff berth and that 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:42.720 that would be the big, big present that you always 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:46.920 save to unwrap last a playoff spot twenty twenty one. 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:49.080 That's how the season keeps going. It is the big 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:51.880 red rage. Not only Ron Wolf yours truly, Paul Kalbc, 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:55.440 Christian Kirk. There's a gift here as we track into 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:57.880 the holiday weekend. How about that? Can't wait to chop 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:00.440 it up with the Cardinals starwide receiver. I know, Doll 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:02.760 Pauly and you know, back when I played Paul, and 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:04.560 I hate saying that. You know, I hate saying that 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:07.000 back when I played Bali. Yet at the same time, 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:09.800 I will tell you that there was an old axiom 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:12.120 in the game of football in the NFL, at least 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:15.040 in that axiom, it was like, you won games in 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:18.400 November to make a run in December. That was the 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:21.320 big saying right there, Paul. It seems now playing two 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:24.160 games in January, you might have to say you win 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:28.880 games in December to make a run in January. And 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:32.119 that really is what this game is about. Coming up, man, 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:36.600 this is a huge, huge game, I think for the 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:40.200 Arizona Cardinals. Coming up against the Colts on Christmas Day, 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:43.560 and if you want to talk about history, wolf and feelings, 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:47.000 the vibe right now at least a lot of questions 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:50.560 from a lot of media members are is everyone witnessing 0:02:50.600 --> 0:02:54.000 the ghost of Christmas past? As in last year, as 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:56.320 in the six and three start, then losing five of 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:58.919 your last seven? We know how this year has gone. 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:02.000 A seven in all start, a top all the power polls, 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:04.560 ten and two, you're back top all the power polls, 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:06.560 and now all of a sudden you're in the midst 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:09.919 of losing for your last seven, two in a row. 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:14.799 And Kyler Murray he look, he was asked, Okay, does 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:17.360 this feel like twenty and twenty the end of last 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:20.000 season all over again? No? No, no no, all, no at 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:25.040 all again? You know, still ten and four, so first 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:28.360 place individually. I mean, this isn't this isn't nowhere near 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:31.080 what we were last year. Um, then we're not going 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:33.000 to allow it to be that was after the loss 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:37.000 in Detroit, a lackluster loss. And there are just some games. 0:03:37.000 --> 0:03:39.720 Well if there are some losses where you're at a 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:42.720 loss to explain the loss. So what what have you 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:46.360 processed about? What we witnessed in Motown. Yeah, you know, Paula, 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:49.360 I've been going back and forth and honestly thinking about 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.840 this on a regular basis. It haunts my waking moments. 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:55.960 Let's put it that way. Listen, They've they've lost two 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:58.000 games in a row. It's the first time that's happened 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:01.760 all season long. Of course, they lost three games at 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:06.200 home consecutively. They're three and four in their last seven. 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:10.840 I honestly think this is a team that is in 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.840 trouble right now. But you know what, Paully, it doesn't matter. 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:16.360 It doesn't matter what I think. This is the beautiful 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:18.960 thing about it. The great thing is being a player 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:22.359 right now inside the Arizona Cardinals locker room. Because you 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:26.760 don't care what anybody says. They have no control over 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:29.160 what is going to happen. You. On the other hand, 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:32.719 being a player inside the Arizona Cardinals locker room, you 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:36.040 have control as to what is going to happen on 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:40.279 Christmas Day against the Indianapolis Colts. I don't know they're 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:43.000 in trouble yet, paul. I'm not willing to say that. 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:46.680 I think this could be a team in trouble if 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:51.159 in fact, they don't win on Christmas Day. So your 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:55.000 thought process is that it goes beyond just effort and energy, 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:58.480 the intensity. As Kyler said, no juice in Detroit, because 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:02.480 that's imminently correctable. You're saying there might be bigger issues. 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:05.200 And I bring that up. At least that's my presumption 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:08.960 because Carson Palmer and Drew Stanton were on the Passpod 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:12.560 and it was it's it's it's a must listen. Okay, 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:14.560 you got to check it out. It really is. And 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:16.640 I mean there's a lot of great football, there's a 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:19.200 lot of great high jinks and just the anecdotes and 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:21.120 the stories, and those are two of the funniest guys 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:23.920 you'll ever find in any locker room. It's great stuff. Okay. 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:26.800 But but when it came to the subject of quarterbacks 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:29.840 and Kyler in particular, and the Arizona Cardinals as they 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:33.239 stand right now without DeAndre Hopkins, they're only certified legit 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:36.480 number one receiver, right and what that means for the offense. Well, 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:39.440 here's Carson Palmer on the Passpod. There's a guy in 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:41.880 that huddle that can that can just flat out win 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:44.599 a game. And when you take DeAndre, that guy out 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:46.960 of that huddle, it changes the dynamics to the huddle, 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:50.599 and I just really look to see what kind of 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:53.960 leader Kyler is going forward, because now it's really all 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:57.119 on him. Now it's on Kyler. Can Kyler lead this team? 0:05:57.240 --> 0:06:00.599 Can he find a way to overcome some adversity that 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:03.160 they're gonna have to overcome again. They're gonna be down 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:05.960 multiple scores again like they were last week in Detroit. 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:10.680 Can they overcome it? I absolutely think Tyler's capable of 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:13.960 doing it. I absolutely think Kyler has the ability and 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:18.479 the god given athleticism, the arm talent, all of that 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:21.040 he's got at all. Now he needs to prove it. 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:25.800 And when I hear that, I instantly think of Tom Brady, 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:28.599 who just lost Chris Godwin for example. I think of 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:31.679 Aaron Rodgers, and I bring those two guys up because 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:34.200 those are the other two Pro Bowl quarterbacks in the NFC. 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:37.560 I think of an Aaron Rodgers coming in on that 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:41.320 Thursday night game against the Cardinals minus his top three 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:45.360 receivers and finding a way to win taking that team. 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:48.160 So it's that the way you translate what Carson is 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:51.240 saying there that Kyler is gonna have to be the 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:54.120 biggest reason the Cardinals get wins, just even more so 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:56.920 than ever before. Yeah, no doubt about it, Bullie. I mean, 0:06:56.960 --> 0:06:59.960 this is what a franchise quarterback does. And Kyler Murray 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:03.960 understands this. He knows this, and hopefully he's willing to 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:07.840 embrace it. I don't see him shying away from the responsibility. 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:11.280 And I know that inside that locker room is teammates 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:15.800 understand that he's not going to shy away from that responsibility. Paulli, 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:19.160 this is what a franchise quarterback does. Is it fair? No, 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:23.680 it is not fair, Polly. Yet at the same time, 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:27.200 this is why they get paid the money that they do. 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:30.720 Not only are they the human being that does something 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:34.880 with the ball on every snap, every offensive snap, a 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:38.920 quarterback actually does something with a football unless you're in 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:43.880 the shotgun with James Connor, you're running something the wildcat 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:47.800 Paul out there. Okay, but this is why you impact 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:52.000 your teammates more so than any other position, any other 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:54.760 position on the team. It is the reason why you 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:59.000 get paid what you do to be a true franchise quarterback, 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:02.520 You've got a lead on the field, off the field, 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:06.280 on the sideline off the field, You've got to do it. 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:10.680 All constantly be the answer man on and off the field. 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:14.000 Pall I wondered to what degree this offense has to 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:16.680 evolve as well, though, And I'm bringing that up for 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:18.640 two reasons. There was a moment during a Chase Edmonds 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:20.520 press conference this week where he said to the media, 0:08:20.520 --> 0:08:22.040 and it's sort of like he it was sort of 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:24.920 like it was a pre planned talking point by Chase Incorporated. Right. 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:27.200 He made a point to tell the media that he's 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:29.840 number one in yards per carry and James Connor is 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.520 number two in the NFL and rushing touchdowns, as in, 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:35.560 you know what, You've got a dynamic duo of running backs. 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:39.240 Let's use them. Yeah. Yeah. And I also bring it 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:41.280 up because you look at Sean McVeigh and what he 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:43.760 did recently with that Rams offense, and we've talked about that. 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:46.120 They lost Robert Woods. They tried to run the same 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:49.040 three and four ride receipts sets all the time, the 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:51.520 highest percentage of any offense in the NFL. It didn't work. 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.880 They lost three in a row, and then Sean McVay 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.160 went back to the Todd Gurley days, put Sony Michelle 0:08:56.200 --> 0:08:58.640 and they started running the ball. Much more balanced offense 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:01.480 and boom. You see the difference, and I'm wondering if 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:04.800 the Cardinals have to consider something like that. Yeah, no, Paully. 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:07.360 You know, once again though, it's a situation where this 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:10.280 is Remember we were talking about Max Williams and the 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:14.200 kind of balance Max well he has really brought in 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:17.520 rundown situations. Is he the tight end that zach Ertz is? 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:21.280 No way, he's not. And Max Williams would respectfully be 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:23.679 the first guy I think that would tell you that. 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.880 But he was so good in terms of blocking at 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.360 the point of attack. A lot of times you'll see 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:32.760 an offense now where zach Ertz is actually flexed out 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:35.160 into the slot, and there's nothing wrong with that, There's 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:37.559 nothing more wrong with that at all, because that is 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:40.400 a good option for Kyler Murray right there. But in 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:44.760 terms of giving a balanced approach out of eleven person 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:48.840 at one back, one tight end, and three wide receivers, 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:52.160 it doesn't bring the kind of balance you would like 0:09:52.320 --> 0:09:55.240 to see to this offense. And I really do believe 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:58.800 Paully going forward, if the Arizona Cardinals are going to 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:04.160 write the ship here this Saturday on Christmas Day, they're 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:07.800 gonna have to run the ball Well. Speaking of zach Ertz, 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:10.160 you know one of his comments after the loss in 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:12.840 Motown really resonated. He said, in a quote, we can't 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:16.000 let this thing spiral. Momentum is real in the NFL, 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:20.240 good and bad and to me and we'll ask Christian 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:23.120 Kirk next. I think just the fact you're on national 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:26.160 TV in front of a captive audience on Christmas night 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:29.800 is gonna guarantee the energy we'll see. It's a day 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:33.240 pash Podcast a Reminder again episode twenty one with former 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:36.760 Cardinals QBS, Carson Palmer and Drew stand wherever you get 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:39.360 your podcasts and you get the latest updates via Twitter 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:42.760 at pash pod. Christian Kirk is next on The Big 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:52.240 Red Rage presented by Santan Ford. In Gilbert NaSTA Murray's 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:56.120 great dropback and throws a fade deep right side over 0:10:56.200 --> 0:10:58.800 the shoulder cat by Kirk in the end over a 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:02.280 toutdowns now to Murray, drops back the throne, fires right 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:04.960 side of the end zone back shoulder Kirk jeff beautifully 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:07.800 and pulls it in for the touchdown. Drops back the throne, 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:09.840 now flushed out of the pocket, rolls right, throws right 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:12.559 caught in the end zone. It's a touchdown and it's 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:14.959 Christian Kirk. Floats at the middle of the field, got 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:18.080 a man, It's caught by Kirk, rows deep left side 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:22.360 and a sliding betches me by Christian Kirk as it's 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:24.800 twenty yard line, launches it up in the air. Christian 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:27.599 Kirk is there. He's gotta be down ten down in 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:30.640 the five, or he takes the shot gun. Snap's great dropback, 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:32.920 steps up, moves to his left, throws left into the 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:36.120 end zone. Pen It's caught for a touchdown. What a 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:39.920 throw to Christian Kirk for six. It's been a top 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:43.760 five scoring offense all season long. And one of the 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:47.080 top reasons why is our guest tonight on the Big 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:50.120 Red Rage someone who is closing in wolf on career 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:54.959 highs in touchdown catches and receptions and a guy who 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:58.080 was referred to repeatedly last week by our guest Kelvin Beacham. 0:11:58.080 --> 0:12:01.440 He kept he kept saying, Captain Kirk, and I'm you know, 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:03.760 I'm just wondering, you know, Boom, here we are with 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:07.240 Christian Kirk and Christian good evening, and we'll get into everything. 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:09.600 But how often or is it only Kelvin Beecham who 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:14.440 calls you Captain Kirk. You know I been around the 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:19.080 building from time to time, obviously with the Star Trek reference, 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:22.480 and I've gotten it growing up too, So there's only 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:25.840 a select few people that called me in, and Kelvin 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:28.520 being one of them. Christian, are you a Are you 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:33.160 a Star Trek fan or a Star Wars fan. I'm 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:36.800 more of a Star Wars fan, but for those who 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:40.599 are Star Trek fans, they're more likely than people to 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:44.559 call me Captain Kirk. You've never had a Star Wars 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:46.720 conversation with your head coach, have you? Because earlier this 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.880 year Kyler said he really wasn't familiar with Yoda and 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:52.160 the whole post thing and everything, and Cliff I think 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:54.600 was semi offended that that Kyler really didn't know much 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:56.679 about Star Wars because he admitted he was a big 0:12:56.760 --> 0:13:01.200 fan growing up. Yeah, I haven't had do a direct 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:03.240 conversation with a Cliff about it, but I'm sure we 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.880 could relate on some levels, because you know, I'm a 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:09.040 big Star Wars fan and loved all the movies. So 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:11.080 christ you had talked to us a little bit here 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:15.120 about your season Personally, I'm not talking about the Cardinals. Overall, 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:18.160 I want to know first of all about your season personally. 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:20.240 How are you doing? How do you think it's going. 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.959 I think it's going good, you know, and just um 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:29.480 the main thing which I've been working for since it 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:33.200 having my rookie year was just being healthy and being available. 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:37.040 And I think that's the biggest um, you know, contribution 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:40.040 I can, um you know, be making so far as 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:43.080 you know, just being available and being out there every 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:47.120 Sunday for our team. And with that, you know, it 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:50.000 allows everything else to you know, ad on top of that. 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:52.720 So without that, you know, I wouldn't be out there, 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:55.319 you know, making the plays that I've been able to make. 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:57.600 And you know, it's just especially later in the season, 0:13:57.920 --> 0:13:59.920 it's just you know, an area I'm really just trying 0:13:59.920 --> 0:14:01.880 to own in on and just to make sure my 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:04.240 body's um, you know, where it needs to be yet 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:06.760 to you know, perform my best. If you go back 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:08.360 to camp, if you had a dollar for every time 0:14:08.400 --> 0:14:10.840 you were asked about playing inside right version having to 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:13.400 play outside like you did you know last season, et cetera, 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:15.240 and how big a deal that is and how much 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:17.959 more comfortable you are inside. But how is that materialized. 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:20.600 Has that been a big deal? And have you almost 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:25.800 exclusively been inside this year? Yeah, you know, I definitely 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:28.240 think that. You you can see, um, you know a 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:31.000 lot of successes you know, come from you know, me 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:33.160 being in there, and you know, I'm just comfortable in there. 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:35.560 It's something I've done, you know, my whole entire career, 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:38.160 and um, you know, coming into the NFL and being 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:41.360 moved outside, uh definitely was an adjustment. You know, I 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:44.440 think it is an adjustment for anyone who kind of 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:48.720 plays a different position than what they're normal uh normally 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:50.680 used to. And you know, for me, it was just 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:53.760 still learning some of the nuances and um, you know 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.480 I had some success here and there, but um definitely 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:59.160 having more with playing more primarily in the slot and 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:01.360 um to get a couple of snaps here and there 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:03.880 at outside as well. So I think, uh, you know, 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:05.920 Coach Key's very done a great job of just kind 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:07.680 of moving me around and you know, putting me in 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:10.720 different positions to succeed. And Christian, I know that you 0:15:10.760 --> 0:15:13.360 are a humble guy, no doubt about it. But if 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:15.520 you don't mind it, tell us where you think you've 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:19.320 improved the most this year, Because I can see it, 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:21.240 but I want to get your thoughts on it. Where 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:25.200 do you think you've improved the most? You know, I 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:28.320 think a lot of parts of my game have improved, um, 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:30.560 you know. But for me, I just feel like I'm 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:33.280 playing with the most confidence that I can, you know, 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:36.120 week in and week out, and just making you know, 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:39.440 the contested catches, you know, making those opportunities when in 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:41.840 versus man coverage and you know, just coming up with 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:45.080 um you know, big plays and you know, high intense, 0:15:45.160 --> 0:15:48.560 high stress situations, you know, third and four downs where 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:50.840 we needed the most um. You know, Kyler has been 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:52.920 able to you know, rely on me, and I've been 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:56.160 able to make the opportunities for him. And that's all 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:58.080 I want to do, is uh, you know, just making 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:01.120 make his job easier and just put our team in 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:03.840 the best decision to win. It's all about you. Christian 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:07.360 Kirk presented by Santan Ford in Gilbert So how has 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:10.160 life changed for you and the rest of the receivers 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:14.040 minus d hop Cliff Kingsbury talks about how he sees 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:17.400 different coverages it impacts his play calling. When DeAndre Hopkins 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:19.120 isn't out on that field, there was a three game 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:21.600 stretch in November. We know about that, so I mean 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:24.680 you're pretty accustomed to it at this point. How is 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:28.800 it different when he's not there? It's different in a 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:31.840 lot of ways, um, you know, just as persona and 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:34.680 personality and just having him as you know, a guy 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:36.800 in the locker room and just you know, having him 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:40.000 around h and not not having him there and you know, 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:42.040 being able to look over there and go over and 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:44.520 conversate and not having him in the meeting rooms, and 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:47.680 you know, it definitely changes. It changes the dynamic. And 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:50.800 you know, obviously the most part we miss him is 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:54.080 is on Sundays, and so you know, we're obviously you know, 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:58.200 wishing him a quick recovery. But for us, you know, 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:00.640 we just have to dial in and and make sure 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:02.920 that you know, we're doing our jobs and making sure 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:05.320 that you know, we are on point and we're we're 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:07.760 not you know, missing any beats. You know, we put 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:10.000 a lot of uh, you know, pressure on ourselves in 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:12.119 our room to make sure that you know, we hold 0:17:12.160 --> 0:17:14.800 ourselves to the standard that is set you know, when 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:17.320 DeAndre is there in the room and on the field, 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:19.520 you know, because he is our leader, he sets the standard. 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:22.040 So UM, you know we've we've been doing good so far, 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:24.120 and you know we're just trying to try to keep 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:27.240 it going. Christian, what is the mentality right now in 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:30.080 the locker room? You watch the tape of course of 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:32.960 the Detroit game. I know that had to be an 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:37.159 absolute disappointment. Do you, guys through and through talk to 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:41.520 me a little bit about the mood in the locker room. Yeah, 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:44.200 you know, we talked about it after the game. Um. 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:47.119 The easy thing for us to do was to feel 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:49.600 sorry for ourselves and you know, go on point fingers 0:17:50.160 --> 0:17:53.040 and try to blame it on you know this or 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:55.800 that or But I think the biggest thing is us 0:17:56.080 --> 0:17:59.600 as individuals looking in the mirror and asking ourselves, what 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:02.960 can I do better? Am I doing my job? Did 0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:04.879 I do my job the best on this play? And 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:10.280 really being very self critical of ourselves as individuals. Because 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:13.920 if we all as individuals hone in on what we're 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:17.960 supposed to do our job and doing it the best 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:20.639 that we can be, then when we come together on 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:22.679 both sides of the ball, eleven men on there on 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:24.359 the field, you know we will be at our best. 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:28.199 So guys definitely took it to heart. It sucked. It 0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:31.280 was a it was a terrible feeling. But I'm confident 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:33.359 with after the week of practice that we've had and 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:36.400 just guy's mentality, that we'll be able to bounce back, 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:39.760 you know. Chandler told the media today, told an anecdote 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:43.680 of where it was basically a player's meeting of sorts 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:46.200 this week and went around the room and the question was, 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:48.440 all right, how many guys have been ten and four before? 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:51.760 And the point was to try and reinforce Okay, there's 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:55.399 an opportunity here that these sort of seasons don't happen 0:18:55.880 --> 0:18:58.080 every year, and that how many guys have really been 0:18:58.440 --> 0:19:01.640 in a position to have a number one seed potentially 0:19:01.720 --> 0:19:04.840 still and clinch a playoff spot, et cetera. Can you 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:06.959 pick up on that? And and how did that go? 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:08.760 And how do you think that what sort of impact 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:13.000 did that make? It's just realizing, you know, we still 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:15.800 have everything that we want in front of us. Uh, 0:19:15.960 --> 0:19:18.680 the season isn't over. We still have three games left 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:23.040 and um, three really big ones, and we can decide um, 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:25.720 you know, our destiny and what we want to make 0:19:25.760 --> 0:19:28.520 this season, um, and and how we wanted to go 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:31.080 and uh, you know, Chandler head on the head. You know, 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:33.240 it's it's really rare when you come across the season 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:35.719 like this. And I think about it took you know, 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:40.080 two seasons for me to even reach ten career wins. Uh, 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:43.320 you know in the NFL. Uh So it's it's it's 0:19:43.359 --> 0:19:46.199 it's hard to win in this league. And guys understand that. 0:19:46.320 --> 0:19:49.040 And that's why we can't take it for granted. Uh, 0:19:49.119 --> 0:19:51.240 no matter how we've gotten here, you know, no matter 0:19:51.240 --> 0:19:53.200 how good the first hart half of the season went, 0:19:53.600 --> 0:19:55.720 you know, we need to get back to that. And uh, 0:19:55.920 --> 0:19:58.639 like I said, we just need to hone in and um, 0:19:58.680 --> 0:20:00.720 just to go back to the basics and remember what 0:20:00.800 --> 0:20:04.720 got us here, Christian, was that basically a player's only meeting. 0:20:04.800 --> 0:20:07.040 Was that a situation where it was just you guys? 0:20:07.080 --> 0:20:10.359 Were there coaches that were in the room, Was it 0:20:10.440 --> 0:20:14.480 was it everybody? To what degree did this meeting entel? 0:20:16.440 --> 0:20:19.520 It was everybody? And I think it is important to 0:20:19.560 --> 0:20:23.600 have everybody in there too, Um, just you know, be 0:20:23.720 --> 0:20:27.440 able to buy into the message that's being spread across 0:20:27.680 --> 0:20:30.600 you know the building, you know, the rooms, the rooms 0:20:30.680 --> 0:20:33.840 that we are in every day, and the people that 0:20:33.880 --> 0:20:36.720 were around every day. And I think That's the most important, 0:20:36.800 --> 0:20:38.440 you know, when you're talking about you know, setting a 0:20:38.560 --> 0:20:41.560 culture and um, setting a mission, and for a football 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:43.919 team is everybody has to buy into that same mission. 0:20:44.760 --> 0:20:47.000 So Kyler Murray met the media this week and uh 0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:49.359 I asked him, Okay, if you had a laundry list 0:20:49.400 --> 0:20:52.360 of things you'd like to improve starting with this game 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:54.760 against the Colts on offense, what would it be? Here's 0:20:54.800 --> 0:20:58.159 Kyler say it all the time? You know, moving backwards, um, 0:20:58.720 --> 0:21:01.720 kills drives, you know, stalls them. Um. You know, I 0:21:01.720 --> 0:21:03.600 feel like when we're not doing that, we're pretty good. 0:21:03.680 --> 0:21:06.680 If we can limit the um you know, penalties, turnovers, 0:21:06.720 --> 0:21:09.240 stuff like that, will be fine. Yeah, getting behind the sticks, 0:21:09.359 --> 0:21:11.280 no doubt. What else? What else would you add to 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:13.320