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Speaker 1: grew up somewhere in the northeast, right, was it New
Speaker 1: England exactly? Yeah? Connecticut? Okay, so where is the Boston accents?
Speaker 1: Where's the chowd up? Where's the child? No accent of that. No,
Speaker 1: I was closer to New York. But I don't know
Speaker 1: if my girlfriend makes fun of me because I pronounced
Speaker 1: certain words weird, but um yeah, nothing too crazy. But
Speaker 1: of course, sak you, I mean you like Philly key
Speaker 1: steaks and everything like that, right, even though you're for Boston.
Speaker 1: Of course. Yeah. I think I think everybody loves those. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: do you like it? Whizz? Though? I mean that's I mean,
Speaker 1: that's the that's crucial. I still don't know what that means.
Speaker 1: Is that cheese? What does that ass? Paul? Okay, it's
Speaker 1: this cheese. They they literally spray on your sandwich. It's
Speaker 1: pretty gross. Yeah, so good? Yeah, all right, well, I'll
Speaker 1: save you from that line of questioning there. I'm just
Speaker 1: gonna say this, wolf I think our man got ripped
Speaker 1: off from NESCY Defensive Player of the Week. The stink
Speaker 1: and Eagles have won that award three weeks in a row.
Speaker 1: It's hard to believe. But our guys coming off quite
Speaker 1: a game, is he not? Ron Wolfie? When I say
Speaker 1: he had a sack, he had two quarterback hits, he
Speaker 1: had three passes defense, he had a tackle for loss,
Speaker 1: and he had six tackles for a guy who entered
Speaker 1: the game number two in ESPN's pass rush win rate,
Speaker 1: behind only Aaron Donald. How about that, Plants. It's pretty
Speaker 1: good right there, Paul Zach. How is the body feeling
Speaker 1: right now? Man? Are you drinking your milk? That's so important? Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: but it feels great. Um, it's kind of crazy to
Speaker 1: believe it's already h you know, week five now, so yeah,
Speaker 1: but we feel good. Practice going well, so all good
Speaker 1: here and last time we had John just just reiterate,
Speaker 1: I mean, this is a far cry from what you
Speaker 1: were dealing with the last couple of months. A last season, right,
Speaker 1: tell us about what a Monday was like and what
Speaker 1: it took just to get on the game field the
Speaker 1: end of last year. Yeah, last year. You know, it's
Speaker 1: thought that I was kind of dealing with the whole year,
Speaker 1: but especially kind of that last month or two was
Speaker 1: definitely U was a struggle. Um, you know, Mondays were
Speaker 1: probably my worst day just because everything wore off and
Speaker 1: you know, I couldn't walk really, and you know, I
Speaker 1: really wouldn't do anything until Friday. You know, I wasn't practicing.
Speaker 1: Was it Wednesday and Thursday? Friday? Just get a couple
Speaker 1: of russ just to feeling. Really is a game time decision,
Speaker 1: you know, every single week. So but yeah, that's uh,
Speaker 1: you know, knock on wood. That's all behind and this
Speaker 1: year it's just going to be you know, up and up. Boy,
Speaker 1: that is so difficult right there. It was your ankle,
Speaker 1: was it not? Yeah? Yeah, my ankle was kind of
Speaker 1: an injury I was dealing with for a year and
Speaker 1: you had no ligaments really all everything kind of tore
Speaker 1: off on the outside. And then they also said tour
Speaker 1: you know, basically everything on the inside. But I didn't
Speaker 1: feel the inside because the outside was hurt and so bad.
Speaker 1: So yeah, it was kind of you know, but luckily,
Speaker 1: you know, doctor Anderson in Green Bay, you know, he's
Speaker 1: the best of the best fixed it up and h yeah,
Speaker 1: I definite, honestly, it feels better than did before. You know,
Speaker 1: and if to me, Zack too, I thought you were
Speaker 1: good last year speaking of that forty eight tackles, you
Speaker 1: had a sack, a pick, four passes defense. But this
Speaker 1: year I think you might be the most improved player
Speaker 1: on the team. What do you think, Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: it's just nice kind of you know, obviously year four
Speaker 1: you feel more comfortable. But on you know, you know,
Speaker 1: kind of with everything, it's you know, you don't have
Speaker 1: to think about oh the ankle, this, this, this, you know,
Speaker 1: your body's kind of you know, responding the way you
Speaker 1: wanted to. So, h yeah, I mean it's just been
Speaker 1: you know, pretty good so far. Obviously, you know, I think,
Speaker 1: you know, myself and the team have a lot more
Speaker 1: to improve on and to show. Well, well, if you
Speaker 1: you asked Zach Allen that question. The media asked Cliff
Speaker 1: Kingsbury about Zach Allen and how he's been playing. Well,
Speaker 1: he's a guy that just has gotten bigger, stronger, faster,
Speaker 1: has really worked at his stick around here and and
Speaker 1: trained um with Buddy and been here one of those
Speaker 1: guys that done taken off season really just stays here
Speaker 1: and works. And I think Coach Park has been really
Speaker 1: good for him. His style of coaching and technique really
Speaker 1: fits Zack's game and he's really come into his own
Speaker 1: and JJ being here has helped me to be able
Speaker 1: to learn from that gay how he plays and the
Speaker 1: intensity that he practices and works out has definitely helped him.
Speaker 1: What do you see it on film? When you watch
Speaker 1: yourself and you've talked about being you know, your own
Speaker 1: harshest critic, you know, what do you like? What don't
Speaker 1: you like? What? What have you seen so far through
Speaker 1: four games? Yeah? I think, uh, you know, especially kind
Speaker 1: of compared to last year. Last year, I felt like
Speaker 1: I was playing a lot of flat footed and this
Speaker 1: year it's definitely just you know, trying to get up field,
Speaker 1: you know, get in the backfield every snap, be disruptive.
Speaker 1: So that's obviously been good, but um, you know, obviously
Speaker 1: want to just be more consistent with stuff like that.
Speaker 1: You know, I think there's kind of been flashes and
Speaker 1: I think you know, we kind of talk in the room.
Speaker 1: You know, we've shown flashes through four weeks, but we
Speaker 1: haven't kind of put together, you know, a complete complete
Speaker 1: game you know, snap in and you know kind of
Speaker 1: something that you know is our standards. So which is
Speaker 1: you know, obviously you know you wish for it, but
Speaker 1: it's exciting, you know, to kind of gives you something
Speaker 1: to come in and every day and work towards. So, um,
Speaker 1: it's been good. But uh yeah, obviously you know, for example,
Speaker 1: you know, I think everyone talks about win rate, but
Speaker 1: you want to get the sacks, you know, get in
Speaker 1: there faster. You're always trying to figure out to get
Speaker 1: their fast, their run game, trying to make more plays
Speaker 1: in the backfield, not just you know one two three
Speaker 1: yard games. So but you know those are things that
Speaker 1: you know, just keep working on hopefully they come. You know,
Speaker 1: you mentioned the sack right there, of course sack. Um,
Speaker 1: what is your best pass for us? Move right now? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I think right now, honestly, it's I really like lining
Speaker 1: up as a two kind of square up on the guard.
Speaker 1: You know, I don't think a lot of guys you know,
Speaker 1: are big fans of it, just kind of being that
Speaker 1: far inside because you know, you got the tackle the
Speaker 1: guard in the center kind of that could all get
Speaker 1: a free shot on you. But you know, I kind
Speaker 1: of found a little bit of success with it last
Speaker 1: year and really try to work on it this year.
Speaker 1: Just kind of squaring up the guards so he doesn't
Speaker 1: know if I'm going right or left. And then you know, luckily,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm a lighter guy, so I got some
Speaker 1: speed in there, and just trying to get past that hit. Well,
Speaker 1: and what your first sack of the season wasn't exactly
Speaker 1: some cheap sack and garbage time there. They were open
Speaker 1: in the second half, Cardinals are down ten three, it's
Speaker 1: third and five. They were at their own thirty and
Speaker 1: down goes Baker Mayfield. You just take us through. What
Speaker 1: was the key there to getting home? Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: we kind of showed a look that hopefully gets us
Speaker 1: five oh, which you know gives us all one on ones,
Speaker 1: and you know, luckily I have a one on one
Speaker 1: with the center, and you know, I expect myself to
Speaker 1: kind of win those matchups. Um, you know, obviously this
Speaker 1: upcoming week, you know, you have a Hall of Fame center,
Speaker 1: so it's definitely going to be uh, you know, a challenge,
Speaker 1: but yeah, it's just kind of one of those things,
Speaker 1: throw and move and luckily it worked and you know,
Speaker 1: trying to bend that corner and get to Corbett. You know,
Speaker 1: it was amazing. Two Zach, Um, you were standing up
Speaker 1: if I recall on that? Were you not? Yes? Yeah,
Speaker 1: yeah you were. You were standing up? How's that feel?
Speaker 1: I mean, that's got to be kind of cool right
Speaker 1: there as a defensive lineman, especially in the interior defensive lineman,
Speaker 1: and you're standing up over the center or that like
Speaker 1: a linebacker. That was kind of cool. Yeah, it's kind
Speaker 1: of you know, it's something I've actually been doing that
Speaker 1: since college. You know. It's just something that kind of
Speaker 1: create a little bit of space and a little bit
Speaker 1: of confusion. You know, they don't really deal with a
Speaker 1: lot of you know, stand up noses, as you say, so, Um,
Speaker 1: just something that you know, make them think a little
Speaker 1: bit extra and you know, hopefully slow them down. Hey,
Speaker 1: Zach Allen is our guest in the Big Red Rage
Speaker 1: Colonel's defensive lineman Wolf. He leads the team in quarterback
Speaker 1: hits with seven, leads the team and tackles for loss
Speaker 1: with four. Leads the team and passes defensed with four.
Speaker 1: I mean, what's next, You're gonna lead the team in interceptions?
Speaker 1: What's going on here? I mean the three bad it
Speaker 1: passes you had three and jj Ad two And then
Speaker 1: if I remember right, you said after the game, yeah
Speaker 1: that was by design. You guys saw something or implemented something, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it was just kind of, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: something that we preached all week. Um, you know, just
Speaker 1: try to get the hands up. They do a lot
Speaker 1: of quick game, a lot of RPOs, so when that happens,
Speaker 1: you know, you're not necessarily going to get to the
Speaker 1: quarterback every snap, but there's still, you know, some ways
Speaker 1: to affect the game plan. And like I said, you
Speaker 1: know it worked out well for us. You know they
Speaker 1: have five in our rooms, you know obviously, Uh, you
Speaker 1: know that affects the game big time. How how much
Speaker 1: of a point of emphasis was it all week long
Speaker 1: that you guys would go out and shut down that
Speaker 1: Carolina Pather's ability to run the ball the way that
Speaker 1: you guys did, because I thought you controlled the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage from the very beginning. Yeah, I mean that's
Speaker 1: definitely kind of their bread and butter. I mean, you have,
Speaker 1: in my opinion, I think a top three back in
Speaker 1: the NFL and Christian McCaffrey. You know, kind of what
Speaker 1: they proved on tape. You know, they were very dangerous
Speaker 1: with the run and something that we invested a lot
Speaker 1: of time in and it paid off. And you know
Speaker 1: kind of games like that, you know, especially since I've
Speaker 1: been here in my first three years, you know, we
Speaker 1: kind of felt that Carolina almost Hope, you know, bullied
Speaker 1: us a little bit, especially in the run game, and
Speaker 1: you know, we were kind of sick of that. And
Speaker 1: you know, luckily, I guess fourth times a charm and
Speaker 1: it worked. I should have written it down in my
Speaker 1: game log. When did you wave exactly to the crowd
Speaker 1: when you waved goodbye? Was that the fourth and one
Speaker 1: middle of the fourth quarter and you batted the ball
Speaker 1: and then the booze rained down on Baker in the offense?
Speaker 1: Is that when you sort of waved the crack because
Speaker 1: they got a great still shot at you, Cardinals media,
Speaker 1: and it was on the Twitter account of you waving
Speaker 1: goodbye to the fans. Yeah, I think that's when it was. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and then the booze ring game, Yeah, Yeah, I don't
Speaker 1: think I was a fan favorite after that. Yeah, that
Speaker 1: this defense really seems to be coming together and developing.
Speaker 1: Why are you guys playing gutter? Yeah? I think it's uh,
Speaker 1: you know, for a lot of us, it's our third
Speaker 1: fourth year in the scheme. Um, you know, we've kind
Speaker 1: of kept a lot of the same faces around for
Speaker 1: you know, ever since I've gotten here, and with you know,
Speaker 1: VJ coming in, and you know, that's that's huge. You know,
Speaker 1: it's not like you're learning a new scheme every offseason.
Speaker 1: So you're in season. It's kind of like, you know
Speaker 1: where we have a menu of you know, so many
Speaker 1: plays and you know, we all feel really comfortable with that,
Speaker 1: so it's kind of just picking and choosing those. And
Speaker 1: you know, also just chemistry wise, I think that's you know,
Speaker 1: really underrated. And you know, I think we know kind
Speaker 1: of how to play off each other, what guys like,
Speaker 1: what guys don't like, and um, yeah, it's paying off.
Speaker 1: What about from week one to week four? Where's been
Speaker 1: the biggest growth improvement been? You think in the defense?
Speaker 1: I just think execution. I think that first week was
Speaker 1: kind of you know, obviously not having preseason was probably
Speaker 1: you know, part of it, and you know, not really
Speaker 1: having that those game reps with everybody. Um, but yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean just kind of I think we had a
Speaker 1: heightened sense of urgency in practice and you know kind
Speaker 1: of week by week we've been executing better, less m
Speaker 1: is hitting our goals higher. So um, yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: when when when you're you know, I think Bidge said it,
Speaker 1: you know, earlier in the year. Just you know, everybody
Speaker 1: doing their job just gives you a chance. If you
Speaker 1: have guys that are you know, out of position or
Speaker 1: messing up, then you have no chance. So yeah, you
Speaker 1: know he also too, Were you miked up for this
Speaker 1: last game against Carolina? Yes? Yes, I was? Yahy Why
Speaker 1: are you laughing? First of all, do you enjoy that?
Speaker 1: Do you enjoy that? Uh? I don't know. This was
Speaker 1: only the second time I think I was, And I
Speaker 1: don't know. It's just you're kind of like thinking, like
Speaker 1: you know about what you're saying, and you know you
Speaker 1: don't want to get other guys in trouble because you
Speaker 1: got the hot mic. So it's, uh, it's kind of stressful.
Speaker 1: You don't know what the final cut's going to be
Speaker 1: like when when it comes out, so um, but you know,
Speaker 1: if you know, we end up winning games because of
Speaker 1: it like that. You know, if there's some kind of
Speaker 1: you know, weird correlation to it, we can keep doing it.
Speaker 1: But yeah, he put the mics on somebody else. I think,
Speaker 1: do you have editorial control over that, like as you
Speaker 1: talk him? No? No, no, no, you're not. You're not
Speaker 1: putting that out there. No. I think I could if
Speaker 1: I wanted to. But they do such a good job.
Speaker 1: I'm sure they wouldn't make me look look look like
Speaker 1: but they did sweet out the conversation between you and
Speaker 1: JJ about you know who smault it was. He wasn't
Speaker 1: quite aware that you were wearing the mic, right, that
Speaker 1: was good stuff. Yeah, usually, you know, JJ's this game.
Speaker 1: I don't know what it was. He had headphones in
Speaker 1: for like three hours. I was like trying to like
Speaker 1: wait for the time to tell him. It just never came. So,
Speaker 1: you know, at least he found out at some point.
Speaker 1: I mean, J. J. Watt's intimidating at the morning breakfast
Speaker 1: when he walks in, right, he's all by himself, He's
Speaker 1: still towering over everyone, and he's got the nick cap
Speaker 1: pulled down, the sunglasses, the aviator sunglasses, and then the
Speaker 1: headphones on. I mean, I've never seen a guy maybe
Speaker 1: quite so visibly, you know, locked in on a game day.
Speaker 1: The moment he gets up, he's just got the he's
Speaker 1: just mean mugging everyone from from the moment it get
Speaker 1: you know, you get going out of bed. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean he definitely, you know, just as super focused. I
Speaker 1: think that's why you know he's such a good player.
Speaker 1: You know, he's seen so much and it just he
Speaker 1: doesn't let anything by him. So he just has that
Speaker 1: urgency all the time, and that's why you know he's
Speaker 1: as great as he is. Is there a young guy
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball, Zach that you're
Speaker 1: kind of it's caught your eye and you're kind of
Speaker 1: looking at him like, man, who are you? You are
Speaker 1: developing right here nicely? Is there a young guy on
Speaker 1: that defensive side of the ball that's got your attention? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I think Zaven. I mean, Zavin's really turning into a guy.
Speaker 1: Him and Isaiah definitely, you know, been playing some good
Speaker 1: ball and obviously you know they're big pieces of what
Speaker 1: we're doing. So we need that. I tell you're gonna
Speaker 1: need a good game against Philadelphia. There's no doubt they're undefeated.
Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about that next. We're gonna talk about
Speaker 1: their quarterback, who's getting a lot of hype and attention
Speaker 1: for MVP consideration right now, number one in yards per
Speaker 1: atten tas four rushing touchdowns as well, and we'll talk
Speaker 1: about what makes the Eagles the only undefeated team in
Speaker 1: the league when we come back the Big Red Rage
Speaker 1: presented by satan Ford and Gilbert. We are satan Ford
Speaker 1: with Cardinals defensive lineman Zach Allen. Mayfield and trouble steps up,
Speaker 1: hit and Zack by Zach Allen back at the twenty
Speaker 1: yard line. Allen with a couple of big plays here today.
Speaker 1: Shotgun stat Mayfield three step truck Hastock throws right side
Speaker 1: Pettitt down and complete. Zack Allen. Boy, what a game
Speaker 1: he's had. This defense came to play today. They came
Speaker 1: to play today, and they are Paul and Dog. Right now.
Speaker 1: Mayfield's gonna throw pett into the air again, this time
Speaker 1: by Allan Pennison complete, Zach Allen got a hand up
Speaker 1: football hits the ground hint complete. Cardinals takeover on downs
Speaker 1: mad Roll rolled the dice, came up snake guys because
Speaker 1: of Zack ellen Allan playing maybe the best game of
Speaker 1: his career. You know what, Dave pass That's an astute question.
Speaker 1: Only we had Zach Allen to pose that question too.
Speaker 1: What do you think he was? Oh, we do have
Speaker 1: Zach Allen here on this edition to the Big Red
Speaker 1: Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. We are santan Ford,
Speaker 1: Paul klvc Ron Wolfley, and the guy who did or
Speaker 1: did not just play the best game of his career.
Speaker 1: Because you had a heck of a game. Speaking of
Speaker 1: the Eagles Week fifteen of twenty twenty when you had
Speaker 1: to buy me at a Sackie had a quarterback, yet
Speaker 1: you had a tackle for lots of past defense and
Speaker 1: eleven tackles and if wolf you remember, that was historic
Speaker 1: because the only other d lineman in the history league
Speaker 1: to do all that and throw in eleven tackles Warren
Speaker 1: Sap and Willie McGinnis. So you tell us where did
Speaker 1: last week rank for you? Yeah? I think it definitely
Speaker 1: was up there. I don't know. It's kind of weird
Speaker 1: because you kind of look at it in two ways,
Speaker 1: like statistically and impact on the game. So you know,
Speaker 1: let everybody else decide that, you know, it's a good
Speaker 1: ANSWER's good answer. Yeah, So, Zach, when I say the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles offense, what do you think of Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think they're you know, they're just such a you know,
Speaker 1: they're great at every level. I mean it's not they
Speaker 1: don't really don't have a weakness. I mean the offensive
Speaker 1: line is you know, probably as good as it gets
Speaker 1: in the NFL, if not the best. And then you know,
Speaker 1: skill positions, they've invested a lot in you know, great
Speaker 1: running backs, great wide receivers. And then obviously you know,
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts can do it all. Um, and I think
Speaker 1: he's really you know, superstar in the making. And um,
Speaker 1: it's definitely good to be a challenge, but you know,
Speaker 1: we're really excited for it. You know, it's fun to play,
Speaker 1: you know, against the best, and right now they are
Speaker 1: the best. They're on the feeded And you mentioned the
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame caliber center Jason Kelsey. What separates the
Speaker 1: really good elite centers that you're going to face a
Speaker 1: lot of this game. Yeah, I think he's just, uh,
Speaker 1: he's so smart. I mean it's like, you know, he
Speaker 1: knows what we're doing before we even do. It's kind
Speaker 1: of one of those things, and then on top of it,
Speaker 1: I think, you know, he's probably the quickest, the fastest
Speaker 1: gut center in the NFL. So you know, that's a
Speaker 1: really lethal combination. And he's been doing it so long,
Speaker 1: so there's really nothing that he hasn't seen and um,
Speaker 1: you know, definitely going to be a challenge to go
Speaker 1: against him. Zach. The Eagles offense, um, schematically looks like
Speaker 1: our offense. Do you agree with this and if so,
Speaker 1: whom does that benefit? Yeah? I think it's, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: there's definitely a lot of similarities. Um, you know, I
Speaker 1: think there's still you know, some differences, but yeah, I
Speaker 1: think it's probably, you know, so far this year as
Speaker 1: close as we've seen kind of to ours. So you know,
Speaker 1: it's like you said, it kind of you know, it
Speaker 1: helps us but also helps them, so you know, it's
Speaker 1: it will be interesting to see how it plays out.
Speaker 1: So you got met to guys like you know, Paul
Speaker 1: pencil Neck over here in the locker room this week
Speaker 1: asking the perverberial question, Um, Zach, you practice against the
Speaker 1: pretty dynamic quarterback. Does that help you against Jalen Hurts?
Speaker 1: I know, you know, in the regular season not so much,
Speaker 1: but at least in camp. And so for soul, the
Speaker 1: fact you have Kyler Marie on this team and you
Speaker 1: see him at least in August, does that help it
Speaker 1: all here in week five? Yeah, obviously it doesn't hurt,
Speaker 1: you know, but you know, we still do some good
Speaker 1: on good periods during the week, so we still get
Speaker 1: to see Kyler, you know, every week. And uh yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean they're both, you know, really similar, and like
Speaker 1: I said, you know, Jalen's kind of kind of like Kyler.
Speaker 1: They can do it all. They don't have a weakness,
Speaker 1: so that's always going to be a challenge. You know,
Speaker 1: you were talking about the Philadelphia Eagles offensive line and
Speaker 1: how good this offensive line is. What is their strength?
Speaker 1: What do you think they do the best? Well? I think,
Speaker 1: you know, the good great thing about them is that
Speaker 1: they've you know, they've all been together for so long.
Speaker 1: I mean, they've won a super Bowl together, and you know,
Speaker 1: I mean there's you know, been a little bit of change,
Speaker 1: but for the most part, I mean you kind of
Speaker 1: have the same guys and you know, I just they
Speaker 1: execute so well. It's kind it's not necessarily the most complex,
Speaker 1: but you know, what they do there's just so good
Speaker 1: at doing it. And you know they're big and physical
Speaker 1: and they play with great techniques, so you know they're
Speaker 1: not you know, getting into these crazy by positions. And yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean if you look at the weights and the
Speaker 1: sizes of them, they're huge, you know, so to have
Speaker 1: you know, that size, but to be you know, as
Speaker 1: athletic as they are will definitely, you know, be a
Speaker 1: challenge for us. Zach Allen is our guest here on
Speaker 1: the Big Red Rage. It's all about You, presented by
Speaker 1: Santan Ford and Gilbert. Let me ask you about Man's
Speaker 1: Joseph in a couple of ways. And Week one, Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes faced the highest blitz percentage, the highest blitz rate
Speaker 1: of any game in his career. It was fifty four percent.
Speaker 1: It seems like it's gone down every week since, and
Speaker 1: especially maybe against Carolina. Is that a game by game
Speaker 1: thing or was that just maybe necessary week one and
Speaker 1: not as much now because the past rush has evolved?
Speaker 1: What do you make of maybe some of those percentages? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think we we always change week by week. You know,
Speaker 1: every opponent's different, and you know that's uh, you know,
Speaker 1: he's just so good at kind of game planning. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, so when we don't execute, obviously it's going
Speaker 1: to look bad. But you know, the plan every time
Speaker 1: we go into a game, we have so much confidence
Speaker 1: in it. And Wolf, you know, Van Joseph does a
Speaker 1: great job at taking away the other team's most productive player,
Speaker 1: right Davante Adams in week two Cooper Cup, even though
Speaker 1: he had the touchdown run in week three and then
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey really rendered a non factor by this Cardinals
Speaker 1: this defense. But when I look at Philadelphia and I
Speaker 1: don't know if this classifying info or not. I mean
Speaker 1: I just see a lot of talent. I see a
Speaker 1: lot of different guys and weapons, and maybe it's not
Speaker 1: quite as as easy this week as identifying just one guy. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean they got a bunch of guys, and you know,
Speaker 1: for us, it's uh, you know, kind of reminds me
Speaker 1: a little bit of the Las Vegas game. You know
Speaker 1: Las Vegas. You look at the edge, they had Renfro,
Speaker 1: they had Adams, and they had Waller and Josh Jacobs is,
Speaker 1: you know, a great running back. So you know, it's
Speaker 1: kind of similar to that. But you know, definitely definitely
Speaker 1: gonna be a challenge and you can always talk about
Speaker 1: the talent, and rightfully so. Jalen Hurts there he is,
Speaker 1: Miles Sanders very underrated running back. You got a j. Brown,
Speaker 1: of course, you got Davante Smith. I mean, they've got weapons.
Speaker 1: But I think you nailed it earlier when you said
Speaker 1: the offensive line again, I want to go back to it.
Speaker 1: Who's their best run blocking interior offensive lineman and who's
Speaker 1: the best interior pass protector in your opinion? That's a
Speaker 1: tough one. Uh, I don't know, they're all it's kind
Speaker 1: of it's funny. They're all really built similar. You know,
Speaker 1: the two guards, they're really really similar. They're both physical,
Speaker 1: but you know they work, they're really athletic. And then
Speaker 1: Kelsey is, uh, you know, he's kind of there cleaning
Speaker 1: everything up, and then if there's nothing there, he's just
Speaker 1: so athletic he can get on a linebacker, you know,
Speaker 1: and you know he's athletic enough to stay with him
Speaker 1: the hold down. So yeah, I mean that's kind of
Speaker 1: a that's kind of an I possible question, but they're Yeah,
Speaker 1: they definitely did a good job of building that old line. Well,
Speaker 1: talking about jail and Hurts because Van Jolson was talking
Speaker 1: about the same thing. Other defensive coordinators talk about Kyler,
Speaker 1: you know, got account for him because if he gets loose,
Speaker 1: look out. Kyler won the Heisman in twenty eighteen. Jalen Hurts,
Speaker 1: someone to old Coloma was the Heisman runner up in
Speaker 1: two nineteen, and of course Cliff Kingsbury was asked about
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts this week. He's tremendous, I told our staff.
Speaker 1: I mean he's one of the best decision makers in
Speaker 1: the league as far as where to go with the football,
Speaker 1: when to throw it, when the tucket, when to you know,
Speaker 1: make plays. And he's always been a winner. I mean
Speaker 1: I remember recruit him in high school and legendary work ethic,
Speaker 1: whether it was in high school at Alabama or not Philly.
Speaker 1: You hear stories of how lady's there and how hard
Speaker 1: he's working, and it pays off. Tremendous talent. They've done
Speaker 1: a great job building that offense around him, great O line,
Speaker 1: great skilled position players, and he's really operating at a
Speaker 1: high level. Do you expect the ball to come out
Speaker 1: quick on Sunday? Meaning he's so athletic, he has ability
Speaker 1: to extend place right, Do you still expect because that
Speaker 1: has sort of been the umle against the Cardinals defense,
Speaker 1: and maybe Vans Joseph's reputation precedes him as bringing the
Speaker 1: blitz because you guys, I think it was last week
Speaker 1: right going into that game, it was the number two
Speaker 1: ranked you know, defense where the ball's coming out quickest again,
Speaker 1: and so I don't know, do you expect that on
Speaker 1: Sunday against this team. Yeah, they kind of do a
Speaker 1: little bit of everything, but definitely kind of RPOs is
Speaker 1: a big part of their offense. So yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: he's kind of a guy where, you know, if he
Speaker 1: can go through all the progressions if need be, but
Speaker 1: also he's such a good athlete that you know, it's
Speaker 1: either if it's one of those get the ball quick
Speaker 1: or you know, just go make magic happen. So it'll
Speaker 1: be interesting, I think, you know, kind of the first
Speaker 1: fifteen plays always kind of tells you the story of
Speaker 1: the game. So we'll see how it plays out. You
Speaker 1: know what's interesting about this is this matchup features the
Speaker 1: two teams in the league that actually used the shotgun
Speaker 1: the most, the Eagles of course, and us the Cardinals.
Speaker 1: You love the shotgun as well, do you not? Yeah? Definitely,
Speaker 1: as a you know for a D lineman makes it
Speaker 1: easier because you know, nine times out of ten, the
Speaker 1: ball is going you know, wait from the running back,
Speaker 1: so you're able to play that. You don't have to
Speaker 1: you know, not guess, but you don't have to play
Speaker 1: it honest like, and you know when it's under center.
Speaker 1: And then also you know, shotgun is usually more pass opportunities. So, um,
Speaker 1: you know, on both fronts, it's definitely fun to go
Speaker 1: against what's been like playing for Matt Burke, your new
Speaker 1: D line coach. Ya, we're talking to Rochard Lawrence. He
Speaker 1: said he just di spouses getting off the ball, just
Speaker 1: getting nasty right away. Yeah, now that's awesome when he
Speaker 1: kind of sets you free like that. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: it's definitely obviously you want to be in your gap,
Speaker 1: but you know, if you're disrupting and making plays, it's
Speaker 1: you know, he's not going to hold you back. And
Speaker 1: the thing with him is he's so smart, which is great.
Speaker 1: You know, he definitely you know, he's a really good teacher,
Speaker 1: knows how to you know, relay the information and make
Speaker 1: it really you know easy to digest and both you know,
Speaker 1: game plan wise and also techniques. So he's He's been
Speaker 1: awesome for our room so far. What do you think
Speaker 1: about this game defensively, Um and your matchup against the Eagles?
Speaker 1: What do you think you guys are going to have
Speaker 1: to do to win this game's act? Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: it's kind of the story of every game. If you
Speaker 1: stop the run, you know that it definitely gives you
Speaker 1: a shot. And you know, I think they ran a
Speaker 1: fifty times last week and they did a really good
Speaker 1: job with it. So if you don't stop it, they're
Speaker 1: just gonna keep going and going and going. So that's
Speaker 1: probably gonna be the biggest challenge for us. You know,
Speaker 1: both guys, he played with both guys. Who's going to
Speaker 1: be the more fired up player against their former team
Speaker 1: Zach Ertz or Hassan Reddick on Sunday. How's Zach gonna
Speaker 1: play out? It will definitely be interesting because both situations
Speaker 1: were pretty similar. But yeah, definitely be a good matchup.
Speaker 1: Be interesting to see if Zach and Hassan goo against
Speaker 1: each other. But we'll see. It's right, they could they
Speaker 1: go watching on tape. Miles Sanders, I think it gets
Speaker 1: lost in the shuffle. Um, he's got a three hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty six yards rushing right now, and he's five eleven,
Speaker 1: two hundred and fifteen pounds and you know that's a
Speaker 1: tough tackle right there. But what are you singing on
Speaker 1: tape of Miles Sanders? Yeah, it's uh. I remember when
Speaker 1: we played him two years ago. I was like, this
Speaker 1: guy's got some wiggle to him. But I think he
Speaker 1: was a little bit smaller and now he's gained a
Speaker 1: gain the way become bigger. It's almost kind of like
Speaker 1: he's like a little bit of a bigger Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 1: So it's definitely going to be a challenge. And I'm
Speaker 1: a big fan of his game. And yeah, I don't
Speaker 1: know why he's so underrated, but he definitely, you know,
Speaker 1: deserves a lot more credit. And tell us a little
Speaker 1: bit more about Zaman Collins. What have you seen? What
Speaker 1: have you seen in the growth him? He led the
Speaker 1: team and tackles last week. Yeah, I think with him,
Speaker 1: he's uh, you know, he's He's always been a really
Speaker 1: smart guy. It's just kind of getting used to the
Speaker 1: speedy of the game. It's the NFL and you no
Speaker 1: offense to the AAC, but Tulsa isn't exactly you know,
Speaker 1: NFL football, so absolutely right. Yeah, I mean it's just
Speaker 1: kind of one of those things that's just you know what,
Speaker 1: it takes a little bit of time, and you know,
Speaker 1: he's definitely put in the work and you know he's
Speaker 1: really you know, thirsty to learn it all and you
Speaker 1: know he wants to get better and um, yeah, I
Speaker 1: think he's just starting to click for him, which is awesome.
Speaker 1: It's funny well because Zaven considers himself a teacher when
Speaker 1: it comes to classic rock. Yeah, classic rock music over there, okay,
Speaker 1: and even beyond that. Today he was instructing Tanner Vallejo
Speaker 1: about the greatness of Johnny Cash. So that was that's
Speaker 1: what we came upon his locker He said, if there's
Speaker 1: one guy in the locker room, they will not give
Speaker 1: control as DJ or the music, It would be himself.
Speaker 1: He freely admits that. Zac. Would you agree with that,
Speaker 1: Zamon Collins, Yeah, I don't know. I mean, he definitely
Speaker 1: they're in training camp. He would just be like randomly
Speaker 1: just like playing it out loud on his phone and
Speaker 1: would be like six in the morning, We're like, what
Speaker 1: are you doing? So yeah, definitely he doesn't have and
Speaker 1: he's not in charge of the OX but that does
Speaker 1: not stop him from just playing it. So Zach, just
Speaker 1: show looking forward quickly the rest of the way. Where
Speaker 1: do you want to improve the most? Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: more just being consistent kind of like I said earlier,
Speaker 1: I just want to you know, be able to do
Speaker 1: it every snap and not just you know, kind of
Speaker 1: have these flashes, but you know, really be you know,
Speaker 1: making more plays and making more of them in the backfield.
Speaker 1: And it's a contract here the music explained. So you
Speaker 1: were safe for an an extent exactly. But I mean,
Speaker 1: but your intensity is heightened by that, I would imagine.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's kind of hard not to be. But yeah,
Speaker 1: that's right, that's good. Hey, Zach. We enjoyed it as always.
Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, thank you. Yeah, we look forward
Speaker 1: to it and maybe even a wave to all those
Speaker 1: Eagles fans at the end of this game on week five.
Speaker 1: Here we'll see how it turns out and we'll continue
Speaker 1: with more of the Big Red Rage, all presented by
Speaker 1: santan Ford and Gilbert We are santan Ford Special. Thanks
Speaker 1: again to Zach Allen. Third and two on the twenty
Speaker 1: three for the Panthers snapped to Murray kind of throw
Speaker 1: and It's a fade right side for Crown in the
Speaker 1: end zone. Brown haws it in and it's a touchdown.
Speaker 1: What a catch by Hollywood does a slow angel on
Speaker 1: the ground in celebration after just a phenomenal catch for
Speaker 1: probably the dagger in this ball game. That is a
Speaker 1: flat shovel to the face of the Carolina Panthers that
Speaker 1: made it twenty six ten, twenty six sixteen win by
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals snapping a six game skid against Carolina.
Speaker 1: You're Zach Allen wolf talking about how they thought in
Speaker 1: the recent past, how Carolina had quote bullied the Cardinals
Speaker 1: a little bit. That definitely did not happen in Charlotte
Speaker 1: Cardinals get the win. In fact, it was before and
Speaker 1: after that touchdown where Zach Allen had a bat at
Speaker 1: pass and the booze rained down from the home fans
Speaker 1: against Baker and the offense. And then after that Hollywood
Speaker 1: Brown touchdown from Kyler Yeah, JJ Watt batting down his
Speaker 1: second pass of the game and the booze rained down again.
Speaker 1: Welcome back into the Big Red Rage presented by Santan
Speaker 1: Ford and Gilbert We are satan Ford, Paul Calvc and
Speaker 1: Ron Wolfley you know, Polly. For me, when I think
Speaker 1: of that game, of course, I think of the second half.
Speaker 1: The first half was not good for the Arizona Cardinals.
Speaker 1: I think of the second half. We know that the
Speaker 1: Cardinals have had a hard time starting games. Well for me,
Speaker 1: you know what, starting a half matters as well, not
Speaker 1: just starting games, but starting a half. The way they
Speaker 1: came out with that defense first and a three and
Speaker 1: out right there where Carolina thought that was huge. And
Speaker 1: then the Cardinals took the ball and eighty nine yards
Speaker 1: later down the field, man bought a bang, bought a boom, touchdown.
Speaker 1: They were back in the game. Yeah, Cardinals had three takeaways,
Speaker 1: they had the two sacks. A lot of those guys
Speaker 1: on the edge were problems. Marcus Golden I thought played
Speaker 1: real well, especially against the run. They started chipping him
Speaker 1: in the second half. They were so concerned about him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I Dennis Gardek had a sack. They had those five
Speaker 1: passes bad at the line of scrimmage, eight passes defense,
Speaker 1: you know, three tackles for loss. So the defense was
Speaker 1: definitely there. And as Kyler said, you know, they played
Speaker 1: a hell of a game. They played a heck of
Speaker 1: a game. A couple of times he said that, and
Speaker 1: now it's on the offense to try and get in
Speaker 1: the gear earlier, that's for sure. In fact, here's Kyler
Speaker 1: on that after the game Fun Diversity Defense played a
Speaker 1: hell of a game, finally kicked it in gear come
Speaker 1: second half. I found our rhythm, which is part of
Speaker 1: the you know, I think that's part of the problem
Speaker 1: is we haven't there's no rhythm at the beginning of games. It's, um,
Speaker 1: you know, we're kind of just we're sleepwalking out there.
Speaker 1: You know, that's what feels like. So six courses we
Speaker 1: touched Zo pel brand new to be an Inzo. It's crazy. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you keep hearing that. You know, when we get in rhythm,
Speaker 1: we're a good offense. So so translated defining rhythm wolf,
Speaker 1: what do they meet? Yeah, I don't know. I really
Speaker 1: don't know. I think it's different for everybody. When you
Speaker 1: talk about rhythm, m Kurt Warner, I think probably would
Speaker 1: tell you Old Graybeard would tell you that, you know,
Speaker 1: what's throwing the ball three consecutive times in a row
Speaker 1: and moving the chains. There's the kind of rhythm that
Speaker 1: he's probably talking about. I listened, Um, Kyler might be
Speaker 1: talking about throwing the ball. But PAULI, that second half
Speaker 1: it was about running the ball. It was about the
Speaker 1: Cardinals running the ball. It wasn't about rhythm. To me,
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't consider running the football being in rhythm.
Speaker 1: I just don't. Now maybe Kyler does. But nine times
Speaker 1: they put Kyler Murray under center in that second half.
Speaker 1: Nine times, and that's not counting the three kneel downs.
Speaker 1: At the end, they were balanced in terms of their
Speaker 1: play calling, run pass. I thought Cliff did an excellent
Speaker 1: job once again, just like he did in the second
Speaker 1: half of the Raiders game, staying balanced in that second
Speaker 1: half of the Raiders game, and that really spurred the
Speaker 1: comeback as well. I think this is what their offense
Speaker 1: has got to be. It's got to be more balanced,
Speaker 1: I believe, and more vertically associated as opposed to horizontally. Well,
Speaker 1: think about a year ago they were nine and an
Speaker 1: oh when they ran the ball thirty times or more
Speaker 1: in a game. They ran at thirty seven times or
Speaker 1: a buck thirty two. Three of those were kneel downs,
Speaker 1: just under four yards of carry, and it was three
Speaker 1: different running backs. It was James Conner, you know, Benjamin
Speaker 1: looked sharp Darryl Williams, I know you're a fan. I
Speaker 1: expect that to continue. This rotation of running backs, each
Speaker 1: guy pushing each other, each guy presenting a little different
Speaker 1: challenge of the defense, fresh legs and coming out of
Speaker 1: the backfield with a vengeance. That's just seemed to be
Speaker 1: the m in that second half as they took control
Speaker 1: of the game. You're right, it had a much like
Speaker 1: a Raiders feel in that second half. Yeah, it did, Polly,
Speaker 1: but it just seemed like guys came through a much more.
Speaker 1: I think of the Raiders second half, and I think
Speaker 1: of Kyler Murray. I do he had a gross simplification
Speaker 1: of the truth. I think of Kyler Murray in the
Speaker 1: way that he played in that second half, and in
Speaker 1: particular of that fourth quarter. It was just absolutely stunning
Speaker 1: to see that kind of talent out in the field.
Speaker 1: When I think of the Carolina second half, Polly, I
Speaker 1: think of more guys. I think of an entire team
Speaker 1: coming together in that second half. And that's why I'm very,
Speaker 1: very interested to see what they do against the Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles coming up on Sunday. And look, you win the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, you win the game, and you cited
Speaker 1: right from the get go that was going to be
Speaker 1: the key in Carolina, as Zach Allen just confirmed. You know,
Speaker 1: they felt like they got bullied physically, especially last year.
Speaker 1: Cardinals were flat. They get on seventeen nothing in the
Speaker 1: first quarter of Colt McCoy was the quarterback. That's the
Speaker 1: one game they lost with cold. Guys just didn't bring
Speaker 1: it that home loss. So it's totally different. And look,
Speaker 1: the Cardinal z O line was better than the Raiders
Speaker 1: O line, better than the Rams O line, I think,
Speaker 1: better than Carolina ZO line. That's probably not the case
Speaker 1: here on Sunday against Philly. They are known for being
Speaker 1: very stout on either side of the line of scrimmage,
Speaker 1: So size that up for us here. I mean, you
Speaker 1: know what sort of advantage you think Philly has in
Speaker 1: that department. Yeah, you know, that's a great question right there, Polly. Honestly,
Speaker 1: their offensive line, nobody talks about it because of all
Speaker 1: the talent they have. Look, everybody, there's DeVante Smith. Look
Speaker 1: it's a j Brown, right, I mean, there's there's just
Speaker 1: loaded Jalen Hurts. Of course they'd hurt so good, doesn't it?
Speaker 1: Jaln and Miles Sanders the number three rusher at the NFL.
Speaker 1: Right now, right, Paul, Yet it is their offensive line
Speaker 1: man's that's gonna be the real task for this front
Speaker 1: seven for the Arizona Cardinals against that offensive lion. PAULA.
Speaker 1: I'll just flip it over quickly and say that's the
Speaker 1: one weakness, the only weakness I see on this Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles team is their rush defense. Now, you want to
Speaker 1: talk about getting after the quarterback and getting up the field.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Fletcher Cox, He'll get up the field even
Speaker 1: from a three technique. Brandon Graham on the outside. Hassan Reddick,
Speaker 1: of course, Hello, Hassan. You know, it's just they've got
Speaker 1: guys that are on pace, four guys that actually could
Speaker 1: finish with double digit sacks, but they're they're playing the
Speaker 1: run on their way to rushing the Baszard ball. You know,
Speaker 1: they have the NFC defensive Player of the Week three
Speaker 1: weeks running. Week two was Darius Slay They're all pro corner.
Speaker 1: Week three it was Brandon Graham, who had two and
Speaker 1: a half sacks, six tackles in a forced fumble. Hassan Reddick,
Speaker 1: the former Cardinal four NFC Defensive Player of the Week
Speaker 1: with a couple of sacks, a couple of force fumbles,
Speaker 1: a couple of fumble recoveries, So yeah, they get after
Speaker 1: the quarterback. Their number one in the NFL and sacks
Speaker 1: was sixteen. Cardinals will last with four, Dani, they turn
Speaker 1: you over too, So yeah, and they did that. I
Speaker 1: mean four fumbles, four lost bumbles by Trevor Lawrence and
Speaker 1: five takeaways against Jacksonville. So I guess that's the flip side.
Speaker 1: I mean, look at some of the teams they've beaten, right,
Speaker 1: the Lions and the Commanders and the Jaguars when Trevor
Speaker 1: Lawrence was terrible in the rain. So we'll see, we'll
Speaker 1: see what it's all about. But you're the physicality, well
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. A j Brown second to
Speaker 1: the league and yards after catch to Deebo Samuel Miles Sanders,
Speaker 1: he plays angry. We'll continue to talk about at Cardinals
Speaker 1: and Eagles. On the Big Red Rage presented by Santan
Speaker 1: four in Gilbert, this could be the game. Fourth down
Speaker 1: in one hand on my tower, running right and get
Speaker 1: to the outside and he's gotten the first out of
Speaker 1: the forty five and it's done. A bounds throws a
Speaker 1: slant of fits caught at the thirty inside of the
Speaker 1: twenty five and down of the twenty three. It's a
Speaker 1: game of about eighteen. In the first down for the Cardinals,
Speaker 1: Sturry Fitzgerald is literally trying to will this team to victory.
Speaker 1: Right now. Humps right, goes back to the left high tower,
Speaker 1: caught at the ten, cuts off to the five high
Speaker 1: tower to the goal like head, it cuts down head.
Speaker 1: The Cardinals great take the leave for two fifty three
Speaker 1: to go, pick up by docket, docket inside the ten
Speaker 1: sets in. The Cardinals have shot the world stright but true,
Speaker 1: the Cards have done it. They're showing the Super Bowl
Speaker 1: forty I still get chills every time I hear them.
Speaker 1: Another historic hall by the great Dave pass as the
Speaker 1: Cardinals with a confetti raining down the NFC Championship game,
Speaker 1: that two thousand and eight playoff win against the Eagles.
Speaker 1: Heading to Tampa and Super Bowl forty three. The Eagles
Speaker 1: are the opponent once again. They have a plate since
Speaker 1: two twenty You remember that game. We cited all the
Speaker 1: big stats from our guests, Zach Allen, maybe the best
Speaker 1: game of his career. There. Cardinals got the win against
Speaker 1: a very young Jalen Hurts just his second start and
Speaker 1: wolf going around the locker room talking to guys. He
Speaker 1: is a very much improved quarterback here in year three,
Speaker 1: and think about it. In that game back in twenty twenty,
Speaker 1: he's still won twenty four or forty four for three
Speaker 1: to thirty eight, three touchdowns, no turnovers, a passer rating
Speaker 1: over one hundred. He had a rushing touchdown. He's one
Speaker 1: of the one of the guys you can count on
Speaker 1: one hand, right, like Kyler and Lamar Jackson and Jalen Hurts.
Speaker 1: That just scares a defensive coordinator for so many different reasons. Yeah. No,
Speaker 1: there's no doubt about it, Paul. These two guys, these
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks are electric. Jalen Hurts is absolutely awesome. He's
Speaker 1: a bigger version basically of Kyler Murray. He's got all
Speaker 1: the talent in the world. I think he's got a
Speaker 1: lot to prove going forward. I think he does. Listen.
Speaker 1: He's surrounded by something really, really good talent. I love
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurt. I am starting to come around on him.
Speaker 1: When I watch tape on him right now, it looks
Speaker 1: like this is sustainable. This is not just He's put
Speaker 1: together two good games. He's put together four good games
Speaker 1: right now. And both these teams, Polly, offensively, they're so
Speaker 1: similar they are, Paul, both these teams, this is the
Speaker 1: same offense largely speaking. Okay, so so would that being
Speaker 1: the case? The Cardinals have yet to score a point
Speaker 1: in the first quarter, and they've been outscoring the first
Speaker 1: half sixty six to sixteen. What are the Eagles doing
Speaker 1: to get off to these high flying starts? Fly? Eagles fly?
Speaker 1: What are they doing in the first half? Yeah, you
Speaker 1: know what, they're executing Where the Arizona Cardinals are not executing.
Speaker 1: They are executing. And I just want to go over schematically, Polly,
Speaker 1: they love eleven personnel. One back, one tight end, three
Speaker 1: wide receivers. Now again, the National Football League loves eleven personnel,
Speaker 1: but not to the degree in which the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 1: The Eagles are in at seventy five percent of the time,
Speaker 1: the Cardinals are in it almost seventy percent of the time.
Speaker 1: But man, it's incredible to see if both teams love
Speaker 1: the shotgun, Paul, these are these two teams lead the
Speaker 1: league and use of the shotgun. That was a great question,
Speaker 1: by the way, to Zach Allen, by you because you
Speaker 1: can see his eyes just light up. Any defensive lineman,
Speaker 1: it simplifies their job, It takes a lot of responsibilities
Speaker 1: off their plate. He heard what he said that nine
Speaker 1: times out of ten the ball is going opposite of
Speaker 1: the running back. Yeah, I'm like, really, I mean that
Speaker 1: is such a tell, That is such a tendency. And then,
Speaker 1: of course, if you're in the shotgun usually typically offenses
Speaker 1: are more prone to throwing it, which means a defensive
Speaker 1: lineman can eat and can hunt and go after the quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: So yeah, that was a great question because there's no
Speaker 1: doubt those guys love the shotgun, which would seem to
Speaker 1: tell me that offensive coordinator, Well, maybe that's one reason
Speaker 1: why Kyler was under center a lot more than the
Speaker 1: second half last week exactly. Who knows, PAULI. Maybe this
Speaker 1: is the evolution. Maybe they're gonna start blending it the
Speaker 1: old and the new. I've been talking about it for
Speaker 1: three years with Kyler Murray. Of course, under center expand
Speaker 1: the football universe. Don't contract it. Both these teams they
Speaker 1: have these elite quarterbacks, dual thread quarterbacks. They embrace the
Speaker 1: spread concept. Both of these teams they're more horizontal than
Speaker 1: they are vertical. It's amazing when you see the similarities
Speaker 1: of these two teams. Man, this is like a mirror
Speaker 1: image game for the Arizona Cardinals and Paul. That brings
Speaker 1: up a really cool question. Man, think about it. Both
Speaker 1: these coaches, they're gonna know the others offense so well,
Speaker 1: and how does that play into the defense that will
Speaker 1: see because man, it's so similar ball. It's a great
Speaker 1: segue because zach Ertz, the long time nine year Philadelphia Eagle,
Speaker 1: obviously knows the offense very well. But he told the
Speaker 1: media today, hang up, don't discount that Philly defensive front.
Speaker 1: In fact, you're zach ERT's six guys deep really on
Speaker 1: that D line, maybe even more. They're extremely talented. I mean,
Speaker 1: fletching BG. I've been doing it for thirteen years or
Speaker 1: eleven and thirteen years. Guys that have been all pros,
Speaker 1: Pro bowlers. Josh Switt was a pro bowler. Hassan obviously
Speaker 1: everyone knows here Hargrave as a stud. So that D
Speaker 1: line is the key to our success. That's trying to
Speaker 1: notify them, and it's a lot easier said than done.
Speaker 1: And what is the state of the Cardinals interior old line?
Speaker 1: That's a big question right now, as Rodney Hudson and
Speaker 1: Justin Peu have not practiced this week, what will happen tomorrow?
Speaker 1: What will be declared if anything. So you gotta wonder
Speaker 1: the fact they signed Billy Price, a veteran center off
Speaker 1: the Raiders practice squad. That's an indication maybe where or
Speaker 1: how this might be tracking. So that is a big
Speaker 1: deal obviously, Yes, Pauli. And it's so amazing to hear
Speaker 1: zach Ert say that because the Eagles don't like jamming
Speaker 1: up the box. They don't. They love to cover with
Speaker 1: a three interior offensive linemen the center and both guards.
Speaker 1: They love to cover them with defensive linemen with linebackers
Speaker 1: on the edges. Right, That's where you got Hassan Roddick
Speaker 1: and you got sweat on the other side, and then
Speaker 1: t J. Edwards stacked over the solid front, the three
Speaker 1: down front over the center and two guards. Buddy Ryan
Speaker 1: would be so proud. I'll tell you if you if
Speaker 1: you want a game to regain your standing with the
Speaker 1: Red Sea seventh straight home losses, this is in especially
Speaker 1: with what you figure to be a number of Eagles
Speaker 1: fans in attendance, you come out, maybe the Eagles are
Speaker 1: smelling themselves just a little bit. They've been crowned already
Speaker 1: in the NFC here all the talk about Jalen Hurts
Speaker 1: an MVP consideration and the Eagles have arrived. Well. Cardinals
Speaker 1: have been there and done that last year when they
Speaker 1: were seven and old and the toast of the league.
Speaker 1: So we'll see maybe a little role reversal on Sunday
Speaker 1: Special Banks, Zach Allen as always, Jim Mhondro, Cody Fincher
Speaker 1: for Ron Wolfley on Paul KELVC Cardinals and Eagles Week
Speaker 1: five coming up on Sunday. That'll do it for the
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