WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Budda Baker Embraces Leadership Role 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:05.480 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles. Ahead. 0:00:05.559 --> 0:00:10.360 He got Jack. This is the big Red Ray presented 0:00:10.440 --> 0:00:14.520 by Satanford in Gilbert. Harry's gonna score touchdown. Then so 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:17.360 for Bets goes up and makes the game when it 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:22.840 catch Flarry Luncheon does it again. The rage is brought 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:26.520 to you by satan Ford in Gilbert war are you 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:31.000 Satanford State Farm? Talk to an agent today at eight 0:00:31.080 --> 0:00:36.600 hundred State Farm and buy Arizona Cardinals podcasts, Visit Acy 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:45.960 Cardinals dot Com, Slash podcasts, The Rods Rising Guard, Temperaturizing Vision, Flurry, 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:50.720 Rage taking over. Here's Paul KELVC. Get the popcorn ready, 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:53.479 It's gonna be a show, and Ron will fleep. It 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:59.680 doesn't get any better than that. Unleash the far What 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:05.720 rest and relaxation that you got, Ron Wolflee during the 0:01:05.760 --> 0:01:10.360 Cardinals bye week. Yeah, that's my understanding. I mean you 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:13.440 were second only. You were second only to the Kardashians 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:16.960 in their own private island. My understanding, you thoroughly maximized 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:20.400 your enjoyment level on bye week. I was on a hiatus, Paul. 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:23.479 Let's just say that, in addition to your three day 0:01:23.520 --> 0:01:26.080 weekend and everything else that went on with it. Whatever 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:30.880 enjoyment you had, even the slightest enjoyment, was still more 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:34.480 than the Arizona Cardinals roster. From our understanding. If you 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:38.720 listen to Larry earlier today, not only did they get 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:41.640 tested every single day, but he was in there working 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:45.679 out Thursday, Friday, Saturday. He was out on the field 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:49.120 running routes with plenty of other guys working on their 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:54.120 craft Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Now contrast that with last 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:56.400 year's bye week, and let's hope here as we kick 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:58.480 off this edition of the Big Red Rage presented by 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:02.200 santan Ford and Gilbert were santan Ford, there is cause 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:04.680 and effect as to the outcome and what we see 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:06.480 on the field one game day coming out of bye 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:09.360 week versus last year, No doubt about it, PAULI a 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:12.480 bye week of a different sword for the Arizona Cardinals 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:14.639 right now. But you know what, Honestly, I don't think 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:18.080 it's gonna be a bad thing. I don't, especially because 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:20.480 of how they played the last time they were out 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:23.040 in between those white lines when they had the silks on. 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:26.120 It was Sunday night football in front of a grateful nation, 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:29.200 and what did they do. They beat the best team 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:32.720 in the NFC, and Paul, I honestly think right now, 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:35.200 the fact that they've sat on that for two weeks, 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:38.600 basically coming up to play the Miami Dolphins, they've sat 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:41.200 on that win, gone through the bye week, where they 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:45.239 haven't stepped away from the facility. I think that ultimately 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:48.120 is going to benefit them. I agree. And you know, 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:50.840 if they need a reminder that goes beyond the outcome 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:52.760 of last year's game coming out of the bye, the 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.480 thirty four seven home loss to the Rams, that was 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:58.119 by far the worst game they played all series, all 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:01.520 season long. Think of Settle coming out of the bye. 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:04.799 They had the extra rest Cardinals on a short week 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:07.720 coming off Monday night, and that was the eighth straight 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:10.320 time in that situation that the team on the short 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:13.320 week playing a team out of the bye one. So, 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:16.520 if the Cardinals need a reminder of what can happen 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:18.919 coming out of a vibe, look at this Dolphins team 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:21.160 that has now won three in a row. It's sort 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:24.800 of role reversal Cardinals in Seattle. Now Dolphins and Cardinals. 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:27.120 Do you remember, Polly, are you a Seinfeld fan? Do 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:31.840 you remember the famous Seinfeld episode where George George Costanda. 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:34.800 He basically he came to a point in his life 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:37.600 where he was going to do everything differently, right, because 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:40.960 he was such a mess up. Anything that his natural 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:44.400 inclination was to do, he did the exact opposite right 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:47.360 when he introduced himself to the attractive females and my 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:49.640 name is George, I'm unemployed and I live with my parents. 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:53.200 Remember that, Polly, That right there is exactly the same approach. 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:57.160 I think Cliff Kingsbury brought to this bye week because 0:03:57.160 --> 0:03:59.760 of what happened in twenty nineteen, and he told us 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:05.000 as much. Basically, everything that we did, I did differently. Yeah, 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:07.640 that is true, you're right. On his weekly TV show, 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:10.560 he just said it was time to do the opposite 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:12.560 based on last year is thirty four seven loss to 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:17.320 the Ramsers. And look, he was learning, everyone was learning, 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:22.760 and because of the circumstances and the pandemic, you could 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:26.080 only really go the opposite direction in a lot of ways. 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:29.320 Think about it. The Cardinals didn't play a game and 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:32.680 they had two wins. The player of the week, player 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:34.520 of the month, who, by the way, is going to 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:37.440 join us tonight in Buddha Baker and then they had 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:41.040 two losses. They lost two starters on defense, two positive tests. 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:43.680 We're gonna get into that. We're gonna see where the 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:46.600 Cardinals are right now. Yes, you have the defense which 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:49.560 is a top ten defense, and then you have the 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:52.440 number one total offense in the NFL. We'll get into 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:54.960 that as well. Just getting rolling Buddha Baker straight ahead 0:04:55.000 --> 0:05:05.960 on the big red rage, Chase Edmonds in the backfoot 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:07.960 with Murray third down in one of the twenty nine 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:12.880 four receivers set shotgun snap. It's a run play right side, 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:17.240 big hole Edmonds twenty five twenty ten five touchdown the 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:21.119 inside zone being run and Chase Edmonds found the hole 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:25.240 and to the Hall's baby twenty nine yard touchdown run 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.440 on third down and one for Chase Edmonds. All four 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:32.520 of Chase Edmonds touchdowns at Medlife twenty yards are longer 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:35.520 ye three against the Giants a year ago, that one 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:40.839 against the Jets this season. The number one player in 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:44.560 the category of touchdown runs twenty yards or more over 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:48.520 the last season and a half. Chase Edmonds Wow. And 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:52.159 the guys right behind him, Christian McCaffrey, Lamar Jackson and 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:56.599 Derrick Henry big back incredible, paul superstars who are right 0:05:56.600 --> 0:06:00.520 behind a backup running back who was only received twenty 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:02.359 touches or more in a single game. And that was 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.359 the Giants game a year ago when he was the 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:07.400 featured back David Johnson dealing with an ankle injury. And 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:09.080 what do you do? He had one hundred and twenty 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:12.839 six yards rushing and three rushing touchdowns of twenty yards 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:14.800 or more. It is the Big Red Rage presented by 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:17.560 satan Ford and Gilbert. We are satan Ford and it 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:20.360 was interesting. Well, I saw one fantasy football breakdown this week, 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:22.960 because we all know you can you need as much 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.359 help as you can possibly get on your own fantasy football. 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:29.080 And anyway, they called the matchup Chase Edmonds against the 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:32.840 Dolphins rush defense, which is bottom five and yards per 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:36.359 carry allowed. They called it delicious. They didn't like the 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:39.240 match off. That's what they called it, Chase Edmonds against 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:42.239 the Miami rush defense. You know, it's amazing about it, Paulie, 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:43.920 and I know you know this, so we've talked about 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:47.000 it many times. But the Arizona Cardinals they believe that 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:49.920 Chase Edmonds is an RB one. They believe he is 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:53.119 a running back one. And he's just got to buide 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:56.039 his time, obviously with Kenyan Drake right here coming on 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:59.120 the transition tag in the off season, and we all 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:02.440 know how rton Kenyan Drake was to the Arizona Cardinals 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:06.200 offense and to their success in twenty nineteen. That second half, 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:11.280 Oh my goodness, just lighted a fire under this offensive 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:13.840 line in the offense overall, and they played so much 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:16.920 better in that second half. But right now, operating under 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:19.240 the transition tag, you don't know what the long term 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:22.760 impact is of that for Kenyan Drake. But Chase Edmonds, 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:26.920 I know the Cardinals think he's an RB one. So 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:30.160 the Cardinals offense right now top ten in scoring offense, 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:34.760 number two in rushing yards per game. That's the one 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:38.240 I think that most people would find very surprising. What 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:41.000 about you, Ron Willfully, especially after we went through last season. 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:43.240 We saw the second half of last season when it 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:45.040 was a different team once they got the run game 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:48.160 in gear. The biggest surprise for me though, Paully. Overall, 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:50.640 listen the rushing attack. There's no doubt about the fact 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:52.960 they're number two in yards per game and yards per played. 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:55.800 That is unbelievable. You put you put those two things 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:58.400 together and you get Kyler Murray and a much improved 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:01.720 offensive line. You get Eiler Murray and the ability to 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:04.920 run the ball and the impact he has schematically on 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:08.240 the front six, front seven, whatever it may be. The 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:13.120 box defensively is something you just can't dismiss. It is 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:17.560 an incredible, incredible power to an offense to be able 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:20.640 to have a quarterback that is going to tuck the 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:23.840 ball and get the edgeball because now you can't dig in, 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:27.240 so to speak, inside the box. It's helping the Arizona 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:30.360 Cardinals be a much better rushing team. But my biggest 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:33.880 takeaway statistically from the week is a fact the Arizona 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:37.559 Cardinals the number one offense in the National Football League 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:41.160 in terms of yards per game, the number one offense, 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:44.360 and all I think about are all the yards they've 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:47.480 left on the field. Yeah, they haven't even got it 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:51.240 in gear completely yet. They haven't had that lights out game, 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:53.360 and some guys on that team will tell you not 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:56.960 even close yet. Despite that, like you mentioned, their number 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:59.320 one in total offense and the guy wearing number one, 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:03.480 Q one, Kyler Murray was asked about the Oh, I 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:06.400 feel very good about where we are. No. It's just 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:09.760 progressing every single day, every game. I think we you know, 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:12.200 we have a better feel for what we are. Uh, 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:14.280 you know, we go out there and execute a lot better. 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:16.520 And I think it's I think it started a show 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:21.480 being the number one whatever rated offense. They you know, 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:23.800 it's not easy to do that in this league. You know, 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:25.960 I think we're doing something right. We're on the right track. 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:29.280 And now they go against the number one scoring defense 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:32.640 in the NFL, in the Miami Dolphins. What do you 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:36.120 think the Dolphins think of the Cardinals offense? Watching Kyler 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:38.480 and company on film? What do you think their biggest 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:41.720 takeaways are? Brian Floores in company that coaching staff, We've 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:43.920 got to stop Kyler Murray from throwing the ball to 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:48.000 DeAndre Hopkins, right, I mean, honestly, that is number one 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:51.520 right there. It's amazing these guys. Did they play last week? 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:55.120 PAULI Did the Arizona Cardinals play last week? Paul? No? Okay, 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:57.920 thank you, Paul. They did not play, and yet Kyler 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:01.560 Murray and Deandrey Hopkins still leave the league as the 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:04.960 number one tandem in terms of receiving yards and of 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:09.000 course receptions. Think about that and first downs as well, Paul, 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:12.360 it is staggering, it really is. And considering the little 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:16.080 practice time that DeAndre Hopkins has had as well, and 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:21.319 they still have that, it's impossible to think about. Right. 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:24.559 The guy doesn't practice a lot, man, and he doesn't 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:27.440 practice a lot, and all they do is go out 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:31.400 there and lead the league in receptions and receiving yards. 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:34.719 And I think we'd both agree there's a lot of 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:39.479 room for improvement. I mean, and they are improving incrementally, 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:42.760 There's no doubt. Larry had eight grabs against Seattle, Christian 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:46.840 Kirk had two touchdown catches. To me, just the eyeball test, 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:49.880 it's more organic. For Kyler, it's coming to him. He's 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:53.040 not forcing it nearly as much. He seems to be 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:56.720 finding guys at the right times, different guys, and so 0:10:57.080 --> 0:10:59.960 it is starting to evolve. And your point about Chase Edmund, 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:03.640 I mean that is well taken. What they looked like 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:06.199 in that second half. He is that energy guy, and 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:09.480 he makes so many of those first tackles, initial tacklers 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:12.520 miss and the old line we know DJ Humphrey has 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:14.960 told us last week, they really enjoy blocking. For a 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.560 guy like Chase Edmonds, it's just amazing to me. Once again, 0:11:17.679 --> 0:11:21.720 Kyler Murray and DeAndre Hopkins. They can get better. You've 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:25.680 got a rushing attack that is growing and evolving. I 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:28.439 don't think it's nowhere close to what it's gonna be 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:32.920 come late November, especially if Chase Edmonds is getting more 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:36.760 and more and more touches. Because this guy, it runs 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:39.960 a ball like a savage. There are ridiculous numbers out 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:43.080 there and historical stats like the Cardinals had more than 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:45.600 five hundred total yards against Seattle. That's the second time 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:49.640 under Cliff Kingsbury. In the twenty years prior combine, the 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:52.840 Cardinals gained five hundred plus yards only three times total, 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:58.760 and they haven't peaked yet. On offense, we're gonna talk 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:02.400 defense X do your player or the month in the NFC. 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:12.400 Bouda Baker on deck. Bodha Wilson takes and it's a 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:15.680 run up the middle. Carlos High gets whacked. Booda Baker 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:18.600 comes in there. You see the head snap back. The 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:20.959 old meat grinder is gonna be a run play to 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:23.240 Homer off the right side across the forty five. He 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:26.320 gets leveled at the forty seven yard line. Buddha Baker 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:28.559 came flying in there with a head to run play 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:31.560 off the middle of nowhere to go for Homer. Maybe 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:33.440 a loss on the play is Buddha Baker's in the 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:36.360 backfield and make the stick lop pass near side picked 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:38.760 off by Baker at the five, running left to the 0:12:38.800 --> 0:12:42.560 ten to twenty. The chases on thirty forty fifty Metcalf 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:45.040 might catch him at the thirty pat the twenty. Baker 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.920 trying not run him Metcalf finally gets to him inside 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:50.679 the ten near the five yard line. But how about 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:55.719 Buddha Baker, the Washington native. Buddha Baker redded, jumped it, 0:12:56.120 --> 0:13:02.319 picked it. Unbelievable turnament beat. It was high drama, there 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:04.800 is no doubt about that. On Sunday Night Football, the 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:08.800 guy from Seattle took it to Seattle and the hometown 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:12.679 Seahawks Cardinals get the win. We'll get into that momentarily. 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:15.320 It is the Big Red Race presented by santan Ford 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:18.800 and Gilbert. We are satan Ford, Paul calvic, Ron Wolfley, 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:22.720 and the NFC Defensive Player of the Month, Buddha Baker 0:13:22.800 --> 0:13:25.920 coming off the bye Buddha, how's life? How you feeling 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:28.800 coming off the week off? Oh? Man, I feel awesome, 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:32.439 feel great, Bruda. Thank you so much for joining us, buddy, 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:35.280 really do appreciate your time this evening. What does it 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:37.440 mean to you, my friend? What does it mean to 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:41.360 be the defensive player of the month? Oh man, it 0:13:41.440 --> 0:13:45.760 was definitely cool, definitely cool experience for me. You know, 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:47.800 for me, I just take it day by day, week 0:13:47.840 --> 0:13:50.920 by week and just let everything handle itself. So it's 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:53.760 definitely it was definitely one of those things that, yeah, 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:56.400 it was. It's cool. But you know, at the end 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:58.440 of the day, you know, we still got a lot 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.520 of games left. Buddha. What if I told you that 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:04.840 the last Cardinals Defensive Player of the month was Chandler 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:08.200 Jones and we know you guys are close, right, that's 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:11.360 got to be meaningful to you. Oh yeah, man, that's 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:13.920 my guy. Yeah, and I knew that for sure. I 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:17.480 was believe it was last year, right, yep, it was 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:19.280 December last year. And by the way, well, what do 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:24.040 you always say about Chandler Jones and getting paid? Oh yeah, absolutely, 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:26.720 It's such a rare thing, Buddha that you'll have a 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:29.520 great player like that who gets paid and he actually 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:33.200 gets better, and you know that is you. I see 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:37.800 you and Chan being very very similar in your makeup mentally. 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:42.400 Is that accurate? Yeah, I mean, you know, that's that's 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:45.280 just one of those things. You know, you get paid 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:47.720 the big books. That means you gotta be that player 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:50.600 each and every game, each and every weekend. You know, 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:55.320 even without being paid for me and as well as Chen, 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:57.440 you always just want to do the best you can 0:14:57.560 --> 0:15:02.280 and be the best you can. So you know, without 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:04.160 the money or what the money, we're always going to be. 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:08.920 I feel like going on to a greater level because 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:12.320 it means more to you, right, It means more to 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:15.120 you than just the money playing the game of football, 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:18.200 doesn't it. Yeah, of course, you know, I've been playing 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:22.320 the game since I was a young kid, and you know, 0:15:21.560 --> 0:15:25.240 um know that I'm can be great in the game 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.600 and be a great player on and up the field. 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:30.640 And that's what I plan to do. Speaking of being 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:32.600 a kid and growing up in football and then a 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:35.520 guy in college who trained with a legion of Boom 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:37.600 and some of those Seahawks players, what does it mean 0:15:37.600 --> 0:15:40.720 to be on the same field with that Seahawks team 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:44.360 and to be balling against those guys. Oh man, It's 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:47.040 definitely fun. Just because yeah, like when I go home, 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:49.640 that's who I trained with, so I know the work 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:53.200 those guys put in in the off season, so you know, 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:56.160 um seeing them on the field, and usually it's some 0:15:56.320 --> 0:16:00.360 defensive guys like Bobby who having a kg right. Keep 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:03.760 seeing them on the fields, it's just a cool thing 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:07.560 to see, especially being you know, from back home. So yeah, 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:10.480 definitely always want to try and get the W so 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:13.160 we can we can talk about it in the offseason. Well, 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:14.760 what was your phone like when you got back to 0:16:14.800 --> 0:16:17.320 your locker after the game, Buddha, I mean, how many 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:19.560 text messages from the two h six area code did 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:23.000 you have? Oh? Man, it was buzzing. A lot of numbers, 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:24.800 a lot of numbers, A lot of people I haven't 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:27.880 talked to in years as well. So it was definitely 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.000 one of those things where it was cool and a 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:32.680 lot of people make in front of me and jokes 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:35.480 because the DK caught me. But it was one of 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:38.160 those things where it's like, yeah, man, you're not invincible 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:41.960 for me, So it was cool. Speaking of cool, Buddha, 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:44.080 I haven't been able to ask you this. I know 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:47.480 you've been asked this a million times already, but I 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:50.280 have to hear it for myself. What did it mean 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:54.320 to you to get the Sea on that jersey? Oh man, 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:56.680 I mean a lot, just because you know, I hold 0:16:56.760 --> 0:16:59.800 myself to a high standard on and off the field, 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:02.280 and you know, you know I would love to lead 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:04.959 guys the way that I do, which is you know, 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:07.520 showing it on the field and as well as you know, 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:11.359 being that being that helper on the field as well 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:14.800 so on end off the field. So it was definitely 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:17.679 great to get that see on my chest. And if 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:20.280 you're wondering, you're out there listening, you're wondering what was 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:22.119 behind that? All you have to do is listened to 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:25.520 what Larry Fitzgerald said recently after Buddha Baker was awarded 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:28.240 the Sea. Here's fits nobody means more of this football 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:30.880 team than Buddha Baker. You can take that to the bank. 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:33.320 I mean, the guy plays the game, you know, the 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:36.800 right way. He works at it. He's humble, he's level headed, 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:39.520 and he plays the injury. He plays the game of 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:42.000 football like he's sick for four two hundred and eighty pounds. 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:45.080 The way he flies around and how selfless he is. 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:47.080 If he's asked the cover he's asked the Blitz, he's 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.359 asked to do whatever, play different positions. He knows it all. 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:54.600 I mean, this guy's the best of the best. Wow. 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:58.919 I mean that's Larry Fitzgerald and you know, yeah, I 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:02.679 mean that's that's gotta be real meaningful to you, Buddha. 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:06.280 Give us your reaction to what Larry just said about you. Yeah, 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:08.639 like you said, it was very meaningful to um. You know, 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:11.080 hear him say that. You know, I think of so 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:15.040 much of high regards of the league Fitzgerald and now 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:17.720 it's just a cool thing for him to say. And 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:20.600 he's a great guy on and off the field. Any 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:24.720 questions or UM thing help I need. I know he's 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:28.080 there for me, there for me for me, So it's 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:31.760 definitely cool. Buddha, I heard the coolest thing ever from 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:34.440 a coach. I could not believe. Listen, I've been around 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:37.440 the game of football for a long long time, whether 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:40.600 I was playing it or broadcast again, whatever it may be. 0:18:41.040 --> 0:18:43.400 I've been around it for three decades and I heard 0:18:43.400 --> 0:18:47.000 a coach say something about you that I've never heard before. 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:51.320 It was Vans Joseph saying Buddha would run into darkness. 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:58.840 I mean that to me was the best description I've 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:01.720 ever heard. How you play the game. You play the 0:19:01.800 --> 0:19:07.520 game with an abandon why, man, I just have I've 0:19:07.560 --> 0:19:11.040 always played that way, and you know, I kudos to 0:19:11.880 --> 0:19:14.800 everyone that's helped take care of me and you know, 0:19:14.960 --> 0:19:17.080 go through injury and all that type of stuff. But 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:19.560 you know, for the most part, you know, I've I've 0:19:19.640 --> 0:19:22.600 been healthy doing it. I've been taking care of my 0:19:22.640 --> 0:19:26.200 body and you know, um, I'm still doing it at 0:19:26.200 --> 0:19:29.119 a high level. So you know, I like that. I 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:32.920 like what VJ said right there. Yeah, you know, just 0:19:33.640 --> 0:19:36.440 that's how I, you know, try and live like I say. 0:19:36.640 --> 0:19:40.800 I always say no fear, and I definitely think you 0:19:40.840 --> 0:19:43.640 can't have There are some guys, guys I am, there's 0:19:43.680 --> 0:19:46.399 some guys, Buddha exactly there. You know what, I was 0:19:46.440 --> 0:19:48.560 a blocking fullback, and I don't want to just bring 0:19:48.600 --> 0:19:51.720 this back on me, Buddha, I don't, but I was bood. 0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:53.920 I was six foot, two hundred and twenty two pounds 0:19:54.240 --> 0:19:57.080 in an era where every fullback was two hundred and 0:19:57.119 --> 0:19:59.880 fifty pounds, so I didn't have a lot of butt, 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:03.000 so to speak, right, and yet I wanted to let 0:20:03.040 --> 0:20:06.440 those linebackers know. On every player I'm not afraid of you. 0:20:06.720 --> 0:20:08.800 I am not afraid of you. And if you don't 0:20:08.800 --> 0:20:13.000 believe me, watch this right. And I had to play 0:20:13.040 --> 0:20:15.679 that way because I thought if guys thought I was 0:20:15.720 --> 0:20:18.520 afraid of them, they played better than they actually were. 0:20:19.680 --> 0:20:22.360 Is that Does that come into your way of thinking 0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:27.000 at all? Yeah? I mean definitely sometimes for sure. You know, 0:20:27.160 --> 0:20:30.240 if you that's uh, you know, if I'm coming in 0:20:30.400 --> 0:20:33.600 on a tackle or something and I'm not really I'm 0:20:33.720 --> 0:20:37.439 high or like, I'm not really into the tackle. Like 0:20:37.680 --> 0:20:39.960 offensive players, they see that and they'd like to run 0:20:40.000 --> 0:20:43.200 through that. So for me, you know, I'm always going 0:20:43.280 --> 0:20:47.000 full speed, no spear, and I'm gonna hating it. Die 0:20:47.040 --> 0:20:53.040 board and us about it. You talk about compliments from coaches. 0:20:53.080 --> 0:20:55.280 How about what Cliff Kingsbury said this week. Well, when 0:20:55.359 --> 0:20:57.240 when we were with him on game Plan, this weekly 0:20:57.240 --> 0:20:59.400 TV show, we asked Hi about number thirty two. He said, 0:20:59.400 --> 0:21:01.000 you know what, when I'm saying it on the sideline, 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:04.439 it's like there's multiple guys. We're in the thirty two jersey. 0:21:04.680 --> 0:21:07.760 That's we saw it his rookie year. Wolf, you went 0:21:07.760 --> 0:21:10.320 to four Pro Bowls as a special teamer. Buddha did 0:21:10.320 --> 0:21:12.879 it his rook year. We saw that sort of energy 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:20.280 and abandoned because he'll run into darkness. And by the way, 0:21:20.440 --> 0:21:22.400 he's doing it with a cast on his hand, just 0:21:22.400 --> 0:21:23.960 just so let you know he's playing with a cast 0:21:24.000 --> 0:21:31.399 on his hands. Great news. I got the cast and 0:21:31.960 --> 0:21:36.400 in a nice little splint. That feels great. So no cash. 0:21:36.600 --> 0:21:38.920 There you go. That's your cast update desk here on 0:21:39.000 --> 0:21:41.879 the big Red Range will continue with Buddha Baker and 0:21:41.960 --> 0:21:44.760 talk about the NFC Defensive Player of the month right here, 0:21:45.080 --> 0:21:53.520 all brought to you by Santan Ford In Gilbert Dalton 0:21:53.560 --> 0:21:56.000 gets hit and jumps it off over the middle by 0:21:56.119 --> 0:21:59.720 lf He bumbles the ball and Jordan Phillips appears to 0:21:59.760 --> 0:22:03.200 have been for the Cardinals. The ball was stripped by 0:22:03.280 --> 0:22:06.840 Budda Baker. I'm the tackle. Cardinals blitz back to thr 0:22:06.920 --> 0:22:09.479 Dalton gets hit and slim to the ground by Buda 0:22:09.520 --> 0:22:13.000