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James, 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:34.040 welcome in, and as you hear wolf laugh over there, 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:35.800 I have to say, you tell me true or false? 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:39.000 The one constant, if any, between making the move from 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:42.280 Pittsburgh to the As would be the voice of a 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:45.520 wolf Lake Christ Wolfley with the Steelers and Ron with 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:48.480 the Cardinals. True or false? Man, that's that's a hundred true, 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:53.240 hundred true. Many phenomenal people bring great energy and it 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:55.160 makes me feel feel like I'm still at home. You know. 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:57.760 I just Wolfley mandate. That does my people. So I 0:01:57.840 --> 0:02:00.840 love a Wolfley. So, James, I gotta ask you, man. 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:03.600 First of all, Craig says hello. He told me to 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:06.640 make sure you say that to James. Has anyone ever 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:11.680 walked up to you and said it's always dreary in Erie. 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:14.280 I've heard that once. It's twice. I've heard that once 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:16.079 as fice. But we get nice days up there too, 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:19.639 though we get some nice days. But uh, Erie, Man, yeah, 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:21.480 I've heard that, you know, dreary Erie to something like 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:23.400 to say, but man, I love this. I love What 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:25.919 was it with James? What was it like growing up 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:30.160 on the lake in Erie, Pennsylvania Bad. It was awesome. 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:31.720 It was awesome to me. I did you know they 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.200 you know, I just love home. Um. And then me 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:36.520 especially being the youngest with about my brothers. Uh, you know, 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:38.480 I just always just awesome to be with them and 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:40.679 have them. But I mean it gets super super cold 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:44.600 up there, that lake effects snow um. Taking trips to 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:47.760 Edinburgh and Buffalo, and you know, it's just I was 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:51.600 just surrounded by the code and water. So you know, 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:53.520 that's that's kind of what made me. You know, Erie 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:55.399 Eries definitely what made me. But it was awesome growing 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:56.839 up there. I love I love the city. I loved 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.000 people in the city and everything about it. How many 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:02.359 older brothers? I got four older brothers four. It was 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:03.919 a couple of years ago, was flag football in a 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:05.440 bunch of ten year olds and there was one kid 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:08.519 and he was dominating and I mean dominating, and and 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:11.000 someone said, what are you feeding him? And the mom said, no, 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:14.040 he has three older brothers. Yeah, to what degree was 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:16.639 at an advantage? Seriously, because you're always trying to match 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:19.920 the bigger and older kids in your own family. Probably right, 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:22.040 of course, of course. Yeah, we had a little cement 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:25.280 cement block like patch in the backyard with with a 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:27.880 hoop on it and me being the youngest, and my 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:29.680 brothers though, they were about there playing twenty one, and 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:31.560 it was just the hardest thing in the world was 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:33.520 for me to just get a rebound, you know. So 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:36.160 when I got the round kids, you know, my size, 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:38.160 my age, you know, I was just I would dominating, 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:40.560 just trying to jump all over him getting rebounds and everything, 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:42.800 just because you know, just playing with my my brothers. You 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:45.040 know it definitely, it definitely makes you tough. They mold you, 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:47.160 you know, to the athlete that you are for sure. 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:50.600 So James, I gotta ask you, man, your your brothers, um, 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:53.680 older brothers, were they as big as you or bigger? 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:58.320 They're they're all bigger than me. They're all bigger than Yeah, Um, 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:01.720 you had their their monster man oldest, my oldest brothers 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:06.160 like six four, you know, two forty, some other brothers 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:10.160 sixty three, you know, like two sixty you know, the 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:12.480 other brothers six two, a little heavier than me. So, 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.200 I mean they're there. They they some big dudes. Man. 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:17.440 Is that one of the reasons maybe you ended up 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:20.480 on the defensive side of the ball. I believe, so 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:23.480 I definitely believe. So, you know, and just hearing like 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:25.960 you know, talking with other Uh, we're not talking about 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:28.640 facing other like linebackers and whatnot. You know, the average 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:31.440 kind of size of a linebackers around six two two thirty, 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:33.640 you know, especially for the bigger ones in high school 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:35.960 and whatnot. So with me being that size, I'm like, man, 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:38.360 I'm just the same size as the linebackers. Hole and 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:42.360 I played defense, played defensive in but running back with 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:45.159 you love because Wolf remember the stat right, it was 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:48.480 your freshman year at pitt It was the bowl game 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:51.200 you once a bunch of time, split a sack with 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:54.360 Aaron Donald. Yeah, you're in the same game that you 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:56.599 ran for two hundred and twenty nine yards in the 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:59.880 same game, man, I was that was a game to remember. 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:03.400 That was again't remember in Detroit Bowl game freshman year. Uh. 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:05.599 Kind of set the tone going into my sophomore season. 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:08.040 So but yeah, defense is definitely in the history. Defense 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:11.520 is in the background for sure. So James, speaking of 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:15.280 a game and games, let's talk about this season a 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:17.960 little bit, how do you think this season has gone 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:23.160 for you personally? James? Uh, it's hard to think, you know, 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:25.640 personally when you know, I feel like I'm just I 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:28.080 want the team to just be successful. Um, I'm prepared 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:30.000 it as hard as ever. You know, in the offseason, 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:32.160 you know, I had to miss time with a rib 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:35.880 and whatnotum, and so just trying to get into a rhythm. 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:38.520 As of lately, I'm kind of like really now trying 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:41.240 to get into the rhythm and just keep it going. UM. 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:45.159 I mean, we have expectations and goals and stuff that 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:47.120 we want to hit, but this kind of way with 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:49.200 the thing has been going. Uh, losing a couple of 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:52.680 tight games and missing time with an injury, I just 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:55.520 kind of just wanted to stay stay even, stay level headed, 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:58.680 and just continue to just to finish strong no matter 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:02.039 what the what the postseason look. It's like, uh, you know, 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:04.640 I just want to finish strong and just continue to 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:08.000 play my best football. No doubt. This team is still 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:11.760 chasing its best game. And that's not us, that's your 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:15.039 head coach Cliff Kingsbury, who said this, we don't think 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:18.480 we've we've played our best football yet. Collectively, it's trying 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:21.000 to do that. And you know, five games left, like 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:23.400 I said to National TV games, there's a lot to 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:25.920 play for him and guys want to play our best 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:27.280 football and see what we can look like when we 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:29.560 put one together. And I think that is, you know, 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:32.279 the motivation for the coaches and the players right now. 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:35.279 What's amazing. And James Connor is our guest Cardinals running 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:38.000 back coming off the Pro Bowl season twenty twenty one, 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:40.880 and you just had your first one hundred yard rushing 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:43.680 game as an Arizona Cardinal and as it was unfolding 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:46.680 against the Chargers, myself Jim MoMA Hundre, We're like, wait 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:48.480 a minute, is that real? And we're trying to fact 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:51.440 check that because you had eighteen touchdowns last year, but 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:54.680 that was your first hundred yard rushing game. What clicked 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:56.760 in that game against the Chargers twenty five carries for 0:06:56.760 --> 0:07:00.719 a buck twenty uh, well clicked. I just felt like 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:04.080 I got into a rhythm and I was just kind of, um, 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:05.760 you know, it's kind of like, man, enough is enough. 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:08.760 I know I'm a talented back and I've been feeling 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:12.280 like I haven't been able to give my my best, 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:14.400 you know, just like I said, from dealing with injuries 0:07:14.400 --> 0:07:16.800 and you know, slow start early in the season. So 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:18.280 it was kind of just like, man, I need to 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:20.280 really I need to really just take it up a 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:22.880 level and just up my focus. And so I just 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:26.200 I felt good out there versus versus the Chargers, and um, 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:28.680 I just wanted to just be efficient as possible, just 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:31.240 move the chains, and uh, talking with Kay Want in 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:34.000 the backfield and uh, you know, also talking with my coaches, 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:35.880 They're like, you know, we're gonna get you going and stuff. So, 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:38.200 uh it just kind of worked together. We still didn't 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:40.280 get the victory, that's really the only thing I care about, 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:43.080 but um, you know, just got into a rhythm and 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:45.440 kind of just up up the focus for sure. And 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:47.560 and then obviously the schemes you know, we had, the 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.640 tight ends were blocking greater on the perimeter, receivers were 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:54.040 getting on people, made a couple of key blocks, you know, 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:56.280 and just with the line, they were just physical. You know. 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:58.000 That's where football games are one of lost at the 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:01.000 line of scrimmage. So, um, we set the tone in 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:02.800 the run game and it was just working for us 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:06.560 that day. James, you had twenty eight touches in that game, 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:11.160 twenty five carries, three receptions. Is that sustainable for you 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:15.440 going forward? Yes? I believe it's sustainable. Um, that's why 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:18.320 I train for you know, Um, obviously the things that's 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:21.360 gonna come with it, you know, But I love this game, 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:24.520 you know, and I've been sore before, so I definitely 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:26.400 feel like it's sustainable and I just want to do, 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:29.120 you know, whatever it takes to to um, you know, 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:31.640 help this team win. And so that that's twenty five 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:34.120 carries and I'm all for it. I'm all for it. 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:36.960 How different was the run game? There were certain players 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:39.360 I'm like, wow, I'm not sure we've seen that before 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:42.280 against the Chargers, and especially considering the change and run 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:45.959 game coordinator, I mean, how much were things a little varied? Uh? 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:48.240 Here and there are things vary, but um, you know, 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.240 we still have our base runs and things that we 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:54.000 love and uh, you know, really it always is going 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:56.200 to come down to executing really and um, so we 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:58.679 added a couple of things, but um, it was just 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:01.320 really a mindset. It was really just a mindset thing. 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:04.600 And that same question wolf I just thought I mentioned 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:07.640 was pose to Cliff Kingsbury and here he was talking 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:10.679 about the run game against the Chargers. You know, Steve Hyden, 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:13.880 Brian Nakin in that room. Now you know Brian Natkin 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:17.840 and Steve Hyden got together and had some thoughts, different ideas, 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.920 and I think it was more about the physical play 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:23.800 up front. Those guys created some some nice running lanes 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.200 and I thought James finished runs downhill and so that 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:31.480 was positive. But schematically, you know, there's similarities and obviously 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:33.560 those guys are gonna put their own spin on things 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:36.960 as well. And Wolf you noticed maybe you know here 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:38.439 and there, right, I mean there were a couple of 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:39.960 things and maybe he got you out of your seat 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:42.320 as you were calling that game, right, Yeah, no doubt 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:45.800 about it, Paulie James to meet, guys were running the 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:50.560 ball in a more northsou fashion than East west. Was 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:53.840 that my imagination? Now, we definitely want to be an 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:55.640 attack mode and go downhill. We had a couple of 0:09:55.679 --> 0:10:00.240 counters and pools and pinpool plays and whatnot. So yeah, 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:03.280 I definitely just wanted to wanted to attack um, attack 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:05.840 their weaknesses and and uh yeah, that was definitely just 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:07.960 getting the shoulders you know, north and south, and like 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:09.959 I said, I just wanted to move those change and 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:12.320 and finished runs going forward, just we can you know, 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:15.680 stay staying and with new sets of downs and whatnot, 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:17.560 and just be able to continue to move the ball 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:19.400 that way. What's it like to be in the huddle 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:22.680 with all the rotating guys on the offensive line? Twelve 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:26.880 different offensive linemen have played eight different starting line combinations. 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:29.640 I'm just calling them at this point. Beach in the backups. Yeah, 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:32.600 the one constant is your right tackle, Kelvin Beacham. What's 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:35.680 that like? And we're observing in a moment where you're like, Okay, 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:37.719 I guess we're gonna find out, you know, I mean 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.600 you only can find out in a game situation, right, Yeah, 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:43.360 very true. Uh, I just feel like it goes to 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:47.960 everybody just being singlearly focused on doing their job. It 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:51.320 is different. We've had you know, injuries and guys you 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:53.520 know come and go up front, and so it really 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:55.439 hasn't been the same for for those guys to be 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:58.720 able to click and get into a rhythm themselves. But um, 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:01.480 it's everything that was with the next man up mentality 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:04.200 and whatnot, and so as it was really everybody just 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:05.920 do their job, we sho'll be able to you know, 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:08.760 to move the ball and have success. But it's tough 0:11:08.800 --> 0:11:11.040 not having a rhythm. But you know, everybody's has to 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:14.400 be singularly focused on on their job. James, you gotta 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:18.040 be one of the nicest guys I've ever been around. Seriously, 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:22.160 man um, but you run the ball in an angry 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:25.720 kind of way. Do you ever think of being angry 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:28.960 when you're in the middle of a run? Uh man? 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.800 For sure. I definitely think violent, throwing my weapon, my 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:35.760 stiff arm, uh man, and just you know, taking advantage 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:38.880 of my size and and and you know, delivering out 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:41.920 pain and punishment. Really and I noticed, because you know 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:43.800 this is you just want to pick pick a guy 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.400 out early, you know, and then as the game unfolds, 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:48.720 you know, to start turning it down. So you know, 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:51.400 definitely you have to you have to have that mindset 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:53.560 while you played this game, you know. Cliff Kingsbury told 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:55.719 us in our postgame radio interview. I asked him aout 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:57.520 the run game one hundred and eighty one yards total 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:00.440 buck twenty for you, and he said, yeah, we wanted 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:02.600 to get James out on those DBS, get them out 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:04.400 on the corners on a percent. Yeah, you know, you 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:06.600 just want to wear them down. And you know that's 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:08.920 you know, the DBS, that's not really what they love 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:10.439 to do. You know, they like to cover and get 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:13.560 interceptions and whatnot, so we just want to take advantage 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:16.720 of it when we can. James, what is your favorite 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:21.360 running play to execute? And why my favorite running play 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:24.960 to execute? I like, I like our inside zones. I 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:27.280 like the pinapool when I got the tight ends out 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:29.520 in front of me. It's kind of that's it slows 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:31.280 down when I like that for me, when I get 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:33.640 a chance to you know, jab step and let let 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:35.439 the two poilers come out in front of me and 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:37.440 let them, you know, kind of be my eyes before me, 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:39.839 and uh take the most dangerous man and now I 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:41.199 can just kind of play off of it. It just 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:43.320 allows me to read and the game kind of just 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:46.240 slows down. And we ran that, you know, quite quite well, 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:50.160 versus Versus Chargers being the most recent game. But yeah, 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:51.840 I kind of like it when I got the blockers 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:53.240 out in front and I get to just you know, 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:55.520 slow the game down and pick and choose where I 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:57.320 want to place the ball. You know, who also likes 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:01.280 the NFL Network and Kyle Brant and Green runs. Getting 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:03.520 back to Wolfe's question, there you've been featuring a couple 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:06.480 of times now, Yeah, do you get to keep the scepter? 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:12.040 You know, the house at the house. Yeah, if I 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:14.920 get another one, I'll give it to you. What do 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.600 you ever like if anyone comes through the door, you know, 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:19.959 like like a like a traveling salesman. Do you ever 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:22.920 opened the door with the scepter? That's gonna You're intimidating enough, 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:25.319 but if you're holding a scepter, that's pretty tough. I mean, 0:13:25.400 --> 0:13:27.320 you know, come on, I haven't done it yet, but 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:29.000 maybe I'll just keep it by a friend door so 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:32.400 I'm reminded. I mean, Wolf, come on, don't tell me 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:34.360 you're not jealous. So you don't have a scepter like 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:36.960 James Connor from Angry Runs in NFL. Nowhere, get real, 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:39.760 you know, Polly, they would have never given me an 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:43.200 Angry Run scepter though, Polly, all right, they would have 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:47.079 never done that. Now for a wedge and busting a wedge, 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:50.360 maybe I would have been a scepter. Okay, but they 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:52.680 were not going to give me a scepter for running 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:54.960 the ball. I ran the ball, James. I used to 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:58.080 run it as a fullback with two hands, two arms 0:13:58.200 --> 0:14:04.720 over the ball. Yeah, that Wolf as his fullback club Okay, 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:08.439 you know, and the guy. Have you ever considered yourself 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:11.959 a fullback at any point in your career. Absolutely not, 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:18.120 absolutely not. I've had great fullbacks. Um, you know, in 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:20.360 past year, I had Roosevelt Nicks. He was a fullback 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:23.800 in Pittsburgh. He was phenomenal. Man. My hat's offer the fullbacks, 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:25.760 you know, just to go in there and take on 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:28.240 linebackers and and honestly, you know, kind of get no 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:31.200 credit for it, you know, no touchdowns, and but still 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:33.040 doing all the dirty work. And I got that most 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:35.200 respect for fullback. So now I've never been a fullback. 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:38.520 I'll tell you what next. Next Halloween, I might have 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:41.600 to borrow the scepter. I mean, God's you know, I'm 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:45.840 just gonna build a costume around the scepter, are you kidding? Made? Kid, 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:49.320 would be no doubt. So maybe I'll just maybe I'll 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:52.200 have it on the sideline for Monday Night football. Lisas Salters, 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:54.320 you know what, I've got the scepter over here. Okay, 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:56.800 that's what we'll continue with James Conner on the Big 0:14:56.800 --> 0:14:59.200 Red Rage, brought to brought to you by Satan for 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:04.200 In Gilbert hand off James Conner running to the left 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:07.360 out of hole twenty five thirty thirty five forty bragged 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:10.200 down at the forty one. Boy, that's as big of 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:12.560 a hole as we've seen opened up for the Cardinals 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:15.280 this year. On the run, James Conner, the long back, 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:18.080 Murray hands it to him off the left side for 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:21.240 a priest at the fifty forty five forty head down 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:24.760 to the thirty seven of the Chargers, so it's twenty 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:28.760 boy yards on the ground. Sante Samuel Junior came home 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:33.520 the cornerback and suddenly he realized that he was one 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:36.160 on one with James Connor on the outside and thought 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:39.160 he was gonna get his doorbell rung. James Connor went 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:41.880 right by him with a nice little June brow shot 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:44.400 right up by Connor. He he dies in the end zone. 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:47.200 He touched down, he broke a tackle at the two, 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:50.280 and then go for painter about that to make a 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:53.840 twenty four to seventeen twenty five carries one hundred and 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:57.920 twenty yards rushing for James Conner. A very special guest 0:15:57.920 --> 0:15:59.680 in the Big Red Rage, brought to you by Sand 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:03.320 Team forward in Gilbert Paul kelvc ron Wolf Way and 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:05.120 Wolf talks about it a lot, James, and maybe we 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:07.480 just got an instance of that that if you can 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:10.840 show a defender that at some point you're gonna run 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:14.160 right through them, right, then all of a sudden makes 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:16.920 that much easier to go the other direction and make 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:20.080 a miss or vice versa. You tell us, Yeah, it's 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:22.360 a it's a it's a it's a game, you know. 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:24.360 And uh and in that sense, you know it's a 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:26.360 game throughout. So if you pick and choose your moves 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:28.040 and what you want to do and and kind of 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:31.200 how your body feels and angles and however you're feeling 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:32.680 at that point in time. And so yeah, when they 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:34.040 know that you when they will at least when they 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:35.560 feel like you're a big bruise or type of back. 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:37.920 You know, I think your moves are limited and you know, 0:16:37.960 --> 0:16:40.680 underage to make your speed and whatnot. So you laid 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:42.120 on them a couple of times and then you just 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:44.440 give them a little you know, shoulder shiit me or whatnot, 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:46.680 and you can get right through them. So, yes, it's 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:49.640 definitely it's a game within the game, James. I know 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:53.520 your faith is central to your life, faith that I share, 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:56.640 bro Um, does it make you a better football player? 0:16:56.840 --> 0:17:00.760 And if so? Why? Absolutely? Um, I just feel like 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:03.760 I'm protected at all times, you know. So when I'm 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:05.960 out there, a lot of sometimes guys will be able 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:09.199 to well, they'll play a little slower or maybe have 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:11.879 a certain fears or whatnot. But I really don't have 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:13.639 no fears when I'm out there, just because you know, 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:16.200 I feel like God put me in this position and uh, 0:17:16.240 --> 0:17:18.560 you know, it's giving me the ability to be out 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:21.719 there and do what I love and so, um, you know, 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:24.480 injuries happen. Things happen, of course, but I just feel 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:27.000 like everything happens for a reason. The story has already written. 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:29.159 So it's it's all right, it's able. I'm able to 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:31.920 just walk through, you know, my day to day, um, 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:35.200 you know with uh, you know, walking with faith during 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:37.840 practice the part we're able to see the media. I 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:40.640 see you talking to de hop a lot. We love 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:43.440 talking to DeAndre Hopkins obviously high I Q guys it 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:45.240 classified info. If I ask you, what are you guys 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:46.840 talking about at the times, you guys are laughing, you 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:49.520 guys are have some in depth conversations. What are you 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:53.720 guys usually kicking around? Man, It's it's not classified. It's 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:56.240 it's really some of anything anything you could think of, honestly, 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:58.760 it's um ye out there. You know that that's my 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:00.920 brother you know, and everybody else there as my brothers too. 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:04.399 So it's just you know, honestly, could be anything, you know, um, 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:08.160 game related practice for relater, what we're thinking, or something 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:13.800 so music, who's your favorite musician? Anything? You know, cars, food, 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:17.320 anything so um, and we have to be like you said, Hi, 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:19.840 i q so D is a very very smart person. 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:22.439 You know, he's uh he's just real interesting. You know, 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:25.679 he has things about him and so uh yeah, it 0:18:25.680 --> 0:18:29.560 could be literally anything. Jeames on that know, do you 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:33.360 have a pregame routine and if so, what does it include? 0:18:34.440 --> 0:18:38.600 Uh pregame routine, Uh, it kind of depends on you 0:18:38.640 --> 0:18:40.040 know what a time that we're playing at it for 0:18:40.200 --> 0:18:42.960 home away, um, if I'm at If we're at home, 0:18:43.200 --> 0:18:45.919 I kind of get to the stadium pretty early and uh, 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:47.560 you know, do my tub and do all my my 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:50.720 stretches and whatnot, and a couple of different workouts that 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:53.440 I like to do before the game. Um, but nothing 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:55.480 I don't have really had no like superstitions or nothing 0:18:55.520 --> 0:18:57.080 like that. It's like to get the game early and 0:18:57.160 --> 0:18:59.520 just uh just continue my focus and just make sure 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:03.480 um I'm loose and able to do that. But as 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:06.200 far as you know, I don't really have no pregame rituals. 0:19:06.400 --> 0:19:09.119 All right. James Connor our guests twenty three touchdowns in 0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:11.760 his first twenty four games for the Ears on the Cardinals. 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:14.439 That's a franchise record. So, Ron Wolfley, once upon a 0:19:14.440 --> 0:19:17.080 time played for Bill Belichick. You were in the AFC. 0:19:17.600 --> 0:19:20.360 How familiar are you with what Belichick's gonna do on defense? 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:23.120 How often you did you go against the Patriots? Um, 0:19:23.280 --> 0:19:25.879 I got to play the Patriots. I've played them twice. 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:28.640 I played them twice, and uh, you know that's coach 0:19:28.680 --> 0:19:31.080 Belichick over there, so you know that, uh you know 0:19:31.160 --> 0:19:32.800 his team is gonna be well coached. You know that 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:35.200 they're gonna be in position, they're gonna make few mistakes, 0:19:35.600 --> 0:19:37.920 and so, um, really, it just it's another it's gonna 0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:40.240 be another physical game because we have to do that. 0:19:40.280 --> 0:19:42.640 We have to do that to win this one. And so, 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:46.119 uh yeah, I got some experience, but there's two games. 0:19:46.200 --> 0:19:47.760 But you know, you just you just know a type 0:19:47.800 --> 0:19:51.800 of game the Patriots are are gonna play. The Patriots 0:19:51.840 --> 0:19:54.520 they have a tough defense too. Man, you watch them 0:19:54.520 --> 0:19:58.000 on tape this defense is good. Why are they so 0:19:58.040 --> 0:20:01.480 good in your opinion, because because everybody does their job, 0:20:01.520 --> 0:20:03.480 you know, everybody will be in position and they play 0:20:03.520 --> 0:20:05.080 as one to play as a unit, you know, and 0:20:05.160 --> 0:20:09.760 they trust one another. And that's that's just I see it. 0:20:09.760 --> 0:20:11.520 That's kind of what it is. You know, if you 0:20:11.720 --> 0:20:13.760 play as a unit, play as one, trust each other, 0:20:13.800 --> 0:20:15.720 and you're gonna be in position to fly around, and 0:20:15.760 --> 0:20:18.600 you're gonna have a pretty successful offense and defense. You know, 0:20:18.600 --> 0:20:21.879 it's kind of goes hand in hand. Cliff Kingsbury, was 0:20:21.960 --> 0:20:24.560 drafted by the Patriots, said to the media this week 0:20:24.600 --> 0:20:26.400 that he learned more in that one year unto Bill 0:20:26.440 --> 0:20:28.560 Belichick when it came to coaching. Then he probably has 0:20:28.680 --> 0:20:31.960 all his other years combined. Pretty interesting. So then someone 0:20:32.000 --> 0:20:35.040 asked him, all right, what do you expect from Belichick's defense. 0:20:35.080 --> 0:20:38.040 Here's Cliff Kingsbury week to week. They're they're so creative 0:20:38.040 --> 0:20:41.120 and what they do defensively and offensively, They're gonna attack 0:20:41.160 --> 0:20:43.520 your weaknesses. They're gonna find, you know, mismatches and then 0:20:43.800 --> 0:20:46.840 go from there. There you go. Cliff Kingsbury, I've heard 0:20:46.880 --> 0:20:48.359 it said by a number of guys that you know, 0:20:48.440 --> 0:20:51.520 you don't really know what Belichick thinks of you until 0:20:51.560 --> 0:20:54.640 the game starts, and then he's sort of identified. All right, 0:20:55.119 --> 0:20:57.440 here's gonna be their points emphasis, here's the guy we're 0:20:57.440 --> 0:20:59.640 gonna take away. We presume it's gonna be d Hop 0:21:00.040 --> 0:21:02.719 to the top couple options, right, But how curious are 0:21:02.720 --> 0:21:04.719 you to find out and how much do the Cardinals 0:21:04.760 --> 0:21:07.159 have to sort of discern and diagnose? Okay, what is 0:21:07.200 --> 0:21:10.840 Belichick doing? Because the way I heard told from guys, 0:21:10.840 --> 0:21:13.720 he's so multiple. They do so many different things. Yeah, 0:21:13.800 --> 0:21:17.439 that's true. Just like coach said, week to week, they're different. 0:21:17.520 --> 0:21:19.199 You know, you never know kind of what they what 0:21:19.200 --> 0:21:20.800 they're gonna expect there, what they're going to just do 0:21:20.800 --> 0:21:24.280 it this week? Um, we know, you know, I think 0:21:24.520 --> 0:21:27.320 Belichick already talked about d Hop and a talented player. 0:21:27.359 --> 0:21:31.199 He was in a high praise layers this week, so 0:21:31.280 --> 0:21:33.680 you know that they're gonna be on that. Um. But yeah, 0:21:33.680 --> 0:21:35.800 I'm I'm curious to find out you know, how they 0:21:35.840 --> 0:21:37.760 how they plan on playing in or what and you 0:21:37.760 --> 0:21:39.639 know what it's gonna look like. But um, it just 0:21:39.640 --> 0:21:41.640 goes back to doing your job and running hard. I'm 0:21:41.680 --> 0:21:43.399 gonna have to run through arm tackles. You know, I'm 0:21:43.440 --> 0:21:45.960 gonna have to break tackles, um, just because I know 0:21:45.960 --> 0:21:48.560 that everybody's gonna be in position and sometimes you know 0:21:48.600 --> 0:21:52.040 they're gonna scheme it up. Um, they take the runaway obviously. 0:21:52.119 --> 0:21:54.800 So as long as I can, you know, run aggressive, 0:21:54.880 --> 0:21:56.560 break through arm tackles, and it's gonna trying to move 0:21:56.560 --> 0:21:58.919 the chains, uh, and stay consistent with it in the 0:21:58.960 --> 0:22:00.760 big ones, in the running game and whatnot. To start 0:22:00.760 --> 0:22:03.840 popping James on that note right there, Who do you 0:22:03.880 --> 0:22:09.800 think is the best tackler on that defense? Uh? Eight Bentley? 0:22:09.880 --> 0:22:13.160 Benley's a good Yeah. Ben Ley's Uh, He's gonna come 0:22:13.160 --> 0:22:15.520 down put his hat on you. Um, twenty three is 0:22:15.520 --> 0:22:19.359 doing his thing. Ja. Jabrielle Preppers is a talented football player, 0:22:19.520 --> 0:22:22.120 you know. Um, so you know seeing that and then 0:22:22.240 --> 0:22:25.359 um up front their stout Jude on leading the league 0:22:25.359 --> 0:22:27.359 in sacks, you know, so they got they got they 0:22:27.400 --> 0:22:30.360 got playmakers, you know, all over the defense. How much 0:22:30.480 --> 0:22:32.880 pride do you take in your pass protection? And how 0:22:32.880 --> 0:22:35.000 often are you are you when you're getting twenty twenty 0:22:35.040 --> 0:22:37.040 five carries a game, how often are you also called 0:22:37.080 --> 0:22:39.360 upon to pass protect? Yeah, it's all, it's all part 0:22:39.359 --> 0:22:42.080 of the job. Description. You know, um, you know your 0:22:42.119 --> 0:22:45.000 fatigue sets in of course, but you know that's that's 0:22:45.040 --> 0:22:47.920 that's part of the job description. You know you're running back. 0:22:47.960 --> 0:22:49.399 But it's not just to run the ball. You know, 0:22:49.400 --> 0:22:53.639 it's to catch, to block, to you know, move, the change, 0:22:53.640 --> 0:22:56.440 the run, aggressive, everything that comes that comes with it. 0:22:57.480 --> 0:23:02.920 So knowing Romandra Stevenson run the ball very physically, does 0:23:02.960 --> 0:23:05.040 that ever make you want to run the ball even 0:23:05.080 --> 0:23:07.280 more physically? On the other side, do you ever get 0:23:07.320 --> 0:23:09.480 into anything like that a little tit for tat oh, 0:23:09.560 --> 0:23:11.800 or you're gonna run the ball that way? Watch me 0:23:11.880 --> 0:23:14.720 run this? How about? Yeah, I'm sure, I'm sure, I 0:23:15.040 --> 0:23:17.560 think it for sure. Um, you know last week verst 0:23:18.160 --> 0:23:20.879 Ekeler last year he had like twenty some touchdowns, you know, 0:23:21.000 --> 0:23:24.000 so a little extra there, um, But yeah, you know 0:23:24.800 --> 0:23:26.920 Stevenson runs that thing. He runs a thing tough too, 0:23:26.960 --> 0:23:28.560 So it's definitely, you know, I always want to try 0:23:28.560 --> 0:23:30.840 to be the best back in the stadium. I mean, well, 0:23:31.000 --> 0:23:32.800 you know how it works. I mean, like, I'll take 0:23:32.840 --> 0:23:35.320 a recent example when the Cardinals beat the Rams all 0:23:35.359 --> 0:23:37.919 week oh ninety nine, Aaron Donald, Aaron dot and then 0:23:37.920 --> 0:23:41.960 who had the best ninety nine game? Out there. J. J. Watt, Yeah, 0:23:42.000 --> 0:23:44.920 you can't tell me that JJ didn't hear about ninety nine. 0:23:44.960 --> 0:23:46.960 He's like, wait a minute, there's another ninety nine on 0:23:47.000 --> 0:23:50.920 this field, right, And guys pick out little motivational things 0:23:50.960 --> 0:23:53.119 like that, I hear him say. And then and then 0:23:53.160 --> 0:23:55.720 there's Monday night football, right, and look there was Troy 0:23:55.760 --> 0:23:58.440 Ikman and he called out some members of the Cardinals 0:23:58.440 --> 0:24:01.919 defense in Mexico City. So that's you had another reason 0:24:02.040 --> 0:24:04.359 why people went, oh, you know, five games to go, Okay, 0:24:04.400 --> 0:24:06.880 you're four and eight part I mean, just the whole 0:24:06.920 --> 0:24:09.560 primetime thing. That's the whole guys accountable, I would imagine, 0:24:09.600 --> 0:24:11.840 sure for sure. And and and it's just you know, 0:24:12.040 --> 0:24:14.280 we have our we need to have our resume. And 0:24:14.280 --> 0:24:17.199 that's that's what you put on tape, is you know, 0:24:17.240 --> 0:24:20.040 that's what we're judged on. So anytime you step on 0:24:20.080 --> 0:24:22.120 that field, you know you gotta give it you all, man, 0:24:22.160 --> 0:24:25.320 you have to um and just for the love of 0:24:25.359 --> 0:24:27.680 the game, you know, simple as that. You know, it's 0:24:27.680 --> 0:24:30.480 just I can't disrespect the game. No matter if if 0:24:30.520 --> 0:24:32.120 you if you knocked out the playoffs earlier, you still 0:24:32.160 --> 0:24:33.680 got games to play. You know, you got to go 0:24:33.720 --> 0:24:36.240 out there and give it you all and prepare And 0:24:36.240 --> 0:24:39.080 that's that's honestly just the bottom line, James. Speaking of that, 0:24:39.480 --> 0:24:42.800 you do have games to play. You got five games left. 0:24:43.040 --> 0:24:45.920 What can you accomplish as a team over the next 0:24:45.960 --> 0:24:53.040 five games. We can accomplish some more some more victories, um, 0:24:53.920 --> 0:24:55.840 and just build whatever that comes with it, you know, 0:24:55.920 --> 0:24:59.080 just try to play for one another, just this um 0:24:59.240 --> 0:25:03.080 camaraderie and just putting it out there, you know, just 0:25:03.119 --> 0:25:05.160 leaving or a out there. You know, we have honestly 0:25:05.200 --> 0:25:07.639 nothing to lose, so it just go out there and 0:25:08.240 --> 0:25:10.000 give it you all and it's um, you'll be able 0:25:10.040 --> 0:25:11.679 to see what type of type of players that we 0:25:11.760 --> 0:25:14.680 have now with d Hop and Hollywood Brown out there. 0:25:14.920 --> 0:25:17.000 I mean, there's a lot of potential still left in 0:25:17.040 --> 0:25:19.359 this offense, isn't there? Yeah? There is. Like you said, 0:25:19.560 --> 0:25:22.479 we still you know, with with with the missing pieces 0:25:22.560 --> 0:25:25.040 and injuries and whatnot. You know, we still have yet 0:25:25.040 --> 0:25:26.960 to have like our whole unit out there playing as 0:25:26.960 --> 0:25:30.040 one and playing our best football. So we got five 0:25:30.119 --> 0:25:34.080 more opportunities at that. Dude, you have any regrets so 0:25:34.119 --> 0:25:38.000 far with this season? No, sir, No, no sir, no regrets. 0:25:38.040 --> 0:25:41.080 You say that with certitude. James, No, do you. We 0:25:41.200 --> 0:25:43.520 just have to know your preparation and um, you know 0:25:43.560 --> 0:25:46.639 what you do for the game. And so obviously you 0:25:46.680 --> 0:25:49.040 know watching film and film session, there's there's runs you 0:25:49.040 --> 0:25:50.320 want to get back, or I wish I would have 0:25:50.359 --> 0:25:52.320 cut cut it back right here, or took that hole 0:25:52.440 --> 0:25:54.959 or bounced it, bounced it outside on that one, or 0:25:55.400 --> 0:25:58.199 you know stuff like that. But man, as long as 0:25:58.200 --> 0:26:00.000 you know that you that you're putting your best foot 0:26:00.040 --> 0:26:03.600 afford and you're truly preparing and um playing with max effort. 0:26:03.920 --> 0:26:07.280 You know, this game is so humbling, and so you 0:26:07.320 --> 0:26:09.359 know there's there's really no reason to regret anything. And 0:26:09.440 --> 0:26:11.440 if you can truly lick yourself in a mirror, note 0:26:11.440 --> 0:26:14.160 that you're giving it everything that you've got. Hey, James, 0:26:14.160 --> 0:26:16.439 we really appreciate it. Man, We really enjoy watching you 0:26:16.480 --> 0:26:19.320 play football. We really do. Thank you so much. Appreciate you. Guys. 0:26:19.440 --> 0:26:22.679 There you go, James Conner coming off his Pro Bowl season. 0:26:22.760 --> 0:26:25.240 Monday Night Football Straight Ahead, we continue on the Big 0:26:25.280 --> 0:26:30.639 Red Raid presented by santan Ford and Gilbert Burst and 0:26:30.720 --> 0:26:33.080 goal on the two Cardinals look at to tie the game. 0:26:33.600 --> 0:26:35.879 Snap the Palmer gonna throw lops at left side of 0:26:35.880 --> 0:26:37.960 the end zone for fitz He's on the ground and 0:26:38.160 --> 0:26:42.960 he's still bought it the cent dream mark for Larry Fitzgerald. 0:26:43.520 --> 0:26:47.680 Career touchdown number one hundred and the Cardinals tie the 0:26:47.760 --> 0:26:51.280 game at twenty. You'll wind him up at the slot 0:26:51.440 --> 0:26:56.000 and throw the fade. Larry touches the ball as he's 0:26:56.080 --> 0:27:01.520 going down to get somehow hit it towards What a 0:27:01.760 --> 0:27:08.359 catch by Larry. Should we expect anything else? A historic 0:27:08.920 --> 0:27:13.359 moment and a ridiculous catch for the future Hall of Famer. 0:27:14.320 --> 0:27:18.920 There you go. Some Cardinals history circa two sixteen against 0:27:18.920 --> 0:27:22.879 the New England Patriots. That was the season opener. And 0:27:23.000 --> 0:27:25.360 you know what, Wolf think about this? It's a big 0:27:25.359 --> 0:27:28.920 red rage presented by santan Ford in Gilbert We are 0:27:28.960 --> 0:27:31.760 santan Ford Special thanks to James Conner. Will get into 0:27:31.760 --> 0:27:33.840 that a little bit. The Pro Bowl running back. But 0:27:34.440 --> 0:27:37.040 if you have Monday night football, is fits gonna be 0:27:37.119 --> 0:27:42.240 out on that field on Monday Night as an ESPN broadcaster, Wolf, Yeah, 0:27:42.280 --> 0:27:47.159 that's gonna be really weird. Paul. You know what, you 0:27:47.240 --> 0:27:50.520 better keep your head on a swivel because twenty sixteen 0:27:50.640 --> 0:27:52.680 was right about the time that he took you down 0:27:52.800 --> 0:27:55.080 on that same field. And you know why, I think. 0:27:55.119 --> 0:27:57.439 I think in hindsight now we realize why, because how 0:27:57.480 --> 0:28:00.240 many times, Wolf, did you report that Larry the end 0:28:00.280 --> 0:28:02.640 of his career was going to go play for the Patriots. 0:28:04.200 --> 0:28:07.880 I never reported it, Polly, but suspected it, Yeah, from 0:28:07.920 --> 0:28:11.840 time to time. So there you go, Larry Fitzgerald part 0:28:11.840 --> 0:28:14.560 of the Monday night festivities. We think, I mean, come on, 0:28:14.600 --> 0:28:17.320 it would make sense that right in his own home 0:28:17.400 --> 0:28:19.520 state of Asy, where he's on a first named basis 0:28:19.600 --> 0:28:21.320 with everyone, Larry, that he might be part of the 0:28:21.320 --> 0:28:25.160 broadcast Cardinals and Patriots. It'll be Monday Night and you're 0:28:25.160 --> 0:28:28.400 gonna get a Patriots team that well means you get 0:28:28.480 --> 0:28:31.159 Bill Belichick. And Wolf, you played for him, so you 0:28:31.200 --> 0:28:33.199 know him, and you know that you're lucky as a 0:28:33.240 --> 0:28:35.480 media member if you get like a couple of mumbles 0:28:35.480 --> 0:28:38.560 and a grunt out of Bill Belichick when he asked 0:28:38.640 --> 0:28:41.600 him a question. Did you see how effusive he was 0:28:41.680 --> 0:28:45.040 with the praise high praise for DeAndre Hopkins this week 0:28:45.040 --> 0:28:48.280 when they asked him about Cardinals receiver de hops speaking 0:28:48.280 --> 0:28:52.200 of receivers as a matter of fact, Polly, Yeah, I 0:28:52.200 --> 0:28:55.160 did hear that, and I think it's probably a good 0:28:55.160 --> 0:28:57.920 way to go if you're an opposing coach, especially if 0:28:57.960 --> 0:29:00.480 you're Bill Belichick, because you never say any thing about 0:29:00.520 --> 0:29:03.640 anyone for the most part, certainly not your own players. 0:29:04.160 --> 0:29:08.480 But I do remember Bill lathering up some other players 0:29:08.600 --> 0:29:12.440 from other teams from time to time, just not that 0:29:12.480 --> 0:29:15.960 he was insincere in regard to doing it. Because you 0:29:15.960 --> 0:29:18.720 could look at DeAndre Hopkins and you can watch him playing, 0:29:18.760 --> 0:29:21.480 you can say, my goodness, that guy is really really good. 0:29:22.200 --> 0:29:24.280 You can look at Kyler Murray and all the talent 0:29:24.360 --> 0:29:27.680 that Kyler Murray has and you can say, my goodness, 0:29:28.200 --> 0:29:32.560 this guy is an absolute freak. You can see it, 0:29:32.880 --> 0:29:36.280 and I think it's rather obvious. But you know what, Listen, 0:29:37.040 --> 0:29:41.200 Bill Belichick, it all starts with execution, over and over 0:29:41.240 --> 0:29:44.000 and over again. I cannot tell you, PAULI, how many 0:29:44.040 --> 0:29:47.440 times he talked about doing your job, how many times 0:29:47.480 --> 0:29:50.920 he intimated that it wasn't the play, it was the 0:29:51.000 --> 0:29:55.360 player that makes the difference, and do your job. To 0:29:55.480 --> 0:29:58.880 this day, I continue to hear him say that he's 0:29:58.920 --> 0:30:01.840 all about the d tales in you going out there 0:30:01.840 --> 0:30:05.000 and preparing yourself to be ready to give everything you've 0:30:05.000 --> 0:30:09.520 got to do. Your job. He looks for very well balanced, 0:30:09.640 --> 0:30:15.480 well proportioned football players, guys that mentally can understand any scheme, 0:30:15.680 --> 0:30:19.160 even if you make an adjustment midstream. And I'm talking 0:30:19.200 --> 0:30:25.000 about Paul first quarter, first quarter. I have memories of 0:30:25.080 --> 0:30:28.680 him calling the offense over in Cleveland, calling everybody over 0:30:29.000 --> 0:30:33.320 and saying, Okay, everything we practiced all week, forget about it, 0:30:33.400 --> 0:30:37.240 we're not doing it. Here's what we're doing. PAULA. You 0:30:37.280 --> 0:30:41.160 had to a grease Bart. You had to literally be 0:30:41.240 --> 0:30:44.480 able to absorb what he was saying and go out 0:30:44.520 --> 0:30:49.120 and regurgitated on the field just moments later. It's he 0:30:49.200 --> 0:30:52.920 looks for a certain type of football player, and he 0:30:52.960 --> 0:30:55.120 wants to be Paul. This is the one thing about 0:30:55.120 --> 0:30:58.360 the New England Patriots in Bill Belichick, more so than 0:30:58.440 --> 0:31:02.080 maybe anything else. They will be whatever they need to 0:31:02.120 --> 0:31:07.040 be in order to beat you. Does that make sense, Paul, yep, yes, 0:31:07.360 --> 0:31:10.680 because they're going to attack your weaknesses. Yes, so they 0:31:10.720 --> 0:31:15.000 will adapt accordingly correct. So it's interesting, you know, speaking 0:31:15.040 --> 0:31:17.400 of de hop in those words of Bell, Belich said, 0:31:17.560 --> 0:31:19.240 he said, I mean, he said a lot, but I 0:31:19.280 --> 0:31:22.040 mean it really resonates when he says about Deander Hopkins 0:31:22.080 --> 0:31:24.920 quote he's every bit as good as anybody I've ever 0:31:25.000 --> 0:31:28.280 coached against. So he just bottom lined it with that. 0:31:28.600 --> 0:31:31.400 But de hop said that Belichick definitely has had a 0:31:31.440 --> 0:31:35.480 certain way of defending him. De Hoop wouldn't elaborate or 0:31:35.600 --> 0:31:38.640 let the media in on it, but his record with 0:31:38.720 --> 0:31:41.720 the Houston Texans was one in seven against the New 0:31:41.720 --> 0:31:45.440 England Patriots, so he's been very effective. Kyler Murray shared 0:31:45.440 --> 0:31:48.520 with the media that Belichick a couple of years ago 0:31:48.600 --> 0:31:52.120 had a very specific game plan that Kyler saw that 0:31:52.320 --> 0:31:56.720 was Belichick esque. And remember the loss at Foxboro twenty 0:31:57.000 --> 0:31:59.840 twenty and then empty stadium the COVID year. So I 0:32:00.080 --> 0:32:02.920 think everyone an offense both is really curious to know, Okay, 0:32:03.200 --> 0:32:06.680 what is Belichick having now because he's so multiple and 0:32:06.840 --> 0:32:10.280 James Connor confirmed that you're never quite sure what he's 0:32:10.280 --> 0:32:13.320 gonna bring. Yeah, and Pauly, you know what, this defense 0:32:13.560 --> 0:32:17.400 is very very underrated. It is right. You don't hear 0:32:17.440 --> 0:32:21.600 a ton about the New England Patriots defense. Yet in 0:32:21.760 --> 0:32:25.880 every major metric they're either elite, which is top five 0:32:26.000 --> 0:32:29.680 to me, or top ten, which is really really good. 0:32:29.720 --> 0:32:33.240 You want to be in the top ten in major metrics, 0:32:33.360 --> 0:32:36.600 and when you look at yards per game and yards 0:32:36.600 --> 0:32:39.880 per play, and you look at passing yards per game, 0:32:39.880 --> 0:32:43.400 and passing yards per play and rushing yards per you know, 0:32:43.760 --> 0:32:47.320 you look at all those major metrics. Poly they're in 0:32:47.360 --> 0:32:53.080 the top ten men and big metrics like interception rate 0:32:53.440 --> 0:32:57.640 and sacks per attempt. They're elite, top five in the 0:32:57.760 --> 0:33:01.560 NFL defensively. Yeah, the problem they have that bottom five offense, 0:33:01.800 --> 0:33:04.280 and the formula to beat the Patriots basically has been 0:33:04.320 --> 0:33:07.160 if you can score more than seventeen points, you win 0:33:07.240 --> 0:33:09.720 the game. And here's the other thing, and I'll just 0:33:09.760 --> 0:33:18.080 throw this out there. They've obviously said issues against Josh okay, 0:33:18.160 --> 0:33:21.600 so maybe he's dropped again. Is there we go, Paulie? 0:33:21.600 --> 0:33:24.400 Are you there? Okay? A different style of runner, I 0:33:24.440 --> 0:33:27.000 apologize than Kyler Murray. But I'll tell you what, Maybe 0:33:27.040 --> 0:33:32.040 it's a good time to hear you know a guy 0:33:32.080 --> 0:33:35.880 who is rarely getting tackled by one person, second year 0:33:35.960 --> 0:33:38.880 player that of course Bill Belichick even has said good 0:33:38.880 --> 0:33:41.400 things about which you don't really hear Bill Belichick saying. 0:33:41.480 --> 0:33:44.600 So he's a leading target in Russian, leading target in 0:33:44.600 --> 0:33:47.080 the receiving as well. So a guy that we know 0:33:47.240 --> 0:33:49.600 is going to be heavily into the game plan and 0:33:50.000 --> 0:33:52.120 a guy we're gonna have all eleven that needs to 0:33:52.160 --> 0:33:54.440 get to him because he's a he's a big dude, 0:33:54.480 --> 0:33:58.160 you know, two forty plus. I mean, Wolf, you tell 0:33:58.200 --> 0:34:03.000 me two hundred forty pounds coming downhill. Cardinals better be 0:34:03.080 --> 0:34:05.640 motivated on Monday night or Troy Hickman might call him 0:34:05.640 --> 0:34:09.359 out again. Yeah, now you're right about that, man. I 0:34:09.440 --> 0:34:12.880 honestly believe this is exactly what Bill Belichick and the 0:34:12.920 --> 0:34:15.520 Patriots offense is going to do. They are going to 0:34:15.719 --> 0:34:18.200 line up and they are going to run the ball. 0:34:18.320 --> 0:34:22.400 Romandre Stevenson I think gets the ball twenty five times 0:34:22.440 --> 0:34:25.800 at least in this game. It's not like Bill Belichick 0:34:25.880 --> 0:34:28.160 hasn't done it before where he lined up and said, 0:34:28.160 --> 0:34:31.120 you know what, your weakness is stopping the run. Isn't 0:34:31.160 --> 0:34:34.279 that right? Buffalo Bills? And he's gonna line up and 0:34:34.360 --> 0:34:37.239 run the ball forty five times. I forget how many 0:34:37.280 --> 0:34:39.920 times exactly he ran the ball. I think it was 0:34:40.000 --> 0:34:43.040 forty six, Polly, but don't hold me to that. Ask 0:34:43.160 --> 0:34:46.640 Mac Jones. He was yelling about it on the sideline. Yeah, 0:34:46.840 --> 0:34:48.759 you know what, Polly, I think we could see a 0:34:48.840 --> 0:34:52.239 repeat of that offensively from the Patriots. I think they're 0:34:52.280 --> 0:34:55.200 gonna line up and they're gonna stoke it. By the way, 0:34:55.239 --> 0:34:58.080 he's not the only one. Kendrick Borne, the receiver of 0:34:58.120 --> 0:35:00.480 the Patriots, said quote, we've got a at the ball 0:35:00.520 --> 0:35:04.840 down field. Mac needs more time, he said. The receivers 0:35:04.880 --> 0:35:08.000 can't do anything if the ball doesn't get downfield. If 0:35:08.000 --> 0:35:10.719 we can't throw it past five yards, it's gonna be 0:35:10.800 --> 0:35:15.360 a long game. Kendrick Bourne calling out the offense and 0:35:15.680 --> 0:35:20.040 or Matt Patricia, the play caller, former defensive coordinator who's 0:35:20.040 --> 0:35:24.439 now running the offense ostensibly under Bill Belichick. So we'll 0:35:24.440 --> 0:35:26.839 see about that. Hey, joined the season ticket priority list 0:35:26.880 --> 0:35:29.799 and select your seats before the general public. Twenty twenty three. 0:35:29.800 --> 0:35:34.360 Opponents of colul the Seahawks, Niners, and Rams, plus they've Giants, Cowboys, Ravens, 0:35:34.400 --> 0:35:36.800 and Bengals are all going to visit State Farm Stadium. 0:35:36.800 --> 0:35:40.080 Gotasy Cardinals dot com slash priority lists but more info 0:35:40.360 --> 0:35:46.279 back with a big red rage right after this. You 0:35:46.320 --> 0:35:48.279 know who's the worst at throw on the red flag? 0:35:48.719 --> 0:35:52.279 Have you ever seen Billichick throw it? Now? Billichick underhands it, 0:35:52.480 --> 0:35:55.439 really he saw it. Oh, it's the soft toss throw. 0:35:55.880 --> 0:35:58.080 I mean, Bill for you know, in the name of 0:35:58.120 --> 0:36:00.840 all that is good and righteous, dead thing and you know, 0:36:00.920 --> 0:36:02.880 come over the top with it. Well, as you know, 0:36:02.920 --> 0:36:04.560 I'm not on snap face and all that, so I 0:36:04.560 --> 0:36:07.439 don't really get those. But I really just worried about 0:36:07.440 --> 0:36:09.399 getting our team ready to go. I'm really do worried 0:36:09.400 --> 0:36:11.719 about what they put on Vinceton Chat or whatever it is. 0:36:11.880 --> 0:36:14.040 I'd like like a little puppet that you can kind 0:36:14.080 --> 0:36:16.319 of put your fingers in. It's a little monkey and 0:36:16.360 --> 0:36:18.879 then he can talk and move his fingers and nod 0:36:18.920 --> 0:36:20.680 his head and say, can kind of talk back to you. 0:36:22.239 --> 0:36:24.680 I'm guessing that was from a media Super Bowl day, 0:36:24.760 --> 0:36:26.799 you know, the media day on Super Bowl. I mean, 0:36:26.840 --> 0:36:30.320 I don't know where else that possibly could emanate from 0:36:30.360 --> 0:36:33.480 that whacky Soundbye, I do mean whacky when you're stayed 0:36:33.520 --> 0:36:37.000 in context of Bill Belichick right there. You're a former 0:36:37.040 --> 0:36:39.160 coach and h Wolf. Come on, maybe you know the 0:36:39.200 --> 0:36:41.920 whole cornhole thing with the bean bags, right Maybe that's 0:36:41.960 --> 0:36:44.640 how he's throwing the red challenge flank. I don't know, Yeah, yeah, 0:36:44.680 --> 0:36:46.480 I don't know either, Polly, I can tell you. Do 0:36:46.480 --> 0:36:48.759 you see that little attempt at humor right there? That 0:36:48.960 --> 0:36:51.560 last little, you know. I mean, the coach just isn't 0:36:51.600 --> 0:36:53.440 good at it. You know, I love the guy. I 0:36:53.560 --> 0:36:56.879 love playing for you. He totally left you alone. I 0:36:56.960 --> 0:36:59.919 love that about Bill Belichick. He didn't try to act 0:37:00.160 --> 0:37:02.480 like he was your best friend, didn't try to act 0:37:02.520 --> 0:37:06.360 like he cared about you, your marriage, or your kids. 0:37:06.760 --> 0:37:10.840 He didn't. I affectionately call him the sociopath, right, I 0:37:10.840 --> 0:37:13.880 mean that's what he was. Basically, he was all business. 0:37:14.280 --> 0:37:17.200 He was all about football all the time. And I 0:37:17.239 --> 0:37:22.040 really appreciated that about him. Someone tweeted out the classic 0:37:22.120 --> 0:37:25.040 moment that someone captured of Randy Moss going into his 0:37:25.080 --> 0:37:28.360 coach's office inviting him to his Halloween party at a 0:37:28.400 --> 0:37:32.120 skating rink, and and Belichick accepted and showed up in 0:37:32.200 --> 0:37:35.799 costume on skates at a skating rink. I heard that story, Paul, 0:37:35.840 --> 0:37:38.200 and I didn't believe it when I heard it, And 0:37:38.239 --> 0:37:40.040 if there's no video of it, I wouldn't have believed 0:37:40.040 --> 0:37:42.719 it either. And Randy Moss is like nervous asking him, 0:37:42.760 --> 0:37:45.680 and coach immediately accepted it and showed up and was 0:37:45.719 --> 0:37:48.600 the life of the party. So I gonna have a personality, Paul. 0:37:48.719 --> 0:37:51.120 I mean, he's one of his best friends is John 0:37:51.200 --> 0:37:57.200 Bond Jovie for real? You know. Yeah, So look, you 0:37:57.239 --> 0:37:59.640 want to talk about Money night football, He's third all 0:37:59.719 --> 0:38:02.279 time in the history of Monday night football in terms 0:38:02.280 --> 0:38:05.160 of wins. It's Don Shula, It's Andy Reid and Bill 0:38:05.200 --> 0:38:08.400 Belichick in that order. And so it just so you 0:38:08.440 --> 0:38:11.880 go in even Cliff Kingsbury semi joke, remember on our 0:38:11.960 --> 0:38:14.440 TV show this week, he said, yeah, you got an 0:38:14.440 --> 0:38:16.279 extra layer sweat on the back of your neck just 0:38:16.320 --> 0:38:19.040 looking at the other sideline and there's the great Bill Belichick, right, 0:38:19.080 --> 0:38:21.040 And that's who you're coaching against and trying to match 0:38:21.040 --> 0:38:23.920 wits against. And so yeah, it can be very daunting, 0:38:23.960 --> 0:38:27.160 there's no doubt about it. And then you're Kyler Murray. 0:38:27.520 --> 0:38:30.200 And of course he was asked about the New England defense. 0:38:30.239 --> 0:38:33.160 So here's the cardinal starting quarterback. I remember two years ago. 0:38:33.200 --> 0:38:34.880 You know, they kind of played me a little differently. 0:38:35.680 --> 0:38:37.759 I just think with him, you know, you never really 0:38:37.760 --> 0:38:39.239 know what to expect. You know, they can do one 0:38:39.280 --> 0:38:41.640 thing one week and switch it up the next week, 0:38:41.640 --> 0:38:44.680 all depending on who they're playing. His resume speaks for itself, 0:38:44.719 --> 0:38:46.839 you know, tons of respect and for what they do, 0:38:47.480 --> 0:38:49.560 their scheme and stuff like that. But at the end 0:38:49.600 --> 0:38:51.080 of the day, we got to focus on us and 0:38:51.120 --> 0:38:53.320 go out there and execute. And oh, by the way, 0:38:53.440 --> 0:38:56.160 the New England defense is number three in the NFL 0:38:56.239 --> 0:38:59.720 and sacks. This isn't like the Chargers missing Joey Bosa. 0:39:00.800 --> 0:39:03.640 They're coming and they're going to be really stout against 0:39:03.640 --> 0:39:07.239 four backup offensive linemen. Yeah, Polly, now, you're right about that. 0:39:07.280 --> 0:39:09.400 They do a great job of getting you in third 0:39:09.400 --> 0:39:12.960 and obvious pass situations as well, Paul Aman, this is 0:39:13.560 --> 0:39:15.879 as I was talking about. This is a top ten 0:39:16.040 --> 0:39:19.919 defense overall. They're actually number eleven in rushing yards per 0:39:19.920 --> 0:39:23.239 game allowed, number nine in rushing yards per play. They 0:39:23.320 --> 0:39:27.160 do a really good job of stopping the run. Are 0:39:27.200 --> 0:39:29.600 they going to be able to commit eight in the box? 0:39:29.640 --> 0:39:32.319 Are they going to walk of safety down? I don't 0:39:32.360 --> 0:39:34.880 think so. I think they're gonna start with Hollywood Brown 0:39:34.960 --> 0:39:37.640 of course, and d hop on the field. I think 0:39:37.640 --> 0:39:40.160 they'll start with that covered two shell right there. And 0:39:40.200 --> 0:39:43.279 that's the reason why the game within the game for 0:39:43.480 --> 0:39:45.520 the Cardinals is going to be can they run the 0:39:45.560 --> 0:39:48.839 ball when they have that covered two shell? Can they 0:39:48.880 --> 0:39:52.399 still run the ball in between the tackles? Specifically and 0:39:52.480 --> 0:39:55.600 can they do it with any decency? That to me 0:39:56.080 --> 0:39:58.440 is where the worm will turn PAULI, because if they 0:39:58.480 --> 0:40:02.000 get you in third and obvious as situations, you got 0:40:02.120 --> 0:40:06.520 Matthew Judon who is a powerhouse. He is a bowl 0:40:06.600 --> 0:40:09.960 without horns coming off the edge. And then you have 0:40:10.120 --> 0:40:13.680 Ooja as well, and uj is more like a burst, 0:40:13.719 --> 0:40:17.520 get up the field, get around the edge, speed rusher. 0:40:17.640 --> 0:40:20.680 But those two guys they get after you. And look, 0:40:20.680 --> 0:40:22.520 we can talk about New England all we want, and 0:40:22.640 --> 0:40:25.719 rightfully so, but the last five games are about the 0:40:25.760 --> 0:40:29.040 Arizona Cardinals and can they get this offense? Right? You 0:40:29.160 --> 0:40:31.560 heard from Kyler Murray if he's looking for even further 0:40:31.680 --> 0:40:36.200 motivation inspiration. CBS tweeted out NFL and CBS tweeted out 0:40:36.239 --> 0:40:38.840 their QB Power rankings. Wolf, I know you love the 0:40:38.840 --> 0:40:43.360 power rankings, right Yes, Kyler right now is the eighteenth 0:40:43.480 --> 0:40:47.200 rated quarterback. Some of the quarterbacks immediately ahead of him, 0:40:47.400 --> 0:40:50.400 Daniel Jones, who was in the same draft with Kyler, 0:40:50.719 --> 0:40:56.360 Ryan Tannehill, Jared Goff, Derek Carr, Justin Fields, Trevor Lawrence, 0:40:56.520 --> 0:40:59.160 all rated ahead of Kyler Murray right now? What can 0:40:59.239 --> 0:41:02.360 he do to get back to that Pro Bowl level 0:41:02.640 --> 0:41:06.160 and legitimate MVP candidates status that we saw the first 0:41:06.200 --> 0:41:08.920 half of last year. Yeah, Paul, you know what, honestly, 0:41:08.920 --> 0:41:10.880 what can he do? Start throwing the ball down the 0:41:10.920 --> 0:41:14.200 field where he completes some passes down the field. I 0:41:14.200 --> 0:41:16.960 think that really would open up this offense. You know, 0:41:17.560 --> 0:41:19.640 if you're just going to get the ball out quickly, 0:41:19.719 --> 0:41:22.520 that's great, there's nothing wrong with that. But you know, 0:41:22.640 --> 0:41:25.920 secondaries are going to start tightening up of course and 0:41:26.080 --> 0:41:29.880 looking for that. And I think defensive linemen as well, 0:41:30.000 --> 0:41:32.719 not really rushing the passer, but looking to bat a 0:41:32.800 --> 0:41:36.360 ball down. I think we've seen that happen to Kyler 0:41:36.480 --> 0:41:39.520 Murray this year as well. So you've got to be 0:41:39.600 --> 0:41:42.680 able to throw the ball down the field. Chunk throws. 0:41:43.520 --> 0:41:47.200 That's what really has been missing from the Arizult Cardinals offense, 0:41:47.280 --> 0:41:50.680 PAULI is chunk throws in so much of the time, 0:41:51.360 --> 0:41:54.440 I'm tired of saying it, Paul, but so much of 0:41:54.520 --> 0:41:58.399 the time using play action, attacking the line of scrimmage 0:41:58.440 --> 0:42:01.440 because you have been run the ball and running the 0:42:01.480 --> 0:42:04.719 ball fairly well, that's why you are attacking the line 0:42:04.719 --> 0:42:06.880 of scrimmage, and all of a sudden you fake it 0:42:07.040 --> 0:42:09.680 and you use play action to take some chunk throws 0:42:09.719 --> 0:42:13.319 down the field. It's been around for a long long 0:42:13.400 --> 0:42:16.680 time because it works, Paul, It's part of the fabric 0:42:16.800 --> 0:42:20.719 of the game. And I don't think Kyler Murray in 0:42:20.760 --> 0:42:24.120 this offense does that enough and does it well enough. 0:42:25.160 --> 0:42:28.759 But defensively from the Cardinals these last five games, is 0:42:28.880 --> 0:42:31.600 there's one or two things you'd really like to see 0:42:31.719 --> 0:42:35.200 develop and materialize over the final five games. What would 0:42:35.200 --> 0:42:40.560 it be? Wolf? You know you're talking defensively specifically, Paul, 0:42:40.719 --> 0:42:43.960 or offensively, and maybe I'll start I'll throw this out there. 0:42:44.480 --> 0:42:48.320 I'd like to see, obviously, some more production from the edge. 0:42:48.640 --> 0:42:52.000 The leading edge guy has two sacks. So I would 0:42:52.040 --> 0:42:54.440 give every single snap I could to my j Sanders 0:42:54.600 --> 0:42:56.840 and young man. Let's see what you have. Cam Thomas, 0:42:56.880 --> 0:42:59.200 you're gonna play ninety percent of the snaps as well. 0:42:59.600 --> 0:43:04.240 And then Isaiah Simmons and Zaven Collins. You know these guys, look, 0:43:04.480 --> 0:43:09.160 the stats are great, but have they been reliable? Have 0:43:09.280 --> 0:43:13.839 they been consistent enough? Have offenses been able to victimize 0:43:13.880 --> 0:43:16.279 them at times? And you saw it obviously at the 0:43:16.360 --> 0:43:17.920 end of the Chargers game. So if you can get 0:43:17.960 --> 0:43:20.799 these guys just to be that much more instinctive and 0:43:20.960 --> 0:43:23.840 reliable snap to snap. I think these are important things 0:43:23.840 --> 0:43:25.520 for the Cardinals to try and to develop over the 0:43:25.600 --> 0:43:28.560 last month plus. No, you're right about that, Polly, especially 0:43:28.560 --> 0:43:31.359 on the defensive side of the ball, Zaven Collins. I'm 0:43:31.360 --> 0:43:36.200 really encouraged with Zavian Collins. Isaiah Simmons has made some 0:43:36.320 --> 0:43:39.120 gray plays, There's no doubt about it. I think Isaiah 0:43:39.160 --> 0:43:43.439 Simmons has a rare knack of being a big play guy, 0:43:43.520 --> 0:43:45.880 but he's got to do it with more consistency, Polly. 0:43:46.239 --> 0:43:49.360 He's got to make the mundane play, not just the 0:43:49.440 --> 0:43:53.520 gray play, but the mundane play. And I'm encouraged with 0:43:53.640 --> 0:43:56.120 Zavian Collins and how much better he's got. Here's the 0:43:56.120 --> 0:44:00.279 big question going forward. You got five games, Man, five 0:44:00.360 --> 0:44:05.720 games will be offense evolve? Will it evolve into something 0:44:05.760 --> 0:44:09.000 different trying to find that offense going into the off season, 0:44:09.280 --> 0:44:11.880 or will be double down on the offense A b 0:44:11.880 --> 0:44:15.160 always run. 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