WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Edmonds, Conner Ready To Run 0:00:02.200 --> 0:00:05.640 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles ahead. 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:10.560 He got Jack. This is the Big Red Rain presented 0:00:10.600 --> 0:00:14.880 by Santanford in Gilbert. Harry's Gonna score Touchdown. Slim to 0:00:14.960 --> 0:00:17.919 the ground by Buddha Baker Like a torpedo, he came 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:23.240 flying into the backfield. The rage is brought to you 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:28.760 by satan Ford in Gilbert, or are you Santanford State 0:00:28.800 --> 0:00:33.080 Farm Talk to an agent today at eight hundred State Farm, 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:37.960 And by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts Visit acy Cardinals dot Com, 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:46.800 Slash Podcasts, The Rods, Rising Guard, Temperatureizing Vision, Flurring, Rage 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:51.240 taking over. Here's Paul KELVC. Get the popcorn ready, It's 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:54.240 gonna be a show and Ron will flip. It doesn't 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:59.840 get any better than that. RS Unleash. The far Many 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:07.160 camp is a rap. Next stop is next month training camp. 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:11.520 You think you know Ron Wolflee? No, I know you 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:16.040 think you know where? Let me finish the sentence. Rom 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:18.480 You think you know, Sure, you might know a thing 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:20.759 or two about training camp, but you think you might 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:23.280 know where the two twenty one airs on our Cardinals 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:27.240 are headed. And I would say not so fast, as 0:01:27.240 --> 0:01:29.280 we just witnessed three days of mini camp, and we 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:32.000 got a lot of seven on seven guys and shorts 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:34.720 and helmets and a lot of trash cans and blocking 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:37.240 bags out there. So there's only so much you can tell. 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:39.920 Ron Wolfley, dare I say, when this NBA season started, 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:44.679 your Phoenix Suns were seventy to one shots, so you 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:47.640 putting money down in your bally. You might think you know, 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:51.200 But until this whole thing plays out, at least until 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:54.920 we get into some full contact football into August, then 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:57.480 guess what we might get a few answers around here 0:01:57.480 --> 0:01:59.680 on the Big Red Rage, all presented by the santan 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:04.120 Four in Gilbert. We are santan Ford, the original Thursday 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:07.320 Night Football right here, Paul kelvc Ron Wolfley, and soon 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:09.320 to be joined wolf We're gonna have an addition to 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:12.680 the full back club here tonight, our special guests. Do 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:16.560 tell James Saxon, you better believe it, part of the 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:18.840 full back Club. Can't wait to talk to him about 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:22.240 how the Arizona Cardinals are going to incorporate a fullback 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:25.560 into their offense in twenty twenty one. Do yourself favor, 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:27.960 Do not ask that question. Some free advice right off 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:31.600 the top. You know, don't make yourself look bad. Don't 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:34.079 waste our precious time with a Cardinals running backs coach 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:37.880 by asking any fullback related questions. Although Kyler Murray had 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:40.399 a few things today to say about the run game, 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:44.000 Wow did he not? Oh PAULI, where where do we 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:47.480 begin on this one? Okay, So Kyler Murray meets the media. 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:49.880 If you're scoring at home? I do believe this is 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:52.640 the first time in the off season. And if you 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:56.480 had a power poll of all the press conferences that 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:58.839 Kyler Murray has held, this has got to be top three. 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:01.160 Today has to be top three. And by the way, 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:03.440 did you see the powerpole? Wolf? As we started last 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:05.640 week with a powerpole. Nothing like a nice power pole 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:08.480 in June and the latest one in NFL dot com. 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:11.520 You know, not to digress the powerpole. The biggest bandwagons 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:14.960 right now? You are digressing. The biggest bandwagon right here, 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.080 right now, according to NFL dot Com, happens to be 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:20.960 the Cardinals Week one opponent, the Tennessee Titans. Oh yeah, 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:23.639 here we go. Are you kidding me? They got yep? 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:26.640 And the Cardinals are number six, by the way, in 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:29.720 terms of the biggest bandwagons right now, the Dolphins are 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:32.280 right on their heels and number seven. And then in 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:35.480 between three teams, you have a bunch of names. They 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:39.720 incorporated names into the biggest bandwagons. Joe Burrow, Brandon Staley 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:41.520 and the new head coach of the Chargers, former Rams 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:45.440 D coordinator Ceedee Lamb, Chase Young cam Akers, the Rams 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:47.280 running back. We know all about that guy. And then 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:50.720 Dan Campbell, the Lion's new head coach. Point, Paul, Hey, 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:54.080 that is some good stuff right there, honestly, Dan Campbell, Yeah, 0:03:54.160 --> 0:03:57.120 don't get me started on Dan Cambell. You mentor Dan Campbell, 0:03:57.160 --> 0:03:59.800 and you know here it comes. I envisioned him and 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:04.400 in Chris Spielman sitting around a room ball by themselves, 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:08.800 talking about bludgeoning each other. They're gonna put the blocking 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:12.040 sled in the front office in Detroit because spiels and 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:15.480 Dan Campbell are gonna be hitting the blocking soul between 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:19.200 some of their their power meetings. Look, here's Kyler Murray. 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:21.599 Let's go to the press conference and a simple question, 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:23.840 where do you want to evolve your game? Kyler? Where 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:25.800 do you want to grow the most here in your 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:28.400 third season? I think all aspects of the game, but 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:32.760 leadership taking care of the ball, being better as far 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:36.039 as accuracy, just just the whole game. There's no one 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:39.120 in this building or that watches the game that's a 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:41.880 bigger critic of themselves or of me than I am. 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:44.240 So I know what I need to get better at. 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:46.840 When we get out throwing the field, I plan to 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:49.960 show you know I grew in those areas. Oh, Paul, 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:52.360 I love that right there? Are you kidding me? This 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:54.880 is exactly what I want to hear. I want to 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:57.880 hear this from Kyler Murray. I need to get better 0:04:57.920 --> 0:04:59.600 in the little things. I need to get better in 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:03.600 leader ship, Pauly, he started with leadership. Yes, Paul, I 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:07.440 you know once again, I love that. Listen. You know 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:10.120 the way I feel about this, Polly. Humility is a 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:13.320 wonderful mastery, truly is because it allows you to see 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:15.880 where you need to get better and what you need 0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:18.880 to do to get better. And I love listening to 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:23.359 a guy articulate what obstacles he's got to overcome in 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:25.200 his career to get better. And you just heard it 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.640 right there from Guyler Murray. Love that. You know. I 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:31.680 had a chance to watch the last three days of minicamp, 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:35.000 and there are a few takeaways. For example, in no 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:37.880 particular order, the rookie corners. I mean, man, if these 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:40.120 guys can play, they definitely look the part. When you're 0:05:40.160 --> 0:05:43.080 talking about Tay Gowen and Marco Wilson, just the size 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:45.640 and athleticism, and these guys that look like corners of 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:49.800 the Seahawks would would draft the wide receiver position. Wolf 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:51.680 to me, you look out there and you go, okay, 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:56.680 AJ Green, Christian Kirk, Rondel Moore. Yeah, a lot of 0:05:56.720 --> 0:05:59.839 potential right there, but there's also a lot of question marks. 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:03.320 And Kyler Murray was asked today about his receivers, in 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:06.640 particular AJ Green. I expect I did have a big year. 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:08.040 I know, you know, I know a lot of people 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:09.800 should sleep on him. I know a lot of things 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:12.320 have been said about you know him, maybe not be 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:14.760 on to do it anymore or whatever. We don't really 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:16.800 care about that, you know, ignore all that. You know, 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:18.760 I'm glad he's on the team. I mean, we have 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:21.560 a great receiver room, more weapons than I can ask for, 0:06:21.920 --> 0:06:26.160 and on paper, absolutely, but honestly, you have DeAndre Hopkins 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:29.880 and a lot of unknowns right now. What can you 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:32.520 count on and bank on here? This season? When it 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:34.360 comes to that receiver room. Yeah, it is a great 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:36.560 question right there. What you can count on is d 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:39.480 hop That's number one I would stop with. I would 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:42.160 start I should say what DeAndre Hopkins. I think you 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:44.200 can count on that right there? I think you can 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:47.120 count on AJ Green. I do, at least, I think 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:49.320 AJ Green has got an awful lot to prove. It's 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:52.120 a very similar situation to the Pat P. I think 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:54.400 Pat P's gonna have a good year up there in Minnesota. 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:57.039 I really do, PAULI the guy's got so much talent. 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:59.080 Not only that, now all of a sudden he's going 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:00.920 to be in a defense. I think Mike Zimmer is 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:03.360 going to use him in a very very specific kind 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:07.080 of way. And I think the new scenery, so to speak, 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:11.240 suddenly he's got to prove himself all over again. I 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:14.400 think that is really going to help Pappy focus. And 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:16.760 I think a focus Pappy is going to be an 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:19.080 excellent Pappy. So I expect him to have a very 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:22.560 very good year. Can I say Aj Green in the 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:25.440 same light, in the same vein is what I'm speaking 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:28.280 of in regard to Pat P. I think AJ Green 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:30.559 is going to be that guy here too. He needed 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:33.840 a change of scenery, a change of offense. It's the 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:38.560 refresh button for aj greenball, all right, so hit zoom out. 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:43.400 Does the Cardinals offense in general need to change, especially 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:46.840 when it comes to the run game. We know Kyler 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:50.480 Murray and what happened at Seattle in week nine with 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.120 the shoulder injury. Yes, and we know things. We're never 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:56.400 quite the same for whatever reason. Earlier in the week, 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.400 Cliff Kingsbury was asked about it, and he's used the 0:07:59.400 --> 0:08:03.240 word uncomfortable. Kyler was uncomfortable push and he had a 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:06.280 push through you know, his physical state and that injury 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:08.760 to a large degree. And if you look at some 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:11.800 of the numbers the before and the after. For example, 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:14.960 Kyler's rushing yards per carry six point nine nearly seven 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:17.400 yards per carry in the nine games before Seattle, and 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:21.400 these numbers crunched by our Kyle Odegarden asy Cardinals dot Com. 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:26.280 The final seven games, he averaged less than five yards 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:28.800 to carry and it had only one rushing touchdown under 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:30.640 the final seven games. And guess what he had ten 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:34.679 in the first nine games. So he was asked by 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:37.040 Kyle about that today, here's Kyler Murray. Well, if your 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:40.840 reaction to the shoulder injury and exactly what it did 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:42.800 or didn't do to the Cardinals running game. You know, 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:45.520 my legs should be a luxury. And it kind of 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:47.040 wasn't like that last year. It was kind of me 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:50.200 having to run for us and once you know, my 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:52.120 shoulder was named up or whatever, and I wasn't trying 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:54.480 to put myself out there and take those hits and 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:56.520 stuff like that. Who kind of took a law, you know, 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:58.800 hit a law. You know, honestly, I think it was 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:00.679 good for us. You know, think it was a lesson 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:03.239 for us that you know, we can't be one dimensional. 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:05.440 We just got to be better in all all areas, 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:08.160 all aspects of the game. Paul. I'll tell you right now, 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:10.719 in Vegas, when somebody hit the jackpot, they used to 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:14.199 say winner, winner, chicken dinner, Paul, because that basically it's 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:17.520 what you want. When in the very beginning of Vegas, 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:20.120 that's what they did. Paul, ding Ding Ding ding Ding. 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:24.120 I endorse this message, Paul. You know you have listened 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:26.400 to me talk about this very thing. He can't be 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:30.720 Michael Vick, Paul, he can't. You can't build your offense 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:34.439 around Kyler Murray and say, Kyler's got to run the ball. 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:37.720 If you tell me that Kyler Murray's got to run 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:40.000 the ball for him to be effective in the National 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:43.360 Football League, you're telling me, basically, he's Michael vec You 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:47.000 need to run him when when when you need it 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:49.640 the most. When I hear him say that his legs 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:53.000 are a luxury, Paul, that's exactly the way you want 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.520 to view him. Not in every down. Here we go, 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:58.440 Kyler Murray. We're gonna have you run the ball ten, eleven, 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:02.640 twelve times a game. Let him scramble. Let it every 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:04.559 now and then when you need it the most, when 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:06.920 you need a first down, when you need a touchdown 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:08.880 in the red zone, let him run the ball. Then, 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:11.280 I got no problem with that. But man, if you're 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:13.040 gonna go into a game saying, well, we've got to 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:16.000 have Kyler Murray, our running game is built around Kyler Murray. Man, 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:19.480 you're your host. And look, he was dealing with injury. 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:22.040 But well, if you tell me the defense is also 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:24.400 adjusted accordingly in the second half of the season, did 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:27.360 they not, without a doubt, Paul, without a doubt. You 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:29.600 know what, And here's the thing with the whole zone 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:33.080 read concept. If I want Kyler Murray, I'm a defensive 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:35.920 coordinator and I want him to run the ball, I 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:40.360 can force you to run Kyler Murray on that zone read. 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:42.920 I'm just gonna go ahead and collapse that defensive end. 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:46.080 I'll do whatever I can. I'll scheme something where a 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:49.800 backer is scraping to the outside waiting for Kyler Murray 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:53.040 on a zone read based on down in distance and 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:56.360 where you are. I'm just I'll crash that guy every 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:59.439 time and force Kyler to be the guy that runs 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:03.280 the ball so you can hit him. I'm just saying, Well, 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:06.839 Greg Roman, the OC of the Ravens, was just saying 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:09.600 to season ticket holders here in the last week, and 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:12.560 somehow this got out. He shared with them that Lamar 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:16.160 Jackson's going to be under center a lot more this year. Yeah, 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:19.880 what does that mean? You know? Cliff Cakesbury said, I'll 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:22.680 believe that when I see it. Because of what a 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:27.400 good running back Lamar Jackson is. You added Rodney Hudson, 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:31.400 You added Brian Winners at guard. These are maulers. These 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:34.880 are guys who come off the ball. You added James Sackson, 0:11:34.960 --> 0:11:38.360 a power running back. What does that? Poor ten? What 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:41.320 does that forecast. I mean, you know, it'd be great 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:44.080 if we had James Saxon, the running backs coach, on next, 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:45.920 because we could ask him a ball at all this 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:48.600 and where exactly the run game is going and where 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:51.040 should it be. So we'll go from Kyler's thoughts to 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:53.679 the running backs coach next. The Big Red Rage presented 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:59.920 by Santan Ford in Gilbert. It's a run play right 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:04.040 inside big whole headmands twenty five twenty ten five touchdown 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:08.000 the inside zone being one and Chase Edmonds found the 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:11.720 hole into the house, Baby gives it to Connor, sweeps 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:13.599 the left side, gotta block at the tan Connor to 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:19.599 the five into the touchdown. James Cotter explosive, just the 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.760 weapons that we have, Chase doing this thing already, and 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:24.959 so you know, watching film, I'm like, man, just do 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:27.160 he can? He can ball and I want to, you know, 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:29.000 learn from him and be a part of it, get 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:30.839 to work with him. You know, I ain't no telling, 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:32.520 I can't predict with him, but I know what I 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:35.079 can guarantee. I'm gonna come in here and work day 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:36.840 in and day out from my head down and grind 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:38.319 and you know I'm inte for the long cost so 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:42.120 seventeen game season. I'm looking forward to it. James Conner 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:44.280 on the potential the ares on a Cardinals offense. You 0:12:44.360 --> 0:12:48.680 want potential? How about James Connor himself? We say welcome 0:12:48.720 --> 0:12:50.960 back into the Big Red Raid, presented by satan Ford 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:53.280 and Gilbert. We are Satan for the year was twenty 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:56.040 and eighteen, Wolf, just a couple of years ago, and 0:12:57.040 --> 0:13:00.839 you had James Connor with just under fifteen hundred yards 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:04.600 from scrimmage five point four yards of touch He had 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:09.400 thirteen touchdowns that season and that was his last season 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:14.040 with James Saxon our special guest tonight, Yes, It's all 0:13:14.080 --> 0:13:16.640 about you, presented by santan Ford and Gilbert as the 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:19.679 Cardinals running backs coach is joining us this evening and 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:22.840 coach I guess Wolf has made this in an informal 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:25.680 rendition of the full back Club here tonight. The two 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:27.520 of you guys. Yeah, they ate your career and play 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:31.520 in the position as well. Absolutely, Wolf, Wolf and I 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:35.719 shortnecked a lot of people a day. Coach, how you doing, man, 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:39.160 thank you so much for joining us. Man doing okay? 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:42.840 The family okay, Yeah, everybody's doing good. Man. I got 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:48.480 a brand new, a little one five months old. About congratulation. Gratulations, coach, 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:50.880 that is awesome, right there. Any place for a fullback 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:54.839 in the James Saxon running back room was always a 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:59.880 place about a little win. I'm lucky mylected all the work. 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.760 You got that right? Bad? Uh so? Well if yeah, 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:05.640 the bad news out of the way first, uh no, 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:08.959 fullback on the horizon and the Cardinals offense as of 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:12.400 last right now, what are your takeaways from mini camp? 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:14.440 I'm not sure what you can glean or ascertain from 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:16.800 mini camp these days, but give me a couple of thoughts. 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:19.000 Now that the offseason is a rap coach, and next 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:22.560 stop is training camp. Well, I just think for you know, 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:25.160 for us as coaches, and we got a chance to 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:28.680 be arounding guys and it's it's a lot um nice. 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:30.520 It's nice to be able to be back to that 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:34.240 part of the game. And it's it's important for everybody 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:37.120 because it's it's a social game. We're social people, so 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:41.200 getting back together in any fashion was good. How did 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:44.600 the running backs look in your opinion, coach, I think 0:14:44.640 --> 0:14:47.200 these guys came in in shape, and I mean, you know, 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:49.800 it's really early now, I think we feel like we 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:52.160 got a good group. Um, we got guys who are 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:54.920 capable of doing things we're gonna ask me to do. 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:58.360 So I'm just looking forward to getting this whole thing started. 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:01.880 Kyler was talking today about what the run game could 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:04.840 or should look like. I mean, you go out in 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:08.080 the off season as Steve kime ads James Connor and 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:10.760 Rodney Hudson and Brian Winters and I look at that 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:12.440 and I really, you know, what the offensive line and 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:15.120 then call the pound game. I'm thinking, Okay, here we 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:17.520 go more of a straight ahead, power running game. What 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:21.320 should we expect this year? Well, you know, we're going 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:23.040 to continue to do the things where we're real good 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:25.240 at and you know, we're getting better a lot of 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.400 different positions. And you know, Steve and those guys have 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:29.440 done a great job of acquired guys for us, and 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:31.680 we just got to put them in the right positions 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:33.160 to go out and be able to, you know, do 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:35.680 what the capable of doing. Um, you know, it's gonna 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:37.280 be fun. I think it's gonna be fun to watch, 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:40.160 you know, as a coach, senator and helping these guys 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:42.640 get to places they want to go. So it's gonna 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:46.400 be a fun fun thing to watch. James, what do 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:51.480 you look for in a running back specifically? Well, um, toughness. 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.520 You're toughness you get, they're not. I don't know if 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:57.320 Eddie good and running back in the NFL that I've 0:15:57.360 --> 0:16:00.480 ever been around that wasn't probably toughest guy team or 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:04.600 add toughness that you could clearly see. Um, And I 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:07.680 think that we have several guys like that in our roam, 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:10.280 including you know, obviously Chase and James. I mean, we 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:13.480 got young guys like Jonathan Ward and Nial Benjamin who 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:16.440 are these guys are hungry, Tabian Pieces and California Muhammad. 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:18.680 We got a good group of guys that I'm really 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:21.880 looking forward to working with. Cardinals running backs coach James 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:24.440 Saxon our guest here on the Big Red Rage. I 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:28.840 see two running backs who are both in contract years 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:31.000 and a James Connor and a Chase Edmonds. Do you 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:33.320 like that? Do you like that two guys pushing each 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:37.960 other and improve it years in their career? You know that? 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:40.280 You know, I've yet to be on a team that's 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:42.120 won the Super Bowl, but I've been in the Championship 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:44.520 game a couple of times. And the one thing I 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:46.920 know is that in this game, you gotta play. Man. 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:49.840 If if you want to be a great team, you 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:51.920 want to be a great player, man, you gotta you 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:55.120 gotta be able to compete at the same level or 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:57.320 even better than the best players in the sport. So 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:00.600 that's to me, that's that's it, mean, that's part of it. 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:03.360 I mean, that's that's where everybody who wants to win 0:17:03.400 --> 0:17:05.359 in this game has to go. And you got to 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:07.000 beat the best that you want to be the best. 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:10.680 James talk to me about Chase Edmunds and his skill 0:17:10.760 --> 0:17:13.320 set and the type of football player is. I absolutely 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:17.600 love his mentality. Talk a little bit about Chase Edmunds. Well, um, 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:20.840 probably one of the smartest guys I've ever been around. 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:25.640 Question the guys not only a phenomenal above the next 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:30.119 person and just a personable human. Just love being around 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:32.760 him talking to him. He's an excellent athlete and the 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:36.600 guy's got it's self confidence. It's just that just looses 0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:39.160 out of him and everybody around the building just kind 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:42.640 of gravitates towards him. And Uh, it's good for our 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:44.919 team and I think that you know, these guys are 0:17:45.000 --> 0:17:47.400 grown together and as you know, when you got guys 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:50.640 like Chase and you add a guy like James, and uh, 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:54.560 it's just it just it is great for you. You 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:57.240 set me up right there on that note, same question, 0:17:57.600 --> 0:18:02.240 James Conner, talk to me about this dude. You know, 0:18:02.520 --> 0:18:06.480 this guy is a pro. Um. It's been fun. You know, 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:08.480 it was fun to be around him from the first 0:18:08.480 --> 0:18:10.920 two years in the league, and then you know, it 0:18:11.080 --> 0:18:13.399 was fun watching him from Afar and you know, just 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:16.280 to get a chance to be back around that guy. Um, 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:19.399 the guy means you know, there's no words I can 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:22.200 use to describe, you know, how I see it about 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:25.719 that kid, Um, other than you know, I'm extremely excited. 0:18:25.760 --> 0:18:28.000 We're extremely excited that he chose to come here and 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:31.200 be with us. And and it's gonna it's gonna it's 0:18:31.200 --> 0:18:33.080 gonna be a good thing. And again, it's gonna be 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:37.600 fun to watch. Can can he catch the ball? The 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:40.920 backfield to catch the ball? Yeah, I mean, but I 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:43.960 don't think you want to ask an elephant to you know, 0:18:44.400 --> 0:18:53.679 ride in the sailboat this guy. Yeah, but now he's uh, 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:56.760 we're gonna put that guy in the best position to 0:18:57.040 --> 0:19:00.800 help us, and and he more than will him to 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:03.440 do that. He's gonna be prepared. I was talking to 0:19:03.520 --> 0:19:06.119 my older brother Craig about James Connor, and I know 0:19:06.280 --> 0:19:09.760 you know Craig as well, and he was so sad 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:12.640 to actually see him leave right there. He was telling 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:16.600 me that Mike Tomlin absolutely was heartbroken that they couldn't 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:20.399 get something done, heartbroken that James Connor was actually walking 0:19:20.440 --> 0:19:23.159 out of that organization. Mike Tomlin, I guess called him 0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:26.200 as Belle cow a running back that was a three 0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:29.160 down back. Do you see him as a three down back? 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:33.320 You know, the guy's capable of doing whatever you ask 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:35.399 him to do. And in this league, you know, the 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:37.959 longer you see in this league, you have to evolve 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:42.040 and become smarter. And that's that's that's the bottom line 0:19:42.080 --> 0:19:44.480 for any guy that surviveing this league for a long time. 0:19:44.640 --> 0:19:47.680 And I'm I say survive, we're talking about thrive and 0:19:47.800 --> 0:19:51.000 be a factor on football team because nobody stays it's over. 0:19:51.080 --> 0:19:53.600 You get in this league and not be productive on 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:56.400 mean done, the teams move on for guys like that book. 0:19:56.680 --> 0:19:59.359 When you got guys, we're gonna continue some produce. I 0:19:59.440 --> 0:20:02.159 mean want you want those days and I get it 0:20:02.240 --> 0:20:03.720 most of the talk in the off season has been 0:20:03.760 --> 0:20:06.520 about the one two punch of Chase Edmonds and James Connor. 0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:09.719 But the question that Chase gets the most is can 0:20:09.880 --> 0:20:12.680 he be in every down running back? What do you 0:20:12.760 --> 0:20:16.600 say to that? Um? You know, I I tell those 0:20:16.640 --> 0:20:18.359 guys all the time. I said, you know, nobody goes 0:20:18.400 --> 0:20:22.000 at hall saying it's not available. There's not one guy 0:20:22.040 --> 0:20:25.320 in all things who hasn't played. We hadn't been available. 0:20:25.640 --> 0:20:29.119 And the number one thing in order to be productive 0:20:29.200 --> 0:20:31.680 and important part of the team, you gotta be available 0:20:31.760 --> 0:20:34.879 and you gotta produce. And you know, we feel like 0:20:34.960 --> 0:20:37.240 this guy's gonna be capable doing those things otherwise I 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:41.440