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You know football is near, Ron Wolfley, 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:19.080 When Trey McBride and Nick Ross are barking at each 0:01:19.120 --> 0:01:23.080 other out on the backfields, when every other Cardinals young 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:26.319 guy looks like he needs nner the World's Strongest Man contest. 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:30.600 I mean, it's magnus ver Marvinson. At this point, you 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:31.880 know football is near. 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:32.800 Wait for it. 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:37.400 When Aaron Rodgers finally decides to show up for something 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:41.880 more than the Pat McAfee show, Well we're waiting, but 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:46.360 never fear. The original Thursday Night Football is here, fifty 0:01:46.520 --> 0:01:50.520 two weeks a year, Tonight, featuring one of our favorites, 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:54.560 the precocious, the talented, the affable, Starling Thomas the Fifth. 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:59.120 Paul Calvic here, Ron Wolfy there on the Big Red Rage, 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:03.520 presented by and tan Ford and Gilbert We are santan Ford. 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:06.480 You know, Paul, you bring up Starling Thomas the Fifth, 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:10.280 of course, and this guy was really a surprise last year. 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:13.680 I'm sorry, I'm sure it wasn't a surprise to star 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:16.520 how well he played, but for me, at least as 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.959 the analyst watching him play out there and watching how 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:24.959 effectively he assimilated into the secondary. I gotta tell you, man, 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:26.760 Star Thomas is a player. 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:30.840 And look, Wolf we're gonna ask him about that Week 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:33.680 three starting assignment against Oh, I don't know, the Detroit 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:37.079 Lions team that had caught him a year earlier. Oh 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:40.119 how good did that feel? Because we know I don't 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:42.520 know if he knows this, but coaches told us that 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:46.560 Lions coaches were pointing to Starling Thomas pregame and saying, yeah, 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:49.680 that was a regret mistake. We let that guy hit 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:52.200 the street. Less than twenty four hours later, he was 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:54.720 an Arizona Cardinal. The dude ran a four to eight 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:56.760 at his pro day. So we're going to talk about 0:02:56.800 --> 0:02:59.120 Starling Thomas. We're going to talk to Starling Thomas all 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:01.840 about this Cardinals, what he's seen so far, where this 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:05.600 defense can go. And you're talking about OTA's here wolf 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:09.679 where you know what? Look the eyeball test so far, 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:12.920 a lot of guys are passing it, including Darius Robinson. 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:15.760 Did you not ask d rob what his weight was 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:17.880 earlier this week? What did you find out? 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:19.880 As a matter of fact, Paully, I did. I looked 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:22.600 him dead in the eye and I said, Darius, you 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:25.600 gotta tell me what's your weight at right now? And 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:27.360 are you where you want to be? And he said 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:30.480 two hundred and ninety pounds. Oh, Danny, he said yes. 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:33.280 Paul I was like, wait a minute, are you telling 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:35.360 me you can still actually go out you can play 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:38.920 a seven technique. You could play the wide nine on 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:40.920 the edge. You could actually go out there at two 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:43.760 hundred ninety pounds and play the wine nine. Are you 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:46.640 telling me you could do that, Darius? He said, yes, 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:49.680 two hundred and ninety pound edge. 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:50.160 Wow. 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:53.800 Listen. If that does happen, look out, baby, that's gonna 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:54.520 be a good thing. 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:58.240 We like to call it eleven card pickup. Nick rawlis 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:00.760 getting crazy with all eleven guys. Where are they going 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:02.520 to be? Where are they coming from? How is he 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:04.880 going to deploy them? Zavion Collins will talk a little 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:06.680 bit later on this edition of The Big Red Rage 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:09.320 about how he can be over the nose, he can 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:12.600 be deep center field. So a little bit of everything 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:17.680 makes them really unpredictable. On defense, what's interesting is we 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:19.640 haven't had a whole bunch of time to talk about 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:22.560 the offense this offseason because the Cardinals, you know, the 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:26.799 new and improved defense, the extreme makeover. Trey McBride finally 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:28.520 had a chance to speak up and be after the 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:30.800 offense this week, and here's what he had to say 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:33.080 about building that foundation in OTAs. 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:36.040 This is a you know, the foundation of how you 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:38.919 start the season, you get the timing, you get the 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:42.480 offensive lineman, you know, working on these blocks together, combination blocks, 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:45.160 you get the timing with Kyler and just being out 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:47.360 there and seeing the defense and running routes again and 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:49.719 catching the ball from Kyler everything. It just kind of 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:53.440 get that gelback, get that you know, flow everything. But 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:55.080 I'm excited to see where this offense can go. 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:57.240 There you go, Trey McBride, your Pro Bowl tight end, 0:04:58.240 --> 0:04:58.400 you know. 0:04:58.440 --> 0:04:58.640 Yeah. 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:01.159 Jonathan Gannon this week will talking about how he wanted 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:05.480 to see improvement on offense with quote efficiency. Yeah, care 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:07.480 to translate that in your opinion? What do you think 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:10.479 the head coach means by better efficiency on offense? 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:13.960 Yeah? For me, Pauly, it's more consistency. That's what he's 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:17.640 really looking for, to go out and perform well in 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:22.000 a much more consistent basis. I think that's on all 0:05:22.160 --> 0:05:26.120 phases of offensive football. But also too, when you're talking 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:29.680 about efficiency, you're talking about Okay, Kyler Murray and Marvin 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:32.800 Harrison Junior and how many times when they throw the 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:35.560 ball on the nine route, on the fade, on a 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:38.920 deep throw down the field, how many times does Kyler 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:42.120 put that ball on the money, giving Marvin Harrison Junior 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:45.400 an opportunity to actually go up and make a play, 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:48.719 even if it's contested, go up and make a play 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.880 down the field. That to me, they need to do 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:54.680 that a lot more efficiently going forward. But to me 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:58.280 they go overall too. He's talking about consistency and how 0:05:58.320 --> 0:05:58.839 they play. 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:00.839 And we'll take a deep a little bit later in 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:02.960 this edition of The Big Red Rage presented by Santan 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:07.600 Ford in Gilbert on the whole dynamic of broken plays 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:10.240 and now with the Kyler Murray at quarterback and the 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:14.400 ninety nine score on athleticism that can benefit the Cardinals. 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:17.120 All you know is talking to Jacoby Brissett in this 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:20.120 studio earlier this week Wolf. He was talking about Drew Petsing, 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:23.760 who was the quarterbacks coach twenty twenty two for Cleveland 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:26.680 when Jacoby Brissett started eleven games or drew in the 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:29.240 Cleveland Browns. He just talked about one of the great 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:32.599 aspects of DREWF. Petsing as an offensive coordinator is he'll 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:35.720 run any play at any time and it's not about 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:38.919 him and his play sheet. It's about the players. And 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:41.080 you know what, You know this better than anyone ten 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.520 years in the NFL, ego is a real thing, not 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:46.960 only with players but with coaches, and so if Drew 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:49.760 Petsing is willing to adapt and put guys in the 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:52.479 best position to make plays based on the talent he has. Okay, 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:54.960 what does that mean year three in the system? What 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:58.640 does it mean year three going into camp? Interesting? Because 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:02.280 woll if we want you to tran from football ease 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:05.279 to English, from coach speak to English. Here's what Jonathan 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:09.560 Gannon said he's been about changing with this year's off 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:10.520 season workouts. 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:15.640 I wanted more friction in off season so training camp really, 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:18.080 so we're just going to schedule a little bit different way. 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:25.160 More friction, he said, more friction training camp really? Yes, Okay, 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:29.480 So to me, PAULI, more friction is more contact. I 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:32.080 don't think that. You know, did you really need a 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:35.600 ten year veteran in the NFL to actually translate that, Paulie, 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:39.600 I don't think so. I think he's talking about more physicality, 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:42.600 of course, and he's talking about the pads going on, 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:46.280 and he's talking about training camp and that that friction 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:49.840 is going to turn into intensity. The only thing I 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:52.480 would add to that is coach are you going to 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:57.960 change your policy if it gets too contested and there's 0:07:58.000 --> 0:08:00.680 too much friction that is out on the field and 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:03.600 somebody says, what are you doing jigging me in the eye. Well, 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:05.920 I'm going to go ahead and hammer you for that. 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:08.520 You know, what are you going to do when that happens? 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:10.760 If you've been scoring at home? Correct me if I'm wrong. 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:14.880 There's been one fight that have got players kicked out 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:18.080 each of the first two training camps under Jonathan Gannon. 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:20.280 There were two players who went at in year one. 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:22.040 There were two players who went at in year two. 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:24.320 Both had the walk of shame, had to have the 0:08:24.480 --> 0:08:29.600 long walk, the entire one hundred yards down shame. It 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:31.880 is when you're kicked out of camp, when you're kicked 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:32.600 out of practice. 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:35.000 I'm not going to call it the walk of shame. 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:37.800 You already feel shame at that point. Well, this is. 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:40.320 Where you know what poly Seriously, you know how much 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:43.120 I love JG and how much in line. 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:46.679 Well, if this got you in trouble with don't say it. 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:51.319 Don't say it still, Paul, it is it is okay. 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:54.199 I won't say okay, but you know how I feel 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:55.400 about it, and so does JG. 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:57.280 And here's why I asked the question off the top, 0:08:57.320 --> 0:08:59.080 and I know you thought it was a rhetorical question. 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:01.440 Why am I asking him means more physicality? Are we 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:03.719 sure it means more physicality, because in this day and 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:07.400 age where starters hardly play in the month of August, 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:10.400 maybe it just means more compete. Maybe it just means 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:13.560 more one on ones, not necessarily rooting in a two 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:16.040 and here's a four arm shiver to your neck. No, 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:20.080 maybe it just means, Okay, we're gonna get more contested 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:22.720 practices one oh yeah against ones. 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:25.320 I think that, honestly, that could be the case. But 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:27.839 once again, Paul, if you're talking about that, if you're 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:31.960 talking about competition and ramping up competition, what do you 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:35.760 think puts the blood on the boil? That's exactly what 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:40.040 it puts. Competition. When you're all jacked up, fired up, 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:43.080 and suddenly you think you've been wrong, you you kind 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:45.840 of you're playing so hard in the game of football, 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:49.840 you kind of lose your mind. Friction can be competitive, 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:52.360 no doubt about it. If that's what he's talking about, 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:55.559 I think it's physicality, and I think it is competition 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:59.280 as well. But you put those two things together, and man, 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:01.000 look out. 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:04.120 See I already think as a default setting going into 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:06.360 this camp this year, it's going to be more competitive 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:08.599 than ever. You know why because they are going to 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:12.120 be legitimate NFL players who don't make the final fifty three. 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:14.719 Oh yeah, Paul, each of the last two years. I mean, 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:17.320 come on, you sort of knew the final fifty three 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:21.000 save maybe one two three spots. Now you need two 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:25.040 hands to count how many spots will legitimately open. There's 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:26.959 going to be a really good defensive lineman, a really 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:30.079 good corner at least who don't make this final fifty three. 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:32.560 No doubt about it, PAULI in right now the OTAs. 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:36.040 What's going on right now with the OTAs, Man, this 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:38.880 is where it begins. It really is. If he's talking 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:42.360 about friction and really talking about that friction, that competitiveness 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:45.880 in training camp. Of course, it starts in the OTAs 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:49.400 right now. Rookies and newcomers. This is an important time 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:52.800 of year, Paul. For rookies and newcomers. They got to 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:55.320 learn the skit, the schemes, they got to learn the 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:59.719 system right here. They have to prepare themselves so that 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:02.560 when they go to training camp. They know the offense. 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.320 They can play fast, they can go out there and 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:09.040 hammer people and lower the plow and hit the gas. 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:12.800 Veterans getting used to new coaches, the dynamic like we 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:15.720 have in the defensive line room. By way of example, 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:21.640 that is so important for veterans and newcomers to this 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:27.080 team and rookies that training camp. You're one hundred percent 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.160 when you're going into training camp, and the only way 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:31.839 to be one hundred percent doing that is the OTAs. 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:35.120 Hey, Greg Derge told us this week Will Johnson round 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:39.160 two rookie looks really really good, just like he looked 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:42.480 at Michigan. Hey, join the berg Ganga Dallas Monday Night Football. 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:46.880 It's Cardinals Premier Travel hosted by Cardinals Legend Travel Packages. 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:51.800 You gotta check it out azcardstravel dot com, azcardstravel dot Com. 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:56.200 Starling Thomas is next as we talk to the corner 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:59.520 on the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert. 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:06.840 Yash on the left side of the end zone and 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:10.199 it is incomplete. Starling Thomas had good coverage. 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:13.040 It's one on one on the outside and that is 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:17.440 excellent coverage by Starling Thomas fires. 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:20.720 Right sideline Thomas knocks it down. Good play by Thomas 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:22.160 who is on Dobbs that time. 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.680 Excellent coverage right there by Starling Thomas. 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:28.000 Deep ball near side and incomplete. 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:31.559 What a job by star Thomas in cover John Gibson 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:35.120 at the twenty yard line. He turned around to defend 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:37.400 the ball and broke up the pass. 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:41.760 It is just so heads off by Thomas. This young 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:44.080 guy is developing and has been. 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:44.960 All season long. 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:49.120 Right, here's a fun fact for you. Which NFL player 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:54.200 has the most starts among all NFL players who entered 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:59.240 as rookie free agents since twenty twenty three? How about 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:01.600 the guy who grew up going to do Carlos Dansby 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:07.080 football camps in Birmingham, Alabama, where the star also stands 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:10.599 for star ur Starling. Thomas is our guest and the 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:13.680 Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. We 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:15.800 are santan Ford Starling. How we doing, man? 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:17.760 I'm doing great man. Happy to be here man. 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:21.560 We had John last season. And among the other fun 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:26.000 facts we learned Starling is how many generations? How many generations? 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:26.240 Back? 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:27.440 Does that go? The name itself? 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:33.040 I'm the fifth, so go four generations? Man? That is okay, 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:34.440 I give me a six one day. 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:38.599 All right. So here we are, year three, okay, and 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:41.440 and everyone talks about, all right, the jump from year 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:43.959 one to year two. We wait a minute, what about 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:46.400 a jump from year two to year three? How are 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:48.120 you feeling? How is it tracking so far? 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:49.160 I'm feeling great. 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:49.400 Man. 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:51.600 The games there is slowing down day by day. I'm 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:53.920 learning the defense more of the ins and outs of it, 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:56.360 and I'm just having fun with the game. Just seeing 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:58.600 the progress that I made from like you said, year two, 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.079 year three, Man, I'm so excited for this season. 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:03.520 We had Jalen Thompson in the studio recently. He's just 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:05.920 talking about you know what when you know it? As 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:08.679 JG says, are you at that point now with this defense? 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:10.480 I definitely think that I'm at that point right now. 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:12.360 And I feel like the coaches have that trusted me in. 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:15.320 My team has have that trusted me that I know 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:17.600 know it and they feel good when I'm out there. 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:21.160 You do anything unconventional, you know in training methods this offseason? 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:23.000 What are you doing like hot yoga? 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:26.400 You know, the pilates, you know, I started I started 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:29.800 davving into the pilates and the yoga man, But I 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:32.440 have become a big fan of goda. A lot of 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:34.280 people may not know about that, but I do not. 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:39.000 So let me explain. Goda is like reconstructing your body 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:40.400 to move as a baby moves. 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:44.280 Really, yes, and how does one go about doing that? 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:47.320 You do a lot of work this on your toes 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:51.160 and working on bowls as they call him. It's called boweing, 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:54.400 bowing into the hips and to your corners. 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:57.240 So and what does that do for you out in 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:58.760 the field? Have you noticed the difference? 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:01.480 Yes, I feel way more explosive. I feel like I 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:03.360 get out of my cuts way bro, because all I'm 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:05.640 staying on my toes more and not being as flat footed. 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:08.320 You know, every workout that you do now is always 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:11.480 flat footed. And but go to like reconstructs as and 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:13.080 you are on your toes more. 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:16.120 You learn something. Even an old guy like me learn 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:19.800 something every day that's outstanding. Starling Thomas is our guest 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:22.600 here on the Big Red Rage, presented by Santan forty 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:25.160 and Gilbert. Do you still hang around Buddha. 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:27.160 Man, Yeah, it's my guy. Like as I next right 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:30.920 next to each other, families know each other now, man, 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:32.720 it's like my best friend right now. 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.240 I mean not everyone gets invited to Buddha Baker's house 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:38.320 for Thanksgiving dinner? Right, So, what do you think if 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:40.680 the young guys came up to you because you're no 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:45.240 longer the youngest helping young guys, right, I mean, that's 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:47.040 got to be a little bit different, just that vibe 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:47.840 right there, right. 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:51.120 Yeah, because you're so used to being the young guy 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:54.880 hang around Buddha and JT all the time, and being 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:57.000 a young guy to that group now is like, Okay, 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:59.000 you gotta step into a bigger role, Like you're not 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:01.360 the young guy anymore. You're You're one of the vets now. 0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:04.200 So I've been excited and I've just been embracing it. Honestly. 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:06.120 I hear all of the other dbs talk about how 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:07.560 when it comes to the meeting rooms, they want to 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:09.680 sit next to Buddha and JT. It's like they're the 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:13.239 cool kids in class. What do you guys learn through osmosis? 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:15.240 What do you think you've learned the most from those two. 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:19.000 Just being able to watch film, understand concepts, and just 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:22.360 being a pro send right next to Boodo, you can 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:24.920 see how his notes are, you can ask him questions 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:27.800 and he thinks as a coach things, you know, he's 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.480 able to go out there and explain what everybody does. 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:33.640 So just being around him, just finding out how the 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:36.400 defense works, makes you play fast by knowing where everybody 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:37.200 everyone is. 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:39.480 And then when you have the head coach who's area 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:42.880 of expertise is cornerback, what's the luck to play for 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:45.560 Johnathan Gannet Because if there is one position group that 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:47.720 he knows cold, it's your room. 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:48.760 Yeah. 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:51.200 Is he more demanding because of that? Because of just 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:51.920 his background? 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:54.520 I feel like he is. He's on the corners super hard. 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:56.480 I mean, and as a corner in the NFL, you 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:58.600 have to be able to withstand the pressure. So he 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:01.760 puts pressures on us any different techniques. So he's on 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:04.280 us pretty hard. But everybody in that room, we all 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:06.600 embraced that fact and that's why we played corner and 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:07.960 that's why the Cardinals have us. 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:13.080 So twenty two starts after you an undrafted rookie free agent, 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:16.639 what did you know about yourself, Starling Thomas that the 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:19.200 NFL found out once you entered the league. 0:17:19.920 --> 0:17:23.600 I just knew that I belonged here, regardless of draft status, 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:26.160 regardless of what people may think or whatever. I knew 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:28.680 that I belong Like you said, you wouldn't have twenty 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:32.479 two starts in two years without being belonging here. So 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:35.320 just you know, just proving myself right and everybody else 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:36.160 that believed in me right. 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:38.680 Honestly, how good did it feel? Come on, now we're 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:41.440 in the trust tree? Okay, the next season? How good 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:43.480 did it feel Week three last year and you're a 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:46.600 starter against the team that cut you good to Detroit Lions. 0:17:46.960 --> 0:17:49.359 Man, it felt amazing. Man. It was a lot of emotions. 0:17:49.400 --> 0:17:52.240 But I was so happy to be out there, man, 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:54.560 And even the guys over there on their team, Man, 0:17:54.600 --> 0:17:56.600 they was happy to see me, man, And it was 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:57.800 just it was a surreal moment. 0:17:57.800 --> 0:17:57.960 Man. 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:00.239 But I went out there and just played played all 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:02.720 knew that I belonged there, and you know, made them 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:04.080 wish that I was still over there. 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:06.280 For everyone who missed your appearance in the Big Red 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:10.320 Rage last year. Are there similarities between Dan Campbell and 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:13.040 Jonathan Gannett, especially when it comes to the energy. 0:18:13.200 --> 0:18:16.440 Yes, both both people are hot energy guys and they 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:18.800 make you want to play for them. Like, I haven't 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:21.160 been around coaches like that in a minute, So I'm 0:18:21.160 --> 0:18:23.960 glad that I was able to play on them, both 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:26.680 of them, But JG and Dan Campbelly are very hot 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:29.000 energy and you know they make you want to put 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:29.960 your neck out there for them. 0:18:30.359 --> 0:18:33.760 I look at this cornerback room, even minus Sean Murphy bunting, 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:36.320 you know, done for the year unfortunately with injury. Still 0:18:36.440 --> 0:18:39.720 I look at this at as the most competitive room. 0:18:40.000 --> 0:18:43.040 You got eleven corners in there. What's it been like 0:18:43.080 --> 0:18:44.560 out on the field here during Ota? 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:47.040 Some it's been competitive. All of us are just trying to, 0:18:47.440 --> 0:18:49.240 you know, push each other, And I feel like that's 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:51.840 the best thing about it. When you have a competitive room, 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:55.000 everybody's play is going to go go up. So that's 0:18:55.040 --> 0:18:57.280 been the best thing about it. And everybody in the 0:18:57.359 --> 0:19:00.320 room has been pushing one another's no you know, mad 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:02.080 about this or that. Everybody just want to see each 0:19:02.080 --> 0:19:02.640 other do good. 0:19:03.160 --> 0:19:05.239 Where are you better? How are you better versus your 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:07.960 rookie year here? Now in year three as a player. 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:10.960 I am more comfortable. I know what to do. I'm 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:13.480 comfortable in myself, my teammates are comfortable in me, and 0:19:13.680 --> 0:19:15.360 now I just I just go out there and play 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:16.880 my game. I know my game, I know what I'm 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:18.560 good at you know, I know the things that I 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:20.240 work on, and you know, I'm just ready to go 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:21.919 out there and continue to make plays like I do. 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:24.639 We had Paris Johnson junior in right, he was he 0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:27.560 was your draft class, and we talked about all the 0:19:27.600 --> 0:19:31.080