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Okay, 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:14.160 you're either at tight end you where Taylor swift Oh 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:17.440 stole the show, her first live performance since she wrapped 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:19.920 up her record breaking tour in December at twenty four 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:25.640 or your super yacht is currently docked in Venice for 0:01:25.800 --> 0:01:30.280 the Bezos wedding. Okay, that's where Dave Pash is in Italy. 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:35.480 Or you are listening to The Big Red Rage, presented 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:38.840 by santan Ford and Gilbert. We are Santane Ford and 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:42.640 soon we are to feature former Cardinals running back Chase Edmonds. 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:46.080 We are the original Thursday Night Football. Paul Calvic year 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:47.319 Ron Wolfley. 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:49.520 There, how you doing, PAULI you know? 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:51.760 Did you know? Wolf This is your Holy can only 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.360 stat of the day. The Bezos super Yacht, by the way, 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:57.000 runs about five hundred million or so. Yeah, it has 0:01:57.040 --> 0:02:00.480 a support vessel that's valued at seventy five million. 0:02:01.720 --> 0:02:04.040 Just to let you know, a support vessel. 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:04.840 Support vessel. 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:07.400 Well that's what you were to me all these years 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:09.320 of broadcasting. It's good. 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:11.680 It's sort of like what Caine Brown was on stage 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:13.919 with Taylor Swift to tight end. You enough about that. 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:16.880 It is the Big Red Ridge and we are talking 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:23.600 about maybe arguably the most complete, the best tight end 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:26.520 in the NFL by the end of this coming season. 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:29.120 Trey McBride. I won't put him out of George Kittle yet, 0:02:29.160 --> 0:02:30.480 maybe not even Travis Kelsey. 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:30.960 Thank you. 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:33.600 I'm glad paul I saw one powerpole that at brock 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:36.760 Bauers better than Trey McBride as of right here, right now. 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:41.400 But uh, I mean wolf considering where he was two 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:45.560 years ago, a very underwhelming rookie season to where he 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:49.480 is now, what is most impressive about what he's done 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:50.880 and basically a year and a half. 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:53.240 You know what I'm gonna say, Pauli, But it is 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:55.760 so true the fact that he's as good of a 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:58.440 blocker as he is. It's one of the things I 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:01.959 absolutely love about Trey McBride that Polly is number one, 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:05.919 because it's such an advantage when you can have eleven personnel, 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:09.880 one back, one tight end, three wide receivers Paul in 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:13.240 rundown situation first and ten second and one to six, 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:16.239 it's so important you can line up in eleven personnel 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:19.040 and you can stay balanced, Paulie, you can run the 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:23.720 ball effectively, and you can throw the ball effectively. In 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:26.640 today's NFL, that to me is almost a must. And 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:29.280 it's all because you've got a tight end in Trey 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:33.160 McBride who can line up and block, and Paul can 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:36.040 I also say this right now, when you can block 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:39.680 as well as Trey McBride blocks. Do you have any 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:44.280 idea how much more effective it makes you in play action? PAULI, 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:48.440 You are ten times more effective in play action as 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:51.600 a tight end or play action as an offense when 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:54.200 you have a tight end who can line up and block, 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:57.320 act like he's blocking at the point of attack, and 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:01.000 those second level linebackers and that strong he's gonna sit 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:02.200 there and look at him and go, oh, yeah, of 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:05.360 course he's blocking. It's rundown situation. And he's a very 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:07.760 good blocker. Yeah. They might be running the ball and 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:09.640 all of a sudden they suck up and then all 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:12.160 of a sudden that tight end releases over the middle. 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:16.240 Now he's wide open. I'm telling you, it is absolutely 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:19.560 huge in Trey McBride. This is what makes him so 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:20.679 good at this point. 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:23.559 Right, we're gonna ask Chase Edmonds, our special guest tonight, 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:25.919 about Trey McBride. You know what else is huge? What 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:28.159 has become of tight end? You There were over one 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:32.120 hundred and twenty tight ends, including Tim Rieman, including Elijah 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:34.800 Higgins as Trey McBride brought him along, and there was 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:37.840 Trey McBride, the Cardinals pro bowler, an NFL Live on 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:41.279 ESPN and they were asking him about the advice he 0:04:41.360 --> 0:04:43.200 has received from Travis Kelsey. 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:45.960 Travis, you know, he would always give us the nuggets 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:48.200 on be friendly to the quarterback, make sure you and 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:50.360 your quarterback are on the same page. And he kind 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:52.200 of plays with the little freedom. Him and Mahomes have 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:53.920 this nice connection and I kind of took that and 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:56.360 I'm like, why can't Kyler and I have that same connection? 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:58.120 And I feel like That's what I've tried to do. 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:00.560 I've tried to have that relationship that grow with Kyler 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:03.000 and just continue to make place for him and be 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:04.960 that security blanket where if he needs somewhere to go 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:06.640 with the ball, he always can can throw it to me. 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:08.160 And that's what I'm trying to do. 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:12.000 See to me, the progress he has made from year 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:16.040 one to his Pro Bowl season, that was most critical 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:18.520 that I'm thirding, you gotta have it and Trey McBride's 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:21.560 getting double covered. He still got open and Kyler still 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:23.440 found him and they were still in sync and they 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:26.520 were still unbeatable. That you know what, even Fred Warner 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:29.440 had no chance. And to me, if there's one thing 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:31.839 that Marvin Harrison Junior can do from his rookie year 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:34.000 into year two, and I know he bulked up, and 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:36.360 I know he's more explosive, and he's got to get 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:38.280 better at the contest to catch. But if he can 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:42.040 develop that sort of chemistry, yeah with Kyler that Trey 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:44.880 McBride did, I mean, is that feasible? Is that realistic 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:45.360 this year? 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:48.760 No, there's no doubt about it, Paully, It's more than feasible. 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:51.440 It's got to happen as far as I'm concerned, because 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:54.240 if you've got that tight end who can really work 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:55.919 the middle of the field, and you also have a 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:59.720 wide receiver, one like Marvin Harrison Junior who can actually 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:04.080 work the short, intermediate and deep routs. Paul, you know 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:05.920 the way I feel on this. I've been talking about 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:08.080 it for a long time now. If you can throw 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:10.800 the ball down the field, if Kyler Murray and Marvin 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:14.400 Harrison Junior can just throw the ball down the field 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:17.440 and do it at a much better rate than what 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:21.040 we saw last year, much better success. Right by throwing 0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:23.440 it down the field, it is going to open up 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:27.560 a whole new world for Trey McBride in the middle 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:28.479 of the field. 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:32.320 I guarantee you this offseason, the Rams, the forty nine 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:34.599 ers in the Seahawks, they all sat around and said, 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.200 how are we going to stop eighty five? Because he 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:39.680 torched every one of those division teams. They had no 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:43.560 answer for Trey McBride and Kyler Murray. This offseason was asked, Okay, 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:46.479 just how good can Trey McBride be? 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:48.960 Tracey has got a great feel, you know, obviously being 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:50.800 a tight end and having a little leeway to do 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:54.159 things his way now and a lot of confidence, you know, 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:57.480 his ability along with the field that he's gained throughout 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:00.360 these years. I think sky's a limit for Trey. I think, 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:02.600 you know, he be one of the best in the league. 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:04.279 I love going to work with him every day. 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:07.000 It's just a matchup nightmare, isn't it. Well, if it's 0:07:07.040 --> 0:07:08.799 sort of like you know, George Kittle in his prime, 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:10.680 even George Kittle to this day, what do you do. 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:13.280 You tried Isaiah Simmons on him, You tried Xavin Collins 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:16.120 on him to match his size, but then you can't 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:18.160 stay with him in routes. So now you put Buddha 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:21.120 Baker on George Kittle and that's always a battle. But 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:24.360 ultimately George Kittle has a size advantage. Yeah, that's the 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:27.840 similar challenge to Trey McBride presents a defense, right, it's. 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:31.160 You're right on it, Bully. Although you've got George Kittle 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:34.320 and Trey McBride, their bodies are different, no doubt about that. 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:39.280 Bodies different. George Kittle much bigger, I would say, a 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:43.640 little bit longer. But what makes Trey McBride so much 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:46.800 like George Kittle to me? Not only the fact that 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:49.280 Trey McBride can hold up at the point of attack, Bully, 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:52.640 but you can make a short throw to Trey McBride. 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:54.560 You don't have to You don't have to throw it 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:58.080 down the field for him to run the ball. You 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:01.240 make a short throw to Trey McBride, his ability to 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:04.960 run after the catch is off the charts. And who 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:07.840 is that? Very similar to George Kittle? 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:11.200 What do you think about Tip Ryman, Elijah Higgins. We 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:14.520 know Drew Petsen, he leads the league nearly every the 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:17.800 last two years, twelve and thirteen. Personnel is a room 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:19.680 for one of those other tight ends to get into 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:20.640 the pass catching game? 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:26.080 Yeah, tip Ryman, listen, nothing against Higgy Bear. I love 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:29.920 Higgy Bear Boy has he developed. This guy has really 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:34.280 gotten better. Elijah Higgins definitely, Paul has gotten so much 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:36.960 better as a tight end. But Tip Ryman is the 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:40.920 guy that year two here it comes. A year one 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:43.880 to me was an excellent step in the right direction 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:47.720 to have a twelve year career in the National Football 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:51.640 League for tip Ryman. Now here we go year two. 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:55.040 How much better can tip Ryman get? We we listen 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:57.480 to many asin for it. He talks about it all 0:08:57.520 --> 0:09:00.920 the time. We listen to JG talking about year two 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:04.280 and how important year two is for a young guy 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:07.079 trying to make it in the National Football League. How 0:09:07.160 --> 0:09:10.640 much better can tip Ryman get in year two? I 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.400 don't know, Pauly, Yeah, but I think we're gonna see it. 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:17.360 Well, you've heard me joke with JG. Half jokingly. You know, 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:19.840 I need one tight end screen a game for the 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:22.360 two hundred and eighty pounder, you know, and you name 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:24.959 that play. Who wants some You just get a tight 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:27.800 end screen to Tip Ryman and then everybody just blocks 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:30.160 downfield and you'll find out who's gonna make a business 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:30.840 decision or not. 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.920 All right, let's just go red, right, who wants the exactly? 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.320 Hey joined the Bird Gang in Dallas from Monday Night 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:40.240 Football through Cardinals Premiere Travel hosted by Cardinals Legends. Travel 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:44.040 packages will include a chartered flight at the Cardinals Plane Hotel, 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:47.520 Accommodation's lower level game tickets and more. Just go to 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:51.679 azcardstravel dot com, azcartstravel dot com. All right, Chase Edmonds, 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:54.319 we know he can play ball. He can talk ball. 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:57.040 We'll talk about that next with Chase Edmonds on the 0:09:57.080 --> 0:10:05.719 big red rage. Hands off Edmunds off the left side. 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:07.520 He's got a crease at the fifteen to ten to 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:08.600 five touchdown. 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:09.800 It's a drop play. 0:10:09.840 --> 0:10:12.560 Edmonds straight ahead, twenty to fifteen, breaks a tackle at 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:15.520 the ten into the end zone for a second touchdown. 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:16.880 Hand off to the left side. 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:18.480 Edmunds, he's got a rubber the twenty to ten to 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:22.920 five piece. It again, the hat trick. Third touchdown run. 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.800 The first two went for twenty a piece. This one 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:27.520 goes for twenty two yards. 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:28.800 After Peterson had. 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:32.160 A towel and he was waving the towel at Chase 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:33.960 Edmonds as if to put out a fire. 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:38.240 How about that flashback twenty nineteen and how fitting was 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:41.600 that the Fordham guy the Fordham fireball if you will 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.560 back in New Yawk against the Giants, putting the hat 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:46.880 trick on the Giants three touchdown runs. 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:47.760 Wolf. 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:50.560 What is it about round four draft picks? You know, 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:54.480 you guys fight, you guys compete. In fact, there's gonna 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:57.600 be so much competition at Cardinals camp this year that 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:00.920 by the end of this interview we be out of jobs. 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.520 As our guest might be the new permanent host of 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:07.400 the Big Red Rage by the time we're done. Chase Edmunds, 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:09.880 who's great on the field. Behind him, Mike, Chase, how 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:10.480 are we doing? 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:13.520 What's up? Thing that? I appreciate you guys giving me 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:15.400 a man, It's really good to hear your voices again. 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:16.600 I tell you this. 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:19.160 So, Chase, I got to jump in here, So Paul, 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:21.240 I got to jump in here. Chase, and I have 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:23.160 to ask you. You were drafted in the fourth round, 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:26.080 an excellent round, I might add, But what were you 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:30.640 drafted overall? What was your number? One? Four oh one 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:32.720 thirty four? Well, hang in there. It's not one oh 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:36.319 four like I was dropped to Chase. But what is 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:38.440 it bad either? And it's in the fourth round. It's 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:39.920 the right rock, well thought, Chase. 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:41.520 No, I was going to say, if you're if you're 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:43.600 going to take a broadcasting job, what can you do 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:46.600 America favor and take Steven A. Smiths gig? Okay, because 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:48.600 we're all sick of Stephen A. Smith at this point. 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:52.760 That's that's that's love to get that job, as you would. 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:55.360 And I know you know basketball, but we're talking football 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:59.240 and I'm just gonna speaking to compete. Jonathan Gannon, Cardinals 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:03.640 head coach, said twice this offseason he wants quote more 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:07.560 friction end quote at camp. In a safe way. He said, 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:10.959 he wants more physicality, he wants more football, he wants 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:14.520 more pads popping. As a player, how do you process that? 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:17.719 How will that shape your mindset coming into Cardinals camp 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:18.240 this year? 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:22.720 Yeah, I think hearing that as a player myself, to 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:24.520 me that that screams one thing, And I think that 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:28.280 screams that he wants more competition. I think he's politically 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:30.720 trying to say that he wants to really light a 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.440 fire under his guys, really get after each other, you know, again, 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:35.280 in a safe way. Obviously, you never want to get 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:37.600 any big time injuries during a training camp. You want 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:39.439 to take care of each other. But at the same 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:42.960 time as well to really get yourself ready and primed 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.480 up for the season. And you know, when you're looking 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:47.360 at full speed, when the bullets are really fast, and 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:50.080 when the real he definitely probably is speaking on just 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:52.640 more competitive edge and more competition with one another to 0:12:52.679 --> 0:12:54.720 really see, you know, who's gonna step up when we 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:56.679 need the most, who's gonna step up? You know, when 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:58.319 it gets a little fire and the bulls get. 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:01.640 Hot, so Chase. When you look at the Cardinals offensively 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:04.680 and you go big picture on them, where do you 0:13:04.679 --> 0:13:06.560 think they're going to be strong and where do you 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:08.400 think you might need some work? 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:10.920 Well, I look at Arizona. I bet a lot of 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:14.040 people last year didn't think that the run game would 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:16.680 be as impactful and as successful as it was looking 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:19.120 at just like the pre season. We all know how 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:21.120 great James Conter is of itself, but I bet there 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:23.040 was you know, a couple of question marks coming in 0:13:23.080 --> 0:13:25.640 with the oln. They did a great job as a unit, 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.160 they did whoever their run game coordinate over there was 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:30.720 as a coaching staff did an awesome job of just 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.240 using the run game, the outside zones scheme to really 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:35.440 break upen a lot of runs. I think that's something 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:38.240 that you really build off of. And for me, I 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:41.280 think it's all about, you know, opening up the pass 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:44.040 game for Trade McBride and as a tie in the NFL, 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:46.960 nothing opens up the pass game for them boys better 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:49.200 than play action, and I think that that's something that 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:52.160 can continue to kind of be built off of K 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:55.120 one strength, just opening the game for him, really kind 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:58.000 of lessening the load on his shoulders, having the run 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:00.960 game established, using that to actually get some of the 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:03.480 receivers opened down as it, but more importantly, really get 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:06.000 Trey McBride down the field where you know he's gonna 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:08.360 be camele with number one option as you're coming off 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:10.839 that strong season that he has. So that's something I'm 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:13.280 really looking forward to just seeing again the run game 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:15.720 continue to be built on him and really just feature 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:16.840 that offense around McBride. 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:20.200 Right now, former Cardinals running back Chase Edmonds is our guest. 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:21.960 And if you're saying yourself, wait a minute, I saw 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:24.400 Chase on Good Morning Football a couple of months ago, 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:27.480 you would be right, Yeah, so we're gonna talk run game. 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:29.120 Let's zoom out here for a minute, because you were 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:32.000 talking about James Connor. It was this morning, the question 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:35.840 was best one to two running back punch in football 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:38.440 right now? And I don't know who the guest analyst was. 0:14:38.720 --> 0:14:41.920 He went with Breeze Hall and Brelan Allen to the Jets, 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:44.440 And I'm like, wait a minute, what about Jamior Gibbs 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:48.440 and David Montgomery the Lions? What about even Lamar Jackson 0:14:48.960 --> 0:14:50.840 and Derreck Henry if you want to go that route, 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:54.920 But how about James Connor and an ascending Trey Benson 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:58.360 who said he put on seven pounds this offseason and 0:14:58.440 --> 0:15:00.800 feels way more explosive, And in fact, James kind of 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:03.760 raved about Trey Benson. We started running more like James Connor. 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:05.720 What do you think about that one two punch? 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:08.680 I think that's gonna be something that you'll see a 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:10.640 lot earlier in the season. I just say that because 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:13.880 as effective and that successful as James has been, I 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:15.760 think as you get a little bit older, I think 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:18.920 that you know, the strategy should be to really get 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:21.280 him healthy for seventeen games, so when it comes down 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:23.360 to the nitty gritty, when it comes down to those 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:25.520 December games, you can really lean on him. So if 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:27.680 I was the coaching staff of the Arizona Cardinals, and 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:29.560 they do believe in fact that Trey Benson is going 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:31.720 to be that second, that second one to two punch 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:34.400 behind JC. That you would want to see him early 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:36.160 on in the season so he can get a good rhythm, 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:38.520 a good flow, and you know, to really see if 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:40.360 he really can, in fact be that one two punch 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:43.520 behind JC to get it rolling. I think that it's 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.360 really important again, you know, James, he brings so much 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:48.840 more than just his talent to the Cardinals, right you 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:52.880 talking about his just his effectiveness is leadership, how he's 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:55.800 just so contagious with his mindset. It's really important to 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.440 have a guy like that always on the field suited 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:00.840 up as much as possible. Becau does a lot with 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:02.240 the camaraderie in the chrism of the team. 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:05.160 Chase, I think James Connor is one of the toughest 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:08.280 tackles in the football universe. What makes him so tough 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:10.240 in your opinion, Oh. 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:12.800 Man, he absolutely is. It's his contact balance. For me, 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.960 you look at JC and he runs to the tackles 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:19.480 clearly never gets tackled by the first guy. I also 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:21.640 think so that James is at least what I saw 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:23.040 last year. I got to watch a lot of ball 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:25.840 last year, not playing because of the injury, James put 0:16:25.880 --> 0:16:27.800 on some speed. Man. I don't know if he leaned out, 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:30.280 but I just remember when I played with him at 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:33.280 twenty one, he didn't seem as fast as he seemed 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:35.080 last season. You know, I saw him break a lot 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:37.520 of runs. He seemed like a step or two faster 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:40.560 than what people probably used were used to seeing on 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:43.000 the defensive side of the ball, and that contributed to 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:45.040 a lot more of his explosive players as well. But 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:47.880 for me, it definitely starts with just a contact balance, man. 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:50.880 I mean, he runs so hard and he just shrugs 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:53.680 his defenders off with ease because he's just naturally obviously 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:56.440 a very strong runner. But definitely, you know, I think 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:59.440 another thing that he really does well is James knows 0:16:59.440 --> 0:17:01.400 how to take on what we call like half a 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:04.800 defender in the NFL, so you know, not always running 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:08.600 through someone's soul or chess, but just kind of one 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:10.600 stepping them and running through half the shoulder. And that's 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:12.040 kind of how you see and shruggle off so many 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:12.920 more tackles as well. 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:15.280 Yeah, no doubt, I mean, he was among the league 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:18.640 leaders all season with Derrick Henry for most of mistackles. 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:21.639 Force Chase Edmonds is our guest, and you know we 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:23.720 talk about James Connery, He's more than a player. He's 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:26.040 a mindset, He's a mentality. What about the run game 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:29.040 in general? Saquon Barkley said during the playoffs last year 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:31.920 that he personally wanted to prove that you could run 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:34.520 the football and win a Super Bowl. Now did Philly 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:36.200 do that just because he had the best O line 0:17:36.240 --> 0:17:38.560 and the best running back in the world, or do 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:41.439 you think that's feasible for the Cardinals to feature that 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:44.240 and have success even into the postseason? 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:46.800 Really good question, because this is a lot like this 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:49.080 is a big topic in locker room as well. I'm 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:52.840 gonna personally say that it was the perfect storm in 0:17:52.880 --> 0:17:56.120 the perfect combination that Philly, you know, was blessed enough 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:58.440 to get the best, most explosive running back in the 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:01.800 NFL with that magnificent O line. I mean, you had 0:18:01.880 --> 0:18:04.680 runs where fake Von Barkley was not getting touched until 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:07.359 seven yards down the field, and that's just not a 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:10.560 winning formula for anybody playing against the Philadelphia Eagles. I'm 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:12.800 a believer that in the playoffs, you definitely need an 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:16.840 effective run game, but the wins and losses eight nine 0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:19.040 out of ten times will always come from can your 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:21.720 quarterback get it done on third and long? In the playoffs, 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:25.439 you know you're playing against really good defenses, everything tightens up, 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:28.800 everything gets faster. To me, it's really won and lost 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:31.440 and where who has the most success in the red 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:34.120 zone and then whose quarterback can really convert on those 0:18:34.160 --> 0:18:36.000 third downs to keep the drivers going in my. 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:39.960 Opinion, And not only that, but you know, defensively, have 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:42.240