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Speaker 1: and then there is December twenty fifth football. Yes, the
Speaker 1: franchise with the same team colors as Team Santa, Red, white,
Speaker 1: and Black is gifting everyone a Christmas Night home game.
Speaker 1: And that is regardless of whether you've been naughty or nice.
Speaker 1: And Wolf, you know which category you fit into. And
Speaker 1: I think in addition to fitting into the Santa suit,
Speaker 1: and we all know that the gift that keeps on
Speaker 1: giving any holiday season is a playoff berth and that
Speaker 1: that would be the big, big present that you always
Speaker 1: save to unwrap last a playoff spot twenty twenty one.
Speaker 1: That's how the season keeps going. It is the big
Speaker 1: red rage. Not only Ron Wolf yours truly, Paul Kalbc,
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk. There's a gift here as we track into
Speaker 1: the holiday weekend. How about that? Can't wait to chop
Speaker 1: it up with the Cardinals starwide receiver. I know, Doll
Speaker 1: Pauly and you know, back when I played Paul, and
Speaker 1: I hate saying that. You know, I hate saying that
Speaker 1: back when I played Bali. Yet at the same time,
Speaker 1: I will tell you that there was an old axiom
Speaker 1: in the game of football in the NFL, at least
Speaker 1: in that axiom, it was like, you won games in
Speaker 1: November to make a run in December. That was the
Speaker 1: big saying right there, Paul. It seems now playing two
Speaker 1: games in January, you might have to say you win
Speaker 1: games in December to make a run in January. And
Speaker 1: that really is what this game is about. Coming up, man,
Speaker 1: this is a huge, huge game, I think for the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. Coming up against the Colts on Christmas Day,
Speaker 1: and if you want to talk about history, wolf and feelings,
Speaker 1: the vibe right now at least a lot of questions
Speaker 1: from a lot of media members are is everyone witnessing
Speaker 1: the ghost of Christmas past? As in last year, as
Speaker 1: in the six and three start, then losing five of
Speaker 1: your last seven? We know how this year has gone.
Speaker 1: A seven in all start, a top all the power polls,
Speaker 1: ten and two, you're back top all the power polls,
Speaker 1: and now all of a sudden you're in the midst
Speaker 1: of losing for your last seven, two in a row.
Speaker 1: And Kyler Murray he look, he was asked, Okay, does
Speaker 1: this feel like twenty and twenty the end of last
Speaker 1: season all over again? No? No, no no, all, no at
Speaker 1: all again? You know, still ten and four, so first
Speaker 1: place individually. I mean, this isn't this isn't nowhere near
Speaker 1: what we were last year. Um, then we're not going
Speaker 1: to allow it to be that was after the loss
Speaker 1: in Detroit, a lackluster loss. And there are just some games.
Speaker 1: Well if there are some losses where you're at a
Speaker 1: loss to explain the loss. So what what have you
Speaker 1: processed about? What we witnessed in Motown. Yeah, you know, Paula,
Speaker 1: I've been going back and forth and honestly thinking about
Speaker 1: this on a regular basis. It haunts my waking moments.
Speaker 1: Let's put it that way. Listen, They've they've lost two
Speaker 1: games in a row. It's the first time that's happened
Speaker 1: all season long. Of course, they lost three games at
Speaker 1: home consecutively. They're three and four in their last seven.
Speaker 1: I honestly think this is a team that is in
Speaker 1: trouble right now. But you know what, Paully, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter what I think. This is the beautiful
Speaker 1: thing about it. The great thing is being a player
Speaker 1: right now inside the Arizona Cardinals locker room. Because you
Speaker 1: don't care what anybody says. They have no control over
Speaker 1: what is going to happen. You. On the other hand,
Speaker 1: being a player inside the Arizona Cardinals locker room, you
Speaker 1: have control as to what is going to happen on
Speaker 1: Christmas Day against the Indianapolis Colts. I don't know they're
Speaker 1: in trouble yet, paul. I'm not willing to say that.
Speaker 1: I think this could be a team in trouble if
Speaker 1: in fact, they don't win on Christmas Day. So your
Speaker 1: thought process is that it goes beyond just effort and energy,
Speaker 1: the intensity. As Kyler said, no juice in Detroit, because
Speaker 1: that's imminently correctable. You're saying there might be bigger issues.
Speaker 1: And I bring that up. At least that's my presumption
Speaker 1: because Carson Palmer and Drew Stanton were on the Passpod
Speaker 1: and it was it's it's it's a must listen. Okay,
Speaker 1: you got to check it out. It really is. And
Speaker 1: I mean there's a lot of great football, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of great high jinks and just the anecdotes and
Speaker 1: the stories, and those are two of the funniest guys
Speaker 1: you'll ever find in any locker room. It's great stuff. Okay.
Speaker 1: But but when it came to the subject of quarterbacks
Speaker 1: and Kyler in particular, and the Arizona Cardinals as they
Speaker 1: stand right now without DeAndre Hopkins, they're only certified legit
Speaker 1: number one receiver, right and what that means for the offense. Well,
Speaker 1: here's Carson Palmer on the Passpod. There's a guy in
Speaker 1: that huddle that can that can just flat out win
Speaker 1: a game. And when you take DeAndre, that guy out
Speaker 1: of that huddle, it changes the dynamics to the huddle,
Speaker 1: and I just really look to see what kind of
Speaker 1: leader Kyler is going forward, because now it's really all
Speaker 1: on him. Now it's on Kyler. Can Kyler lead this team?
Speaker 1: Can he find a way to overcome some adversity that
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to overcome again. They're gonna be down
Speaker 1: multiple scores again like they were last week in Detroit.
Speaker 1: Can they overcome it? I absolutely think Tyler's capable of
Speaker 1: doing it. I absolutely think Kyler has the ability and
Speaker 1: the god given athleticism, the arm talent, all of that
Speaker 1: he's got at all. Now he needs to prove it.
Speaker 1: And when I hear that, I instantly think of Tom Brady,
Speaker 1: who just lost Chris Godwin for example. I think of
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, and I bring those two guys up because
Speaker 1: those are the other two Pro Bowl quarterbacks in the NFC.
Speaker 1: I think of an Aaron Rodgers coming in on that
Speaker 1: Thursday night game against the Cardinals minus his top three
Speaker 1: receivers and finding a way to win taking that team.
Speaker 1: So it's that the way you translate what Carson is
Speaker 1: saying there that Kyler is gonna have to be the
Speaker 1: biggest reason the Cardinals get wins, just even more so
Speaker 1: than ever before. Yeah, no doubt about it, Bullie. I mean,
Speaker 1: this is what a franchise quarterback does. And Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: understands this. He knows this, and hopefully he's willing to
Speaker 1: embrace it. I don't see him shying away from the responsibility.
Speaker 1: And I know that inside that locker room is teammates
Speaker 1: understand that he's not going to shy away from that responsibility. Paulli,
Speaker 1: this is what a franchise quarterback does. Is it fair? No,
Speaker 1: it is not fair, Polly. Yet at the same time,
Speaker 1: this is why they get paid the money that they do.
Speaker 1: Not only are they the human being that does something
Speaker 1: with the ball on every snap, every offensive snap, a
Speaker 1: quarterback actually does something with a football unless you're in
Speaker 1: the shotgun with James Connor, you're running something the wildcat
Speaker 1: Paul out there. Okay, but this is why you impact
Speaker 1: your teammates more so than any other position, any other
Speaker 1: position on the team. It is the reason why you
Speaker 1: get paid what you do to be a true franchise quarterback,
Speaker 1: You've got a lead on the field, off the field,
Speaker 1: on the sideline off the field, You've got to do it.
Speaker 1: All constantly be the answer man on and off the field.
Speaker 1: Pall I wondered to what degree this offense has to
Speaker 1: evolve as well, though, And I'm bringing that up for
Speaker 1: two reasons. There was a moment during a Chase Edmonds
Speaker 1: press conference this week where he said to the media,
Speaker 1: and it's sort of like he it was sort of
Speaker 1: like it was a pre planned talking point by Chase Incorporated. Right.
Speaker 1: He made a point to tell the media that he's
Speaker 1: number one in yards per carry and James Connor is
Speaker 1: number two in the NFL and rushing touchdowns, as in,
Speaker 1: you know what, You've got a dynamic duo of running backs.
Speaker 1: Let's use them. Yeah. Yeah. And I also bring it
Speaker 1: up because you look at Sean McVeigh and what he
Speaker 1: did recently with that Rams offense, and we've talked about that.
Speaker 1: They lost Robert Woods. They tried to run the same
Speaker 1: three and four ride receipts sets all the time, the
Speaker 1: highest percentage of any offense in the NFL. It didn't work.
Speaker 1: They lost three in a row, and then Sean McVay
Speaker 1: went back to the Todd Gurley days, put Sony Michelle
Speaker 1: and they started running the ball. Much more balanced offense
Speaker 1: and boom. You see the difference, and I'm wondering if
Speaker 1: the Cardinals have to consider something like that. Yeah, no, Paully.
Speaker 1: You know, once again though, it's a situation where this
Speaker 1: is Remember we were talking about Max Williams and the
Speaker 1: kind of balance Max well he has really brought in
Speaker 1: rundown situations. Is he the tight end that zach Ertz is?
Speaker 1: No way, he's not. And Max Williams would respectfully be
Speaker 1: the first guy I think that would tell you that.
Speaker 1: But he was so good in terms of blocking at
Speaker 1: the point of attack. A lot of times you'll see
Speaker 1: an offense now where zach Ertz is actually flexed out
Speaker 1: into the slot, and there's nothing wrong with that, There's
Speaker 1: nothing more wrong with that at all, because that is
Speaker 1: a good option for Kyler Murray right there. But in
Speaker 1: terms of giving a balanced approach out of eleven person
Speaker 1: at one back, one tight end, and three wide receivers,
Speaker 1: it doesn't bring the kind of balance you would like
Speaker 1: to see to this offense. And I really do believe
Speaker 1: Paully going forward, if the Arizona Cardinals are going to
Speaker 1: write the ship here this Saturday on Christmas Day, they're
Speaker 1: gonna have to run the ball Well. Speaking of zach Ertz,
Speaker 1: you know one of his comments after the loss in
Speaker 1: Motown really resonated. He said, in a quote, we can't
Speaker 1: let this thing spiral. Momentum is real in the NFL,
Speaker 1: good and bad and to me and we'll ask Christian
Speaker 1: Kirk next. I think just the fact you're on national
Speaker 1: TV in front of a captive audience on Christmas night
Speaker 1: is gonna guarantee the energy we'll see. It's a day
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Speaker 1: Red Rage presented by Santan Ford. In Gilbert NaSTA Murray's
Speaker 1: great dropback and throws a fade deep right side over
Speaker 1: the shoulder cat by Kirk in the end over a
Speaker 1: toutdowns now to Murray, drops back the throne, fires right
Speaker 1: side of the end zone back shoulder Kirk jeff beautifully
Speaker 1: and pulls it in for the touchdown. Drops back the throne,
Speaker 1: now flushed out of the pocket, rolls right, throws right
Speaker 1: caught in the end zone. It's a touchdown and it's
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk. Floats at the middle of the field, got
Speaker 1: a man, It's caught by Kirk, rows deep left side
Speaker 1: and a sliding betches me by Christian Kirk as it's
Speaker 1: twenty yard line, launches it up in the air. Christian
Speaker 1: Kirk is there. He's gotta be down ten down in
Speaker 1: the five, or he takes the shot gun. Snap's great dropback,
Speaker 1: steps up, moves to his left, throws left into the
Speaker 1: end zone. Pen It's caught for a touchdown. What a
Speaker 1: throw to Christian Kirk for six. It's been a top
Speaker 1: five scoring offense all season long. And one of the
Speaker 1: top reasons why is our guest tonight on the Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage someone who is closing in wolf on career
Speaker 1: highs in touchdown catches and receptions and a guy who
Speaker 1: was referred to repeatedly last week by our guest Kelvin Beacham.
Speaker 1: He kept he kept saying, Captain Kirk, and I'm you know,
Speaker 1: I'm just wondering, you know, Boom, here we are with
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk and Christian good evening, and we'll get into everything.
Speaker 1: But how often or is it only Kelvin Beecham who
Speaker 1: calls you Captain Kirk. You know I been around the
Speaker 1: building from time to time, obviously with the Star Trek reference,
Speaker 1: and I've gotten it growing up too, So there's only
Speaker 1: a select few people that called me in, and Kelvin
Speaker 1: being one of them. Christian, are you a Are you
Speaker 1: a Star Trek fan or a Star Wars fan. I'm
Speaker 1: more of a Star Wars fan, but for those who
Speaker 1: are Star Trek fans, they're more likely than people to
Speaker 1: call me Captain Kirk. You've never had a Star Wars
Speaker 1: conversation with your head coach, have you? Because earlier this
Speaker 1: year Kyler said he really wasn't familiar with Yoda and
Speaker 1: the whole post thing and everything, and Cliff I think
Speaker 1: was semi offended that that Kyler really didn't know much
Speaker 1: about Star Wars because he admitted he was a big
Speaker 1: fan growing up. Yeah, I haven't had do a direct
Speaker 1: conversation with a Cliff about it, but I'm sure we
Speaker 1: could relate on some levels, because you know, I'm a
Speaker 1: big Star Wars fan and loved all the movies. So
Speaker 1: christ you had talked to us a little bit here
Speaker 1: about your season Personally, I'm not talking about the Cardinals. Overall,
Speaker 1: I want to know first of all about your season personally.
Speaker 1: How are you doing? How do you think it's going.
Speaker 1: I think it's going good, you know, and just um
Speaker 1: the main thing which I've been working for since it
Speaker 1: having my rookie year was just being healthy and being available.
Speaker 1: And I think that's the biggest um, you know, contribution
Speaker 1: I can, um you know, be making so far as
Speaker 1: you know, just being available and being out there every
Speaker 1: Sunday for our team. And with that, you know, it
Speaker 1: allows everything else to you know, ad on top of that.
Speaker 1: So without that, you know, I wouldn't be out there,
Speaker 1: you know, making the plays that I've been able to make.
Speaker 1: And you know, it's just especially later in the season,
Speaker 1: it's just you know, an area I'm really just trying
Speaker 1: to own in on and just to make sure my
Speaker 1: body's um, you know, where it needs to be yet
Speaker 1: to you know, perform my best. If you go back
Speaker 1: to camp, if you had a dollar for every time
Speaker 1: you were asked about playing inside right version having to
Speaker 1: play outside like you did you know last season, et cetera,
Speaker 1: and how big a deal that is and how much
Speaker 1: more comfortable you are inside. But how is that materialized.
Speaker 1: Has that been a big deal? And have you almost
Speaker 1: exclusively been inside this year? Yeah, you know, I definitely
Speaker 1: think that. You you can see, um, you know a
Speaker 1: lot of successes you know, come from you know, me
Speaker 1: being in there, and you know, I'm just comfortable in there.
Speaker 1: It's something I've done, you know, my whole entire career,
Speaker 1: and um, you know, coming into the NFL and being
Speaker 1: moved outside, uh definitely was an adjustment. You know, I
Speaker 1: think it is an adjustment for anyone who kind of
Speaker 1: plays a different position than what they're normal uh normally
Speaker 1: used to. And you know, for me, it was just
Speaker 1: still learning some of the nuances and um, you know
Speaker 1: I had some success here and there, but um definitely
Speaker 1: having more with playing more primarily in the slot and
Speaker 1: um to get a couple of snaps here and there
Speaker 1: at outside as well. So I think, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: Coach Key's very done a great job of just kind
Speaker 1: of moving me around and you know, putting me in
Speaker 1: different positions to succeed. And Christian, I know that you
Speaker 1: are a humble guy, no doubt about it. But if
Speaker 1: you don't mind it, tell us where you think you've
Speaker 1: improved the most this year, Because I can see it,
Speaker 1: but I want to get your thoughts on it. Where
Speaker 1: do you think you've improved the most? You know, I
Speaker 1: think a lot of parts of my game have improved, um,
Speaker 1: you know. But for me, I just feel like I'm
Speaker 1: playing with the most confidence that I can, you know,
Speaker 1: week in and week out, and just making you know,
Speaker 1: the contested catches, you know, making those opportunities when in
Speaker 1: versus man coverage and you know, just coming up with
Speaker 1: um you know, big plays and you know, high intense,
Speaker 1: high stress situations, you know, third and four downs where
Speaker 1: we needed the most um. You know, Kyler has been
Speaker 1: able to you know, rely on me, and I've been
Speaker 1: able to make the opportunities for him. And that's all
Speaker 1: I want to do, is uh, you know, just making
Speaker 1: make his job easier and just put our team in
Speaker 1: the best decision to win. It's all about you. Christian
Speaker 1: Kirk presented by Santan Ford in Gilbert So how has
Speaker 1: life changed for you and the rest of the receivers
Speaker 1: minus d hop Cliff Kingsbury talks about how he sees
Speaker 1: different coverages it impacts his play calling. When DeAndre Hopkins
Speaker 1: isn't out on that field, there was a three game
Speaker 1: stretch in November. We know about that, so I mean
Speaker 1: you're pretty accustomed to it at this point. How is
Speaker 1: it different when he's not there? It's different in a
Speaker 1: lot of ways, um, you know, just as persona and
Speaker 1: personality and just having him as you know, a guy
Speaker 1: in the locker room and just you know, having him
Speaker 1: around h and not not having him there and you know,
Speaker 1: being able to look over there and go over and
Speaker 1: conversate and not having him in the meeting rooms, and
Speaker 1: you know, it definitely changes. It changes the dynamic. And
Speaker 1: you know, obviously the most part we miss him is
Speaker 1: is on Sundays, and so you know, we're obviously you know,
Speaker 1: wishing him a quick recovery. But for us, you know,
Speaker 1: we just have to dial in and and make sure
Speaker 1: that you know, we're doing our jobs and making sure
Speaker 1: that you know, we are on point and we're we're
Speaker 1: not you know, missing any beats. You know, we put
Speaker 1: a lot of uh, you know, pressure on ourselves in
Speaker 1: our room to make sure that you know, we hold
Speaker 1: ourselves to the standard that is set you know, when
Speaker 1: DeAndre is there in the room and on the field,
Speaker 1: you know, because he is our leader, he sets the standard.
Speaker 1: So UM, you know we've we've been doing good so far,
Speaker 1: and you know we're just trying to try to keep
Speaker 1: it going. Christian, what is the mentality right now in
Speaker 1: the locker room? You watch the tape of course of
Speaker 1: the Detroit game. I know that had to be an
Speaker 1: absolute disappointment. Do you, guys through and through talk to
Speaker 1: me a little bit about the mood in the locker room. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, we talked about it after the game. Um.
Speaker 1: The easy thing for us to do was to feel
Speaker 1: sorry for ourselves and you know, go on point fingers
Speaker 1: and try to blame it on you know this or
Speaker 1: that or But I think the biggest thing is us
Speaker 1: as individuals looking in the mirror and asking ourselves, what
Speaker 1: can I do better? Am I doing my job? Did
Speaker 1: I do my job the best on this play? And
Speaker 1: really being very self critical of ourselves as individuals. Because
Speaker 1: if we all as individuals hone in on what we're
Speaker 1: supposed to do our job and doing it the best
Speaker 1: that we can be, then when we come together on
Speaker 1: both sides of the ball, eleven men on there on
Speaker 1: the field, you know we will be at our best.
Speaker 1: So guys definitely took it to heart. It sucked. It
Speaker 1: was a it was a terrible feeling. But I'm confident
Speaker 1: with after the week of practice that we've had and
Speaker 1: just guy's mentality, that we'll be able to bounce back,
Speaker 1: you know. Chandler told the media today, told an anecdote
Speaker 1: of where it was basically a player's meeting of sorts
Speaker 1: this week and went around the room and the question was,
Speaker 1: all right, how many guys have been ten and four before?
Speaker 1: And the point was to try and reinforce Okay, there's
Speaker 1: an opportunity here that these sort of seasons don't happen
Speaker 1: every year, and that how many guys have really been
Speaker 1: in a position to have a number one seed potentially
Speaker 1: still and clinch a playoff spot, et cetera. Can you
Speaker 1: pick up on that? And and how did that go?
Speaker 1: And how do you think that what sort of impact
Speaker 1: did that make? It's just realizing, you know, we still
Speaker 1: have everything that we want in front of us. Uh,
Speaker 1: the season isn't over. We still have three games left
Speaker 1: and um, three really big ones, and we can decide um,
Speaker 1: you know, our destiny and what we want to make
Speaker 1: this season, um, and and how we wanted to go
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, Chandler head on the head. You know,
Speaker 1: it's it's really rare when you come across the season
Speaker 1: like this. And I think about it took you know,
Speaker 1: two seasons for me to even reach ten career wins. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know in the NFL. Uh So it's it's it's
Speaker 1: it's hard to win in this league. And guys understand that.
Speaker 1: And that's why we can't take it for granted. Uh,
Speaker 1: no matter how we've gotten here, you know, no matter
Speaker 1: how good the first hart half of the season went,
Speaker 1: you know, we need to get back to that. And uh,
Speaker 1: like I said, we just need to hone in and um,
Speaker 1: just to go back to the basics and remember what
Speaker 1: got us here, Christian, was that basically a player's only meeting.
Speaker 1: Was that a situation where it was just you guys?
Speaker 1: Were there coaches that were in the room, Was it
Speaker 1: was it everybody? To what degree did this meeting entel?
Speaker 1: It was everybody? And I think it is important to
Speaker 1: have everybody in there too, Um, just you know, be
Speaker 1: able to buy into the message that's being spread across
Speaker 1: you know the building, you know, the rooms, the rooms
Speaker 1: that we are in every day, and the people that
Speaker 1: were around every day. And I think That's the most important,
Speaker 1: you know, when you're talking about you know, setting a
Speaker 1: culture and um, setting a mission, and for a football
Speaker 1: team is everybody has to buy into that same mission.
Speaker 1: So Kyler Murray met the media this week and uh
Speaker 1: I asked him, Okay, if you had a laundry list
Speaker 1: of things you'd like to improve starting with this game
Speaker 1: against the Colts on offense, what would it be? Here's
Speaker 1: Kyler say it all the time? You know, moving backwards, um,
Speaker 1: kills drives, you know, stalls them. Um. You know, I
Speaker 1: feel like when we're not doing that, we're pretty good.
Speaker 1: If we can limit the um you know, penalties, turnovers,
Speaker 1: stuff like that, will be fine. Yeah, getting behind the sticks,
Speaker 1: no doubt. What else? What else would you add to
Speaker 1: that list? I mean, if you could make your Christmas
Speaker 1: wish list right and what the Cardinals offense would look
Speaker 1: like or what corrections you guys would make from the
Speaker 1: last two weeks, what would it be? I would say
Speaker 1: it's pretty similar. And you know, for us, it's it's
Speaker 1: pretty obvious that, Um, you know, when we don't start
Speaker 1: fast and we get behind the chains, that's when we
Speaker 1: struggle the most. It's when we start fast we stay
Speaker 1: in front of the chains, we're running the ball and
Speaker 1: we're just executing our plays. You know, that's when the
Speaker 1: efforts never not there um And that's not the problem
Speaker 1: for us. It's usually you know, a lack of execution
Speaker 1: or a penalty um and not focusing on those parts.
Speaker 1: But when we come out and we start fast and
Speaker 1: you know, we execute, that's when we're at our best.
Speaker 1: And uh, that's what that would be on my wish
Speaker 1: list for what a perfect would look like for us
Speaker 1: on Saturday for our offense. Now, Christian, I know you're
Speaker 1: a wide receiver, and I know you're a dog on
Speaker 1: good one right, and I know you want the ball
Speaker 1: like every other wide receiver that is out there, But
Speaker 1: can you put into words for us just how important
Speaker 1: you think it is that this offense is balance going forward.
Speaker 1: If you do think that, if you think not, go
Speaker 1: ahead and tell us. But I look at it and
Speaker 1: think you need to be balanced? Am I wrong on that? Christian?
Speaker 1: You're not wrong? And I've played in this offense for
Speaker 1: a long time, dating back to my days in college
Speaker 1: at Texas A and M. And I've always said it
Speaker 1: that this offense doesn't work if you can't run the ball.
Speaker 1: When you allow defenses to you know, pin their ears
Speaker 1: back and um, you know send send, you know, their
Speaker 1: dogs up front, the quarterback and um, you're just trying
Speaker 1: to get into the drawback pass and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: they have nothing else to worry about and they're they're
Speaker 1: not worrying about their run threat. Then uh it's hard
Speaker 1: and you become inefficient. And I mean the tape and
Speaker 1: you know, the game speak for itself. I mean, when
Speaker 1: we're at our best, we're running the ball, we're running
Speaker 1: it well, and so you know that's got to be
Speaker 1: a form of emphasis, which it is. And like I said,
Speaker 1: when we get that running game going, it opens everything else.
Speaker 1: So does the offense need to change at all? Minus
Speaker 1: de Hoop? Is that too radical? I mean, does it
Speaker 1: need to evolve? You saw what Sean McBay did recently
Speaker 1: with the Rams minus Robert Woods. I'm just curious if
Speaker 1: if this offense needs to change in any way. I
Speaker 1: don't think it needs to change. Um, you know, what
Speaker 1: we have is enough. And obviously, depending on who the
Speaker 1: opponent is, the game plan changes. But this offense has
Speaker 1: everything that it needs to go out there and you know,
Speaker 1: win more games than we've already won, you know, so far,
Speaker 1: and but like I said, it comes down to the
Speaker 1: execution and the decades of what we do, and it
Speaker 1: starts back right and we'll come back and we'll get
Speaker 1: into what the Colts do on defense, because it's far
Speaker 1: from just Jonathan Taylor on that Colts team and why
Speaker 1: they're eight and six and they've won five out of six.
Speaker 1: We continue with the Big Red Rage and Christian Kurt
Speaker 1: All presented by satan Ford and Gilbert. We are satan Ford,
Speaker 1: Captain tant hell On purd down, hit and sacked, Chandler
Speaker 1: Jones five sacks on the day for fifty five and
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a quarterback run off the middle at ten,
Speaker 1: at the five, Murray dies for the end zone and
Speaker 1: he's in for a touchdown. Kyler Murray makes them pay
Speaker 1: with a twelve yard run picked off by Buddha. Baker's
Speaker 1: got it at the thirty five, goes down at the
Speaker 1: thirty one and that's it. Buddha sales at Tonner to
Speaker 1: the ten to the five and end of the ends
Speaker 1: up for the touchdown. James Connor with his third touchdown
Speaker 1: of the day, this one through the air, his second
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl, James Conner, Kyler Murray his second Pro Bowl
Speaker 1: and by the way, the other two Pro Bowl quarterbacks
Speaker 1: in the NFC, Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady. By the way,
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones his fourth Pro Bowl, Buddha Baker his fourth
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl. Three is the safety won as a special teamer.
Speaker 1: It is a big red Rage presented by Santanford in
Speaker 1: Gilbert Paul kelvc Ron Wolfley and our very special guest
Speaker 1: wide receiver Christian Kirk and Christian uh tell us, what
Speaker 1: was the reaction in the locker room when you guys
Speaker 1: saw the Pro Bowl nominees. There's you know, his whole
Speaker 1: list of alternates as well. But what's that like in
Speaker 1: an NFL locker room when that news is finally announced
Speaker 1: and made official. Well, you got the four guys that
Speaker 1: were selected, what the caliber players that they are, there's
Speaker 1: really no surprise. I mean just with the the level
Speaker 1: that they play at weekend and week at weekend and
Speaker 1: week out is just you know, beyond impressive. And you
Speaker 1: know they deserve um that nomination um, you know, wholeheartedly.
Speaker 1: And it's just for us, you know, guys that are
Speaker 1: in the locker room that get to experience them and
Speaker 1: see how they work on a day to day basis.
Speaker 1: You just can't help yourself but to feel, um nothing,
Speaker 1: but you know, very proud for them and happy for
Speaker 1: them because they deserve it and along with all the
Speaker 1: alternates as well. And uh, you know, hopefully we will
Speaker 1: be playing, um, you know, in the Super Bowl, so
Speaker 1: they won't be playing you know, in the Pro Bowl.
Speaker 1: But you know, if not, uh, you know, it would
Speaker 1: be exciting to go out there and watch them, you know,
Speaker 1: play with the best. That that would be awesome. There's
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. The Pro Bowl is really a
Speaker 1: big honor, of course, and I think there's one in
Speaker 1: your future, one or two maybe maybe even more than that.
Speaker 1: And your future is well, you just got to get
Speaker 1: that opportunity to go out there and perform. How much
Speaker 1: does it mean to you? Is it something? Is it
Speaker 1: a goal of yours? Um? You know, I I definitely
Speaker 1: uh you know, have that goal you know, set for me,
Speaker 1: and you know I worked my butt off to uh,
Speaker 1: you know, after our do to accomplish those goals. And
Speaker 1: you know, I know, I mean I gotta be patient
Speaker 1: and you know when when the time comes, and time comes, Um,
Speaker 1: but you know, for now I get to you know,
Speaker 1: sit back and watch to see what it takes UM
Speaker 1: to be able to get your name nominated. Um, you
Speaker 1: know and to have a season. You know that that
Speaker 1: that takes it UM to be able to to get
Speaker 1: to that point. Christian Kirk is our guest and the
Speaker 1: Big Red Rage. The team with the most Pro Bowlers
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts. Yes with seven. Here's Kyler Murray when
Speaker 1: asked for a quick scatter report on your opponents Saturday night.
Speaker 1: It's a great team. There's no sugar cooling. I mean
Speaker 1: they're they're a great team. Um, you know, a lot
Speaker 1: of talent over their defense offense. Uh, we're gonna have
Speaker 1: to be ready for you know, this is a December
Speaker 1: footballs playoff playoffs like atmosphere all Christmas. They're gonna be ready. Well,
Speaker 1: we we gotta, we gotta come to play. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: not just Jonathan Taylor. They have a Pro bowler and
Speaker 1: all three levels of the defense and D tackle DeForrest
Speaker 1: Buckner their standout line. Yeah, Darius Leonard, Yes, absolutely, Well
Speaker 1: what to the last five games? They have a punt
Speaker 1: return for touchdown and then Kenny Moore, Now Kenny Moore
Speaker 1: is someone he's their nickel corner, slot corner, correct, Christian,
Speaker 1: that could be a direct matchup for you, I'm guessing yeah. No,
Speaker 1: Kenny's a great player. Um. I've worked out with him
Speaker 1: a couple off season go and got to know him
Speaker 1: a little bit and be following him ever since. And
Speaker 1: you know, his story is incredible and you know he
Speaker 1: plays at a high level. So you know, anytime you
Speaker 1: get to go against you know, a higher caliber player
Speaker 1: like that, you know, it's always fun. So definitely looking
Speaker 1: forward to, you know, all the talent that they have
Speaker 1: on their team and facing them on Saturday night. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, Saturday night happens to be Christmas Day. Have
Speaker 1: you ever played on Christmas before? What has been your
Speaker 1: encounter in your life your football life with Christmas. I've
Speaker 1: never played on Christmas before and calledge. You know, we
Speaker 1: would travel usually on Christmas for our bowl game. Wherever
Speaker 1: the bowl game was, we would usually travel and practice,
Speaker 1: you know on Christmas Day. So I've I've had to
Speaker 1: you know football or practice football or had to travel
Speaker 1: for but I never had a game. So definitely exciting.
Speaker 1: You know, it's another you know primetime atmosphere and you know,
Speaker 1: like Kyler mentioned, it's December, it's it's playoff like atmosphere
Speaker 1: and implications, so you know it'll it'll be a big stage,
Speaker 1: and you know we're excited for And look at halftime
Speaker 1: of the Detroit game, you know, Cliff Kingsbury told us
Speaker 1: walking off the field, you know, we came out flat
Speaker 1: and okay, and then Kyler after the game there wasn't
Speaker 1: enough juice. I don't think that's gonna be a problem
Speaker 1: on national TV on Christmas night when you know the
Speaker 1: entire country is watching. Is that a safe assumption, Christian? Oh,
Speaker 1: you know, I think if you're not able to get
Speaker 1: up for a game like this, you know there's something wrong.
Speaker 1: You definitely. Um, you know, play at this level for
Speaker 1: opportunities like this, and you know you got to take
Speaker 1: advantage of them. Um. You know I said it. We
Speaker 1: were playing on Monday night. You know, when when the
Speaker 1: lights are bright and all eyes are on you, Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, there's a lot of opportunity there to to
Speaker 1: you know, show a lot of people what you're made
Speaker 1: of and what kind of football team you are. So
Speaker 1: you know we got to take advantage of that. So
Speaker 1: I know that you've watched an awful lot of tape
Speaker 1: on the Indianapolis Colts and their defense. So tell us
Speaker 1: a little bit what you think. Give us a little
Speaker 1: scout on your board on the Colts Christian they're talented.
Speaker 1: They're talented, and they're very opportunistic. Um. You know that
Speaker 1: they lead the league and turnovers and force fumbles and uh,
Speaker 1: they do a great job. We're getting the ball out,
Speaker 1: you know, So our ball security, you know, has to
Speaker 1: be um, nothing short of perfect, because they they will, um,
Speaker 1: you know, look for those opportunities and they'll capitalize off
Speaker 1: of it. Uh, and we can't afford that. And so
Speaker 1: you know, we're going to have to do a good
Speaker 1: job of you know, taking what the defense gets us. UM,
Speaker 1: you know, be be efficient and be smart. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: we have the ball in our hands, and you know,
Speaker 1: just make opportunities, um, you know when they come our way.
Speaker 1: You know. Darius Leonard told the media this week that
Speaker 1: if he played in Dallas and he played in more
Speaker 1: primetime games, he would be the defensive player of the year,
Speaker 1: hands down. That's that's what he told me, because I
Speaker 1: think he was getting tired of hearing the Micah Parsons
Speaker 1: talk all the time. The rookie in Dallas. But you
Speaker 1: know Darius Leonard uh fifty three. I mean, especially being
Speaker 1: in the slot and he's that will linebacker. How often
Speaker 1: do you keep an eye out for him during this game? Oh,
Speaker 1: you know, especially in the run game, which we are
Speaker 1: very involved in as receivers. Will definitely have to, you know,
Speaker 1: keep an eye out for him. And like I said, um,
Speaker 1: you know he's the leader of you know, being able
Speaker 1: to create those turnovers. Uh. You know, I think he
Speaker 1: has a couple of interceptions and a ton of force fumble.
Speaker 1: So whenever you know, we have the ball in traffic,
Speaker 1: you know would definitely be looking, you know, out for
Speaker 1: him and make sure, you know, we have great ball security.
Speaker 1: But he's a great player, and I think the tape
Speaker 1: and you know all of his assistants show that, and
Speaker 1: so yeah, we'll have to be so Christian, go ahead
Speaker 1: and flip it over and look at the offensive side
Speaker 1: of the ball. I know you're not sitting around watching
Speaker 1: reels of tape on the Indianapolis Colts and how they
Speaker 1: run the ball, but I know you're aware of Jonathan Taylor,
Speaker 1: of course, and the fact that the Colts have a
Speaker 1: very very good offensive line. Talk to us about what
Speaker 1: you know of the Colts offense. Well, you know, like
Speaker 1: you like you said, it starts up front for them. Um,
Speaker 1: they have arguably one of the best offensive lines in
Speaker 1: football right now, and with arguably the best running back
Speaker 1: in Jonathan Taylor. And uh, you know, they still got
Speaker 1: guys on the outside they can make plays and um
Speaker 1: my companion and then you know t Y Hivens and
Speaker 1: so uh you know, they have a lot of firepower
Speaker 1: over there, and you know Carson Wentz does a great
Speaker 1: job and and so you know their goal is to
Speaker 1: hold onto the ball and you know, be efficient with
Speaker 1: the run game, and um, you know, just kind of
Speaker 1: sick what the defense gets speaks you and um then
Speaker 1: try to hit you over the top, you know, with
Speaker 1: with with some you know, deep balls and trying to
Speaker 1: push the ball down the field. So um, you know,
Speaker 1: I'd like to lay our defense has been preparing, um
Speaker 1: this week, and you know they know they have a
Speaker 1: big challenge at hand, and um, but I'm decided to
Speaker 1: to go out there and watch them battle. You've you've
Speaker 1: had your finger on the pulse of this team. You
Speaker 1: told us after the Tennessee win and Nashville you said,
Speaker 1: you know what, we're not letting stuff slide this year.
Speaker 1: You know, you're talking about the locker room and the
Speaker 1: leadership within right and guys holding each other accountable. I know,
Speaker 1: after the Monday Night loss, you said, hey, we're going
Speaker 1: to be harsh on our on ourselves. And you know,
Speaker 1: the media spinning this one, right, the surging Colts against
Speaker 1: the sliding Cardinals. I mean, where is the confidence level
Speaker 1: right now in the Cardinals locker room? You think, But
Speaker 1: we're confident. I mean we're the same team a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks ago that we're you know, have one loss
Speaker 1: under our belt, and you know, still we're right number
Speaker 1: one and you know, top of our division, and um,
Speaker 1: we're still in the number one. You know, see talks
Speaker 1: and yes we've had some disappointing laws, but that doesn't
Speaker 1: you know, I mean that we've changed. The dynamic hasn't changed,
Speaker 1: The mindset hasn't changed, and neither has the mentality. You know,
Speaker 1: I think, uh, you know, we just need to do
Speaker 1: a better job of you know, executing and take advantage
Speaker 1: of opportunities on Sunday and so that the confidence level
Speaker 1: has not changed whatsoever. You know, we know how good
Speaker 1: we can be when we do play our best, and
Speaker 1: we just got to get back to that. And I
Speaker 1: think it starts with, you know, certain tasks on Saturday, Christian,
Speaker 1: do you feel the onus is on you guys, the
Speaker 1: offense in particular to set the tone for this game
Speaker 1: and score points that that, honestly, I think would probably
Speaker 1: help the defense as a matter of fact, knowing that
Speaker 1: if you could make the Colts one dimensional, try to
Speaker 1: get them to play catch up in the second half,
Speaker 1: that that's not playing into their strength. Do you feel
Speaker 1: any responsibility in particular for the offense to play and
Speaker 1: score points and light it up and try to make
Speaker 1: the Colts undimensional? I mean, you know, I think we
Speaker 1: feel that pressure. Um, you know, weekend and week out.
Speaker 1: As an offense, we hold ourselves to such high standards. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, for us, anytime we leave the field without points, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, that's that's a missed opportunity into us. You know,
Speaker 1: that's that's you know, not okay, and that's not our standard.
Speaker 1: I think in Houston, I think a versus Houston, you know,
Speaker 1: we still score thirty one points and I point out
Speaker 1: the fact that we play terrible on offense and you know,
Speaker 1: that's just our standard, that's our mindset and so um, yes,
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the game, started fast and putting
Speaker 1: points on the board. Uh, it's great, but we expect that,
Speaker 1: you know, weekend and week out. Um, but I think
Speaker 1: it's on you know, whichever side of the ball goes
Speaker 1: out there on Sunday first. Um, you know, has to
Speaker 1: start the tone, has to set the tone. And you
Speaker 1: know that that's just with our mindset. You know how
Speaker 1: we approach Saturday. Are you gonna have to run some
Speaker 1: no huddle shopping tomorrow? You're gonna have to go up Temple.
Speaker 1: How are you doing with your shopping for Christmas Day?
Speaker 1: They're Christian on ahead of it this year. I'm usually
Speaker 1: a last minute kind of guy, but I got ahead
Speaker 1: of it. So I'm sending comfortable and no stress going
Speaker 1: into Christian's Day. No, I'm going out tomorrow. You better
Speaker 1: believe it wall trouble. Well if I finished today, Christians
Speaker 1: ahead of the game, I finished. Yeah, you're living by
Speaker 1: through Christian right now at the shopping. That's good, that's
Speaker 1: well done. Okay, thank you Christian, Thank you Christian. Appreciate
Speaker 1: it many thanks. Guys. All right there, you go. Cardinals
Speaker 1: outstanding receiver Christian Kirk joining us here on The Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage. Well, sounds like you've better talked to Christian
Speaker 1: after the show to get some ideas. Sounds like you're
Speaker 1: struggle Layne over there big time. Yeah. Okay, let's see
Speaker 1: how can the Cardinals have more success than Wolf's holiday shopping.
Speaker 1: We'll talk about that next on The Big Red Rage
Speaker 1: presented by Santan four in Gilbert second and eight Pups
Speaker 1: at their thirty three Taylor's got it nice tash out
Speaker 1: by forty heyste to the thirty. They're trying to chase
Speaker 1: him down to the ten touchdot Touchstown talks sixty seven
Speaker 1: yards U two to go, two minute, twenty second love.
Speaker 1: That might have done it. The fastest run, the fastest
Speaker 1: miles per hour of any ball carrier in any game
Speaker 1: this year, better than twenty two miles per hour. That
Speaker 1: was the sixty seven yard dagger against the Patriots. Wolf.
Speaker 1: We were watching that in Motown last Saturday night for
Speaker 1: Cardinals Lions. And and you know better than anyone, your
Speaker 1: former coach, Bell Belichick. He goes into any game saying,
Speaker 1: we're gonna take away what you do best. An old
Speaker 1: boy Jonathan Taylor. Yet another big game, and it's real simple.
Speaker 1: We could spend the next hour talking about stats on
Speaker 1: your NFL's leading rusher, and he's four hundred yards plus
Speaker 1: more than any other rusher this year. But the Indianapolis
Speaker 1: Colts when he rushes for one hundred or more or eight, no,
Speaker 1: and when he rushes for less than a hundred and six,
Speaker 1: what's your point, ball stop the run, Stop Jonathan Taylor.
Speaker 1: If can you oversimplify the Paul, can you do that
Speaker 1: once again? It's it's the guy. It's the Colts fan
Speaker 1: who rears that hat. Run the damn ball. The Cardinals
Speaker 1: fans need to show up to State Farm Stadium on
Speaker 1: Christmas Night with hats to just say stop the run.
Speaker 1: It's that simple, Paully. Honestly, right now, I've been thinking
Speaker 1: about this game and thinking about it and thinking about it,
Speaker 1: and all I can think of is the fundamentals, the
Speaker 1: fundamentals of the game. I honestly believe the team that
Speaker 1: executes the fundamentals better is going to win this game.
Speaker 1: I don't think there's any doubt about that. When I
Speaker 1: say fundamentals, I'm talking about blocking and tackling. This is
Speaker 1: going to be the most physical game I believe the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals will play this regular season. This is going
Speaker 1: to be the most physical game. I expect the Arizona
Speaker 1: Cardinals to come out and compete on the line of
Speaker 1: sc It's just like they did against the Tennessee Titans,
Speaker 1: just like they did Paul against the Cleveland Browns. I
Speaker 1: expect them to come out and compete on the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage. Vance Joseph is going to have his boys
Speaker 1: ready to compete on the line of scrimmage and if
Speaker 1: they don't, abandon all hope. So how much confidence do
Speaker 1: you take in the fact that they shut down Derrick
Speaker 1: Henry that at halftime against the Vikings. They then shut
Speaker 1: down Dalvin Cook after they committed to stop in the
Speaker 1: run in the Cleveland game. And look the Niners, who
Speaker 1: have pretty much run on anyone and everyone. They did
Speaker 1: not as the Cardinals swept them. So you know, in
Speaker 1: Vance Joseph will look you in they are and say,
Speaker 1: when we've committed to stopping the run, we have done
Speaker 1: so for the most part. So what sort of confidence
Speaker 1: does that give you against a guy who might be
Speaker 1: your NFL MVP this year. Yeah, No, it gives me
Speaker 1: a lot of confidence. It does, PAULI because they have
Speaker 1: done it before, you know, but once again, the until
Speaker 1: you go on and actually proof that you can shut
Speaker 1: somebody down, you know, it's it's the hanging Chad, Paul.
Speaker 1: They've got to go out and they've got to prove
Speaker 1: that they can do that. I just go ahead. I
Speaker 1: was gonna say, and to your point about the blocking
Speaker 1: and tackling, let's talk about tackling, because he also leads
Speaker 1: the NFL and yards after contact. He has an incomprehensible
Speaker 1: one thy one hundred forty seven yards rushing after contact. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he has forty two runs of ten plus yards. I mean,
Speaker 1: he is so far ahead of every other running back
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Now, they might be down two starters
Speaker 1: on the offensive line. We'll see Q when Nelson did
Speaker 1: return to practice, but they're gonna be missing their starting
Speaker 1: center and they're starting right guard for the most part. Yes,
Speaker 1: and then and then we'll let's flip it real quick.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's a big deal, Pollie. First of all,
Speaker 1: it really is, because once again, this game is going
Speaker 1: to be about the offensive line on both sides of
Speaker 1: the ball. It's gonna be about the line of scrimmage
Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson, Yeah, can you can you can you overstate
Speaker 1: how important that might be, especially when you've got a
Speaker 1: colts defense. It has been putting to Forrest Buckner, the
Speaker 1: Pro bowler over the and the nose tackle position quite
Speaker 1: a bit this year. And so I mean, just if
Speaker 1: you had Rodney Hudson back man, that would go a
Speaker 1: long way towards trying to establish a run game with
Speaker 1: Chase and James Connor. Yeah, there's no doubt about that.
Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson, once again, I think he got kind of
Speaker 1: hose because of the conference change in terms of the
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl all of a sudden, Now he's in the
Speaker 1: NFC where he's built this massive reputation in the AFC
Speaker 1: with the Raiders. Of course, So Rodney Hudson, we all know,
Speaker 1: is a Pro Bowl Calipers caliber center. There's no doubt, Paul,
Speaker 1: this game is going to come down to the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage. It's gonna be on both sides of the ball,
Speaker 1: blocking and tackling. Indeed, I cannot help it, Paul. For me,
Speaker 1: it's okay, the team that runs the ball better wins
Speaker 1: this game. Now that that immediately seems to favor the
Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts. But again, I have hope. The reason why
Speaker 1: I have hope is because of what you said earlier.
Speaker 1: Because the defense has risen up in certain occasions and
Speaker 1: done a great job at shutting down the likes of
Speaker 1: a Derrick Henry shutting down Kareem Hunt in the Cleveland Brown,
Speaker 1: shutting down Dalvin Cook in that second half. There's no doubt.
Speaker 1: And then you flip it over to your point about
Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson. This is all about the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: You got all this talent that is going to be
Speaker 1: out there on the field, and yet it's going to
Speaker 1: come down to the line of scrimmage and who controls
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. Paul, this is going to be
Speaker 1: an old world football game like we haven't seen in
Speaker 1: a while. Because last time the Cardinals are in primetime
Speaker 1: on Monday Night and what happened. Kyler was running for
Speaker 1: his life. Aaron Donald had fourteen quarterback pressures, he had
Speaker 1: three sacks. We know Kyler and his last two primetime
Speaker 1: appearances zero touchdown passes, four interceptions combined in those two
Speaker 1: You're talking about a Colts team that is number one
Speaker 1: and turnover ratio. You heard Christian Kirk talk about how
Speaker 1: they're number one in takeaways that defense, right this team
Speaker 1: is number one of points off turnovers. I think they
Speaker 1: have the second fewest penalties. What I'm saying is they're
Speaker 1: playing winning football right now. After a one in four start,
Speaker 1: they won five out of six. It's just the winning
Speaker 1: brand of football right now. And everything you just said
Speaker 1: right there, PAULI and we were talking about this earlier
Speaker 1: seven Pro Bowlers seven that was the most in the
Speaker 1: National Football League seven, eight and six. You got an
Speaker 1: eight and six football team that has seven Pro Bowlers
Speaker 1: in all three phases offensively, defensively, and in transition. Their
Speaker 1: deep snapper is a problem, I mean, Paul, okay, so
Speaker 1: let me ask you, this is the quarterback Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: an asset or a liability? I think in that offense
Speaker 1: he's an asset because when he's had to throw thirty
Speaker 1: five or more passes. Yeah, they're winless this year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know what to get good ball. He shut down
Speaker 1: the run and make them one dimensional. And what does
Speaker 1: that mean? What does that entail? Is that nine in
Speaker 1: the box? Could that possibly yes, it could possibly mean
Speaker 1: nine in the box. It refresh my memory against Derrick Henry.
Speaker 1: Didn't Zaven Collins play in a three inside linebacker set
Speaker 1: a good number of snaps in that game? Didn't they
Speaker 1: go with sort of a four to three almost the
Speaker 1: entirety of that game against Derrick Henry. Yes, So I'm
Speaker 1: wondering Zavin Collins hasn't seen the field on defense the
Speaker 1: last two games. Is there a role for him in
Speaker 1: this game? There's a possibility, PAULI. I think we could
Speaker 1: see a four four. We've seen it before from Vans
Speaker 1: Joseph four down linemen, four linebackers, a four four. Well again,
Speaker 1: if the Cardinals win, they are in clinch their first
Speaker 1: playoff spots in twenty fifteen, and that is a nice
Speaker 1: gift to unwrap on Christmas Night special thanks Jeff Darge,
Speaker 1: Jemal Monroe for Ron Wolfley and Christian Kurt on Paul calBC.
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