WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Sanders Expects Refreshed A.J. Green 0:00:02.240 --> 0:00:05.720 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles. Ahead, 0:00:05.800 --> 0:00:10.600 he got Jack. This is the Big Red Ray presented 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:14.760 by Santanford in Gilbert. Harry's gonna score touchdown. Then so 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:17.959 for Bets goes up and begs the game wading cast. 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:23.160 Larry Luncheon does it again. The Rage is brought to 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:27.880 you by satan Ford in Gilbert. Or are you Satanford 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:31.640 State Farm? Talk to an agent today at eight hundred 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:37.360 State Farm and buy Arizona Cardinals podcasts, Visit acy Cardinals 0:00:37.440 --> 0:00:46.199 dot Com, Slash podcasts, The Rod sn rising ar temperaturizing vision, flurring, 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:50.840 rage taking over. Here's Paul CALVC. Get the popcorn ready, 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:53.680 It's gonna be a show and Ron will flip. It 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:59.360 doesn't get any better than that. Unleash the far. He 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:06.000 start with two words, what if three weeks from tonight, 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:09.839 Ron Wolfley, the two thousand and twenty one NFL Draft 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:14.080 will commence in Cleveland. You're gonna go socratic, Paul. So 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:19.080 every single sentence basically starts with the words, what if, 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:22.440 Right about now, as we near mid April, what if 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:24.600 Kyler Murray broke the huddle this season? Ron Wolfley an 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:28.200 eleven personnel and at one receiver on the outside is 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:31.240 DeAndre Hopkins. And at the other receiver at the other 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:36.800 side outside aj Green, and in the slot Christian Kirk. Okay, 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:40.199 check that box. Did I mention it's eleven personnel? Because 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:45.320 at tight end? What if it was Kyle Pitts, the 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:49.000 rookie Yata, Florida. How about that, PAULI? Eleven personnel right there, 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:51.680 one back, one tight end, three wide receivers, and it 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.640 was Kyle Pitts. You know what, I don't like that, Paul. 0:01:54.680 --> 0:01:57.080 I don't like that eleven personnel with Kyle Pitts at 0:01:57.120 --> 0:01:58.600 tight end. And the reason why I don't like it 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:00.600 is he's not a stud tight end. It's not a 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:02.880 guy that's gonna move somebody off the ball. Now, if 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:05.520 you're talking George Kittle, Now, all of a sudden, you 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:08.120 got a guy like George Kittle that can obviously catch 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:10.760 the ball, make plays down the field, but also as 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:15.600 an excellent blocker. Eleven personnel, Maybe you're talking twelve personnel, Polly, 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:19.280 one back, two tight ends with Kyle Pitts as one 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:21.480 of those tight ends. Maybe the move tight end? Is 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:24.040 that what you're talking about, Polly? No, And I'm not 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:26.799 the one talking. See, I'm not the one who's talking 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:28.600 about it here on the Big Red Rage presented by 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:31.399 santan Ford and go. We are Santan Ford, my guy 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:34.600 Peter Schreger, who you tried to poach two years ago 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:37.000 as your guy Peter Schreger in the lobby of that 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:40.400 hotel I wrote, did not my guy Peter Schreger, who 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:42.679 you honed in on our conversation while we're having some 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:46.240 coffee that Sunday morning. He's the one proposing this trade. 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:47.959 We'll get into it a little bit later. Let's just 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:51.040 say he's saying that Steve Kim will join the rest 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:54.799 of the division and trade away future first round picks 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.640 to make this happen and move up to number seven, 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:00.720 a trade with a Lion. So that's that's fall. Wait 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:02.760 a minute, ball, are you talking about a mock draft? 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:05.440 You're talking about a mock draft here. First of all, 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:10.440 it's just without trades. Just think about it right now. 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:15.080 How accurate our mock drafts without trades. Now we're gonna 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:18.000 go ahead and we're gonna throw in the trade possibility. 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:20.960 I'm glad you asked. Because VP of Media Relations Mark Dalton, 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:23.440 I believe he has crunched the numbers historically over the 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:27.040 last couple of decades and last conversation with Mark, I 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:30.760 believe the figure was two point seven picks per thirty 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:33.400 two in the first round typically are correct. Think about that. 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:36.080 So in the first round we got somebody out there 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:39.520 doing four round mocks. It's a low percentage, although this 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:43.840 year with the cork about an exercise and futility ball. Okay, 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:45.640 so what about this a little bit later here in 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:48.160 the Big Red Rage. Not only do we have Frank 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:52.120 Sanders coming our way, former Cardinals receiving great who always 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:54.920 brings some outstanding analysis, we had to book him again. 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:58.240 Well done, good get by our Jim almahundro. But we're 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:01.880 gonna hear from Ron Wolfley from the Larry Fitzgerald Update desk. 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:03.680 Are we not wolf You have something for us? You 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:05.640 have a headline that's ready to be made here on 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:07.920 the Big Red Rage. I have no idea what you're 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:10.040 talking about, but I will tell you right now if 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:12.000 you get if you go ahead and move up, you 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:15.200 get Kyle Pitts, you might as well just go ten personnel. 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:19.480 Isn't that what you're in already? Yeah? Pretty much you're right, 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:22.160 you're well, you know, Paulie, I'm just saying, let's go, 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:25.160 here we go. You lost Dan Arnold, who now is 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:27.880 going to be catching passes from Sam Darnold. So Sam 0:04:27.960 --> 0:04:31.320 Darnold to Dan Arnold is what's going on in Carolina? 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:35.040 Not so. But what we have here are is this 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:38.560 story on CBS sports dot com and the headline screams 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:41.800 top remaining NFL free agents at each position, and it 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:46.480 continues with a subheadline James Connor, Larry Fitzgerald headblind the 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:50.120 big names left. Really we're just getting rolling on the 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:57.200 Big Red Rage presented by satan Ford in Gilbert. Each 0:04:57.279 --> 0:04:58.920 team of the time out a minute four to go 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:02.239 in a tie game here overtime thirty four piece, gotta 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:05.280 get a stop here thirty fourteen playclock at one snapped 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:07.440 to Wilson quick for over the middle, picked off, It's 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:10.160 intercepted at the forty yard line. Baiah Simmons has it 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:13.440 running far side of the forty five platter bounds at 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:17.040 the fifty yard line. Fifty seven seconds LA Cardinals have 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:20.040 the ball man and time out. The Rooky made a play. 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:25.120 Isaiah Simmons is right there with the sweeth hands want 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:29.200 to catch by Isaiah Simmons. Yeah, that's no doubt the 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:33.200 play of his rookie year, although he made plays in 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:36.320 both games against the Seahawks. Obviously that interception that was 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:39.120 critical and overtime a big time win by the Cardinals 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:41.480 in Week seven, thirty seven thirty four game where they 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:45.320 trailed ten nothing twenty seven fourteen thirty four to twenty four, 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:47.960 they come back to beat Seattle. And then the Week 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:51.040 eleven loss at the Seahawks, that was a game. Remember Wolf, 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:53.960 he had a team high ten tackles and a sack. 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:57.680 Isaiah Simmons the Cardinals first round pick a year ago. 0:05:57.800 --> 0:05:59.880 It is the Big Red Rage presented by Satan four 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.760 and Gilbert. We are santan Ford and we are three 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:07.320 weeks away from the NFL Draft. That Cardinals and Niners 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:09.800 the only teams in the division, Wolf with first round 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:13.000 picks at their disposal right now. Yeah, no doubt, Pollie, 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.120 And just listening to you talk about the draft, it 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:17.480 does make me think of Isaiah Simmons. It makes me 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:20.000 think of his rookie year. Of course last year and 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.000 you know, Polly, going into that season, I just wanted 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:26.200 to see from Isaiah Simmons. That he was a willing participant, 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:28.840 a guy that would take his face and stick it 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:31.160 right into the fire. I talked about this over and 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:34.520 over and over again. Does he have the physicality we knew? 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:38.240 He's got all the playmaking talent, all the playmaking skills 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:41.160 you could possibly want from a guy that is kind 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:45.200 of a tweener linebacker himself. A strong safety hybrid if 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:47.520 you will, that you can actually stick in the box. 0:06:47.839 --> 0:06:50.560 But man, what about his physicality? And I can tell 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:53.800 you right now that was a pleasant surprise to me. 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:57.960 A mild surprise, but a pleasant surprise. Isaiah Simmons has 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:01.599 got no problem whatsoever sticking his face into the fan. 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:05.360 And it's no surprise that Devandre Campbell is still unsigned 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:09.240 in free agency. That is Isaiah simmons position this year, 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:12.440 right alongside Jordan Hicks. Not to say vance Joseph won't 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:15.320 continue to use them in a variety of roles and 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:20.680 that position flexibility. So okay, we have Isaiah Simmons. Real quick, wolf, 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:22.800 give me a couple of thumbnails before we get to 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:26.720 Frank Sanders on some of the other rookies the Cardinals 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:29.200 came away with in last year's draft. For example, an 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:32.800 order of selection round three, Josh Jones. What do you 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:36.440 make of that selection? Yeah, that's great, Paully. Listen, Josh Jones. 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:39.680 Everybody was raving about the fact that Arizona Cardinals got 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:42.720 Josh Jones in the third round, and that, once again 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:46.560 was just from a talent perspective. Do I think this 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:48.680 guy is going to be a starter at some point 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:50.320 in time? I do. Do I think it's going to 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:52.880 be this year? I don't, Polly, I don't. I do 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:55.120 think they're going to line them up at right guard. 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:57.040 They're going to give him the opportunity to go out 0:07:57.080 --> 0:08:00.760 there get some raps at tackle as well behind Alvin Beecham. 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:04.640 But I think this is a perfect situation for any 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:09.080 offensive lineman that's hyper talented the way that Josh Jones is, 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:13.160 but has got to ease his way into the NFL game. 0:08:13.400 --> 0:08:16.040 And I think that's exactly what's going to happen with 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:18.560 Josh Jones. And I think it's going to benefit him 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:21.760 greatly to be able to watch a guy like Calvin 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:25.640 Beecham go about his business, go about his job. Maybe 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:28.680 Josh Jones is going to get some reps inside at guard. 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:31.720 I know the Arizona Cardinals have talked about that from 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:34.480 time to time, lining him up there, letting him compete 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:38.360 for that open position, and we'll see where that goes. 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:40.800 But yeah, Polly, I think for the most part, Josh 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:44.719 Jones is still a question mark. Maybe just maybe one 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:46.839 of the reasons they haven't been all that aggressive in 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:49.559 free agency when it comes to tight end is because 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:53.240 Josh Jones could be that sixth offensive lineman slash tight 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:57.360 end in some obvious rundown situations. They did that a 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:00.360 few times last year. I wonder if they liked it. 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:03.280 We know that he is upside, I mean the stat 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:05.760 I remember US Pro Football Focus had him rated as 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:09.559 the fourteenth best player in the entire draft and he 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:13.280 went in Round three. So okay, we'll see whether that 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:15.760 comes to fruition this year. I'm with you will probably 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:18.040 not maybe a year three for Josh Jones, but I 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:19.920 think they do. You find rolls from What about the 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:22.400 two defensive linemen in round four, Lucky fo two and 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:24.719 Rochard Lawrence. Would you make of those guys? Both tell 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:27.920 injuries at times. No, Honestly, Polly, I think Lucky Foe 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:31.839 two and Richard Lawrence was really set back because of 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:34.640 the injury situation. There's no doubt about that. Polly. He 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:38.679 really his growth was stunted. But Lucky Foe two is 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:41.720 a guy that I really think he flashed from time 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:45.000 to time. You're talking about a rookie once again easing 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:47.839 his way into the National Football League. Paul would just 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:50.520 say playing in the National Football League is an easy 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:53.839 thing to do. It is not, especially when you're a 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:57.120 defensive lineman and you're playing against the very best offensive 0:09:57.160 --> 0:10:00.839 lineman the football universe has to off for. I think 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:03.439 Lucky Foe too made a lot of strides last year. 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:05.959 But once again, here's a guy that I think is 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:07.800 going to get better this year and he's going to 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:12.280 contribute with more snaps in that rotation defensively. Richard Lawrence, 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:15.240 that's more of a question mark. Yeah, well, then you 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:17.320 had Evan Weaver and obviously spend most of the year 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:21.439 on the practice squad. Eno Benjamin same deal for the 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:24.520 most part, not necessarily practice squad, but he didn't dress 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:27.079 on game day. We'll talk a little bit later in 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:29.679 this show about where the Cardinals are running back, but 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:33.120 what about free agency in general. You know, we had 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:36.520 this discussion on Cardinals Underground, the podcast and the consensus 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:38.920 was the Cardinals are done in free agency for right now. 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:42.280 Between now in the draft, they're done in free agency, 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:45.160 and then based on what comes to be in the draft, 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:48.840 then maybe they target a remaining free agent or two 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:51.760 at the most. But when you have tight ends out there, 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:55.720 guys like Tyler Effort, when you have corners out there Wolf, 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:58.079 when you have some veteran running backs out there, is 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:00.439 there anybody you think intensy enough, there might be a 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:02.880 time time move before the draft. I would say at 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:05.280 the running back position right now, he's pretty much a 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:08.480 draft like every position, I think they need to going 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:11.000 into the draft, and that's really something that I think 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:13.400 you want to do as a general manager, address your 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:16.319 need so you don't go in there desperate on draft 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:18.920 day to get a guy and suddenly you start over 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:22.160 drafting somebody they want to avoid that like the plague. 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:25.319 Maybe a veteran running back Polly bringing him in. I 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:28.120 think that's the one move out there via free agency. 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:31.319 We might see what does Frank Sanders see and is 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:35.280 crystal football? If you will? What about the Cardinals big 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:38.040 moves at receiver, a position he played? What about the 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:41.000 Cardinals big move at corner and maybe another one to 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:43.480 come in the draft, a position he used to compete against. 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:46.439 Frank Sanders former Cardinals. Great next on the big red 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:57.600 rage at the parting hard line in front of Daryl Breen. 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:02.000 Great effort by Frank Sanders. Lumber looks. Lumber throws to 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:06.679 the far side. Sanders banks the Cats. Frank Sanders, I'll 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:09.840 tell you what, he's everything. He's made all the big plays. 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:12.280 Plumber back to throw again. He's gonna wind up. He's 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:14.959 gonna go deep far side of the field. Sanders thanks 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:19.000 the Cats at scores Plumber and five stunt drop and 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:25.560 he think cutch by Sanders, touchdown Cardinals. Lumber rolling right, 0:12:25.760 --> 0:12:28.960 gonna fire to the right code by Sanders, cuckdown Cardinals. 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:32.640 It's a four yard touckdown and the Cardinals in the 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:36.280 end it sounds like a sixteen year old day pass. 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:41.719 That's outstanding. I mean, right there with the highlights themselves 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:44.920 was the voice of the Cardinals day pass. There was 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:47.880 some Frank Sanders highlights that are Jim Alma Hunter pulled 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.920 out of his vast archives as we say, welcome into 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:55.200 the former Cardinals receiving great round two pick nineteen ninety five. 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:58.880 Ron Wolf Lee forty seventh overall on Auburn. I think 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.280 of Frank Sanders. I think of a guy who made 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:04.520 the money catches. I think of yards after catch. I 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:07.280 think of a real dual sport baseball player in college, 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:09.400 unlike you Wolf alledgulate in high school, in the whole 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:13.520 all state thing, right, which has never been three ti hi, 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:16.120 I think of Frank Sanders and now we couldn't wait 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:19.520 till next next month's Carginals charity golf tournament for all 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:22.320 the alums. We got to talk ball with Frank Sanders. Now, Frank, 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:25.520 how are we doing? Frank Gaye, Hey, brothers, that y'all doing. 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:29.000 It's good, Frankie. Honestly, how are you doing through this 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:32.800 whole pandemic thing? Man? Are you in the family? Okay, Man, 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:35.840 I didn't know what that is. We have been really 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:39.480 blessed and fortunate. Not that anybody else who has gone 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:42.160 through haven't been less and pretty fortunate, but we've been 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:46.439 pretty pretty blessed. Man in regards to not really getting it, 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:51.079 not getting sick. We haven't had any went on ventilators 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:52.599 or nothing like that, so we've been pretty good for 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:55.599 the most part. I've already taken my second shot. I 0:13:55.720 --> 0:14:00.400 got three daughters one eighteen seventeen and thirteen and eighteen 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:03.959 seventeen is coming up for the their opportunity. So we're 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:07.000 looking forward to it. And we've been pretty pretty pretty 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.240 fortunate in a lot of ways because there's a lot 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:11.920 of people that's been hurt by that. Great to hear break. Yeah, 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:15.199 that's outstanding, no doubt it. And your social distancing plan 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:18.000 of a lot of golf that that doesn't hurt either, right, Frank, 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:21.400 I'm guessing right. I just want to say one of 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:24.560 the things I can give you know, the Governor big 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:28.720 hug for is not putting golf on restrictions and that 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:32.640 was definitely in the list real can do, you know, 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:35.360 a social differing So I'm gonna give Big Does a 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:38.040 big hug for that because I really appreciated that. So 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:41.480 what do you view made of the Cardinals offseason so far? 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:44.320 And let's just start with a headliner, J J. Watt 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:47.840 And not only what he's done obviously on the field 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:50.440 and what he did last season, but when the decision 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:54.560 makers cite his energy and his intensity and his leadership, 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:57.000 how you tell us you've been on the inside of 0:14:57.040 --> 0:15:00.200 those locker rooms? How big a deal is that? You 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:02.960 know what you know just first question. I felt like 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:06.280 Fantasy football all over again. I just felt like we 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:08.440 sat around a round table and we tried to figure out, 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:10.920 you know, who we could get, what names we could 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:13.160 bring to the table. And if they had, you know, 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:16.560 just they brought some experience and some energy into the 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:19.240 locker room, what names could we get and bring in? 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:21.040 And I mean I think the Cardinals have done an 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:24.440 exceptional job and going out and getting some just not 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:27.080 some name guys, but some guys that still got some 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:29.400 gas in the tank and guys that can you know, 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:32.440 that can that can really change? Uh, They're not only 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:34.840 their fate, but they can change the fate of the Cardinals. 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:38.640 You know, Frankie wide receivers, No wide receivers. So want 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:42.200 me to stay right there? Aj Green? How about Aj Green? 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:45.800 Your thoughts on him becoming an Arizona Cardinal this offseason? 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:49.520 I mean, it's again, it blows my mind. I just 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:52.280 I would have never saw that coming. I never saw 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:55.760 johanre Hopkins being here. I never saw JJ Watt here. Um, 0:15:56.400 --> 0:15:59.680 I just I can't imagine how excited he has to 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.400 be in transition to come to a team what he 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:04.680 knows they're going to throw the rock. He's not. He's 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:07.240 not solo by himself out there as the as the 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:10.200 long you know, a long ranger out there as the 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:13.760 number one guy um in regards to on on on 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:17.480 the Cincinnati's offense. But just to have to have a 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:20.040 j Green here to watch what his skill set is. 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:22.480 He can get in out of cut. He still has 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:24.640 some burst to him. You know, he can make all 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:27.120 the catches, he runs all the routes. He just haven't 0:16:27.160 --> 0:16:29.200 been on a good team where he can be truly, 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:33.480 truly you know, used and explode as explosive as he can. 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:39.400 Um I just again, Frank, can you put into words 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:42.040 for anybody listening right now what it means to have 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:45.760 a a really good wide receiver there, I say, a 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:48.840 great wide receiver on the opposite side of the field 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.440 from you. What kind of impact does that typically have 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:55.480 on game day? Yeah, and it gives you, It gives 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:58.120 you to have somebody else on the other side, you know, 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:02.280 that's got that same level of energy, talent, confidence, and 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:05.960 that dog in him. Look, he just makes it makes 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:08.440 your job that much easier because you know, the defensive 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:12.119 coordinator cannot w he cannot. He has to give you 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:14.520 one on one with this guy that they're paying seven 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:17.000 to twelve million dollars. And they told me that this 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:19.240 week in practice. He was good. I'll tell you what 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:21.160 I'm about to get him about. Give him some popcorn 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:22.760 right now because I'm about to eat to save about 0:17:22.800 --> 0:17:25.800 your blood. That's how you start thinking as a receiver, 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:28.600 because you know that's a one on one situation and 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:30.640 to have because you got somebody on the other side. 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:33.080 I was blessed to have Rob Moore and David Boston 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:34.720 on the side of me, and both of those guys 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:38.040 were thousand plus shard receivers and they just made my 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:41.480 job that much easier. Well. J. J. Watt was asked 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:44.240 how much he felt like he had left in the tank, 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:46.600 and he spent the press conference. He was effusive. He 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:48.399 had a lot to say in every single question and 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:50.240 answer right. But then when he was asked that question, 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:53.080 he paused and he looked the interviewee right in the 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:55.040 eye and he said, you know what, A lot, A 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:58.040 whole lot, And that's all he said about that one. A. J. 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:01.119 Green was asked how much he feels he has left. Man, 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:03.159 I feel like I have a lot left in the tanking. 0:18:03.359 --> 0:18:06.000 You know, I still feel feel young, Blakes feel young. 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:08.480 You know. Last year was a difficult year for me 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:11.879 playing with these different quarterbacks coming off the entry. But 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:14.240 you know, I wouldn't change that for anything in the world. 0:18:14.280 --> 0:18:16.600 I think that that made me a better person, you know, 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:19.440 on the field, mentally stronger. But I know I feel 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:21.200 like I got a lot more years left in me. 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:23.920 So Frank, let me ask you this. You know, here 0:18:23.960 --> 0:18:26.200 he is, he's in his thirties. He obviously doesn't have 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:28.960 the blazing speed he had and you know it's early 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:32.200 twenty easy. How does that transition though, with all the 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:35.320 experience and aj Green now at this point in his career, 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:38.200 is he a different receiver automatically? What do you expect? 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:42.560 You know, I think that the experience in itself slows 0:18:42.600 --> 0:18:45.440 the game down, the game plan. He doesn't have to, 0:18:45.680 --> 0:18:48.160 you know, cram to try to figure out what he's doing. 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:51.480 He understands his position. He can breathe a lot easier 0:18:52.320 --> 0:18:55.480 while he's playing the game. That allows him to relax more. 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:58.040 You don't have to have blazing speed in the NFL. 0:18:58.320 --> 0:18:59.480 You just have to have You have to You have 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:01.639 to know how to getting out your cuts and how 0:19:01.720 --> 0:19:04.280 to set up how to set up the defense or 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:07.000 the defender that allows you to have that window. What 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:09.800 a quarterback can make the throw um, so to mean, 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:12.880 what he what he has in the tank. Remember, guys, 0:19:12.920 --> 0:19:15.040 these are guys that have been on mostly losing teams, 0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:17.480 so they don't they haven't they haven't seen the depth 0:19:17.520 --> 0:19:19.680 of the playoffs. They haven't had to go out and 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:23.600 really and really play seventy play games all the time. 0:19:23.800 --> 0:19:26.560 Defensively J J. Watts. I do because they were out 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:28.960 there a lot. But most of these guys haven't seen 0:19:29.080 --> 0:19:33.080 long term seasons. They've been seventeen weeks and done. They 0:19:33.119 --> 0:19:35.240 have not seen that. So they got some gas in 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:36.800 the tank. And I believe that when they said that 0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:41.320 because they changing a new environment. Something about it makes 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:43.720 you feel we're fresh and makes you feel like you've 0:19:43.720 --> 0:19:45.920 got comfortable to do improve And when you got something 0:19:45.960 --> 0:19:49.160 to prove, you're gonna lose probably about three to seven pounds. 0:19:49.520 --> 0:19:51.480 You're gonna do a little bit more. You're gonna do 0:19:51.520 --> 0:19:55.359 the run, will flee while eggs in the morning with milk. 0:19:55.400 --> 0:19:57.320 It's just a little bit of that stuff. You'll do, 0:19:57.440 --> 0:19:59.800 extra crunch, extra set up because when you got something 0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:02.920 to prove, you got something to prove, and you definitely 0:20:02.960 --> 0:20:05.879 want to hate us to eat all of that words 0:20:05.920 --> 0:20:10.360 that they just don't just don't put the words weight 0:20:10.440 --> 0:20:13.600 loss and Ron Wolfley in the same sense. It's so funny, though, Frankie, 0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:15.680 to listen to you talk about this, because you know 0:20:15.760 --> 0:20:17.800 what it was like. You went to the Baltimore Ravens. 0:20:17.920 --> 0:20:21.480 You went there after spending your vast career here with 0:20:21.560 --> 0:20:24.040 the Arizona Cardinals. And I did the same thing. I 0:20:24.119 --> 0:20:26.800 went to the Cleveland Browns, and I'll never forget. It 0:20:27.000 --> 0:20:29.879 was like hitting the reset button all over again. It 0:20:30.080 --> 0:20:32.080 was like walking in for the first time into that 0:20:32.200 --> 0:20:34.480 locker room. Okay, I'm gonna prove it to you. I'm 0:20:34.520 --> 0:20:37.440 gonna prove it to you. Get oh, and especially you, 0:20:37.680 --> 0:20:40.440 I'm gonna prove it to right. I mean, it can 0:20:40.640 --> 0:20:44.280 be a refresh button for a player, can it. It 0:20:44.400 --> 0:20:46.000 really is. When I got to when I got to 0:20:46.040 --> 0:20:48.920 the Ravens, Chris mccaus was there, and you know, I 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:50.840 thought to myself, he was supposed we wanted the best 0:20:50.880 --> 0:20:53.440 cornerback in the country. Well, we're about to find out. 0:20:55.400 --> 0:20:58.320 And every day and it's just the Ravens defense that 0:20:58.520 --> 0:21:01.520